On this day:
1971: A speech by Bangladesh’s founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman helped spark the Bangladesh war of independence. East Pakistan, later became Bangladesh, and West Pakistan, which became present-day Pakistan.
1926: The first two-way transatlantic telephone takes place The conversation between the post office in London and Bell Laboratories in New York was established using a short-wave radio signal.
Born on this day:
1970: Rachel Weisz: English actress
1960: Ivan Lendl: Czech tennis player
Gone on this day:
1999: Stanley Kubrick: American director
1952: Paramahansa Yogananda: Indian Guru
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