On this day:
1960: Chad gains its independence from the French
1999: Last Total Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
2008: Abhinav Bindra wins men’s 10m air rifle at the Beijing Olympics, the first-ever individual Olympic gold medal for India, and India’s first gold medal in any Olympic event since 1980
Born on this day:
1897: Enid Blyton, English author
1950: Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist, programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.
Gone on this day:
1908: Khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter
1919: Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/American businessman, founded the Carnegie Steel Company
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