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
