On this day:
1919: British troops open fire on demonstrators in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, killing 350
1939: The Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) is formed and vows to engage in armed struggle against the British.
1960: The world’s first satellite navigation system, Transit IB, is launched
Born on this day:
1906: Samuel Beckett, Irish/French author, playwright, director, Nobel Prize laureate
1743: Thomas Jefferson, American politician, 3rd President of the United States
Gone on this day:
1938: Grey Owl, English/Canadian environmentalist, author
