On this day:
1981: India’s APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched
1978:Jim Davis’ famous comic character Garfield makes his debut
Born on this day:
1947: Salman Rushdie, British-Indian novelist, author of Midnight’s Children, Satanic Verses
Gone on this day:
1949: Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian-Pakistani Prominent Muslim philosopher, dies at 64
2009: Ali Akbar Khan, Indian classical musician, dies at 87