On this day:
1639 Madras founded by the British East India Company on sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers
1894 Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal
1963 Joseph A Walker becomes the first person to enter space twice
Born on this day:
1893 Dorothy Parker, American poet, writer
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