On this day:
1904 FIFA, the world governing body of association football, is founded
1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic
Born on this day:
1844 Henri Rousseau, French painter
1947 Jiggs Kalra, Indian food writer “Czar of Indian cuisine”, born in Punjab region, India
Gone on this day:
1991 Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-89), assassinated at 46 by a suicide bomber from the LTTE
