On this day:
1311: General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India
1929: First non-stop England to India flight takes-off
1990: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched into Earth orbit
Born on this day:
1929: Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer in Kannada cinema and cultural icon, born in Gajanur, Madras
1973: Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
Gone on this day:
1900: George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll and Secretary of State for India (1868-74)
1960: Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate