On this day:
1768: James Cook Sails off on HMS Endeavour to “discover” Australia
1966: Namibian War of Independence Begins
Born on this day:
1927: B. V. Doshi, Indian architect (Pritzker Prize 2018), born in Pune
1910: Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu), Albanian-born Indian nun and founder of Missionaries of Charity, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1979, born in Skopje, Ottoman Empire
Gone on this day:
2012: A K Hangal, Indian freedom fighter and Bollywood character actor
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