On this day:
1682 City of Philadelphia Founded
1904 New York City Subway Begins Operations
1991 Turkmenistan Declares Independence from the Soviet Union
Born on this day:
1920 K. R. Narayanan, Indian politician, 10th President of India
1984 Irfan Pathan, Indian cricketer
Gone on this day:
1605 Akbar, Mughal emperor