On this day:
1751: British troops under Sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot, India
1957: Federation of Malaya, now Malaysia, Gains Independence from Britain
1991: Uzbekistan declares its independence from the Soviet Union
1998: North Korea Announces the Launch of its First Satellite
Born on this day:
1569: Jahangir, 4th Mughal Emperor of India (1605-27), born in Fatehpur Sikri, Mughal Empire
1870: Maria Montessori, Italian physician, educator
Gone on this day:
1985: Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1919: Amrita Preetam, Indian poet and author, born in Gujranwala, Pakistan
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