On this day:
1917: Third Battle of Ypres, a part of WWI, begins
1991: US and USSR sign Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
Born on this day:
1880: Munshi Premchand [Dhanpat Rai], Indian author, born in Lamhi, Benares
1912: Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
Gone on this day:
1980: Mohd. Rafi, Indian playback singer
1944: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer
2019: V. G. Siddhartha, Indian coffee entrepreneur (Café Coffee Day)
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