| 1897 | Zakir Hussain, the third President of the country, was born. |
| 1941 | Jagjit Singh was born who gave Urdu and Ghazals a place in every house in India. |
| 1943 | Freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left for Japan via a ferry from Kell, Germany. |
| 1986 | Prepaid taxi service was started for the first time at Delhi Airport. |