| 1846 | Akbar Ilahbadi, the famous poet of Urdu, was born. |
| 1973 | Batminton player Pullela Gopichand was born. |
| 1996 | Mother Teresa received honorary US citizenship |
| 1995 | Vasudev Pandey Trinidad and Tobago of Indian origin became the Prime Minister. |
| 1931 | Indian cricket umpire R. Ramchandra Rao was born. |
| 2007 | The severe cyclonic storm 'Cedar' from the Bay of Bengal caused severe devastation in the country of Bangladesh. |
| 1930 | Mihir Sen, the famous long distance swimmer of India, was born. |