which is 3 Ashwin 1431 according to the Bangla calendar. Credit to the internet, now we can reminisce on some memorable historical events on this day and other relevant happenings such as births and deaths.
In a year, 1180, Philip Augustus became the King of France.
In the year 1437 the peasants rose in Transylvania.
Christopher Columbus who is known to have discovered Americas set foot on the territories now occupied by Costa Rica on the 1502.
During 1635, there was a declaration of war on France by Emperor Ferdinand II.
France on spanish side settled in 1730.
Any formation of South American identity can be traced back to 1810 when Chile declared its independence from the Spaniards.
Chile became officially an independent country in 1818 after the liberation of Spain’s colonies.
The first issue of The New York Times newspaper first hit the newsstands in 1851.
The death toll reached about ten thousand people due to typhoon and tsunami in the same year, 1906 in Hong Kong.
Five years later in 1919, Netherlands allowed women a chance to vote.
Civil Disobedience Movement started by the Indian National Congress in 1923 was in the year 1923.
Later in 1924, Mahatma Gandhi embarked on a hunger strike in order to create a unity of Hindus and Muslims.
In this year of 1931, Japanese military force invaded and take control over Manchuria region of northern China.
The USSR became a member of the League of Nations in 1934, and in the same year Italy’s dictator Mussolini compelled the Italians to bear arms for they made military education compulsory to everyone aged 8 and 55 years.
The second Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld of Sweden was also killed in a plane crash in 1961.
In 1982 there were slaughters in the Palestinian refugee camps of Chatila and Sabgar in West Beirut.
There was coupe d’état in Burma in 1989 which saw the country being renamed as Myanmar.
In 2007 Pakistan’s military ruler General Pervez Musharraf said that he would step down as head of the army after elections.
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Notable Births:
- 1867 – Indian painter Gaganendranath Tagore.
- 1869 – Indian science writer Jagdananda Roy.
- 1905 – Swedish actress Greta Garbo.
- 1954 – American psychologist Steven Pinker.
- 1970 – English cricketer Darren Gough.
Notable Deaths:
- 1180 – King Louis VII of France.
- 1783 – Swiss mathematician Leonard Euler.
- 1899 – Bengali thinker and writer Rajnarayan Bose.
- 1956 – Bengali essayist Motaher Hossain Chowdhury.
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