| 1964 | Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India. |
| 2001 | The pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won the French Open doubles title. |
| 1900 | Freedom fighter Birsa Munda died in Ranchi jail under suspicious circumstances. |
| 2011 | India's famous painter MF Hussain died in London. |