1595 |
King Henry IV of France declares war against Spain. |
1946 |
The first meeting of the United Nations Security Council takes place. |
1991 |
The Gulf War started as soon as the US, UK, France forces attacked Iraq. |
1995 |
Hundreds of people died due to earthquake in Kobe city of Japan. |
1895 |
French President Casimir Perrier resigns. |
2008 |
The Central Government approved a scheme of Rs 1800 crore for providing jobs to the disabled. |
2009 |
Randhir Singh, the general secretary of the Indian Olympic Association, resigned from his post. |
2010 |
The Supreme Court of India has given a pro-active definition of the right to self-defense in the event of unlawful assault, saying that people who follow the law do not have to be cowardly. Its two-member bench set a 10-point directive on the right to self-defense, stating that a person cannot be criminalized under these circumstances, even if he had caused the attacker's death. |
1923 |
Juan de la Cieva invented rotary wind aircraft with no rotary power. |