Today in History
1-644 – Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is assassinated by a Persian slave in Medina.
2-1838 – The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.
3-1913 income tax introduced in America
4-1975 – Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politicians and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loyalists, are murdered in the Dhaka Central Jail.
5-Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Dominica from the United Kingdom in 1978.
6-1618 – Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor of India (d. 1707)
7-Culture Day (Japan)
8-Independence Day / Separation Day, celebrates the separation and independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903.
9-Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia from the United States in 1986.
Voice and written by Azhar Niaz
