► 842 AD: Died Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 796)
► 1592: Born Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor (d. 1666)
► 1919: Founded the German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party
► 1928: Born Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
(d. 4 April 1979 by hanged)
► 1938: Born Sukumar Ray, Bengali poet
► 1944: The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
► 1971: Starts 1st ODI Cricket match in Melbourne (Aus vs Eng)
► 2014: 10th national parliament election in Bangladesh