1835- Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington DC in 1st attempted assassination of a US President.
1912- UK House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill.
1925- Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople.
1934 – Arab Language Academy opened officially in Cairo.
1948- Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Nathuram Godse.
1972 – Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations
Born today:
1882- 32nd US president Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Passes away:
1951- Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche).
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