1875 – Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone.
1924 – US government grants Indians full citizenship rights.
1979 – Pope John Paul II visits his native Poland.
2003 – European Space agency launches spacecraft Mars-Express to Mars.
Born today:
1740 – French Novelist Marquis de Sade.
Passed away:
1948 – Karl Gebhardt, Nazi’s Killing Doctor.
Occasions:
Republic Day in Italy.
H. Zain / H. Said