On this day:
1526: First Battle of Panipat: Central Asian conqueror Babur defeats Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, establishing the Mughal Empire in India
1992: The first exoplanets are discovered
1997: I. K. Gujral sworn in as Prime Minister of India
Born on this day:
1864: Max Weber, German economist, sociologist
Gone on this day:
1910: Mark Twain, American author
1946: John Maynard Keynes, English economist