On this day:
1963: 32 African countries form a coalition called AOU against white rule. AOU was the precursor of the African Union
1965: India and Pakistan border fights begin
Born on this day:
1803: Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet, philosopher
1886: Rash Behari Bose, Indian revolutionary leader against the British Raj in India, born in Bengal, India
1899: Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher, born in Asansol, British India
Gone on this day:
2005: Sunil Dutt, Indian Bollywood director, actor and politician (Yaadein, Mother India, Khandaan), dies at 75
