On this day:
1783: The Montgolfier brothers demonstrate the first hot air balloon
1917: The first Pulitzer Prize is awarded
1989: Poland holds the first free elections after World War II
Born on this day:
1902: Richard Allen, Indian field hockey goaltender (Olympic gold 1928), born in Nagpur
1936: Nutan Bahl, Indian actress, born in Bombay, British India
Gone on this day:
2019: Jiggs Kalra, Indian food writer “Czar of Indian cuisine”, dies at 72