On this day:
2001: Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist in history
2018: Indian government announces electricity has now reached every Indian village
Born on this day:
1795: Charles Sturt, English explorer (Australia), born in Bengal, British India
1908: Oskar Schindler, Czech/German businessman
Gone on this day:
1945: Benito Mussolini, Italian politician, Dictator of Italy
1992: Francis Bacon, Irish painter