On this day:
1937: Volkswagen (VW) is founded
1961: Amnesty International is founded
1963: Estimated 22,000 die in a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal (India)
1998: Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own, prompting many countries to impose economic sanctions.
Born on this day:
1883: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian independence activist and writer (The Indian War of Independence), born in Bhagur, India
1946: Satchidanandan, Indian poet
Gone on this day:
2014: Maya Angelou, American author, poet, actress, director
