Important Days
World Day Against the Death Penalty
World Mental Health Day
Important Events
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Birth/Birth Anniversary
1902 – K. Shivaram Karanth, Indian journalist, author, and activist (d. 1997)
1906 – R. K. Narayan, Indian author (d. 2001)
1912 – Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2000)
1954 – Rekha, Indian actress
1990 – Rakul Preet Singh, Indian actress
Death/ Death Anniversary
1997 – Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (b. 1918)
2011 – Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
2015 – Manorama Indian (Tamil) actress (b. 1937)