Important Days
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Important Events
2004 – Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.
2008 – Matti Saari kills ten people before committing suicide.
2019 – The British travel company, Thomas Cook Group, declares bankruptcy, leaving employees without jobs and 600,000 customers stranded abroad. Hotels throughout the world are stuck with £3.5 million (U.S. $4.3 million) in unpaid bills.[
Birth/Birth Anniversary
1908 – Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Indian poet, academic, and politician (d. 1974)
1917 – Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (d. 2006)
1935 – Prem Chopra, Pakistani-Indian actor
1952 – Anshuman Gaekwad, Indian cricketer
Death/ Death Anniversary
2015 – Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher (b. 1930)