➢Independence Day of Dominican Republic, ➢Anosmia Awareness Day, ➢International Polar Bear Day, ➢World NGO Day, ➢1931: Death of freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad, ➢1932: Birth of poet and polyglot Vege Nageswara Rao, ➢1956: Death of the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha, G.V. Mavalankar, and ➢2002: Sabarmati Express burning – 59 VHP kar sevaks died.