Time Capsule

National Reading Day (June 19)

Rani Laxmi Bai - (November 19, 1835 or 1828 – June 18, 1858)

Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor (June 17, 1885)

Valentina Tereshkova travels to space (June 16, 1963)

Suraiya (June 15, 1929 – Jan 31, 2004)

World Blood Donor Day (June 14)

Allahabad High Court declares Indira Gandhi’s election to Lok Sabha null and void (June 12, 1975)

International KBG Syndrome Awareness Day (June 11)

Habib Tanvir (September 1, 1923 - June 8, 2009)

(Lincoln proclaims slave trade suppression treaty, June 7, 1862)

Israeli occupation of Gaza (June 6, 1967)

World Environment Day (June 5)

Nutan (June 4, 1936-Feb 21, 1991)

Partition plan presented (June 2, 1947)

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (May 19, 1913-June 1, 1996)

Kamala Surayya (March 31, 1934-May 31, 2009)

Udant Martand (1st Hindi weekly launched-May 30, 1826)

Prithviraj Kapoor (Nov 3, 1906-May 29, 1972)

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty signed (May 26, 1972)

Maharani Gayatri Devi (May 23, 1919-July 29, 2009)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy (May 22, 1772-Sept 27, 1833)

World Bee Day (May 20)

India’s first nuclear test (May 18, 1974)

Pankaj Udhas (May 17, 1951-Feb 26, 2024)

First Mickey Mouse film test-screened (May 15, 1928)