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1871 Raja Rammohon Library was established by Brahmo Samaj in Old Dhaka. Google | Raja Rammohon Library Timeline | 1917 Azizur Rahman (1917-1978), composer of songs and poet, was born in the village of Haripur in Kushtia district. Google | Azizur Rahman Timeline | 1932 Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed (1932-2003), jurist, lawyer, attorney-general, two-time adviser to neutral caretaker Governments of Bangladesh, public figure, was born in Ghazipur in the United Provinces in British India. Google | Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Timeline | 1935 Momtazuddin Ahmed (1935-2019), renowned theatre personality, educationist, language movement activist and Ekushey Padak recipient, was born in Malda of West Bengal. Google | Momtazuddin Ahmed Timeline | 1954 Partha Pratim Majumder, Bangladeshi mime artist who is considered the forerunner of mime art in Bangladesh, was born in Pabna. Google | Partha Pratim Majumder Timeline | 1976 Diplomatic relations were established between Bangladesh and Pakistan. Google | Bangladesh Pakistan Relations Timeline | 1992 Hamidul Huq Chowdhury (1901–1992), politician, lawyer, founder of the Bangladesh Observer, died in Dhaka at age 90. Google | Hamidul Haq Chowdhury Timeline | 1999 Shamsur Rahman, renowned poet, was attacked by HuJI-B militant at his residence in Shyamali locality in Dhaka in a failed bid to kill him. Google | Terrorism in Bangladesh Timeline | 2018 Shammi Akhter (1957-2018), birth name Shamima Akhter, Bangladeshi playback singer, dies in Dhaka at age 60. Google | Shammi Akhter Timeline |