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1876 'Great Bakerganj Storm' hit Barisal region with a wind force of 220 kmph killing about two lakh people; the tidal surge created by the storm was as high as 10 feet to 45 feet. Google | Natural Disasters in Bangladesh Timeline | 1910 (Justice) Hamoodur Rahman, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University, was born in Patna in India. Google | Hamoodur Rahman Timeline | 1926 Abu Ishaque (1926-2003), eminent novelists, was born in Shariatpur District. Google | Abu Ishaque Timeline | 1932 AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury was born in Munsif Bari, Comilla. Google | AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury Timeline | 1950 Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894-1950), novelist, died in Ghatshila in Barackpur. Google | Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Timeline | 1968 Akram Khan, Test cricketer, was born in Chittagong. Google | Akram Khan Timeline | 1996 The garment industry of Bangladesh was declared child labour free. Google | Bangladesh Textile Industry Timeline | 1998 In Bangladesh the first Peace Corps volunteers arrived. 17 US college will study Bangla, the local language, for 3 months and then teach English to school teachers. Google | Peace Corps Timeline | 2007 HuJI-B operations commander Mufti Mohammad Hannan and two other cadres of the outfit confessed to carrying out the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on the Awami League rally at Dhaka with the intent of killing the AL President Sheikh Hasina. Google | Political Crisis in Bangladesh Timeline | 2007 The judiciary comes out of the control of the executive organ of the state, the magistrate courts across the country come out of the executive control today and continue operating under the authority of the Supreme Court (SC). Google | Not Tagged Timeline |