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1911 Abu Jafar Shamsuddin (1911-1988), journalist and writer, was born in Gazipur, Eastern Bengal and Assam, British India. Google | Abu Jafar Shamsuddin Timeline | 1929 Fazle Lohani (1929-1985), a television talk and variety show host, journalist and writer, the host of the popular show Jodi Kichu Mone Na Koren aired on Bangladesh Television, was born. Google | Fazle Lohani Timeline | 1949 A Constitutional Basic Principles Committee was formed at a session of the constituent assembly after more than a year and a half into its establishment as an independent state of Pakistan and yet to have a constitution. Google | Bangladesh Timeline | 1972 Greece recognizes Bangladesh as an independent nation. Google | Bangladesh Greece Relations Timeline | 1975 Lok Shilpa Jadughar (Folk Art and Craft Museum) of Sonargaon was established by Bangladeshi painter Joynul Abedin. Google | Open Timeline | 1994 Mohammad Hanif, senior leader of AL, became the first elected mayor of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC). Google | Mohammad Hanif Timeline | 2007 A Dhaka-bound Bangladesh Biman airliner suffered a wheel failure during takeoff that caused minor injuries to 14 on board, forcing Dubai International Airport, the busiest in the Middle East, to suspend its operations for about eight hours. Google | Bangladesh Biman Timeline | 2012 A passenger ferry, MV Shariatpur 1, with 250 passengers collided with a cargo ship and sank in the Meghna river killing 147 people. Google | Maritime Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline | 2016 Rafiq Azad, renowned poet, Ekushey Padak winner and freedom fighter, dies in Dhaka at age 74. Google | Rafiq Azad Timeline | 2018 A Bangladeshi aircraft operated by the US-Bangla Airlines crashed with 71 people on board in Kathmandu killing 49, including 26 Bangladeshis. Google | Aviation Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline |