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1844 Girish Chandra Ghosh (1844-1912), playwright, actor and director, was born in Baghbazar in Calcutta. Google | Girish Chandra Ghosh Timeline | 1950 Mahbubul Haque Khan (better known as Azam Khan), renowned pop singer and freedom fighter, was born in Dhaka. Google | Azam Khan Timeline | 1971 Bhutto announced that the National Assembly session should be postponed. He said that the people of West Pakistan vetoed the 6-point. And threatened that if the PPP did not participate in the National Assembly session, there would be strikes called in all four provinces of West Pakistan. Google | Bangladesh Liberation War Timeline | 1974 Davis Eugene Boster was appointed as the first ambassador of the United States to the newly independent nation of Bangladesh. Google | Bangladesh USA Relations Timeline | 1979 The second general election in Bangladesh was held with the participation of 2,547 candidates representing 29 parties and independents. Google | Elections in Bangladesh Timeline | 2008 A passenger ferry, MV Sourav-1, with over 150 passengers capsizes in the Buriganga killing 39 people. Google | Maritime Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline | 2016 Bangladesh wins first ever Twenty20 International (T20I) Cricket match against Sri Lanka. Google | Bangladesh Cricket Timeline | 2019 Atiqul Islam elected as the mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation. Google | Dhaka City Corporation Timeline | 2025 A new political party called National Citizen Party (NCP) is formed by the student leadership of the July 2024 Revolution. Google | Politics of Bangladesh Timeline | 8888 Shakila Zafar (Shakila Jafar), popular singer of Bangladeshi origin, was born in Karachi, Pakistan. Google | Shakila Zafar Timeline |