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1906 Abdul Quadir (1906-1984), poet, essayist, journalist, was born in the village of Araisidha, Comilla. Google | Abdul Quadir Timeline | 1928 Major General Mahmudur Rahman Choudhury, eminent medical scientist and physician of Bangladesh, was born in Sylhet. Google | Mahmudur Rahman Choudhury Timeline | 1963 Kumar Bishwajit, renowned singer and composer, was born in Chittagong Google | Kumar Bishwajit Timeline | 1969 Tofazzal Hossain, popularly known as Manik Miah (1911-1969), Pakistani Bengali journalist and politician, served as the founding editor of The Daily Ittefaq, died in Rawalpindi, Punjab, West Pakistan, Pakistan. Google | Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah Timeline | 1971 General Tikka Khan by proclamation of the East Pakistan Razakar Ordinance 1971 abolished the 'Ansar Bahini' and turned it into 'Razakar Bahini' but its leadership remained in the hands of Jamaat-e-Islami. Google | General Tikka Khan Timeline | 1971 Ziaur Rahman was appointed the commander of the first conventional brigade of the Bangladesh Forces. Google | Ziaur Rahman Timeline | 1998 Brojen Das (1927-1998), first South Asian to swim across the English Channel, died. Google | Brojen Das Timeline | 2004 Sheikh Shaheb Ali, former national footballer and the first coach of the Bangladesh national team, died at the age of 91. Google | Sheikh Shaheb Ali Timeline | 2025 The Supreme Court overturns the 2013 cancellation of registration imposed on the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. Google | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Timeline | 2025 The trial in absentia of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, for the suppression of protests against her government, begins in the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). Google | Shaikh Hasina Timeline |