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1899 Abdul Monem Khan (1899-1971), governor of erstwhile East Pakistan (28 October 1962 to 23 March 1969), a lawyer and a politician, was born in Bajitput Upazila of Kishoreganj district.
Google | Abdul Monem Khan Timeline | 1912 Kamal Dasgupta (1912-1974), also known as Kamal Uddin Ahmed, singer, Nazrul song composer and music director, was born in Narail, Jessore.
Google | Kamal Dasgupta Timeline | 1930 Firoza Begum (1930-2014), Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singer, was born in Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India.
Google | Firoza Begum Timeline | 1984 Bangladesh participates in its first Olympic games ever in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, USA. Saidur Rahman Dawn was the sole participant thus becoming the first Bangladeshi to participate in the Olympics
Google | Bangladesh Sports Timeline | 2002 Torrential overnight rains set off more floods in eastern India as the death toll from floods in India, Nepal and Bangladesh passed 300.
Google | Natural Disasters in Bangladesh Timeline | 2003 Bangladesh became the second nation to ban the current issue of Newsweek's international edition over an article on new interpretations of Islam's holy book.
Google | Bangladesh Timeline | 2006 Bangladesh was officially admitted to the Asean Regional Forum (ARF), ARF was established in 1994 to deal with issues concerning security of the Asia-Pacific region.
Google | Asean Regional Forum Timeline | 2009 Heaviest rain in 53 years battered the capital, Dhaka, leaving at least six people dead and stranding thousands in their swamped homes.
Google | Natural Disasters in Bangladesh Timeline | 2010 Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, politician and former BNP secretary general, died at the age of 67 from lung cancer at Dhaka.
Google | Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan Timeline | 2011 A passenger bus collided head on with a lorry at Shajahanpur in Bogra district, 100 miles (160km) north of the capital, killing at least 17 people and injuring more than 30 others.
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