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1919 Mirza Abdul Hye (1919-1984), fiction writer, was born in the village of Abda of Habiganj subdivision in Sylhet. Google | Mirza Abdul Hye Timeline | 1924 (Justice) Fazle Kaderi Muhammad Abdul Munim (1924-2001), a former Chief Justice of Bangladesh, was born in Dhaka district. Google | Fazle Kaderi Muhammad Abdul Munim Timeline | 1933 The Dhaka-Calcutta airmail service was opened. Google | Not Tagged Timeline | 1980 Bangladesh Television commenced color transmissions, being inaugurated by President Ziaur Rahman, marking the first official full-time color broadcasts in South Asia. Google | Bangladesh Television Timeline | 1988 596 were killed after a cyclone hit Bangladesh. Half a million were left homeless. Google | Natural Disasters in Bangladesh Timeline | 1997 Khan Ataur Rahman (1928-1997), actor, singer, music composer, film director, passed away. Google | Khan Ataur Rahman Timeline | 2002 In Gaibandha, Bangladesh, least 30 people, mostly women and children, were killed in a stampede after a wall collapsed during a give-away of clothes and money. Google | Not Tagged Timeline | 2006 Transmission of Ekushey Television (ETV) resumed after its broadcasting was stopped four years and three months ago. Google | Momtazuddin Ahmed Timeline | 2006 The 13th Dhaka Book Fair begins at the Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka. Google | Dhaka Book Fair Timeline | 2011 Dhaka South City Corporation and Dhaka North City Corporation formally starts operation as the two municipal corporations in Dhaka that were created when the former Dhaka City Corporation was divided into two. Google | Dhaka City Corporation Timeline | 2024 The High Court overturns the 2018 conviction of acting Bangladesh Nationalist Party chair Tarique Rahman and 48 others for their involvement in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack. Google | Tarique Rahman Timeline |