1819: America began the first savings bank, Bank of Savings in New York.
1850: The Koh-i-Noor was formally presented to Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace by the deputy chairman of the East India Company.
1886: Karl Benz of Germany built the world’s first automobile. Hedrove the first automobile in Mannheim, Germany, reaching a top speed of 16 km/h (10 mph).
1886: The New York Tribune became the first newspaper to use a printing machine.
1938: World speed recorded for a steam locomotive was set in England, by the Mallard, which reached a speed of 125.88 miles per hour.
Famous Birthdays – July 3
1683: Edward Young, an English poet, critic, philosopher, and theologian.
1883: Franz Kafka, a German-speaking Bohemian novelist, and short-story writer.
1918: S.V. Ranga Rao, an Indian film actor, director, and producer.
1928: M. L. Vasanthakumari, a Carnatic musician and playback singer.
1952: Amit Kumar, an Indian playback singer, actor, music composer.
1962: Tom Cruise, an American actor, and producer.
1967: Tigmanshu Dhulia is an Indian film dialogue writer, director, actor, screenwriter, and producer.
1980: Harbhajan Singh, an Indian international cricketer.
1984: Bharti Singh, an Indian stage comedian.
Death Anniversaries - July 3
1350: Namdev, an Indian poet and saint from Maharashtra, India.
1948: Mohammad Usman, the highest ranking officer of the Indian Army.
1969: Brian Jones, an English musician, and composer.
1996: Raaj Kumar, Kulbhushan Pandit, an Indian film actor.
1964: Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa.
1975: Allahabad court annulled Indira Gandhi’s election and barred her from contesting for six years.
1990: Russian Federation parliament formally declared itself to be sovereign. This day is celebrated as Russia Day.
1994 : World’s biggest twinjet, Boeing 777, took its first flight.
Famous Birthdays – June 12
1929: Anne Frank, a German-Dutch diarist of Jewish origin.
1932: Padmini, an Indian actress, and trained Bharatanatyam dancer.
1957: Javed Miandad, a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator, and former cricketer.
1975: Anjana Om Kashyap, an Indian journalist, and anchor.
1985: Blake Ross, an American software engineer who is best known for his work as the co-creator of the Mozilla Firefox internet browser with Dave Hyatt.
Death Anniversaries - June 12
1978: Guo Moruo, a Chinese archaeologist, historian, poet, politician, and writer.
2000: Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, a Marathi writer, and humorist from Maharashtra, India.
2015: Nek Chand Saini, a self-taught Indian artist.
2020: Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlavi, an Indian Urdu poet, scholar, and journalist.
