World Teachers' Day — a UNESCO-led observance marking the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation on the status of teachers, co-convened with the ILO, UNICEF and Education International since 1994.
On this day
1795Napoleon Bonaparte crushed a royalist uprising in Paris with cannon fire on the crowd — the "whiff of grapeshot" that made his military reputation and led, within months, to his command of the Army of Italy.Marie-Guillemine Benoist via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
1970The Public Broadcasting Service began operations in the United States, taking over programming duties from National Educational Television and becoming the country's main public-TV distributor.David Maynard Photography via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
1524IndiaRani Durgavati, who would rule the Gond kingdom of Garha-Katanga as regent and lead its resistance against Mughal forces until her death in battle in 1564, was born in Mahoba.SpeakingArch via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Did you know
Rani Durgavati was born on the Hindu festival of Durgashtami — which is where her name comes from.