On this day in 1838, the Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper, was founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.
On this day in 1918, Poland declared its independence from Russia.
On this day in 1997, the United States imposed economic sanctions against Sudan. That was in response to its human rights abuses and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa.