Today in History
1-August and history of calendar
2- 1664 – Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
3-1498 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
4-1960 – Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
5-National Day, celebrates the independence of Benin from France in 1960.
Voice and written by Azhar Niaz