1828: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, killing 30,000. 1832: John P Calhoun becomes the first US vice president to resign after disagreements with president Andrew Jackson. 1836: Spain ...
The Egmore police have detained a 15-year-old boy on charges of murdering his 18-year-old roommate. Both the victim and the juvenile accused were migrant labourers from Bihar, said the police.