On This Day On This Day | 29 May

On This Day | 29 May

Loading

On this day:1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay conquered Mount Everest 2015: Heatwave in India centred in Telengana and Andhra Pradesh states is reported to have killed 1800 people in a week Born on this day:1906: T. H. White, English novelist, author of the King Arthur novels, born in Bombay, Read more…

On This Day On This Day | 28 May

On This Day | 28 May

Loading

On this day:1937: Volkswagen (VW) is founded 1961: Amnesty International is founded 1963: Estimated 22,000 die in a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal (India) 1998: Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own, prompting many countries to impose economic sanctions. Born on this Read more…

On This Day On This Day | 27 May

On This Day | 27 May

Loading

On this day:1851: The world’s first chess tournament is held in London 1937: The Golden Gate Bridge is opened 2017: In Bangalore, India, white puffy toxic foam begins spilling out of Varthur Lake onto city streets Born on this day:1923: Henry Kissinger, German/American politician, Nobel Prize laureate Gone on this Read more…