On This Day On This Day | 23 April

On This Day | 23 April

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On this day: 1984: The discovery of the virus causing AIDS is announced 2005: The first YouTube video is posted Born on this day: 1858: Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate Gone on this day: 1616: William Shakespeare, English playwright 1992: Satyajit Ray, Indian director

On This Day On This Day | 22 April

On This Day | 22 April

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On this day: 1930: Indian revolutionaries battle British troops in the Jalalabad hills near Chittagong, Bengal province. 1945: Adolf Hitler admits defeat 1977: Optical fiber is used for telephone transmissions for the first time Born on this day: 1724: Immanuel Kant, Russian/German philosopher Gone on this day: 2013: Lalgudi Jayaraman, Read more…

On This Day On This Day | 21 April

On This Day | 21 April

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On this day: 1526: First Battle of Panipat: Central Asian conqueror Babur defeats Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, establishing the Mughal Empire in India 1992: The first exoplanets are discovered 1997: I. K. Gujral sworn in as Prime Minister of India Born on this day: 1864: Max Weber, German economist, sociologist Gone Read more…