On This Day | 06 January

On This Day:

1912: German scientist Alfred Wegener presented his theory of continental drift laying the foundation for Plate Tectonics which explains why continents move.

1907: Maria Montessori opens her first school leading to the evolution of Montessori’s schools all over the world.

Born on This Day: 

1883: Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese/American poet

1966: A R Rahman: Known as Mozart of Madras

Gone on This Day:

1919: Theodore Roosevelt: 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize winner

1852: Louis Braille French educator, inventor of Braille Script for the visually impaired

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