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On this day:1830: One of the world’s best-known nursery rhymes, Mary had a little lamb, is published 1916: Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname 1970: Engineers begin drilling the world’s deepest hole, the kola superdeep borehole, of 40,230 feet depth Born on this day:1941: Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, Read more…
On this day:1844: Siyyid `Alà Muḥammad ShÃrázà founds Bábism, the forerunner of Bahá’à faith 1949: The Federal Republic of Germany is established 1951: Delegates of the Dalai Lama sign the Seventeen Point Agreement Born on this day:1707: Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, zoologist Gone on this day:1937: John D. Rockefeller, Read more…
On this day:1906: The Wright brothers’ flying machine is patented 1960: The most violent earthquake in recorded history, measuring 9.5 on the Richter scale, hits Chile 1992: India launches its Agni rocket 2004: Manmohan Singh becomes the 13th Prime Minister of India Born on this day:1772: Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu Read more…
On this day:1904: FIFA, the world governing body of association football, is founded 1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Born on this day: 1844: Henri Rousseau, French painter 1947: Jiggs Kalra, Indian food writer “Czar of Indian cuisine”, born in Punjab region, Read more…
On this day: 1498: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming the first European to reach India by sea 1873: Blue jeans are patented by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis 1992: India launches its 1st satellite independently Born on this day: 1894: Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Read more…
On this day: 1743: Jean-Pierre Christin invents the Celsius thermometer 1919: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk sets off the Turkish War of Independence 1963: Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail is published Born on this day: 1913: Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, sixth President of India (1977-82), born in Illur, British India Read more…
On this day: 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte is appointed Emperor of the French 1918: Dutch Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia 1974: India becomes the sixth nation to explode an atomic bomb 1980: Mount St. Helens erupts Born on this day: 1933: Deve Gowda, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (1996-97), born Read more…
On this day:1756: Britain declares war on France (7 Years’ or French & Indian War) 1972: Germany ratifies the Treaty of Warsaw 1990: The WHO deletes homosexuality from its list of mental diseases Gone on this day: 1510: Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter
On this day: 1960: Theodore Maiman fires the first functional laser 1975: Sikkim becomes a part of India 1975: Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to conquer Mount Everest 2003: Calcutta high court rules Calcutta does not have a birthday and that British East India employee Job Charnock is not Read more…
On this day:1718: The world’s first machine gun, called Puckle Gun, is patented by James Puckle 1928: The first Mickey Mouse film, Plane Crazy, is screened 1940: The first McDonald’s fast food restaurant opens Born on this day: 1817: Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer 1907: Sukhdev Thapar, Indian freedom fighter Read more…