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On this day: 1311: General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India 1929: First non-stop England to India flight takes-off 1990: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched into Earth orbit Born on this day: 1929: Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer in Kannada cinema and cultural icon, born Read more…
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: 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: 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…
On this day: 1902: Pierre and Marie Curie discover the radioactive element radium 1951: A human organ is surgically replaced for the first time Born on this day: 1889: Adolf Hitler, Austrian/German politician, Chancellor of Germany Gone on this day: 1918: Karl Ferdinand Braun, German/American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate 1970: Read more…
On this day: 1775: The American Revolutionary War begins 1971: The Soviet Union launches the world’s first manned space station 1975: India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR Born on this day: 1897: Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist, born in India 1957: Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman and Read more…
On this day: 1930: An attempted raid on British armory in Chittagong in Bengal province, British India by revolutionaries led by Surya Sen 1949: Ireland becomes an independent republic 1951: The European Coal and Steel Community, a precursor of the European Union, is established Born on this day: 1964: Niall Read more…
On this day: 1875: Modern Snooker invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain, a British officer in Jabalpur, India 1983: India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket Gone on this day: 1790: Benjamin Franklin, American politician, scientist, publisher 1975: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and leader, Second President of India 2014: Gabriel García Read more…
On this day: 1853: The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane 1912: Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly across the English Channel 2003: Ten new member states are admitted to the European Union Born on this day: 1848: Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social Read more…
On this day: 1948: Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created 1935 The Eastman Kodak Company launches Kodachrome 1989: A small group of students initiates pro-democracy protest on Tiananmen Square in Beijing 1994: The World Trade Organization is founded Born on this day: 1452: Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, architect Read more…