On this day:1844: Siyyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází founds Bábism, the forerunner of Bahá’í 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…
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