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photo:arjun manoharan International Lefthanders Day is observed on August 13 by Lefthanders International. It was first observed 1...

photo courtesy: news.bbc.co.uk   Alan Ross McWhirter ( known as Ross McWhirter ) was born on August 12, 1925 . He was the co-founder o...

International Youth Day is an awareness day designated by the United Nations. It was first on 12 August 2000 . As with other political awa...

The Eiger is a 3,970 metres  mountain in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. It is the easternmost peak of a ridge crest that extends across t...

Jean-Francois Lyotard was a French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist. He is well known for his articulation of postmoder...

The International Day of the World's Indigenous People is observed on August 9 each year to promote and protect the rights of the wo...

Ernest Orlando Lawrence was born August 8, 1901 . He was an American physicist and Nobel Laureate, known for his invention, utilization, ...

Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey was born on August 7, 190 3. He was a British archaeologist and naturalist whose work was important in estab...

The day when an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima 6 August 1945 , followed a few days later (August 9,1945) by a...

Niels Henrik Abel was born on August 5, 1802 . He was a Norwegian mathematician who proved the impossibility of solving the quinti...

Barack Hussein Obama is the 44th and current President of the United States, the first African American to hold the office. He was born on...

Jesse Wilford Reno was born on August 4, 1861 . He was invented the first working escalator in 1891 used at the Old Iron Pier, Coney Is...

The Mercedes-Benz Superdome originally Louisiana Superdome  is a domed sports and exhibition venue, located at the Central Business Distr...

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was born on August2, 1834 . He was a French sculptor who is best known for designing the Statue of Liberty ...

Speed Post was started by Department of Posts (India) in August 1, 1986 for providing time-bound and express ...

Friedrich Wohler was born on 31 July 1800 . H was a German chemist, best known for his synthesis of urea . He died on 23 September 1882...

Francoise Barre - Sinoussi was born 30 July 1947 . She  is a French virologist and director of the Regulation of Retroviral Infections Div...

Global Tiger Day , also known as International Tiger Day , is an annual celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation, held annu...

World Hepatitis Day , observed on July 28 every year, aims to raise global awareness of hepatitis B and hepatitis C and encourage prevent...

Johann Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician and was born on  27 July 1667 . He  was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoul...