Saturday, 31 August 2013

First satellite that North Korea attempted to launch

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Kwangmyongsong-1 or Gwangmyeongseong-1 was a satellite allegedly launched by North Korea on 31 August 1998 . It was the first satellite to...

The English daily started by Lala Lajpath Rai

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Ans: The People
Friday, 30 August 2013

Space Shuttle Discovery first flight

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Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the retired orbiters of the Space Shuttle Programs of  NASA. Its first flight is on August 30, 1984 – S...

Who was the first women judge of Supreme Court Of India?

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Ans: Fathima Beevi http://datesupdates.blogspot.in/2013/04/justice-m-fathima-beevi.html   photo: www.wikinewforum.com
Thursday, 29 August 2013

International Day against Nuclear Tests

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The International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on August 29 . It was established on December 2, 2009 at the 64th session of the U...

Which country is known as diary farm of Europe?

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Ans: Denmark photo: www.greenfudge.org
Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Richard A. Lerner

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Richard A. Lerner   was born 28 August 1938 , he is an American research chemist. Best known for his work on catalytic antibodies . He serv...

GPS was developed by

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                                                                     Ans: US Army  photo: mrmc.amedd.army.mil
Tuesday, 27 August 2013

Mars made its closest approach to Earth

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Mars made its closest approach to Earth and maximum apparent brightness in nearly 60,000 years, 55,758,006 km (0.372719 AU), magnitude −2....

Who discovered the the planet Uranus?

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                                                                Ans: William Herschel Photo: www.britishempire.co.uk
Monday, 26 August 2013

Mother Teresa

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 Mother Teresa ( Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, M.C)  was an Albanian born, Indian Roman Catholic Religious Sister  born on 26 August 1910 . M...
Sunday, 25 August 2013

First black woman to win Wimbledon

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Althea Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and the first African-American athlete of either gender to cross t...
Saturday, 24 August 2013

Excluded Pluto

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Pluto is the second-most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System after Eris. On August 24, 2006 , the International Astronomical U...
Friday, 23 August 2013

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

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International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is observed on annually August 23 , the day designated by UNESC...
Thursday, 22 August 2013

Steam engine innovator

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Denis Papin was a French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forer...