John Paul II dies

John Paul II sometimes called Blessed John Paul or John Paul the Great, born 18 May 1920 and died 2 April 2005, reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the second longest serving Pope in history and the first non Italian since 1523.

April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day is celebrated in many countries on April 1 every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, it is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other.

Gmail was launched

Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service provided by Google. Users may access Gmail as secure webmail, as well as via POP3 or IMAP4 protocols. Gmail was launched as an invitation-only beta release on April 1, 2004 and it became available to the general public on February 7, 2007.

The Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous monuments in the world (324 meters, 10,100 tonnes) it opens on 31 March 1889, it is dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower's designer, and attended by French Prime Minister Pierre Tirard, a handful of other dignitaries, and 200 construction workers.It was built for the World Fair, where it was the star attraction.

Invention of the phototransistor was announce

The invention of the phototransistor was announced on March 30,1950 ( Murray Hill NJ). This was a transistor operated by light rather than electric current, invented by Dr. John Northrup Shive of the Bell Telephone Laboratories at Murray Hill, N.J. It used a tiny chip of germanium, a semiconductor material, but only a single collector wire. The tip of this wire rests in a small dimple ground into one side of the germanium disk. At this point the germanium disk is only three thousandths of an inch thick. Light focussed on the opposite, un-dimpled side of the disk can control the flow of current in the wire, thus making a control device similar in function to a photo-electric cell.

The first spacecraft to reach the planet Mercury

Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA  on November 3, 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus The First Mercury encounter took place on March 29, 1974, at a range of 703 kilometers (437 mi), passing on the shadow side.

The first seaplane

The first seaplane took off from water at Martinques, France. The pilot was Henri Fabre. The first autonomous flight by a hydroplane was made by the French engineer Henri Fabre on March 28, 1910. A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off  and landing (alighting) on water. Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are a subclass called amphibian aircraft.

Wilhelm Rontgen

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist, who Discovered X-rays or Rontgen rays (detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range) on 8 November 1895, He was born on March 27, 1845. In honour of his accomplishments, the IUPAC  named element 111, Roentgenium, a very radioactive element with multiple unstable isotopes. He died on 10 February 1923.

World Theatre Day

Every year 27 March is celebrated as World Theatre Day ( Drama Day). It was established in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute.

The first person to visit Challenger Deep

Canadian Film maker, James Cameron, becomes the first person to visit Challenger Deep( The Challenger Deep is the deepest known point in the Earth,s sea floor hydrosphere, with a depth of 10,898 m (35,755 ft ) to 10,916 m (35,814 ft) by direct measurement from submersibles, and slightly more by sonar), the deepest point on Earth in over 50 years on March 26,2012.

Jim Lovell

James "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr. was born on March 25, 1928 and he is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the US Navy , most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13  mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission control. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, the first of only three people to fly to the Moon twice, and the only one to have flown there twice without making a Landing . Lovell was also the first person to fly in space four times.

World Tuberculosis Day

World Tuberculosis Day, falling on March 24 each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis  and efforts to eliminate the disease. March 24 commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch  astounded the scientific community by announcing that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus.

World Meteorological Day

World Meteorological Day (WMD) is observed on 23rd March every year. It will be celebrated to commemorate the coming into force on 23rd March 1950 of the convention establishing the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

 

The theme for this year(2013) is "Watching the weather to protect life and property-Celebrating 50 Years of World Weather Watch".

World Water Day

World Water Day has been observed on 22 March since 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly declared 22 March as World Day for Water.

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

 

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March. On that day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid "pass laws". Proclaiming the Day in 1966, the General Assembly called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination

World Forestry Day

Every year, 21 March is distinguished as World Forestry Day. The concept of having a World Forestry Day originated at the 23rd General Assembly of the European Confederation of Agriculture in 1971.

Isaac Newton's death anniversary

Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician who is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution. Born on December 25, 1642 and died on March 20, 1727.

Fidel Castro step down

 The Cuban leader  on 19th March, 2008, forty-nine years after taking power in an armed revolution. This has ended the Cold War fracas that has made him an icon to leftists, and a tyrant to his foes. Castro, 81, who has not appeared in public since undergoing stomach surgery, said he would not be seeking a new term as president or leader of Cuba's armed forces when the National Assembly meets again. His retirement has raised expectations for a post-communist system of government, and calls by the United States for democracy.

Rudolf Diesel

Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German inventor and mechanical engineer, famous for the invention of the Diesel engine. Born on March 18, 1858 and died September 29, 1913.In 1898, Rudolf Diesel was granted patent #608,845 for an "internal combustion engine" the Diesel engine.

Gottlieb Daimler

Gottlieb Daimler was an engineer, industrial designer and industrialist born in Schorndorf, in what is now Germany. He was a pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development.He invented the high-speed  petrol-engine and the first four-wheel automobile and invented the first gas-engined motorcycle in 1885, which was an engine attached to a wooden bike. That marked the moment in history when the dual development of a viable gas-powered engine and the modern bicycle collided. Born March 17, 1834 and died March 6, 1900.

 

First cricketer to score 100 international centuries

Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 100th international hundred on 16 March 2012, at Mirpur against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup.

world consumer rights day

On 15 March 1962, President John F Kennedy gave an address to the US congress in which he formally addressed the issue of consumer rights. He was the first world leader to do so, and the consumer movement now marks 15 March every year as a means of raising global awareness about consumer rights.

Albert Einstein

 

Albert Einstein was born March 14, 1879. He was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity and he died on April 18, 1955. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect. 

After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print.

Encyclopedia Britannica announces that it will no longer public printed versions of its encyclopedia on March 13, 2012.After 244 years reference book firm Encyclopaedia Britannica has decided to stop publishing its famous and weighty 32-volume print edition.

Rail transport begin in Kerala

Rail transport began in Kerala at Malabar. On March 12,1861,Kerala's first train ,built by the Madras Railway Company ,chugged along the Beppur - Tirur line (30.6km). - See more at: http://www.trainweb.org/railkerala/articles/history.htm#sthash.xwvs98SO.dp

Rail transport begin in Kerala between Beeper and Tirur line (30.6km) on March 12,1861. Train was built by Madras Railway Company.

The first Train service began in Travancore on November 26,1904,with the completion of the Chengotta -Punalur meter gauge line.

Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria born September 29, 1951. She is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first female president of her country.

The First Telephone Call

Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone made the first successful call with the telephone on March 10, 1876,to his assistant, Thomas Watson. He spoke the words "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you." 

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was born on  9 March 1934, he was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok Spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961. He died on 27 March 1968.

Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.

Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the retired orbiters of the Space Shuttle Programe of  NASA and was operational from its maiden flight, STS-41-D on August 30, 1984– September 5, 1984, until its final landing during STS-133on March 9, 2011. Discovery has flown more than any other spacecraft having completed 39 successful missions in over 27 years of service.

International Women's Day

International Women's Day (I W D), originally called International Working Women's Day, is celebrated on March 8 every year.

First pilot to fly over a million miles in jet airplanes.

On March 7, 1959 Melvin C. Garlow ( Melvin Christopher Garlow )

Melvin Christopher Garlow

Melvin Christopher Garlow)

became the first pilot to fly over a million miles in jet airplanes.

Valentina Tereshkova

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova was  born 6 March 1937, she is a retired Soviet Cosmonaut and the first woman to have flown in space.

The computer virus "Michelangelo" went into effect.

The Michelangelo virus is a computer virus first discovered in 4 February 1991 in Australia.    The virus was designed to infect DOS systems, but did not engage the operating system or make any OS calls. Michelangelo, like all boot sector viruses, basically operated at the Bios level. Each year, the virus remained dormant until March 6, the birthday of Renaissance artist Michelangelo. There is no reference to the artist in the virus, and it is doubtful that the virus writer intended Michelangelo to be referenced to the virus.The computer virus "Michelangelo" went into effect on march 2,1992.

Water on moon

On March 5, 1998 NASA announced that an orbiting craft had found enough water on the moon to support a human colony and rocket fueling station.

Arrest warrant for Omar Hassan al-Bashir

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on March 4, 2009 for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir was the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.

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Mount Rushmore Dedicated

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a Sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota in US and established March 3, 1925.  

Edward Condon

Edward Uhler Condon was born on March 2, 1902. He was a distinguished American nuclear physicist, a pioneer in Quantum Mechanics.He died on March 26, 1974.

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 come into force on the first day of March, 1882. Its an Act to define and Law relating to negotiable instruments which are Promissory Notes, Bills of Exchange and cheques. Act was Enacted by Parliament of India on 9 December 1881.

March 1st Movement

The  March 1st Movement ( Samil Movement), was one of the earliest public displays of Korean resistance during the occupation of the Korean Empire by Japan. The name refers to an event that occurred on March 1, 1919.

Michael Jackson won a record eight awards

Michael Jackson won a record eight awards in 26th Grammy Awards on February 28, 1984. It was held at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles and were broadcast live on American Television.

Lincoln signs National Currency Act

 

Lincoln signs National Currency Act on 27 February 1863. National Currency Act in 1863. In 1864, President Lincoln signed a revision of that law, the National Bank Act. These laws established a new system of national banks and a new government agency headed by a Comptroller of the Currency.

Attukal Pongala

Attukal is a Hindu pilgrimage centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. It is situated about two kilometers to the south east from Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram City. Attukal Pongala is a famous festival celebrated annually at the renown of Attukal Devi Temple. The whole world is awaiting for the holy ceremony and every woman will pray to the Devi to bless them to be a part of it. In 2013 Attukal Pongala is on February 26th, Tuesday.. 


Old Moments

Levi Strauss

Levi Strauss was a German-American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture Blue Jeans in1853. He was Born on  February 26, 1829 and died on  September 26, 1902.

 

 

India wins battle against dreaded polio

 

On 25 February 2012,The World Health Organization (WHO) removed India from the global list of polio endemic countries, suggesting that the wild polio virus had been totally eliminated from the environment. The disease paralysed thousands of children every year for several decades.

Earthquake

A low intensity earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter Scale was felt in parts of Rajasthan on Sunday(February 24,2013). There is no report of damage from anywhere.

 

Double-Century In The History of One-Day International Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score a double-century in the history of one-day international cricket against South Africa on February 24,2010