Friday 24 May 2013
Thursday 23 May 2013
8th state to ratify the US Constitution
South Carolina is a state in the Southeastern United States. It was the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation, the 8th state to ratify the US Constitution on May 23, 1788.
John Bardeen
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Herbert Charles
Herbert Charles Brown was born on May 22, 1912. He was a chemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate for his work with organoboranes.He died on December 19, 2004.
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Willem Einthoven
Willem Einthoven was born on May 21, 1860, he was a Dutch doctor and physiologist. He invented the
first practical electrocardiogram in 1903 and received the Nobel Prize
in Medicine in 1924 for it.He died on September 29, 1927.
Monday 20 May 2013
Vasco da Gama arrived in kappadu
Sunday 19 May 2013
Jay Berwanger
John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger was an American football halfback born in
Dubuque, Iowa. He was born on March 19, 1914 and hewas the first winner of the Downtown Athletic Club
Trophy ( Heisman Trophy ) in 1935, He died on June 26, 2002.
Saturday 18 May 2013
International Museum Day
The International Council of Museums (ICOM) established International
Museum Day in 1977 to encourage public awareness of the role of museums
in the development of society. International Museum Day is organised around 18 May.
Friday 17 May 2013
Alan Curtis Kay
World Information Society Day
World Information Society Day is celebrated each year on 17 May to
remind the world of the vision of the World Summit on the Information
Society to build “a people-centered, inclusive and development-oriented
information society” based on fundamental human rights.
The day had previously been known as World Telecommunication Day to commemorate the founding of the International Telecommunication Union in 17 May 1865.
Thursday 16 May 2013
J. Georg Bednorz
Johannes Georg Bednorz was born on May 16, 1950, he is a German physicist who, together with
K. Alex Müller(http://datesupdates.blogspot.in/2013/04/karl-alexander-muller.html), discovered high-temperature superconductivity in ceramics, for which they shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics.
K. Alex Müller(http://datesupdates.blogspot.in/2013/04/karl-alexander-muller.html), discovered high-temperature superconductivity in ceramics, for which they shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Wednesday 15 May 2013
International Day of the Family
May 15 is celebrated as the International Day of the Family. This day
highlights the importance of families. It aims at fostering equality, bringing about a
fuller sharing of domestic responsibilities and employment opportunities. The programmes
undertaken to commemorate the day, work towards supporting families in the discharge of
their functions. They tend to promote the inherent strengths of families, including their
great capacity of self-reliance, and stimulate self-sustaining activities.
Tuesday 14 May 2013
Monday 13 May 2013
Ronald Ross
Ronald Ross was a British doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on malaria. He was born on 13 May 1857. His discovery of the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal track of the Anopheles mosquito led to the realization that malaria was transmitted by Anopheles, and laid the foundation for combating the disease.He died on 16 September 1932.
India a full-fledged nuclear state
The Indian Government led by prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee declared that India a full-fledged nuclear state in a press conference on May 13, 1998 after Pokhran-II refers to the series of five Nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range.
Sunday 12 May 2013
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale was born on 12 May 1820 and she was a celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. She came to prominence while serving as a nurse during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night. She died on 13 August 1910.
Saturday 11 May 2013
National Technology Day ( India )
11 May has been officially declared as National Technology Day in India
to commemorate the first of the five tests that were carried out on 11
May 1998. The day was officially signed by the then Prime Minister of
India. The day is celebrated by giving awards to various individuals and
industries in the field of science and industry.
Friday 10 May 2013
South Africa's first black president
Thursday 9 May 2013
A laser beam was successfully bounced off Moon for the first time.
On May 9, 1962, a pulse light laser beam sent by a team of scientists from MIT successfully bounced off the moon, the first lunar laser ranging experiment. Later similar experiments used a reflector left on the moon’s surface by the Apollo 11 mission to increase accuracy.
William Francis Kemmler
William Francis Kemmler was born on May 9, 1860 and he was a convicted murderer and the first person in the world to be executed using an electric chair. He died on August 6, 1890.
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