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place: Kollam
Sunday, 27 October 2013
Saturday, 26 October 2013
Joseph Aloysius Hansom
Joseph Aloysius Hansom was a prolific English architect working
principally in the Gothic Revival style. He invented the Hansom cab and
founded the eminent architectural journal, The Builder, in 1843. He was born on October 26, 1803 and died on June 29, 1882.
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Friday, 25 October 2013
Henry Norris Russell
Henry Norris Russell was born on October 25, 1877, he was an American astronomer who, along with
Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram. In 1923,
working with Frederick Saunders, he developed Russell–Saunders coupling
which is also known as LS coupling. He died on February 18, 1957.
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Thursday, 24 October 2013
World Development Information Day
United Nations General Assembly decided to institute a World Development Information Day coinciding with United Nations Day on 24 October in1972. The General Assembly had the object of drawing the attention of world public-opinion each year to development problems and the necessity of strengthening international co-operation to solve them.
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Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Mole Day
Mole Day is celebrated among chemists and chemistry students on October 23, between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM, making the date 6:02 10/23 in the American style of writing dates. The time and date are derived from Avogadro's number, which is approximately 6.02×1023, defining the number of particles (atoms or molecules) in one mole of substance, one of the seven base SI units.
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Tuesday, 22 October 2013
International Stuttering Awareness Day
October 22 was observed as International Stuttering Awareness Day.The day is intended to raise public awareness of the millions of people, one per cent of the world's population who have the speech disorder of stuttering, also known as stammering.
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Monday, 21 October 2013
Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. He was born on October 21, 1833. He was the inventor of dynamite and he died on December 10, 1896.
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