Photo: Ananthu Manoharan
Place: Coorg (Madekeri) @ Karnataka
Thursday, 6 February 2014
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Auguste Antoine Piccard
Auguste Antoine Piccard was born on 28 January 1884. He was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer. He was the inspiration for Professor Cuthbert Calculus in The Adventures of Tintin by Belgian cartoonist Herge. He died on 24 March 1962.
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Monday, 27 January 2014
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed on 27 January, is an international memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust, the genocide that resulted in the annihilation of 6 million Jews, 2 million Gypsies, 15,000 homosexual people and millions of others by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.
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Saturday, 25 January 2014
National Voters' Day (India)
In order to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process, Government of India has decided to celebrate January 25 every year as 'National Voters' Day', it is started from January 25th 2011.
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Monday, 20 January 2014
Andre-Marie Ampere
Andre-Marie Ampere was born on January 20, 1775. He was a French physicist and mathematician who is
generally regarded as one of the main founders of the science of
classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics". He died on June 10, 1836.
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Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Ratification Day (United States)
Ratification Day in the United States refers to the anniversary of the ratification of the Treaty of Paris on January 14, 1784 at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland by the Confederation Congress. This act officially ended the American Revolution and established the U.S. as a sovereign entity.
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Monday, 13 January 2014
Sydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner was born on13 January 1927, he is a South African biologist and a 2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate, shared with H. Robert Horvitz and John Sulston. Brenner made significant contributions to work on the genetic code, and other areas of molecular biology while working in the Medical Research Council Unit in Cambridge, England.
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Sunday, 12 January 2014
National Youth Day (India)
National Youth Day is celebrated in India on 12 January on the birthday of Swami Vivekananda. In 1984 the Government of India declared the day as the National Youth Day and since 1985 the event is celebrated in India every year.
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Saturday, 11 January 2014
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid was born on 11 January 1973. He is a former Indian cricketer, who captained the national Test and One Day International (ODI) teams. In December 2011, he became the first non-Australian cricketer to address at the Bradman Oration in Canberra.
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Friday, 10 January 2014
Norman George Heatley
Norman George Heatley was born on 10 January 1911, he was a member of the team of Oxford University scientists who developed penicillin. Norman Heatley developed the back extraction technique for efficiently purifying penicillin in bulk. He died on 5 January 2004.
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Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton is a British Formula One racing
driver from England, currently racing for the Mercedes AMG team. He is
the 2008 Formula One World Champion. He was born on January 7, 1985.
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