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.