Space Shuttle Discovery first flight

Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the retired orbiters of the Space Shuttle Programs of  NASA. Its first flight is on August 30, 1984– September 5, 1984(STS-41-D ), 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.

Who was the first women judge of Supreme Court Of India?

Ans: Fathima Beevi
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International Day against Nuclear Tests

The International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on August 29. It was established on December 2, 2009 at the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly by the resolution 64/35.

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Which country is known as diary farm of Europe?

Ans: Denmark

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Richard A. Lerner

Richard A. Lerner  was born 28 August 1938, he is an American research chemist. Best known for his work on catalytic antibodies. He served as President of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) until January 1, 2012

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GPS was developed by

                                                                     Ans: US Army 

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Mars made its closest approach to Earth

Mars made its closest approach to Earth and maximum apparent brightness in nearly 60,000 years, 55,758,006 km (0.372719 AU), magnitude −2.88, on 27 August 2003 . This occurred when Mars was one day from opposition and about three days from its perihelion, making Mars particularly easy to see from Earth. The last time it came so close is estimated to have been on September 12, 57 617 BC, the next time being in 2287. source wikipedia.org

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Who discovered the the planet Uranus?

                                                                Ans: William Herschel

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Mother Teresa

 Mother Teresa ( Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, M.C) was an Albanian born, Indian Roman Catholic Religious Sister  born on 26 August 1910. Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, which in 2012 consisted of over 4,500 sisters and is active in 133 countries. Died on 5 September 1997.

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First black woman to win Wimbledon

Althea Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and the first African-American athlete of either gender to cross the color line of international tennis. She was born on August 25, 1927. In 1956 she became the first person of color to win a Grand Slam title. She died on September 28, 2003. 

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Excluded Pluto

Pluto is the second-most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System after Eris. On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) defined what it means to be a "planet" within the Solar System. This definition excluded Pluto as a planet and added it as a member of the new category "dwarf planet" along with Eris and Ceres. After the reclassification, Pluto was added to the list of minor planets and given the number 134340.

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International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is observed on annually August 23, the day designated by UNESCO to memorialize the transatlantic slave trade. The date is significant because, during the night of August 22 to August 23, 1791 on the island of Saint Domingue (Haiti), an uprising began which set forth events which were a major factor in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

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Steam engine innovator

Denis Papin was a French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the steam engine. He was born on 22 August 1647.

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