Peruman Train Tragedy

On July 8, 1988, the Peruman Train Tragedy, the Bangalore - Kanyakumari Island Express train derailed on the Peruman bridge over Ashtamudi Lake, near Perinadu, Kollam, Kerala, India and fell into the lake, killing 105 people.

Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission

Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program on July 8,2011 and landing at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on 21 July 2011  . The last mission of Atlantis was STS-135,This final flight, authorized in October 2010, brought additional supplies to the International Space Station and took advantage of the processing performed for the Launch on Need mission, which would only have been flown in the event that Endeavour's STS-134 crew required rescue.

United Communist Party of Armenia formed

United Communist Party of Armenia  is a political party in Armenia. It was formed on July 7, 2003
through the merger of Renewed Communist Party of Armenia, Armenian Labour Communist Party, Armenian Workers Union, Union of Communists of Armenia, Marxist Party of Armenia, Party of Intellectuals.

Nettie Maria Stevens

 

Nettie Maria Stevens was born on July 7, 1861. She was an early American geneticist. She and Edmund Beecher Wilson were the first researchers to describe the chromosomal ( X,Y) basis of sex. She died on May 4, 1912.

Vince McMahon, Sr

Vincent James "Vince" McMahon, better known as Vince McMahon, Sr,  was born on July 6, 1914. He was was an American professional wrestling promoter. He is best known for founding the American World Wide Wrestling Federation promotion. He died on May 24, 1984.

Dolly the sheep

Dolly was a female domestic sheep born on  5 July 1996 and the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell, using the process of nuclear transfer. She was cloned by Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell and colleagues at the Roslin Institute and the biotechnology company PPL Therapeutics near Edinburgh in Scotland, the United Kingdom. She died on 14 February 2003. 

United States of America Independence Day

 

The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the 13 American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a union that would become a new nation—the United States of America.

Raymond Pearl

Raymond Pearl was born on June 3, 1879 and he was an American biologist, regarded as one of the founders of biogerontology. He died on November 17, 1940. 

Pete Conrad

Charles "Pete" Conrad was born on June 2, 1930. He was a U.S. Navy officer and NASA astronaut, and during the Apollo 12 mission became the third man to walk on the Moon. He died on July 8, 1999. 

Louis Bleriot

 

Louis Charles Joseph Bleriot was born on 1 July 1872, he was a French aviator, inventor and engineer. He developed the first practical headlamp for cars. In 1909 he became world famous for making the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier than air aircraft. He died on 1 August 1936.

Doctor's Day (India)

The Doctor's Day is celebrated on July 1 all across India to honour the legendary physician and the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy.  He was born on July 1, 1882 and died on the same date in 1962, aged 80  years. Dr Roy was honoured with the country's highest civilian award,  Bharat Ratna on February 4, 1961.

25paise coin is No More

RBI (Reserve Bank Of India) withdrawn 25paise from June 30, 2011. June 30 is the last day of 25paise. The withdrawn is based upon to the section 15A of the coinage Act, 1906.

The first generation iPhone was released

The iPhone  is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It runs Apple's iOS mobile operating system, known as the "iPhone OS" until June 2010, with the release of iOS 4. The first generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007.

Klaus von Klitzing

Klaus von Klitzing is a German physicist known for discovery of the integer quantum Hall Effect, for which he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was born on June 28, 1943. 

Hans Spemann

Hans Spemann was a German embryologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1935 for his discovery of the effect now known as embryonic induction, an influence, exercised by various parts of the embryo, that directs the development of groups of cells into particular tissues and organs. He was born on June 27, 1869.

Father of space telescopes

Lyman Strong Spitzer was born on  June 26, 1914. He was an American theoretical physicist and astronomer best known for his research in star formation, plasma physics, and in 1946, for conceiving the idea of telescopes operating in outer space. Died on March 31, 1997.

UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

The United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – 26 June is held annually on 26 June to speak out against the crime of torture and to honour and support victims and survivors throughout the world.

State of emergency (India)

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency due to "deep and widespread conspiracy." on June 25, 1975.

Lord Mountbatten

 

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, known informally as Lord Mountbatten- was born on 25 June 1900. He was a British statesman and naval officer, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and second cousin once removed to Elizabeth II. He was the last Viceroy of India (1947) and the first Governor-General of the independent Union of India (1947–48), from which the modern Republic of India emerged in 1950. He died on 27 August 1979. 

Michael Joseph Jackson died

 

Michael Joseph Jackson http://datesupdates.blogspot.in/2013/02/michael-jackson-won-record-eight-awards.htmlwas an American singer-songwriter, dancer, businessman and philanthropist. While preparing for his concert series titled This Is It, Jackson died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication on

 June 25, 2009, after suffering from cardiac arrest.  He was born on August 29, 1958.