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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Place: Kollam

World Health Organization was established on

Ans: 7 April 1948

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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Place: Govt Law College Trivandrum 

Father of Sociology

Ans: Auguste Comte

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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Place: Anchalummood @ Kollam

Who designed and built the first electron beam welder?

Ans: James T. Russell

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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Place: Kollam

Avogadro’s law was first proposed by

Ans: Amedeo Avogadro

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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Place: Kollam

"Jana Gana Mana" was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on

 Ans: 24 January 1950

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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Place: Kollam

Father of Experimental Genetics

Ans:  T.H. Morgan

World Osteoporosis Day

World Osteoporosis Day is observed annually on 20 October, and launches a year-long campaign dedicated to raising global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease.

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Photo: Ananthu Manoharan

Place: Kollam