Monday, 9 December 2013
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Enacted
Sunday, 8 December 2013
Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney was an American inventor best known for inventing the
cotton gin. This was one of the key inventions of the Industrial
Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South. He was born on December 8, 1765 and died on January 8, 1825.
photo:www.biography.com |
Saturday, 7 December 2013
International Civil Aviation Day
In 1996 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed that 7 December was to be the International Civil Aviation Day. The day had been celebrated by the International Civil Aviation Organization since 7 December 1994, the 50th anniversary of the signing the Convention on International Civil Aviation
photo:www.national-awareness-days.com |
Friday, 6 December 2013
Nelson Mandela Passed away
Nelson Mandela, who guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to multi-racial democracy and became an international icon of peace and reconciliation, died Thursday (5 December 2013) at age 95. He was born born 18 July 1918, he is a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the first black South African to hold the office, and the first elected in a fully representative, multiracial election.
http://datesupdates.blogspot.in/2013/02/nelson-rolihlahla-mandela-released-from.html
Demolition of Babri Masjid
On December 6, 1992, a large crowd of Hindu Karsevaks (volunteers) entirely destroyed the 16th-century Babri mosque in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, in an attempt to reclaim the land known as Ram Janmabhoomi. The demolition occurred after a religious ceremony turned violent and resulted in several months of intercommunal rioting between India's Hindu and Muslim communities, causing the death of at least 2,000 people.
source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_of_Babri_Masjid
source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_of_Babri_Masjid
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Thursday, 5 December 2013
Werner Karl Heisenberg
Werner Karl Heisenberg was born on 5 December 1901. He was a German theoretical physicist and one of the key creators of quantum mechanics. He died on1 February 1976.
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Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Robert Adler
Robert Adler was born on December 4, 1913, he was an Austrian-born American inventor who held numerous patents. He died on February 15, 2007. The invention Adler is best known for is the wireless remote control for televisions. While not the first remote control, its underlying technology was a vast improvement over previous remote control systems.
photo:www.ieeeghn.org |
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad was born on December 3, 1884, he was an Indian political leader who served as the first President of the Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He was died on February 28, 1963.
photo:www.iloveindia.com |
Advocate's day
Advocate's day is celebrated in India by the lawyer community on December 3 to mark the birth anniversary of Rajendra Prasad, First President and a very eminent lawyer.
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Monday, 2 December 2013
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is a yearly event on December 2, organized by the United Nations General Assembly. The Day was first celebrated in 1986.
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Sunday, 1 December 2013
World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December every year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection.
photo:www.impactprogram.org |
Saturday, 30 November 2013
Cities for Life Day
Cities for Life Day is a worldwide festivity that supports the abolition of the death penalty. It is celebrated on November 30 of each year.
photo:spring96.org |
Friday, 29 November 2013
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is a UN-organized observance. Events are held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, as well as at the United Nations offices at Genevaand Vienna. It is generally held on November 29 each year to mark the anniversary of resolution 181. In 2003, it was observed on December 1.
source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Solidarity_with_the_Palestinian_People
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Russell Alan Hulse
Russell Alan Hulse was born November 28, 1950 and he is an American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, shared with his thesis advisor Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation". He was a specialist in the pulsar studies and gravitational waves.
photo:www.nobelprize.org |
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Giovanni Giorgi
Giovanni Giorgi was born on 27 November 1871 and died on 19 August 1950. He was an Italian electrical engineer who invented the Giorgi system of measurement, the precursor to the International System (SI).
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Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Constitution Day (India)
Constitution Day is a holiday to honor the constitution of a country. Constitution Day is often celebrated on the anniversary of the signing, promulgation or adoption of the constitution, or in some cases, to commemorate the change to constitutional monarchy: Indian Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949.
photo:festivalcelebration.blogspot.com |
Monday, 25 November 2013
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
The United Nations General Assembly has designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The premise of the day is to raise awareness of the fact that women around the world are subject to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence; furthermore, one of the aims of the day is to highlight that the scale and true nature of the issue is often hidden.
photo:www.european-network-of-political-foundations.eu |
Sunday, 24 November 2013
Charles "Lucky" Luciano
Charles "Lucky" Luciano was born on November 24, 1897, he was an Italian-born American mobster. Luciano is considered the father of modern organized crime in the United States for splitting New York City into five different Mafia crime families and the establishment of the first Commission. He died on – January 26, 1962.
photo:www.biography.com |
Saturday, 23 November 2013
John Wallis
John Wallis was born on November 23, 1616, he was an English mathematician who is given partial credit for the development of infinitesimal calculus. He died on October 28, 1703.
photo:www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk |
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