President's Day (United States)

United States celebrated Presidents Day on the third Monday of February( February 18 in 2013) in honor of George Washington who was the first president of United States.

Former planet Pluto Discovered

 

Former planet, Pluto, Discovered By Clyde Tombaugh on 18 February 1930.From its discovery in 1930 until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet.

Australia have won the 2013 ICC Women’s World Cup

 

Australia have won the 2013 ICC Tenth  Women’s World Cup by a massive 114 runs beating West Indies in the final (February17,2013). It is being hosted by India for the third time. India previously hosted the World Cup in 1978 and 1997.

Rene Laennec

 
French physician Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope in 1816. He was born on 17 February 1781 in Quimper, France  and died on 13 August 1826.

48th day Gregorian Calender

February 17 2013 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian Calender There are 317 days remaining until the end of the year it must me 318days in leap year..

Nylon Patented By DuPont

A patent was issued to Wallace Carothers and several Du Pont co-workers on February 16, 1937, covering nylon and its process of manufacture. Nylon was announced at the New York World's Fair in 1939, where it was said to be based on coal, air and water (technically true, in a broad sense, since it contained carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen) and was said to be stronger than silk. Actually, the raw materials for nylon were derived from petroleum

Norman Bridwell Born

Norman Bridwell was born February 15, 1928. He is an American author and cartoonist best known for the Clifford Big Red Dog series of Children's book.


 

Ferris Wheel Day

Ferris Wheel Day was observed on 14 February. George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. a civil engineer, made the first Ferris Wheel at the World's Colombian Exhibition in Chicago in 1893

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day (Feast of Saint Valentine) is observed on every february14 most of the countries all over the world. It was celebrated from 15th century onwards.

The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer  in the High middle Ages, when the tradition of country love  flourished.

Sarojini Naidu's Birth Anniversary

Sarojini Naidu was born on 13 February 1879 in Hyderabad, India. She was also known by the sobriquet The Nightingale of India. She was also one of the Framers of The Indian Constitution. Her birthday is celebrated as Women's day all over India. She died on March 2,1949. 

North Korea conducts third nuclear test successfully

North Korea has conducted the third under ground  nuclear test successfully on 12 February 2013 after weeks of threats . The State-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said a “miniaturised” nuclear device had been  detonated successfully at the test site.The detonation caused a tremor with a magnitude of between 4.9 and 5.1, sending shock-waves through the Korean peninsula.

D. Vinayachandran Passed Away

D. Vinayachandran was born on 13 May 1946 and he died on 11 February 2013  was a well-known Malayalam poet in India. He is one of the proponents of modern style of prose in Malayalam poetry. He worked as a Malayalam professor in various colleges for more than thirty years.

 

Charles Robert Darwin

 
Charles Robert Darwin was born on12 February 1809 in UK.He was an English naturalist,He established that all species of life have descended over time from  common ancestor and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection, in which the struggle of existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breading.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela released from prison after 27 year

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the South-African anti apartheid activist was released from Victor Verster Prison in Paarl after 27 Years on 11February 1990.

National Inventors’ Day

National Inventors’ Day is celebrated on February 11th in United States of America
National Inventors’ Day is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Thomas Alva Edison, who is one of the most valuable inventors in United States of America.

Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in US .He  was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. He died on  October 18, 1931.

Gireesh Puthenchery (3rd Death Anniversary)

 

Gireesh Puthenchery was a noted Malayalam lyricist and screenwriter. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics seven times. He born on  September 23, 1959 in Kozhikode and he died on  February 10, 2010. Beginning his career with the 1988 film Chakravaalathinappuram and Happy Husbands was his last film.

25th Amendment to the US Constitution

25th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified by Minnesota on February 10, 1967. Its purpose was to clarify presidential succession in case of death, resignation, or disability. It deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities

Mohammad Afzal Guru was hanged

 

Mohammad Afzal Guru (hanged on  9 February 2013) was found guilty of conspiration in the December 2001 attack on the parliament of India and was sentenced to death by the  Supreme court in 2002. The sentence was scheduled to be carried out on 20 October 2006, but Afzal was given a stay of execution and remained on death row. On 3 February 2013, his mercy petition was rejected by the Indian President. He was hanged at Delhi's Tihar Jail at 06:25am on February 09, 2013. He belongs to Jammu & Kashmir and he was completed his first year MBBS course  and he was preparing for IAS exam.However, he became a member of   Jammu & Kashmir liberation front  where he received terrorist training and became involved in terrorist activities


 

2001 Indian Parliament attack

13 December 2001
 Soldiers protecting parliament from  the attack 
 

Charles Edward Kingsford Smith

Charles Edward Kingsford Smith  was born on 9 February 1897. He is often called by his nickname Smithy, was an early Australian aviator. In 1928, he earned global fame when he made the first trans-Pacific flight from the US to Australia. He died on  8 November 1935.