Wilhelm Rontgen

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist, who Discovered X-rays or Rontgen rays (detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range) on 8 November 1895, He was born on March 27, 1845. In honour of his accomplishments, the IUPAC  named element 111, Roentgenium, a very radioactive element with multiple unstable isotopes. He died on 10 February 1923.

World Theatre Day

Every year 27 March is celebrated as World Theatre Day ( Drama Day). It was established in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute.

The first person to visit Challenger Deep

Canadian Film maker, James Cameron, becomes the first person to visit Challenger Deep( The Challenger Deep is the deepest known point in the Earth,s sea floor hydrosphere, with a depth of 10,898 m (35,755 ft ) to 10,916 m (35,814 ft) by direct measurement from submersibles, and slightly more by sonar), the deepest point on Earth in over 50 years on March 26,2012.

Jim Lovell

James "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr. was born on March 25, 1928 and he is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the US Navy , most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13  mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission control. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, the first of only three people to fly to the Moon twice, and the only one to have flown there twice without making a Landing . Lovell was also the first person to fly in space four times.

World Tuberculosis Day

World Tuberculosis Day, falling on March 24 each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis  and efforts to eliminate the disease. March 24 commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch  astounded the scientific community by announcing that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus.

World Meteorological Day

World Meteorological Day (WMD) is observed on 23rd March every year. It will be celebrated to commemorate the coming into force on 23rd March 1950 of the convention establishing the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

 

The theme for this year(2013) is "Watching the weather to protect life and property-Celebrating 50 Years of World Weather Watch".

World Water Day

World Water Day has been observed on 22 March since 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly declared 22 March as World Day for Water.

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

 

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March. On that day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid "pass laws". Proclaiming the Day in 1966, the General Assembly called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination

World Forestry Day

Every year, 21 March is distinguished as World Forestry Day. The concept of having a World Forestry Day originated at the 23rd General Assembly of the European Confederation of Agriculture in 1971.

Isaac Newton's death anniversary

Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician who is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution. Born on December 25, 1642 and died on March 20, 1727.

Fidel Castro step down

 The Cuban leader  on 19th March, 2008, forty-nine years after taking power in an armed revolution. This has ended the Cold War fracas that has made him an icon to leftists, and a tyrant to his foes. Castro, 81, who has not appeared in public since undergoing stomach surgery, said he would not be seeking a new term as president or leader of Cuba's armed forces when the National Assembly meets again. His retirement has raised expectations for a post-communist system of government, and calls by the United States for democracy.

Rudolf Diesel

Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German inventor and mechanical engineer, famous for the invention of the Diesel engine. Born on March 18, 1858 and died September 29, 1913.In 1898, Rudolf Diesel was granted patent #608,845 for an "internal combustion engine" the Diesel engine.

Gottlieb Daimler

Gottlieb Daimler was an engineer, industrial designer and industrialist born in Schorndorf, in what is now Germany. He was a pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development.He invented the high-speed  petrol-engine and the first four-wheel automobile and invented the first gas-engined motorcycle in 1885, which was an engine attached to a wooden bike. That marked the moment in history when the dual development of a viable gas-powered engine and the modern bicycle collided. Born March 17, 1834 and died March 6, 1900.

 

First cricketer to score 100 international centuries

Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 100th international hundred on 16 March 2012, at Mirpur against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup.

world consumer rights day

On 15 March 1962, President John F Kennedy gave an address to the US congress in which he formally addressed the issue of consumer rights. He was the first world leader to do so, and the consumer movement now marks 15 March every year as a means of raising global awareness about consumer rights.

Albert Einstein

 

Albert Einstein was born March 14, 1879. He was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity and he died on April 18, 1955. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect. 

After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print.

Encyclopedia Britannica announces that it will no longer public printed versions of its encyclopedia on March 13, 2012.After 244 years reference book firm Encyclopaedia Britannica has decided to stop publishing its famous and weighty 32-volume print edition.

Rail transport begin in Kerala

Rail transport began in Kerala at Malabar. On March 12,1861,Kerala's first train ,built by the Madras Railway Company ,chugged along the Beppur - Tirur line (30.6km). - See more at: http://www.trainweb.org/railkerala/articles/history.htm#sthash.xwvs98SO.dp

Rail transport begin in Kerala between Beeper and Tirur line (30.6km) on March 12,1861. Train was built by Madras Railway Company.

The first Train service began in Travancore on November 26,1904,with the completion of the Chengotta -Punalur meter gauge line.

Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria born September 29, 1951. She is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first female president of her country.

The First Telephone Call

Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone made the first successful call with the telephone on March 10, 1876,to his assistant, Thomas Watson. He spoke the words "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."