Saturday, May 10, 2014

10 May - History and Importance of The Day



World Lupus Day

Mother's Day - First observed in West Virginia in 1908 (It is now observed as the second Sunday of May)


1503 - Columbus discovered Cayman Islands
1752 - Benjamin Franklin tested the lightning with kite flying experiment.
1796 - Napoleon defeated Austria in the battle of Lodi Bridge.
1837 - Panic - Banks fail in  New York
1857 - Sepoy Mutiny in India started
1940 - German Army attacks Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg
1945 - Allies captured Rangoon from Japanese
1959 - Soviet forces arrived in Afghanistan
1994 - Former political prisoner Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as president of South Africa. Mandela had won the first free election in South Africa

Birthdays



10 May Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

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