Sunday, February 21, 2016

21 February - History and Importance of the Day




International Mother Language Day

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1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after having confessed to torture and forgery.
1431 - Joan of Arc's first day of interrogation during her trial for heresy
1804 - 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales
1858 - Edwin T Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston, Mass)
1887 - 1st US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)





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21 February Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

Thursday, February 18, 2016

22 February - History and Importance of the Day




World Thinking Day


St Lucia National day



Birthdays

1732 - George Washington (1732-1799)
1857 - Robert Baden-Powell (Guide movement)
1889 - Olave Baden-Powell (Guide movement)

22 February Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

17 February - History and Importance of the Day

Kosovo National day

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18328859

International Crumpet Day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumpet



1568 - Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace
           http://www.britannica.com/biography/Maximilian-II-Holy-Roman-emperor
1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, charged of heresy.
1776 - 1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline & Fall of Roman Empire" published
1882 - 1st Test Cricket match played at Sydney Cricket Ground
1883 - A Ashwell patents free-toilet in London







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1781 - Rene Laennec - Inventor of Stethoscope

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17 February Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

17 February - History of India


Google Doodle Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrYHlDr5mShQ8uJxkpgJDRA

Sunday, February 14, 2016

14 February - History and Importance of the Day



Valentine's Day


The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). In Europe, Saint Valentine's Keys are given to lovers "as a romantic symbol and an invitation to unlock the giver’s heart", as well as to children, in order to ward off Saint Valentine's Malady.

The Valentines honored on February 14 are Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni.

1743 - Henry Pelham becomes Britain's First Lord of Treasury
1794 - 1st US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia
1803 - Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington, Pennsylvania
1849 - Photographer Mathew Brady took the first photograph of a U.S. President in office, James Polk.

1929 - Pencillin was discovered
            http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/penicillin-discovered

2003 Dolly the cloned sheep died - six years old
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2005 - YouTube.com domain was registered.



Birthdays

1859 - George Ferris Junior

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14 February Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

14 February - History of India

14 February - Important History Events of Day in Hindi




2005: वीडियो शेयरिंग वेबसाइट यूट्यूब को एक्टिवेट किया गया था. वीडियो शेयरिंग वेबसाइट यूट्यूब का डोमायण नाम रिजिस्टर हुआ था।   (YouTube)




http://aajtak.intoday.in/education/story/14-february-day-in-indian-and-world-history-in-hindi-1-854703.html

Saturday, February 13, 2016

13 February - History and Importance of the Day



World Radio Day


1945 - During World War II in Europe, British and American planes began massive bombing raids on Dresden, Germany.

2013 -  Ash Wednesday - Starting day of Lent - 40 Day austerity period before Easter
2015 - First day of Rio De Janeiro Carnival
           http://www.rio-carnival.net/rio_carnival/rio_carnival_programs.php


Birthday
American artist Grant Wood (1892-1942). Best known for his painting American Gothic featuring a farm couple.
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13 February Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

13 February History of India

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

11 February - History and Importance of the Day

USA National Inventors' Day

660 BC - Founding Japan by Emperor Jimmu


385 AD - Siricius, bishop of Tarragona, elected as Bishop of Rome; first to style himself Pope.
1531 - Henry VIII recognised as supreme head of Church in England following the schism with Rome
1790 - Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
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1808 - Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre, Pa
1889 - Meiji constitution of Japan adopted;
1916 - Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control
1929 - Vatican City (world's smallest country) made an enclave of Rome
1945 - 1st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested, Downey, CA
1990 - Nelson Mandela released after 27 years imprisonment in South Africa


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Birthdays

1847 - Thomas Alva Edison

11 February Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

8 February - History and Importance of the Day





2013 Starting Day of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Carnival
http://www.rio-carnival.net/




1600 - Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death
1672 - Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London
1849 - New Roman Republic established.
1865 - 1st black major in US army, Martin Robinson Delany
1898 - John Ames Sherman patents 1st envelope folding & gumming mach (Mass)
1915 - D. W. Griffith's silent film "Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in LA - first 12-reel film in America
1928 - 1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, New York
1994 - Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432

2006 - Narayana Rao K.V.S.S. became a blogger. Made his first post.
http://kvssnrao.blogspot.com/2006/02/became-blogger.html





2013 - Starting Day of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Carnival
http://www.rio-carnival.net/




Birthdays

1883 – Joseph Schumpeter, Austrian economist (d. 1950)
1897 – Zakir Hussain, Indian politician, 3rd president of India (d. 1969)



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Saturday, February 6, 2016

6 February - History and Importance of the Day



International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation



1815 – New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens.
1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
1900 – The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
1959 – At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.

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6 February Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

6 February History of India

Friday, February 5, 2016

20 March History and Importance of The Day




International Day of Happiness

World Oral Health Day

http://www.worldoralhealthday.com/












Tunisia National day



Birthday

American psychologist B.F. Skinner (1904-1990).  He pioneered theories of behaviorism and developed the Skinner box, a controlled environment for studying behavior.


History Events Video

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20 March Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management




5 February - History and Importance of the Day


Mexico Constitution Day




1597 - A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.

1850 - Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, NY
1861 - Kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, Philadelphia

1909 – Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
1917 – The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
1922 - Reader's Digest magazine 1st published
1958 – Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
1969 - US population reaches 200 million

Birthdays



1985 - Cristiano Ronaldo,  Portuguese footballer
1992 - Neymar [da Silva Santos Júnior],  Brazilian footballer 

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5 February Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

Thursday, February 4, 2016

February - Global History of the Day - Index

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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

4 February - History and Importance of the Day


World Cancer Day


History Events

 960 – The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.
1789 – George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
1948 – Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
1969 – Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
2003 – The Bengali Hindus declares the independence of the Republic of Bangabhumi from Bangladesh.
2003 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.

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Birthdays

4 February Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

4 February - Day in History of India and Importance

Monday, February 1, 2016

1 February - History and Importance of the Day



National Freedom Day in USA



February 1, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln signed the resolution that proposed 13th amendment to the constitution outlawing slavery.
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/national-freedom-day





1793 - Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, NY, for oiled silk & linen
1814 - Lord Byron's "Corsair" sells 10,000 copies on day of publication
1865 - President Abraham Lincoln signed the resolution that proposed 13th amendment to the constitution outlawing slavery.
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/national-freedom-day
1867 - Bricklayers start working 8-hour days
1893 - Thomas Edison complete's worlds 1st movie studio (West Orange NJ)
1898 - 1st auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Co

1908 Portuguese King Carlos I and his eldest son Lius Filipe were assasinated in Lisbon.
        http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/portuguese-king-and-heir-assassinated
1948 - Federation of Malaysia forms from 9 sultanates
1961 - 1st full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful
1972 - 1st scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)


2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia exploded while reentering the atmosphere of Earth after spending planned time in space.
           http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/columbia-mission-ends-in-disaster

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1 February Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

Day in History of India 1 February



Updated 1 Feb 2016, 24 Nov 2014