11 March History and Importance of The Day

World Day of Muslim Culture


1302 - Romeo & Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare
1702 - 1st English daily newspaper "Daily Courant" was published

1917 - World War I: Baghdad falls to the Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
1918 - The 'Spanish' influenza first reached America as 107 soldiers become sick at Fort Riley, Kansas. One quarter of the U.S. population eventually became ill from the deadly virus, resulting in 500,000 deaths. The death toll worldwide approached 22 million by the end of 1920.

March 11, 1941 - During World War II, the Lend-Lease program began allowing Britain to receive American weapons, machines, raw materials, training and repair services. Ships, planes, guns and shells, along with food, clothing and metals.

1953 - An American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb 15,000 feet on Mars Bluff, South Carolina.  It created a crater 75 feet acrosss, but fortunately,  the nuclear core did not detonate, due to 6 safety catches.


Birthday
British prime minster and statesman Harold Wilson (1916-1995).









11 March Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

12 March History and Importance of The Day

Birthday of WWW

Mauritius National day



1609 - The island of Bermuda was colonized by the British after a ship on its way to Virginia was wrecked on the reefs.

March 12, 1888 - A Great Blizzard struck the northeastern U.S. The storm lasted 36 hours with snowfall totaling over 40 inches in New York City due to which over 400 persons died.

March 12, 1938 - Nazis invaded Austria.

12 March 1989 - Tim Berners-Lee presented his paper on the concept of Word Wide Web. Hence this is the birthday of WWW.
http://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html


1994 - The Church of England ordained 32 women as its first female priests.

1999 - Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic became full-fledged members of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).

Birthday

The founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938). Following World War I, he led the Turkish revolution and became Turkey's first president.

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12 March History and Importance of The Day




12 March 1989 - Tim Berners-Lee presented his paper on the concept of Word Wide Web. Hence this is the birthday of WWW.
http://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html

24 February - History and Importance of the Day

Estonia National day

1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar
1821 - Mexico gains independence from Spain
1868 - House of Reps vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson. But Senate rejected it by one vote.
1917 - Russian revolution breaks out (3/8 NS)
1918 - Estonia declares independence from Russia
1942 - The "Battle of Los Angeles" takes place, lasting until the next day.
1946 - Juan Peron elected President of Argentina



Birthday
Admiral Chester Nimitz (1885-1966), USA. He commanded Allied naval, land and air forces in the South Pacific during World War II, and signed the Japanese surrender document on September 2, 1945.

24 February Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

19 February - History and Importance of the Day

356 Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples

1634 - Battle of Smolensk: King Wladyslaw IV of Poland beats Russians
1878 - Thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph)
1942 - About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin
1945 - Brotherhood Day-1st celebrated


Birthdays

Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). Considered the founder of modern astronomy, he theorized that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the solar system.


19 February Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

18 February - History and Importance of the Day

National Days Gambia, Nepal

3102 BC - Starting Day of the Kali Yuga.

1129 - Jerusalem re-taken by Christians in peace treaty between Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II and Egyptian ruler Al-Kamil

1814 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Montereau.
1861 - Jefferson Davis was sworn in as president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Alabama
1885 - Mark TWain published The Adventures of  Huckleberry Finn
http://www.history.co.uk/this-day-in-history/February-18

1965 – The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

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1814 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Montereau.
1861 - Jefferson Davis was sworn in as president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Alabama
1965 – The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.


18 February Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

7 October History and Importance of the Day

1913 - Model T assembly line started.
            http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/10/this-day-in-automotive-history-model-t-assembly-line-starts-for-first-time-october-7-1913/


1949 - The German Democratic Republic came into existence in East Germany. Dominated by Soviet Russia, it lasted until German reunification in 1990.
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History and Importance of the Day - Index of the Year

8 November History and Importance of The Day

World Urbanism Day

392 - Emperor Theodosius declares Christian religion, state religion
http://orthodoxwiki.org/Theodosius_the_Great_(emperor)

1923 - Hitler stages unsuccessful "Beer Hall Putsch" in Muenchen (Munich)

1960 - JFK (Sen-D-Mass) beats VP Richard Nixon (R) to become 35th US president


1989 - Douglas Wilder elected 1st US black governor (Virginia)

Cricket History November 8

http://www.historyorb.com/day/november/8


Disney History
http://thisdayindisneyhistory.homestead.com/nov08.html

Geek History
http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/this-day-in-geek-history-november-8