1792 Guillotine first used in France, executes highwayman Nicolas Pelletier
1954 Bell labs announces the First Solar Battery made from silicon. It has about 6% efficiency #OnThisDay
1792 Guillotine first used in France, executes highwayman Nicolas Pelletier
1954 Bell labs announces the First Solar Battery made from silicon. It has about 6% efficiency #OnThisDay
1877 Russo-Turkish War:Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire
1898 Spanish–American War:Spain declares war rejecting US ultimatum 2 withdraw 4m Cuba
1916 Easter Rising of Irish republicans against British occupation begins in Dublin #OnThisDay
1877 Russo-Turkish War:Russia declares war on Ottoman Empire
1898 Spanish–American War:Spain declares war rejecting US ultimatum 2 withdraw 4m Cuba
1916 Easter Rising of Irish republicans against British occupation begins in Dublin #OnThisDay
1995 Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh sets a truck bomb at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168. including 19 children, and injuring 500 #OnThisDay
1995 Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh sets a truck bomb at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168. including 19 children, and injuring 500 #OnThisDay
1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire kills nearly 4,000 while destroying 75% of the city
1954 Egyptian Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasserseizes power and appoints himself Prime Minister #OnThisDay
1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire kills nearly 4,000 while destroying 75% of the city
1954 Egyptian Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasserseizes power and appoints himself Prime Minister #OnThisDay
1961 1,400 Cuban exiles land in the Bay of Pigs in a doomed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro
2012 The 8th century St.Cuthbert Gospel,Europe's oldest intact book,is purchased by the British Library for 9 mn pounds #OnThisDay
1961 1,400 Cuban exiles land in the Bay of Pigs in a doomed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro
2012 The 8th century St.Cuthbert Gospel,Europe's oldest intact book,is purchased by the British Library for 9 mn pounds #OnThisDay
1900 US Post Office issues its first stamp booklets containing 12, 24, or 48 two-cent stamps
2003 Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens, admitting 10 new member states to the European Union
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1900 US Post Office issues its first stamp booklets containing 12, 24, or 48 two-cent stamps
2003 Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens, admitting 10 new member states to the European Union
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1861 Federal army of 75,000 volunteers is mobilized by President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War
1877 World's first home telephone is installed in Somerville, Massachusetts. #OnThisDay
1861 Federal army of 75,000 volunteers is mobilized by President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War
1877 World's first home telephone is installed in Somerville, Massachusetts. #OnThisDay
1981 1st Space Shuttle, Columbia,returns to Earth after 2 days& 6 hours in space
2003 The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99% #OnThisDay
1981 1st Space Shuttle, Columbia,returns to Earth after 2 days& 6 hours in space
2003 The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99% #OnThisDay
1860 First Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California
1868 Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala and Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II commits suicide #OnThisDay
1860 First Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California
1868 Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala and Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II commits suicide #OnThisDay
You read it right. Nayara on NH-32(Chennai-Tindivanam-Trichy) is a perfect place for a stop over
Get access to clean toilets,purified water & most importantly the sight of beautiful Sunflowers along with Hibiscus & other varieties.
You read it right. Nayara on NH-32(Chennai-Tindivanam-Trichy) is a perfect place for a stop over
Get access to clean toilets,purified water & most importantly the sight of beautiful Sunflowers along with Hibiscus & other varieties.
1516 Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area
1972 US, USSR and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons at the Biological Weapons Convention
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1516 Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area
1972 US, USSR and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons at the Biological Weapons Convention
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1820 The famous ancient Greek statue Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos
1886 William Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill in the British House of Commons
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1820 The famous ancient Greek statue Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos
1886 William Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill in the British House of Commons
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1948 W.H.O. is formed by the United Nations
1968 Riots continue in over 100 US cities following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
1969 The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1 #OnThisDay
1948 W.H.O. is formed by the United Nations
1968 Riots continue in over 100 US cities following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
1969 The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1 #OnThisDay
1652 Cape Colony, the first European settlement in South Africa, is established by the Dutch East India Company under Jan van Riebeeck
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1652 Cape Colony, the first European settlement in South Africa, is established by the Dutch East India Company under Jan van Riebeeck
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1655 Battle of Porto Farina: English fleet defeats Barbary pirates in Tunis
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1655 Battle of Porto Farina: English fleet defeats Barbary pirates in Tunis
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1961 After a four-and-a-half-year trial, Nelson Mandela is acquitted of treason in Pretoria
1999 Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 10,000 for the first time ever #OnThisDay
1961 After a four-and-a-half-year trial, Nelson Mandela is acquitted of treason in Pretoria
1999 Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 10,000 for the first time ever #OnThisDay
1910 1st seaplane takes off 4m waterunder its own power,piloted by Henri Fabre 4m the Étangde Berre lagoon in Martigues,France
1939 Spanish Civil War ends as Madrid falls to Nationalists headed by Francisco Franco
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1910 1st seaplane takes off 4m waterunder its own power,piloted by Henri Fabre 4m the Étangde Berre lagoon in Martigues,France
1939 Spanish Civil War ends as Madrid falls to Nationalists headed by Francisco Franco
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1625 Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland ascends the English throne
1977 583 die in aviation's worst ever disaster when two Boeing 747s collide at Tenerife airport in Spain #OnThisDay
1625 Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland ascends the English throne
1977 583 die in aviation's worst ever disaster when two Boeing 747s collide at Tenerife airport in Spain #OnThisDay
1871 Municipal elections bring revolutionaries to power in Paris who form the short lived Paris Commune government
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1871 Municipal elections bring revolutionaries to power in Paris who form the short lived Paris Commune government
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1807 British Parliament abolishes the slave trade throughout the British Empire
1895 Italian troops invade Abyssinia
1960 First guided missile launched from a nuclear powered submarine #OnThisDay
1807 British Parliament abolishes the slave trade throughout the British Empire
1895 Italian troops invade Abyssinia
1960 First guided missile launched from a nuclear powered submarine #OnThisDay
1837 Canada grants its Black citizens the right to vote
1976 Argentine President Isabel Martínez de Perón is deposed in a military coup headed by Jorge Rafael Videla #OnThisDay
1837 Canada grants its Black citizens the right to vote
1976 Argentine President Isabel Martínez de Perón is deposed in a military coup headed by Jorge Rafael Videla #OnThisDay
1784 The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand #OnThisDay
1784 The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand #OnThisDay
1815 Napoléon Bonaparte enters Paris after his escape from Elba, begins his 100-day rule
1854 Republican Party is founded in Ripon, Wisconsin #OnThisDay
1815 Napoléon Bonaparte enters Paris after his escape from Elba, begins his 100-day rule
1854 Republican Party is founded in Ripon, Wisconsin #OnThisDay
1920 US Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the 2nd time,refusing 2 ratify the League of Nations covenant & maintaining a policy of isolation
1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge opens in Sydney,Australia #OnThisDay
1920 US Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the 2nd time,refusing 2 ratify the League of Nations covenant & maintaining a policy of isolation
1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge opens in Sydney,Australia #OnThisDay
1940 Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler meet at Brenner Pass, where the Italian dictator agrees to join Germany's impending war effort in the west #OnThisDay
1940 Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler meet at Brenner Pass, where the Italian dictator agrees to join Germany's impending war effort in the west #OnThisDay