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Friday, 5 September 2014

On this day... September 6:

On this day...

September 6:

Independence Day in Swaziland (1968)

1781 – American Revolutionary War: General Benedict Arnold led British forces to victory in the Battle of Groton Heights.
1930 – Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen(pictured) was deposed in a military coup by José Félix Uriburu.
1944 – World War II: Soviet forces captured the city of Tartu on their way to re-establishing their rule in Estonia.
1966 – South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the "architect of apartheid", was stabbed to death by Dimitri Tsafendas.
1970 – Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinehijacked four jet aircraft en route from Europe to New York City, landing two of them at Dawson's Field in Zerqa, Jordan, and one plane in Beirut.

Thursday, 4 September 2014

చరిత్రలో ఈ రోజు సెప్టెంబరు 5:

చరిత్రలో ఈ రోజు

సెప్టెంబరు 5:

భారతదేశంలో ఉపాధ్యాయ దినోత్సవము
1888 : భారతదేశపు మొట్టమొదటి ఉపరాష్ట్రపతి మరియు రెండవ రాష్ట్రపతి సర్వేపల్లి రాధాకృష్ణన్ జననం (మ.1975).
1922 : ప్రముఖ పత్రికా రచయిత, కవి, అనువాదకుడు మరియు నాటక కర్త రెంటాల గోపాలకృష్ణ జననం (మ.1995).
1926 : తెలుగులో ఒక విశిష్టమైన బహు గ్రంథ రచయితజానమద్ది హనుమచ్ఛాస్త్రి జననం.
1988 : ప్రముఖ మహిళా కమ్యూనిష్టు నేత కొట్రికె పద్మావతమ్మ మరణం (జ.1923).
1997 : భారతరత్న మరియు నోబెల్ శాంతిబహుమతి గ్రహీత మదర్ తెరెసా మరణం (జ.1910).
2010 : సుప్రసిద్ధ భారతీయ శాస్త్ర పరిశోధకుడు హోమీ సేత్నా మరణం (జ.1923).

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... that National Scientist Gavino Trono (pictured) investigated the "ice-ice" disease that devastated seaweed farms in the Philippines?
... that the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation council elections were the first in India to allow non-resident Indians to vote online?
... that Emma Irene Åström, the first woman to graduate from a Finnish university, once said, "There is no point in calling me a pioneer, because I have never consciously been one"?
... that a planned parapet was never added to the tower of St Nicholas' Church, Whiston, in Merseyside because of the danger of subsidence?
... that after being displaced from Ford Field by the Quick Lane Bowl, Little Caesars Pizza Bowl organizers considered moving the game to Comerica Park?
... that Hörningsholm Castle, Sweden has been pillaged by Danish and burnt by Russian troops?
... that French onion dip is sometimes referred to as "California dip", and has been described as "an American classic"?

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On this day... September 5

On this day...

September 5

1774 – In response to the British Parliamentenacting the Intolerable Acts, representatives from twelve of Britain's North American coloniesconvened the First Continental Congress atCarpenters' Hall in Philadelphia.
1793 – French Revolution: The National Convention began theReign of Terror, a ten-month period of systematic repression and mass executions by guillotine of perceived enemies within the country.
1914 – World War I: The First Battle of the Marne began with French forces engaging the advancing German army at the Marne River near Paris.
1945 – Cold War: Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko defected to Canada with over 100 documents on Soviet espionage activities andsleeper agents.
1977 – NASA launched the robotic space probe Voyager 1(pictured), currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth.

Wednesday, 3 September 2014

చరిత్రలో ఈ రోజు సెప్టెంబరు 4:

చరిత్రలో ఈ రోజు

సెప్టెంబరు 4:

కిరణ్ మోరే

1906 : మాలిక్యులర్‌ బయాలజీ కి మార్గదర్శకుడుమాక్స్‌ డెల్‌బ్రక్ జననం (మ.1981).
1935 : ప్రసిద్ధిచెందిన తెలుగు రచయిత కొమ్మూరి వేణుగోపాలరావు జననం (మ.2004).
1962 : భారత క్రికెట్ జట్టుకు వికెట్ కీపర్ గా పనిచేసినకిరణ్ మోరే జననం.
1965 : ఉత్తమ సేవాదృక్పథం కలిగిన వైద్య నిపుణుడు, నోబెల్ బహుమతి గ్రహీత ఆల్బర్ట్ స్విట్జర్ మరణం (జ.1875).
1971 : దక్షిణాఫ్రికా క్రికెట్ క్రీడాకారుడు లాన్స్ క్లూసెనర్ జననం.
1999 : ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ కి చెందిన పేరు గాంచిన పోలీస్ ఉన్నతోద్యోగి, "కడప పులి" గా పేరుగాంచిన చదలవాడ ఉమేశ్ చంద్ర మరణం (జ.1966).
2007 : తెలుగు సినిమా నటి, తొలితరం తెలుగు సినిమా దర్శకుడు, నటుడు వై.వి.రావుభార్య వై.రుక్మిణి మరణం.

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... that the Governor of Western Australia sent the lyrics of William Strahan's The Bugle Call to George V?
... that the United States Mint sold the 32 Old Slip site in Manhattan for US$27 million, making it the most valuable US Government property sold at public auction?
... that the 1959 Typhoon Billie was the first typhoon officially monitored by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center?
... that the former oil industry executive Mark Carne is now chief executive ofNetwork Rail?
... that the land for St Luke's Church, Formby, was donated by a doctor, and the church is dedicated to the patron saint of doctors?
... that the 1340 Great Fire of Spondon may have started at the site now occupied by the Malt Shovel pub?

On this day... September 4

On this day...

September 4

1260 – Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: SienaGhibellines defeated the Florence Guelphs at theBattle of Montaperti thanks to an act of treachery, which was immortalised in Dante's Divine Comedy.
1774 – British explorer James Cook became the first European to sight the island of New Caledonia.
1888 – American inventor George Eastman (pictured) registered the trademark "Kodak" after receiving a patent for his roll film camera.
1964 – The Forth Road Bridge crossing the Firth of Forth in Scotland opened to traffic.
1984 – The Progressive Conservative Party led by Brian Mulroneywon the largest majority government by total number of seats in Canadian history during the federal election.