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Tuesday, 23 September 2014

On this day... September 24:

On this day...

September 24:

Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) begins at sunset (2014, 5775 AM); Independence Day in Guinea-Bissau (1973); Heritage Day in South Africa; Republic Day in Trinidad and Tobago (1976)

1789 – The First United States Congress passed theJudiciary Act of 1789, establishing the U.S. federal judiciary and setting the number of Supreme Court Justices.
1877 – The Imperial Japanese Army defeated Saigō Takamori and theSatsuma clan samurai at the Battle of Shiroyama in Kagoshima, the decisive engagement of the Satsuma Rebellion.
1911 – His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, was wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
1946 – Cathay Pacific (aircraft pictured), the de facto international flag carrier airline of Hong Kong, was founded by Roy Farrell and Sydney de Kantzow.
1964 – The Warren Commission released its report, concluding thatLee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

Monday, 22 September 2014

చరిత్రలో ఈ రోజు సెప్టెంబరు 23:

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సెప్టెంబరు 23:

1902 : ప్రసిద్ధ రంగస్థల నటుడు స్థానం నరసింహారావు జననం (మ.1971).
1917 : ప్రముఖ భారతీయ రసాయన శాస్త్రవేత్త అసీమా ఛటర్జీజననం (మ.2006).
1922: ప్రసిద్ధ వైణికుడు ఈమని శంకరశాస్త్రి జననం (మ.1987).
1949: ఒక అమెరికన్ గాయకుడు-గీతరచయిత బ్రూస్ స్ప్రింగ్‌స్టీన్ జననం.
1985 : భారతదేశ ప్రముఖ క్రికెట్ క్రీడాకారుడు అంబటి రాయుడు జననం.(చిత్రంలో)
1987 : భారతీయ గాయకుడు రాహుల్ వైద్య జననం.
2010 : భారత ఆర్థిక వేత్త మరియు సామాజిక శాస్త్రవేత్త భావరాజు సర్వేశ్వరరావుమరణం (జ.1915).
2010 : స్వాతంత్య్ర సమరయోధుడు, దర్శకుడు, నిర్మాత కె.బి. తిలక్ మరణం (జ.1926).

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Miss Major at San Francisco Pride Celebration in 2014

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... that Patagosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from Patagonia that is known from an almost complete skeleton and partial skull?
... that Darol Froman was the scientific director of the Operation Sandstone nuclear tests at Enewetak Atoll in 1948?
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On this day... September 23:

On this day...

September 23:

National Day in Saudi Arabia (1932); Celebrate Bisexuality Day

1123 – Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman EmperorHenry V agreed to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: British officer John André was captured by Patriot forces, thereby revealing a plot by Continental Army General Benedict Arnold(pictured) to hand over West Point, New York.
1803 – Maratha troops were beaten by British forces at the Battle of Assaye, one of the decisive battles of the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
1932 – The Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz merged with Al-Hasa andQatif to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with Ibn Saud as the firstmonarch and Riyadh as the capital city.
1983 – A bomb placed by the Abu Nidal organisation destroyed Gulf Air Flight 771, flying from Karachi, Pakistan, to Abu Dhabi, UAE, killing all 110 people aboard.

Sunday, 21 September 2014

చరిత్రలో ఈ రోజు సెప్టెంబరు 22:

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1791 : ఒక ఆంగ్ల రసాయన శాస్త్రవేత్త మరియు భౌతిక శాస్త్రవేత్త మైకేల్ ఫెరడే జననం (మ.1867).
1930 : ప్రముఖ చలనచిత్ర నేపథ్యగాయకుడు ప్రతివాది భయంకర శ్రీనివాస్ జననం (మ.2013).
1952 : బహుముఖ ప్రజ్ఞాశాలి, స్వాంతంత్ర్య సమరయోధుడు, రచయిత, కళాకారుడు మరియు నాటక కర్త అడివి బాపిరాజు మరణం (జ.1895).
1977 : ప్రముఖ అనువాదకురాలు మరియు ప్రజాసేవకురాలు రామినేని రామానుజమ్మమరణం (జ.1880).
2011 : భారత మాజీ టెస్ట్ క్రికెట్ క్రీడాకారుడు మన్సూర్ అలీ ఖాన్ పటౌడి మరణం (జ.1941).

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... that two days into her career, the fashion model Jill Kennington was chosen for a major UK tour by Norman Hartnell, who declared, "Darling, you are going to be my mascot"?
... that several wind and rain machines were used to create the storm effects for theNeighbours tornado storyline?
... that the artist Kate Downie recently interviewed the Forth Road Bridge?

On this day... September 22:

On this day...

September 22:

OneWebDay; Independence Day in Bulgaria (1908) andMali (1960); Day of Baltic Unity in Latvia and Lithuania

1586 – Eighty Years' War: Spanish forces were victorious against a combined Anglo-Dutch army in theBattle of Zutphen.
1792 – French Revolution: One day after the National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy, the French First Republic came into being.
1914 – World War I: German naval forces bombarded Papeete inFrench Polynesia.
1934 – One of Britain's worst mining accidents took place when an explosion at Gresford Colliery in Wales, killed 266 men.
1994 – The Nordhordland Bridge (pictured), which crossesSalhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Hordaland, and is the second-longest bridge in Norway, was officially opened.