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In 1981, the 203-foot-high Motherland Monument is unveiled at Kyiv, Ukraine, in a ceremony attended by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
The sculptural arrangement The Motherland Monument is one of the exhibits of the Museum of Ukraine's World War II History. It is located on one of Kyiv's h...
Vandana Shiva of India was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize in 2010 for her work on women's empowerment and environmental protection in developing countries.
Vandana Shiva learned her first lessons in environmental protection in the Himalayas, where she was born in 1952 to a forest conservator father and a farmer mother...
Thomas Edison used his Kinetograph to show the first motion picture exhibition to an audience of 400 people in Brooklyn, New York in 1893 at the Dept of Physics, Brooklyn Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
In 1894, Thomas Edison of Menlo Park Offsite Link, New Jersey, formally introduced the KinetoscopeOffsite Link, a hand-cranked, single-viewer, lighted box to displ...
In the year 1857, The first fight of independence in India began. At Meerut, sepoys revolt against their commanding authorities.
The Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the First War of Indian Independence, began at Meerut on May 10, 1857. Although not the first insurrection against the ...
Santosh Yadav of India became the world's first woman climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, in 1993.
Mountaineer Santosh Yadav placed India on the map by climbing Mount Everest twice; her first ascent was in 1992, and she was the youngest woman in the world at the...
India conducts three underground nuclear tests in Pokhran in 1998, including one with a thermonuclear weapon.
The Pokhran-II tests were a series of five nuclear bomb tests conducted by India in May 1998 at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range. It was India's second...
Rajendra Prasad, the first President of the Republic of India, dedicated the Somnath Temple in 1951.
The Somnath temple in Gujarat was restored today (May 11). Rajendra Prasad, the first president of the Indian republic, led the reconsecration ceremony of the ling...
Rao Jodhpur created Jodhpur, Sun City, in 1459 in India.
Rao Jodha, a Rajput chief of the Rathore clan, founded Jodhpur in 1459. Jodha was successful in conquering the surrounding territory, establishing a kingdom known ...
Gaj Singh was crowned Maharaja of Jodhpur, India, in 1952.
Gaj Singh (born January 13, 1948) is an Indian politician who has served as a member of the Indian parliament and as India's High Commissioner. He has been the...
In 2015, a massive earthquake in Nepal killed 218 people and wounded over 3500 more.
On 12 May 2015, at 12:50 pm local time (07:05 UTC), a major earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.3 struck Nepal, 18 kilometres (11 miles) southeast of Kodari. T...
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the first foreign woman ambassador, arrived in the United States in 1949.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was an Indian diplomat and politician who served as the sixth Governor of Maharashtra and the eighth President of the United Nations General ...
Lara Dutta of India was crowned Miss Universe in 2000.
Lara Dutta (born 16 April 1978) is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, and Miss Universe 2000 winner. She previously held the title of Miss Intercontinental 1997. She...
Following the three nuclear tests performed on May 11, 1998, India conducts two more at Pokhran. Economic sanctions are imposed on India by the United States and Japan.
The Pokhran-II tests were a series of five nuclear bomb tests conducted by India in May 1998 at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range. It was India's second...
In the Demra tragedy in 1971, almost 900 unarmed Bengali Hindus are slaughtered.
On 13 May 1971, the occupying Pakistan Army, aided by local collaborators, massacred unarmed Hindu residents of the Demra Union villages in present-day Faridpur Up...
Israel declares independence from British rule in 1948.
The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the Palestine War of 1947–1949. It formally began at midnight on 14 May 1948, fo...
Shashi tharoor was accused of murdering wife in 2018.
Mr Tharoor, a member of India's main opposition Congress party, married Ms Pushkar, a former businesswoman based in Dubai, in 2010. On January 17, 2014, she wa...
In 1769, Edward Jenner, an English doctor, is credited for the novel vaccine for smallpox, a disease that caused millions of fatalities over the centuries.
On May 14, 1796, he vaccinated an 8-year-old kid, James Phipps, with material from Nelms' lesions. As a result, the youngster got a minor temperature and axill...
Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California, in 1940.
On May 15, 1940, Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald's at 1398 North E Street and West 14th Street in San Bernardino, California. The brothe...
Sikkim became India's 22nd state in 1975.
The current monarchy of Sikkim began in 1642 with the crowning of Phuntsog Namgyal as Chogyal or king. The king was also a Buddhist priest who had been consecrated...
Junko Tabei of Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest in 1975.
Junko Istibashi was born in a tiny farming hamlet in Fukushima prefecture in 1939. Junko was a small youngster who was apparently thought frail and vulnerable as o...
In the year 1897, John Philip Holland, the designer of the first successful submarine that can run submerged for a significant distance and combines electric and gasoline engines, launches it in the United States.
He was finally successful with a privately produced type called Holland VI, which debuted on May 17, 1897. This was the first submarine with the ability to go subm...
Cyclone Tauktae makes landfall in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2021, with winds of up to 160km/h.
As it rushed over the coastal states of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra, the storm left a path of damage in its wake. Myanmar labelled it a tropical cyclon...
On the Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan, India conducted its first successful nuclear bomb test in 1974.
This test was given the code name 'Smiling Buddha.' As a result of this, India has become the sixth nuclear power. India becomes the sixth country to deton...
The first Indian film (Shree Pundalik) released in 1912
The film, Shree Pundalik, was launched on this day in 1912, about a year before Dadasaheb Phalke's full-length film, Raja Harishchandra. Shree Pundalik was a s...
Facebook held its 1st IPO in 2012
On Friday, May 18, 2012, the Internet company Facebook, Inc. launched its first public offering (IPO). With a peak market value of more than $104 billion, the IPO ...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a project led by Samuel C. C. Ting to search for dark matter, was installed on the International Space Station in 2011.
AMS-02, which was installed on May 19, 2011, was originally intended to function for only three years. The data from these studies helps scientists comprehend whet...
Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, arrives in Calicut, India in 1489, becoming the first European to reach India by sea.
Vasco da Gama (1460s – 24 December 1524) was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to sail to India. His first voyage to India via the Cape of Good Ho...
At the age of 18, Sushmita Sen of India is crowned the 43rd Miss Universe in 1994.
Sushmita Sen (born November 19, 1975) is an Indian actress, model, and Miss Universe 1994 winner. She is the first Indian woman to win the Miss Universe title. At ...
Amelia Earhart departs Newfoundland in 1932 on her quest to become the first woman to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic.
Earhart became the first woman, and the only person after Charles Lindbergh, to fly continuously and alone across the Atlantic on May 20–21, 1932. She took o...
In 1965, Avtar Singh Cheema became the 1st Indian to scale Mt. Everest
A period when climbing Everest was uncrowded and unpolluted, when attempts were at the absolute edges of human endurance. After two failed efforts by the Indian Ar...
Amelia Earhart lands near Londonderry, Northern Ireland, after a 17-hour flight from Newfoundland, becoming the first woman to complete a transatlantic solo flight.
Earhart became the first woman, and the only person after Charles Lindbergh, to fly nonstop and alone across the Atlantic on May 21, 1932. She took off from Harbor...
Microsoft announces the release of the Xbox One in 2013.
Microsoft revealed the Xbox One on May 21st, with a release date of the end of 2013. While the name was kept under wraps, the Xbox One announcement verified many o...
Clara Barton established the American Red Cross in 1881.
Clara, Clarissa Harlowe Barton, is one of the most celebrated ladies in American history. She followed a brave career of service to aid people in need, guided by a...
Pac-Man was released for 1st time in 1980
The legendary and massively successful Pac-Man video game was released in Japan on May 21, 1980, and in the United States in October of same year. Pac-Man, the yel...
In 1992, India launches the Agni rocket.
It was appropriately titled. Agni. On May 22, at exactly 7.17 a.m., Agni erupted into a chariot of fire, propelling India into an elite club controlled by the worl...
In 334 BC, Alexander the Great's Macedonian army defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
The Battle of the Granicus, fought in May 334 BCE, was Alexander the Great's (356-323 BCE) first significant victory over the Achaemenid Empire's soldiers....
In 1990, Microsoft released Windows 3.0.
Windows 3.0 is a Microsoft Windows version that was released on May 22, 1990. It, like its predecessors, is an operating system that runs on top of MS-DOS. Work on...
Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to summit Mount Everest in 1984.
Ang Dorje and a few other climbers joined the team to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 22, 1984; Bachendri was the only woman in this group. They arrived a...
Benjamin Franklin announces the creation of bifocals in 1785.
On May 23, 1785, Benjamin Franklin revealed the creation of the bifocal eyeglass, which would forever allow libraries and the elderly to see both close-up and far ...
In the world's first telegraph transmission, Samuel Morse taps out "What hath God wrought?" in 1844.
On May 24, 1844, inventor Samuel F.B. Morse sent a message across an experimental wire from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore, asking, "What hath God wrought?&quo...
In 1927, Henry Ford announces the end of Model T Ford manufacture.
Between 1908 and 1927, almost 15 million Model Ts were produced, delivering inexpensive four-wheeled horsepower to the public. The popular automobiles remained wor...
Goofy, alias Dippy Dawg, first appears in Walt Disney's 'Mickey's Revue' in 1932.
He is a tall, anthropomorphic dog that usually wears a turtle neck and vest, as well as slacks, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat that was initially planned as a...
At the age of 80, Yuichiro Miura of Japan becomes the oldest person to climb Mount Everest in 2013.
He was born in Aomori in 1932 and was the first Japanese to compete in the Italian Kilometer Lance in 1964, achieving a new world record of 172.084 km/h. He skied ...
In the year 1977 today The first Star Wars film is released
The 1977 American epic space opera film Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) was written and directed by George Lucas, produce...
In 2001, Erik Weihenmayer became the first blind person to scale Mount Everest
Erik Weihenmayer is a motivational speaker, author, adventurer, and athlete from the United States. On May 25, 2001, he became the first blind person to reach the ...
In 1915, Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram in Kochrab.
On his return from South Africa, Mahatma Gandhi established India's first Ashram in the Kochrab area of Ahmedabad on May 25, 1915. On June 17, 1917, the Ashram...
In 1999, It was announced that Backstreet Boys album "Millennium" had sold 1.13 million units in its first week of release
Backstreet Boys' third studio album (their second in the United States) Millennium was released on May 18, 1999 by Jive Records. It was their first album to be...
In 2006, Fanaa an Aamir & Kajol starrer movie was release
Fanaa is a Fanaa is a 2006 Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra under their production compa...
In the year 2005, Bunty Aur Babli movie was released
Bunty Aur Babli is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Shaad Ali and written by Jaideep Sahni, based on a story by Aditya Chopra, who also s...
In 2018 Indian Premier League Final: Australian Shane Watson smashes 117 not out off 57 balls to steer Chennai Super Kings to their third IPL title with an 8-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad
Shane Watson overcame a poor start to score an unbeaten 117 to lead Chennai Super Kings to their third Indian Premier League (IPL) title with an eight-wicket trium...
In 2016 UEFA Super Cup, Real Madrid won a record 11th UCL title
After a 1–1 tie at the end of extra time, Real Madrid triumphed 5–3 on penalties, claiming a record-extending 11th victory in the competition. Real Mad...
In 1912, Jimmy Matthews took Two hat-tricks in the same Test
On this day in 1912, Australia spinner Jimmy Matthews became the first and only bowler in the history of Test cricket to take two hat-tricks in a single day. Matth...
In 2011, Chennai Super Kings won their 2nd IPL title
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 58 runs in the IPL 2011 final to win the trophy for the second time in two years. CSK had a...
In the Year 1937, Volkswagen was founded by German Labour Front, As a Nazi Prestige Project
The Volkswagen brand's origins began with the "Käfer," a Nazi prestige project that began development work in 1934. The "Gesellschaft zur V...
In the Year 1948, UN Peacekeepers was formed, so it was called International Day of UN Peacekeepers
The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, May 29, provides an opportunity to pay tribute to the invaluable contribution of uniformed and civilian perso...
In the year 2015, Jurassic World premiered in Paris
Over the weekend, Jurassic International had its world premiere in Paris. Despite the fact that director Colin Trevorrow stated that he would most likely not retur...
In the year 2016, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the IPL
Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers delivered an outstanding effort to derail Virat Kohli's fairytale season, as SRH defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 runs in ...
In the year 1953, First men to climbed Mt. Everest, Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay
Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand beekeeper, and Tenzing Norgay, a Nepalese Sherpa, became the first persons to stand on the top of the world's highest mountain. O...
In 1974 The Airbus A300 Passenger Plane first enters service
Air France was the first customer for the Airbus A300, ordering six planes in September 1970. Airbus was having trouble finding clients for their launch aircraft b...
In the year 1826, Udant Martand, the first Hindi newspaper was published in Calcutta
The first Hindi language newspaper, 'Udant Martand' (The Rising Sun), was launched in India on this day, May 30, 1826. Pt. Jugal Kishore Shukla produced th...
In the year 2016, Alastair Cook becomes youngest batsman to score 10,000 in Test Cricket
The England opener has become the country's youngest batter to reach 10,000 Test runs, a feat formerly held by India's cricketing icon for more than a deca...
In 1859 The Great Clock housing Big Ben starts keeping time -The clock at the top of Elizabeth Tower at the north end of the British Houses of Parliament is one of the world's best-known timekeepers
The Great Clock begins to tick on May 31, 1859, and the Great Bell's strikes are heard for the first time on July 11, 1859. Later that year, Big Ben is discove...
In the year 1961 South Africa became an Independent Republic
Following the defeat of the Boers in the Anglo–Boer or South African War, the Union of South Africa was established on May 31, 1910, as a self-governing domi...
In 1984, Viv Richards scores epic 189 not out, plunders 93 out of 106 for last wicket
31st of May, 1984 With a dazzling 189 not out against a poor England attack at Old Trafford, Viv Richards attempted probably the best ODI innings ever. Arunabha Se...
In 1938, Superman made his Debut in #1 Superman of DC Comics
Superman is an American comic strip superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster for DC Comics. Superman debuted in Action Comics # 1 in 1938. (...
In 1980, Cable News Network (CNN) was launched
On June 1, 1980, media magnate Ted Turner founded the Cable News Network—CNN—in Atlanta as the world's first 24-hour all-news network. Turner had r...
In 1985, Viv Richards plunders 322 in a single day against Warwickshire
Viv Richards scored 322 runs in a single day against Warwickshire at Taunton on June 1, 1985. Abhishek Mukherjee reflects on the West Indian legend's highest F...
In 1907, Colin Blythe takes 17 wickets in a day
1 June 1907. Colin Blythe took all 10 wickets in Northamptonshire's first innings and added seven more in the second. He accomplished all of this in a single d...
Since 2001, World Milk Day as an international day established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) established World Milk Day in 2001 to commemorate the importance of milk as a worldwide food and ...
In 1975 The first Cricket World Cup begins - England hosted the first edition of this event.
On this day, June 7, 1975, the inaugural Cricket World Cup began. The tournament was held in England from June 7 to June 21, 1975, and eight countries took part, i...
In 2014 Telangana officially became the 29th state of India & forms 13 districts New Andhra Pradesh.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi was victorious in the April 2014 general elections, obtaining 63 of the 119 seats and forming the government. Sri K Chandrashekar Rao was...
In 2008, United Nations General Assembly declared today as International World Bicycle Day
The General Assembly declared 3 June World Bicycle Day, recognising the bicycle's uniqueness, longevity, and versatility, as well as the fact that it is a simp...
In the year 1972, INS Nilgiri, first India built modern-age warship, was commission in Indian Navy
Between 1972 and 1981, six ships were built. The 14th Frigate Squadron was formed by vessels of the class. The lead ship, the INS Nilgiri, was India's first ma...
In the year 1969 Last episode of Star Trek aired on NBC
The twenty-fourth and final episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek is "Turnabout Intruder." It was first...
In the year 1492 Martin Behaim presents the world's first globe called his terrestrial globe Erdapfel, or Earth Apple.
Martin Behaim created the Erdapfel, a terrestrial globe, between 1490 and 1492. The Erdapfel is the oldest terrestrial globe still in existence. It's made up o...
In the year 1970, 1st artificial gene synthesized in Har Gobind Khorana
In Khorana's continuous pursuit of artificial genes, cracking the genetic code was a diversion. Har Gobind Khorana relocated his laboratory to the Massachusett...
In 2010, Rajneeti, a Bollywood political flick was released starring Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif
Prakash Jha co-wrote, directed, and produced Raajneeti, a 2010 Indian Hindi-language political thriller film, with a screenplay by Anjum Rajabali and Prakash Jha. ...
In 1991, British Cricketer Ben Stokes was born in New Zealand
Benjamin Andrew Stokes was born on June 4, 1991 in Christchurch, New Zealand, to rugby league player Gerald Stokes, who represented New Zealand in international ru...
In 1957, Peter May, Colin Cowdrey add 411 runs for 4th wicket against West Indies to save Test Series
Peter May and Colin Cowdrey added a record-breaking 411 for the fourth wicket against the West Indies at Edgbaston on June 4, 1957. Abhishek Mukherjee reflects on ...
Since 1982, This day is observed as, International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
Every year on June 4, the United Nations observes International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. It was founded on August 19, 1982. It is a sad trut...
