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Yuri Gagarin, Russian astronaut and the first man in space, was born in Klushino, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, in 1934.
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first person to travel into space. Gagarin complet...
In 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes 130 kilometres east of Sendai, Japan, creating a tsunami and the second worst nuclear catastrophe in history at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Japan endured the biggest earthquake in recorded history on March 11, 2011. The earthquake occurred 130 kilometres east of Sendai, the main city in the Tohoku regi...
Coca-Cola is initially offered in bottles in a confectionery store in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1894.
Coca-Cola was initially offered in bottles in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1894. Local shop owner Joseph A. Biedenharm bottle soda water in bottles he had on hand, w...
Mauritius declares independence from Britain in 1968.
Mauritius proclaims independence from Britain on March 12, although Britain's Queen Elizabeth II remains head of state. Mauritius gained independence within th...
Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930.
Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement on March 12, 1930, with his well-known Dandi March. On April 6, Gandhi Ji arrived at Dandi, took up a handful of sa...
In retaliation for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Indian freedom fighter Udham Singh killed Michael O'dyer in 1940.
From 1913 until 1919, Michael O'Dwyer served as the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab in British India. When he was governor of Punjab, the Jallianwala Bagh Massac...
Today, Sonia Gandhi became the first female President of the Congress in 1998.
Sonia Gandhi aka Antonia Maino is an Indian politician who was born on December 9, 1946. She is the president of the Indian National Congress, a large politic...
Alam Ara was released in 1931. It was directed by Ardeshir Irani and was the first Indian sound picture.
Alam Ara was released on March 14, 1931, and did well at the box office. The performance and songs received the most attention from critics, with some criticising ...
Albert Einstein, the German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel winner, was born in Ulm, Germany, in 1879.
Albert Einstein, born March 14 1879, was a theoretical physicist of German origin who is largely regarded as one of the greatest physicists. Einstein is most recog...
On the Ides of March in 44 BC, Julius Caesar is stabbed to death by Brutus, Cassius, and many other Roman senators in Rome.
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman commander and statesman who lived from 12 July 100 BC to 15 March 44 BC. Caesar was a member of the First Triumvirate and led the R...
CV Raman delivered the official and detailed description as "A new radiation" at the South Indian Science Association meeting in Bangalore in 1928.
CV Raman had already established a name for himself, and his hosts were Nobel laureates J. J. Thomson and Lord Rutherford. Mukherjee questioned him about his futur...
Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian officer to command a squadron in 1939.
Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee OBE was an Indian military commander who served as the Indian Air Force's first Commander-in-Chief. Several honours were bestowed ...
Albert Einstein completes his scientific article explaining his Quantum Theory of Light, one of the pillars of modern physics, in 1905.
Albert Einstein completed a scientific study that will revolutionise the world one hundred years ago today. His startling insight into the nature of light would co...
In 1965, Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov becomes the first person to walk in space after abandoning his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes.
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, major general in the Russian Air Force, writer, and artist. On March 18, 1965, he became the first pe...
In 1972, India and Bangladesh signed a friendship pact.
The India–Bangladesh Pact of Friendship, Cooperation, and Peace was a 25-year treaty signed on March 19, 1972, between India and the newly founded state of B...
The Yamuna and Ganges rivers in India were designated "living creatures" by a court in the state of Uttarakhand in 2017.
The High Court of Uttarakhand, India, ruled on March 20, 2017, that "the rivers Ganga and Yamuna, and all their tributaries...are declared as juristic/legal p...
Colonel Harland Sanders establishes the American fast food restaurant brand "KFC" in North Corbin, Kentucky in 1930.
He took over a Shell filling station on US Route 25 just outside North Corbin, a little town on the outskirts of the Appalachian Mountains, in 1930. By June, he ha...
In 1739, Nadir Shah seized control of Delhi and devastated it, taking the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
Nadir Shah, led by Persian and Turkish soldiers, ended his conquest of the Mughal Empire on March 21, 1739, by taking Delhi, India, its capital. He grabbed great s...
In 2020, India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, declared the country's largest-ever self-imposed curfew, dubbed the 'Janata Curfew.' This was done in order to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
In his State of the Union speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi advocates for social distance and announces the formation of the COVID-19 task team to solve economi...
PETA was formed in 1980 by Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco, who were inspired by the book Animal Liberation by Australian ethicist Peter Singer.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA for short, is the world's biggest animal rights group, with over 700,000 members. Ingrid Newkirk and Alex ...
In 1931, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram Rajguru were hung for their revolutionary deeds for the liberation of Bharat.
In India, March 23 is known as Shaheed Diwas, or Martyrs' Day. On this day, India's three liberation warriors, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram R...
In 2020, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi orders a 21-day lockdown for the world's second most populous country, with 1.3 billion people, to cope with COVID-19.
To deal with COVID-19, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi orders a 21-day lockdown for the world's second most populous country, with 1.3 billion inhabitants....
In 1995, WikiWikiWeb was made Public and it was accessed by All
The first wiki, or user-editable website, is the WikiWikiWeb. Ward Cunningham, a programmer, established it on March 25, 1995, to accompany the Portland Pattern Re...
In 1552, Guru Amar Das is appointed as the Third Sikh Guru.
Guru Amar Das was the third of Sikhism's ten Gurus. He was converted to Sikhism fairly late in life, having spent the majority of his life as a devout Hindu. H...
When two Boeing 747s collide at Tenerife Airport in Spain in 1977, 583 people are killed in aviation's greatest accident.
Two Boeing 747s collide on a foggy runway in Tenerife, Canary Islands, killing 583 people in the worst aviation tragedy in history. Sixty-one persons are still ali...
The Punjab is annexed by the United Kingdom in 1849.
On March 29, 1849, Lord Dalhousie declared the conquest of the Punjab. Henry Miers Elliot, his foreign secretary, came in Lahore to acquire the signatures of the m...
Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry revolts against the East India Company's government in India in 1857, sparking the lengthy Indian Rebellion of 1857. It is often referred to as the "First War of Independence."
On March 29, 1857, at the Barrackpore parade field outside Calcutta, 29-year-old Mangal Pandey of the 34th BNI stated his intention to revolt against his superiors...
Rajasthan Day was founded in 1949, and Jaipur was designated as the state's capital.
Rajasthan is known as the "Land of Kings" or "Land of Kingdoms" since it is the largest state in terms of land area. It is located in the count...
In 1867, the United States purchases Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000, or about 2 cents per acre.
Alaska Purchase, the acquisition of 586,412 square miles of territory near the northern extremity of the North American continent by the United States from Russia,...
The Eiffel Tower formally opens in Paris in 1889. Built during the Exposition Universelle, it holds the record for the highest man-made tower at 300m for 41 years.
The Eiffel Structure is a wrought-iron lattice tower on Paris's Champ de Mars. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose firm planned and constructe...
The Reserve Bank of India, India's major financial institution, was established in 1935.
The Reserve Bank of India is India's central bank and regulatory agency, in charge of issuing and supplying the Indian rupee as well as regulating the Indian b...
Project Tiger, a tiger conservation initiative, is begun in India's Jim Corbett National Park in 1973.
Project Tiger is a tiger conservation effort initiated by the Government of India in April 1973, during Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's reign. The initiative se...
Google Gmail is released to the public in 2004.
Google Gmail is a free email service offered by Google. It had 1.5 billion active users globally as of 2019. Gmail is normally accessed using a web browser or the ...
Meghalaya becomes an independent state inside India's Assam state in 1970.
Meghalaya, which translates as "abode of clouds," is a state in northeastern India. On 21 January 1972, Meghalaya was formed by carving out two districts...
In 1973, Today the first Mobile Phone Call was made by Martin Cooper
Motorola was the first business to create a mobile phone that could be held in one's hand. Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first m...
Jack Ma establishes the Chinese online business Alibaba in 1999.
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, or Alibaba, is a Chinese multinational technology company that specialises in e-commerce, retail, the Internet, and technology. The ...
The Red Fort in Shahjahanabad was constructed in 1648. (Modern Day Delhi)
The Red Fort, also known as Lal Qila, is a historic fort in Old Delhi, Delhi, India that served as the main residence of the Mughal Emperors. When Emperor Shah Jah...
J. Stuart Blackton's "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces" is released in 1906 as the world's first animated cartoon.
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces is a 1906 short silent animated cartoon directed by James Stuart Blackton that is widely recognised as the first animated film recor...
The United Nations establishes the World Health Organization in 1948.
The World Health Organization was established on April 7, 1948, when a twenty-sixth nation adopted its new constitution. Its foundation followed a period of debate...
