World liver day is observed on 19 April to spread awareness about the diseases related to the liver. The liver is the second largest organ in the body. After the brain, it is also the second most complex organ in the body. It performs various crucial functions associated with digestion, immunity, metabolism, and the storage of nutrients within the body.
1818- French physicist Augustin Fresnel signs his preliminary "Note on the Theory of Diffraction" (deposited on the following day).
1950- Shyama Prasad Mukherjee becomes the first minister to resign from the Union Cabinet.
1972- Bangladesh becomes a member of the Commonwealth.
1975- India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
2011- Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.
2021- The Ingenuity helicopter becomes the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet.
Famous people who had birthdays on this day:
1945- Surekha Sikri was an Indian actress widely known for her performance in theatre, films and television.
1946- Kankana Banerjee is an Indian Classical singer who trained under the tutelage of Indian classical vocalist Ustad Amir Khan.
1950- Harishankar Brahma served as 19th Chief Election Commissioner of India.
1957- Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian billionaire and businessman who is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries. As of 2024, he was the richest person in Asia and 9th richest in the world.
1977- Anju Bobby George is an Indian former athlete. She made history when she won the bronze medal in long jump at the 2003 World Championships in Paris.
Famous people who have death anniversaries on this day:
1824- Lord Byron was an English poet and playwright. He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement.
1867- Radhakant Deb was a Bengali reformer and cultural nationalist who dedicated his life to the preservation of orthodox Hinduism.
1882- Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology.
1906 - Pierre Curie was a French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate and a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism and radioactivity.
1958- Anurupa Debi was one of the most reputed female novelists in Bengali literature in the British colonial era. She was also an eminent short story writer, poet as well as a social worker.
Good morning all. Significance of *14th March*: *Events* that took place on this day: *Pi Day* is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant *π (pi).* Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in the month/day format) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of π. It was *founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw,* an employee of the Exploratorium. 1780- American Revolutionary War: *Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte* in Mobile, Alabama. 1794 - *Eli Whitney* is granted a patent for the *cotton gin* (a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds). 1864- *Sir Samuel White Baker* was an English Explorer, author, and administrator who *explored the Upper Nile and discovered Lake Albert.* 1900- *The Gold Standard Act* is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard. 1931- *Alam Ara* was released. It was the first Indian sound film and was directed by Ardeshir Irani. 1939- *Slovakia* declares independe...
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