International Day for Mine Awareness is observed on 4 April every year in order to spread awareness about the dangers and threats caused by landmines to the safety.
1949- Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
1968- Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
1975- Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1979- Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
1984- President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
2023- Finland becomes a member of NATO after Turkey accepts its membership request.
Famous people who had responded birthdays on this day:
1889- Makhanlal Chaturvedi was an Indian poet, writer, and a journalist.
1938- Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty is an Indian-American microbiologist, scientist, and researcher.
1953- Pandit Kumar Bose is an Indian tabla musician and composer of Indian classical music.
1984- Jasvir Singh is an Indian professional Kabaddi player. He was a member of the India national kabaddi team that won the Asian Games Gold medal in 2014 and World Cup in 2016.
Famous people who have death anniversaries on this day:
1950- Upendranath Banerjee was a Bengali Indian freedom fighter , editor and writer. His famous autobiographical book is Nirbasiter Atmakotha.
1971- Jogesh Chandra Ghosh was a scholar, Ayurveda practitioner, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
1986- Hemchandra Bagchi was a renowned Bengali poet of the Kallol era.
2004- Sukhen Das was an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and story writer of Bengali Cinema.
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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