Every year National Technology Day is observed on 11 May to highlight the important role of Science in our daily lives and encourage students to opt for science as an option for a career. On this day Shakti, the Pokhran nuclear test was held on 11 May 1998.
Mother's Day is celebrated every year on the second Sunday of May to honour motherhood and is observed in different forms throughout the world. Mother's Day was founded by Anna Jarvis who had given the idea of celebrating Mother's Day in honour of mothers and motherhood in 1907.
1857- Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
1927- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
1951- President Rajendra Prasad inaugurates the newly constructed Somnath temple.
1997- Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
1998- India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
2009- Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
Famous people who had responded birthdays on this day:
1888- Asaf Ali was an Indian Independence fighter and a noted Indian lawyer. He was the first Indian Ambassador to the United States.
1912- Saadat Hasan Manto was a Pakistani writer, playwright and author who was active in British India and later, after the 1947 partition of India, in Pakistan.
1970- Pooja Bedi is an Indian actress, television talk show host and newspaper columnist.
Famous people who have death anniversaries on this day:
1915- Basanta Kumar Biswas was an Indian pro-independence activist involved in the Jugantar group.
1983- Swami Dhananjay Das Kathiababa was an Indian Bengali yogi, philosopher and religious leader.
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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