1935- Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
1964- Ashes of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, were scattered all over India.
1968- Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
2002- Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
2009- Swine flu has become the world's first official pandemic in 41 years after the World Health Organization raised the alert level on the H1N1 virus.
Famous people who had responded birthdays on this day:
1901- Pramatha Nath Bishi was an Indian writer, educationist, and parliamentarian from West Bengal.
1909- Kowdoor Sadananda Hegde was an Indian jurist and politician who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India and later as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
1937- Ganesh Pyne was an Indian painter and one of the most notable contemporary artist of the Bengal School of Art.
1948- Lalu Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997 with a brief interruption in 1995 and as the union minister for Railways from 2004 to 2009.
1956- Ashwini Kumar Chopra was a senior journalist and resident editor of the 'Punjab Kesari'.
Famous people who have death anniversaries on this day:
1928- Shaileshwar Basu was a leading figure in the anti-British independence movement of the Indian subcontinent.
1962- Chhabi Biswas was an Indian actor known for his performances in Tapan Sinha’s Kabuliwala and Satyajit Ray's films Jalsaghar.
1997- Mihir Sen was a famous Indian long distance swimmer and lawyer. He was the only man to swim the oceans of the five continents in one calendar year (1966).
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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