World Youth Skills Day is a UN observance on 15 July highlighting the importance of technical and vocational skills for youth. This year's theme focuses on Youth empowerment through AI and digital skills.
1955- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister was awarded the Bharat Ratna (India’s highest civilian honour) by then President Rajendra Prasad.
1955- Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
1979- Prime Minister Morarji Desai resigned from his position.
1997- Mahesh Chandra Mehta is an environmental activist. He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Asia for Public Service in 1997.
2002- Indian presidential election, 2002 was held on 15th July, 2002 to elect President of India. On 18 July 2002, the results were declared. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam became the 11th President by beating his nearest rival Lakshmi Sahgal.
2006- Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
2018- He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Asia for Public Service in 1997, defeating Croatia 4-2.
Famous people who had responded birthdays on this day:
1820- Akshay Kumar Datta was a Bengali writer, educationist, social reformer from the Indian subcontinent and the chief activist of Adi Brahma Samaj. He was one of the initiators of the Bengal Renaissance.
1876- Maraimalai Adigal was a Tamil orator and writer and father of the Pure Tamil movement.
1903- Kumaraswami Kamaraj was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the Chief Minister of Madras State (Tamil Nadu) from 13 April 1954 to 2 October 1963.
1909- Durgabai Deshmukh was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, social worker and politician.
1925- Badal Sarkar was an influential Indian dramatist and theatre director. He wrote more than fifty plays of which Ebong Indrajit, Basi Khabar, and Saari Raat are well known literary pieces.
Famous people who have death anniversaries on this day:
1878- Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee was one of the leaders of the Young Bengal group in 19th-century India.
1953- S. Muthiah Mudaliar was an Indian politician and legislator of the Justice Party and later, the Swarajya Party and an independent minister in the Madras Presidency.
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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