Thought Of The Day
"EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE GOLDEN DOOR OF FREEDOM"
Learning never stops and knowledge never ends. So here come some interesting facts of the day to keep your general knowledge up-to-date.
Events that took place on this day in history 27 July
1939 – The Central Reserve Police Force was established.
*In 1377,
First example of quarantine in Rugusa (now Dubroknik); city council passes law saying newcomers from plague areas must isolation for 30 days (later 40 days, quaranta in Italian)
* In 1844,
Gerard Manley Hopkins, who was one of the most individual of Victorian writers and who influenced many leading 20th-century poets, was born in Stratford, Essex, England.
*In 1866,
Transatlantic telegraph cable successfully in second attempt comes ashore at Heart's Content, Newfoundland laid out by Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Eastern
*In 1909,
The world's first military airplane completed one of the final qualifying flights for its sale to the U.S. Army Signal Corps by Wilbur and Orville Wright.
*In 1919,
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 was ignited after a young Black man was stoned and drowned in Lake Michigan for swimming in an area reserved for whites.
*In 1940,
Looney Tunes characters
Warner Brothers released the Looney Tunes animated short film A Wild Hare, featuring the debut of Bugs Bunny in his familiar incarnation; embryonic versions of the character had appeared in earlier cartoons.
* In 1965,
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of smoking
*In 2007,
Two News helicopters from Phoenix, Arizona television stations KNXV and KTVK collide over Steele Indian School Park in central Phoenix while covering a police chase; there were no survivors. Worst civil aviation incident in Phoenix history.
*In 1996,
Terrorist attack at Atlanta Olympics
On this day in 1996 a pipe bomb exploded in Olympic Centennial Park in Atlanta, Georgia, killing 1 person and injuring 111 in the first terrorist attack at the Olympics since the 1972 Games in Munich, West Germany.
*Famous people that have birthdays on this day in history 27 July
*In 1954,
Gurmukh Singh Bali is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly from Nagrota Bagwan, Himachal Pradesh, India.
*In 1960 ,
Uddhav Bal Thackeray is a politician, serving as the 19th and current CM of Maharashtra. He is also the president of Shiv Sena.
*In 1967,
Rahul Bose is a film actor, director, screenwriter, social activist, and rugby player. He has also appeared in Bengali films.
*Famous people that have death anniversaries on this day in history 27 July
*In 1970 ,
Pattam A Thanu Pillai was a participant in the Indian independence movement. He later served as the CM of Kerala from 1960 to 1962.
*In 1992,
Amjad Khan was an actor and director who worked in over 130 films in a career spanning nearly 20 years.
*In 2002,
Krishan Kant was the 10th Vice President of India from 1997 until his death. He also previously served as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1990 to 1997.
*In 2015 ,
APJ Abdul Kalam (Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam) was an aerospace scientist and politician who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.
*In 2017,
Dharam Narayan Singh was a senior congress politician who served as the 17th CM of Karnataka and President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. He was also the Member of Parliament in 15th Lok Sabha.
*In 1913,
Kalpana Datta was an Indian independence movement activist. She was also a member of the armed independence movement led by Surya Sen.
*In 1983,
Soccor Velho was an Indian footballer. He last played for Air India in the I-League before which he played for Cabral, Golden Gunners, and Central Railway.