THOUGHT OF THE DAY
"Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization."
- Mahatma Gandhi.
Events that took place on this day in history 5 March
*In 1907,
1st Radio Broadcast of a Musical Composition Aired
The first radio broadcast of a musical composition took place when Lee De Forest transmitted the performance of Rossini's William Tell Overture from Telharmonic Hall in NY to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
*In 1958,
Explorer 2 failed to achieve orbit.
Mission. Explorer 2 launched from the Cape Canaveral Missile Test Center of the Atlantic Missile Range (AMR), pad 26A, on 5 March 1958 at 18:27:57 GMT. The flight was nominal through third stage ignition. The fourth stage failed to ignite, making attainment of orbital velocity impossible.
Famous people that have birthdays on this day in history 5 March
*In 1905,
Shushila Didi, a great Indian freedom fighter. She decided to join Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) after the hanging of Shri Ram prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Rajendra Lahidi. After Killing of Saunders, she arranged a house for Bhagat Singh in calcutta. After Delhi conspiracy, Sushila didi and Durga Bhabi also helped revolutionaries to escape after arrest.
*In 1913,
Gangubai Hangal who was an Khyal singer of Hindustani classical music, known for her powerful voice. Hangal struggled in a society where singing was not considered an appropriate profession for women. She also served as honorary music professor in Karnataka University
Famous people that have death anniversaries on this day in history 5 March
*In 1927,
Inayat Khan,
was a professor of musicology, singer, exponent of the saraswati vina, poet, philosopher, and pioneer of the transmission of Sufism in the West. At the urging of his students, and on the basis of his ancestral Sufi tradition and four-fold training and authorization at the hands of Sayyid Abu Hashim Madani (d. 1907) of Hyderabad, he established an order of Sufism (the Sufi Order) in London in 1914.
*In 2008,
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, was an Indian yoga guru, known for developing and popularizing Transcendental Meditation (TM), and for being the leader and guru of a worldwide organization that has been characterized in multiple ways including as a new religious movement and as non-religious. He became known as Maharishi (meaning "great seer") and Yogi as an adult.