THOUGHT OF THE DAY
Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room._
Jonathan Swift
Events that took place on this day in history 6 October
*In 1959,
Luna 3, or E-2A No. 1 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1959 as part of the Luna programme. It was the first-ever mission to photograph the far side of the Moon and the third Soviet space probe to be sent to the neighborhood of the Moon.
*In 1995,
51 Pegasi b (abbreviated 51 Peg b), unofficially dubbed Bellerophon , later formally named Dimidii'm , is an extrasolar planet approximately 50 light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus. It was the first exoplanet to be discovered orbiting a main-sequence star, the Sun-like 51 Pegasi, and marked a breakthrough in astronomical research. It is the prototype for a class of planets called hot Jupiters.
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Famous people that had birthdays on this day in history 6 October
*In 1893,
Meghnad Saha FRS was an Indian astrophysicist who developed the Saha ionization equation, used to describe chemical and physical conditions in stars. His work allowed astronomers to accurately relate the spectral classes of stars to their actual temperatures. He was elected to the Parliament of India in 1952.
*In 1933,
Nizam Mir Barkat Ali Khan Siddiqi Mukarram Jah, Asaf Jah VIII, less formally known as Mukarram Jah, has been the titular Nizam of Hyderabad since the death of his grandfather in 1967. He currently chairs the H.E.H. The Nizam's Charitable Trust and Mukarram Jah Trust for Education & Learning.
Famous people that have death anniversaries on this day in history 6 October
*In 1996,
Gian Singh VC (5 October 1920 – 6 October 1996) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
*In 1962,
Paramasivan Subbarayan was an Indian politician, freedom fighter and diplomat and Chief Minister of Madras Presidency.