"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your Self-confidence."
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 19 July
*In 1763,
Mir Kasim was defeated in the ‘Katwa’ battle by the British.
*In 1949,
The king of Tehri Garhwal announces a merger with the Indian Union.
*In 1969,
The Indian government nationalized 14 major commercial banks.
*In 1969, Apollo 11 and its astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins, went into orbit around the moon.
*In 1595 ,
Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz
*In 1843,
The steamship SS Great Britain is launched, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and the largest vessel afloat in the world
*In 1912,
A meteorite of estimated 190kg mass explodes over Holbrook in Navajo County, Arizona, causing approximately 16,000 pieces of debris to rain down on the town
*In 1941,
Tom and Jerry first appear under their own names in cartoon "The Midnight Snack" by Animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
*In 2009,
The Wesley Impact: black spot the size of Earth discovered on Jupiter after unknown object crashed onto the planet
*In 2017,
US scientists calculate total amount plastic ever produced - 8.3 billion tonnes, equal to weight of 1 billion elephants
*In 532,
Start of Dionysian Pascal Cycle
Dionysian period, also called Great Paschal period, or Victorian period, in the Julian calendar, a period of 532 years covering a complete cycle of New Moons (19 years between occurrences on the same date) and of dominical letters—i.e., correspondences between days of the week and of the month, which recur every 28 ...
Famous people that have birthdays on this day in history 19 July
*In 1938,
Jayant Narlikar, Indian astrophysicist and emeritus professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics.
*In 1955,
Roger Binny, famous Indian cricketer.
*In 1961,
Harsha Bhogle,Indian cricket commentator and journalist.
*In 1961,
Harshavardhan Neotia, chairman of the Ambuja Neotia Group, a conglomerate headquartered in Kolkata.
*In 1972,
Ratul Puri,Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hindustan Powerprojects.
*In 1827,
Mangal Pandey was an Indian soldier who played a key part in the events immediately preceding the outbreak of the Indian rebellion of 1857.
*In 1899,
Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay was an Indian Bengali-language novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, and physician.
*In 1909,
Balamani Amma was an Indian poet who wrote in Malayalam.
*In 1948,
Altamas Kabir was an Indian lawyer and judge, who served as the 39th Chief Justice of India.
Famous people that have death anniversaries on this day in history 19 July
*In 1966,
Hans Ji Maharaj was a guru in India within the Sant Mat tradition.
*In 1968,
Pratap Singh Gaekwad was the last ruling Maharaja of Baroda.
*In 1993,
Girilal Jain was an Indian journalist.
*In 2009,
Alan Garnett Davenport was a professor at the University of Western Ontario and founder of its Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory.