THOUGHT OF THE DAY,
"If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds".
Jesse Jackson
Events that took place on this day in history 6 December
*In 1882,
Transit of Venus, which took place on 6 December 1882 (13:57 to 20:15 UTC), was the second and last transit of Venus of the 19th century, the first having taken place eight years earlier in 1874. Many an expedition was sent by European powers to describe both episodes, eight of them alone were approved and financed in 1882 by the United States Congress.
*In 1756,
British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta, India.
Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive KB, FRS , also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. He is credited along with Warren Hastings for laying the foundation of British rule in India. He began as a writer (the term used then in India for an office clerk) for the East India Company (EIC) who established the military and political supremacy of the EIC on the Indian subcontinent by winning the Battle of Plassey.
Famous people that have birthdays on this day in history 6 December
*In 1892,
Rukmini Laxmipathi was an Indian independence activist and politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. She was the first woman to be elected to the Madras Legislature and the first to serve as a minister in the Madras Presidency.
*In 1920,
Parmeshwari Lal Varma, often shortened to P. L. Varma, is an Indian civil engineer and a former chief engineer of Punjab. He served as an associate of Le Corbusier, the Swiss-French architect, who designed the city of Chandigarh.
Famous people that have death anniversaries on this day in history 6 December
*In 1956,
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer who fought economic and social discrimination against the untouchables (now dalits) in India's Hindu society, and who later renounced Hinduism and inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement. Ambedkar served as chairman of the drafting committee of the Constitution of India, and Minister of Law and Justice in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru from 1947 to 1951. He is also referred to by the honorific Babasaheb
*In 2010,
Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan was a former Indian cricketer who played in one Test and 2 One Day Internationals from 1980 to 1981. Srinivasan was born in Chennai. His father was famous Tamil actor T. E. Varadan.