THOUGHT OF THE DAY
"Believe in yourself and believe in your dreams. Follow them, never give up, that's the most important thing. If you believe you can get there, then one day you will".
Joao Moutinho
Events that took place on this day in history 11 December
*In 2019,
Controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill Passed by India
On December 11, 2019, the Indian Parliament enacted the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. It changed the Citizenship Act of 1955 to create a road to Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, or Christians and arrived in India before December 31, 2014.
*In 1972,
Apollo 17 was the final Moon landing mission of NASA's Apollo program, the most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or gone beyond low Earth orbit. The third mission to carry the Lunar Roving Vehicle, its crew consisted of Commander Eugene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans. Schmitt was the only scientist to set foot on the Moon, and the mission had a heavy emphasis on science, with a number of new experiments, including a biological experiment containing five mice carried in the command module.
UNICEF DAY
UNICEF, also known as the United Nations Children's Fund, is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. The agency is among the most widespread and recognizable social welfare organizations in the world, with a presence in 192 countries and territories. UNICEF's activities include providing immunizations and disease prevention, administering treatment for children and mothers with HIV, enhancing childhood and maternal nutrition, improving sanitation, promoting education, and providing emergency relief in response to disasters.
INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN DAY
Mountain Day refers to three different and unrelated events: Mountain Day, a student celebration in some colleges in the United States in which classes are cancelled without prior notice, and the student body heads to the mountains or a park, International Mountain Day, held each year on 11 December, which was established by the UN General Assembly in 2003 to encourage sustainable development in mountains, and Mountain Day, a national holiday in Japan as of 2016.
Famous people that have birthdays on this day in history 11 December
*In 1957,
Dr. Vikas Mahatme (born 11 December 1957) is Padmashri Awarded Indian ophthalmologist, social entrepreneur, visionary and a member of the Parliament in Rajya Sabha. Born in Amravati, he comes from Nagpur in the state of Maharashtra. He is well known across Maharashtra for his charitable and social works.
*In 1969,
Viswanathan Anand
is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former world chess champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating of 2800, a feat he first achieved in 2006.Anand is a five-time world chess champion.
Famous people that have death anniversaries on this day in history 11 December
*In 1988,
Maharaj Sri Nagendra Singh was an Indian lawyer and administrator who served as President of the International Court of Justice from 1985 to 1988. He was one of the four judges from India to have been Judges of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the others being B. N. Rau (1952–1953), R. S. Pathak (1989–1991) the 18th Chief Justice of India, and Dalveer Bhandari (2012–), former Justice of the Supreme Court of India.
*In 1998,
Kavi Pradeep born Ramchandra Narayanji Dwivedi, was an Indian poet and songwriter who is best known for his patriotic song "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo" written as a tribute to the soldiers who had died defending the country during the Sino-Indian War.His first recognition came for his patriotic lyrics for the film Bandhan (1940). His status as a nationalistic writer got immortalised for writing a daringly patriotic song "Door Hato Ae Duniya Walo" (Move Away O Outsiders) in India's first golden jubilee hit Kismet (1943) because he was forced to go underground to avoid arrest immediately after the film's release that invited the ire of British government.