Friday, April 3, 2009

இந்த நாள் இனிய நாள்

Quote of the day

He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak.     
   
                               
Word of the day

run a risk - take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome;

Today's Events  in History

 
2004 - Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves
1991 - UN Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution
1986 - US national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000
1984 - Soyuz T-11 carries 3 cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7
1973 - The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City, United States
1958 - Jaya Prada born, Indian Actress
1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1941 - Churchill warns Stalin of German invasion
1933 - 1st airplane flight over Mt Everest
1680 - Chatrapathi Shivaji dead, founder of the Maratha Empire, India (b. 1630)

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

இந்த நாள் இனிய நாள்

Quote of the day

The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.    
   
                         
Word of the day

ludic - playful;

Today's Events  in History

 
2007 - In Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million people take part in the first Earth Hour
1991 - The Establishment of Islamic Constitutional Movement - Hadas in Kuwait
1986 - 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes
1983 - Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people
1966 - USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter
1959 - Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India
1933 - German Republic gives power to Hitler
1918 - 1st daylight savings time in US goes into effect
1870 - 1st black to vote in US (Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy NJ)


Monday, March 30, 2009

இந்த நாள் இனிய நாள்

Quote of the day

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.   
   
                       
Word of the day

osculation - the act of kissing;

Today's Events  in History

 
2006 - UK Terrorism Act 2006 becomes law
1993 - French govt of Balladur forms
1988 - Tamil Nadu beat Railways by inns & 144 to win Ranji Trophy
1981 - Pres Reagan shot & wounded by John W Hinckley III
1968 - General Ludvik Svoboda elected president of Czechoslovakia
1956 - USSR performs nuclear test
1953 - Einstein announces revised unified field theory
1945 - USSR invades Austria during WW II
1919 - Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act
1893 - Thomas F Bayard becomes 1st US ambassador in Great Britain
1814 - Britain & allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon