Famous
birthdays
a.
German physicist Gustav
Kirchoff (b. 1824). contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the
emission of black-body radiation by
heated objects. He coined the term black-body radiation in 1862,
and at least two different sets of concepts are named "Kirchhoff's laws" after him. The Bunsen–Kirchhoff
Award for
spectroscopy is named after him and his colleague, Robert Bunsen.
b.
Famous Indian playback singer Shreya Ghoshal (b. 1984). She has received
four National Film Awards, six Filmfare
Awards including five for Best Female Playback Singer, nine Filmfare Awards
South,
three Kerala State Film Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and many other awards.
c.
Italian industrialist and
principal shareholder of Fiat Gianni Agnelli (b. 1921). As the head
of Fiat, he controlled 4.4% of Italy's GDP, 3.1% of its
industrial workforce and 16.5% of its industrial investment in research. He was
the richest man in modern Italian history.
d.
Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist who is
considered one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and radiogeology Vladimir
Vernadsky (b. 1863).
e.
First Chief Minister of Maharashtra after
the division of Bombay State and the
fifth Deputy Prime Minister of India Yashwantrao
Chavan (b. 1913). He advocated social democracy in his speeches and articles
and was instrumental in establishing co-operatives in Maharashtra for the
betterment of the farmers.
Famous death
anniversaries
a.
German-born diarist Anne Frank (d. 15-Feb. or 15-Mar 1945 aged 15). One of the
most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained
fame posthumously with the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl (originally Het Achterhuis;
English: The Secret Annex), in which she documents her life in hiding from
1942 to 1944, during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. It is one of
the world's most widely known books and has been the basis for several plays
and films.
b.
American-born violinist and conductor Menuhin Yehudi (d. 1999). He had one
of the longest and most distinguished careers of any violinist of the
20th century. Throughout the last twenty years of his life, Yehudi Menuhin
continued to engage in every aspect of musical work. As a performer, a
conductor, a teacher, and a spokesperson, he spent his seventies and eighties
as one of the most active musicians in the world. He was a constant contributor
to religious, social, and environmental organizations throughout the world.
c.
German industrialist, engineer and inventor Robert Bosch (d. 1952). He is the
founder of Robert Bosch GmbH (world's
largest supplier of automotive components measured by 2011 revenues).
d.
American entrepreneur and engineer George
Westinghouse Jr. (d. 1914). He invented the railway air brake and was
a pioneer of the electrical industry, gaining his
first patent at the age of 19.
e.
Serbian American physicist and
physical chemist Mihajlo Pupin
(d. 1935). is best known for his numerous patents, including a means of greatly
extending the range of long-distance telephone communication
by placing loading coils (of
wire) at predetermined intervals along the transmitting wire (known as
"pupinization"). Pupin was a founding member of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
on 3 March 1915, which later became NASA.[5] In 1924, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his
autobiography.
f.
Swiss mathematician Johann Jakob Balmer
(d. 1898). He discovered a formula basic to the development of atomic
theory. In 1885 Balmer announced a simple formula representing the wavelengths
of the spectral lines of hydrogen - the Balmer series.
Famous events
of the day
b.
2011 A
reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant melts and explodes and
releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake.
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