1899 : Kolkata got Hydroelectric Power.
1941 : Yugoslavia surrendered to Germany during World War II.
1946 : Syria gained Independence from France.
1952 : The first Lok Sabha came into existence.
2003 : Formation of Indo-UK Parliamentary Forum after 55 years.
2014 : NASA’s Kepler space telescope confirmed the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
Birthdays
1820 : Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr., Known as the father of Baseball.
1897 : Nisargadatta Maharaj, a Hindu guru of nondualism.
1912 : Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, an Indian novelist and short story writer of Malayalam literature.
1916 : Sirimavo Bandaranaike, a Sri Lankan stateswoman. She was the world’s first female prime minister.
1941 : Asaram Bapu, a controversial Indian godman, currently serving a life sentence for the rape of a minor.
1961 : Geet Siriram Sethi, an Indian professional player of English billiards.
1966 : Vikram, an Indian actor, and playback singer.
1972 : Muttiah Muralitharan, a Sri Lankan cricket coach, and former professional cricketer.
Death anniversaries
1790 : Benjamin Franklin, an American researcher, and diplomat.
1882 : George Jennings, inventor of the flush toilet.
1946 : V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, an Indian politician, administrator, educator, orator, and Indian independence activist.
1975 : Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, the first vice president and the Second President of India.
1997 : Biju Patnaik, an Indian politician. twice as the Chief Minister of the State of Odisha.
1853 : Boribunder to Thane passenger train service started for the first time in India.
1919 : M. K. Gandhi announced a fast to pay tribute to those who died in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
1948 : Establishment of the National Students Union (NCC).
1972 : Apollo 16 launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1999 : A ground-to-air Trishul missile tested at Chandipur, India.
Birthdays
1162: Genghis Khan, the founder and first Great Khan and Emperor of the Mongol Empire.
1867: Wilbur Wright, an American engineer who invented the engine aircraft with Orville Wright.
1889: Charlie Chaplin, an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer.
1942: Frank Williams, a British businessman, former racing car driver, and mechanic.
1978: Lara Dutta, an Indian actress, entrepreneur, and the winner of the Miss Universe 2000 pageant.
Death anniversaries
1756: Jacques Cassini, a French astronomer.
1850: Marie Tussaud, a French artist known for her wax sculptures and ‘Madame Tussauds, the wax museum’.
1961: Randhir Singh, Famous Sikh leader and revolutionary.
1966: Nandalal Bose, an Indian artist.
1923: Insulin became available in the market for people suffering from diabetes.
1994: After the establishment of the World Trade Organization, 123 countries signed its agreement.
2000: G-77 summit concluded in Havana with a call for cooperation to combat terrorism.
2004: The murder of LTTE militant V Muralitharan in Colombo linked to the Rajiv Gandhi assassination.
Famous birthdays
1922: Hasrat Jaipuri, an Indian poet.
1932: Suresh Bhat, a noted Marathi-Indian poet.
1963: Manoj Prabhakar, an Indian former cricketer.
1972: Mandira Bedi, an Indian actress, fashion designer, and television presenter.
Death anniversaries
1865: Abraham Lincoln, as the 16th president of the United States.
1980: Jean-Paul Sartre, a French philosopher.
1995: Pandit Liladhar Joshi, then Chief Minister of Central India
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April 14 Historical events
1661 : Prince Sessie first used the term telescope for telescopes.
1699 : The tenth Guru Guru Govind Singh, established the Khalsa Panth.
1865 : U.S. President Abraham Lincon was shot in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day.
1995 : Dr. Ramesh Babu set a world record for holding 6,670 consecutive rallies in table tennis in Pune.
Birth Anniversaries
1891: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, an Indian ,known as “the Sculptor of the Indian Constitution”.
1922: Ali Akbar Khan, an Indian Hindustani classical musician.
Death Anniversaries
1950: Ramana Maharshi, an Indian Hindu sage
2013: Rama Prasad Goenka, Indian business magnate.
