Wednesday, April 13, 2011

April 13' 2011 - Wednesday

Famous Historical Events:

1796 - 1st elephant arrives in US from India
1912 - Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF)
1919 - Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar)

1928 - 1st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hunefeld-Köhl)

1933 - 1st flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale)
1939 - In India, the Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) is formed and vows to engage in armed struggle against the British.
1941 - Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.

1944 - The diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
1960 - France becomes 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara

1960 - Transit 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit

1961 - UN General Assembly condemns South-Africa's apartheid

1970 - Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon

1976 - $2 bill re-introduced as US currency

1994 - United Arab Emirates' 1st official ODI, losing to India
2002 - Pedro Carmona, interim president of Venezuela, resigns one day after taking office.
2006 - Powerful tornadoes rip through Iowa City, Iowa.


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