Rescue operations

23rd May 1939 
"USS Squalus" submarine was put into sea on 23rd May for testing. There were 56 sailors and 3 civilians inside the vessel. As it went underwater one of its valves failed near Schelles island. At this time it was at 240 feet. The diving unit saved 33 men after 13 hours of struggle. Rest of the men didn't make it.

15th July 1956
Italian ocean liner "S S Andrea Doria" was a luxury passenger ship. It collided with another passenger ship "S S Stockholm" near Nantucket island in north Atlantic. At the time it had 1134 passengers and 572 crew members. Collision occurred due to dense fog. Doria's 5 fuel tanks got burst and it turned 90 degrees upside down. Doria sank in around 11 hours but most of the people were rescued. 46 people died in this accident.


11th April 1970
Seventh manned Apollo mission was launched from Kennedy space center Florida on 11th April. 56 hours after launch oxygen cylinder got burst on "Apollo 13". Oxygen level was depleting in spacecraft. It was safely landed on 17th April in Pacific ocean.

13 October 1972
On this day airplane Fairchild FH-227 was going from Montevideo to Santiago. There were 45 people on this plane. Due to bad weather it crashed on a pass on Andes mountain range at 13800 feet. From there it slipped 2000 feet, due to which 11 people died. On 29th October 8 people died due to landslide. On 23rd December remaining 18 people were rescued.

29th August 2005
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on 29th August 2005. Winds were blowing at the speed of 234 km/h and there was heavy rainfall. American coast guards with the help of 5000 soldiers saved 35000 people.

29th April 2010
On this day 3 Spanish mountaineers were stuck on world's highest peak Mt. Everest at the height of 22900 feet. At that time snowstorm was occurring. Swiss pilot Captain Daniel Ofdenblaten couldn't land the helicopter. He then with the help of a wire landed the mountaineers to 9000 feet altitude. For this Captain was awarded for his bravery.

15th January 2009
US airways flight 1549 was going from New York to Charlotte. A bird collided with the plane 3 minutes after takeoff at an altitude of 2818 feet. Pilots couldn't turn the plane back to New York as speed and altitude were not proper. So they turned the plane to Hudson river and landed it safely on the river. All the 155 passengers were safe.

11th April 2013

1. First women run post office in India starts in New Delhi.
2. First women army batallion posted on Indo-Pak border in Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan in India.

Some historic facts - February

4th February
1948 - Ceylon (Sri Lanka) gets independent from British rule.
1959 - "Ruth Handler" makes first barbie doll.
1971 - British car manufacturer Rolls Royce declares bankruptcy.
1976 - 23000 people die due to severe earthquake in Guatemala.
1990 - Ernakulam is declared first completely literate district of India.
2004 - Massachusetts high court authorizes gay marriage.
2004 - Formation of facebook by "Mark Zuckerberg".

5th February
1649 - King "Charles II" become prince of Wales.
1783 - Sweden recognizes USA's independence.
1783 - 30,000 people die due to severe earthquake in Calabria.
1917 - Mexico adopts constitution.
1958 - "Gamal Abdel Nasser" is elected as first president of Republic of UAE.

6th February
1911 - First old age home opened in Prescott,Arizona.
1918 - Britain gives women above the age of 30 years right to vote.
1931 - "Motilal Nehru" dies.
1935 - For the first time women voted in Turkey.
1941 - British forces occupy Bengazi,Libya.
1964 - Britain and France sign agreement to build tunnel between them.

8th February
1897 - Birth of "Dr. Zakir Hussain" India's third president.
1952 - "Elizabeth II" declares herself as queen of England.
1989 - USA's plane Boeing 707 crashes, 145 people die.
1994 - "Kapil Dev" makes wicket taking record in test cricket of 434 wickets.

9th February
1822 - American Indian society formed.
1904 - Japan declares war on Russia.
1969 - World's biggest plane Boeing 747 tested for the first time.
1975 - Soviet space ship Soyuz-17 returns to Earth.

10th February
1846 - British forces defeat Sikhs in Battle of Sobraon.
1906 - Britain's first warship HMS Dreadnought lands in water.
1921 - Kashi Vidyapeeth inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.
1921 - "Duke of Connaught" lays foundation stone of "India Gate".
1929 - Industrialist "J R D Tata" becomes first Indian to get pilot's licence.

11th February
1942 - Famous industrialist and freedom fighter "Jamnalal Baja" dies.
1945 - "Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt" sign Yalta treaty.
1975 - "Margaret Thatcher" becomes head of conservative party.
1990 - "Nelson Mandela" freed from jail.

12th February
1771 - "Gustav III" becomes king of Sweden.
1961 - Soviet Union launches spaceship "Venera 1" which was the first spacecraft to fly past Venus.
1973 - North Vietnam releases first group of American war prisoners.
1991 - Iceland recognizes Lithuania's independence.
1996 - Yasir Arafat becomes Palestine's first president.
2002 - 119 people die in a plane crash in Khoramabad,Iran.

13th February
1668 - Spain recognizes Portugal under Lisbon treaty.
1741 - USA's first magazine "The American magazine" published under the editorship of "Andrew Bedfrod".
1795 - USA's first government university "North Carolina" university established.
1960 - France tests its first nuclear bomb.

15th February
1564 - Birth of "Galileo Galili".
1804 - New Jersey became the last state of USA to end slavery.
1869 - Famous poet "Mirza Ghalib" dies.
1903 - For the first time in USA teddy bear is manufactured.
1906 - British labor party formed.
1965 - Maple leaf is adopted on national flag of Canada.
2003 - Protests in 600 cities in the world against USA's attack on Iraq.

27th February
1594 - "Henry IV" became king of France.
1670 - Jews are ordered to leave Austria on the orders of "Leopold I".
1931 - Great Indian freedom fighter "Chandrashekhar Azad" shoots himself during clash with British police in
Allahabad in order to not to be caugt alive.
1967 - Dominica becomes independent from British rule.
1992 - "Tiger Woods" becomes youngest PGA golfer.
2002 - 58 people die in Train fire in Godhra,Gujarat.

Some historic facts - January

18th January
1896 - X-Ray machine displayed for the first time to public in an exhibition in New York.
1951 - Lie detector machine used for the first time in Netherlands.
1986 - 24th space mission Columbia-7 returns to Earth.
1988 - 108 people die in a plane crash in south-west China.
1991 - Iraq launches scud missile on Israel.

19th January 
1668 - "King Louis 14" and king "Leopod I" sign agreement to partition Spain.
1905 - "Maharishi Devendranath Tagore" dies.
1942 - Japan attacks Burma.
1966 - "Indira Gandhi" becomes India's Prime minister.
1977 - For the first time snowfall happens in Miami(USA).
1981 - USA and Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages.
1986 - Spain recognizes Israel.
1990 - Great saint "Acharya Rajneesh(Osho)" dies.

20th January
1817 - Calcutta Hindu college established which is presently known as Presidency college.
1936 - British king "George V" dies.
1957 - First nuclear plant of India "Apsara" inaugurated.
1981 - "Ronald Reagan" becomes oldest President of USA at the age of 69 years and 349 days.
2001 - "George W Bush" becomes USA's 43rd president.

25th January
1824 - Famous bengali poet "Michael Madhusudan Dutt" dies.
1919 - League of nations formed.
1924 - First winter Olympic games organized in Chamonix,France.
1954 - Famous Indian political thinker "Manvendranath Rai" dies.
1961 - For the first time press conference of president of USA was telecasted on TV. "Kennedy" was asked  
31 questions.
1980 - "Mother Teresa" was awarded "Bharat Ratna" honor which is India's most prestigious civilian honor.
1983 - Creator of "Bhudan Andolan" "Vinoba Bhave" awarded "Bharat Ratna" posthumously.
2001 - Armenia and Azerbaijan become member of European union.

Some historic facts - December

1st December
1640 - Portugal becomes independent from Spanish rule after 60 years.
1959 - 12 countries sign agreement of safe usage of Antarctica.
1988 - "Benazir Bhutto" becomes first woman Prime minister of Pakistan.
1991 - World AIDS day started.
1991 - People of Ukraine vote in favor of independence.

3rd December
1621 - "Galileo" invents Telescope.
1884 - Birth of "Dr. Rajendra Prasad", first president of India.
1889 - Birth of revolutionary "Khudiram Bose".
1912 - Turkey, Bulgaria and Serbia & Montenegro sign on cease fire agreement in first Balkan war.
1971 - War starts between India and Pakistan.
1979 - The great hockey player "Major Dhyanchand" dies.
1984 - 3000 people die and more than 50,000 affected due to gas leakage in Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India.

4th December
1888 - Birth of historian "Rameshchandra Mazumdar".
1910 - Birth of India's 8th president "R. Venkatraman".
1945 - Senate approves USA's participation in UN.
1974 - Holland's passenger aircraft crashes near Colombo in Sri Lanka, all 191 passengers die.
1982 - China adopts constitution.
1996 - NASA launches Mars land rover.

5th December
1792 - "George Washington" is elected as president of USA for the second time.
1879 - First US patent was issued for automatic telephone switching to Daniel Connolly of Philadelphia.
1893 - World's first electric car runs in Toronto, Canada's economic capital. It runs for 15 miles.
1928 - "M W Michaels" is chosen as president of Austria.
1936 - Soviet Union adopts constitution.
1977 - Egypt ends its diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, South Yemen and Iraq.

7th December
1782 - Mysore king "Haider Ali" dies.
1941 - Japanese air force attacks USA's pearl harbor and destroys some of its warships and fighter planes.
1972 - USA launches Apollo 17 spaceship for moon.
1988 - 25000 people die due to severe earthquake in Armenia.
1995 - Indian communication satellite INSAT 2C successfully launched.
2004 - "Hamid Karzai" is sworn in as president of Afghanistan.

8th December
1886 - Formation of American federation of labor in Columbus, Ohio.
1941 - USA and Britain declare war on Japan.
1966- 28 countries including USA and Soviet Union sign agreement to not to test nuclear weapons in space.
1978 - Israel's first woman Prime minister "Golda Meir" dies.

9th December
1825 - Birth of great freedom fighter "Rao Tularam".
1924 - Dutch and Hungary sign trade agreement.
1931 - Spain becomes Republic.
1941 - China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy.
1946 - First sitting of Indian constituent assembly commenced.
1963 - Zanzibar becomes independent from Britain.
1984 - Iran's commandos rescue Kuwait's plane from hijackers.

10th December
1878 - Birth of first governor general of India "C Rajagopalachari".
1902 - Building of "Aswan" dam completes on Nile river in Egypt.
2002 - Nobel peace prize awarded to former president of USA "Jimmy Carter".

11th December
1816 - Indiana becomes USA's 19th state.
1901 - "Marconi" successfully sends first radio signal.
1997 - Kyoto protocol comes into existence to reduce greenhouse emissions.
2001 - China becomes member of WTO.

12th December
1882 - "Bankimchandra Chatopadhyaya's" "Anand Math" published.
1901 - "Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore" starts Brahmacharya ashram in Kolkata's Shanti Niketan.
1911 - Delhi becomes India's capital.
1979 - Rhodesia changes its name to Zimbabwe.
1979 - 259 people die due to earthquake and tsunami in Columbia.

14th December
1934 - Birth of famous film maker "Shyam Benegal".
1937 - Japanese forces occupy Nanjing.
1946 - Members vote in favor of establishing UN's head office in New York.

15th December
1791 - Bill of rights passed after Virginia's approval.
1792 - For the first time life insurance policy issued in USA.
1916 - France defeats Germany in battle of Verdoon in first world war.
1950 - India's iron man "Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel" dies.
1994 - Liberian forces killed 48 people in Monrovia.

16th December
1880 - Formation of South Africa Republic.
1932 - 70,000 people die due to severe earthquake in China.
1951 - Establishment of Salarjung museum in Hyderabad.
1971 - Bangladesh declares independence from Pakistan.
1971 - Pakistan and India agree on ceasefire.

17th December
1718 - England declares war on Spain.
1933 - "Lala Amarnath" became first Indian to score a test century. It was his first match.
1957 - First ballistic missile successfully test fired by USA in Florida.
1993 - Bangladeshi extremists demand killing writer "Taslima Nasreen".

18th December
1787 - New Jersey became USA's third state.
1849 - "William Bond" gets first picture of moon through telescope.
1956 - Japan becomes member of UN.
1961 - India takes occupation of Goa and Daman and Diu from Portugal.
1969 - Britain bans death penalty.
1980 - Vietnam adopts constitution.

19th December
1941 - "Hitler" takes full control of German forces.
1950 - "Dalai Lama" moves from Tibet due to Chinese attack.
1984 - Britain and China sign agreement to return Hong Kong to China in 1997.
1987 - "Gary Kasparov" becomes world chess champion.
2005 - First parliament sitting happened in Afghanistan after 30 years of war.

21st December
1940 - American writer and novelist "F Scott Fitzgerald" dies.
1968 - Apollo 8, the first human spaceship launched from Kennedy space center, Florida to moon.
1988 - 270 people die in a blast in a plane over Scotland's Lockerby city.
1995 - Bethlehem's control goes from Israel to Palestine.

22nd December
1851 - First cargo train in India starts from Roorkee.
1885 - "Ito Hirobumi" became Japan's first Prime minister.
1887 - Birth of great Indian mathematician "Srinivas Ramanujan".
1978 - Thailand adopts constitution.
2005 - INSAT 4A launched from French Guyana.

23rd December
1876 - Turkey adopts constitution.
1909 - "Albert" becomes king of Belgium.
1926 - "Swami Shradhhanand" killed.
1968 - India's first weather satellite "Maneka" successfully launched.
1995 - 360 people die due to fire in a school in Dabwali,Haryana.
2000 - Calcutta's name officially changed to Kolkata.
2004 - India's former Prime minister "P V Narsimha Rao" dies.

24th December
1524 - India's Portuguese viceroy "Vasco Da Gama" dies.
1715 - Sweden's forces occupy Norway.
1894 - "Henry Ford" successfully makes first gasoline engine.
1924 - Birth of famous Indian singer "Mohammad Rafi".
1951 - Libya becomes independent from Italian rule.
1954 - Laos becomes independent.

25th December
1831 - For the first time holiday is declared on Christmas in Louisiana and Arkansas.
1861 - Birth of Indian freedom fighter "Madan Mohan Malviya".
1876 - Birth of Pakistan's founder "Mohammad Ali Jinnah".
1924 - Birth of former Prime minister of India "Atal Behari Vajpayee".
1946 - Taiwan adopts constitution.
1947 - Human rights law passed in Taiwan.
1972 - Writer and freedom fighter "C Rajagopalachari" dies.

30th December
1703 - 37000 people die due to severe earthquake in Tokyo.
1906 - Formation of "Akhil Bhartiya muslim league" in Dhaka.
1949 - India recognizes "People's Republic of China".
2006 - "Saddam Hussain" hanged in Baghdad.

Some historic facts - November

2nd November
1914 - Russia declares war on Ottoman empire.
1936 - BBC's television service starts.
1936 - Dictator Mussolini of Italy declares Italy and Germany as Axis powers.
1953 - Pakistan's constitution committee names the country as Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
1964 - "Faizal" dethrones his brother and king "Saud" of Saudi Arabia.
1973 - Communist party of India and Marxist communist party forms united front in Tripura.

3rd November
1913 - Income tax started in USA.
1918 - Poland is declared independent nation.
1931 - For the first time commercial production of synthetic rubber starts.
1933 - Birth of Indian Nobel laureate "Amartya Sen".
1946 - King "Hirohito" adopts new constitution for Japan.
1957 - Russia launches spaceship "Sputnik". There was female dog "Laika" in it.
1978 - Dominica becomes independent country after separating from Britain.
2007 - General Musharraf declares emergency in Pakistan.

4th November
1861 - Washington university started in Seattle.
1884 - Birth of freedom fighter "Jamnalal Bajaj".
1921 - Japan's Prime minister "Hara Takashi" killed in Tokyo.
1952 - USA government forms national security agency.
1954 - Himalayan climbing organization formed in Darjeeling.

5th November
1870 - Birth of "Chitranjan Das" in Kolkata.
1911 - Italy occupies Tripolitania and Cyrenaica after attacking Turkey.
1920 - Indian Red Cross Society formed.
1956 - British and French forces land in Egypt.

6th November
1763 - British take occupation of Patna from "Mir Qasim".
1844 - Spain announces to give freedom to Dominican Republic.
2000 - "Jyoti Basu" relieved of Chief Minister post after serving West Bengal for 23 years.

7th November
1858 - Birth of great freedom fighter "Bipin Chandra Pal".
1862 - Last mughal emperor of India "Bahadur Shah II" dies in a British prison in Rangoon.
1888 - Birth of great Indian scientist and Nobel laureate "C V Raman".
1907 - Invention of Delta,Sigma and Pie in New York university.
1951 - Jordan's constitution passed.
1972 - "R Nixon" is chosen as president of USA for the second time.
2002 - Iran bans American products.

10th November
1848 - Birth of dignified member of Indian National Congress "Surendranath Banerjee".
1918 - "Joseph Pilsudski" declares independence of Poland.
1922 - "Hirohito" became king of Japan.
1990 - "V P Singh" resigns from post of Prime minister of India after losing majority.
1990 - "Chandrashekhar" becomes 11th Prime minister of India.

11th November
1888 - Birth of "Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad".
1889 - Washington becomes 42nd state of USA.
1943 - USA air force attacks Raabol.
1966 - NASA launches "Gemini 12" spaceship.
1975 - Angola becomes independent from Portugal.
1983 - "Reagan" becomes first American president to speak in Japanese parliament.
2004 - Palestine Liberation Organization confirms "Yasir Arafat's" death.

12th November
1912 - Spanish Prime minister "Jose Canalejas" shot dead.
1936 - Temples in Kerala are opened for all Hindus.
1946 - Founder of Benaras Hindu University "Madan Mohan Malviya" dies.
1970 - Around 200,000 people die in East Pakistan due to tornado.
1996 - 349 people die due to accident between 2 planes of Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan.

13th November
1780 - Birth of king of Punjab "Maharaja Ranjit Singh".
1839 - Formation of first anti-slavery party "Liberty party" in New York.
1885 - Serbian forces occupy Bulgaria.
1921 - USA, France, Japan and Britain sign pacific co-ordination treaty.
1935 - Anti British riots start in Egypt.
1960 - 152 children die due to fire ib a cinema hall in Spain.
1970 - Lieutenant "Hafiz Al Asad" becomes Prime minister of Syria after military takeover.

14th November
1889 - Birth of first Prime minister of India "Jawahar Lal Nehru".
1922 - Home radio service started by BBC.
1927 - 28 people die due to explosion in world's largest gas tank in Petersburg Pan.
1960 - 110 people die due to collision between 2 trains in Czechoslovakia.
1960 - Formation of OPEC group.
1973 - Canada starts production of Olympic coins.
1977 - ISKCON founder "Swami Prabhpada" dies.

16th November
1907 - Oklahoma becomes USA's 46th state.
1914 - Federal reserve system starts in USA.
1916 - 1000 people die in an explosives factory in La Setanya in Russia due to a blast.
1973 - Skylab 4 put into Earth's orbit.
1982 - America's 5th spaceship "Columbia 5" lands on Edward air base.

17th November
1558 - "Elizabeth I" becomes Queen of England.
1800 - "John Adams" becomes first president to go into white house.
1913 - Panama canal is opened for water travel.
1928 - Dignified revolutionary "Lala Lajpat Rai" dies.
1948 - Nationalization of steel industry  by British house of commons.

18th November
1727 - Formation of Jaipur city by king "Maharaja Jai Singh II".
1772 - Maratha king "Peshwa Madhav Rao I" dies.
1905 - Denmark's prince Charles is chosen as first king of Norway.
1941 - Mussolini's forces depart from Abyssinia.
1956 - Morocco becomes independent.

19th November
1917 - Birth of first woman Prime minister of India "Indira Gandhi".
1933 - Women given voting rights in Spain.
1994 - "Aishwarya Rai" wins Miss World title.
1997 - "Kalpana Chawla" becomes first Indian woman to go into space.

20th November
1750 - Birth of Mysore's king "Tipu Sultan".
1789 - New Jersey became the first American state to ratify "Bill of Rights".
1865 - Formation of Howard university in Washington D C.
1917 - Ukraine becomes Republic.
1959 - UN accepts children's rights.
1979 - Shia rebels capture Mecca masjid in Saudi Arabia.
1985 - Microsoft Windown 1.0 Launched.

21st November
1517 - Delhi's king "Sikander Lodhi II" dies.
1794 - Honolulu port discovered.
1918 - 1750 people die in Belgium due to blasts in 2 trains filled with explosives.
1947 - Postal ticket issued for first time after independence in India.
1970 - Nobel laureate "C V Raman" dies.

23rd November
1848 - Formation of women medical education society in Boston.
1863 - Color photo processing technique got patented.
1937 - Great scientist "Jagdish Chandra Bose" dies.
1971 - China becomes member of UN Security Council.
1980 - 4800 people die due to earthquake in south Italy.
1983 - For the first time commonwealth meet is organized in India.
1985 - 58 people die in commando action taken on Egypt's hijacked plane in Malta.

24th November
1715 - Thames river freezes due to severe cold.
1817 - Formation of "National Rifle Association" in New York.
1961 - Formation of  "Grand Lodge of India".
1969 - Apollo 12 safely lands on Earth.

25th November
1715 - For the first time in England a thing got patented and the patent right was given to an american.
1867 - "Alfred Nobel" got dynamite patented.
1897 - Spain gives autonomy to Puerto Rico.
1940 - 200 people die due to sinking of steamer Petriya.
1958 - France gives autonomy to Senegal.
1975 - Suriname becomes independent from Netherlands.

26th November
1916 - Greece declares war on Germany.
1925 - Netherlands and Germany sign trade agreement.
1941 - Lebanon becomes independent from French rule.
1950 - Chinese forces cross Yalu river in Korea.
1965 - France launches its first satellite.
1974 - 140 people die in Nepal due too bridge collapse.
2008 - 166 people die in a terrorist attack in Mumbai.

27th November
1895 - Nobel prize starts in the name of Alfred Nobel.
1912 - Albania adopts national flag.
1966 - Uruguay adopts constitution.

28th November
1821 - Panama separates from Spain.
1919 - "Lady Astor(Nancy Astor)" becomes first lady British parliamentarian. She was born in US.
1979 - 257 people die due to crashing of Air New Zeal-and aircraft DC-10 in antarctic.
1987 - South African plane Boeing 747 crashes in Indian ocean, 159 people die.
1990 - "Margaret Thatcher" resigns from the post of Prime minister of Britain.
1997 - "I K Gujral" resigns from the post of Prime minister of India.

30th November
1759 - Delhi's king "Alamgir II" killed.
1782 - Britain recognizes USA's independence.
1838 - Mexico declares war on France.
1858 - Birth of famous scientist "Jagdish Chandra Bose".
1967 - Formation of Pakistan's People Party.
1999 - World's largest meter wave radio telescope opened in Maharashtra.

Some historic facts - October

1st October
1574 - Sikh guru "Guru Amardas ji" dies.
1795 - France captures Belgium.
1847 - Birth of "Annie Beasant" (member of Theosophical society) in London.
1887 - Britishers capture "Balochistan".
1960 - Nigeria gets independence from Britain.
1967 - Indian tourism department established.
1978 - Marriage age increased from 14 to 18 for girls and 18 to 21 for boys in India.

2nd October
1869 - Birth of Mahatma Gandhi.
1904 - Birth of "Lal Bahadur Shastri" (former Prime minister of India).
1952 - Community development program started in India.
1955 - First coach manufactured in Integral railway coach factory in Perumbudur in Chennai.
1985 - Law improvement against "Dowry" came into effect in India.

5th October
1805 - Lord Cornwallis dies in Gazipur.
1910 - Portugal is declared as Republic.
1989 -"Mira Saheb Fatima Biwi" becomes first women supreme court judge of India.
2005 - 2000 people die due to hurricane in Guatemala.

15th October
1542 - Birth of mughal king "Akbar".
1932 - First flight service started by Tata group.
1988 - "Ujjwala Patil" becomes first asian woman to sail around the world.
2003 - China launches "Shenzhou 5" in accordance with first human space mission.
2008 - Starting of "global hand washing" day.

16th October
1854 - Birth of famous Irish writer "Oscar Wilde".
1905 - Bengal is officially partitioned by viceroy "Lord Curzon".
1923 - Formation of "Walt Disney" company by brothers "Walt Disney" and "Roy Disney".
1946 - Convicted Nazi leaders in "Nuremberg" war trial hanged.
1968 - "Hargobind Khurana" gets nobel prize for medicine.

17th October
1817 - Birth of "Sir Syed Ahmed Khan" who established Oriental college in Aligarh.
1920 - Communist party of India formed.
1979 - Mother Teresa awarded Nobel peace prize.
1888 - "Thomas Edison" got "optical phonograph" patented.
2007 - Tibet's religious guru "Dalai Lama" awarded american congressional gold medal.

20th October
1568 - Akbar attacks Chittorgarh.
1774 - Kolkata becomes India's capital.
1962 - China attacks India.
1964 - Former president of USA "Herbert Hoover" dies.
1970 - "Norman Borlaugh" awarded Nobel peace prize.
1979 - Library named after "John F. Kennedy" starts in Boston.
1991 - 670 people die due to earthquake in Uttar Kashi in India.

21st October
1943 - "Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose" orms "Azad Hind Fauj" in Singapore.
1945 - France gives right to vote to women.
1950 - Chinese forces start occupying Tibet.
1965 - "Robert B. Woodword" awarded Nobel prize in chemistry.
1969 - Supreme revolutionary council under the leadership of "Mohammed Saeed Burre" captures power.
1994 - North Korea and USA sign agreement according to which North Korea agrees to stop nuclear program.

22nd October
1873 - Birth of famous saint "Swami Ramtirth".
1947 - Pakistan attacks India through "Kabayalis".
1953 - Laos becomes fully independent from French rule.
1964 - French writer "Jean Paul Sartre" rejects Nobel prize saying that it would reflect his writing.
1968 - Apollo 7 safely returns to Earth.
2008 - ISRO launches its first moon mission "Chandrayan".

23rd October
1623 - Writer of "Shri Ramcharitamanas" "Tulsidas" dies.
1911 - For the first time a plane was used in a war which was fought between Italy and Turkey.
1944 - Soviet forces attack Hungary.
1958 - Russia's "Boris Paasternak" gets Nobel prize for literature.
2002 - Chechen rebels makes hundreds of people hostage in a a theater in Moscow.

24th October
1577 - Sikhs' fourth guru "Guru Ramdasji" establishes Amritsar city.
1605 - Mughal king Jahangir sits on throne.
1618 - Birth of mughal king Aurangzeb in Dahod,Gujarat.
1851 - First telegraph line starts between Kolkata and Diamond harbor.
1938 - USA bans child labor.
1964 - North Rhodesia becomes independent as Republic of Zambia.
1984 - Kolkata metro starts its commercial run.

26th October
1905 - Norway got independent from Sweden.
1934 - Mahatma Gandhi formed "Bharatiya Gramin Udyog Sangh".
1947 - Kashmir's king gives nod to join J&K in India.
1950 - Mother Teresa lays foundation stone of "Missionaries of Charity" in Kolkata.
1951 - "Winston Churchill" is chosen as prime minister of Britain for second time.
1976 - Trinidad and Tobago becomes Republic.

27th October
1492 - "Christopher Columbus" finds Cuba.
1676 - Poland and Turkey sign Warsaw agreement.
1775 - Formation of US navy.
1806 - French forces enter Berlin.
1904 - World's first underground subway starts in New York.
1920 - Birth of K. R. Narayanan (former president of India).
1922 - Navy day celebrated for the first time.

28th October
1924 - France and Russia sign trade agreement.
1940 - Italy attacks Greece via Albania.
1948 - Israel adopts its national flag.
1955 - Saudi Arabia and Egypt sign defense agreement.
2007 - "Christina Fernandes" is chosen as Argentina's first women president.

29th October
1859 - Spain declares war on Morocco.
1914 - Russia declares war on Turkey.
1920 - "Jamia Milia University" established in Delhi.
1923 - Turkey declares independence.
1942 - 16000 Jews killed in Russia's Pinsk.
1945 - For the first time ball point pen comes into market for selling 57 years after it got patented.
1966 - National organization for women formed in India.
2005 - 60 people killed in 3 bomb blasts in New Delhi.

30th October
1909 - Birth of famous Indian nuclear scientist "Homi Jahangir Bhabha".
1922 - "Mussolini" forms government in Italy.
1939 - USSR and Germany agree on partitioning Poland.
1947 - 23 countries sign GATT agreement in Geneva.
1953 - "Dr. Albert Switzer" and "General George C. Marshaal" awarded Nobel peace prize.

Some historic facts - September

1st September 
1798 - Britishers sign treaty with Nizam of Hyderabad.
1916 - Bulgaria declares war on Romania.
1939 - Second world war starts with Germany attacking Poland.
1942 - "Raas Behari Bose" forms Indian National Army.
1947 - Indian standard time starts.
1948 - World health organization established.
1956 - Formation of Life Insurance Corporation of India.

3rd September
1683 - Turkey attacks Vienna.
1767 - "Colonel Smith" defeats "Nizam and Haider Ali" in battle of Changma.
1783 - Paris treaty signed.
1924 - Civil war starts in China.
1939 - Britain and France declare war on Germany.
1944 - France frees Lyon.
1964 - America's attorney General "Robert Kennedy" resigns.
1971 - Qatar becomes fully independent from British rule.

4th September
1665 - Treaty of "Purandar" signed between Mughals and Maratha king Shivaji.
1825 - Birth of "Dadabhai Naraoji".
1904 - Heavy economic loss in Florida due to Hurricane.
1914 - Britain, France and Russia sign London agreement against Germany.
1967 - 200 people die in earthquake in Koyna Dam measuring 6.5 on Richter scale.
1981 - USA tests nuclear missile in Nevada.

5th September
1888 - Birth of "Dr. S. Radhakrishnan". This day in 1962 was declared Teacher's day.
1957 - Property tax law passed in India.
1997 - Respected "Mother Teresa" dies in Kolkata.

7th September
1813 - The word "Uncle Sam" is used for the first time in relation to USA (in New York Troy post).
1822 - Brazil declares itself independent from Portugal.
1923 - "Interpol" formed in Vienna.
1977 - Ethiopia ends political relations with Somalia.

8th September
1960 - "Feroz Gandhi" husband of Smt. Indira Gandhi dies.
1962 - China attacks India.
1967 - New constitution adopted in Uganda.

10th September
1887 - Birth of Indian freedom fighter "Govind Vallabh Pant".
1915 - Revolutionary "Jatindranath Mukherjee" dies in Orissa.
1939 - Canada declares war on Nazis in second world war.
1966 - Indian parliament approves formation of Punjab and Haryana states.
1974 - Guinea-Bissau becomes independent from Portugal.
1976 - Indian Airlines plane Boeing-737 hijacked in Lahore.
2002 - Switzerland becomes member of United Nations.

11th September
1893 - "Swami Vivekananda" gives his first speech in Chicago.
1895 - Birth of "Acharya Vinobha Bhave" who was organiser of "Bhudan Andolan".
1906 - Mahatma Gandhi named non-violent revolution started in South Africa as "Satyagrah".
1948 - "Mohammad Ali Jinnah" dies.
1961 - Formation of WWF (World Wildlife Federation".
1997 - NASA's surveillance spacecraft reaches Mars.
2001 - Attack on World Trade Center in USA.

12th September
1398 - "Timur Lang" of Afghanistan's Fergana province crosses Indus river and attacks India.
1786 - Lord Cornwallis becomes Governor General and commander in chief of India.
1948 - Indian forces include Hyderabad in India.
1959 - Soviet Union sends rocket Lunik II to moon.
1999 - Indonesia allows international peace group to go to East Timor.
2005 - Israel removes soldiers from Gaza.

14th September
1803 - Lord Lake captures Delhi.
1868 - "Swami Virjanand" dies.
1901 - American president "William Mckinley" dies.
1937 - Czech republic's first president and revolutionary "Thomas Masaryk" dies.
1939 - Helicopter VS300 takes its first flight.

15th September
1860 - Birth of respected engineer "M. Vishvesvarya".
1909 - Birth of famous political leader and one of the founding members of DMK "C N Annadurai".
1935 - "Manuel L. Quezon" becomes Phillipines' first president.
1948 - First warship of independent India "INS Delhi" reaches Mumbai port.
1949 - "Konrad Adenauer" becomes west Germany's first chancellor.
1959 - Television programs start in New Delhi.

16th September
1975 - Papua New Guinea gets independence from Australia.
1976 - Episcopalian church of USA gave permission to women to become priest and bishop.
1977 - Famous Indian vocalist "Kesarbai Kerkar" dies.
1978 - 25000 people die due to earthquake in Iran.
1996 - Romania and Hungary sign agreement to settle disputes.

17th September
1876 - Birth of famous Indian novelist "Sharat Chandra Chatopadhyaya".
1948 - UN ambassador "Count folke" who was settling disputes between Israel and Arabian countries was killed.
1982 - First cricket test match played between India and Sri Lanka.

18th September
1615 - British king "James I's" ambassador "Sir Thomas Roe" comes to Surat to meet Indian king "Jahangir".
1803 - British forces capture Puri city of Orissa state in India.
1967 - Nagaland state of India adopts English as working language.
1986 - Women's air crew for the first time flied Jet from Bombay to Goa.

21st September
1790 - "General Midows" led British forces capture Palwar fort built by Mysore king "Haider Ali".
1857 - Delhi'sking "Bahadur Shah II" surrenders to Britishers.
1933 - "Annie Beasant" dies.
1949 - "People's Republic of China" is declared as new country.
1954 - Last troop of Indian soldiers retreat from Tibet.
1966 - Indian swimmer "Mihir Sen" crosses Bosporus channel.
1994 - Freedom fighter and industrialist "Ramkrishna Bajaj" dies.

22nd September
1539 - First Guru of Sikhs "Guru Nanak Dev ji" dies in Dera Baba Nanak.
1599 - 24 businessmen met at founders hall in London to form a new company to do trade in India. Later this company was named as East India Company.
1977 - American football team "Cosmos" reached Kolkata to play 2 exhibition matches under the guidance of world famous Brazilian footballer "Pele".

25th September
1524 - "Vasco da Gama" reaches India on his last visit.
1639 - First printing press started in USA.
1886 - Formation of first laughing opera "Dorothy" in London.

30th September
1207 - Birth of famous Persian poet "Rumi".
1687 - Aurangzeb captures Hyderabad's Golconda fort.
1882 - World's first commercial hydel power project starts on "Fox river" in USA.
1898 - Establishing of "New York city".
1947 - Pakistan becomes member of UN.
1967 - BBC radio 1 starts.
1968 - First flight of Boeing 747.
1993 - Thousands of people die due to earthquake in Maharashtra's Latur and Osmanabad districts.

Some historic facts - July

1st July
1781 - Battle starts in Porto Novo between Mysore's Nawab "Haider Ali" and Britishers.
1852 - For the first time in Sind postal tickets are started.
1879 - For the first time in India postcard is issued.
1913 - Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria.
1960 - African country Ghana becomes Republic.
1964 - Industrial development bank of India formed.
1997 - Inauguration of India's first science city in Kolkata by then Prime minister Smt. Indira Gandhi.

2nd July
1566 - Famous French astrologer "Nostradamus" dies.
1687 - England's king "James II" adjourns parliament.
1940 - Indian revolutionary "Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose" arrested in Kolkata.
1962 - Cuban leader "Fidel Castro" reaches Moscow during Soviet Union trip.
1971 - Soviet Union performs underground nuclear test.
1972 - India and Pakistan sign Shimla agreement.
1990 - 1426 people die in Mecca due to stampede.
2004 - ASEAN forum gives membership to Pakistan.

3rd July
1720 - Sweden and Denmark sign peace treaty.
1778 - Prussia declares war on Austria.
1898 - American navy defeats Spanish naval fleet on Cuba's Santiago harbor.
1915 - American forces occupy South American country Haiti.
1940 - British navy sinks French naval fleet in North Africa.
1954 - Britain ends food rationing system.
1962 - Algerian revolution against French domination ends.

5th July
1830 - France attacks Algeria.
1954 - BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
1954 - Andhra Pradesh high court established.
1975 - "Arthur Ashe" becomes first non-white to win Wimbledon's singles title.
1981 - Indian mathematician "Rajan Mahadevan" sets world for calculating value of pie till 31,811 digits.
1996 - First mammal clone sheep "Dolly" prepared.

6th July
1785 - Dollar is chosen as America's national currency.
1787 - Indian botanical garden established in Kolkata's Shibpur.
1935 - Birth of Tibet's 14th religious leader "Dalai Lama".
1959 - India's first successful open heart surgery performed in Tamil Nadu's Vellore hospital.
2006 - Trade between India and China starts through Nathu-La pass.

7th July
1799 - "Maharaja Ranjit Singh" captures Lahore.
1896 - India's first cinematographic film screened in Bombay.
1948 - First recruitment of women in American navy.
1969 - English and French languages are given equal status in Canada's house of commons.
1981 - First solar plane crosses English channel.
1986 - Jordan government closes Al Fateh's offices.
2005 - 56 people die in suicide bombing in London.

8th July
951 - France's capital Paris established.
1497 - "Vasco da Gama" leaves in search of India.
1663 - "King Charles II" gives permission for charter for Rhodes island.
1709 - Russia defeats Sweden in battle of Poltava.
1889 - Publication of Wall street journal started.
1975 - More than 2000 temples got destroyed due to earthquake in Myanmar's Pagan.

9th July
1816 - Argentina declares independence from Spain.
1875 - Bombay stock exchange established.
1918 - 101 passengers die in tragic rail accident in America.
1948 - First set of postal tickets issued in Pakistan.
1953 - First helicopter travel service started in America.
1986 - Homosexuality declared lawful by passing Homosexual law reform act in New Zealand.
2006 - 122 passengers die in Siberia due to plane crash.

10th July
1652 - England declares war on Netherlands.
1806 - Indian soldiers' first revolt against East India company of Britain in Vellore.
1913 - Romania declares war on Bulgaria.
1925 - Soviet Union's official news agency TASS formed.
1947 - Britain's then Prime minister nominates "Mohammad Ali Jinnah" as Pakistan's first governor General.

12th July
1902 - Australian parliament approves women voting.
1949 - Netherlands' airline KLM's plane crashes near Bombay, 45 passengers die.
1970 - Tanzania signs agreement with China for building Tanzam railway.
1993 - Earthquake measuring 7.8 on Richter scale hits Hokkaido in Japan, 160 die.
2006 - Israel attacks Lebanon.

13th July
1830 - "Raja Rammohan Roy" and "Alexander Duff" start Scottish church college in Kolkata.
1882 - 200 people die in train accident in Russia.
1908 - Fourth modern Olympic games start in London.
1929 - Revolutionary "Jatindranath Das" starts his historic hunger strike.
1974 - India plays its first international one day cricket game against England in Hadingley.

14th July
1636 - Mughal king "Shah Jahan" makes his son "Aurangzeb" governor of south.
1918 - Birth of world famous film and theater director "Ingmar Burgman".
1942 - Riots break out in Amsterdam against Jews.
1958 - Aristocracy ends in Iraq.
1975 - Famous Indian music director "Madan Mohan" dies.

15th July
1888 - Around 500 people die in Mount Bandai volcanic eruption.
1904 - First buddhist temple established in America.
1926 - First motor bus service starts in Mumbai.
1937 - Japan attacks China.
1968 - First direct air service starts between USA and Russia.
1986 - Indian women cricketer Sandhya Aggarwal sets the world record by scoring 190 runs.

17th July
1489 - "Nizam Khan" is declared king of Delhi.
1919 - Finland adopts constitution.
1968 - Baath party comes to power in Iraq.
1976 - Olympic games start in Montreal,Canada.
1976 - East Timor becomes Indonesia's 27th state.
1980 - "Jenko Suzuki" becomes Prime minister of Japan.
1987 - Iran and France end political relations.
1995 - Bill Gates announced as world's richest person in Forbes magazine.
2007 - TAM airlines' plane crashes in Sao Paulo,Brazil , 199 people die.

19th July
1763 - British soldiers defear Mir Qasim in Katwa, West Bengal.
1960 - Tambroni government resigns in Italy.
1966 - France tests nuclear bomb.
1969 - Nationalization of 14 major banks done by Indian government.
1974 - Ashes of revolutionary "Udham Singh" bought to delhi from london.
1976 - Sagarmatha national park built in Nepal.
1974 - Spaceship Soyuz-14 returns to Earth.
1990 - President's rule declared in Jammu and Kashmir.

20th July
1296 - "Ala-ud-din Khilji" is declared king of Delhi.
1761 - "Madhav Rao I" becomes Peshwa.
1810 - Columbia declares its independence from Spain.
1905 - First partition of Bengal gets approval.
1969 - American astronaut "Neil Armstrong" puts foot on moon.
1974 - Turkey attacks Cyprus.

21st July
1883 - Belgium gets independence from Netherlands.
1904 - Trans-Siberian rail work completed from Moscow till Vladivostok.
1960 - "Sirimavo Bandarnaike" is chosen as Prime minister of Sri Lanka. She becomes world's first Prime minister.
1965 - Pakistan, Iran and Turkey sign regional development treaty.

22nd July
1918 - India's first talented pilot "Indralal Rai" die during ambush with German planes.
1923 - Birth of famous singer "Mukesh".
1933 - Nationalist leader "Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta" dies.
1933 - "Wiley Post" becomes the first person to fly around the world alone. He completes the journey in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
1943 - Allied forces capture Palermo city of Italy during second world war.
2003 - Iraq dictator Saddam Hussain's sons Uday and Qusay die during struggle with American forces.

23rd July
1856 - Birth of nationalist leader "Bal Gangadhar Tilak".
1903 - Ford company sells its first car.
1906 - Birth of respected revolutionary leader "Chandreshekhar Azad".
1929 - Fascist government bans use of foreign words in Italy.
1996 - India is included in ASEAN nations.
2008 - "Rambaran Yadav" becomes first president of Republic of Nepal.

Some historic facts - June

1st June
1874 - Dissolution of East India Company.
1930 - India's first deluxe train Deccan Queen starts.
1996 - India's ex-president "Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy" dies.

4th June
1789 - USA's constitution came into effect.
1940 - German forces enter Paris.
1958 -A 3 member team reach Mt. Trishul peak which is 7011 metres above sea level.
1959 - C. Rajagopalachari declares setting up of independent party.
1964 - Maldives adopts constitution.

23rd June
1761 - Maratha king "Peshwa Balaji" die after losing third battle of Panipat.
1956 - "Jamal Abdul Nassir" is chosen president of Egypt.
1980 - Sanjay Gandhi s/o Smt. Indira Gandhi dies in plane crash.
1985 - Air India's jumbo jet "Kanishka" crashes in Atlantic ocean, 329 people die.
1991 - African country Moldova declares independence.
1996 - "Sheikh Hasina Wajid" is sworn in as Prime minister of Bangladesh.

24th June
1206 - "Qutubuddin Aibak" is crowned as king in Lahore.
1869 - Birth of revolutionary "Damodar Hari Chapekar".
1901 - Famous painter "Pablo Picaso's" first exhibition held in Paris.
1942 - African core occupies Egypt.
1948 - Soviet Union circles Berlin.
1961 - India made first supersonic fighter aircraft HF24 takes flight.
1963 - Post and telegraph department starts national telex service in India.
1966 - Air India plane going from Bombay to New York crashes in Mont Blanc, Switzerland,117 people die.

25th June
1932 - India plays its first official cricket test match in Lords,England.
1941 - Finland declares war on Soviet Union.
1950 - War starts between North and South Korea.
1975 - President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed approves Emergency and the next day Prime minister Indira Gandhi declares it.
1983 - India wins cricket world cup.
1991 - Croatia and Slovenia are declared independent nations.

26th June
1714 - Spain and Netherlands sign peace and trade agreement.
1934 - Germany and Poland sign non-attack treaty.
1945 - 50 nations sign United Nations declaration in South Africa.
1952 - Nelson Mandela and 51 more violate curfew in South Africa.

30 June
1894 - Korea declares its independence from China.
1914 - Mahatma Gandhi arrested for first time in South Africa fighting for rights of Indian people.
1960 - Congo becomes independent from Belgium.
1971 - 11 astronauts die in Soviet spaceship Soyuz-11 due to problem in air circulation.
1990 - Economy of west and east Germany is united.

Some historic facts - May

1st May
1886 - May day organised for labor rights in Chicago.
1897 - "Swami Vivekananda" establishes "Ramakrishna mission".
1923 - May day celebrated for first time in India.
1960 - Bombay state partitioned. Gujarat and Maharashtra are formed as separate states.
1973 - Nationalization of coal blocks in India.
1993 - Sri Lankan president Ranasinge Premdasa die in a blast during May day protest.

3rd May
1913 - India's first feature film Raja Harishchandra shown in Bombay.
1939 - The all India forward block formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
1947 - Japan forms constitutional republic.
1968 - First successful heart transplant done in Britain.
1969 - Former president of India Zakir Hussain dies.
1979 - Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman Prime minister of England.

4th May
1799 - Mysore's king Tipu Sultan dies in Srirangapatna war.
1846 - Michigan state stops death penalty.
1854 - For the first time Postal ticket is released officially in India.
1896 - First publication of London daily mail released.
1910 - Establishment of Israel's second big city Tel Aviv.
1931 - Mustafa Kamal Pasha becomes president of Turkey.

5th May
1479 - Birth of 3rd Sikh guru Amardas.
1818 - Birth of Karl Marx.
1821 - Napolean dies in St. Helena island in Atlantic ocean.
1883 - Journalist Surendranath Banerjee became first journalist to go to jail.
1889 - Birth of revolutionary Triloknath Chakravarty.
1916 - Birth of former president of India Giani Zail Singh.
1936 - Italian forces capture Ethiopia's capital Addis Abbaba.
1964 - European union declares this day as Europe day.

6th May
1529 - Babar defeats Afghan king on banks of Ghaggar river.
1589 - King of singing "Tansen" dies.
1861 - Birth of Moti Lal Nehru ( father of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru ).
1941 - Joseph Stalin becomes Prime minister of Russia.
1944 - Mahatma Gandhi released from Aga Khan palace jail of Pune.
1967 - Dr. Zakir Hussain is elected president of India.
1996 - Rebels sign peace treaty with government in Guatemala.

7th May
1348 - Charles university in Prague became first university of central Europe.
1718 - "Jean Baptiste" formed "New Orleans" city.
1832 - Greece is declared as Republic.
1861 - Birth of Nobel prize winner and poet Guru Rabindranath Tagore.
1873 - American forces attacked Panama.
1920 - Russia recognized Georgia's independence.
1928 - England reduced the voting age of women from 30 to 21.

8th May
1794 - Post office established in USA.
1847 - Robert W. Thomson of England got "Rubber Tyre" patented.
1902 - 30,000 people die in Carribean island Martinek due to volcanic eruption.
1921 - Sweden abolished death penalty.
1933 - Mahatma Gandhi went on hunger strike to protest against British imperialism.
1949 - West Germany adopted constitution.
1960 - Political relations established between Soviet Union and Cuba.
1980 - World health organization declares eradication of small pox.

10th May
1857 - Sepoy mutiny in Meerut.
1927 - Birth of Indian writer Nayantara Sehgal.
1940 - Germany attacks Luxembourg, Belgium and Netherlands during second world war.
1960 - American nuclear submarine Triton completes 41000 miles of sea travel.
1969 - Apollo 10 satellite sends for the first time color photos of Earth.
1993 - Haryana resident "Santosh Yadav" becomes first woman in the world to scale Mt. Everest twice.
1994 - Nelson Mandela becomes first non-white president of South Africa.
2002 - Death of famous singer and poet Kaifi Azmi.

11th May
1857 - Indian soldiers revolt in Delhi in first war of independence.
1942 - Japan captures Kaleva.
1953 - 114 people die in a hurricane in Waco,Texas.
1955 - Israel attacks Gaza.
2000 - India's population reaches 1 billion.

12th May
1459 - Rajput chief "Rao Jodha" of Rathore clan forms Jodhpur city.
1952 - Gaj Singh is declared king of Jodhpur.
1965 - West Germany and Israel establish diplomatic relations.
1965 - Soviet spaceship Luna-5 crashes on moon.
1997 - Russia and Chechnya sign peace treaty.
2008 - 69000 people die in south-west China due to earthquake.

13th May
1791 - Battle of Arikera ought between Tipu Sultan and Lord Cornwallis.
1962 - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan becomes India's second president.
1967 - Zakir Hussain becomes Inida's third president.
2000 - Indian beauty Lara Dutta wind Miss Universe title.
2004 - Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee resigns after losing general elections.

14th May
1811 - Paraguay gains independence from Spain.
1900 - For the first time women are allowed to take part in Olympics.
1921 - Florence Ellen of USA becomes first female judge to give death penalty to a man.
1940 - More than 1000 people die in Rotterdam city of Holland in German attack.
1944 - British forces occupy Kohima.
1955 - Warsaw pact signed between Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania.
1963 - Kuwait becomes United Nations' 111th member.

15th May
1878 - Formation of common Brahma Samaj.
1918 - World's first air postal service starts between Philadelphia and Washington.
1930 - For the first time Allen Church serves air passengers as air hostess.
1955 - Britain, America and Russia sign Vienna treaty for re-establishment of independent and democratic Austria.
1957 - Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb by dropping it on an island in Pacific ocean.
1958 - Gift tax started in India.
1993 - India's first air field marshall Gen K M Cariappa dies.

17th May
1540 - Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun in battle of Hardoi.
1948 - Soviet Union recognizes Israel.
1976 - Four Indians successfully come back doing skiing from Trishul.
1983 - Israel and Lebanon sign peace treaty.
2004 - Massachusettes becomes first American state to recognize same sex marriage.
2006 - Romano Prodi is sworn in as Italy's Prime minister.
2009 - For the first time in Arabian countries 4 women wins parliament elections in Kuwait.

18th May
1756 - England declares war on France.
1974 - India performs its first nuclear test in Pokharan.
1978 - Italy declares abortion legal.
2009 - Sri Lankan forces defeat LTTE (liberation tigers of Tamil Eelum) and ends 26 year old struggle.

22nd May
1545 - Sher Shah Suri dies.
1772 - Birth of social reformist "Raja Ram Mohan Roy".
1906 - Wright brothers get their flying machine patented.
1915 - 227 people die in tragic rail accident in Britain.
1936 - Lord Brabourne lays foundation stone of first stadium of India in Bombay.
1939 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini sign pact of steel.
1968 - Nuclear energy run American submarine Scorpion sinks.
1989 - Medium range ballistic missile "Agni" successfully test fired.

24th May
1875 - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan establishes Aligarh Muslim University.
1941 - German warship Bismarck sinks British cruiser Hood, 300 die.
1964 - 300 people die in riot in Peru during a football match.
1981 - Ecuador president Jaime Roldos Egulera die in a plane crash.
1982 - During Iran-Iraq war Iranian forces reoccupy Khurram city after 20 months.
1993 - Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia after civil war.

25th May
1611 - Mughal king Jahangir marries Mehrunisa who is afterwards named Noor Jehan.
1886 - Birth of famous revolutionary Raas Behari Bose.
1899 - Birth of revolutionary and Bengal poet Qazi Nazrul Islam.
1946 - Abdullah Ibn Hussain is declared first king of Jordan.
1969 - Army overthrows government in Sudan.
2005 - International filmmaker Osmail Merchant of Indian origin dies.

26th May
1805 - Napolean Bonaparte is crowned as Italy's prince.
1889 - Escalators in Eiffel tower opened for common people.
1983 - 104 people die in Japan due to Tsunami which occurred due to earthquake measuring 7.7 on richter scale.
1999 - Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid made world record in partnership of 318 runs in one day internationals.

27th May
1908 - "Maulana Hakim Nouruddin Ahmediya" is chosen first Khalifa of muslim community.
1943 - Hungary's "Leslo Biro" gets ball point pen patented in America.
1951 - Inaugration of Taraporwala fish house in Bombay.
1964 - "Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru" dies.

28th May
1883 - Birth of revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
1940 - Belgium surrenders to Germany.
1952 - Greece grants voting rights to women.
1970 - All India Trade Union Congress is partitioned.
1989 - Marathakwaali David becomes first christian women priest in India.
2008 - Nepal officially declares itself Republic in first sitting of Nepal's constituent assembly.

29th May
1453 - Byzantine empire collapses.
1658 - Aurangzeb defeats his big brother Dara Shikoh in battle o Saamugarh.
1916 - American forces occupy Dominican.
1922 - Ecuador is declared independent.
1953 - "Sherpa Tenzing Norgay" and "Edmund Hillary" become first men to reach Mt. Everest.
1979 - Bishop "Abel Muzoreva" becomes Zimbabwe's first non-white Prime minister.
1990 - Boris Yeltsin is elected president of Russia.

31st May
1790 - America makes first copyright act.
1919 - First marriage in Aeroplane conducted in Houston in Texas.
1935 - 50,000 people die in Quetta,Pakistan due to earthquake.
1961 - South Africa becomes republic.
1977 - A group of Indian soldiers for the first time scale Kanchenjunga.
1984 - West Indies' cricketer Vivian Richards make record of scoring 189 runs on just 170 balls in one-day international.
1985 - Guatemala adopts constitution.

Some historic facts - April

1st April
1882 - Post deposit bank system started.
1887 - Bombay fire station established.
1924 - German court sentenced Adolf Hitler to 5 years in prison.
1935 - Reserve bank of India came into existence.
1936 - Orissa province formed.
1969 - India's first nuclear plant in Tarapur starts.
2001 - Netherlands became first country to authorize same sex marriage.
2002 - Netherlands became first country to legalize suicide.
2004 - Google launched g-mail.

2nd April
1679 - Aurangzeb imposes "Jaziya" tax on hindus which was abolished by Akbar.
1720 - Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath dies.
1917 - "Jeanette Rankin" became first woman to be elected for American congress.
1935 - "Sir Watson Watt" got "radar" patented.
1942 - Congress rejected "Cripps" bill.
1970 - Meghalaya became autonomous state.
1970 - Qatar became independent from British rule.
1976 - Portugal adopted constitution.

5th April
1792 - American president "George Washington" exercised "veto" power for the first time.
1896 - First modern olympics completed in Athens.
1904 - First rugby match played between England and other national teams.
1930 - Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi for breaking salt law.
1944 - Germans hanged 270 greeks in Kleisoura.
1957 - Communists won elections in Kerala for the first time.
1964 - Merchant navy celebrated first national maritime day.
1964 - First driver free underground train runs in London.

7th April
1939 - Italy attacked Albania in second world war.
1946 - Syria's independence from France got recognized.
1948 - World Health Organization established by United Nations.
1948 - Buddhist monastery in Shanghai burnt, 20 die.
1988 - Russia announced retrieval of its forces from Afghanistan.
1989 - Soviet Union's submarine sinks near Norway, 42 seamen die.
2003 - American forces occupy Baghdad.

8th April
1857 - Mangal Pandey hanged in first war of independence for revolting against British rule in India.
1897 - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (writer of Indian national song "Vande Mataram") dies.
1904 - Britain and France sign treaty to sort out differences.
1913 - China's first assembly starts in Peking (Beijing).
1973 - Spain's famous painter "Pablo Picaso" dies.
1990 - Nepal's prince "Virendra" removes 30 year old ban on national political parties.
1994 - Japan's prime minister Morihiro Hosokava resigns.

9th April
1024 - Pope Benedict VIII dies.
1413 - Henry V became king of England.
1756 - Siraj-ud-daulah became nawab of Bengal at age of 20 years after death of his father Ali Wardi Khan.
1860 - Human voice recorded for the first time.
1893 - Birth of Indian historian, writer and academician "Rahul Saankratyayan".
1940 - Germany attacked Norway and Denmark in second world war.
1965 - War between India and Pakistan starts in Rann of Kuchh.
1972 - Friendship treaty signed between Russia and Iraq.

10th April
1710 - First law connected to copyright passed in England.
1875 - "Arya Samaj" established by "Swami Dayanand Saraswati".
1932 - Field Marshall Paul Van Hindenberg defeats Adolf Hitler in elections in Germany.
1957 - Traffic starts in suez canal after being closed for 3 months.
1963 - Submarine USS Thresher sinks, 129 die.
1982 - INSAT 1A satellite successfully launched from India.
1995 - Ex-prime minister Morarji Desai dies.
2007- Portugal legalizes abortion.

12th April
1606 - England adopts Union Jack as national flag.
1945 - American president Franklin D. Roosevelt dies.
1955 - Polio vaccine made by Dr. Jones Salk considered safe.
1961 - Yuri Gagarin of Russia became first space traveller.
1978 - On occasion of 125th anniversary of Indian rail first double decker rail express Sinhgarh express runs from Bombay to Pune.
1999 - In Monica Lewinsky sex scandal president Bill Clinton was given notice for contempt of court.
2007 - Ballistic missile Agni III successfully test fired.

13th April
1699 - Foundation stone of "Khalsa clan" laid downby 10th Sikh Guru "Guru Gobind Singh ji".
1796 - For the first time an Elephant put his foot on American soil. It was sent from India.
1829 - Roman Catholic relief act passed in England.
1919 - British soldiers open fired on unarmed civilians in Jallianwala Bagh,Amritsar. 379 people die.

15th April
1452 - Birth of "Leonardo Da Vinci".
1896 - For the first time "Bal Gangadhar Tilak" celebrates "Shivaji" festival in Raigarh fort.
1912 - Britain's passenger ship "Titanic" sinks in north-atlantic ocean, 1517 people die.
1923- Insulin becomes available for common people.
1948 - State Himachal Pradesh is formed.
1994 - 124 countries including India sign GATT agreement to pave way for formation of world trade organization.

16th April
1853 - First train in India runs from Bombay to Thane.
1922 - Treaty of Rapollo signed between Soviet Union and Germany to start political and economic activities between two nations.
1854 - San Salvador is completely destroyed due to earthquake.
1982 - Queen Elizabeth announces new constitution for Canada.
1998 - Mathematician Alberto Qalderan dies.

17th April
1799 - British forces start circling of Srirangapatna in India.
1855 - Shimonoseki treaty signed between China and Japan.
1941 - Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany in second world war.
1945 - Brazilian forces frees "Montisi" of Italy from Germany.
1971 - Bangladesh is formed under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman.
1975 - India's second president Dr. S. Radhakrishnan dies.
1983 - Second Rohini satellite put into earth's orbit.

19th April
1451 - Afghan king Bahlol Khan Lodhi conquers Delhi.
1919 - French parliament announces to work for 8 hours in a day.
1941 - Bulgarian forces occupy Macedonia.
1960 - Afro-Asian conference completed in New Delhi.
1971 - African country Sierra Leone declares itself Republic.
1972 - Bangladesh became member of British Commonwealth.
1975 - India's first satellite Aryabhatta launched into space.

20th April
1712 - Mughal king Jaangir Shah sits on Delhi's throne.
1862 - Louis Pasteur and Claud Bernard completed first Pasteurisation test.
1889 - Birth of "Adolf Hitler".
1902 - Pierre and Marie Curie prepared modified Radium Chloride.
1940 - First electron microscope displayed in Philadelphia.
1945 - Soviet forces enter Berlin.
1958 - Morocco demands removal of Spanish forces.
1987 - Tamil rebels kill 122 people of same community in Sri Lanka.

21st April
1526 - First battle of Panipat fought between "Babar" and "Ibrahim Lodi".
1938 - Famous Urdu poet "Allama Iqbal" dies.
1960 - Brasilia is declared new capital of Brazil.
1989 - Hundreds of students start protest in Tiannemen square in China despite warning.
1993 - Bolivian supreme court sentences former dictator General Louis Garcia Meja 30 years in prison for massacring people.
1997 - "I K Gujral" became prime minister of India.

22nd April
1914 - Mexico ends political relations with US.
1921 - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose resigns from Indian civil services to serve country.
1931 - Egypt and Iraq sign peace treaty.
1958 - Admiral R D Katari became first Navy chief.
1966 - Soviet Union completes underground nuclear test.
1969 - First eye transplant done in Houston in America.
1983 - Spaceship Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth.
1987 - Sri Lankan forces bombs Tamils, 100 die.

23rd April
1616 - "William Shakespeare" dies.
1660 - Oliva treaty signed between Sweden and Poland.
1795 - Investigation on Governor General Warren Hastings is taken back.
1984 - AIDS virus identified.
1990 - Namibia becomes United Nation's 160th and Commonwealth's 50th nation.
1992 - Film director Satyajit Ray dies.
2007 - Former president of Soviet Union Boris Yeltsin dies.

24th April
1704 - America's first newsletter "The Newsletter" starts from Boston.
1967 - Vladimir Komarov dies due to failure of opening of parachute of spaceship Soyuz-1. This was first death related to space mission.
1968 - Mauritius became member of United Nations.
1970 - China launches its first satellite Dang Fang Hong.
1974 - Hindi poet "Ramdhari Singh Dinkar"dies.
2005 - World's first cloned dog "Snuppy" is born in South Korea.