14 January IN THE HISTORY

1690 The musical instrument called the clarinet was invented inNüremberg, Germany.
	1858 French Emperor Napoleon III escaped an attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot, who was later executed.
	1929 The Afghan King Amanullah was forced to resign.
	1964 India's Bapu Nadkarni returned bowling figures of 32-27-5-0 in the Test match v/s England, 21 maiden overs in a row.
	1980 Shakuntala Devi, called 'the human computer', mentally multiplied 2 thirteen-digit numbers in 28 seconds.
	1989 Muslims burned Salman Rushdie's book Satanic Verses in Bradford, England.
	1981 American rapper Armando Christian Pérez, better-known as Pitbull, was born on this day.
	2005 The Huygens probe landed on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Thiswas the first ever landing accomplished in the outer solar system.
	2008 Bobby Jindal was sworn in as the Governor of Louisiana becoming the first Indian-American governor in the US.

13 January IN THE HISTORY

1610  Galileo Galilei discovered Callisto, the fourth satellite of Jupiter.
	1888  The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington D.C.
	1893  The British Independent Labour Party was formed with Keir Hardie as its leader.
	1953  Marshal Josip Tito was chosen president of Yugoslavia.
	1958  Around 9000 scientists from 43 nations petitioned the United Nations for a nuclear test ban.
	1989  Computers across Britain were hit by the Friday the 13th virus.
	2001  A 7.6-Richter earthquake hit the Central American city of El Salvador killing about 1000 people.