| 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. | ||
Shakuntala Devi, called 'the human computer', mentally multiplied 2 thirteen-digit numbers in 28 seconds. | ||
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. | ||
Sri Venkatram Srinivas, fondly known as uncle Cheenu, a senior author of
mazhalaigal.com shares his humor collection with us.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
14 January IN THE HISTORY
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