2008
India’s Tricolour Lands on the Moon: Detached from Chandrayaan-1, ISRO’s tricolour-painted Moon Impact Probe (MIP) struck near the lunar south pole, establishing India as the fourth country to plant its emblem on the Moon.
1969
JNU Opens Its Doors & Apollo 12 Blasts Off: New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was officially inaugurated, coinciding with NASA’s launch of Apollo 12—humanity’s second crewed lunar landing mission.
1922
BBC Takes to the Airwaves: Broadcasting out of London, the British Broadcasting Company (now the BBC) inaugurated its regular daily radio transmissions.
1889
Nellie Bly’s 72-Day Global Dash: Taking inspiration from Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days, American reporter Nellie Bly departed New York on a solo circumnavigation, shattering expectations by finishing in just 72 days.
1851
Moby-Dick Hits American Shelves: Herman Melville’s iconic maritime masterpiece, Moby-Dick, made its literary debut in the United States.
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