Tag: today in history

Delhi, Feb. - The Department of Social Justice &Empowerment implements the following major Pre and Post Matric Scholarship Schemes: Pre Matric Scholarship scheme forSC Students Post Matric Scholarship Scheme forSC Students Pre...

Shimla, Feb 2018 SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket had its first test flight; on board was a Tesla automobile owned by SpaceX's founder, Elon Musk. 2014 American comedian Jay Leno hosted his last episode of The...

Shimla, Feb. 2020 After being impeached by the House of Representatives over his actions in the Ukraine scandal, Pres. Donald Trump was acquitted in the Senate. 2017 In the first overtime game in Super Bowl...

Shimla, Feb. 05 – The State Cabinet in its meeting held here today under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur decided to recommend to the Governor to convene the Budget...

Shimla, Feb. 2014 American actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who fully inhabited the characters he played and was renowned for his scene-stealing work in supporting roles, died of a heroin overdose in New York...

Delhi, Jan. 31 - The 13 day long Khelo India Zanskar winter sports and youth festival concluded at Zanskar Valley of the Union Territory of Ladakh. The festival, first of its...

Shimla, Jan. 2020 The United Kingdom formally left the European Union, more than three years after the country voted for “Brexit.” 2001 Libyan national Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was convicted in the 1988 Pan Am...

Shimla, Jan 29 2015 Australian novelist Colleen McCullough, best known for her sweeping romance The Thorn Birds (1977) and for the Masters of Rome series (1990–2007), died at age 77. 2004 Author Janet Frame, who...

Shimla, Jan 2020 American basketball player Kobe Bryant—who was considered one of the sport's greatest players, winning five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers—died in a helicopter crash at the age of...

Shimla, Jan. 25 2017 American actress Mary Tyler Moore, who helped redefine the portrayal of women on TV with her roles in the comedies The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–66) and The Mary...

Shimla, Jan 24 2003 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security came into being as Tom Ridge was sworn in as the agency's first secretary. 1993 American lawyer and civil rights activist Thurgood Marshall, who was...

2011 The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) debuted on television. 1994 The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect, eliminating most tariffs and other trade barriers on products and services passing between the...