Tag: today in history

Shimla, Aug 16 Keekli Bureau 2018 American singer Aretha Franklin, who defined the golden age of soul music of the 1960s and was known as the “Queen of Soul,” died at age 76. 2016 Brazilian...

Shimla, Aug 15 Keekli Bureau 2013 Scientists at the Smithsonian announced the discovery of the olinguito, “the first carnivore species to be discovered in the American continents in 35 years”; the small arboreal...

Shimla, Aug 14 Keekli Bureau Usain Bolt Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the 100-metres at the Rio de Janeiro Games, becoming the first person to win the event in three consecutive Olympics; he...

Shimla, Aug 13 Keekli Bureau 2012 American writer and magazine editor Helen Gurley Brown—whose upbeat, stylish publications, beginning in the mid-20th century, emphasized sexual and career independence and adventure for a large audience...

Shimla, Aug 12 Keekli Bureau 2014 American actress Lauren Bacall—who was known for her portrayals of provocative women who hid their soft core underneath a layer of hard-edged pragmatism—died in New York. 2007 American television...

Shimla, Aug 11 Keekli Bureau 2014 American comedian and actor Robin Williams, who was known for his manic stand-up routines and his diverse film performances, committed suicide. 1994 The Major League Baseball Players Association began...

Shimla, Aug 10 Keekli Bureau 2008 American singer-songwriter Isaac Hayes—a pioneering figure in soul music whose recordings influenced the development of such musical genres as disco, rap, and urban-contemporary—died at age 65. 1993 American jurist...

Shimla, Aug 8 Keekli Bureau 2011 Tibetan scholar Lobsang Sangay was inaugurated as prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, becoming the first non-monk and the first person born outside Tibet to hold the...

Shimla, Aug 7 Keekli Bureau 2015 American golfer Louise Suggs, a pioneer of women's golf who cofounded (1950) the Ladies Professional Golf Association and won 61 career LPGA tournaments, died at age 91. 2007 American...

Shimla, July 24 Keekli Bureau 2013 American sex researcher and therapist Virginia E. Johnson—who, with William H. Masters, formed Masters and Johnson, a pioneering research team noted for their studies on human sexuality—died...

Shimla, July 16 - Keekli Bureau 1054 Humbert of Silva Candida, cardinal and papal legate, excommunicated Michael Cerularius, patriarch of Constantinople, who retaliated by excommunicating the cardinal, which led to the schism between...

भारतीय एवं विश्व इतिहास में 15 जुलाई की प्रमुख घटनाएं इस प्रकार: 1795 – ‘ला मर्सेइल्लैसे’ को फ्रांस का राष्ट्रीय गान घोषित किया गया। 1904 – अमेरिका के लॉस एंजिल्स में पहले बौद्ध...