On this day, 18 Jan....
1733 - 1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston).
1911 - Tdehe first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Lt. Eugene B. Ely brought his 50-hp Curtiss pusher biplane in for a safe landing on a 119-ft wooden platform attached the deck of the U.S.S. Pennsylvania in San Francisco Harbour. (The previous year, on 14 Nov 1910 he first made a take off from a ship).
1919 - WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France. It was the meeting of the Allied victors, following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers following the armistices of 1918. One of the major decisions was the creation of the League of Nations.
1950 - India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said he was determined to abolish casteism and industrialise the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognised. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighbouring countries.
1962 - US begins spraying foliage pesticide in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas.
1968 - The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherein the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule along with Hindi, adopting of a tri-lingual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed.
1995 - The 4-nation non-official initiative on Arms Reduction and Disarmament concludes with Goa Declaration (also called Shanghai-II).
2014 - A new world record is achieved by the United Kingdom's Lewis Clarke of Bristol; the 16 year-old becomes the youngest person to trek to the South Pole.
Born
1813 - Joseph Farwell Glidden, American inventor who was an Illinois farmer when he developed the design of the first commercial barbed wire.
1972 - Vinod Ganpat Kambli, cricketer.
1985 - Minnisha Lamba, actor.
RIP
1936 - Rudyard Kipling, famous English writer and author. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels children's stories some of these were "The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.
1947 - Kundanlal Saigal, famous film star and unique singer.
1996 - Nandamuri Taraka Rama (NTR) Rao, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
2003 - Harivanshrai Bachchan, poet.
Titbits
1644 - 1st UFO sighting in America, by perplexed pilgrims in Boston.
You may have known....
The tallest mountain is either Mount Everest or Mauna Kea. The summit of Mount Everest is higher above sea level than the summit of any other mountain, extending some 29,029 feet (8,848 meters) high. However, when measured from its true base to summit, Mauna Kea takes the prize, measuring a length of about 56,000 feet (17,170 m).
Economic news
GST council may cut rates of 70 items.
Sebi is looking at the proposal of Tata son's plan to convert public ltd co into pvt ltd co.
Govt will soon get the information about all accounts opened in Singapore by indian after 2008 to stash their black money.
Deutsche Bank is mulling to sell it's operation in India.
10 states join E way bill.
European Union recommended to remove 8 jurisdiction including Panama and S.Korea from tax heaven.
Patanjali will not be listed on the stock exchange ,will remain a non profit organisation,cleared by Baba Ramdev.
Bitcoin slumped as much as 20%.
HUL get notice for not passing GST benefit to customers.
Govt is set to deregister 1.2 lakh more co's for various non compliance issues as part of its drive against black money.
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