On this day, 02 May...
1800 - English chemist William Nicholson was the first to produce a chemical reaction by electricity. The new effect was discovered when wires from the poles of the battery being used came into contact with water and bubbles of gas were released as current flowed through the water. Closer examination of the electrolysis showed oxygen was released at the (positive) anode, and hydrogen appeared at the cathode. Electricity had separated the molecules of water.
1880 - An Edison "A" type dynamo was placed in operation to illuminate the passenger rooms and main salons of the S.S. Columbia. It was the first commercial order for Edison's light bulb.
1902 - 1st science fiction film released, A Trip To The Moon.
1953 - Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war.
2011- Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
2014 - The average monthly world CO2 concentration exceeded 400 ppm in April; the U.N. has set a 450 ppm limit for all greenhouse gases to reduce climate impact; concentrations for CO2 and all greenhouse gases averaged 391 and 430 ppm, respectively, in 2011.
Born
1921 - Satyajit Ray, screenwriter, film director, a name taken with reverence in the international film world. His mother made sure to read him stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to nurture his young mind to story-telling. His entire body of work was recognized with honors like Lègion d'Honneur (France), Bharat Ratna (India), Special Golden Lion of St. Mark (Venice), Magsaysay (Manila), and even Oscar’s Lifetime Achievement (USA).
1926 – Mario Miranda, cartoonist.
RIP
1519 - Leonardo da Vinci. Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer. Da Vinci was a great engineer and inventor who designed buildings, bridges, canals, forts and war machines.
1974 - Frank Moraes, journalist.
1981 - Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister.
2009 – K Balaji, film producer.
Titbits
1536 - King Henry VIII accused Queen Anne Boleyn of adultery and incest. (She was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Henry and Anne married on 25 January 1533, after a secret marriage on 14 November 1532. On 23 May 1533, newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declared Henry and Catherine's marriage null and void; five days later, he declared Henry and Anne's marriage valid. Arrested on 2 May she was sent to the Tower of London, where she was tried before a jury of peers and found guilty on 15 May. She was beheaded four days later).
You may have known...
Firing across the LoC is resorted to by Pakistan to aid infiltration of Jihadi elements into India. Also in the hope that the international community would show concern and intervene; a vain hope.
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