1431 | Henry VI of England is crowned King of France. | |
1653 | Oliver Cromwell takes on dictatorial powers with the title of "Lord Protector." | |
1773 | To protest the tax on tea from England, a group of young Americans, disguised as Indians, throw chests of tea from British ships in Boston Harbor. | |
1835 | A fire in New York City destroys property estimated to be worth $20,000,000. It lasts two days, ravages 17 blocks, and destroys 674 buildings including the Stock Exchange, Merchants’ Exchange, Post Office, and the South Dutch Church. | |
1863 | Confederate General Joseph Johnston takes command of the Army of Tennessee. | |
1864 | Union forces under General George H. Thomas win the battle at Nashville, smashing an entire Confederate army. | |
1930 | In Spain, a general strike is called in support of the revolution. | |
1939 | The National Women’s Party urges immediate congressional action on equal rights. | |
1940 | British troops carry out an air raid on Italian Somalia. | |
1944 | Germany mounts a major offensive in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium. As the center of the Allied line falls back, it creates a bulge, leading to the name–the Battle of the Bulge. | |
1949 | Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse-tung is received at the Kremlin in Moscow. | |
1950 | President Harry Truman declares a state of National Emergency as Chinese communists invade deeper into South Korea. | |
1976 | President Jimmy Carter appoints Andrew Young as Ambassador to the United Nations. | |
1978 | Cleveland becomes the first U.S. city to default since the depression. | |
1998 | The United States launches a missile attack on Iraq for failing to comply with United Nations weapons inspectors. | |
2003 | President George W. Bush signs the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, which establishes the United States’ first national standards regarding email and gives the Federal Trade Commission authority to enforce the act. | |
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1485 | Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII, who bore him six children; only one, Mary I, survived to adulthood. | |
1770 | Ludwig Van Beethoven, German composer best known for his 9th Symphony. | |
1775 | Jane Austen, novelist (Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice). | |
1917 | Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction writer (2001: A Space Odyssey) | |
1932 | Sir Quentin Saxby Blake, illustrator and children’s writer; received the Hans Christian Andersen Award (2002) and was Britain’s first Children’s Laureate (1999–2001). | |
1936 | Morris Dees, activist; co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center. | |
1938 | Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director; won Golden Globe for Best Actress–Motion Picture Drama for The Emigrants (1971). | |
1943 | Steven Bochco, TV producer and writer (Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law). | |
1949 | Billy Gibbons, sinner, songwriter, musician with ZZ Top and Moving Sidewalks bands. | |
1955 | Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este. | |
1962 | William Perry, pro football defensive lineman nicknamed The Refrigerator because of his size. | |
1963 | Benjamin Bratt, actor best known for his role of Rey Curtis on the Law & Order TV series. | |
1969 | Adam Riess, astrophysicist; shared 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for providing evidence the expansion of the universe is accelerating. |
Welcome to the official blog of our Library at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Arjangarh.
Welcome to the official blog of our Library at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Arjangarh. This is the online service of our library. This is an attempt to serve our users online.Our library is fully equipped with library books,magazines,furniture and computers with internet facility. And it is well ventilated with excellent reading environment. As it is sky is limit... we have been working around to improve still further in developing library material and reading conditions....