Noble Snippets

International Day of the Disappeared - Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand Physicist (father of nuclear physics) - Melbourne, Founded - N.S.Krishnan, Actor - K.K.Birla, Businessman - J.J.Thompson, Physicist - 30 August

Major Dhyan Chand, Indian Hockey Player, One of the Greatest in the History of the Sport - International Day Against Nuclear Test - Michael Jackson, King of Pop, American Singer, Lyricist, Dancer - Michael Faraday, Scientist - K.Radhakrishnan, Scientist - National Sports Day - 29 August

Mahatma Ayyankali, social reformer - William Herschel, astronomer - Scientific American, newspaper - Robert Caldwell, missionary - Firaq Gorakhpuri, writer - 28 August

T.N.Rajarathinam Pillai (Nadaswara Chakravarthi), Indian Carnatic Musician, Vocalist, Film Actor - Mountbatten, Former Governor-General of India - Heinkel He 178, World's first jet aircraft - First Edition of Guinness Book of World Records, Launch - A.S.Gnanasambanthan, Writer - Rowland Hill, Inventor - 27 August

Mother Teresa, Nun, Missionary, Social Worker - Thiru.Vi.Ka, Tamil scholar, Writer and Activist - James frank, Physicist - 19th Amendment, Women Right to Vote - Sigmund Jahn, First German Astronaut - 26 August

N.Duraikannan, Writer, Journalist - Shivaram Rajguru, Indian Revolutionary - International Strange Music Day - V.Ramalingam, Namakkal Poet - Windows 95, Release - Pluto, Declaration - 24 August

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition - T.S.Balaiah, Film Actor - World Council of Churches - Susumu Ono, Linguist - Georges Cuvier, Founding Father of Paleontology - 23 August

World Mosquito Day - Rajiv Gandhi, Former Prime Minister of India - N.R.Narayana Murthy, Indian Businessman - Eero Saarinen, Famous Architect - Viking 1 Spacecraft to Mars - Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Launch - Largest Postage Stamp - 20 August

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian Nationalist, Leader, Freedom Fighter - Baji Rao, 7th Peshwa of Maratha empire - R.S.Subalakshmi, Social Reformer, Fought for Feminism - Vijayalakshmi Pandit, Former President of the United Nations - Pierre Janssen, French Astronomer - Chennai Music Academy, Inauguration - 18 August

Frederick F.Russell, Physician, Developer of Typhoid Vaccine - Charlotte Louise Bridges Forten Grimke, Anti-Slavery Activist - Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian Freedom Fighter - Indonesia Independence - Radcliffe Line, Drawn - Shankar, Director - First Recorded Disk - 17 August

Indian Independence Day - Sri Aurobindo, Indian Philosopher, Yoga Guru, Poet - Napoleon Bonaparte, French Military General, First Emperor of France - Panama Canal - Richard Heck, Chemist - South Korea, North Korea, Republic of Congo, Liechtenstein Independence - 15 August

Vethathiri Maharishi, Yoga Guru, World Peace Activist, Philosopher, Writer - Tannu-Tuva, New Country - Edouard Goubert, Mayor & First Chief Minister - Israel-Lebanon War - Pakistan, Independence - N.M.R.Subbaraman, Freedom Fighter - Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav, First Indian Athlete Won Bronze In Olympics - Employment News - 14 August

International Left Hander's Day - T.K.Murthy, Renowned Indian Mridangam Player - Rene Laennec, Inventor - John Logie Baird, Inventor - Alfred Hitchcock, Film Maker - Florence Nightingale, Founder of Modern Nursing - Harry Brearley, Inventor - Eduard Buchner, Inventor - Frederick Sanger, Inventor - Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionist - Pakistan - National Anthem - Central African Republic, Independence - 28th Olympics, Athens - Somnath Chatterjee, Indian Politician - 13 August

International Youth Day - World Elephant Day - Vikram Sarabhai, Father of Indian Space Programme, Physicist, Astronomer - Rama Periyakaruppan, Tamil Scholar - William Shockley, Inventor - 12 August

Enid Blyton, Famous Children's Writer - Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Dravidian Linguist - Total Solar Eclipse, Europe and Asia - Jackson Pollock, Painter - Steve Wozniak, Apple Computer - Pervez Musharraf, Former President of Pakistan - Ranjan Roy Daniel, Indian Physicist - Mysore V.Doreswamy, Carnatic Veena virtuoso - 11 August

V.V.Giri, Indian politician, Activist, Former President of India - Saavi, Famous Tamil Author - Missouri, 24th State of United States - Vainu Bappu, Indian astronomer - Magellan Spacecraft Reached Venus - Indian Atomic Energy Commission, Inauguration - 10 August

World Cat Day - Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian Scientist, Pathologist, Medical Writer -Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya, Russian Former Aviator, Soviet Cosmonaut, First Woman Flew Space Twice, First Woman Performed Spacewalk - Roger Federer, Tennis Player - Quit India Resolution - Ernest Orlando Lawrence, Scientist - Sarah Teasdale, Poet - 8 August

National Handloom Day - Sisters Day - M.S.Swaminathan, Indian Agronomist, Agricultural Scientist, Plant Geneticist, Administrator, Humanitarian, Father of Green Revolution in India - Rabindranath Tagore, Poet, Composer of Indian National Anthem, Writer, Philosopher, Social Reformer, Nobel Laureate - M.Karunanidhi, Former Cheif Minister of TamilNadu - Viking 2 Enters Orbit Around Mars - Vanidasan, Tamilnadu's Wordsworth - Jimmy Wales, American Businessman, Co-founder of Wikipedia - IBM Released The First Calculator - 7 August

Alexander Fleming, Scottish Physician, Microbiologist, Discoverer of Penicillin (antibiotic), Noble Laureate - John Pastel, American Computer Science Genius - Hiroshima Memorial Day - Puthumaippithan, Famous Writer - WWW Papers - 6 August