1849: 24-year-old Johann Strauss the Junior took over his father's orchestra, just one week after his death and he encountered his first musical problem, his father's musicians weren't too happy about it, but Johann Junior told them he needed to keep the band going to support his siblings
1866: The tin can opened with a key was patented by J. Ostyerhondt of New York City . unfortunately there were also cans which were subsequently coated with aluminum, which many thought was the cause of Parkinson's disease
1869:
Proponent of peaceful civil disobedience for social change and leader of India's Independence from Britian, Mahatma Gandhi born in Porbandar, Gujarat, India .He later went to live in South Africa where his nationalistic aspiration began and he returned to his India to start a non-violence civil disobedience movement for India's Independence. The Unite nations may plan a 'NON VIOLENCE DAY' in honor of him
1870: The papal states vote in favor of union with Italy. The Capital is moved from Florence to Rome.The Catholic church is commonly known as the Roman Catholic Church (RC -for short)
.1950:
The "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz is published for the first timeHave always enjoyed his and friends innocence. The Sunday times in Singapore still published this comic on their Sunday cartoon page.
Hope they are also doing in the same elsewhere.
1946: Scientists announce findings that smoking can cause cancer.
But then nobody really believed them as smokers were more influenced by the macho men the tobacco advertisement would connect with, especially with many good looking actors and actress smoking them on screen, making them looked cool- that slang wasn't used then.
1988: Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered free elections, and back then maybe every body wasn't sure how long it would last. But at least they believed in the system.
singApraise to these wonderful people who makes our lives livelier then and now
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