8 January special day in India
Important Events-
Birth & Death
8 January special day in India :
- Earth Orbit Day
Earth Rotation Day is celebrated every year on 8 January. This day brings awareness to the scientific importance of the Earth’s rotation around its own axis. The Earth completes one rotation around itself in 24 hours, which allows us to experience day and night.
The rotation of the Earth provides a favorable balance of weather, sunlight, and temperature for living things. This is why life exists on Earth. The study of this process of the Earth is important to scientists and astronomers, as it helps us understand the effects of weather, time, and the movements of the Earth.
Earth Day makes us think about this wonderful cycle of nature. This day tells us the importance of protecting the Earth’s environment and living in harmony with nature. To maintain balance on the Earth, it is the need of the hour for humans to adopt an eco-friendly lifestyle.
8 January special day in India - Important Events :
- 1835: The national debt of the United States was reduced to zero for the first and only time.
- 1889: Dr. Herman Hollerith received a patent in the United States for a calculating machine for analyzing numerical data.
- 1940: World War II – Britain introduced food rationing.
- 1947: University of Rajasthan was established.
- 1957: 23 people, including Mohan Ranade, were sentenced to 24 years in prison by a military court in Goa.
- 1963: Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was exhibited for the first time in the United States at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- 1973: The Soviet space mission ‘Luna 21’ was launched.
- 2000: Lata Mangeshkar was selected for the 1999 N.T. Rama Rao National Award.
- 2001: India and Vietnam signed three agreements on culture, tourism and peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
- 2002: United States President George W. Bush signed the ‘No Child Left Behind’ Act.
- 8 January special day in India
8 January special day in India - Birth :
- 1881: ‘William T. Piper’ – Founder of Piper Aircraft, American engineer and industrialist (died: 15 January 1970)
- 1909: ‘Ashapurna Devi’ – First Indian woman writer to receive the Jnanpith Award.
- 1924: ‘Geeta Mukherjee’ – Freedom fighter, Communist Party leader (died: 4 March 2000)
- 1925: ‘Rakesh Mohan’ – Hindi playwright (died: 5 December 1973)
- 1926: ‘Kelucharan Mahapatra’ – Indian Odissi dancer – Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri (died: 7 April 2004)
- 1929: ‘Sayed Jafri’ – Actor
- 1931: ‘Tarun Majumdar’ – Indian film director – Padma Shri (died: 4 July 2022)
- 1935: ‘Elvis Presley’ – American guitarist, King of the Rock and Roll (died: 16 August 1977)
- 1936: ‘Jyotindranath Dixit’ – Foreign Secretary and National Security Advisor (died: 3 January 2005)
- 1939 : ‘Nanda’ – Actress
- 1942 : ‘Stephen Hawking’ – English physicist and writer born.
- 1944 : ‘Sunil Kanti Roy’ – Padma Shri, Indian entrepreneur born. (Died: 8 May 2022)
- 1945 : ‘Prabha Ganorkar’ – Marathi writer born.
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8 January special day in India - Death :
- 1642 : ‘Galileo Galilei’ – Italian astronomer and physicist died. (Born: 15 February 1564)
- 1825 : ‘Eli Whitney’ – Inventor of cotton ginning machine died. (Born: 8 December 1765)
- 1884 : ‘Keshav Chandra’ – Sen Brahmo A great man, social reformer and public servant died. (Born: 19 November 1838)
- 1941: ‘Lord Baden Powell’ – Pioneer of the Scout movement passed away. (Born: 22 February 1857)
- 1966: ‘Bimal Roy’ – Famous director passed away. (Born: 12 July 1909)
- 1967: ‘Shripad Krishna Belwalkar’ – Orientalist Pandit passed away. (Born: 10 December 1880 – Narasobachi Wadi, Shirol, Kolhapur)
- 1973: ‘Na. Bhi. Parulekar’ – Founder of Sakal newspaper passed away.
- 1973: ‘S. J. Bhagwat’ – Philosopher and thinker passed away.
- 1976: ‘Chow En Lai’ – President of China passed away. (Born: 5 March 1898)
- 1984: ‘Sushma Mukhopadhyay’ – Death of the first Indian woman pilot.
- 1992: ‘Dr. P. Sahasrabuddhe’ – Death of the former editor of Anand magazine.
- 1994: ‘Shri. Chandrasekhar Saraswati’ – Death of the 68th Shankaracharya Paramacharya.
- 1996: ‘François Mitterrand’ – Death of the 21st President of France. (Born: 26 October 1916)
- 2017: ‘James Mancham’ – Death of the first President of Seychelles. (Born: 11 August 1939)