3 January special day in India
Important Events-
Birth & Death
3 January special day in India - Important Events :
- 1496: Leonardo da Vinci’s flying machine experiment fails.
- 1925: Benito Mussolini becomes dictator of Italy.
- 1947: The proceedings of the US Congress are filmed on television for the first time.
- 1950: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurates the National Chemical Laboratory in Pune.
- 1952: The first national elections are held in independent India.
- 1957: Hamilton Electric launches the world’s first battery-powered wristwatch.
- 1959: Alaska becomes the 49th state of America.
- 1977: Apple Computer is founded.
- 1999: NASA launches the Mars Polar Lander.
- 2004: Savitribai Phule’s birthplace in Naigaon is dedicated to the nation as a state protected monument.
- 2019: Chang’e 4 makes first soft landing on far side of Moon.
- 3 January special day in India
3 January special day in India - Birth :
- 554: Birth of ‘Suiko’ – Emperor of Japan. (Died: April 15, 628)
- 1760: Birth of ‘Veerapadiya Kattabomman’ – Indian freedom fighter. (Died: October 16, 1799)
- 1831: Birth of ‘Savitribai Phule’ – First female teacher and social reformer Savitribai Phule. (Died: March 10, 1897)
- 1873: Birth of ‘Ichizo Kobayashi’ – Japanese industrialist, founder of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings. (Died: January 25, 1957)
- 1883: Birth of ‘Clement Attlee’ – Prime Minister of England. (Died: 8 October 1967)
- 1921: ‘Chetan Anand’ – Hindi filmmaker, director and screenwriter born. (Died: 6 July 1997)
- 1922: ‘Kirat Babani’ – Sindhi writer born.
- 1931: ‘Dr. Yashwant Dinkar Phadke’ – Marathi writer and history researcher born. (Died: 11 January 2008)
- 1938: ‘Major Jaswant Singh Jasol’ – Former Finance Minister of India born. (Died: 27 September 2020)
- 3 January special day in India
3 January special day in India - Death :
- 1903: ‘Alois Hitler’ – Adolf Hitler’s father died. (Dorn: 7 June 1837)
- 1975: ‘Lalit Narayan Mishra’ – Indian Railway Minister and politician died. (Born: 2 February 1923)
- 1994: ‘Amarendra Gadgil’ – Marathi children’s writer passed away.
- 1998: ‘Prof. Keshav Vishnu Belsare’ – Professor of Philosophy, disciple of Shri Brahmachaitanya Gondvalekar Maharaj passed away (Born: 8 February 1909)
- 2000: ‘Susheela Nair’ – First Health Minister of Independent India passed away. (Born: 26 December 1914)
- 2002: ‘Satish Dhawan’ – Indian Astronomer passed away. (Born: 25 September 1920)
- 2005: ‘J. N. Dixit’ – Indian leader passed away.
- 1988: ‘Gaston Aiskens’ – Belgian economist and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium (Born: 1 April 1905)