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India is a land of many religions, castes, sub-castes and with these many religions, castes and sub-castes comes even higher number of superstitions – few of them are similar in all castes, but some...

1728 - Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan to build the city's first synagogue 1790 - Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City 1791 - NYC traffic...

1497 - Portuguese navigator Vasco DA Gama is 1st European to sail along Africa's East Coast, names it Natal 1653 - Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. 1773 - Nearly 350...

1593 - State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft 1612 - German Astronomer Simon Marius is 1st to observe Andromeda galaxy through a telescope 1791 - In the U.S., the first ten amendments to...

1542 - Princess Mary Stuart succeeds her father, James V and becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland at 6 days old 1656 - Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum...

1800 - Washington, DC, was established as the capital of the United States. 1911 - Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India. 1955 - 1st prototype of hovercraft patented by British engineer ChristoperCockerell 2013 -...

1.    Sanjeev and Hema- Sholay 2.    Gracy vs Rani and Nandita : Lagaan 3.    Madhubala in Anarkali 4.    Kaho naa.. Pyar Hai a Guinness Book of World Records 5.    Iconic Jacket in DDLJ 6.    Kal Ho Na Ho-...

359 - Honoratus, first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office. 384 - St Damasus I dies and ends his reign as Catholic Pope. 1719 - 1st recorded display of Aurora Borealis in...

1520 - Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict. The papacy demanded that he recant or face excommunication. Luther refused 1582 - France begins use of the Gregorian calendar 1684 - Isaac Newton's derivation of...

1783 - The first executions at Newgate Prison took place. 1854 - Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade," was published in England. 1879 - Thomas Edison organized the Edison Ore Milling...