Today's GK Facts in History

Today's GK Facts in History for UPSC/IAS Exams

The GK Facts section of Miliposts aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise the day comfortably.

1999

The Diet of Japan establishes the country's official national flag, Hinomaru, and the national anthem, "Kimi Ga Yo."

Russian President Boris Yeltsin fired his prime minister and the entire cabinet for the fourth time.

1992

The 25th Summer Olympic Games kick off in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

1983

Ashley Johnson, film (The Help) and television (Growing Pains) actress, video game announcer (The Last of Us).

1979

England's first central nude beach was established in the seaside resort of Brighton.

1975

first NFL game at the Louisiana Superdome; The Houston Oilers defeated the New Orleans Saints 13-7.

1974

Gerald Ford was sworn in as President of the United States following the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

1971

Le Roy (Satchel) Paige is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1970

Chris Cuomo, television journalist, and presenter.

1969

Charles Manson's followers killed actress Sharon Tate and three of her guests at her Beverly Hills home.

1968

Gillian Anderson, film and television actress (The X-Files).

1965

Singapore was expelled from Malaysia after economic disagreements and racial tensions; becomes an independent republic.

1964

Hoda Kotb, Daytime Emmy Award-winning television news anchor and host.

1963

Whitney Houston was a model, singer ("Saving All My Love for You"), and actress (The Bodyguard); In 2009, she was listed in Guinness World Records as the most awarded female act of all time.

1961

Amy Stiller, comedian, film and television actress (Little Fockers, The King of Queens).

1958

Amanda Bearse, film and television actress (married with children).

1957

Melanie Griffith, film and television actress (Working Girl, Milk Money).

1945

Rosemary Elizabeth "Posey" Simmonds, award-winning British newspaper cartoonist (The Silent Three, Gemma Bowery, Tamara Drew) and children's book author and illustrator (Fred, The Chocolate Wedding).

Ken Norton a heavyweight boxing champion.

The B-29 Bomber Bock car dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.

1944

The fictional character Smokey Bear ("Only You Can Stop Wildfires") was created by the US Forest Service and the Advertising Council.

1941

President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. The meeting forms the Atlantic Charter, an agreement between the two countries on the purpose of the war, even though the United States remains a neutral country.

1936

Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the track and field events at the Berlin Olympics.

1933

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese actress and bestselling children's author (Totto-chan, The Little Girl at the Window); founded Japan's first television talk show, Tetsuko no Heya (Tetsuko Room), which breaks with the traditional servile portrayal of Japanese women.

1930

The first appearance of the animated character Betty Boop ("Dizzy Dish").

1928

Bob Cousy, Hall of Fame basketball player and Boston Celtics coach.

1927

Robert Shaw, actor, and writer.

1910

The first complete and autonomous electric washing machine is patented.

1899

please Travers, author of the Mary Poppins books.

1896

Jean Piaget was a psychologist who did pioneering work on developing children's intellectual faculties.

1862

At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson repulsed an attack by Union forces.

1859

The escalator is patented. However, the first working escalator appeared in 1900. Built by the Otis Elevator Company for the Paris Exposition, it was installed in a Philadelphia office building the following year.

1842

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty sets the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick, Canada.

1814

Andrew Jackson and the Creek Indians signed the Treaty of Fort Jackson, granting whites 23 million acres of Creek territory.

1805

Austria joined Great Britain, Russia, Sweden, and the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia in the Third Coalition against France.

1645

New Amsterdam settlers made peace with the Indians after negotiating with the Mohawks.

1633

Isaac Walton, author of the classic The Complete Angler.

1631

John Dryden, Britain's first official Poet Laureate (1668 to 1700).

1549

England declared war on France.

1483

Pope Sixtus IV celebrates the first Mass in the Sistine Chapel, which bears his name.

1387

British King Henry V was famous for his victory at Agincourt, France.

0480

The Persian army defeats Leonidas and his Spartan army at the Battle of Thermopylae, Persia.

0048

Julius Caesar defeated Gnaeus Pompey at Pharsalus.

Source

10 GK Facts in history | 8 August

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