Yuri Gagarin in Uniform

Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) was the first human being to travel in space when he successfully completed a single orbit in a one-man space capsule, Vostok I. The son of a carpenter, Gagarin joined the Soviet Air Force in 1955. Two years later his country, the Union Soviet Socialist Republic, launched Read more…

Inventions and their Inventors

A Invention Inventor Country Year Adding Machine Blaise Pascal France 1642 Aeroplane Wright brothers USA 1903 Animation Emile Reynaud France 1892 Antiseptic Dr. Joseph Lister England 1867 Aspirin Dr. Felix Hoffman Germany 1899 Atom Bomb Julius Robert Oppenheimer USA 1945 Automatic Calculator Wilhelm Schickard Germany 1623 B Balloon Jacques and Read more…

Important Days

Jan 1 Army Medical Corps Establishment Day Jan 8 African National Congress Foundation Day Jan 10 World Laughter Day Jan 11 Death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri Jan 12 National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand) Jan 15 Army Day Jan 23 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Birth Anniversary Jan Read more…