Saturday, September 26, 2015

26 September - History and Importance of the Day



World Contraception Day



1815 Holy Alliance between Russia, Austria, and Prussia.

1984 - Britain agreed to allow Hong Kong to revert to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.

Writer T.S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888) was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He wrote in  free verse and used free expression.


1687 - The Acropolis in Athens was attacked by the Venetian army attempting to oust the Turks, resulting in heavy damage to the Parthenon.

1918 - The last major battle of World War I, the Battle of the Argonne, began as a combined force of French and Americans attacked the Germans along a 40-mile front.

Birthdays

1888 - T.S. Eliot
1948 - Prof Sumantra Ghoshal


26 September - Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

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