Sunday, August 31, 2014

31 August - History and Importance of the Day


Kyrgyzstan Independence Day
Malaysia National Day
Trinidad & Tobago Independence Day


1751 - British troops under Robert Clive occupied Arcot, India
ref: Charles McFarlane, Our Empire in India

1897 - Thomas Edison patented his movie camera (Kinetograph)
Patent for Kinetographic Camera
https://www.google.com/patents/US589168

1907 - Britain & Russia signed treaty with Afghanistan, Persia & Tibet

1907 - Britain, Russia & France formed Triple Entente

1957 - Malaysia gained independence from Britain

1962 - Trinidad & Tobago gained independence from Britain (National Day)

1978 - Constitution adopted by Sri Lanka

1991 - The Kyrgyz parliament accepted the declaration on independence of Kyrgyzstan and became an independent state

1994 - Pentium computer beat world chess champion Gari Kasparov

2007 - Deven Sharma was made Head of S&P Ratings company.


History Events of 31 August - Video

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