Know your Day [29th Nov 2013]

Birthdays:
Nagerkoyil Sudalaimuthu Krishnan (Tamil: நாகர்கோயில் சுடலைமுத்து கிருஷ்ணன்), popularly known as Kalaivanar and also as 'NSK'.
'NSK' was a leading Tamil film comedian, drama artist, playback singer and writer in the early stages of the Tamil film industry - in the 1940s and 1950s.
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1849 - Ambrose Fleming, inventor (diode)
Ambrose Fleming
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Inventions :
1775 - Sir James Jay invents invisible ink
invisible ink
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Events Happened This Day But Not Today :
1975 - Bill Gates adopted the name Microsoft for the company he and Paul Allen had formed to write the BASIC computer language for the Altair. 
Bill Gates adopted the name Microsoft
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Facts you Didn't Know :
An eyeball weighs about 1 ounce.
eyeball
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Random Facts:
Wearing a wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand dates back to ancient Egypt, where it was believed that the vein of love ran from this finger directly to the heart.
Wearing a wedding ring on the fourth finger
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Quotes :
"Listen to me. Learn from me. I was not the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd and you will win your freedom"
- Gladiator 
Gladiator
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Health Facts :
To avoid Tears while cutting Onions
"Chew Gum"
To avoid Tears
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