Know Your Day [Dec 30th 2013]

Birthdays:
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children.
He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907
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Inventions/Patents :
1938 - Electronic television system patented (V K Zworykin)
Electronic television system
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Events Happened This Day But Not Today :
1949 - India recognizes People's Republic of China
India recognizes People's Republic of China
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Facts you Didn't Know :
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952 but he declined.
Albert Einstein
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Random Facts:
The footprints of astronauts who landed on the moon are expected to last at least 10 million years.

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Quotes :
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. ~Harry Potter
Harry Potter
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Health Facts :
The signal of tickling runs at the speed of 322 km/h in a human body.
tickling or toture
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Fact of Cricket:
One of the most astonishing bowling analyses on record was returned by R.G. Nadkarni in the India v. England Test at Madras in 1964. It read 31-27-5-0 and, according to reports, English batsmen said he was 'unhittable'.
he was 'unhittable'.
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