World Snake Day is celebrated on July 16 of every year. World Snake Day is a day to know and understand much information about carnivorous reptiles, which are on the way to extinction largely because of the myths and superstitions surrounding them. The first reaction to finding a snake for most lay-people remains fear and they want to kill it. World Snake Day is a day to educate and inform people about how to handle snakes, whom to call, resources available to them and much more.
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16 July - World Snake Day
World Snake Day is celebrated on July 16 of every year. World Snake Day is a day to know and understand much information about carnivorous reptiles, which are on the way to extinction largely because of the myths and superstitions surrounding them. The first reaction to finding a snake for most lay-people remains fear and they want to kill it. World Snake Day is a day to educate and inform people about how to handle snakes, whom to call, resources available to them and much more.
16 July - Trygve Halvdan Lie born in 1896
Trygve Halvdan Lie (16 July 1896 – 30 December 1968) was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to 1945. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first Secretary-General of the United Nations. Lie earned a reputation as a pragmatic, determined politician.
Lie died on 30 December 1968 of a heart attack in Geilo, Norway. He was 72 years old.
16 July - Fresh Spinach Day
Fresh Spinach Day is observed on July 16 of every year. Fresh Spinach Day reminds everyone to adopt spinach in their diet and to begin with a healthy lifestyle. Like the cartoon character, Popeye said spinach makes people stronger, healthier and sharper. Often spinach is assumed to taste bad and are disliked by many, but many recipes of spinach are delicious to have. Fresh spinach has high nutrition value than the cooked ones. This leafy vegetable has low fat, high water content, high fibre, and variety vitamins. It is one of the best sources of iron, and other vitamins like calcium, folic acid, fibre, protein, calcium and vitamins A, C and K. Spinach is second primarily produced in the United States after China. Fresh Spinach Day encourages people to eat more of healthy and good food like the fresh spinach.
16 July - Apollo 11 launched in 1969
On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida. Apollo 11 was the fifth manned mission of NASA's Apollo program and it was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface on July 21, 1969.
The Apollo spacecraft had three parts: a Command Module (CM) with a cabin for the three astronauts, which was the only part which landed back on Earth; a Service Module (SM), which supported the Command Module with propulsion, electrical power, oxygen, and water; and a Lunar Module (LM) for landing on the Moon.
15 July - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov died in 1904
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics.Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre.Chekhov practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress."
15 July - Rememberence Maraimalai Adigal
Maraimalai Adigal (15 July 1876 – 15 September 1950) was a Tamil orator and writer and father of Pure Tamil movement, who fervently followed Saivam. He wrote more than 100 books, including works on original poems tand dramas, but most famous are his books on his research into Tamil literature. Most of his literary works were on Saivism. He founded a Saivite institution called Podhunilaik Kazhagam. He was an exponent of the Pure Tamil movement and hence considered to be the father of Tamil linguistic purism. He advocated the use of Tamil devoid of Sanskrit words and hence changed his birth name Vedhachalam to Maraimalai.
14 July - Shark Awareness Day
Shark Awareness Day is observed on July 14 of every year. Sharks are at more risks from humans than the vice verse. Survival of many shark species is at high risk due to hunting, pollution, and climatic changes. Shark Awareness Day was created to spread awareness about the danger of sharks. Shark kills lesser humans than humans to sharks. There are around 400 species of sharks around the world and ranges from 8 inches to 50 feet in size. Sharks can detect the even small drop of blood in the ocean from a long distance, and they are the significant predator in the food chain which makes them a fascinating creature. Most species of sharks are carnivorous, feeding on fishes, crustaceans and even on seals and dolphins. Sharks are cunning hunters, but they are not picky in their eating habit. In spite of their strength and aggressiveness sharks population are continually declining due to various threats mainly because of humans. Sharks play a critical role in maintaining the food chain by removing all weak animals from the ocean and keeping the sea population healthy, and fit.
14 July - S.B.Chavan birth anniversary
Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan (14 July 1920 – 26 February 2004) was an Indian politician who served twice as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 24 June 1988. He was Finance Minister of India from 1987 to 1990 and served as Home Minister of India in the P. V. Narasimha Rao cabinet from 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996. He served as Home Minister of India in the Rajiv Gandhi cabinet 31 December 1984 to 12 March 1986.
13 July - Scottish Church College in 1830
Scottish Church College is a college of Calcutta University, India. It offers selective co-educational undergraduate and postgraduate studies and is the oldest continuously running Christian liberal arts and sciences college in India.It has been rated (A) by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an autonomous organization that evaluates academic institutions in India. Students and alumni call themselves "Caledonians" in the name of the college festival, "Caledonia".
The Scottish Church College was established on 13 July 1830, by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India.
13 July - Ernő Rubik born in 1944
Ernő Rubik born 13 July 1944 is a Hungarian inventor, architect and professor of architecture. He is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles including Rubik's Cube (1974), Rubik's Magic, Rubik's Magic: Master Edition, and Rubik's Snake.
While Rubik became famous for inventing the Rubik's Cube and his other puzzles, much of his recent work involves the promotion of science in education. Rubik is involved with several organisations such as Beyond Rubik's Cube, the Rubik Learning Initiative and the Judit Polgar Foundation all of whose aim is to engage students in science, mathematics, and problem solving at a young age.
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