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6 June
Celebrating life and legacy of Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann (15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist. He was awarded the Nobel…
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World History
Sweden National Day: History, Theme, and Significance
Sweden National Day, also known as Swedish Flag Day, is celebrated annually on June 6th. It is a day of…
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Today in History
6 June in Indian and World History
6 June in Indian and World History is celebrated, observed, and remembered for various reasons. 6 June is the birth…
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World History
Alexander Pushkin: The Poetic Soul of Russia
Alexander Pushkin (6 June 1799– 10 February 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He…
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World History
Fasia Jansen: A Voice for Women’s Rights and Social Justice
Fasia Jansen (6 June 1929 – 29 December 1997) was a German political singer-songwriter and peace activist.
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Featured
Heinrich Rohrer: Exploring the Nanoscale World with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Heinrich Rohrer (6 June 1933 – 16 May 2013) was a Swiss physicist who made significant contributions to the field…
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World History
Angelo Moriondo: Italian Inventor and Pioneer of Espresso Machines
Angelo Moriondo (6 June 1851 – 31 May 1914) was an Italian inventor, who is usually credited with patenting the…
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Featured
Karl Ferdinand Braun: Innovating the Pathways of Wireless Communication
Karl Ferdinand Braun (6 June 1850 – 20 April 1918) was a German electrical engineer, inventor, and physicist. He was…
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Today in History
Unmasking a Legend: The Story of Jean Dausset
Jean Dausset (19 October 1916 – 6 June 2009) was a French immunologist. Angus Deaton was awarded the Sveriges Riksbank…
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World History
Honinbo Shusaku: Masterful Moves in the World of Go
Honinbo Shusaku (6 June 1829 – 3 September 1862) was a prominent Japanese Go player who lived during the Edo…
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World History
Richard Smalley: Pioneering Nanotechnology for a Better World
Richard Smalley (6 June 1943 – 28 October 2005) was an American chemist who was the Gene and Norman Hackerman…
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Offbeat
Toddler’s Three-Month Sinus Mystery Solved: Raisin Found Lodged Up Nose
After GP examinations, Peyton’s parents, Kirsty and Craig, took her to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow In a bizarre…
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National
MoU Signed for Collaborative Action on Tuberculosis Elimination
Ministry of Mines and Central TB Division of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare today signed a Memorandum of Understanding…
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Industry
Elan Foundation Pledges to Cultivate more than 25,000 Plants and Trees on World Environment Day
Gurugram, Haryana, India In a significant step towards environmental sustainability, Elan Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Elan Group, has pledged…
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Editor's Choice
Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this
Last week, at a conference in Geneva, the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation agreed on a new…
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