14 January: Remembering Justicia Espada Acuña on Birthday
Justicia Espada Acuña (14 January 1893 – July 1980) was a Chilean civil engineer. Justicia was the first woman to become a civil engineer in Chile.
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Category: 14 Jan
14 January: Remembering Petr Semenov-Tian-Shansky on Birth Anniversary
Petr Semenov-Tian-Shansky (14 January 1827 – 26 February 1914) was a Russian geographer, geologist, and explorer. He is best known for his explorations of the Tian Shan mountain range in Central Asia, for which he is often referred to as the “father of the Tian Shan.”
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14 January: Tribute to Jan Kaplický
Jan Kaplický (18 April 1937 – 14 January 2009) was a Czech architect who spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom
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14 January: Tribute to Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director. Known for his deep, languid voice, he trained at RADA (the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) in London and became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), performing in modern and classical theatre productions.
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14 January: Remembering Kaifi Azmi on Birth Anniversary
Kaifi Azmi (14 January 1919 – 10 May 2002) was an Indian Urdu poet. one of the most renowned Indian poets of the 20th century.
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14 January: Remembering Chava Flores on Birth Anniversary
Chava Flores (14 January 1920 – 5 August 1987) was a Mexican composer and singer of popular and folkloric music. In his songs, he often depicted the everyday lives of the people of Mexico City. In addition to performing with some of the biggest names in the industry, his passion for music has taken him all over the world. As a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, he has proven that his abilities are limitless.
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14 January: Rememebring Mahasweta Devi on Birth Anniversary
Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926-28 July 2016) was an Indian writer and social activist. She wrote several essays, novels, and short stories, including Aranyer Adhikar, Rudali, and Hajar Churashir Maa. She received the Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shri, the second and fourth-highest civilian awards of India.
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14 January: Remembering Carrie Derick on Birth Anniversary
Carrie Derick (14 January 1862 – 10 November 1941) was a Canadian botanist and geneticist, the first female professor in a Canadian university, and the founder of McGill University’s Genetics Department. She was one of the first female professors of botany in Canada and was known for her research on heredity in plants.
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14 January in Indian and World History
14 January in Indian and World History is celebrated, observed, and remembered for various...
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14 January: World Logic Day and its Significance
World Logic Day is observed every year on 14 January. Its aim is to raise awareness of the...
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14 January: Tribute to Zhou Youguang
Zhou Youguang (13 January 1906 – 14 January 2017) was a Chinese linguist and sinologist who is known as the “father of Pinyin,” the official romanization system for Standard Chinese. He developed the system in the 1950s and it was later adopted by the government as the official method for transcribing Chinese characters into the Latin alphabet. It was officially adopted by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1982
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14 January: Tribute to Johann Philipp Reis on Death Anniversary
Johann Philipp Reis (7 January 1834 – 14 January 1874) was a self-taught German scientist and inventor. In 1861, he constructed the first make-and-break telephone, today called the Reis telephone. Reis imagined electricity could be propagated through space, as light can, without the aid of a material conductor, and he performed some experiments on the subject. He is credited with building the first telephone.
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