Monday 23 September 2013

Important Events—23 September


1846– The planet Neptune was discovered by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle
1932– The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1939–Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, died at age 83.
1962 – The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
1965–The Indian Army secured the Kashmir Valley and the only object left was to clean out the remnants of the Gibraltar Force. Under the guidance of United Nations, the cease-fire came into effect.
1973 – Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
1974–First NCC Airforce Squadran (Women) was established at Vanasthali Vidyapeeth, Rajasthan.
1990– World Bank clears Rs.1,200 crore aid for Sarovar Dam rejecting objections raised by environmental groups.
1996–Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).
1999–India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control.
2002 – The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.

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