26th August 1959, Mini makes its debut. On this day in 1959, The British Motor Corporation launches its newest car.
Author: Amit Jain
Soyuz 31 (Launched August 26,1978, 14:51:30 UTC) was a 1978 Soviet manned space flight to the Salyut 6 space station.
Om Prakash Munjal (26 August 1928 – 13 August 2015) was an Indian businessman, poet and philanthropist.
27th August 1604 Guru Granth Sahib established in the Golden Temple.
The Mariner 2 (Mariner -Venus 1962) Launched August 27, 1962, 06:53:14 UTC, an American space probe to Venus.
On August 27, 1859, Drake’s Well struck oil at 69 feet (21 M) below ground, just before his funds ran out.
The founding of The Guinness book of record at 107 fleet street, the first 198 page edition was bound on 27 August 1955.
Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (August 27, 1915 – November 4, 2011) was an American physicist who was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Salvatore Quasimodo (August 20, 1901 – June 14, 1968) was an Italian poet and translator. In 1959, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his lyrical poetry.
Rajiv Ratan Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was the prime minister of India serving from 1984 to 1989.
20 August, 1989 – The O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide, the world’s longest guided busway, open.
21 August, 1911 theft of Mona Lisa is discovered, an former employee of the museum.
