HOT TOPICS
Quiz
1 John Flamsteed and Edmond Halley were the first two holders of which scientific post?
2 How many sheets of paper make a
Ream? a) 100 b) 500 c) 1000
3 Which 'E' is the area where a large
river meets tidal waters?
4 Elizabeth Bennet is a character
created by which author?
5 Which South Asian country was
known as Ceylon until 1972?
History
1885 French scientist Louis Pasteur tested an anti-rabies vaccine on 9-year-old Joseph Meister, who had been bitten by an infected dog; the boy did not develop rabies.
1942 Anne Frank, her parents and sister entered a “secret annex” in an Amsterdam building where they were later joined by four other people; they hid from Nazi occupiers for two years before being discovered and arrested.
1944 An estimated 168 people died in a fire that broke out during a performance in the main tent of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Connecticut.
1945 President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order establishing the Medal of Freedom. 1957 Althea Gibson became the first Black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title as she defeated fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.
1988 167 North Sea oil workers were killed when explosions and fires destroyed a drilling platform. Medical waste and other debris began washing up on New York Cityarea seashores, forcing the closing of several popular beaches.
1997 The rover Sojourner rolled down a ramp from the Mars Pathfinder lander onto the Martian landscape to begin inspecting the soil and rocks of the red planet.