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.
Day: August 26, 2022
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.
On August 22, 1864, international Red Cross founded the conference adopted the first Geneva Convention ‘For the Amelioration of Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field’.
22 August, 1902 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
The BBC begin its own regular television programme from the basement of Broadcasting House, London, on 22 August 1932.
Girija kumar Mathur (22 August 1919 – 10 January 1994) was a notable Indian writer. He is noted for his translation of the popular English song “We Shall Overcome” into Hindi.
Edna Annie Proulx (born August 22, 1935) is an American journalist and author, best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning short story Brokeback Mountain.
Shivaram Hari Rajguru (24 August 1908 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian revolutionary from Maharashtra.
25 August 1609 – Galielo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian Lawmakers.
25 August 1932 – Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam first woman to solo across the Atlantic.
