Today’s In History: The date of August 27 is recorded in the history of the country and the world for many important reasons. This date is special for the Guinness Book, which provides the highest platform for the adventures of the whole world. The Guinness Book was published for the first time on 27 August in 1955. Now, news is often published and shown that the name of such and such a person has been registered in the Guinness Book.
The story of the Guinness Book begins in the 1950s. Sir Hugh Beaver, managing director of the Guinness Brewery Company in Ireland, was bird hunting with his friends. Just then a flock of birds passed in front of him very fast. Hughes and his companions were perplexed that who are these birds flying so fast? Everyone started giving different answers, but the trouble was, there was no way of knowing whose answer was correct. Hughes and his friends also looked in the books, but could not find any accurate information.
Then Hughes got the idea to make a book that had all the facts. In 1954, Hughes shared the idea with twin brothers Norris and Ross. Both of them used to work in a fact finding agency in London. Both liked the idea and work on the Guinness Book began.
An old gym on Fleet Street in London has been converted into an office. Work began and on 27 August 1955 the first Guinness Book came on the market. People liked this 198-page book so much that it became a best seller in Britain by December. The very next year, the Guinness Book was launched in America. By 1960, half a million copies of the Guinness Book had been sold. After this, this book started being published in different languages. Today, the Guinness Book is published in more than 100 countries in 37 languages.
important events
1604: Adi Guru Granth Sahib was installed in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
1781: Hyder Ali fought the Battle of Pallilore against the British Army.
1870: Establishment of Shramjeevi Sangh as India’s first labor organization.
1907: Birth of cricket legend Sir Don George Bradman.
1939: The world’s first aircraft with jet fuel took its first flight from Germany.
1950: BBC broadcasts live for the first time in the history of television world.
1985: Major General Muhammad Buhari’s government was overthrown in Nigeria’s military revolution. General Ibrahim Babangida became the new military ruler.
1990: The US expelled 36 out of 55 employees of the Iraqi Embassy in Washington.
1976: Major General G Ali Ram, the first woman general of the Indian Armed Forces, was appointed director of the Military Nursing Service.
1991: Moldova declared independence from the Soviet Union.
1999: India released the prisoners of war of Pakistan held captive during the Kargil conflict.
1999: Sonali Banerjee became India’s first woman marine engineer.
2003: Mars reached closest to Earth after a gap of 60 thousand years.
2004: Pakistan’s Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz took over as the Prime Minister.
2018: India’s Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw event at the Jakarta Asian Games.
2018: SpiceJet operated India’s first test flight powered by biojet fuel.
Birth
1907: Great cricketer Sir Don George Bradman.
1993: Indian female swordsman CA Bhavani Devi.
1957: 48th Chief Justice of India NV Raman.
death
1963: Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi, the father of the Khaksar movement and who played an important role in the creation of Pakistan.
1976: Indian playback singer Mukesh.
1979: Lord Mountbatten, British politician and the last Viceroy of India.
1982: Anandamayi Maa.
2006: Hrishikesh Mukherjee, famous producer-director of Indian films.
2010: Ravindra Kelkar, the strongest pillar of Konkani literature.
