Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matters.
A Swedish inventor and scientist, was one of the first to see the potential of using machines to replace human labour.
A Communist dictator who ruled the Soviet Union for more than two decades.
An American electrical engineer and influential inventor in radio history.
A German statesman, politician, and chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany 1969 - 1974.
An American producer, motion-picture director and executive.
New Jersey ratifies the U.S. Constitution.
The Amendment 13th to the Constitution takes effect, ensuring that "neither involuntary servitude nor slavery shall exist within the U.S."
The first full-scale commercial nuclear power station in the United States opens at Shipping port, Pa. It produces 60,000 kilowatts of electricity.
Project S.C.O.R.E., the world's first experimental communications satellite, is launched

An American producer, motion-picture director and executive, was born on December 18, 1946 in Ohio, United States and educated at California State College. At the age of 12, he began making movies. Spielberg's movies feature action, special-effects wizardry, suspense and memorable stories. His first full-length feature film, was based on the road picture. Later he made Jaws which was appreciated by everyone and proved a tremendous success. This movie established him as a director. This was his first step to his destiny and a new era of his blockbuster films with large gross revenues was started. His other works includes- Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Color Purple, The Extra-Terrestrial, at the time the highest-grossing film ever made, Empire of the Sun, a romantic fantasy; and Hook. With George Lucas, the writer-producer he teamed up to make the action-adventure Indiana Jones film series: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal