Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin arrived
in India on November 29, 1961, as part of a goodwill tour,
approximately seven and a half months after his historic spaceflight. He
received a tumultuous welcome and large crowds turned up in Indian cities to
see the first human in space.
Enrico
Fermi, who passed away on 18 November
1954, aged 53, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., was an Italian-born American
scientist who became one of the chief architects of the nuclear age. He
developed the mathematical statistics required to clarify a large
class of subatomic phenomena, explored nuclear transformations caused by
neutrons, and directed the first controlled chain reaction involving nuclear
fission. He was awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize for Physics.
Bruce Lee born Lee
Jun-fan; on 27 November 1940, was a Hong Kong-American martial artist,
actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial
arts philosophy which was formed from Lee's experiences in unarmed
fighting and self-defense—as well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist and Taoist
philosophies—as a new school of martial arts thought. With a film career
spanning Hong Kong and the United States, Lee is regarded as the first global
Chinese film star and one of the most influential martial artists in the history
of cinema. Known for his roles in five feature-length martial arts
films, Lee is credited with helping to popularize martial arts films in the
1970s and promoting Hong Kong action cinema.
Anti-Obesity Day (AOD) is observed in various parts of the world on
November 26, with several healthcare organizations and leading Media primarily
in India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries marking the
day with activities to highlight how obesity is a public health hazard.
In 2001, the Indian
Wellness brand VLCC, founded by Vandana Luthra, created an
anti-obesity initiative to spread awareness about Obesity and to
promote the development of good lifestyle habits to stay healthy and fit.
With "the active
involvement of the medical fraternity", VLCC started observing
November 26 as Anti-Obesity Day, as part of an annual campaign conducted
in the months of November and December.
VLCC’s
anti-obesity campaign includes organizing health camps, mass counselling
sessions, and talk-shows with health experts, besides extensive media
interactions, and dissemination of special literature on obesity.
Purpose and Significance
The day aims to encourage people to appreciate this small, oily fish, which is a powerhouse of nutrients despite its humble size.
November 23 is celebrated as Fibonacci Day
because when the date is written in the mm/dd format (11/23), the digits in the
date form a Fibonacci sequence: 1,1,2,3. A Fibonacci sequence is a series of
numbers where a number is the sum of the two numbers before it. For example: 1,
1, 2, 3...is a Fibonacci sequence. Here, 2 is the sum of the two numbers before
it (1+1). Similarly, 3 is the sum of the two numbers before it (1+2).
It is an annual holiday that honours one
of the most influential mathematicians of the Middle Ages - Leonardo Bonacci.
World Bollywood Day is celebrated annually on September 24 to honour the vibrant music, dance, and storytelling of the Hindi film industry...
