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Historical Event on 2/11/1847

Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1989DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election.
4/11/1984Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7.
1/17/1908Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, film producer, was born.
6/4/1993The Babri tribunal strikes down ban on RSS and Bajrang Dal and upholds outlawing of VHP.
9/13/1992Union government decides to form a National Human Rights Commission.
1/22/1922Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born.
5/1/1981Sindhudurga district was formed in Maharashtra State.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
4/13/1796The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
10/6/1913V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born.