Month: May 2009
Today in History – 4 May
1959 1st Grammy Awards: Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win
1942 Food 1st rationed in U.S.
1927 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill)
1896 1st edition of London Daily Mail ( penny)
1715 French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris)
Today in History – 3 May
3rd May – World Press Freedom Day
1982 President Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts
1965 1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on Early Bird Satellite
1952 1st landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole
1947 Japan forms a constitutional democracy
1923 1st nonstop transcontinental flight (New York – San Diego) completed
1845 1st black lawyer (Macon B. Allen) admitted to bar
1830 1st regular steam train passenger service starts
1765 1st U.S. medical college opens in Philadelphia
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Today in History – 2 May
1968 Israeli television begins transmitting
1919 1st U.S. air passenger service starts
"EXPRESSIONS" – Painting Competition for children at ISCC Abu Dhabi
“EXPRESSIONS” – Painting Competition for children at ISCC Abu Dhabi
ISC is conducting a drawing and painting competition for ISC it’s Members and Families.
The competition will be held on 08-05-2009 from 11.30 am to 1.30 pm.
Competition will have 6 different age groups. Those who wish to participate are requested to fill in the attached entry form and the same can be e-mailed to insocial@emirates.net.ae or fax it to 02- 6732899, on or before 6th may 2009.
Entry forms are also available at ISC reception.
The Competition is open to ISC Members and Families Only
a. Group 1- below 5 Years – Colouring Only
b. Group 2- 5 to 7years -Colouring only
c. Group 3- 7 to10years -Draw &colour
d. Group 4- 10 to14years -Draw & colour
e. Group 5- 14 to18years -Draw & colour
f. Group 6- 18 and above -Draw & Colour
Learn Mridangam Online
Learn Mridangam Online
Korambu Mridanga Kalari founded by Sri Korambu Subramanyan Namboodiri has started classes for learning Mridangam online. The institution targets cultivating the potential of the students to perform kacheri and do the pakkamelam to the classical dance like Bharathanatyam through one year course. By performing the mridangamela students develop qualities like self-confidents, self-respect etc. The main feature of KMK is to develop young students to perform stage Programmes.Sri Vikraman Namboodiri, son and gifted disciple of Subramanyan Namboodiri, present Director and chief instructor of the kalari is now on an international tour to promote online learning of Mridangam.
Those who are interested may contact:
The Director
Vikraman Namboodiri
Korambu Mridanga Kalari
Nada, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur District, Kerala State INDIA PIN: 680121
Phone:
Mob: +91 9349855088
+91 9249122037( 0ffice) 0480 2833857
E-mail: namarkiv@gmail.com
Website: http://www.mridangamela.com
OVERSEAS CONTACT
Dubai : 00971 557758718 – Preethi Sathesh
Today in History – 1 May
1964 1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)
1963 1st American, James Whittaker, conquers Mount Everest
1962 1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara at Ecker Algeria
1960 India’s Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states
1947 Radar for commercial and private planes 1st demonstrated
1939 Batman comics hit street
1935 Canada’s 1st silver dollar is circulated
1927 1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways)
1873 1st U.S. postal card issued
1867 Howard University chartered
1866 American Equal Rights Association forms
1840 1st adhesive postage stamps (“Penny Blacks” from England) issued
1751 1st American cricket match is played
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