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eeks, years, decades, cen - turies...as time goes by day The world of entertainment by day, the world keeps pro - The world Wgressing into a newer direction. But as our eyes always stay glued to the tele - of sports scope, trying to get a glimpse of the shining future we work so hard to cre - APR ate, it is important to take a break and appreciate how far we have come. Let The first continuously The musical 1876 us look back at the pages of history published weekly APR Annie made its 22 falling between April 19-25 that played APR newspaper in British Broadway debut colonial America, at the Alvin The - The first game in the history of the their role in shaping our society. namely The Boston atre (now the Neil National League of Professional Base - 21704 4 News-Letter, was 119777 Simon Theatre), ball Clubs, also known as National founded. Heavily sub - New York, with League, was played at the Jefferson sidised by the British Andrea McArdle Street Grounds in Philadelphia. The world of government then, it required the Royal in the lead role. Based on the popu - Played between the Boston Red Caps governor’s approval for publication. In its lar Harold Gray comic strip Little and Philadelphia Athletics, the match APR initial years, issued as a half sheet, the Orphan Annie, this Charles Strouse was won by the former with a score of inventions newsletter was primarily filled with news composition ran for about six years, 6-5, with Joe Borden, Philadelphia Lexicographer from London journals describing the Eng - setting a record at the theatre. It Athletics pitcher, becoming the win - Noah Webster pub - lish political scene and the details of the spawned numerous productions in ning pitcher, and Jim O’Rourke, 218128 lished the first European wars. Later on, it was enlarged many countries, and won seven Boston Red caps outfielder, collecting American Diction - to four pages, covering news from Tony Awards, including one for the league’s first base hit. ary of the English Language in 2 vol - throughout the colonies. With the British being the best musical. ‘Tomorrow’ umes. He began working on the withdrawal in 1776, the newsletter and ‘Hard knock life’ are among its dictionary in 1807 and completed it in ceased to exist. most recognised musical numbers. APR the year 1825, citing Bible as its chief source. Embodying a new standard of lexicography, the The first ever YouTube video titled dictionary with its 70,000 entries was believed by many APR ‘Me at the Zoo’ was published by the to have surpassed Samuel Johnson’s 1755 British mas - site’s co-founder Jawed Karim. 21923 7 terpiece not just in scope but in authority as well. The Recorded by his high school friend rights for the same were sold to the Merriam brothers, Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego George and Charles, after Webster’s death in 1843, which 220035 Zoo, featuring Karim in front of sev - Football Association Challenge Cup ultimately led to the formation of Merriam-Webster. eral elephants in their old exhibit in Final was played between Cardiff City Elephant Mesa, the 19-second video was uploaded onto and Arsenal at Wembley Stadium, a channel with the username ‘jawed’ which was created London, wherein the former won the on the same day. The said video played a prominent match 1-0. It was the only time that role in altering how people consumed media then and an FA Cup match was won by a team The world of currently has over 150 million views. based outside England, thus earning it the title of the ‘Singing Final’. Post APR the match, Cardiff City’s goalkeeper celebration Tom Farquharson acquired the match The first Earth Day ball and donated it to the Church. The was observed in ball is now stored at the Welsh Sports 21972 0 United States, The world of politics Hall of Fame at St Fagan’s National wherein some 20 Museum of History. million Americans took part in protests and rallies, organised by the national coordinator Denis Hayes, to fight against wanton environmental degra - dation. A brainchild of the staunch environmentalist Sen - ator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, the Day was originally designed to raise ecological awareness throughout the nation; the idea for which came to him in 1969 post sur - veying a Californian oil spill. It was only in 1990 that Earth Day went global, calling to action some 200 million The Communist The American Rev - people in about 141 countries. Party of India olutionary War, APR (Marxist-Leninist), APR also known as the Namibia became India’s first satellite as an advocator of American War of the 160 th member of Aryabhata spacecraft armed revolution Independence, APR the United Nations APR th was launched in the 1969 over electoral 119975 fought between the and the 50 mem - orbit from Kapustin 22 processes, was Kingdom of Great ber of the Common - Yar, Russia. Built by founded by the All Britain and the 21993 0 wealth of Nations 119975 ISRO, the satellite India Coordination Committee of Com - thirteen colonies of British North after being ruled by was named after the munist Revolutionaries (AICCCR). Its America, was initiated. Beginning South Africa under famous Indian as - formation was announced by Kanu with the battles of Lexington and its mandate of South West Africa for 75 tronomer, and was launched using a Sanyal, one of its founding leaders, at a Concord, and further fought within years. From the mid-20th century, lead - Russian-made Kosmos-3M launch vehicle. Whilst instru - mass rally in Calcutta on the same day, the towns of Lincoln, Menotomy (pre - ers in the country campaigned for the mental in exploring conditions in Earth’s ionosphere, it which also marked Vladimir Lenin’s sent-day Arlington), Cambridge, etc., UN to end South African rule, but these had to abruptly halt all its experiments after four days and 99 th birth anniversary. The party how - the war finally ended after a little campaigning attempts were largely 60 orbits, owing to a power failure, as a result of which all ever, owing to several internal discords over 8 years on September 3, 1783, met by violent resistance and suppres - the signals to it were lost. Nonetheless, important infor - and conflicts, dissolved on July 31, with the Treaty of Paris and ulti - sion from the South African authorities. mation was collected. The satellite, having underwent or - 1972, and further split into various mately led to the independence of the In 1966, however, the UN finally called bital decay, entered Earth’s atmosphere on February 11, minor Naxal/Maoist groups. United States. for South African withdrawal and re - 1992. named South West Africa to Namibia. The country though was granted inde - pendence much later in 1990.

Text: Gouri Srivastava, AIS VKC Lucknow, X B