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Walter Lippmann was an American author, journalist, and political commentator who was born on September 23, 1889 and died on December 14, 1974. His 60-year career is remembered for his role in popularising the idea of the Cold War, for coining the term "stereotype" in its contemporary psychological sense, and for his criticism of the media and democracy in his newspaper column and several books, most notably his 1922 book Public Opinion.
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Caesar Augustus, also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor. He ruled from 27 BC until his death on August 19, AD 14. His birthday was September 23, 63 BC. His legacy as one of the greatest leaders in human history has been cemented by his role as the founder of the Roman Principate, the precursor to the Roman Empire. The Pax Romana or Pax Augusta, a period of imperial peace, and an imperial cult were both established during the rule of Augustus. Despite ongoing wars of imperial expansion on the Empire's borders and the year-long civil war known as the "Year of the Four Emperors" over the imperial succession, the Roman world experienced relatively little major conflict for more than two centuries.
Karl Maybach then decided to go into car production on his own in order to make use of the large production capacities that had become idle due to the cancellation of the Dutch border. The new car brand was ready to unveil its first production car, the Maybach W 3, at the Berlin Motor Show in September 1921. The 70 hp (52 kW) in-line six-cylinder W 2 engine powered the five-meter-long vehicle, which reached speeds of up to 110 km/h. The W 3 featured a four-wheel brake system with mechanical braking power compensation and a two-speed transmission with no gearshift. Depressing a foot-operated starting lever changed gears.
Mozilla Firefox, also known as Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser created by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. It displays web pages using the Gecko rendering engine. The first public version of Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") was released on September 23, 2002.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled Ayushman Bharat, the world's largest government-funded healthcare programme, which will benefit 50 crore Indians. He described the "Modicare" scheme, which he launched from the Jharkhand capital of Ranchi, as "a big step towards providing good quality and accessible healthcare to the poor of India." Nearly 10 crore economically backward families will be eligible for 5 lakh each under the flagship programme. Following the program's launch on Sunday, nearly 31 states and union territories will implement it. During his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Modi announced the scheme's launch from the ramparts of the Red Fort.
Indian organic chemist Asima Chatterjee, who worked in the fields of organic chemistry and phytomedicine, was born on September 23, 1917, and passed away on November 22, 2006. Her research on vinca alkaloids, the development of anti-epileptic medications, and the creation of anti-malarial medications are some of her most well-known accomplishments. She also wrote a sizable amount of material on Indian subcontinental medicinal plants. She was the first female to be awarded a doctorate in science by a university in India.
The Second Kashmir War, also known as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, was the result of clashes between Pakistan and India between April 1965 and September 1965. Following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which sought to infiltrate troops into Jammu and Kashmir in order to spark an uprising against Indian rule, the conflict broke out. This was the direct cause of the war.
German industrialist, engineer, and inventor Robert Bosch (23 September 1861 – 12 March 1942) founded Robert Bosch GmbH.
The eleventh of twelve children, Bosch was born in Albeck, a village northeast of Ulm in southern Germany. His parents belonged to a wealthy class of local farmers. His freemason's father gave his children's education a lot of importance and was unusually well-educated for someone in his class. The father of Nobel laureate Carl Bosch, Carl Friedrich Alexander Bosch (1843–1904), was one of his brothers.
The eleventh of twelve children, Bosch was born in Albeck, a village northeast of Ulm in southern Germany. His parents belonged to a wealthy class of local farmers. His freemason's father gave his children's education a lot of importance and was unusually well-educated for someone in his class. The father of Nobel laureate Carl Bosch, Carl Friedrich Alexander Bosch (1843–1904), was one of his brothers.