'Man on Moon' to Jallianwala Bagh, 10 key anniversaries that fell in 2019

From 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre to 30 years of the felling of the Berlin Wall, and 50 years since moon landing, Business Standard lists 10 anniversaries that took place in 2019

The year 2019 reminded us of several important events in history — some landmark achievements like the man’s first successful sojourn on the moon, as well as some painful memories like the ghastly Jallianwala Bagh massacre. 

Business Standard lists the 10 key anniversaries globally that took place in 2019: 

February 17: 150 years of the Periodic Table

The United Nations General Assembly and Unesco designated 2019 as the ‘International Year of the Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements’ to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the invention of the periodic system by Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev on February 17,