Today’s Motto: ‘Diligence is the mother of good luck’

This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History! 

On this day,  Jun 04……..

780 BC – The first total solar eclipse reliably recorded by the Chinese was noted.

1070 – Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France.

1794 – Joseph Priestley, chemist and natural philosopher, (he had discovered oxygen on 1 Aug 1774) arrived at New York having emigrated from England. He also created soda water.

1887 – The Pasteur Institute was founded in Paris, France.

1903 – Gandhiji established the weekly journal “Indian Opinion.”

1907 – Automatic washer & dryer introduced.

1926 – Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax.

1929 – George Eastman demonstrated the first Technicolor movie.

1937 – The first shopping carts were introduced at the Humpty Dumpty supermarket in Oklahoma City, invented by the store owner Sylvan Goldman.

1941 – Indian National Seva Dal was established.

1959 – Chakravarti Rajagopalachari opposed the Socialist Policies of Indian National Congress and founded Swatantra Party along with Ranga.

1963 – Six-year-old Robert Patch received a U.S. patent for a “Toy Truck”. The toy separated into a chassis, driver’s cab, truck body, wheels and four axles so it could be reassembled in either a closed van body or dump truck form.

1973 – A patent for the ATM is granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.

1987 – A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India.

1993 – The Babri tribunal strikes down ban on RSS and Bajrang Dal and upholds outlawing of VHP.

2018 – US President Donald Trump tweets “I have the absolute right to PARDON myself”.

2019 – Deforestation of the Amazon forest in Brazil the fastest for a decade as 740 square kilometers cleared in 30 days according to Brazilian space research institute.

Born….

1936 – Nutan, veteran Bollywood actor. Known for her roles in Anaari, Sujata, Bandini, Saudagar, Milan, Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki etc. among 80 films. Awarded Padma Shri and won Filmfare award 6 times.

1936 – Bina Rai, legendary Bollywood actor. Her roles in Anarkali, Taj Mahal, Ghunghat, Insaniyat, Kali Ghata, Durgesh Nandini, Daadi Maa etc. Won a Filmfare award for Gunghat in 1960.

1959 – Anil Ambani, younger son of legendary businessman Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of Reliance empire. Fell out with brother Mukesh in 2005 and his companies are in big losses at present.

RIP….

1989 – Melville de Mellow, eminent broadcaster.  (I can still clearly recall the 27 May 1964 AIR 1:00 pm news bulletin, that I heard in our Kupwara Battalion mess. Breaking the news of Nehru’s death in an emotional voice Melville’s first four words were, “The light is out”).    {pic credit-Scroll.in)

You may have known….

There are more venomous fish in the world – more than 1200 species – than there are venomous snakes.

                                                                                                                                        {Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}