Today’s Motto: ‘People respond to not what we say, but to what they hear’

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

On this day,  Jun 08……..

1824 -Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec (pic credit-Ancestry).

1869 – Ives W. McGaffney of Chicago obtained the first American patent for a “sweeping machine”. This first suction-type vacuum cleaner was a light hand-powered device for surface cleaning.

1896 – First car thief; Baron de Zuylen’s Peugeot is stolen by his mechanic in Paris.

1936 – 1st parking meters are invented.

1936 – Akashwani Radio; was changed into All India Radio (credit-Minim).

1948 – ‘Malabar Princess’, Air India’s first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service started between India and United Kingdom. The Maharaja muscot is very popular among golbal air fliers. .

1959 – The first official U.S. missile mail was launched from the submarine USS Barbero at about 100 miles off the Atlantic Coast to the Mayport Auxiliary Naval Station. The 36-foot Regulus 1 winged missile carried 3,000 letters, delivering about 22 minutes after launch.

1983 – The first triplets resulting from in-vitro fertilization were born at the Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide, Australia. (Britain’s first test-tube triplets – a girl and two boys – were born on 21 Jan 1984, while in the same year, the world’s first test tube quadruplets were born in Melbourne, Australia).

1999 – ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.

2017 – Ex-FBI chief James Comey testifies to a US Senate committee that US President Donald Trump told “lies plain and simple”.

2018 – WhatsApp rumours of child kidnappers prompt two men to be beaten to death by a mob in Karbi Angong district, Assam.

2018 – World’s most powerful supercomputer, Summit, can process 200,000 trillion calculations per second, launched at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, by IBM and Nvidia (pic credit-Wikipedia).

2021 – National Geographiannounces it is officially recognizing the South Ocean as the world’s fifth ocean.

Born….

1957 – Dimple Kapadia, Bollywood actor who was launched by veteran showman Raj Kapoor in Bobby. More films are Rudali, Dil Chahta Hai, Saagar, Pathaan, Tu Jhoothi Mein Makkar, Jaanbaaz, Lekin, Rsam Lakhan etc. Wasbgiven 4 Filmfare awards. (pic credit-Yahoo News NY) 

1975 – Shilpa Shetty, popular glamour actor. Known for roles in Baazigar, Indian, Sukhee, Apne, Dhadkan, Main Khiladi Tu Anadi, Aao Pyar Karen etc.  Won Zee Cine, Telechakkar.com , Star Parivar, ITA and Bollwood Movie awards. (pic credit-TheHealthSite.com)

RIP….

632 – Mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition).

You may have known….

In his WW1 draft card, Harry Houdidni listed his middle name as ‘Handcuff’.

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