Today’s Motto: ‘Those who wake up determined, go to bed satisfied’

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

On this day,  Jun.18………

1815 – Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon and France defeated by British forces under Wellington and Prussian troops under Blucher, the war conrinued for 23 years.(The term ‘meet one’s waterloo’ meaning . (A memorial, ‘Lion’s Mound’ atop an artificial hillock was erected after the battle. It commemorates the location on the battlefield where a musket ball hit the shoulder of William II of the Netherlands (the Prince of Orange) and knocked him from his horse during the battle).

1912 – A patent was issued for a mercury vapour lamp to Peter Hewitt.

1940 – In India Forward Block Party was established.

1959 – 1st telecast transmitted from England to US.

1966 – California’s hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and The Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from a huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Bharat Ratna Pt. Ravi Shankar.

1965 – The first large solid-fuel rocket – a Titan 3C – was launched into orbit. Better than a liquid-propellant rocket, a solid-propellant rocket has fewer parts, has simpler construction, and is safer and more reliable. It is more powerful than a liquid-propellant rocket of the same size.

1978 – The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.

1980 – Indian “human computer” Shakuntala Devi sets a world record by mentally multiplying two random 13-digit numbers in 28 seconds; She correctly answered that 7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779 = 18,947,668,177,995,426,462,773,730 !

1981 – The first genetically engineered vaccine was announced: the first effective subunit vaccine for any animal or human disease using gene splicing. It was designed to prevent hoof and mouth disease.

1983 – Sally K. Ride, a mission specialist, became America’s first woman in space. Challenger was the seventh shuttle mission and the first to carry a woman crew member.

1989 – India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces.

1993 – Shri LK Advani takes over as BJP President.

2000 – K.M. Beenamol breaks P.T. Usha’s record in 400m at 51.21 sec in an international meet at Kiev in Ukraine.

2001 – Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India.

2013 – New data reveals that over 280 previously unknown craters exist on the Moon.

2014 – Internet retailer Amazon, Inc. releases its own ‘Fire’ smart phone; the phone will allow users to connect directly to Amazon.com to shop for items they scan or identify in video and audio clips on the device.

2015 – Kennewick Man was confirmed to be Native American in a letter published in Nature. The 8,500-year-old skeleton discovered on 28 July 1996 at first seemed possibly of Caucasian or Asian origin.

2018 – US President Trump orders US military to set up sixth branch of the military – a space force.

2019 – Chennai, India’s 6th largest city with 4 million people, runs out of water as its reservoirs dry up.

2021 – Record 82 million people now forcibly displaced, or over 1% of world’s population, according to UN refugee agency.

Born….

1931 – Kuppalli Sitaramayya Sudarshan; he was the fifth Sarsanghachalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

1942 – Paul McCartney, English musician, singer and member of The Beatles.

RIP….

2003 – Jankidas, a known cyclist who participated in Berlin Olympics in 1935 and won a Gold medal. Won 8 medals from 1934-42. Also vetreran writer, production designer  Bollywood actor.  He worked in Wapas, Ganga ki Lehren, Babul, Pather aur Payal, Kala Paani, Ek Musafir ek Hasina etc. Awared Lifetime Achievement award in 1996.

You may have known…
Almost 90% of snow is air.

Good day. Stay blessed.
                                                                                                                                         {Compiled by Lt. Gen (R) Raj Kadyan}