Today’s Motto: ‘Just be yourself, there is no one better’
As Every Day makes a new beginning in life, it brings new opportunities, opens new avenues, to perform and make a mark, to write a Page in History Book
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Jul. 01……..
1781 – British troops halted Hyder Ali’s progress. He was checked by Eyree Coote after the battle of Porto Novo and became subdued. (He was succeeded by Tipu Sultan).
1858 – The Wallace-Darwin theory of evolution was first published.
1862 – Calcutta High Court was inaugurated.
1905 – Albert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity.
1934 – The first X-ray photograph of the whole body taken in a one-second exposure, using ordinary clinical conditions. The one-piece radiograph was made by Arthur W. Fuchs of the Eastman Kodak Company.
1947 – Independence of India Bill passed.
1955 – Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.
1967 – BBC2 began its first scheduled, but limited, colour television service in England with a 4-hr outside broadcast (OB) from the Wimbledon Tennis Championship. The OB used the only colour mobile control room that the BBC had available.
1968 – Asia’s biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.
1975 – PM Indira Gandhi declared a 20-point economic programme.
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997 – The Sankaracharyas of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam were given a warm reception at the Golden Temple, Amritsar.
2014 – Japan updates its constitution to allow self-defence forces to assist in defending allied nations that come under attack. (The change does not extend to assisting in other external military conflicts).
2015 – US and Cuba announce agreement to re-open embassies and establish full diplomatic ties.
2021 – President Xi Jinping makes a defiant address at celebrations in Tiananmen Square, Beijing to mark the 1
00 year centenary of the Chinese Communist Party.
Born….
1913 – General Kumarmanglam Parasshiv Prabhakar, former Chief of Indian Army from 1967-69.
1927 – Chandrashekhar, former Prime Minister of India.
1938 – Pt. Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player. Was awarded Padma Vibhushan, Sangeet Natak Academy and Dinanath Mangeshkar awards.
1961 – Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales. First wife of King Charles III. She died in a car accident on August 31, 1997 (pic credit-Woman’s World) .
1961 – Kalpana Chawla, the first Indo-American woman astronaut, who went into space in 1997. But unfortunately she died in her second space mission when returning from space in Columbia Space Shuttle alingwith 6 other US astronauts on Feb. 01, 2003. Was awarded NASA Special Medal and US Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
RIP….
1985 – Air Chief Marshal L M Katre, Chief of Air Staff. Died in office (pic credit-Chankya Defence Foundation).
2004 – Marlon Brando, famous American actor and activist. Known for roles in films The Godfather, Last Tango in Paris. Won several awards like 2 Academy, 2 Golden Globe and one Cannes and 3 British Academy Awards.
Titbits….
1997 – Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield.
You may have known….
The average person produces enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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