Today’s Motto: ‘Live the life of your dreams, instead of opinions of others’

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

On this day,  July 24…………..

1847 – Richard M. Hoe of New York City patented the rotary type printing press. He created a revolution in printing by rolling a cylinder over stationary plates of inked type and using the cylinder to make an impression on paper. This eliminated the need for making impressions directly from the type plates themselves, which were heavy and difficult to manoeuvre  (pic credit-Wikipedia).

1851 – Window tax abolished in Britain. (The window tax was a property tax based on the number of windows in a house. It was a significant social, cultural, and architectural force in England, France, Ireland and Scotland during the 18th and 19th centuries. To avoid the tax some houses from the period can be seen to have bricked-up window-spaces (ready to be glazed or re-glazed at a later date).

1932 – Ramkrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan was established for the service of the sick and humanitarian activities.

1933 – Dr. W. F. Reinhoff Jr. performed the first successful lung removal

operation (extirpation of the lung) because of cancer.

1935 – 1st greeting telegram sent in Britain.

1938 – Nescafé instant coffee was commercially introduced in Switzerland by the Nestlé company, as it assists the Brazilian government in solving its coffee surplus problem. In 1881, Dr. Satori Kato of Japan presented the first instant coffee during the Pan-American World Fair.

1985 – PM Rajiv Gandhi signs peace accord with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowal. Called Punjab Accord. It ended the four-year old agitation in Punjab.

1989 – A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal.

1997 – The same Scottish scientists who produced Dolly the cloned sheep, announced they had cloned a sheep with human genes. Polly and four other cloned lambs mark a milestone in the effort to alter the genetic make-up of animals. It is hoped that similar animals will eventually provide human drugs, milk and transplant organs as well as aiding medical research.

1997 – Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.

2000 – S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad. (pic credit-Chess Base)

2019 – 19-year-old Hungarian swimmer Kristóf Milák breaks Michael Phelps’ 10-year-old 200m butterfly world record at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea; swims 1:50.73, 0.78s faster than Phelps.

2019 – Global warming is the fastest in 2,000 years and scientific consensus that humans are the cause is at 99%, according to three major reports published in journals “Nature” and “Nature Geoscience”.

2023 – Gender pay gap in American drops to its lowest level with women earning 84 cents for every $1 men earn fulltime (up from 78 cents a decade ago).

2023 – Israel’s parliament passes controversial “reasonableness” bill, takes away ability of Supreme Court to declare government decisions unreasonable – first bill in plan to weaken judiciary, amid large, widespread protests.

Born….

1911 – Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player/composer. Was awarded Padma Vibhushan and Sangeet Natak Akademy and Lifetime achievement award.

1937 – Manoj Kumar (Harikrishan Giri Goswami), legendary Bollywood  actor/director/prouducer.  Known as Bharat Kumar for his films on patriotic stories. Popular for his roles in Woh Kaun Thi, Haryali Aur Raasta, Pather Ke Sanam,  Anita,  Sanyasi, Das Numbri, Gumnaam, Upkaar,  Poorav Aur Paschim, Shor, Roti Kapada Aur Makaan, Kranti etc.  He was awarded a National Film award and 7 Filmfare awards.  Dadasaheb Phalke award in 2016. (video credit-SEPL Gold Vintage)

1945 – Azim Premji, top Indian businessperson.Net worth $ 12. B (2024).  Promotor of Wipro  Ltd. Philonthropist and known as Czar of Indian IT Industry. Awarded by Michigen Univ. Wesleyan Univ. IITs of Bombaym Kharagpur and Roorki.  Govt. of France awarded him Knight of the  Legion of Honor, the highest civilian award.  (pic credit-Wikipedia)

RIP….

1980 – Uttam Kumar, popular Bengal and Bollywwod actor. Known for films like Sharey Chuattar, Saptapadi, Deya Neya, Nayak, the Hero, Antony Fingee,  Amaanush etc. Received National Film award , Filmfare and BFJA apart from several film awards. (pic credit-Pinterest)

You may have known….

Ellora Caves (Maharashtra): Cave art is taken to new heights at Ellora Caves, one of the

largest monastery-temple cave complexes in the world cut from rock. Ellora has 100 caves, though only 34 are open to the public. The largest single monolithic rock excavation is found at the Kailasa Temple, which covers an area double the size of

Parthenon in Athens. Constructed between the seventh and ninth centuries, the caves are devoted to Hindu, Budhist and Jainism deities( pic credit-iStock).

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