Today’s Motto: ‘Approach road to easy street invariably passes through the sewer!’

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

On this day,  Sept.01………

In India, September 1 is celebrated as National Nutrition Day to raise awareness about the importance of proper health and nutrition.

1689 – Russia began taxing men’s beards under King  Peter the Great. in the then  capital St. Petersburg . A token was issued to prove that the owner has paid Annual Beard Tax (pics credit-Getty images & Wikipedia).

1798 – England signs treaty with Nizam of Hyderabad.

1858 – The first transatlantic cable failed after less than 1 month of service.

1887 – Emile Berliner filed for a patent for his invention of the lateral-cut, flat-disk gramophone. We know it better as the record player.

1939 – Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland marked the beginning of World War II.

1939 – Hitler orders extermination of mentally ill.

1945 – Japan surrenders ending WW II (U.S. date, 2/9 in Japan).

1947 – Indian Standard Time was adopted.

1953 – On the Doomsday Clock cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist the hands were set at two minutes to midnight—the closest to nuclear Doomsday (midnight) they have ever been. On later covers, the minute hand was moved up and back over the years, reflecting increasing or lessening urgency of concern for humanity’s catastrophic destruction.

1956 – State of Tripura becomes a territory.

1956 – Life Insurance Corporation of India was established and all Life Insurance Business Companies were nationalised and merged in this corporation.

1976 – Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers.

1985: The wreckage of the Titanic was found on the ocean floor by Robert Ballard, an American oceanographer.

2014 – Pakistani protesters seeking the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif briefly take over the state television station and shut it down; soldiers and paramilitary forces later regained control and restored operation.

2014 – Nalanda University begins its first academic year, on the site of the world’s oldest university, a Buddhist monastic institution that operated 427 to 1197 CE.

2020 – Rare protests in Mongolia against moves to teach school subjects in Mandarin instead of Mongolian.

Born….

1908 – KN Singh, popular Bollywood actor. Mostly in  villain or police inspector roles. Known for films like Barsaat, Hawrah Bridge, Kali Topi Lal Rumaal, Jaal Sanam, Baazi etc.

1915 – Rajindersingh Bedi, Urdu story writer and Hindi film story writer.

1949 – P.A. Sangma, veteran veteran Congress, NCP  politician.  Was 4th CM of Meghalaya, 8 times Lok Sabha member and Speaker from 1996-98.  Allied with NDA in 2013.

1973 – Ram Kapoor, popular TV and cine actor.ActedinKasamh Se, Kuchh Kuchh Locha Hai,  Ham Shakal, Neeyat and serial Bade Achhe Lagte Ho etc.

RIP….

1715 – King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years—the longest of any major European Monarch (pic credit-Britannica).

1999 – Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram.

You may have known….

Nagrala i.e. it’s raining babies: The Nagrala village is situated in Karnataka. The people of Nagrala follow a ritual which is not only

frightening but heart-wrenching. It involves the throwing of babies from the top of the Digambeshwara Temple, about 30 ft high, into blankets held by the crowd. Theybelieve that this act brings luck, prosperity and good health in the lives of the little kids.

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