Today’s Motto: ‘Possible achievements in life are only limited in your mind’

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

On this day.  Sept. 09……… . …

1753 – The first steam engine imported into the American colonies landed at New York City.

1892 – The New York City health department established the first diagnostic public health laboratory; It was spurred by the scare of Asiatic cholera at the time.

1934 – The first rocket fired in America to break the sound barrier. It reached a top speed of 700 mph (pic credit-NASA).

1945 – The first “bug” in a computer program was discovered by Grace Hopper: a moth was removed with tweezers from a relay and taped into the log.

1949 – Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.

1997 – Designated court decides to frame charges against 49 persons, including Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray, BJP president L. K. Advani and former U.P. Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, in cases relating to Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.

1999 – Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title in the U.S. Open.

2000 – The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica stretched over a populated city for the first time, after ballooning to a new record size. Data from the U.S. space agency NASA showed the hole covered 11.4 million square miles – an area more than three times the size of the United States.

2019 – Scientist reveal evidence of humans earliest milk consumption, 6,000 years ago from the dental plaque of teeth of prehistoric farmers from Britain.

2023 – G20 summit begins in New Delhi, India: African Union invited to become a permanent member and statement on war in Ukraine condemns use of force to grab territory

Born….

1850 – ‘Bhartendu’ Harishchandra, poet/dramatist/father of modern Indian literature. Wrote many books, travelogues, like Durlabh -Bandhu, Teen Prashan, Bhartendu Rachna Sankalan and  Hindi/Sanskrit Grammer etc.

1890 – Colonel Harland Sanders, American founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

1967 – Akshay Kumar, popular Bollywood actor, model, producer,   son-in-law of thespian Rajesh Khanna.  Acted in films like Khel Khel Mein, Sangharash, Bhool Bhulaiyan, Sigh is Kinng, Antrangee Re, Ammanat etc.  Awarded Padam Sri, Zee Cine, Stadust and several Filmfare awards. Won about 51 nominations and 48 awards in over 160 films.

1974 -Capt. Vikram Batra, Officer of the Indian Army, born in Palampur (Himachal Pradesh). Posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest and prestigious award for valour, for his actions during the 1999 Kargil War.

RIP….

2012 – Verghese Kurien, known as the Father of the White Revolution in India. He was a social entrepreneur whose “billion-litre idea”, Operation Flood – the world’s largest agricultural dairy development programme, made India the world’s largest milk producer, surpassing the United States of America by 1998. By 2010-11 India produced 17 percent of global output. It doubled milk available per person within 30 years, and which made dairy farming India’s largest self-sustaining industry.Headed Amul and NDDB for seral years. Awarded Padam Vibhushan, Raman Magasasay award and several other honours.

You may have known….

Jarawa Tribe, Andamans: While they do not hate modern population as much as the Sentinelese, they are still rooted in their tribal customs and traditions. Unfortunately, the building of the Great Andaman Trunk Road has resulted in a lot of exploitation of the tribes by tourists and modern local societies. The Jarawas are pretty weird when it comes to food though. They relish fish, pigs and other animals but wouldn’t touch a deer, which the area is highly populated with. Perhaps they consider deer sacred. Also, the tribal people of Jarawa change the names of their children post puberty. There is an elaborate ceremony held to celebrate, in which a boy has to hunt a wild pig and offer it to everyone in the village, and a girl is anointed in clay, pig oil and gum, post which the children are given their new names. The tribals are also aware of contraceptive policies and use herbs and plants as contraceptives! (map credit-Britannica). 

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