Today’s Motto: ‘Challenges create Interest in life. Overcoming them adds Meaning’

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

1870 – Postcards 1st used in U.S.

1924 – British govt. arrests Netaji Subhas Bose and jails for 2 years for propagating Freedom movement.

1955 – The first domestic microwave oven was sold.

1960 – The Accutron 214, the world’s first electronic wristwatch by Bulova, was placed on sale in New York City. In 1977 it was replaced by quartz watches. The Accutron has the potential accuracy of better than 2 seconds per day, remarkable in its day of mechanical watches. In 1953, tuning fork watch development began in Switzerland and prototype watches were made in 1955. Its Swiss engineer was Max Hetzel, who moved in 1959 to continue his development of the Bulova Accutron in New York with William Bennett. The CEO of Bulova at the time was Omar Bradley, 5 Star General, US Army, Retired.

1964 – First Indian indigenous tank was manufactured in Awadi factory and was named ‘Vijayant’.

1984 – Hepatitis virus is discovered.

1989 – P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad.

1990 – The first transplant operation of a lung from a live donor to a recipient is performed by Dr. Vaughn A. Starnes, Stanford University Medical Centre, Stanford, California.

1995 – Indian PM PV Narasimha Rao addresses 50the Anniversay meeting  of UN General Assembly.

1997 – 180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.

2010 – Sony takes its original cassette Walkman off the market.

2021 – Elon Musk makes a record $25 billion in one day pushing his estimated worth to $255.2 billion, likely making him the richest person ever according to Forbes.

Born….

1945 – Aparna Sen, screenwriter, producer, director. She appeared in 36 Chowringhee Lane, Pather Panchali, Parama, Goynar Baksho, Mr. & Mrs. Iyer, The Rapist, The Japanese Wife etc. She won 13 Bengal Film Journalists, 5 Filmfare and 9 National Film awards.  Romantic actress Konkana Sen Sharma is her daughter.  (pic credit-India Content).

1962 – Soni Razdan, Bollywood actor, acted in Dil Dosti, Yours Truly, Baazi, Patiala House, No Fathers in Kashmir, Sardar’s Grandson, Pippa etc. She married  veteran director/producer Mahesh Bhatt in 1986 and  Ali Bhatt is her daughter.

1987 – Umesh Yadav, Indian fast bowler and strong ball hitter. Scored 6 sixes in a Ranji Trophy match playing at No. 10 on May 09 this year, hitting 7 sixes, 7 Fours to score 128 runs* for Vidarbha vs Andhra team..

RIP….

1647 – Evangelista Torricelli; an Italian physicist and mathematician who invented the barometer.

1980 – Sahir Ludhyanavi (Abdul Hayee), must famous Hindi/Urdu poet. He is believed to have written 731 songs, mostly all were  hit featuring  in 122 films during his 31 year long career.  His lines ‘Ye mahlon ye takhton ye taajon ki duniya / Ye insaan ke dushman samaajon ki duniya / Ye daulat ke bhooke rivaajon ki duniya / Ye duniya agar mil bhi jaye to kya hai’ are immortal. He won 3 Filmfare awards and several others. He was also honored with Padam Shri by Govt. of India. (song video credit-Shemaroo)

2012 – Jaspal Bhatti, popular comediain TV and  cine actor. Known for satirical serials Flop Show, Full Tension, Power Cut  and Ulta Pulta in Punjabi and Hindi. Also acted in films like Mahaul Theek Hai, Shahji Di Advice, Kuchh Meetha  Ho Jai, Kartoos etc. He was awarded Padam Bhushan and Lifetime Achievement award at Fitst Golden Kela Awards.

You may have known….

Godparents  (foster parents): The tradition of inviting adult members of the family or community to serve as godparents for a child is found in several religious and cultural traditions around the world, but most prominently in Catholicism. The chosen godparent typically holds the baby during their baptism ceremony. As Jesuit priest, Rev. James Martin, explained to The Huffington Post, “The question asked in the Catholic sacrament of baptism is a good one: ‘Are you ready to help the parents of this child in their duty as Christian parents?’ So it’s less an honour given to a friend, or a kind of ‘reward’ for a relative, than an important duty asked of a trusted faithful person.”

{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R)  Raj Kadyan}