Today’s Motto: : ‘Fear of failure keeps us at the same place in life’.

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

On this day, July 02………
1850 – The first U.S. patent for a gas mask with a self-contained breathing apparatus was issued for a “respiring apparatus.”

1867 – The first elevated railroad in the U.S. opened for traffic in New York City. The first half-mile test section was built by Charles T. Harvey on single columns.

1900 – The first directed flight of a Zeppelin was made in Germany, using a large internal metal frame containing multiple cells of hydrogen gas balloons.

1922 – A day before his 19th birthday, Ralph W. Samuelson of US became the first person to ride on water skis he had made as they are used today. Ben, his older brother towed him behind his work launch.

1940 – The first pontoon bridge of reinforced concrete in the U.S. was dedicated. (Fifty years after it was built, water from a heavy rainstorm filled the pontoons and the floating bridge sank into Lake Washington on 25 Nov 1990).

1957 – 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched.

1972 – India & Pakistan sign Shimla Agreement peace accord. The agreement paved the way for diplomatic recognition of Bangladesh by Pakistan. The crunch was – “Both countries will “settle their differences by peaceful means through bilateral negotiations”. (Many Indian bureaucrats have later argued that a tacit agreement, to convert this LOC into international border, was reached during a one-on-one meeting between the two heads of government. However, Pakistani bureaucrats have denied any such thing.– Feature pic credit- India TV News).

1993 – ONGC converted into corporation by ordinance.

1999 – Sahara India, sponsor of the Sahara Cup annual cricket series between India and Pakistan in Canada, withdrew sponsorship in view of the Kargil conflict.

2001 – Doctors at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, implanted the first self-contained, mechanical heart replacement into 59-year-old Robert Tools. The device, called the AbioCor, was battery powered and the size of a softball. Tools died almost five months later from multiple organ failure–image credit-Dreamstime.com.)
2002 – American businessman, Steve Fossett completes the first solo around-the-world Balloon Flight.

2018 – British divers discover 12 boys and their coach alive in Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Thailand after being trapped for 9 days by monsoon flooding.

Born….

1955 – Raza Murad, Bollywood actor (image credit-FilmiBaat).
RIP….

1757 – Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula; was captured and assassinated. He was stabbed with a knife by Muhammad Beg at the instance of Miran, son of Mir Zafar.
Titbits….

1843 – An alligator falls from sky during a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina. (A newspaper report from the Times-Picayune of the day said, “….We have not been lucky enough to find any one who saw him come down – but the important fact, that he was there is incontestable – and as he couldn’t have got there any other way, it was decided unanimously that he rained down. Besides, the beast had a look of wonder and bewilderment about him, that showed plainly enough he must have gone through a remarkable experience….”

1991 – Donald Trump proposes to Marla Maples and gives her a 7.5 carat diamond ring-(image credit -Lovemoney).

2014 – A survey by Consumer Reports reveals that diners prefer restaurants that use higher quality ingredients and allow for

 customization of the meal; Chipotle Mexican Grill led the survey in the fast-casual category.
You may have known….
A year like the year of  which reads the same upside down, will not happen again until the 6009.                                                                                                                                                                                                     {Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan} 

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