Today’s Motto: ‘Unlike water, life doesn’t necessarily flow over the easiest route’

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

On this day,  Dec.06…….

1756 – British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta, (India).

1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrated the first sound recording, reciting “Mary had a Little Lamb” at his Menlo Park Laboratory, making the first surviving recording of the human voice.

1946 – Home Guard Organination was established.

1971 – US bars aid to India for aggression against Pakistan.

1992 – Babri Masjid is destroyed; 4 die. BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President’s rule promulgated. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition.

2010 – U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks reveal a cable from Hillary Clinton accusing Saudi Arabia’s rich of being the largest source of funding for Sunni terrorist groups.

2017 Time Magazine names their Person of the Year “The Silence Breakers”, people who came forward to report sexual misconduct.

2018 – Luxembourg is the first country to make all public transport free.

2021 – Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to four years (later reduced to two) for inciting public unrest and breaching Covid-19 protocols.

Born….

1945 – Shekhar Kapur, veteran filmmaker.

1988 – Ravindra Singh Jadeja, Indian middle order batsman, left arm spin bowler, good fielder and  He’s  No. 1 One-day bowler for India (pic credit-CricInfo.com).

RIP….

1805 – Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French inventor who devised a method of manufacturing pencil leads by mixing a finely powdered graphite with finely ground clay particles, baked, and used encased in wood. (pic credit-Fine Art America)

1956 – Dr. Bhimji Ramji Ambedkar, Minister of Law and architect of The Constitution of India.

2000 – Bishop Vinod Peter, National Christian Council of India president and church of North India moderator.

2009 – Bina Rai, actor. She was a leading actress, primarily of the black and white era of Hindi cinema. She is most known for her roles in classics such as Anarkali (1953) and Taj Mahal (1963), and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Ghunghat (1960).

You may have known….

The cells in our tongue have the ability to smell.

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