Today’s Motto: ‘Pain of quitting is everlasting’

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

On this day,  Jan. 24…….

1848 – Gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill, California. This initiated the California Gold Rush

and during the next few years, thousands of people flocked to the area to search for gold. Some nuggets of gold in native metallic form were simply lying on the ground. As recently as 2011, the discovery in northern California of a 100-ounce gold nugget was reported. (pic credit-iStock)

1857 – The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first full-fledged university in south Asia.

1899 – The first U.S. patent for a rubber heel was issued to Humphrey O’Sullivan. His patent described it as a “safety heel”.

1900 – Newcastle Badminton Club, world’s oldest, forms in England.

1924 – Russian city of St Petersburg renamed Leningrad; it was changed back in 1991.

1935 – 1st canned beer, “Kruger Cream Ale,” is sold by American company Kruger Brewing Co.

1937 – Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.

1948 – IBM dedicated its Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator . The “SSEC” handled both data and instructions using electronic circuits made with 13,500 vacuum tubes and 21,000 relays. It occupied three sides of a 30-ft x 60-ft room.

1950 – The original microwave oven patent was issued to its inventor Percy LeBaron Spencer under the title “Method of Treating Foodstuffs.”

1950 – ‘Jana Gana Mana….’ was accepted as the National Anthem of the country.

1958 – After warming to 100,000,000 degrees, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion.

1966 – Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.

1989 – 1st reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex.

2014 – Today marks the anniversary of the release of the Apple Macintosh; the computer had a 9-inch monochrome display, 128 KB of memory and a 3.5″ slot for a floppy disk.

2023 – Adani Enterprises owned by Gautam Adani, world’s third richest man, loses $108billion in value after investment firm Hindenburg Research publishes report alleging stock manipulation and accounting fraud.

2023 – Doomsday Clock reset 90 seconds until midnight, the closest it has ever been (set up 1947) by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, due partly to war in Ukraine.

Born….

1921 – General TN Raina, former Army Chief between 1975-78 (pic credit-Rediff.com).

1945 – Subhash Ghai, popular film producer/director. He made jubilee films like Hero, Taal, Saudagar, Ram Lakhan, Karz, Kaanchi, Vidhata, Yaden etc. He won 4 Filmfare awards and Pne National Film Award for Best film ‘Iqbal’.

1981 – Riya Sen, Bollywood actress who appeared in  Dark Chocolate, Hero 420, Apna Sapna Money Money etc. (pic credit-Facebook).

RIP….

1566 – Mughal king Humayun. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.

1966 – Homi J Bhabha, top Indian physicist who established Atomic power tech and is known as Father of Indian Atomic Research Program. He set up TIFR. BARC names after him.

2011 – Bhimsen Joshi, legendary classical singer and music director. He was awarded National Film Academy and Sangeet Akademy award.  Also awarded Padam Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna in 2009.

You may have known….

Chimpanzees have cleaner beds than humans.

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