Today’s Motto: ‘Character like a photograph, develops in darkness’

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

On this day, Mar. 27…….

1841 – The first U.S. steam fire engine was tested at the City Hall in New York City

1849 – Joseph J. Couch received the first U.S. patent for a steam-powered percussion rock drill as “improved machinery for drilling rocks”.

1860 – M L. Byrn of New York City was issued a patent for an improved corkscrew – a “covered gimlet screw with a ‘T’ handle”. (After all, if it wasn’t for the invention of the corkscrew we’d be pulling corks out of those wine bottles with our teeth!)

1899 – Guglielmo Marconi transmitted across the English Channel from Boulogne, France, to Dover, England. Messages were exchanged over the 32 miles, and trials continued for several days, at a speed of up to fifteen words a minute. The success of Marconi’s experiments made possible communications without expensive undersea cables. (pic credit-ThoughtCo.)

1914 – 1st successful non-direct blood transfusion took place (in Brussels).

1933 – Polythene discovered by Reginald Gibson and Eric William Fawcett. (It was an accidental discovery. A team of chemists at a plant near Northwich were working on polymers when an experiment went strangely wrong. A white, waxy residue was produced – not the intended result – which turned out to be polythene).

1958 – CBS Laboratories announced a new stereophonic record that was playable on ordinary LP phonographs, meaning, monaural. In stereo, on the proper equipment, a new rich and fuller sound was heard. It eventually became a standard for record and equipment buyers.

1961 – The first mobile computer centre, a UNIVAC Solid-State 90 computer loaded into a motor van, was used.

1968 – A patent application was filed for a “Wind-Propelled Apparatus” by Jim Drake and Hoyle Schweitzer. It was the first U.S. patent for the Windsurfer sailboard: a surf-board with a sail on a mast articulated by a universal joint to the board.

1990 – Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur; 21 die.

1993 – Hari Singh from Haryana hijacks an IA plane, but surrenders after 8 hours.

1998 – Sildenafil citrate (marketed as Viagra) was the first oral pill to treat impotence, a dysfunction affecting millions of men in the U.S. It is reported to be its sixth-biggest drug product, with annual sales of about $2 billion.

1999 – World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo. He ramained No. 1 for several years winning many World Chess Oscars, Padam Vibhushan, CNN-IBN titles . (pic credit-Wikipedia)

2019 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country is now a “space power” after successfully shooting down a satellite from space in a ballistic missile test.

2023 – Bases on the Moon becomes greater possibility after 300 billion tonnes of water, stored in glass beads on Moon’s surface, identified in lunar soil samples collected by China’s Chang’e-5. (Chandrayan3 pic credit-ISRO)

Born….

1965 – Renuka Shahane, Indian TV  anchor in Surabhi  show and popular actor. She acted in films like Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Three Stories, Bucket List, Money Money etc. She was awarded Filmfare and others.

RIP….

1552 – Guru Angad Dev, 2nd Sikh Guru.

1767 – Khanderao Holkar, one of the Generals in Peshwa kingdom.

2000 – Priya Rajvansh, popular Bollywood actor. Her popular films are Heer Ranjha, Haqeeqat, Hanste Jakham, Hindustan ki Kasam, Kudrat, Saheb Bahadur, Afsar etc. She won National Film and Filmfare awards.

You may have known….

90% of earth’s gravity reached astronauts on the international space station.

 

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