Today’s Motto: ‘It is not the length of life, but the depth’

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

On this day,  July 23 ……….

1715 – The first lighthouse in America was authorised by the Boston Light Bill for construction at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts. It is the last remaining manned station in the U.S.

1829 – William Austin Burt, a surveyor, of Mount Vernon, Michigan, received a patent for his typographer, a forerunner of the typewriter. It was a heavy, box-like contraption, made almost entirely of wood, like today’s familiar toy typewriter (pic credit-Getty images).

1886 – Gottlieb Daimler invented his first car. Daimler patented a high speed, petrol-fuelled, four stroke engine in 1885 which he installed in a crude wooden bicycle frame, and so invented the motorbike.

1888 – Scottish John Boyd Dunlop, applied to patent the pneumatic tyre as “an improvement in the tyres or wheels for bicycles, tricycles and other road tyres. To improve his son’s bicycle, Dunlop developed it. He formed a company in 1889 (became Dunlop Rubber Co in 1900), and with help from the demonstrated benefit on racing bicycles, Dunlop had a successful product. These first tyres were glued to the wheel rim.

1903 – Ford Motor sells 1st Model A car.

1990 – Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.
2016 – Suicide bomb in Kabul kills 80 during a protest march, Islamic State claim responsibility.

2019 – Investigation launched after no girls born in three months in 132 villages in Uttarkashi district, India, with sex-selective abortions suspected as the reason.

2021 – At least 164 people die in floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in Maharashtra.

Born….

1856 – Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak,, Indian scholar, mathematician, philosopher, and militant nationalist who helped lay the foundation for India’s independence.

1906 – Chandrashekhar Azad, great freedom revolutionary and leader.

RIP….

2004 – Mehmood, popular Bollywood comedy actor/producer, known for roles in Pyar Kiye Jaa, Kaajal, Teesri Aankh, Aatma, Biwi aur Makaan, Aarzoo Do Phool, Kunwara Baap, Padosan  etc..He was nominated for Filmfare award 5 times.

Titbits….

2010 – The world’s record heaviest hailstone fell in Vivian, South Dakota weighing 1-lb 15-oz, and size 8.0-in diam. (A larger hailstone is said to have fallen on 14 Apr 1986 that weighed 2-lb 4-oz during a hailstorm in Bangladesh that killed 92 people).

You may have known….

Jaisalmer: Located in Rajasthan’s remote westernmost corner close to the border with Pakistan, Jaisalmer is the quintessential desert town. The yellow sandstone walls of the “Golden City” rise from the Thar desert like a scene from the Arabian Nights while the Jaisalmer Fort crowns the city. Uncontrolled commercialism has dampened the romantic vision of Jaisalmer, but even with all the touts and tour buses, it remains one of the most popular tourist attractions in India.

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