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Today’s Motto: ‘The best way to predict the future is to create it’

Today's Motto:

As Every Day makes a new beginning in life, it brings new opportunities, opens new avenues to perform and make a mark, to write a Page in History Book!

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

On this day,  Sep. 05……..

1612 – East India Company’s Navy established.

1862 – A balloon ascent to a height of 7 miles was made by metereologist James Glaisher and his pilot Henry Tracey Coxwell. Although this was the greatest height then achieved by passengers in a balloon, its precise altitude is unknown because Glaisher lost consciousness and was unable to read the barometer. Death was narrowly avoided by the courageous efforts of the pilot.

1793 – In the French Revolution, the “Reign of Terror” begins. (Lasting till 28 July 1794, it was a period of violence incited by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondins and The Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of “enemies of the revolution”).

1958 – 1st colour video recording on magnetic tape.

1968 – 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan.

1972 – 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics by terrorists. (The Munich massacre was an attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September. The German neo-Nazis Red Army Faction, gave the attackers logistical assistance. Police officers killed five of the eight Black September members during a failed rescue attempt).

1987 – Shanbagh, Vandana Rao, Shiny and Usha set record in the women’s category for 4x400m race in 3.31.55 seconds at Rome. (Current record-3:15.17)

1988 – India goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.

1995 – 30 member Ladakh Autonomous Hill Council sworn-in that was conceded by the Government of India in 1993.

2018 – Anonymous senior White house official opinion piece “I am part of the resistance inside the Trump administration” published by the New York Times.

Born….

1888 – Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian vedanta scholar, educationist, Ambassador to Russia from  1949-52 and  India’s Second president.  Was honored with Bharat Ratna in 1954. His birthday declared as Teachers Day in 1962.

1956 – Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Bollywood screenwriter, editor, director and producer. Known for films like 1942  A Love Story, Parinda,  PK, Munna Bhai MBBS, Lage Raho Munnabhai and Sanju  etc. Has won 4 National and 10 Filmfare awards.

1977- Achint Kaur. Punjabi model, actor. Known for Ekta Kapoor and TV serials like Saaya, Ranbir Rano,  Jamai Raja, Rooh etc. Won ITA and other awards.

1981 – H Vinoh. Tamil cinema screenwrite, director and producer. mKnown for Sethuranga Vettai, Nerkonda Parvaai,  Valimai,  Valimai and Thunivu etc. Has won Filmfare South and naminated to National Film awards too.  (pic credit-Firstpost)

RIP….

1997 -Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Albanian born Indian nun and founder of Missionaries of Charity (Nobel Peace Prize, 1979).

You may have known….

Children buried up to neck to cure disabilities: North Karnataka is the home to some of the weirdest traditions of our country. One such tradition is burying children up to the neck to cure their physical disabilities. This tradition is generally carried out during solar eclipse. Before sunrise pits are dug sufficiently deep so that the neck of a child can just come out. The children are then kept inside the pit for a few hours. The number of hours may range from an hour to continuously six hours at a stretch. Many parents believe that disability in children occurs due to the negative effects of solar eclipse. Hence it can only be cured by exposing them to sun during solar eclipse. Putting them in the mud is considered to be holy. Some of the parents even claim to have their children successfully treated by this ritual.                                                                                                                                                             

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