Today’s Motto: ‘Courage is the ladder on which all other leadership virtues mount’

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

On this day, 13 Nov….

1851 – The first public message was sent on the submarine telegraph cable under the English Channel between Dover, England and Calais, France.

1855 – A proposal for a tunnel under the English Channel was reported in the New York Daily Times, which, according to French engineer M. Loèpold Favre, would in five years connect Boulogne to Dover.

1909 – Attorney  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi  left England for South Africa and wrote ”Hind Swaraj” on board S.S. Kildonan Castle.

1913 – 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob.

1930 – The Rotolactor, invented by Henry W. Jeffries. This was a 50-stall revolving platform that enabled the milking of 1,680 cows in seven hours by rotating them into position with the milking machines.

1946 – Artificial snow from a natural cloud was produced over Mount Greylock for the first time in the U.S.

1952 – False fingernails 1st sold.

2014 – Representatives for the Islamic State announce that the group will begin minting its own currency in order to remove itself from the world financial system, which it considers ‘satanic’.

2017 – First Barbie doll to wear a hijab, modelled on Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad unveiled in New York.

Born….

1780 – Maharaja Ranjit Singh, “Lion of Punjab”.He was the  first  King of  Sikh Empire,  who ruled  from 1801 to 1839 till his  death. His capital  was Lahore  (now in  Pakistan)  and  his empire spread from  Kabul,  Kashmir,  Sindh, old Punjab upto  Ludhiana  and regions  along  Satluj river.

1935 – P Susheela,  south  Indian  singer, called Nightingale of Indian Cinema or Melody Queen of Tamil Nadu.  Sings in several languages and figures in Guinnes Book of World Records , was awarded Padam Bhushan in 2008 and Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.

1967 – Juhi Chawla, Bollywood actor. She has acted in Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Kannad and Malayalam films like   QSQT,  Raam Jaane, Darr, Ishq, Yes Boss,  Duplicate, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani,  Bhoothnath and Ham Hsi Rahi Pyaar Ke etc.  Awarded   2  Filmfare and 8 nominations, and several  cinema awards.  She also owns  IPL franchise KKR alongwith actor Shahrukh Khan.

1980 – Harman Baweja,  model and Bollywood actor/producer. Known for films like Love Story 2050, Victory, Diskyaoon, Vicky Kartoos, It’s My Life, Runaway, Aitraaz and some NetFlix series. He has won a Filmfare and StarDust awards. (picccredit-Getty Images) 

You may have known….

Twenty percent of office coffee mugs contain fecal matter. (Research from the Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science at the University of Arizona suggests that the mugs we keep on our desks are absolutely filthy – and giving them a quick wash in the office kitchen isn’t doing much).

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