Motto for Today: ‘A moving plough never gets rusty.’

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

On this day, Dec.06……..

1756 – British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta, India.

1768 – 1st edition of “Encyclopedia Brittanica” published (Scotland).

1850 – Hermann von Helmholtz announced his invention, ‘An Eye mirror for the Investigation of the Retina of the Living Eye the ophthalmoscope’.

1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrated the first sound recording, reciting “Mary had a Little Lamb” at his Menlo Park Laboratory, making the first surviving recording of the human voice.

1946 – Home guard Organization was established.

1971 – US bars aid to India for aggression against Pakistan.

1992 – Babri Masjid is destroyed; 4 dice. BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President’s rule promulgated. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition.

2010 – U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks reveal a cable from Hillary Clinton accusing Saudi Arabia’s rich of being the largest source of funding for Sunni terrorist groups.

2017 – Starbucks opens its largest cafe in the world in Shanghai, 30,000 square-feet, 1/2 size of a football field.

2018 – Luxembourg is the first country to make all public transport free.

Born….

1945 – Shekhar Kapur, filmmaker.

1988 – Ravindra Singh Jadeja, cricketer.

RIP….

1956 – Dr. Bhimji Ramji Ambedkar, Minister of Law and architect of The Constitution of India.

2009 – Bina Rai, actor. She was a leading actress, primarily of the black and white era of Hindi cinema. She is most known for her roles in classics such as Anarkali (1953) and Taj Mahal (1963), and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Ghunghat (1960).

You may have known….

Lack of water is the number one trigger of daytime fatigue.

Good morning. Have a nice day.

 

 

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