Motto for Today: ‘I have never met a strong person with an easy past.’

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

On this day, Oct.15……

1492 – Christopher Columbus noted in his Journal the use of tobacco among Indians—the first recorded reference to tobacco.

1686 – Aurangzeb attacked and conquered Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahi’s era.

1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte arrives on island of St Helena to begin his exile. (Napoleon dominated European affairs 1799-1815 while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, rapidly gaining control of continental Europe before his ultimate defeat in 1815. One of the greatest commanders in history, his campaigns are studied at military schools worldwide and he remains one of the most celebrated and controversial political figures in Western history).

1917 – A Parisian dancer Mata Hari is executed for espionage by the French Government after being convicted of passing military secrets to Germany.

1932 – Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.

1949 – Process of the integration of the Indian State was completed when the last three states – Tripura, Manipur and Banaras were merged.

1950 – The first American radio paging service, Aircall of New York City, sent the first page to a doctor who was on a golf course 25 miles away.

1997 – Arundhati Roy, Delhi-based author wins Britain’s most prestigious literary award ‘Booker Prize’ for her novel “The God of Small Things”‘.

2000 – Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand. (His final score stands at 18,426 in his ODI career spanning from 1989 to 2012).

2003 – China became the third nation to send a man into space.

2018 – MJ Akbar files a defamation case after being accused of sexual harassment by multiple women in #MeToo case.
Born….

1542 – Akbar Abul-Fath Djalaluddin, third Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605).

1931 – Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as “APJ”, famous Indian scientist and pioneer of India’s missile program, and 11th President of India.

1957 – Mira Nair, film director.

RIP….

1918 – Shirdi ke Saibaba’ better known as ‘Saibaba’. (He was around 70. Born in a Brahmin family at Patri village in Hyderabad, he was saint to all caste and creed people).

1990 – Om Shivpuri, actor.

Titbits….

1860 – 11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard. (It influenced Abraham Lincoln to grow his familiar beard. Lincoln later met Bedell).

1919 – 14 horses begin 300-mile race in US for $1000 prize money.

You may have known….
Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday.
Good morning. Have a nice day.

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

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