Motto for Today: It’s not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life, ……….

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

On this day, 20 Apr….

1611 – First known performance of Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth at the Globe Theatre, London (photo credit-Poetry Foundation)

1865 – Safety matches were first advertised.

1897 – A U.S. patent was issued for a “Submarine Vessel” invented by Simon Lake. Lake was interested in the use of a submarine for commercial, rather than military, purposes. It had a hinged observation tube, which could be provided with a mirror (forerunner of the periscope).

1902 – Pierre and Marie Curie isolated one gram of radium, the first sample of the radioactive element.

1954 – Panchsheel agreement between China and India.

1964 – The first picturephone transcontinental call was made between New York City and Anaheim, California.

1965 – First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.

2011 – In France, a law banning wearing the burqa and hijab goes into effect.

Born….

1878 – Maulvi Abdul Haq, father of Urdu. He demanded for it to be made the national language of Pakistan.

1889 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian-born German dictator and Führer of Nazi Germany (1936-45).

1948 – Babita, actor.

1972 – Mamta Kulkarni, actor.

RIP….

1236 – Iltutmish, father of Raziya Sultan.

1960 – Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player.

1970 – Shakeel Badayuni, poet (pic credit-Hamariweb.com)

You may have known….

Sinistral snails have shells that coil counterclockwise, and they are able to mate with other snails that have this rare mutation.

 

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