Motto for Today: ‘Knowing of what must be done, does take away the fears.’

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

On this day, August 23….

1609 – The telescope was demonstrated by Galileo.

1617 – The first one-way streets were established in London.

1833 – Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed.

1839 – British capture Hong Kong from China. (The British government agreed to transfer sovereignty of the entirety of Hong Kong to China upon the expiration of the lease in 1997).

1899 – The first ship-to-shore wireless message to be received in the U.S was: “Sherman is sighted.” (This was the first 19th-century working use of wireless telegraphy outside of England. The method was still primitive, using sparks to emit intermittent radio waves and code messages).

1904 – Harry D. Weed of New York, was issued a U.S. patent for his “Grip-Tread for Pneumatic Tires” – a snow tire chain for automobiles.

1933 – Mahatma Gandhi released from Indian jail following another hunger strike

1966 – The Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first photograph of the Earth from the Moon. (That image was an after-thought, because the essential purpose of the Lunar Orbiter mission was to identify suitable landing sites on the moon surface in preparation for the manned missions to the moon).

1947 – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn in as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.

1996 – Osama bin Laden issues message, ‘A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.’

2000 – India, Japan unveils new global partnership and agree to start a formal security dialogue. Sanctions status quo on CTBT.

2011 – Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the 2011 Libyan Civil War.

2015 – Destruction by IS of the 1st century AD temple of Baalshamin in ancient ruins of Palmyra confirmed by Syrian officials.

2017 – Nearly 60 million people in the Indus Valley, Pakistan at risk from arsenic in research published in “Science Advances”.

Born….

1944 – Saira Banu, ac 1973 – Malaika Arora Khan, actor.

RIP….

2000 – Pronindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister,

dies of a massive heart attack at the AIIMS, New Delhi.

You may have known….

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

Good morning. Have a nice day.

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