Today’s Motto: ‘If ever you feel like quitting, just think about why you started’

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

On this day, Aug. 30……..

1659 – Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan’s son Dara Shikoh was put to death by his younger brother Aurangzeb.

1831 – Michael Faraday demonstrated the first electrical transformer.

1860 – 1st British tram opens (Birkenhead).

1885 – The first motorcycle was patented by Gottlieb Daimler in Germany (pic credit- The Bad Blonde).

1914 – 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed.

1928 – Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India.

1929 – Colonel E. H. Green took delivery of a new combination gas and electric automobile, built by the General Electric Company.

1963 – The “Hot Line” communications link between the White House, Washington D.C. and the Kremlin, Moscow, went into operation to provide a direct two-way communications channel between the American and Soviet governments in the event of an international crisis. This was one year after the Cuban Missile Crisis.

1983 – Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.

1990 – Parliament unanimously passes the Prasar Bharati Bill. (It is an autonomous body that comprises Doordarshan Television Network and All India Radio, which were earlier media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The Act passed in 1990 was not enacted until 15 September 1997).

1992 – The first Indian-built Advanced Light Helicopter successfully flown in Bangalore.

2000 – A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.

2017 – Authorities say floods across Bangladesh, Nepal and India have killed more 1200 people and damaged 697,000 houses.

2021 – Algeria becomes the last country to stop selling leaded petrol, ending 99 years of gasoline use worldwide, saving 1.2 million lives a year.

2021 – America ends its longest-ever war of 20 years in Afghanistan as the last military evacuation plane flies out of Kabul.

Born….

1569 – Salim Mirza Jahangir, fourth Mughal Emperor and son of Akbar (pic credit – TS Historical). 

1930 – Warren Buffett, American business magnate. Was world’s wealthiest person in 2008 (pic credit – Britannica).

1954 – Ravi Shankar Prasad, politician.

RIP….

1936 – Madam Bhikaji Rustum Cama, freedom fighter, Indian lady revolutionary and politician.

1991 – Dr. P. J. Devras, friend of snakes.

Titbits….

1888 – Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day.

1979 – US President Jimmy Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip.

You may have known….

It might sound bizarre, but our warm and cozy beds are actually responsible for killing an average of 737 Americans a year, usually because they have fallen out. In fact, your bed is more likely to kill you than a terrorist is!

 

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