Today’s Motto: ‘If you want to lead the people you must learn how to follow them’
As Every Day makes a new beginning in life, it brings new opportunities, opens new avenues, to perform and make a mark, to write a Page in History Book.
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Mar. 04……..
1951 – Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
1955 – 1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent.
1961 – First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ”I.N.S. Vikrant” was commissioned i
n Belfast.
1962 – The Atomic Energy Commission announced that the first atomic power plant in Antarctica became operational.
1991 – The “Rotoblator,” an artery cleaning tool, was announced by Dr. Maurice Buchbinder at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology. Using a diamond head rotating at 200,000 rpm on a small shaft (only nine thousandths of an inch) inserted in a clogged artery, obstructions could be successfully removed in about 95% of cases. This procedure is particularly useful for hardened, calcified blockages.
2015 – Scientists uncover a 2.8-million-year-old jawbone of a primitive human; the find suggests that humans may 
have evolved from hominins, or humanlike primates, about 400,000 years earlier than previously thought.
2020 – “Once in a century” winter in Moscow the hottest in 140 years with ave
rage temperature 7.5 C (13.5 F) with virtually no snow.
Born….
1922 – Dina Pathak, veteran Bollywood actor. Popular roles in Mirch Masala, Chitchor, Ek Chadar Maili Si, Khubsoorat, Gol Maal etc. Was nominated for Filmfare award thrice (pic credit-Filmfare.in)
1980 – Rohan Bopanna, Top Indian professional tennis player. Has won a Grand Slam a 5 ATP Master 1000 Awards (pic credit-CNBC TV18.)
RIP….
1925 — Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali playwright, musician, editor and artuist.
1939 – Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter.
1995 – Iftekhar, famous Bollywood actor, mostly acted as Police Inspector in Don, Jaaneman, Ittefaq, Zanjeer, Noori, Deewar etc..
Titbits….
1792 – Oranges introduced to Hawaii.
1931 – Don Bradman bowled by Herman Griffith for a duck as West Indies win the Test.
1966 – John Lennon, says “We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus” (pic credit-Marca.com).
You may have known….
Cats are the only mammals known to be unable to taste sweetness.
(Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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