Today’s Motto: ‘Only those who dare to fail can ever achieve greatness’

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

On this day,  Apr. 30……….

1796 – The first U.S. patent for a pill of any kind was issued to Samuel Lee.

1808 – 1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri.

1878 – Louis Pasteur lectured at th e French Academy of Science in support of his germ theory of disease, in which he held that many diseases were caused by tiny organisms. Since he still met with opposition from some scientists, he called their contrary opinions “fatal to medical progress.” He won several awards for medical research  (pic credit-Adobe Stock)

1955 – Imperial Bank of India nationalised.

2014 – The World Bank reports that India is now the third-largest economy behind the U.S. and China on the basis of purchasing power parity; India replaces Japan, though Japan remains in third place when GDPs are compared on an exchange-rated basis.

2018 – World’s oldest known spider, a female trapdoor, dies after being killed by a wasp sting in Western Australia, aged 43.

2022 – Jacky Hunt-Broersma sets world record for running 104 consecutive marathons in 104 days, after surviving cancer and with a prosthetic leg.

Born….

1870 – Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke. He is remembered as the ‘Father of Indian Cinema’. He produced India’s first feature Film, ‘Raja Harishchandra’ and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter.

1896 – Maa Anandamayee, Godly yogini and mystic Bengali Saint. Was reverred as Maa Durga by her devotees.

1944 – Sonal Mansingh, Indian classical dancer and Guru Bharatanatyam and Odissi dancing style; who is also proficient in other Indian classical dancing styles (pic credit-Sohamasmi Centtre for Performing Arts).

1977 – Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President’s rule. Janata Party formed.

1987 – Rohit Sharma, proloific  Indian opener right hand batsman. Also called Hitman with 31 ODI centyuries and 12+ Test 100s.  Captain of Test team and previously  Mumbai Indians  IPL team (pic credit-Medium).

1991 – BJP election manifesto promises Presidential form of government.

1993 – An astronaut received a test infusion while in orbit on the space shuttle Columbia. German physicist Hans Schlegel had the saline solution at body temperature pumped into him through a needle. The experiment provided a means to address dehydration and other common space problems such as puffy face and skinny legs.

RIP….

1030 – Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni who attacked  India 17 times, looted Delhi and north India.

1999 – Jessica Lal, model and TV personality, was murdered in a crowded south Delhi restaurant, allegedly by Manu Sharma. the son of a Haryana Congress leadewr. (pic credit -Money  Control).

2012 – Achala Sachdev, veteran Bollywood actor, who acted in films from Anhonee (1952),  Bandhan, Nazrana (1962), Vaqt (1965) upto Kal Ho Na Ho (2003). Won a Filmfare award in 1978. (pic credit-IMDb)

Titbits…., 

1960 – The oldest U.S. bat was identified as 24 years old, having been banded on 22 Jun 1937 in Massachusetts. The female little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus), the most abundant bat in the U.S., was found in a cave on Mount Aeolis, Vermont.

You may have known….

Tiger moths can jam bats’ echolocation by making ultrasonic clicks.

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