Today’s Motto: ‘Those who grumble about how time flies, should remember we are the pilots’

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

On this day,  May 31……….

1884 – A patent for “flaked cereal” was applied for by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. He was trying to improve the vegetarian diet of his hospital patients, by searching for a digestible bread-substitute by the process of boiling wheat. Kellogg accidentally left a pot of boiled wheat to stand and become tempered.

1907 – Taxis 1st began running in New York City.

1941 – Electric eye detectors were first used to measure high-jumping height attained.

1941 – 1st issue of the publication “Parade” goes on sale.

1970 – Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn’t afford to.

1987 – Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.

1998 – B. R. Rawat, an Indian diplomat, is assaulted by a Pakistani private security guard in Islamabad.

2012 – In India, a nationwide strike against rising gas prices closes shops and interrupts public transport across the country.

2018 – Uganda’s parliament imposes tax on social media to stop gossip.

2021 – China’s ruling Communist Party announces it will allow married couples to have three children, in an effort to boost falling birthrate.

Born….

1725 – Ahilyabai Holkar. Queen of Indore, known for constructing temples and reviving  Ghats in Varanasi

1925 – Raj Khosla, film director. He was known as a “women’s director” because he showcased actresses at their best. C.I.D, Woh Kaun Thi?, Mera Saaya, Dostana and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki were some of his hit films.

1928 – Pankaj Khirod Roy, cricketer (opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad). Recipient of Padmashree (1975)

1943 – Krishan. Telugu actor, producer.

RIP….

2002 – Subhash Gupte, one of the best leg-spinners (pic credit-m.Rediff.com).

2009 – Kamala Das, popular Malayalam, English poet, writer, who wrote mainly on exotic subjects often on women. Was awarded PEN Asian Poetry prize in 1963 and  state Sahitya Academy awards by Kerala.

Titbits….

1917 – 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball).

1919 – 1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas).

1991 – Oldest bride – Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia (pic credit-vercalendrtio.info).

You may have known….

King Heny VII’s wedding displayed the first fireworks on record.

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