Motto of the Day: ‘Don’t find fault, find a remedy’
As Everyday makes a new beginning in life, brings new opportunities, opens new avenues, to perform and make a mark, to write a Page in history Book; We bring out a new feature for our viewers, on historical importance of Each Day !
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History !
On this day, 30 July……………….
1739 – German immigrant Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in New Jersey, US. (Earlier glass making in America, since1608, failed as the British Crown discouraged it due to high taxes, so they could sell their own glass wares to the colonies).
1898 – ‘Scientific American’ carried the first magazine automobile advertisement bringing Alexander Winton returns for his $1000 car.
1898 – Corn Flakes were invented by William Kellogg. At Battle Creek Sanitarium, the superintendent, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and Will Keith Kellogg, his younger brother and business manager, invented many grain-based foods, including a coffee substitute, a type of granola, and peanut butter to provide patients with a strict nutritious diet. In 1894 they unintentionally invented a flaked cereal process based on wheat. By 1898, W.K. Kellogg had developed the first flaked corn cereal. Patients enjoyed the cereals and wanted more to take home. In 1906, the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company was founded by W.K. Kellogg.
1908 – Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris.
1909 – Wright Brothers deliver 1st military plane to the army.
1935 – 1st Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution. (Penguin Books is a British publishing house. Penguin revolutionized publishing through its inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence).
1947 – The part of Kashmir, North West Frontier Province (NWFP), was swallowed up by Pakistan. The formality of raising the flag is being done in November.
2003 – The last ‘old style’ Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line in Mexico.
2017 – Russian President Vladimir Putin announces American diplomats in Russia cut by 755 in response to American sanctions.
2018 – Four million people excluded from Assam National Register of Citizens in India prompts fears of deportation, loss of citizenship.
Born….
1863 – Henry Ford, American inventor and automobile manufacturer.
1883 – Badridas Goenka, industrialist.
1928 – Sulochana Devi, actor.
1969 – Mandakini, actor.
1973 – Sonu Nigam, singer/actor.
RIP….
1622 – Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama, Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana. (
30/7 or 23/10)
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A dragonfly can spot an insect moving 33 feet away.Good morning. Have a nice day.
{Compilation credits– Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Raj Kadyan}