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On this day, August 18. …
1891 – The first rainmaking experiments in the U.S. were conducted. Patent attorney Gen. Robert Dyrenforth set off explosive balloons and artillery to try to make rainclouds develop. At a time of extreme drought, any effort with a hope of success may have been thought worthwhile to try, but there were no results. The method chosen was to test a theory that rainstorms seemed often to occur where major battles had taken place during the Civil War, and they may have been because of the effect of smoke, dust and disturbances in the air from artillery.
1932 – The Scottish aviator Jim Mollison made the first westbound transatlantic solo flight.
1960 – The first oral contraceptive Envoi was marketed by the Searle Drug Company in America. (Birth control and abortion are well documented in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. The use of honey, acacia leaves and lint to be placed in female genitals to block sperm. Other methods include acacia gum, which recent research has confirmed to have spermatocidal qualities and is still used in contraceptive jellies. Plants with contraceptive properties were used in Ancient Greece from the 7th century BCE onwards).
1926 – Weather map televised for 1st time.
1990 – President R Venkataraman presented the colours to the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their services to the Nation.
2014 – A meeting between the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan was cancelled following a Pakistani official’s meeting with Kashmiri separatists.
Born….
1900 – Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, diplomat and politician.
1936 – Gulzar, poet, Cine-writer, director.
1956 – Sandeep Madhusudan Patil, cricketer (batsman).
1967 – Daler Mehndi, bhangra/pop singer.
RIP….1227 – Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror.
1998 – Persis Khambatta, Indian model, actress, author
1998 – Protima Bedi, Kathak dancer.
You may have known….
The sex organ on a male spider is located at the end of one of its legs.
Good morning. Have a nice day.
{Compilation by Lt. Col. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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