Today’s Motto: ‘Anger of a gentleman is a fearful thing’

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

On this day, Nov.12……..

1732 – Henri Pitot had invented an instrument to measure the flow velocity at different depths of water in the River Seine (France).

1781 – Nagapatnam in South India was captured by the British troops.

1847 – In Great Britain, Sir James Young Simpson, the father of modern anaesthetics, employed chloroform for the first time as an anaesthetic in an operation.

1894 – Lawrence Hargrave, the Australian inventor of the box kite, linked four huge box kites together, added a sling seat, and flew – attached to the ground by piano wire.

1910- 1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson River from a burning balloon.

1926 – The first recorded airplane bombing took place in Williamson County, Illinois, during a feud between rival beer and liquor factions, the Sheltons and the Birgers.

1927 – Joseph Stalin took full control of the Soviet Union.

1929 – Commander Richard E. Byrd made the first flight over the South Pole (pic credit-Naval History & Heritage Command).

1946 – First drive-in banking service in America.

1966 – The first photograph was taken from the atmosphere by the satellite Gemini XII.

1969 – Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Babu Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I).

1984 – Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.

1990 – Uttar Pradesh Government raises the reservation for Backward Classes in direct recruitment to State Services from 15 to 27 per cent.

1996 – Saudi Arabian Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 collide in midair over Charkhi Dadri in Haryana, India, killing 349 people, the third-deadliest aviation disaster in history.

2014 – The U.S. and China have agreed to cut greenhouse gases, with U.S. President Barack Obama setting a goal of at least a 26 percent reduction over 2005 levels by 2025; China’s Xi Jinping made the nation’s first commitment.

2019 – 550th anniversary of the Birth of Guru Nanak Dev – the founder of Sikhism celebrated in India and Pakistan.

Born….

1896 – Salim (Moizuddin Abdul) Ali, Indian ornithologist, the “birdman of India,” who championed conservation of India’s biological diversity.

1940 – Amjad Khan, Bollywood actor known for dacoit Gabbar role in film Sholley.

RIP….

1946 – Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, an Indian educationist and politician notable for his role in the India’s Freedom Movement and as the Two time president of Indian National Congress.

1959 – Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers.

You may have known….

The peacock Mantis shrimp can throw a punch at 50 MPH, accelerating quicker than a .22 calibre unit.

 

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