Today’s Motto: ‘For those with courage to leap, net always appears’
Pls Note: Our Columnist veteran Lt. Gen. Raj Kadian is abroad to meet his family in UK. So this column will be posted later in the day, until August 15 !
As Every Day makes a new beginning in life, it brings new opportunities, opens new avenues, to perform and make a mark, to write a Page in History Book
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day Jun 16 ………
1657 – The first pendulum clock was patented by its inventor, Christiaan Huygens. He needed time accuracy for his astronomical measurements.
1884 – The first gravity-powered American roller coaster that was commercially successful was put in operation at Coney Island, New York, the invention of La Marcus Thompson.
1903 – Pepsi-Cola Co. forms. Pharmacies at the time were favourite gathering places. To increase business at his store’s soda fountain, pharmacist Caleb D. Bradham created a soft drink. In the summer of 1898, he mixed carbonated water, sugar, vanilla, oils, pepsin, and kola nut extract. Customers liked the beverage and called it Brad’s Drink. As its popularity grew, Bradham changed the name to Pepsi-Cola. T
he name emphasised the pepsin and kola nut extract it contained for their supposed health benefits. Pepsin, an enzyme, was thought to aid in digestion, and caffeine, an alkaloid found in kola nuts, was believed to bestow beneficial energy.
1903 – Ford Motors under Henry Ford incorporates.
1909 – 1st US airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5,000.
1946 – Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London.
1922 – Henry A. Berliner demonstrated the first helicopter prototype for representatives of the U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics.
1963 – Valentina Tereshkova (USSR) became 1st woman in space, aboard Vostok 6.
1990 – Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century’s highest.
1993 – Harshad Mehta accuses PM Narsimha Rao of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
2019 – Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admits to misuse of state funds in court.
2019 – India imposes retaliatory tariffs on 28 US goods.
2020 – 20 Indian soldiers killed in 1st deadly clash on the Chinese Indian border in 45 years in the Galwan Valley, Himalayas (pic credit-Al Jazira).
2022 – Ninety-year-old US cosmetics company Revlon files for bankruptcy, blaming supply issues and rising costs.
Born….
1920 – Hemant Chaudhary Mukhopadhyay (aka Hemant Kumar), famous singer and music director.
1950 – Mithun Chakravorty, legendary Bengal and Bollywood actor.
RIP….
1605 – Akbar (Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din), Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605), passed away of diarrhoea
or dysentery at the age of 63 years. At Akbar’s graveside, stood conspicuous in his simplicity, Jesuit priest Father Xavier who always remained his devoted friend. (Date could be 16 or 17).
1925 – Chittaranjan Das, Indian patriot and freedom fighter.
1997 – P. Sukumaran, Malayalam film actor (pic credit-OnManoran).
Titbits….
1882 – 17″ hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa, USA.
1943 – Actor/comedian Charlie Chaplin (54) marries actress Oona O’Neill (18).
1989 – 4 hole-in-ones made, all on 6th hole, in the US Open.
You may have known….
Chewing gum can improve your memory.
Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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