Motto for Today: ‘An ordinary man worries about his aching feet. A creative man thinks up how he can grow wings.’

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

On this day, Feb.08…….

1802 – Banjo Clock: Simon Willard, of Grafton, Massachusetts, patented his eight-day “Improved Timepiece,” a wall clock that came to be known as the “banjo clock.” With the advent of the Revolutionary War and subsequent problems with Great Britain on the high seas, imports were curtailed and for the next sixty years brass and spring steel were scarce and expensive. There was a need for a small inexpensive clock that could be purchased by the less affluent citizens of the new democracy. Willard recognised this need when he invented his clock. Subsequently, the early 19th century became the era of industrialization, and clock-making, like so many other

crafts, became a mechanized industry.
1862 – The East Indian Railway set up the first full-fledged railway workshop facility in India at Jamalpur. This site was close to not only the main trunk route of the Sahibganj loop, but also to Bihar for a source of skilled mechanical craftsmen.
1883 – Louis Waterman began experimenting with ideas that would lead to the invention of the fountain pen. (The Waterman pen company is a major manufacturer of luxury fountain pens. It is one of the few remaining first-generation fountain pen companies).
1922 – Radio arrives at the White House. (This was a big day at the White House, as on this day President Harding had a radio installed. At the time, radio was the hottest technology there was, and the White House was on the cutting edge. Almost two years later, Calvin Coolidge, who followed Harding, was the first president to broadcast from the White House. Coolidge’s address for Washington’s Birthday was heard on 42 stations from coast to coast).
1928 – Trans Atlantic TV. John Logie Baird’s transmission of a TV image was received across the Atlantic ocean using short wave radio, from England to Hartsdale, New York. Though imperfect, an image showed the face of Mrs. Mia Howe. The picture was crudely formed and the television receiver displayed a tiny, uneven image. This caused a sensation. The New York Times compared the event to Marconi’s sending of the letter “S” by radio across the Atlantic, 27 years earlier.
1936 – Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party.
1948 – Indian govt. bans Muslim groups ‘Khaksars’ and ‘League National Guard’.
1994 – Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.
Born….
1897 – Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist.
1907 – Madhavravji Golwalkar, sarsanghchalak of ‘Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh’ (RSS).
1932 – Johnny Whisky, actor.
1941 – Jagjit Singh, singer.
1963 – Mohammad Azharuddin, cricketer, elegant Indian batsman.
RIP….
1946 – Felix Hoffmann, German chemist who discovered aspirin.
1999 – Gen K. Sundarji former Chief of Army Staff.
2008 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Guru.

You may have known….
Queen bees have smoother stings allowing them to sting multiple times without injury.

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