Motto for Today: ‘The greatest pleasure in life is in doing what others say you cannot do.’

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

On this day, May.15……..

1718 – A “Defence” rapid-fire gun was patented by a London lawyer, James Puckle. It is sometimes considered an ancestor of the machine gun. A pre-loaded “cylinder” held 11 charges and could fire 63 shots in 7 minutes.

1873 – The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England.

1923 – Listerine was registered as a trademark. The modern Listerine is a mouthwash, but the original amber-coloured product was a disinfectant for surgical procedures. The name they chose incorporated the name of the English surgeon, Joseph Lister, famous for performing the first antiseptic surgical procedure on 12 Aug 1865 and pioneering wider use of antiseptics by surgeons. (Photo credit-123 Dentist)

1928 – Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, Plane Crazy.

1930 – The first airline stewardess goes on duty.

1935 – The Moscow metro opened, transporting an estimated 285,000 people that day. Its subterranean spaces still feature chandeliers, marble, mozaics, murals and heroic statutes. During WW II, the spacious stations served as shelters during Nazi bombing.

1940 – Nylon stockings went on general sale for the first time in the United States in Delaware. Four million pairs were sold in a few hours.

1940 – The first McDonald’s fast-food restaurant opens.

1999 – The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance.

2018 – Controversial Kerch bridge linking Russia and annexed Crimea opened by Russian President Vladimir Putin. At 19km the longest bridge in Europe.

Born….

1048 – Omar Khayyam, Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer. In geometry, he contributed to the theory of parallel lines. He is known to English-speaking readers for his “quatrains” as The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, published in 1859 by Edward Fitzgerald, though it is now regarded as an anthology of which little or nothing may be by Omar.

1817 – Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher, and author.

1907 – Sukhdev Thapar, a revolutionary, was born in Ludhiana. He was an accomplice of Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru.

1967 – Madhuri Dixit, actor.

1973 – Shiny Ahuja, actor.

RIP….

1993 – Field Marshal KM Cariappa, first Army Chief of India

2005 – Mahipal, actor.

2010 – Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, politician.

You may have known….

Research by Goodyear suggests that shoes wear out faster on the right foot.

 

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