Today’s Motto: ‘Real ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it’.

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

On this day, July 1……….

1781 – British troops halted Hyder Ali’s progress. He was checked by Eyree Coote after the battle of Porto Novo and became subdued. (He was succeeded by Tipu Sultan).

1796 – The first experiment with smallpox inoculation was made by Dr Edward Jenner of Berkeley, England. He treated

both arms of eight-year-old James Phipps. Jenner had previously vaccinated the boy with cowpox in May, with the result that he was not harmed by the otherwise deadly smallpox material.

1858 – The Wallace-Darwin theory of evolution was first published.

1862 – Calcutta High Court was inaugurated.

1905 – Albert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity.

1934 – The first X-ray photograph of the whole body taken in a one-second exposure, using ordinary clinical conditions. The one-piece radiograph was made by Arthur W. Fuchs of the Eastman Kodak Company.

1947 – Independence of India Bill passed.

1955 – Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.

1967 – BBC2 began its first scheduled, but limited, colour television service in England with a 4-hr outside broadcast (OB) from the Wimbledon Tennis Championship. The OB used the only colour mobile control room that the BBC had available.

1968 – Asia’s biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.

1975 – PM Indira Gandhi declared a 20-point economic programme.

1997 – The Sankaracharyas of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam were given a warm reception at the Golden Temple, Amritsar.

2014 – Japan updates its constitution to allow self-defence forces to assist in defending allied nations that come under attack. (The change does not extend to assisting in other external military conflicts).

2015 – US and Cuba announce agreement to re-open embassies and establish full diplomatic ties.

2021 – President Xi Jinping makes a defiant address at celebrations in Tiananmen Square, Beijing to mark the 100 year centenary of the Chinese Communist Party.

Born….

1913 – General Kumarmanglam Parasshiv Prabhakar, former Chief of Indian Army.

1927 – Chandrashekhar, former Prime Minister of India.

1938 – Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player (video credits- Saregama Hindustani Classical)

1961 – Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales.

1961 – Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian woman astronaut.

RIP….

1985 – Air Chief Marshal L M Katre, Chief of Air Staff. Died in office.

2004 – Marlon Brando, American actor (image credit – Esquire)

Titbits….

1997 – Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield.

You may have known….

The average person produces enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.

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