Today’s Motto: Perfection is usually not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence’

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

On this day, Aug.19…………..

1600 – Akbar captured Ahmednagar.

1856 – Gail Borden of New York, was issued a U.S. patent for his process for condensed milk.

1960 – Sputnik 5 was launched, carrying two dogs named Belka (Squirrel) and Strelka (Little Arrow), along with 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants, beginning a safe round trip into Space, after which they became the first living organisms to return from space. (On 12 Apr 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space).

1919 – Afghanistan declares independence from U.K. (Although Afghanistan was never part of the British Empire, the British fought three wars with Afghanistan)

1944 – Last Japanese troops driven out of India.

1991 – Janajev & KGB coup in Russia depose Gorbachev.

2015 – 30 students at West Point Military Academy are injured in a mass pillow fight.

Born….

1916 – Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India.

1940 – Govind Nihalani, film director.

RIP….

1976 – Jan Nisar Akhtar, Bollywood Urdu shaayar.

1977 – Groucho Marx, comedian.

1993 – Utpal Dutt, actor.

You may have known….

 

A Boeing 747 airliner can hold 57,285 gallons of fuel.

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