Today’s Motto: ‘There is no point looking back to know you could’ve done better’
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, Aug.22………
1639 – Madras (now Chennai), founded by the British East India Company on sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1865 – The first U.S. patent for a liquid soap was issued to William Sheppard of New York City.
1894 – Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal (South Africa).
1939 – The first U.S. patent for dispensing liquids under pressure from a disposable container was issued to Julius Seth Kahn of New York City. It was the predecessor of the aerosol spray can.
1962 – The Savannah, the world’s first nuclear-powered ship, completed her maiden voyage.
1864 – International Red Cross formed
1901 – Cadillac Co, automobile company formed in Italy.
1911 – Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre (Recovered in
1913. Italian Vincenzo Peruggia was the thief . It has been described as the greatest art theft of the 20th century).
1962 – Failed assassination on president De Gaulle. (The event is chronicled in detail in the (otherwise fictional; 1971 work The Day of the Jackal and the 1973 film adaptation of the same name-photo credit-The Guardian).
1987 – Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy ‘Virat’ joined in fleet.
1994 – Two dozen Mahar soldiers were ambushed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia. Seven, including a JCO, lost their lives.
2014 – The Washington, D.C. zoo is holding a Chinese first-birthday ceremony for celebrity giant panda baby Bao Bao; the cub would be sent to China on turning 4.
2017 – India’s supreme court outlaws instant divorce for Muslim men (talaq, talaq, talaq).
2018 – Discovery of a bone of a 90,000 hybrid human, half Neanderthal, half Denisovan from Anuy River, Siberia published in “Nature”.
2022 – One of world’s longest school closures ends in the Philippines as schools reopen for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic after only online learning.
Born….
1955 – Chiranjeevi, South India cine actor and politician (pic credit- Sonu Mehta for Hindustan Times).
RIP….
1977 – Vimi, glamorous Bollywood actor who appeared with Sunil Dutt and Raaj Kumar in Hamraaz, Aabroo, Chhupke Jeeo etc. (pic credit-ABP News).
You may have known….
A jellyfish is about 95% water.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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