Today’s Motto: ‘Never hesitate to do what you are afraid to do’

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

On this day, 16 Sep….

1774 – Antoine Lavoisier observed that heating mercuric oxide produces metallic mercury. He thought the reaction might have been caused by contact with iron; he made no note of gas evolution (oxygen) in his notebook.

1884 – Cocaine was first used as a local anaesthetic to immobilise a patient’s eye for surgery by Carl Koller. This initiated the modern era of local anaesthesia.

1931 – As the world recession continues, the British economy is heading for an all-time low with thousands of ships rusting in harbours because there are no goods to export, the budget deficit continues to grow and currently stands at $600 million budget deficit this year.

1932 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his hunger strike in opposition to Britain’s new Caste Separation Laws.

1941 – Adolf Hitler orders that for every dead German, 100 Yugoslavians should be killed.

1954 – The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent.

1959 – French President Charles de Gaulle recognizes Algerian right of self determination.

1963 – Federation of Malaysia formed by Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak.

1967 – Tibetan, Indian and Chinese troops engage in fighting at Nathu La on the Tibet-Sikkim border.

1974 – US President Gerald Ford announces conditional amnesty for US Vietnam War deserters.

1997 – Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO.

2018 – Cycling land speed record broken for men and women by Denise Mueller-Korenek riding 183.932 mph (296.010 km/h) Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.

2019 – Guantánamo Bay is the world’s most expensive prison at US$13 million per prisoner according to investigation by “The New York Times”.

2020- Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley announces the country’s intention to remove Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and become a republic.

2021 – Earliest evidence announced for humans making clothes discovered from bone tools 100,000 years old found at Contrebandiers Cave, Morocco.
Born….

1877 -Jacob Schick, American inventor and manufacturer of the first successful electric dry razor.

1914 – Chaudhari Devi Lal, veteran Haryana politician and former Dy. PM.

1916 – M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer.

1923 – Lee Kuan Yew, Founding father of modern Singapore and 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (1959-90).

1971 – Prasoon Joshi, poet cine and Advertising professional.

RIP….

1736 – Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, a German-Dutch physicist. He invented the alcohol thermometer (1709) and mercury thermometer (1714)

and developed the Fahrenheit temperature scale.

You may have known….
The first spy satellites used film that had to be recovered and developed back on earth.

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