Motto for Today: ‘Don’t worry about darkness, for that is where the stars shine the brightest’
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, Sep.19…
1838 – Ephraim Morris patented the railroad brake.
1876 – American inventor Melville (Reuben) Bissell received a U.S. patent for the carpet sweeper. (At his crockery shop in Grand 
Rapids his wife Anna’s health was affected by dust from the packing materials. From a desperate need for self-preservation, he invented the carpet sweeper).
1950 – U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China.
1965 – Chinese government extends ultimatum to India to dismantle forts within four days in China.
2000 – Karnam Malleswari adds a glorious chapter to Indian sports history at the Sydney International Convention Centre by becoming the first woman to gain an Olympic medal. (She becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics).
2014 – Crowds line up at retailers across the U.S. as the Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are offered for sale; buyers are seeking to be some of the first to own the devices, which may be shipped as late as November for those who pre-ordered online.
2021 – US apologizes for an Afghan airstrike that killed 10 civilians, including seven children.
2019 – North America has lost 3 billion birds (29%) since 1970 according to analysis published in “Science”.
2022 – Scientists discover site of the Amazon’s tallest tree, an angelim vermelho at 88.5 meters (290 feet) tall and 9.9 meters (32 feet) wide, Iratapuru River Nature Reserve, northern Brazil.
Born….
1839 – George Cadbury, English businessman, Quaker, social reformer and chocolate manufacturer (Pic credit-Britain Unlimited).
1933 – General Sunit Francis Rodrigues, former Indian Chief Army.
1958 – Lucky Ali, Bollywood singer and son of legendary actor, producer Mehmood.
1976 – Isha Koppikar, Bollywood actor.
1984 – Kavya Madhavan, South Indian actor (pic credit-pxfuel).
RIP….
1581 – Guru Ramdasji. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax.
1704 – Guru Govind Singh, 10th Sikh Guru who established Khalsa Panth to protect Hindus, women and poor from Mughals’ tyranny.
2002 – Priya Tendulkar, veteran TV serial and Bollywood actor.
You may have known….
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end. (Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan)
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