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On this day, Nov.02…..

1924 – Sunday Express publishes 1st British crossword puzzle.

1936 – The world’s first high-definition television service began by the BBC. Its range was about 35 miles.

1950 – Concentrated milk was first test-marketed in the U.S. Fresh milk contains about 88% water. Partial water removal concentrates the milk to one-third of its original volume yielding a heavy, creamy-looking milk.

1950 – India rebukes Mao for invasion of Tibet.

1988 – A computer “worm” unleashed by a Cornell University graduate student, Robert T. Morris, began replicating wildly, clogging thousands of computers around the country. Intended as an experimental, self-replicating, self-propagating programme, Morris soon discovered that the programme was infecting machines at a much faster rate than he had anticipated. When Morris realised what was happening he sent an anonymous message, instructing programmers how to kill the worm and prevent re-infection. However, because the network route was clogged, this message did not get through until it was too late. (Morris, was later tried, fined and given probation).

2014 – The U.N. issues a report concluding that immediate global actions are needed to prevent runaway impacts of climate change; the report claims failure to act now will result in extensive future damage which will be prohibitively expensive to control.

2020 – Gunmen storm Kabul University, Afghanistan, shooting at least 22 dead with Islamic State group claiming responsibility.

Born….

1534 – Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru.

1871 – Kashinath Raghunath Mitra, famous editor of monthly magazine ‘Manoranjan’.

1897 – Sohrab Meharwanji Modi, theatre and film producer, director and actor.

1965 – Shahrukh Khan, Bollywood film actor and producer.

1981 – Esha Deol, Bollywood actor, daughter of veterans Dharmendra and Hema Malini, (photo credit-BollywoodShaadis)

RIP….

1774 – Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat. (He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India). 

You may have known….

Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

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