Today’s Motto: Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but……..

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

On this day, Nov.08…….

1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen first observed X-rays during an experiment at Würzburg University. After further investigation, on 1 Jan 1896, he notified other scientists of his discovery of this new radiation that would become known as X-rays (pic credit- Britannica).

1910 – The first U.S. patent for an “electric insect destroyer” was issued to William H. Frost of Washington. The invention used a number of electrically energised parallel wires such that a flying insect passing between them would complete the circuit by bridging the wires with its body and electrocute the insect.

1947 – Junagadh state on Western coast accedes to India.

1990 – Congress (I) extends support to Chandrasekhar to form Government, even as BJP and Left parties decline the request of President R. Venkataraman to form Government.

2013 – Palestinian investigators claim their former leader, Yasser Arafat, did not die of old age or ill health; they believe Israel killed him because his exhumed body contained high levels of the radioactive element polonium-210.

2014 – Mikhail Gorbachev warns that tensions between America and Russia over Ukraine have put the world on the brink of a new Cold War.

2016 – PM Narendra Modi announces the demonetization of all ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes during an unscheduled live televised address, canceling 86% of the notes in circulation.

2018 – Qatar delivers $15 million in cash to pay civil servants in Gaza after earlier sending

fuel to increase electricity from 4 to 8 hours a day.
Born….

1927 – Lal Krishna Advani, BJP’s patriarch leader, Hindu revival leader who led Ram Rath Yatra in 1992 for liberating Janmbhoomi from Babri masjid tag.

1947 – Usha Uthup, Bengali pop singer.

1964 – Sagarika Ghose-Sardesai, prominent writer.

RIP….

1661 – Guru Har Rai, second son of Guru Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru at the age of 5 years 4 Months (photo credit Guru Har Rai Gurudwara).

1960 – Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee (the first Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force), died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo (pic credit-Britannica).

Titbits….

2022 – Actor Chris Evans, when  named People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive, says “My mom will be so happy”.

You may have known….
Trained pigeons can tell the difference between the paintings of Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet.

 

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