Today’s Motto: ‘All thinking men are atheists’
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, Dec.02…….
1877 – Louis-Paul Cailletet became the first to liquefy oxygen. Shortly after, he also was first to liquefy nitrogen, hydrogen, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and acetylene(pic credit-Wikipedia).
1942 – The first self-sustained nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated in Chicago. At the University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi and his team achieved the world’s first artificial nuclear chain reaction, in a makeshift lab underneath the University’s football stands at Stagg Field. (Fifteen years later to the day, in 1957, the first full-scale atomic electric generating station in the U.S. began operation in Pennsylvania. The plant reached full power 21 days later, generating 60 megawatts of power).
1982 – Dr. William C. DeVries replaced the diseased heart of Barney Clark with the Jarvik-7, the first permanent artificial heart ever used for a human patient. 
This was the first of a series of five implants of the Jarvik total artificial heart during the next three years. The first patient, 61-year-old Barney Clark, survived for 112 days. Only four others received the Jarvik as a permanent replacement heart. The second, William Schroeder, lived 620 days.
1901 – King Camp Gillette begins selling safety razor blades.
1927 – 1st Model A Fords sold, for $385.
1984 – Following the Bhopal Gas disaster on the night of December 2, 1984, the ICMR initiated a series of interdisciplinary investigations on the health of the people with severe, moderate and mild exposure. A Coordinating Unit, which was later re-designated as the Bhopal Gas Disaster Research Centre was established early in 1985 at the Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, to monitor and coordinate the managerial and technical aspects of the various projects.
1989 – V. P. Singh sworn in as the 8th Prime Minister of India.
2014 – Stephen Hawking claims that Artificial Intelligence could be a “threat to mankind” and spell the end of the human race.
2018 – Israeli police recommend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife be charged with fraud and bribery.
Born….
1855 – Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, one of the founders of Indian National Congress and social reformer.
1959 – Boman Irani, Bollywood actor, who acted in 3 Idiots, Munna Bhai MBBS, Lage Raho Munnabhai, PK, Jolly LLB House Full etc.
1960 – Silk Samitha (real name Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati), South and Bollywood actor who acted in Sadma, Toofan Raji, Moondram Pirai, Vandichakram, Silk Silk Silk, Play Girls, Aditya 369 .
1970 – Kashmira Shah, Bollywood actor who acted in Pyar To Hona Hi Tha, Kahin Pyar Ho Na Jaye, Shikari, Yes Boss, Zehreela etc.
1972 – Apurva Agnihotri, actor.
RIP….
1552 – Father Francis Xavier, Portuguese Jesuit priest. He started his mission by training and employing native clergy in conversion efforts. He spread Christianity to India, Malay Archipelago and Japan (pic credit-Wikipedia)
You may have known….
There was once a type of crocodile that could gallop.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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