Today’s Motto: ‘Don’t mistake a bad day for a bad life’
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, Mar. 05…….
1223 BC – The oldest recorded eclipse occurred, according to one plausible interpretation of a date inscribed on a clay tablet retrieved from the ancient city of Ugarit,, called Syria now (pic credit-Space.com).
1558 – The tobacco plant was introduced into Spain by the physician Francisco Fernandes, as a healing herb.
1616 -The book by Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres was held to teach a false doctrine, altogether contrary to the Holy Scripture, that the earth moves and the sun is motionless. No person was to be permitted to hold or teach the theory that the earth revolves around the sun. This was decreed by the church authorities. (When Galileo subsequently violated the decree, he was put on trial and held under house arrest for the final eight years of his life).
1851 – Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta.
1857 – Dred Scott Decision: US Supreme Court rules Africans cannot be US citizens (pic-credit-Wikpedia).
1868 – A stapler was patented in Birmingham, England by C.H. Gould.
1923 – 1st old age pension plans established in U.S.
1946 – China asks for a seat in the Security council.
1949 – The Jharkhand Party is founded.
1991 – U.S. patent was issued for a process turning garbage into fuel to microbiologist Lonnie.
1993 – The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment.
1999 – The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ”Pinaka” is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea 
in Orissa.
1999 – Geet Sethi won the 1999 World matchplay billiards championship in Midsomer Norton.
2013 – Willcom announces the world’s smallest mobile phone, weighing 32 grams.
2019 – Bugatti announces the most expensive new car ever made – the La Voiture Noire costing €16.7 million (almost $19 million), only one will be made (pic credit-Bugati).
2022 – Explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance that sank in 1915, rediscovered in the Weddell Sea, An
tarctica in excellent condition.
Born….
1911 – Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, first Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force.
1913 – Gangubai Hangal, Hindustani classical singer.
1964 – Pargat Singh, hockey legend. Former captain of Olympic Gold winner at Atlanta Olympics 1996. He joined politics post retirement and is an MLA since 2012. Was awarded Arjuna and Padam Shri honours. (pic credit -sikhsinhockey.com)
1976 – Abhishek Bachchan, Bollywood actor, son of Mahanayak Amitabh Bachchan,
married to popular model actor, world beauty awardee Aishwarya Rai. Acted in films like Refugee, Guru, Dhoom, Sarkar, Bunty aur Babli, Bas Itna Sa Khwab Hai etc. Won 3 Filmfare and 5 IIFA Awards. (pic credit-Filmfare.com)
RIP….
1992 – Sunder (Chaudhary Karnail Singh), famous Punjabi and Bollywood comedy actor. Acted in about 400 films like Chann Pardesi, Vilayati Babu, Choran Nu Mor, Yamla Jatt etc.
1995 – Jalal Agha, famous comedian and character artist.
1996 – Pithapuram Nageswara Rao, playback singer of Telugu film industry.
You may have known….
If we use headphones for an hour, the bacteria in our ears increase by 700 times.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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