Today’s Motto: ‘Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is’
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. 23……..
1794 – Josiah G. Pierson patented a rivet machine.
1836 – Minting coins. The coin press was invented by Franklin Beale, who produced first batch of coins for the U.S. Mint.
1839 – 1st recorded use of “OK” [oll korrect] (Boston’s Morning Post).
1840 – Englishman John William Draper took the first successful photo of the Moon. He made a daguerreotype, a precursor of the modern photograph (Pic credit-Wikipedia)
1857 – The world’s first passenger safety elevator went into service in a store at 488 Broadway and Broome Street in New York City. The safety elevator invented by Elisha Otis was powered by steam through a series of shafts and belts.
1858 – Eleazer A. Gardner of Philadelphia patented the first plans for a cable car system.
1861 – London’s first tramcars began operating.
1869 – An electrical resistance heater was patented by Leigh Burton
1875 – The first sounding of the Mariana Trench was made by the British survey ship, H.M.S. Challenger, discovering part of the deepest known region of Earth’s oceans. {The Mariana Trench lies in the western Pacific Ocean, east of the Mariana Islands, near Guam. Accurate measurements from the surface remain difficult, but in 2010, NOAA used sound pulses to record a 36,070-ft (10,994 m) depth in the Challenger Deep at its southern end}.
1903 – The Wright brothers filed a U.S. patent for their method of controlling a airplane in flight. After three years experimenting with gliders, they were now building their powered Wright Flyer, which made its historic flight at the end of the year, on 17 Dec 1903. The patent was not issued until 22 May 1906. Their claim was not the invention of a flying machine, but described the important new flight control technique of wing-warping (pic ccredit-Britannica).
1912 – The Dixie Cup was invented. {In the years leading up to the 20th century everyone drank at the public water barrel, well, pump, or spigot with a communal tin cup or common dipper. This sharing by both healthy and sick alike often was the source for spreading germs and disease
1913 – Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government.
1931 – Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assassination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting “Inquilab Zindabad”.
1940 – All-India-Moslem League calls for a Moslem homeland.
1942 – Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontinent in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League.
1942 – Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean (pic credit-Pinterest).
1950 – The U.N. World Meteorological Organisation was established.
1983 – Dr. Barney C. Clark , the first recipient of a permanent artificial heart, died at the University of Utah’s Medical Centre after 112 days with the device.
1986 – The first women’s company of Central Reserve Police Force camp was raised in Durgapur.
1994 -Legendary Kapil Dev plays last day of last Test cricket.
Born….
1910 – Dr. Ram Manohar Hiralal Lohia also known as “Dauntless Dr. Lohia”, freedom fighter and socialist leader. He had founded Praja Socialist Party.
1968 – Atul Satish Wassan, former cricketer, played 4 Tests and 10 ODIs but good knocks crucial innings and wickets.Turned commentator after retirement .
1976 – Smriti Zubin Irani, TV seria l actor, model turned BJP politician, who defeated Rahul Gandhi in 2019 by 55,218 votes, is currently central Minister .
RIP….
1938 – Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, a cricketer, sports administrator (pic credit-Lassi with Lavina).
2000 – Udham Singh, hockey legend.
2010 – Kanu Sanyal. He was an Indian communist politician. In 1967, he was one of the main leaders of the Naxalbari uprising. He committed suicide by hanging at his resid
ence on 23 March 2010 (pic credit-Mumbai Mirror).
You may have known….
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{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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