Today’s Motto: ‘Action is the real measure of intelligence’

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

On this day,  Apr. 13…… ….

1625 – The word microscope was coined as a suggested term in a letter written by Johannes Faber of Bamberg, Germany, to Federico Cesi, Duke of Aquasparata and founder of Italy’s Accademia dei Lincei.

1796 – The first elephant taken to the U.S. from Bengal. She was two years old and 6-1/2 feet high, and had behaviour described as, “It eats thirty pounds of rice besides hay and straw – drinks all kinds of wine and spiritous liquors, and eats every kind of vegetable; it will also draw a cork from a bottle in its trunk.”

1831 – The first US patent for a stone crushing machine was issued to Benjamin F. Lodge and Ezekial T. Cox of Ohio.

1919 – Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occurred in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activists fighting for Indian independence. This furious act was under the guidance of cruel Brigadier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50-men troop. Michael O’ Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day. (Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorised the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law).

1928 – 1st trans-Atlantic flight Europe-US.

1933 – 1st flight over Mount Everest by Lord Clydesdale.

1939 – The Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) is formed and vows to engage in armed struggle against the British.

1948 – Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa (World History Enncyclopedia).

1970 – An explosion during the Apollo 13 mission led to one of the most spectacular rescue missions in US space history. The explosion aboard the Odyssey spacecraft left the crew stranded for four days more than 200,000 miles from Earth. An oxygen leak forced the Apollo 13 astronauts to abandon ship and return in lunar module. Against all odds, the three astronauts and thousands of others brought the capsule safely back to Earth. The mission was to have made the third manned landing on the moon).

Born….

1890 – Ramchandra Gopal Torne (Dadasaheb), film director. {He was the first Indian Director and Producer to make a feature film in India; that film was named Shree Pundalik. Although Torne made his first film, Shree Pundalik (1912) just under a year before Dhundiraj Govind “Dadasaheb” Phalke made his, it is the latter who is regarded as the father of Indian cinema. The distinction may lie with the fact that, unlike Phalke, Torne sent his film overseas for processing. Moreover, Torne’s Pundalik was 22 minutes long, whereas Phalke’s Raja Harischandra, ran for about 40 minutes}.

1956 – Satish Kaushik,  comedian, film director. Known for roles in Mujhe Kuchh Kehna Hai, Karzz, Shaadi se Pehle, Badhai Ho Badhai , Ram Lakhan etc. Won Filmfare Award twice and Bollywood MovieAward (pic credit-Siasat.com)

RIP….

1973 – Balraj (Yudhisthir) Sahni, actor. Best known for Dharti Ke Lal, Do Bigha Zameen, Kabuliwala and Garam Hawa (pic credit-Wikipedia).

1982 -Bhai Parmanand (Pandi)), founder member of `Gadar Party’. Historian, Vedic and Hindu Sanatan sankriti, Arya Samaj preecher.

1993 – Lalita Devi Shastri, wife of Lal Bahadur Shastri, ex PM.

Titbits….

1979 – Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours.

You may have known….

Ambulances were operated by funeral homes in to the 1970s.

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