Today’s Motto: ‘It is not what you say, it is what people hear’

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

On this day, Apr. 24 …………

1833 – Jacob Ebert with George Dulty patented the soda fountain. This is the same year as the birth of John Pemberton, creator of Coca Cola, whose famous new drink, in the form of a syrup mixed with soda, was first served in the soda fountain at Jacobs’ Pharmacy on 8 May 1886 (pic credit-WSCA.World and Futura Sciences).

1886 – Petroleum was discovered in the Middle East. The first well to come in was on the Egyptian shore of the Red Sea.

1888 – The Eastman Kodak company was formed by inventor George Eastman to sell his revolutionary new easily-portable box camera using roll film he had introduced. These he mass-produced so that now anyone – without needing special skills – could take photographs.

1923 – Colonel Jacob Schick patents Schick shavers.

1925 – Darwin’s theory of evolution was reputed to be taught by teacher John Scopes in High school. For this, Scopes, 24, was prosecuted under the Butler Act, a state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools. On 21 Jul 1925, Scopes was convicted and fined $100. On appeal, the state supreme court upheld the constitutionality of the 1925 law but acquitted Scopes on the technicality that he had been fined excessively. (The law was not repealed until 17 May 1967).

1928 – Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, patented.

1929 – 1st non-stop England to India flight takes-off.

1962 – The Massachusetts Institute of Technology  achieved the first transcontinental satellite relay of a television signal. The picture quality was poor, but the images were recognisable.

1970 – China became the fifth nation with a satellite in orbit with the launch of DFH-1. The first four nations with satellites in space were the USSR (1957), the U.S. (1958), France (1965) and Japan (1970). ( SRO built India’s first satellite, Aryabhata, was launched by the Soviet Union on 19 April 1975).

1981 – The first IBM PC was introduced.

1993 – IA’s Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant.

2023 – India surpasses China as the worlds most populous country according to UN estimates, with 1,425,775,850 people (estimated to reach 1.7 billion by 2064).

Born….

1973 – Sachin Tendulkar, India’s most popular cricketer, nicknames God of Cricket  (prodigy at 16, Indian Capt at 23). Has 34,357 runs to his credit in Ibnternational matches, 100 centuries, 9 in a calendar year, 76 Player of the match awards. Was bestowed Bharat Ratna in 2014. (pic credit -Pinterest) 

RIP….

1942 – Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor. Father of legendary  singers/musicians;  Lata, Asha, Hridaynath, Meena Khadikar and Usha Mangeshkar   (pic credit-Last.fm). 

1980 – Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari sect chief (assassinated).

1994 – S. L. Kirloskar, well-known and successful industrialist.

2000 – Pearl Padamsee, theatre artist, Bollywood comedy actor, producer, director. Her roles in Baton Baton Mein, Khatta Meetha, Kama Sutra, Junoon, The Peacock Spring, Perfect Murder and Aadat Se Majboor etc. are memorable.  (pic credit-Wikipedia)

2011 – Sathya Sai Baba, 2nd and last guru of Sai sect, a spiritual figure and Tantrik

. Sai trust is estimated to have assets worth $ 31.5 B.

You may have known….
Cats spend about 70% of their lives sleeping.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  {Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}