Today’s Motto: ‘Nobody can go back and make a new beginning,…
..... but Anyone Can Make a New Ending'
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, 05 Aug ….
1861 – U.S. Army abolishes flogging. (But the British continued punishing Indian citizens until 1947 !)
1891 – 1st travellers checks issued, American Express.
1914 – A lighting ceremony was held for the first electric traffic lights used to control flow of different streams of traffic in Cleveland, Ohio. The traffic signals were red and green lights on street-corner poles, wired to a manually operated switch housed inside a control booth beside the road.
1926 – 1st talkie movie “Don Juan” at Warner Theatre, New York.
1926 – Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1½ hrs before escaping.
1939 – In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay.
1963 – Britain, America and Russia signed a Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at M
oscow to prohibit nuclear weapons tests “or any other nuclear explosion” in the atmosphere, in outer space, and under water.
1964 – U.S. begins bombing North Vietnam.
1975 – The RSS, Anand Marg, Jamat-i-Islami, and 23 other organisations were banned.
1981 – Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
1999 – Nisha Millet became the first Indian swimmer to receive the International Olympic Committee’s Solidarity Scholarship, given to sportspersons with outstanding track record and possessing Olympic potential.
2014 – Obama signs The Iron Dome Bill providing $225 million in additional funding for Israel’s Iron Dome defense.
2019 – Indian government change of the status of Kashmir from a state to a union territory, revoking Article 370 in response to security concerns.
2020 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the cornerstone for a new Hindu temple at Ayodhya Ram to replace a previous Muslim mosque.
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024 – Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees the country as protesters storm government buildings in Dhaka, including the Presidential Palace.
Born…. 1969 – Venkatesh Prasad, Indiia’s consistent Test pace bowler. He took 96 wickets in 33 Tests (with 5 for 0 runs in a spell) and later 6 for 33 runs against Pakistan in 1999 in Chennai and 196 in 161 ODIs.He paired with another pacer Javdagal Srinath in most of India outings. He also coached Indian team and RCB in 2008, Punjab Kings XI in IPL format in 2018..
1974 – Kajol Mukherjee, Bollywood actress, daughter of erstwhile popular actress Tanuja Behl, Kajol entered films while studying in school with a role in Bekhudi in 1992 and later got Baazigar, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, My Name is Khan, Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai.. mostly with Shah Rukh as hero. More films brought her to top slot in Box Office and 
won her 5 Filmfare and several other accolades. She is married to the famous action hero Ajay Devgn.
1987 – Genelia D’Souza, model and Bollywood actress. She has also acted in Telugu and Tamil films. Her films Tujhe Meri Kasam, Boys, Bommarilu, Jaane tu.. Ya Jaane Na, Tere Nal Love Ho Gaya, Satyam, Masti, Happy, Dhee, etc. have earned her many film and 
regional awards. She is married Riteish Deshmukh, son of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Dershmukh,
RIP…. 1950 – Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader. He was the first Chie
f Minister of Assam (1946-50).
1986 – Vellupillai Prabakaran, Tamil rebel leader of Sri Lanka who established LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam) for formation a separate Tamil state out of Stri Lanka.
1991 – Soichiro Honda – was the Japanese engineer, race car driver and industrialist who founded the Honda Motor Company, motor cycle and car manufacturer.
2000 – Lala Amarnath. Legendary Indian opener who scored first century for India in 1933 and Captained the first team that won a Test series in 1952 against Pakistan. . He played 24 Tests and scored 
878 runs. Also bowled 45 batsmen in 24 Tests at 22.98 average with 7/27 being his best bowling. He was also a commentator, coach and selector of Indian Teams. He was honoured with Padma Bhushan and CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award. His three sons Mohinder, Surinder and Rajinder also played First Class cricket, with Mohinder Amarnath being part of the 1983 World Cup winning squad.
You may have known…. During the period 1951-2011, religion-wise population trends as percentage of population (1951 to 2011): Hinduism- 84.1 to 79.8%, Islam – 9.8 to 14.23% , Christianity – 2.3 to 2.3%, Sikhism – 1.79 to 1.72%.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}