Today’s Motto: ‘Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars’
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 the History Books!
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, 17 Aug ….
1835 – The wrench was patented by Solymon Merrick of Springfield, Mass
achusetts (pic credit-y
outube.com).
1896 – The first pedestrian killed by a motor vehicle in Britain was Mrs Bridget Driscoll. While on a terrace in the grounds of Crystal Palace, London, she was knocked down by a car travelling at 4 mph, and died minutes later of head injuries.
1947 – The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed.
1970 – The first microwave
link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi.
1978 – The first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by balloon was completed when th
ree Americans, Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman, landed their Double Eagle II in France (pic credit-dayinhist.com).
1998 – Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an “improper physical relationship” with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he ad
mits before the nation that he “misled people” about his relationship (pic credit-nypost.com).
1998 – Indian National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
2000 – Deposed Prime Minister Mahendra Choudhary seeks help from India to stop the extermination of people of Indian origin in Fiji, Indo-Fijian labour leader became the PM of Fiji island, but was taken hostage one year later by a Christian leader George Speight. He was awarded Pravasi Bhartiya Samman by Govt. of India in 2004.
2000- Britain allows cloning of human embryonic cells.
Born…. 193
2 – V.S. Naipaul, a famous English writer of Indian origin. He is called the teacher of new English verses. In 2008, The Times named V.S. Naipaul was ranked 7th in his list of 50 great British writers. VS Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.
1934 – Murasoli Maran, Tamil Nadu politician, film producer, nephew of DMK founder M
Karunanidhi. He was Minister in UPA Govt. and MP for 3 terms.
1937 – Bhim Si
ngh. Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party founder, freedom fighter, prominent, lawyer and politician. He also co-founded Justice PN Bhagwati Legal Aid Committee in 1982.
1943 – Robert De Niro, famous American actor, director and producer. He acted in The Godfather Part II, Taxi driver, Raging Bull, Meet The Parents etc. and w
on 2 Academy a
wards. His net worth is $ 500 million.
1960 – Sean Penn, a famous American actor, director known for Milk, 21 Gram, Dog Town and Z-Boys, Mystic River and Dead Man Walking. He won 2 Academy awards.
2004 – Brooklyn Frost is an African-American Instagram star having 1 million followers and 1.1 million on YouTube (pic credit-hobbylobbys.com).
RIP…. 1909 – Madanlal Dhingra, famous revolutionary, was hanged at Paintanville Jail for assassinating Wyle and Lal Kaka. He was studying in University College of London and joined Freedom Fighters there. He assassinated Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, the political aide-de-camp to the Secretary of State for India, in London oin 1909.
You may have known…. India’s population is expected to peak around 2064 at roughly 1.7 billion people, according t
o the United Nations’ medium-variant projection. That’s about 240 million more than today’s 1.46 billion. But the country’s fertility rate has already dropped below the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman, hitting 2.0 in the most recent national health survey (2019-21), which means the momentum driving growth is largely demographic inertia rather than high birth rates.
UN has also estimated that soon 50% of Indian population would be below 25 years of age. 
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}