Today’s Motto: ‘Best Way to Live is – Be Yourself’
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, 13 Nov ….
1851 – The first public message was sent on the submarine telegraph cable under the English Channel between Dover, E
ngland, and Calais, France. It gave the price of the English funds. It was a project of The English Channel Submarine Telegraph Company, formed in1849 by John Watkins Brett (pic credit-sciencephoto.com).
1855 – A proposal for a tunnel under the English Channel was reported in the New York Daily Times. (The construction of the 50.5 km tunnel finall started in 1988 and it was finally opened on 6 May 
1994).
1909 – Gandhiji left England for South Africa and is reported to have written ”Hind Swaraj” on board S.S. Kildonan Castle ship.
1913 – 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob.
1930 – The Rotolactor, invented by Henry W. Jeffries, was housed in the lactorium of the Walker Gordon Laboratory Company, US. This was a 50-stall revolving platform that enabled the milking of 1,680 cows in seven hours by rotating them into position with the milking machines.
1946 – Artificial snow from a natural cloud was produced over Mount Greylock for the first time in the U.S. An airplane spread small pellets of dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide) for three miles at a height of 14,000 ft. Although the snow fell an estimated 3,000 feet, it evaporated as it fell through dry air and never reached the ground. The experiment was carried out by Vincent J. Schaefer of the General Electric Company. (Earlier the same year, he had produced snow 
in a cold chamber, on 12 Jul 1946).
1952 – False fingernails 1st sold.
1987 – 1st Condom commercial on BBC TV (reprersentative image-ooh.today.com).
2014 – Representatives for the Islamic State announce that the group will begin minting its own currency in order to remove itself from the world financial system, which it considers ‘satanic’.
2014 – Rohit Sharma sets a new record of 264 runs off 173 balls against Sri Lan
ka in an ODI innings in cricket.
2014 – Chandra Bahadur Dangi, the world’s shortest man, who is 54.6 cm (1 ft 9.5 in) tall, meets the world’s tallest man, Sultan Kösen, standing 251 cm (8 ft 3 in) tall, at an event in London for Guinness World Records Day.
2017 – The world’s earliest winemaking is uncovered in Khramis Didi Gora, Georgia, in clay pots from 6,000 BC.
2017 – First Barbie doll to wear a hijab, modelled on Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad unveiled in New York.
Born…. 1780 – Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Called “Lion of Punjab”. Ranjit Singh was the foun
der and first maharaja of the Sikh Empire with Lahore as capital, after Sikh generals had been fighting among themselves and establishing own Misals (12 small riyasats-confedracies) in the northwest Indian subcontinent, after Guru Gabind Singh had diede in 1708 and ordained Guru Granth Sahib as the Living Guru for future. Ranjit Singh conquered and ruled large areas of North India from 1801 until his death in 1839. His empire spread from Kabul in Afghanistan, Indus Valley, Lahore, Peshawar, Kashmir Valley, Amritsar and He minted Nanak Shahi coins, built and renovated several Gurudwaras, Mandirs and some masjids in his kingdom. He had lost one eye to smallpox in childhood but he didn’t allow this to impair his bravery, battles and administration. He had 20 wives through marriages, ruling alliances or chadar andaz, and had 8 sons prominent among them were Kharak Singh 
and Dalip Singh.
1935 – P Susheela, popular singer of Southern film industry who was a called Evergreen Nightingale and recognised by Guinness Book of World Records for most songs over 6 decades. .She won 5 National Film awards having sung over 50,000 songs and Bhajan in 13 languages including Sanskrit, Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu. She was honoured with Padma Bhushan, several state awards and a Filmfare Lifetime award.
1967 – Juhi Chawla, Bollywood actor. She has acted in Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Kannad and Malayalam films like QSQT, Raam Jaane, Darr, Ishq, Yes Boss, Duplicate, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, Bhoothnath and Ham Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke etc. Awarded 2 Filmfares and 8 nominations, and several cinema awards. She also owns IPL franchise KKR alongwith co-actor Shahrukh Khan.
1980 – Harman Baweja, model and Bollywood actor/producer. Known for films like Love Story 2050, Victory, Diskyaoon, Vicky Kartoos, It’s My Life, Runaway, Aitraaz and some NetFlix series. He has won a Filmfare and StarDust awards. (pic credit-Getty Images)
Tidbits….. In India, the average daily calorie intake in 2024 was 2,212 kcal in rural areas and 2,240 kcal in urban areas, according to a report released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.(The U.S. with 3,770 calories tops the list of calorie intake in the world).
You may have known…. 1. India has 2 aircraft carriers: Vikramaditya and Vikrant; Pakistan has none. This gives India a significant advantage in terms of air power projection at sea. China now has three aircraft carriers in service and is capable of mai
ntaining a continuous carrier presence at sea. And there have been reports of satellite images which suggest construction has already begun on China’s fourth carrier.
2. Twenty percent of office coffee mugs contain fecal matter. (Research from the Depa
rtment of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science at the University of Arizona suggests that the mugs we keep on our desks are absolutely filthy – and giving them a quick wash in the office kitchen isn’t doing much) 
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
