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Lessons from History
Today’s Motto: ‘The day is what you make of it.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, June 11........
1644 - Florentine scientist, Evangelista Torricelli described in a letter to Michelangelo, the invention of a barometer, or…
Today’s Motto: ‘Leadership is an opportunity to serve, not a trumpet call to…
Breaking News: 'Hubble Space telescope can read newspaper print from a mile away.'
Today’s Motto: ‘Best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Jun.09.......
68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by…
Today’s Motto: ‘It is not what you say, it is what people hear matters.’
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On this day, June 08........
1824 -Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec.
1869 - Ives W. McGaffney of Chicago obtained the first American patent for…
Today’s Motto: ‘Age wrinkles the body; quitting wrinkles the soul.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, June 07........
1753 - The British Museum was founded, the world's oldest public national museum.
1887 - Tolbert Lanston of Washington, DC,…
Today’s Motto: ‘If you think you’re not good enough, you’re never going to…
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, June 06.........
1752 - 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of the city was destroyed.
1850 - Levi Strauss makes his 1st pair of blue jeans.…
Today’s Motto: ‘Listen to what you believe, in instead of what you fear.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, June 05.........
1661 - Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge.
1876 - Bananas become popular in US, at the Centennial…
Today’s Motto: ‘Diligence is the mother of good luck.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Jun.04............
780 BC - The first total solar eclipse reliably recorded by the Chinese was noted.
1070 - Roquefort cheese created in a cave…
Today’s Motto: ‘Well done is better than well said.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Jun..03......
1818 - The third and final Maratha War between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends. (Peshwa Baji Rao II's forces, supported…
Today’s Motto: ‘Real strength does not come from physical robustness, but from an…
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Jun.02.......
1756 - Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah.
1857 - The first practical U.S.…
Today’s Motto: ‘Do the best you can…. until you know better.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Jun..01..........
1869 - Thomas Edison of Boston, received a patent for an "electrographic vote recorder." The device was the first of its kind, and…
Today’s Motto: ‘It always seems impossible, until it is done.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, May 31.....….
1884 - A patent for ‘flaked cereal’ was applied for by Dr John Harvey Kellogg. He accidentally left a pot of boiled wheat to stand and…
Motto for Today: ‘Focus on what you want, not on what you don’t want.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, May.30.........
1959 - Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact (Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom).
1962 - 69 killed in bus crash…
Motto for Today: ‘A smart person knows how to talk. A wise person knows when to be…
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, May.29........
1431 - Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal in Rouen, France.
1821 - A fire hose of cotton web…
Motto for Today: ‘If you believe in yourself, you will never let yourself down.’
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On this day, May.28.........
1934 - The Dionne quintuplets were born to Elzire Dionne at their family farm in US. All five babies survived infancy. When they were…
Motto for Today: ‘Our only limit is our mind.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, May.27.......
1703 - Saint Petersburg in Russia was founded by ruler of Russian empire, Tsar Peter, the Great.
1796 - The first U.S. patent for a…
Motto for Today: ‘Leave the world better than you found it.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, May.26.........
1739 - Afghanistan was separated from the Indian empire as a result of a treaty signed between Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and Nadir…
Motto for Today: ‘A leader sees opportunities in every experience.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make a HISTORY!
On this day, May.25.......
1852 - Elisha Graves Otis was issued a U.S. patent for a “Railroad-Car Truck and Brake”. Otis is well-known for his invention of the…
Motto for Today: ‘Fall nine times, stand up tenth time.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make a HISTORY!
On this day, May.24..........
1844 - Samuel F.B. Morse transmitted the message, "What hath God wrought!" from the U.S. Supreme Court room Washington D.C. to his…
Motto for Today: ‘Treat past just as a lesson, and not a life sentence. Don’t live in…
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make a History!
On this day, May.23........
1785 - A letter from Benjamin Franklin referred to his bifocal glasses. Writing from France to George Whatley, a friend, Franklin…