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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…
Motto for Today: ‘Leadership is not about being the loudest in the room.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make a History!
On this day, May.22.......
1849 – Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for an invention to lift boats over obstacles in a river, making him…
Today’s Motto: ‘You should fear being in the same place this time next year.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make a History!
On this day, May.21.......
1819 - The first bicycle in the U.S. was seen in New York City. Such bicycle velocipedes or "swift walkers" had been imported that…
Motto for Today: ‘Successful people have doubts, worries and also fear. They just don’t let…
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make a History!
On this day, May.20.........
1609 – Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
1645 – Yangzhou…
Motto for Today: ‘Success is a journey not a destination.’
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On this day, May.19.......
1536 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
1885 - 1st mass…
Motto for Today: ‘To get value, first you have to give value.’
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On this day, May.18.......
1787 - Glass was engraved for the first time in Toulouse, France.
1912 – The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne…
Motto for Today: ‘Rule number 1: never aim to be number 2.’
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On this day, May.17........
Note: 17 May is World Information Society Day, (proclaimed by the United Nations).
1620 - 1st merry-go-round seen at a fair…
Motto for Today: ‘Mindset is what separates the best from the rest.
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make a History!
On this day, May.16........
1866 - Root beer was invented by Charles Elmer Hires.
1919 - Albert Cushing Read takes off on the first transatlantic flight in…
Motto for Today: ‘The greatest pleasure in life is in doing what others say you cannot…
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make a History!
On this day, May.15........
1718 - A "Defence" rapid-fire gun was patented by a London lawyer, James Puckle. It is sometimes considered an ancestor of the…
Motto for Today: ‘Success is all about growing yourself.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make a History!
On this day, May.14......
1643 - Louis XIV becomes King of France aged 4.
1842 - Illustrated London News; the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper,…
Motto for Today: ‘If you get tired, learn to rest not to quit.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make a History!
On this day, May.13.......
1796 - English physician Edward Jenner successfully administered the first vaccination against smallpox to an eight-year-old boy, with…
Motto for Today: ‘No use cursing your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make a History!
On this day, May.11.......
868 - The first known dated printed book was the Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist scripture. It was made as a 16-ft scroll with six sheets of…
Motto for Today: ‘True gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.’
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On this day, May.10.........
1773 – The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly…
Motto for Today: ‘You are not a product of circumstances, but a product of your…
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On this day, May.09.......
1753 - Maharaja Surajmal attacks Delhi.
1865 - A U.S. patent was issued to Richard Jordan Gatling for the Gatling gun, invented in…
Motto for Today: ‘Many people can be responsible for your success. But you alone are…
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On this day, May.08.......
1840 - The first U.S. photographic patent was issued to Alexander S. Wolcott of New York City.
1847 - Robert W. Thomson of Adelphi,…
Motto for Today: ‘Success is seldom an accident.’
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On this day, May.07........
1660 - Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni. If cut in lengths with a curve it is usually called elbow macaroni.…
Motto for Today: A leader does not set out to be a leader……….
As each 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!
Motto for Today: ‘Don’t wait for the right opportunity. Create it.’
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make a History!
On this day, May.05......
1821 - Napoleon dies on Saint Helena.
1859 - 1st use of "insanity plea" to prove innocence.
1881 - Louis Pasteur tested…
Motto for Today: ‘Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits.’
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On this day, May.04......
1799 - Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringaptanam.
1854 - The…
Motto for Today: ‘People believe in a leader before they buy into the vision.’
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On this day, May.03......
1764 - Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers and struck a deal…