Motto for Today: ‘Success is seldom an accident.’
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!
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make a History!
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. The name comes from Italian maccheroni, plural form of maccherone. The academic consensus supports that the word is derived from the Greek makaria, a kind of barley broth which was served to commemorate the dead).
1907 – The First Electric Tramway service commenced in Bombay. This service was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Vallabhdas Thakersey and Municipal Commissioner Sheppard at 5.30 p.m. This tram was well decorated and destined from Municipal Office upto Crawford Market.
1952 – The concept of the integrated circuit chip was first presented, at a Symposium on Progress in Quality Electronic Components in Washington DC., by radar scientist Geoffrey W.A. Dummer.
1954 – In the Indochina War, the Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Vietnamese victory (the battle began on March 13).
1998 – Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion USD and forms Daimler Chrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
2014 – To protect Russian language and culture, Putin bans cursing and use of foul language.
2017 – “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion” becomes the highest grossing Indian box office film ever earning $120 million (image credits-Moople Institute of Animation & Design)
2020 – Toxic leak at Indian chemical factory near Visakhapatnam kills at least 13 and injures many when it tried to reopen after lockdown.
Born….
1861 – Guru Dev Rabindranath Thakur alias Tagore, novelist, painter, educationist and freedom fighter; Nobel Prize laureate.
RIP….
2001 – Prem Dhawan, composer (images credit- YouTube and IMDb)
You may have known….
Fried maple leaves – known as Momji Tempurs – are a popular snack in Japan.
Good morning. Have a nice day.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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