Motto for Today: ‘Reality does not go away just because we stop believing in it’.

This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!

On this day, August 11…

1841 – The first U.S. patent for collapsible metal tubes was issued to an artist, John Rand. His purpose was as a “mode of preserving paints, and other fluids, by confining them in close metallic vessels so constructed as to collapse with slight pressure, and thus force out the paint or fluid confined therein through proper openings for that purpose.”

1908- Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He alongwith

Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford. Unfortunately, he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as “Martyr’s Day” in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honor are sung by Bengali folk-singers.

1909 – SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras.

1928 – General Electric broadcast the play ‘The Queen’s Messenger’ for first time over TV and radio at the same time, called simulcast.

1946 – The first mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation took place (in US).

1952 – The first artificial aortic valve was successfully fitted in the heart of a 30-yr-old patient. It was made by Dr. Charles A. Hufnagel of the Georgetown University Medical Centre in Washington.

1984- Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States of India.

1984 – Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens’ 1936 feat, wins 4 Olympic track golds.

2008 – Abhinav Bindra wins men’s 10m air rifle at the Beijing Olympics, the first ever individual Olympic gold medal for India, and India’s first gold medal in any Olympic event since 1980.

2012 – Jamaican runner Usain Bolt wins his third gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, anchors the sprint relay team to a world record; Bolt is 25 years old and now holds six Olympic gold medals.

Born….

1916 – General Gopal Raghunath Bewur, former Chief of Indian Army.

1961 – Suniel Shetty, actor.

1974 – Anju Jain, Indian cricketer (women’s team).

Titbits….

1984 – During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he “signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes”.

You may have known….
Sharks are the only animals that never get sick. They are immune to every type of disease including cancer.

Good morning. Have a nice day.

{Compilation credits–Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}