Motto for Today: ‘Those who grumble about how time flies, should remember we are the pilots.’

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

On this day, Feb.21……

1858 – The first electrical burglar alarm installation in the U.S.1866 – The first woman dentist in the U.S. to obtain a D.D.S. degree from a dental college graduated. (Lucy B. Hobbs (Mrs. Taylor). Being a woman, Hobbs had been originally turned down by many schools).
1878 – The first U.S. telephone directory, listing about 50 names, was issued.

1899-Suryakant Tripathi “Nirala” was an Indian poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer who wrote in Hindi. He was also an artist, who drew many contemporary sketches. He was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 1955.
1902 – Dr. Harvey Cushing, the first US brain surgeon, performed his first brain operation.
1947 – The Polaroid camera, with the first used self-developing film, was demonstrated. It produced a black-and-white photograph in 60 seconds.
1958 – The first U.S. submarine to circumnavigate the world returned to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It spent 228 days travelling about 25,000 miles while visiting ports in Asia, Africa and Europe.
1983 – More than 600 people were killed in Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
1994 – Whirlpool Corporation began production of an energy efficient refrigerator that did not use freon. It had an efficiency 25% better than the U.S. law required. By removing freon, the destructive effect on ozone in the atmosphere by that chemical was eliminated.
1999 – Lahore Declaration signed between India’s Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s Navaz Sharif on use of nuclear weapons.

2013 – 21 people are killed and 54 are injured in a bombing in Hyderabad.

2018 – Film star Kamal Haasan launches a new political party – Makkal Needhi Mayyam.

2021 – The BJP issues resolution country had “defeated COVID under the able, sensitive, committed and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi”. Massive second wave hits two months later.

2022 – Russian leader Vladimir Putin recognizes Russia-backed separatists in two Ukrainian regions, ordering in troops for “peacekeeping functions”.
RIP….
1991 – Nutan, famous film actor. (She appeared in more than 70 Hindi films in a career spanning nearly four decades. Nutan holds the record of five wins of the Best Actress award at Filmfare, which was held only by her for over 30 years until it was matched by her niece Kajol in 2011; she is overall the most-awarded actress in the female acting categories at Filmfare, with six awards alongside Jaya Bachchan).

 (pics credit- MyGuru.com, Wikipedia)
1998 – Om Prakash, actor. (Born as Om Prakash Chibber, he used to play the role of Kamla in the stage play. Since his career began in 1942, he was a popular supporting actor from the 1950s until the 1980s).
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Our bones are five times stronger than steel.

{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}

(Nutan film song credit- Shemaroo on YouTube)