Motto for Today: ‘The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.’

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

On this day, Mar.04……

1840 – The world’s first commercial photography studio was opened in New York City by John Johnson and Alexander S. Wolcott. By 8 May 1840, Wolcott had patented a camera using a mirror reflector to correct the reversed image from the usual single lens.

1951 – Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.

1955 – 1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent.

1961 – First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ”I.N.S. Vikrant” was commissioned in Belfast.

1962 – The Atomic Energy Commission announced that the first atomic power plant in Antarctica became operational.

1991 – The “Rotoblator,” an artery cleaning tool, was announced by Dr. Maurice Buchbinder at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology. Using a diamond head rotating at 200,000 rpm on a small shaft (only nine thousandths of an inch) inserted in a clogged artery, obstructions could be successfully removed in about 95% of cases. This procedure is particularly useful for hardened, calcified blockages.

2015 – Scientists uncover a 2.8-million-year-old jawbone of a primitive human; the finding suggests that humans may have evolved from hominins, or humanlike primates, about 400,000 years earlier than previously thought.

Born….

1922 – Dina Pathak, actor.

1980 – Rohan Bopanna, tennis player.

RIP….

1925 — Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali playwright, musician, editor and artist.

1939 – Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter.

1995 – Iftekhar, actor.

Titbits….

1966 – John Lennon, says “We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus”.

You may have known….
Cats are the only mammals known to be unable to taste sweetness.

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

 

(pics credits Getty images and Scroll.in)