Motto for Today: ‘Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.’

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

On this day, Sept. 07…….

1776 – The first U.S. submarine built for wartime use, the American Turtle, was used in New York harbour to attach explosives to the hull of the Eagle, Admiral Howe’s flagship. The submarine, just large enough for one occupant, was operated by Ezra Lee, turning a 24-in diam. two-bladed wooden propeller giving up to3 knots speed. It had a rudder and a second propeller for vertical movement. Water taken in as ballast to submerge was expelled by hand-pump to resurface.

1822 – A treadmill was completed to grind corn at the New York City Prison employing the labour of 8 to 16 prisoners at a time walking on what looked like a very wide, 5-ft dia paddle wheel. Prisoners held on to a bar and climbed the paddle boards, like endlessly walking up stairs. On each revolution, a bell rang. This was the first of its kind in the U.S., but it was based on a penal idea that had been previously used successfully in Britain.

1888 – A baby incubator was first used in the U.S. to care for an infant at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island, New York. Edith Eleanor McLean weighed 2-lb 7-oz. Originally called a “hatching cradle,” the device was 3-ft square, 4-ft high, It was designed to increase the survival rate for premature infants by the maternity ward doctors, Drs. Allan M. Thomas and William C. Deming.

1906 – Bank of India, the first Indian bank, was registered.

1948 – The first rubberized asphalt road surface in the U.S. was applied to 6,217-ft of Exchange Street in Akron, Ohio, a city that was home to a large rubber industry. The paving mixture contained 7 to 11 pounds of crumbled synthetic rubber per ton of asphalt. This full-scale use followed a test made on a small section resurfaced in 1947. Goodyear President Paul W. Litchfield proposed the paving material – and donated the rubber – to the city after he had seen its use in Holland, where it had been used since the 1930s and was claimed to be more durable, waterproof and safer in extremes of weather. However, by 1959, wear was judged to be no better than less expensive asphalt alone, and rubber additives are no longer used.

1965 – China announces that it will reinforce its troops in the Indian border.

1965 – U.S. suspends military aid to India and Pakistan.

1993 – India and China sign border peace accord.

1997 – Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar.

1999 – India rejects Pakistan demand for an East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.

1999 – Haider Noorani, BJP candidate for the Anantang Lok Sabha seat, killed in bomb blast.

2010 – Indian trade unions declare a general strike to protest a hike in fuel prices.

2012 – Investments to and from Pakistan began to be permitted by the Reserve Bank of India.

2021 Taliban announce their interim government in Afghanistan with Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund in the most senior role.

Born….

1533 – Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) and daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

1951 – Mammootti, actor.

1963 – Neerja Bhanot, Flight attendant.

1977 – Sachin Pilot, politician.

1983 – Jwala Gutta, badminton player.

You may have known….

 

Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

Good morning. Have a nice day.

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