Motto for Today: ‘God did not put us on this earth to be ordinary.’
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 History!
On this day, Apr.23…….
1774 – British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla’s army and captured Ruhelkhand.
1827 – William Rowan Hamilton established the wave theory of light, which gives that light is a form of energy that travels in waves.
1867 – Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel.
1940 – The leak-proof flashlight battery was patented.
1981 – Artificial skin was first transplanted in the U.S. It included a combination of cowhide, shark cartilage and plastic. This material makes possible the treatment of burn patients whose injuries might otherwise be fatal.
(credit-Getty Images )2013 – West Indian cricketer, Chris Gayle, smashes the fastest century in history (30 balls).
Born….
1504 – Guru Angad, Sikh Guru.
RIP….
1968 – Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer.
1992 – Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee.
Titbits….
1896 – The first movie shown to a paying theatre audience in the U.S. had a series of short scenes. Included in the film shorts were a ballet scene, a burlesque boxing match, waves on a sea shore, and a comic allegory The Monroe Doctrine.
You may have known….
Water can boil and freeze at the same time.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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