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This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Jan.10…….
1839 – Tea from India 1st arrives in UK.
1863 – 1st underground railway opens in London.
1899 – A U.S. patent was issued for an “Electric Device,” known as a “flashlight” in the U.S., but a torch in Britain.
1920 – League of Nations established. (The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace).
1946 – The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly took place in the Westminster Central Hall in London. 51 nations were represented.
1946 – The U.S. Army Project Diana team detected radar signals reflected off the moon’s surface. The echo was received 2.4 sec. later, proving that radio waves could penetrate Earth’s atmosphere.
1949 – RCA introduced the “single,” the 7-inch diameter 45 rpm record in the U.S. A single could play eight minutes of sound per side. Columbia had introduced the 12″ long-playing vinyl 33 rpm as a new format the previous year. These formats greatly improved upon the 78 rpm records, which were limited to only 5 minutes per side on a 12″ disk.
1951 – 1st jet passenger trip made.
1966 – Tashkent Conference between Pakistan and Indian leaders ended after signing of peace accord by Lal Bahadur Shastri and General Ayub Khan.
1975 – India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
2010 – China surpasses Germany, becoming the. world’s largest exporter.
2019 – Oceans warming faster than previously thought due to fossil fuel burning, according to data published in journal “Science”.
Born….
1929 – Fali Sam Nariman, famous jurist.
1930 – Basu Chatterjee, screenwriter.
1940 – KJ Yesudas, singer.
1960 – Gurinder Chadha, film director.
1974 – Hrithik Roshan, actor.
RIP….
1693 – Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city.
Titbits….
1810 – French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Josephine.
You may have known….
Tigers can leap 6 meters in length and jump up to 5 meters vertically.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
(Shastriji video credit–YouTube & Russian TV)
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