Motto for Today: ‘Those who harbour the second-best attitude are invariably second-best leaders.’
As Everyday makes a new beginning in life, brings new opportunities, opens new avenues, to perform and make a mark, to write a Page in history Book; We bring out a new feature for our viewers, on historical importance of Each Day !
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, 07 August ….
1782 – George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart. (The Purple Heart is a US military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving. Its forerunner, was the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given to U.S. military members).
1906 – First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying “Vande Mataram” in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta.
1970 – Ist computer chess tournament was held in New York and won by CHESS 3.0 (CDC 6400), a programme written by Slate, Atkin, and Gorlen at Northwestern University).
1990 – Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission’s recommendations and decides to reserve 27% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
1999 – A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state.
2011 – Nepal, India exercises a smoking ban in public places.
2018 – China bans release of Winnie the Pooh movie “Christopher
Robin”, after character used to mock Chinese President Xi Jinping.
2021 – javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra makes history winning his country’s first-ever Olympic track and field gold with 87.58m in Tokyo.
Born....
1925 – Monkombu S. Swaminathan, an Indian geneticist and international administrator, renowned for his leading role in India’s “Green Revolution,” a programme under which high-yield varieties of wheat and rice seedlings were planted in the fields of poor farmers.
1971 – Cyrus Broacha, comedian.
RIP….1941 – Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore “Gurudev”, great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher. He will be always remembered for the national song “Jana Gana Mana” and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen.
1957 – Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel & Hardy team.
You may have known….
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from the blowing sand.
Good morning. Have a nice day.
{Compilation credits – Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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