Motto for Today: ‘We cannot tailor-make the situations in life but we can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.’
As Everyday 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; 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, Feb.09……..
1895 – Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts. (The game was originally called “Mintonette”. Morgan met James Naismith, inventor of basketball, while he was studying at Springfield College, Massachusetts in 1892. Like Naismith, Morgan pursued a career in Physical Education at the YMCA. Influenced by Naismith and basketball, in 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Morgan invented “Mintonette” a less vigorous team sport more suitable for older members of the YMCA but one that still required athletic skill).
1902 – Siamese twins separated. Doctor Eugène-Louis Doyen of Paris, performed a successful operation on Siamese twins, though one died by the next year. Dr. Doyen was among the first to document medical surgeries on film.
1946 – Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours.
1991 – Japanese nuclear accident. Japan’s worst nuclear accident up to this date happened at Mihama. Some radioactivity was released to the atmosphere and MITI reported later that the accident was caused by human error. No deaths resulted.
1994 – Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO’s Yasser Arafat.
Born…. (photo credit – Kulwant Rai)
1958 – Amrita Singh, actor.
1968 – Rahul Roy, actor.
RIP….
1984 – Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer.
2000 – Shobhna Samarth, actor.
2006 – Nadira, Indian actress.
You may have known….
In 2017 Texas lawmakers began allowing people to hunt wild dogs and coyotes from hot air balloons.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
(feature image credits-StarBiz)
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