Today’s Motto: ‘You should fear being in the same place this time next year.’
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 a History!
On this day, May.21…….
1819 – The first bicycle in the U.S. was seen in New York City. Such bicycle velocipedes or “swift walkers” had been imported that same year. Shortly thereafter, on 19 Aug 1819, the city’s Common Council passed a law to “prevent the use of velocipedes in the public places and on the sidewalks of the city of New York.”
1853 – The Aquatic Vivarium, the world’s first public aquarium, was opened in Regent’s Park, London.
1873 – The idea of a “travelling sidewalk” for rapid transit along Broadway in New York City was printed in the New York Times.
1994 – The Indian Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.
1998 – India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing.
2013 – In the House of Commons, MsP approve of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, advancing the right for gay marriage in England and Wales.
2019 – More than 600 people, 75% children, identified as HIV in a month in Sindh province, Pakistan, thought to be due to
the use of infected needles.
Born….
1960 – Mohanlal, actor and producer.
1971 – Aditya Chopra, director, screenwriter (image credit- FilmiBeat)
1976 – Aditi Gowitrikar, model, actress, and physician, Mrs. World 2001.
RIP….
1991 – Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a human bomb explosion at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Chennai, at 10.20 P.M.
You may have known….
Barcelona (Spain) boasts special playgrounds for senior citizens.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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