Today’s Motto: ‘Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself’
As Every 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, 12 Aug ….
1765 – The Treaty of Allahabad was signed. It was a significant agreement following the Battle of Buxar. It granted the British East India Company the Diwani rights (revenue collection) for Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, while also establishing the Company’s political influence in the region (pic credit-Cheggindia.com)
1851 – Isaac M. Singer of New York City was granted a patent for the first sewing machine with a rocking treadle. Although a sewing machine had already been patented, Singer’s sewing machine was revolutionary, having a double treadle.
1865 – Dr. Joseph Lister became the first surgeon to perform an antiseptic operation by liberal use of carbolic acid (phenol) as a disinfectant.
1877 – Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device.
1908 – Henry Ford’s company builds the first Model T car.
1927 – “Wings”, the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens. (Outstanding Picture 1929).
1946 – Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.
1981 – IBM introduced the PC personal computer for $1,600 base price. It shortly eliminated most other machines suitable for home or small business.
1996 – Supreme Court stays further proceedings against Narasimha Rao in Chandraswami-Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case.
2022 – British author Salman Rushdie is attacked and repeatedly stabbed on stage before giving a lecture at Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. He is known nfor writing best selling and controversial books Midnight’s Children, Satanic Verses etc.
Born….1919 – Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, the father of Indian space technology and scientist. He set up Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Indian space Mission, now called ISRO.
1995 – Sara Ali Khan, model and Bollywood actress. Grand daughter of veteran and successful heroine Sharmila Tagore and daughter of Amrita Singh- Saif Ali Khan. She acted in films like Gaslight, Antrangi Re, Kedarnath etc.She has won a Filmfare, a Screen, IIFAaward each and several other film awards.
RIP….
30 BC – Cleopatra, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide allegedly by inducing an asp (Egyptian cobra) to bite her. (some claim it was on August 10)
Titbits…. 1888 – Bertha Benz, wife of inventor Karl Benz, made the first motor tour. Without her husband’s knowledge, she borrowed one of his cars and with their teenage sons travelled 180 km to visit relatives for 5 days.
You may have known…. The latest life expectancy at birth in India is 72 years. (2023).
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}