Today’s Motto: ‘Every day is a second chance’
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!
This day, Feb. 28……..
1561 – Ambroise Paré published La méthode curative des playes et fractures de la teste humaine (Treatment Method for Wounds and Fractures of the Human Head). For his innovative methods, 
Paré is known as “the father of modern surgery.”
1893 – Carborundum was patented by Edward G. Acheson of Monongahela. He had discovered it accidentally while trying to make artificial diamonds. He had dissolved carbon into molten corundum (a mixture of powdered coke and clay) in an electric furnace, and that yielded dark, hard, gritty crystals. He named the new material carborundum, and found it was one of the hardest industrial substances, which made it an excellent abrasive material. In 1894, he started the Carborundum Company to produce grindstones, knife sharpeners, and various abrasives.
1935 – Nylon was discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers of DuPont.
1953 – DNA structure discovered by James Watson. Was awarded Nobel Prize in 1962.
1996 – In the Jain hawala case, non-bailable warrants of arrest issued against 10 politicians.
2014 – Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra plans selling the e2o, an electric car, in Bhutan for about $11,300; vehicle exhaust is causing air pollution problems in Bhutan that threaten the country’s tourist-dependent economy.
2021 – Myanmar security forces open fire on protests around the country, killing at least 18, in bloodiest day since the military coup.
Born….
1944 – Ravindra Jain, po[ular music composer, singer. He sang main songs for Ramayan and Shri Krishna epics. His popular contributions were for Ssaudagar, Ram Teri Ganga Maili, Geet Gata Chal, Akhiyon ke Jharpokhon se, Vivah, Chitchor and many more. He was awarded Padamshri in 2015 and Filmfare in 1986( Video credit -Tilak; pic- Saregama).
RIP….
1936 – Kamla Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
1963 – Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India (pic credit-ShutterStock.com).
1988 – Jaydev, famous music director.
You may have known….
The reason why Facebook logo is blue, is because its founder Mark Zuckerberg is colour blind and cannot distinguish between red and green.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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