Today’s Motto: ‘If you believe in yourself, you will never let yourself down’
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, May 28………
1932 – The last opening was sealed completing the 20-mile long Barrier D
am (Afsluitdijk) in Holland to seal off the Zuyder Zee, a shallow inlet of the North Sea.
1937 – Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
1963 – Estimated 22,000 die in a cyclone in Bay of Bengal.
1965 – Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400.
1971 – The U.S.S.R. Mars 3 was launched. It arrived at Mars on December 2, 1971. The lander was released from the Mars 3 orbiter and became the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars.
1996 – 13-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on 
a motion of confidence. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader (pic credit-NDTV).
1998 – Pakistan made its first public underground nuclear test, codenamed Chagai-I, exploding five nuclear devices, becoming the seventh nuclear power. This came after years of development led by Abdul Kadeer Khan.
2012 – ‘Time’ magazine includes ‘Awaara’ by Raj Kapoor (1951) on its list of All-Time 100 Greatest Films (pic credit-Pinterest).
2019 – Johnson & Johnson go on trial in Oklahoma accused of deceptively marketing painkillers an
d downplaying risks of addiction helping create “opioid epidemic”, first of 2,000 cases against US pharmaceutical firms.
2023 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s new parliament building, amid a boycott by opposition parties (who wanted the President to open it).
Born….
1883 – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, poet and politician. Freedom fighter, who was crucified by the British in Andeman Nicobar islands (1911-24). After release in a frail condition he joined national movement until his death. Wrote many books in Indian culture and history of Freedom. He also founded Hindu Mahasabha and was its President in 1937. He died in Feb. 1966.
1903 – Shantanu L. Kirloskar, businessman, founded Kirloskar Group.
1923 – Nandamuri Tarak Ramarao, (NTR), film actor (292 films), director, producer, and politician; three-time CM of Andhra. It was in college that he caught the acting bug, while playing the female character in a stage play named Rachamalluni Dautyam. This was also the first time he won a prize for his acting.
RIP….
1787 – Leopold Mozart, famous Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor.
1964 – Mehboob Khan, legendary film director and producer, who made films Aan, Aurat, Ali Baba, Amar, Andaaz, Anmol Ghadi, Mother India, Son of India, . Best known for directing the social epic Mother India. He was awarded 2 National Fim awards, 1 Filmfare award and was nominated to Academy Awards (pic credit-IMDb ).
You may have known….
In 2016 police officers arrested 102 year-old Eddie Simms so that she could cross the experience off her bucket list.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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