Today’s Motto: ‘Leadership is an opportunity to serve, not a trumpet call to self-importance’

This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History! 

On this day,  June 10………

1793 – 1st public zoo opens in Paris. (The abbreviation “zoo” first appeared in print in the UK around 1847, when it was used for the Clifton Zoo, but it was not until some 20 years later that the shortened form became popular in the song “Walking in the Zoo on Sunday” by music-hall artist Alfred Vance).

1829 – The first Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race takes place. (The event has been held annually since 1856, except during the First and Second World Wars. Members of both teams are traditionally known as blues and each boat as a “Blue Boat”, with Cambridge in light blue and Oxford dark blue. The score is slightly in favour of Cambridge).

1869 – Machine-frozen food was transported a significant distance in the U.S. for the first time.

1924 – The first U.S. portable electrical stethoscope was demonstrated in Chicago to amplify the sounds of the human body. It was designed by the Western Electric Co. with Bell System engineers and was subsequently marketed in Oct 1925.

1943 – Laszlo Biro filed for a British patent on a practical ball point pen with quick-drying ink. (Biro was a journalist, in 1938, in Budapest when he took out a Hungarian patent for his first design of the pen. In 1940, he escaped the Nazis by going via Paris to Buenos Aires, Argentina. There a British entrepreneur, Henry Martin, saw Biro’s pen and realised its value for air crews making high altitude navigational calculations. It could write blot-free, unaffected by low or changing atmospheric pressure. Martin bought the rights and began small scale production of ballpoint pens for the RAF).

1963 – US President JFK signs law for equal pay for equal work for men & women.

1966 – MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.

1984 – US missile shoots down an incoming missile in space for first time.

1985 – Coca Cola announces they’d bring back their 99-year-old formula. (The formula is a closely held trade secret known only to a few employees. Contrary to what is implied by the “cola” name, Coca-Cola syrup does not contain any kola nut extract. The primary taste of Coca-Cola comes from vanilla and cinnamon with trace amounts of orange, lime and lemon and spices such as nutmeg).

2014 – Reports of delays at U.S. Veterans Administration facilities has created temporary unity in Congress as lawmakers seek to address the scandal; thousands of veterans have waited at least three months to see a doctor; many have never been seen at all.

2019 – Three men sentenced to life imprisonment for rape and murder of eight-year-old Muslim girl in Kathua, J&K, in high-profile case that sparked political resignations and nationwide protests.

Born….

1938 – Rahul Bajaj, business magnate. Was chairman of famous Bajaj Auto (two-wheeler), Was awarded Padma Bhushan.

1948 – Subrata Ray, famous businessman who started Sahara group, operating entertainment, media and Sahara/JetLite airlines. He also promoted Indian Hockey, Cricket and other sports. (pic credit-The Week) 

1955 – Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player. Won All England Open Badminton in 1980, Was awarded Arjuna award and Padma Shri by Govt. of India.

RIP….

323 BC – Alexander the Great, Macedonian king, dies from either fever or excessive wine at 32 by a rare disease, could be on the 11th June ( pic credit -X/@holy_gram1400).

1987 – Jeevan, Bollywood film actor mostly acted as villain.

Titbits….

1933 – John Dillinger does his first bank robbery, in New Carlisle, Ohio. He takes $10, 600. (His gang that operated in the Depression era, robbed 24 banks. Dillinger escaped from jail twice).

You may have known….

Hubble Space telescope can read newspaper print from a mile away.

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