Today’s Motto: ‘No one can become what he needs to be, by remaining what he is’

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

On this day, 07 Mar….

1530 – King Henry VIII’s divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England’s church.

1799 – The Royal Institution in England was founded (pic credit-glassdoor.co.uk)

1854 – Charles Miller of St. Louis, patented the first U.S. sewing machine to stitch buttonholes.

1897 – Dr. John Kellogg served the world’s first cornflakes to his patients at a mental hospital in Michigan.

1933 – The game Monopoly was created and trademarked by Charles Darrow in Atlantic City.

1967 – Golda Meir, was elected firdst lady Prime Minister of Israel.

1987 – Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs.

1994 – U.S. Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship.

1996 – Union Cabinet clears decks for extending  benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians.

1997 – Five sue Japanese PM Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country’s constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life.

2023 – Gender equality now “300 years away” and “vanishing before our eyes” for reasons including maternal mortality and early marriage, according to UN Secretary General António Guterres in speech for International Woman’s Day.

Born…. 1955 – Anupam Kher, veteran Bollywood actor, who plays mostly character and comic roles. He has acted in about 540  films over a  span  of  four  decades.  Films like Saransh,  Khosla Ka Ghosla, Rang De Basanti,  Silver Lining Playbook,  Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,  The Accidental Prime Minister, A Wednesday, Saudagar, Lamhe, Kashmir Files   are some of his  notable films  he’s acted, directed or produced.  He has won 2 National  Film awards, 8 Filmfare and   several others. He was awarded Padma Shri in  2004 and Padma Bhushan in 2016 by Govt. of India.    (pic  credit-IMDb)

RIP…… 1952 – Paramahansa Yogananda, – Indian American monk, spiritual guru who preached  meditation and Kriya Yoga . Established his yoga institute Self-Realisation Fellowship Yogoda Satsanga Society of India. He wrote Autobiography of a Yogi, God Talks With  Arjuna,  The Second Coming of Christ, Bhagvad Gita etc.  He was the first Indian Guru to be hosted in White House in 1927.

1961 – Govind Ballabh Pant, freedom fighter, politician. He  served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Was appointed 2nd Home Minister after Sardar Patel’s death in  Jan. 1955. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.

Titbits….  1908 – Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announced, “women are not physically fit to operate automobiles”.

You may have known…. Shampoo was invented in India, not the commercial liquid ones but the method by use of herbs. The word ‘shampoo’ itself has been derived from the Sanskrit word champu, which means to massage.

                                                                             {Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}