Today’s Motto: ‘One who has a ‘why’ to live, can bear almost any ‘how’.
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, Jan. 12……..
1896 – The first x-ray photograph in the U.S. may have been taken by Dr. Henry Louis Smith. It showed the location of a bullet in the hand of a corpse, using a 15 minute exposure. 
1908 – A wireless message was sent long-distance for the first time from the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
1937 – The first U.S. patent for a submarine cable plow was issued. It was designed to feed a cable at the same time that it would dig a trench in the ocean bed. The device could be used at depths up to a half mile.
1948 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast (pic credit-History.com).
1990 – Upper age limit for Indian Civil Services Examination raised from 26 to 28 years.
1996 – Supreme Court of India holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill.
2012 – A law banning Palestinians who marry Israeli’s from gaining citizenship is upheld by Israel’s Supreme Court.
2013 – The air pollution in Beijing reaches levels deemed hazardous to human health.
2021 – India’s Supreme Court puts on hold three controversial new farm laws that ignited weeks of protests by farmers in Delhi.
Born….
1399 – Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language.
1863 – Swami Vivekananda, (real name Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), dynamic renaissance missionary to West, catalyst of Hindu revival in India and social reformer (pic credit-Pinterest).
1973 – Sakshi Tanwar, TV and film actor, famous for Kahani Ghar Ghar ki and films like Dangal, Sharmaji ki Beti ( pic credit-BookMyShow).
1918 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi , spiritual Guru who practiced and taught Transcendental Meditation, born in Rajim, Chhattisgarh (pic credit-Amar Ujala).
1918 – . C Ramchandra (Chitalkar), Anna Sahib, legendary music director who rendered music for Navrang, Paigham, Patanga, Anarkali, Sargam, Baarish, Aasha etc.(pic credit-Wikipedia)
RIP….
1897 – Sir Isaac Pitman, English inventor of the Phonetic Shorthand System.
1992 – Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous Classical singer (pic credit-Frontline Hindu)
2001 – William Hewlett, an American electrical engineer who co-founded the 
Hewlett-Packard Company, a leading manufacturer of computers, computer printers, and analytic and measuring equipment.
2005 – Amrish Puri, Bollywood actor, played famous villain roles in Nayak, Mr. India, Ghatak, Karan Arjun, Nagina etc..
You may have known….
The Common Swift can stay in the air for 10 months without landing.
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