Today’s Motto: ‘Opportunities don’t come; they are created’
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, 02 Sep ….
(World Coconut Day. Celebrated to highlight the importance of coconuts in poverty reduction and to mark the foundation of the Asian Pacific Coconut Community).
1666 – Fire in London destroys 13,000 houses and kills 8.
1792 – Paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails and slaughter them (pic credit-edition.cnn.com) .
1898 – Machine gun 1st used in battle.
1901 – Vice President Theodore Roosevelt advises, “Speak softly and carry a big stick”. It became a historic quip.
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930 – The first non-stop airplane flight from Europe to the U.S. was completed; it took 37 hours.
1944 – Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was sent to Conentration Camp Auschwitz (Poland) by German army. 
1945 – Freedomfighter nationalist Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day).
1946
– Jawaharlal Nehru, was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Undivided india, against Partition.
1947 – Gandhiji is mobbed by Muslim crowd in Calcutta house; he gives upthe idea of visiting Noakhali. Peace efforts intensified.
1970 – Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
1984 – Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar.
1987 – Philips introduces CD-video.
1987 – Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan.
1993 – The United States and Russia formally ended decades of competition in space by agreeing to a joint venture to build a space station. Bill Clinton-Boris Yeltsin ink the agreement (pic credit-nsarchive.gwu.edu).
1996 – Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva.
2023 – India successfully launches its first spacecraft, Aditya-L1, to study the sun.
Born…. 1941 – Sadhana (Shivdasani), one of the most popular Bollywood actresses. She set new fashion trends, hair style, and acted in varied roles on romance, tragedy, horror and vampire acts. Karachi born actor appeared in small appearance in Shri 420 she went on to establish herself thru’ films like Love in Shimla, Parakh
, Ham Dono, Asli Nakli, Ek Musafir Ek Hasina, Mere Mehboob, Woh Kaun Thi, aarzoo, Woqt, Mera Saya, Ek Phool Do mali, Inteqam, Geeta Mera Naam. Se married noted music director RK Nayyar and had a son. She won 2 Filmfare nominations, an IIFA Lifetime Achievement award and several other accolades.
1972 – Sonam Khas, Telugu and Hindi actress, grand daughter of veteran actor Murad. She acted in Samrat, Vijay, Tridev, Mitti Aur Sona, Krodh, Ajooba, Vishwatma etc.
1988 – Ishant Sharma, Indian superfast pace bowler (delivered a speed of 152 kmph). Played for Delhi, North Zone in Ranji, and KKR, Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab in IPL format. Has taken over 311 Test wickets, 115 ODIs, 486 in Fitst Class matches and played crucial role in winning 2013 ICC Champions Trophy for India.
RIP…. 2009 – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from Congress. Alleged to have a massed huge wealth through cuts from sanction of mining licenses etc. His son YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is the current CM of Andhra (YSR Congress Party).
You may have known…. Only about 35% of total agricultural land in India is reliably irrigated. About 2/3rd cultivated land in India is dependent on monsoons (2010). This high dependence on rainfall makes a large portion of India’s agriculture vulnerable to changes in weather patterns. 
{compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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