Today’s Motto: ‘Pining about the past is like chasing the wind’

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

On this day, 02 Jul….

1850 – The first U.S. patent for a gas mask with a self-contained breathing apparatus was issued for a “respiring apparatus.”

1867 – The first elevated railroad in the U.S. opened for traffic in New York City.

1900 – The first directed flight of a Zeppelin was made in Germany, using a large internal metal frame containing multiple cells of hydrogen gas balloons.

1922 – Ralph W. Samuelson of US became the first person to ride on water skis he had made as they are used today.

1940 – The first pontoon bridge of reinforced concrete in the U.S. was dedicated. (Fifty years after it was built, water from a heavy rainstorm filled the pontoons and the floating bridge sank into Lake Washington on 25 Nov 1990).

1957 – 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched.

1962 – The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart Discount City, opened in Rogers, Arkansas.

1972 – India & Pakistan sign Simla Agreement peace accord.

1976 – The Socialist Republic of Vietnam was officially formed with the unification of North and South Vietnam, marking the end of the Vietnam War.

1993 – ONGC converted into corporation by ordinance.

1999 – Sahara India, sponsor of the Sahara Cup annual cricket series between India and Pakistan in Canada, withdrew sponsorship in view of the Kargil conflict.

2001 – First self-contained, mechanical heart was implanted as a replacement. The device, called the AbioCor, was battery powered and the size of a softball.

2019 – Newly rediscovered Lewis chess piece sells at auction for £735,000 in London.

2024 – At least 121 people, mostly women and children, killed in a stampede at an Indian religious gathering in Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh.

Born:  1877- Hermann Hesse. German poet, writer, novelist. He was awarded Nobel Prize  in 1946.

1922 – Pierre Cardin, Italian fashion designer,  also designed Flair Pen  famous brand, Shoes and Spectacles. His net worth was $ 800 million in 2020.

1946 – Raza Murad. veteran Indian character actor, a cousin of  popular heroine Zeenat Amman. He won a Filmfare award.

1958 – Pawan Malhotra. Born in Panipat, theatre and TV Serial actor. Known for roles Bagh Bahadur, Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro, Aisa Desh Hai Mera, Alag Alag, Black Friday (Tiger Mommon’s role).

RIP….

1757 – Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula was captured and assassinated. He was stabbed with a knife by Muhammad Beg at the instance of Miran, son of Mir Zafar.

1961 – Ernest Hemingway, American author and Nobel laureate, dies from suicide at 61.

Titbits….

1843 – An alligator falls from sky during a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina. USA.
You may have known….
The longest railway platform in the world is at Kharagpur. It is 2,733 ft. long.

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