Today’s Motto: ‘Reading success stories is inspiration, making your own is achievement’
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, Aug.26……
580 – Chinese invent toilet paper. (Modern commercial toilet paper originated in the 19th century, with a patent for roll-based dispensers being made in 1883).
1346 – The cannon, firing a round ball, was first used in battle in France. (Their chief effect, in the beginning, was psychological: the burst of fire and loud noise were effective in getting the enemy’s attention, making it impossible for them to forget that their lives were in danger).
1843 – The first U.S. design of a typewriter that successfully typed was issued a patent to Charles Thurber as a “machine for printing by hand by pressing upon keys which contain the type, called “Thurber’s Patent Printer.” However, the machine was slow to use.
1873 – 1st kindergarten public school opens in St. Louis. (The word kindergarten comes from German [ˈkɪndɐˌɡaːɐ̯tn̩] or listen, which means literally “garden for the children).
1895 – The large-scale production of electricity using hydropower from the Niagara Falls was commercialised.
1909 – An almost perfectly preserved Cro-Magnon man skeleton was discovered by Swiss paleontologist Otto Hauser. At 34,000 years old, the remains provided an example of man’s development leading towards the emergence of Homo sapiens. (Homo sapiens (Latin: “wise man”) is the scientific name for the only extant human species).
1920 – 1st U.S. roller coaster built.
1938 – A tape recorder was used for the first time in the U.S. to send a radio broadcast.
1947 – Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion.
1955 – 1st colour telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup).
1959 – The Morris Mini-Minor was introduced by the British Motor Corporation.
1997 – Indian Employee Provident Fund scheme of 1952 amended to ensure that all PF claims are settled within 30 days from the date of receipt of claims by the PF Commissioner.
2017 – Violent clashes after conviction of spiritual leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh kill 31 in Panchkula, 120 admitted to hospital.
2021 – Two bomb blasts at Kabul Airport, Afghanistan, kill at least 60 people, including 12 US soldiers, amid international efforts to evacuate citizens out of the country.
Born….
1910 – Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Albanian born Indian nun and founder of Missionaries of Charity-pic credit-Lottie Dolls (Nobel Peace Prize, 1979).
1927 – Bansi Lal, Hindu Jat independence activist, former Chief Minister of Haryana and considered by many to be the architect of modern Haryana.
1956 – Maneka Gandhi, writer, politician.
1966 – Madhur Bhandarkar, film director.
RIP….
1935 – John North Willys, American industrialist whose company ‘Willys Overland Motors’ developed the jeep.
2012 – Ak Hangal, actor.
You may have known….
Women blink twice as much as men.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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