Today’s Motto: ‘Smooth roads do not always lead to beautiful destinations’

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

On this day, 14 Jun….

1881 – A patent was issued for his invention of a piano player by  John McTammany, of, Mass.

1938 – Chlorophyll was patented as a “therapeutic agent for the use in the treatment of infection” of the blood stream, infected parts, and for open cuts and wounds.

1940 – German troops occupy Paris, marking the end of Germany’s attacks on the western front.

1942 -1st bazooka rocket gun produced for a man-portable recoil-less anti tank rocket launcher weapon. The innovative bazooka was among the first generation of rocket-propelled anti-tank weapons

used in infantry combat.

1942 – Anne Frank begins her diary. (The diary was retrieved by Miep Gies, who gave it to Anne’s father,Otto Frank, the family’s only known survivor. The diary has since been published in more than 60 different languages).

1962 – Albert DeSalvo, better of Masschussetts, Boston,  known as the Boston Strangler, murders Anna Slesers, his first victim. (The Boston Strangler is a name given to the murderer (or murderers) of 13 women in the Boston area, US in the early 1960s. The crimes were attributed to Albert DeSalvo based on his confession, details revealed in court during a separate case and DNA evidence linking him to the last murder victim. Since then, parties investigating the crimes have suggested that the murders were committed by more than one person).

1985 – The Schengen Agreement is signed by five European Economic Community member states, aiming to abolish border controls between participating countries. (Now it incliudes 29 countries). (pic cedeit-Deniael Mihilecsu)

1987 – Rajiv Gandhi, PM, rules out termination of Rs. 1700 crore Bofors gun deal. Bofors in an old  40 mm gun  Sweddish  factory which adopted 360 degree coveragerage in war field  though US collaboration, in   (1941) war gun making  guns during World War II,,

Deswpite strong allegation of kicjbacks by persons close to PM Gandhi,  he refefused to cancel the orrdee, However the order theorder was cut down mlatee by hissuccessor govt led by PV Narasimha Rao.

1991 – Punjab was declared “disturbed area”; Army deployed.

2013 – Massive flooding occurs in northern India killing up to 10,000 people.

2013 – The US government charges NSA leaker Edward Snowden with violating the Espionage Act and theft of government property.

2023 – Fossil bones found in Tam Pà Ling (Cave of the Monkeys), Laos, dated to 86,000 years, are oldest known examples of modern humans (Homo sapiens) in South-East Asia.

Born….1969 – Steffi Graf, German tennis star who won 22 Grand Slam singles titles.

Titbits….

1989 – Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor arrested for slapping Beverly Hills motorcycle patrolman.

You may have known….

According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.Raj Kadyan (vieo YouTube.com).                             

                                                                                                                                       {Compiledecby Lt. Gen.( (R)  Raj Kadyan}