Today’s Motto: ‘Speak the truth even if your voice shakes’
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, 16 Oct….
1905 – The first partition of Bengal was done by Lord Curzon. It created a Muslim-majority state in the east and a Hindu-majority state in the west. The partition fuelled opposition and was a key event in the rise of armed
nationalism and then Swadeshi movement. the day was observed as a “day of mourning” across Bengal. People fasted, walked barefoot in processions singing “Vande Mataram,” and tied rakhis (sacred threads) on each other as a Symbol of Unity (pic credit-prepladderr.com).
1928 – A U.S. patent was issued for the first electric light bulb to Thomas Alva Edison, who frosted a wire filament inside with sufficient strength for commercial handling. The ad
vantages of frosting the inside of a bulb (versus the outside) are less absorption of light and less collection of dust. The previous etching processes tended to weaken the glass because the etched pits in the surface were sharply angled. He was able to produce rounded pits by treating the bulb with a weaker etching solution, or a strong solution used for a shorter time (Image credit- Bettmann/CORBIS).
1942 – Cyclone in the Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 across south of Calcutta.
1951 – The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
1951 – The first motion picture in the U.S. of the inside of a living heart was shown at the clinical session of the New York Academy of Medicine Post Graduate Fortnightly held at Montefiore Hospital, New York City, where the film was made. A dog’s heart was the subject of the 9-1/2 minute colour film, which showed the opening and closing of the mitral valve. This structure was of interest because it is often crippled by rheumatic fever.
1964 – China detonated the country’s first atomic bomb.
1973 – Israeli tanks under Gen Ariel Sharon move through the Suez Canal. ( It was a bold move by the Israelis, when they crossed the Suez Canal to the West, penetrated beween Egyptian 2nd and 3rd Armies, and surrounded one of them).
1978 – Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad. He took only 2 wickets but in
the 3rd Test in Karachi later he scored fastest half-century (33 balls) with 2 Sixes and another 50 in the second innings. His powerful bowling and batting showed his all-round talent.
1984 – The National Security Guard was established following Operation Blue Star to act as a Federal contingency force and combat terrorist activities.
1987 – Paul Holc of California, became the youngest person in the world known to have an organ transplant of any kind when he received a new heart at just three hours old. The heart transplant was performed by at Loma by surgeon Dr. Leonard Bailey at Linda University Medical Center. At birth, the baby weighe
d 6 pounds 6¾ ounces and suffered from hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a fatal heart defect in which the heart’s left chamber is missing or atrophied. Baby was delivered early by Caesarean section because a donor heart became available from a brain-dead baby in Canada. By the time he celebrated his 10th birthday, hundreds of similar transplants had been performed at Loma Linda.
1994 – CIA connection to CN Annadurai alleged in book on TN Seshan, then CM Jayalali
tha obtains stay on release of the book. Annadurai was Lok Sabha member from Madras (now Chennai). Founder member of DMK, he was also the 4th Chief Minister of the state.
1999 – Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the “Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99”. Leading Billiards and Snooker player of India dominated the world Billiards charts during 1980s to 1990s, was awarded Padma Shri, Major dhyan Chand Khel Ratna and Arjuna award.
Born…. 1948 – Hema Malini, popular South Indian actress entered Bollywood with Sapno Ka Saudagar opposite great showman Raj Kapoor after debuting with Tamil film Idhu Sathiyam in 1963. Hema has a score of jubilee films with blockbuster performance in Abhinetri (1971) and became the Dream Girl of millions of Bollywood cinema lovers. She worked with Dharmendra, Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna, Sanjeev Kumar and other heros. She is the current MP from the Mathura Lok Sabha seat of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is one of the few B
ollywood actresses who have a unique combination of beauty, style, acting and dancing. She acted in many superhit films in a career spanning almost four decades. From the cinema world to Parliament and from the stage of dance festivals to the small screen, Hema Malini has been capturing the attention of the audience with her charming presence everywhere. Experienced, beautiful, and talented Hema Malini is an invaluable heritage of the Indian art world. Some of her successful films are Johney Mera Naam, Andaaz, Lal Patther, Dream Girl, Seeta Aur Geeta, Tum Haseen Mein Jawan, Phool Aur Kaante, Sanyasi, Kranti, Ek Chaadar Maili Si, Dharmatma, Pratigya, Sholey, Charas, Jugnu, Dilllagi, Prem Nagar, Baaghvan, Baabul etc. She married film industry’s popular He Man Dharmendra Deol in 1980 and has two daughters Isha and Aahna. She has been awarded Padma Shri, Hony Doctorate and won 2 Filmfare awards (11 nominations), Lifetime Achievement award and several other accolades.
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P…. 1992 – Capt. P. K. Sahgal of Azad Hind Fauj founded by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. During the trial at the Red Fort, he said, “Because I wanted freedom for my motherland , I was ready to shed my blood for it.” His wife Dr. Lakshmi Sahgal was also prominent freedom fighter of Azad Hind Fauz.
You may have known….The oasis is far from the only unusual place Google has sent cameras. For more than a decade, the company’s Trekker program gave cameras to both local organizations and daring adventurers to capture amazing places for the Street View programme. That includes Everest.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
