Today’s Motto: ‘Success is measured not by a position held but by achievements’

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

On this day, Nov. 17……

1820 – Antarctica discovered by Nathaniel B. Palmer on the ‘Hero’, a 47 foot sloop.

1849 – The first bowler hat was sold by Lock & Co. of St. James’s, London, to William Coke for twelve shillings. He had placed an order intending for the hat to protect him from low-hanging branches when he was out shooting. On this day, he travelled to London to take delivery, and tested it by putting it on the floor and stamping on it. It had been made for Lock & Co. by Thomas and William Bowler, felt hat makers on Southwark Bridge Road, London. This accounts for the name ‘Bowler’ by which the hat is now known, although Lock’s still refer to the style as a C

 (Suez Canal)

oke after their first customer who bought it.

1853 – Street signs authorised at San Francisco intersections.

1869 – The Suez Canal in Egypt was opened. The 100-mile long canal cuts across the Isthmus of Suez, thus linking the Mediterranean and the Red seas, and providing a direct transportation route for trade between Europe and Asia.

1970 – A U.S. patent was issued for the computer mouse – an “X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System”. The inventor was Doug Engelbart. In the lab, he and his colleagues had called it a “mouse,” after its tail-like cable

1994 – India’s North Eastern Council decides to include Sikkim in the Council.

2008 – The world’s oldest polar bear Debby died at age 41 going on 42, euthanised after suffering from several strokes and organ failure. She was recognised in 2007 by Guinness World Records as the oldest living polar bear. Whereas the typical lifespan of a polar bear in the wild is 20 years, Debby received good care by the conservation efforts of the zoo, and the benefit of living away from the really harsh climate in the wild (pic credit- Wikipedia).

2014 – The Church of England adopts legislation enabling the appointment of female bishops.

2021 – Delhi authorities order schools shut till further notice and construction halted as Supreme Court calls for a “pollution lockdown” as city battles winter smog.

2021 – Record number of Americans, over 100,000, died of drug overdoses April 2020 – April 2021 according to the Centre for Disease Control.

Born….

1906 – Soichiro Honda, the Japanese engineer, race car driver and industrialist who founded the Honda Motor Company, motor cycle and car manufacturer.

1920 – Gemini Ganesan,South and Bollywood  actor.

1982 – Yusuf Pathan, prolific batsman cricketer.

RIP….
1928 – Lala Lajpat Rai, a freedom fighter popularly known as Punjab Kesari. He was one third of the Lal Bal Pal triumvirate. He sustained serious injuries by the police when leading a non-violent protest in Lahore  against the Simon Commission and died less than three weeks later.
2012 – Bal Thackeray, politician. Bal Keshav Thackeray founded the Shiv Sena.

You may have known….
Between birth and death, the human body goes from having 300 bones, to just 206.

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