Today’s Motto: ‘The goodwill of the group must be earned through good deeds of the leader’

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

On this day, 30 Nov….

1609 – The modern face of the moon first emerged when Galileo Galilei turned his telescope toward the moon, noted the irregularities of the crescent face, and made a drawing to record his discoveries.

1759 – Emperor Alamgir II of Delhi was assassinated by his minister.

1784 – John Jeffries, an American physician and scientist, recorded the first scientific data for free air, to a height of 9,309-ft, during a balloon flight in London, including twelve observations of temperature, pressure, and humidity. Jeffries’ values agree closely with modern determinations.

1899 – Aluminium was first used commercially in the U.S. as an electrical transmission conductor.

1924 – 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-New York).

1974 – India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban.

2022 – Artificial intelligence Chatbot ChatGPT prototype released by A.I. lab OpenAI, able to answer complex questions, write poetry and mimic some human emotions.

Born….

1835 – Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens], American, poet,  humor author known as Father of American literature. His popular books are The Innocents, Roughing It, The Innocents, Life on the Mississippi,  Adventures of Huckelberry, The Mysterious, The Guilded Age etc. He was honoured with D. Litt, by Univ. of Yale and Doctor of Law by Oxford (1907), Univ. of Missouri in 1902. (pic credit-

1858 – Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose, Indian physicist and plant physiologist who investigated the properties of very short radio waves, wireless telegraphy, and radiation-induced fatigue in inorganic materials.

1874 – Winston Churchill, soldier, author and politician. He  was the PM of Britain between 1941-45 and 1951-55. He was MP from 14900 to 164 except for 2 years (1922-24)

1936 – Sudha Malhotra, Indian actor,  Bhajan, Ghazals  and  film playback   singer.  Popular bhajans like Darshan Do Ghanshyam, Maik Tere Jehan mein etc. Sang for films Udan Khatola,  Dhool Ka Phool, Aarjoo, Barsaat Ki Raat, Ab Dilli Door Nahin, Didi, Dekh Kabira Roya etc. She was awarded Padam Shri in 2013. (video credit-All Time Hit Songs)

1962 – Irrfan Khan, Bollywood actor, who  also acted in British and American films like The warrior. Known for roles in Piku, Life of Pi,  Jurassic Wold, Slumdog Millionaire,  Qarib Qarib Single, Blackmail,  Angrezi Medium,  Hindi  Medium, Maqbool etc.  He won 6 Filmfare, 1 National Film award, PGA Emerican  and  several accolades. He died of Colon Cancer in 2020.

RIP….2012 – Inder Kumar Gujral, a diplomat  who served as Ambassador in USSR, a  politician-Member of CPI and Congress Party  and later became the country’s 12th prime minister from  April 1997 to March 1998.

You may have known….

A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.  Sharks  are big sea fish, sometimes  dangerous  as they eat other fish and  called Tiger Shark  sometimes 20 meters long and 20,000  pound  in  weight. They  can sometimes  attack humans too.

 

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