Today’s Motto: ‘The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of …..
.....their followers than those who offer safety and a good time'
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, 08 Sep….
1930 – Scotch tape was developed by Richard G. Drew at 3M, St. Paul Minnesota, US. Once marketed, the public found the tape had a wide range popular applications in mending, sealing and joining.
1930 – 1st appearance of comic strip “Blondie”.
1954 – SE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) forms to stop communists in Asia.
1961 – Statistical evidence linking heavy smoking with heart disease was reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
1962 – The Chinese make their First Incursion into Indian Territory in the Eastern Sector.
1965 – Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India’s options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southernmost divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division.
1974 – President Gerald Ford pardons former President R Nixon of all federal crimes.
2012 – Pakistan and India plan to mutually ease visa requirements.
2015 – Pope Francis announces moves to streamline the annulment process within the Catholic Church.
2020 – Two ex-Myanmar soldiers testify they were ordered to rape and kill Muslim Rohingya villagers, 1st public confession of army-directed crimes against Rohingya.
2021 – US Biden administration releases blueprint calling for 44% of American electricity to come from the sun by 2050 (currently 3%).
2022 – Queen Elizabeth II dies at Balmoral Castle after ruling for 70 years, as the UK’s longest-serving monarch. Her eldest son inherits the throne as King Charles III.
Born….
1887 – Swami Sivananda, religious leader, Hindu universalist renaissance guru, author of 200 books and founder of Divine Life Society with 400 branches worldwide.
1926 – Bhupen Hazarika, Assamese, Hindi and folk singer Was awarded India’s highest civilian award, in 2019
1935 – Asha Bhosle, Bollywood singer, younger sister of Lata Mangeshkar.
RIP…
1960 – Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha. Married Indira Gandhi and fathered Rajiv, Sanjay Gandhi.
1982 – Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years.
You may have known….
Domestic cats share 95% of their DNA with tigers.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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