Today’s Motto: ‘Try to be somebody’s reason to smile’

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

On this day,  Mar. 10……..

1553 – Ambroise Paré published a second edition of his Method of Curing Wounds Made by Arquebus and Arrows to popularise a revolutionary method he had discovered to treat the new medical problem of gunshot wounds. During the siege of Turin (1536-37), having run out of the oil used to cauterize wounds in the conventional way, Paré turned instead to simple dressings and soothing ointment, and immediately noted the improved condition of his patients. In his career, Paré wrote several important medical works which advanced the art of surgery, for which he became known as “the father of modern surgery.”

1876 – Alexander Graham Bell made what was, in effect, the first telephone call. His assistant, Thomas Watson, located in an adjoining room heard Bell’s voice over the experimental device say to him, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.” This was Bell’s first successful experiment with the telephone, which is recorded in the 10 Mar entry of his Lab Notebook (pic credit-Wikipedia)

1903 – Harry C. Gammeter, a typewriter salesman of Cleveland, Ohio patented the multigraph “duplicating machine” . It was the first successful machine in the U.S. to simplify the printing processes, so that a layman could print from type.

1910 – China ends slavery.

1923 – Time magazine reported the statement “You throw your geniuses in the dust heap,” made by tropical disease expert Sir Ronald Ross to the British Science Guild in London. He drew attention to two scientists that were not employed by Great Britain despite their medical accomplishments: Waldemar M. W. Haffkine who discovered methods of inoculation against cholera and Sir David Bruce who discovered the cure for sleeping sickness. He also commented that the American, Walter Reed, who linked yellow fever transmission to mosquitoes, died without knowing how his wife and children would be provided for. (Dr. Ronald Ropss was awarded Nobel Prize in 1902)

1939 – 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad.

1948 – Herbert H. Hoover became the first civilian pilot to exceed the speed of sound when he flew a Bell X-1 research aircraft at Edwards AFB, California. Instead of making its own take-off, the X-1 was loaded under the bomb bay of a B29 mother ship which carried it aloft, then released it at 20,000 feet. He reached Mach 1.065.

1969 – Indian Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union.

2015 – Pakistan reinstates the death penalty for all crimes, extending a previous reinstatement only for terrorism cases; the country has had a moratorium on capital punishment since 2008 but lifted it after terrorist attacks in December 2014.

2020 – Russian lower house of Parliament passes legislation to allow Vladimir Putin to hold office of President for life.

2022 – True global death toll from COVID-19 estimated at 18.2 million in new study by Washington University.

2023 – Xi Jinping appointed to a historic third term as President of China (previously restricted to two terms).

Born….

1926 – Dilbagh Singh, Air Chief Marshal, former Chief of Air Staff of Indian Air Force.

1949 – Padma Khanna, Bollywood actor, dancer. Acted as Kaikeyi in Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan. (It is told she wept profusely  after playing that role). Also acted in films

like Biwi aur Makaan,  Yaar Meri Zindagi, Saudagar, Geet Gata Chal, Johny Mera Naam, Loafer, Aatank etc.  (pic credit-Stars Unfolded).

1957 – Osama bin Laden, Islamic militant and founder of al-Qaeda. Born in Rioyadh but raised al-Qayeda in Sudan and  Afghanisan. He was chief conspirator of Sept. 11, 2001  attack on Times Towes in America, killing over 300 persons.. Was executed by US on May 02, 2011 through a drone attack. (pic credit-Wikipedia)

RIP….

37 – Tiberius Claudius Nero, most infamous and cruel Roman emperor. He became king of Rome at the age of 16 and died at 30.

1984 – IS Johar, actor. Satirical, writer and film maker.  He was somewhat  idiosyncratic individual, a lifelong liberal (if not a libertine: he had five marriages, an extraordinary number by Indian standards, both then and now) who poked fun at all forms of institutionalised self-satisfied smugness. He also wrote and directed films. like Johar Mehmood in Goa, Hongkong, Bewakoof, Dayashankar etc.  Also appearted in Internatyional films like Lawrence of Arabi, Harry Black and Death of the Nile.  Yash Chopra started his film career as an assistant director with I. S. Johar.

You may have known….

A tablespoon of Light Roast coffee has more caffeine than Dark Roast coffee.

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