Today’s Motto: Without deviation from the norm, progress is seldom possible

On this day, 08 Jun….

1786 – The first advertisement for commercially-made ice cream in the U.S. was published in the New York ‘Post Boy’.

1824 -Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec.

1869 – Ives W. McGaffney of Chicago obtained the first American patent for a “sweeping machine”. This first suction-type vacuum cleaner was a light hand-powered device for surface cleaning.

1896 – First car thief; Baron de Zuylen’s Peugeot is stolen by his mechanic in Paris.

1936 – 1st parking meters are invented.

1936 – Akashwani Radio; (was later changed into All India Radio in 1958).

1948 – ‘Malabar Princess’, Air India’s first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service started between India and United Kingdom.

1959 – The first official U.S. missile mail was launched.

1983 – The first triplets resulting from in-vitro fertilization were born in Australia.

1999 – ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.

2018 – World’s most powerful supercomputer, Summit, can process 200,000 trillion calculations per second, launched at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, by IBM and Nvidia.

Born….

1957 – Dimple Kadadia, actress.

1975 – Shilpa Shetty, actress.

 

RIP….

632 – Mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition).

You may have known….

Ants are eaten in many countries. Although both larvae and adult ants can be eaten, the former is usually more appetizing; adult ants contain less flavor, though they are richer in protein. Ants also contain fiber, vitamins, and minerals such as iron, magnesium, potassium, zinc, and phosphorus. In other words, ants might just count as a superfood.

Good morning. Have a nice day.
Raj Kadyan