Today’s Motto: ‘Wonder is the beginning of wisdom’

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This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History! 
On this day, Feb. 24……..

1739 – Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.

1871 – Charles Darwin’s Descent of Man was published in London (pic credit-The Read).
1920 – The Nazi Party was founded by Adolf Hitler in Munich, Germany.
1931 – The Fields Medal was established to recognise outstanding contributions to mathematics. It was conceived since there was no Nobel Prize for mathematicians. Although John Charles Fields probably thought of the medal at some earlier time, the first recorded mention of it was made on 24 Feb 1931 in minutes of a committee meeting.
1938 – DuPont began commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles for the so-called “Miracle Tuft Toothbrush.” (Before 1938, the world relied on toothbrush bristles of neck hairs from wild swine from Siberia, Poland and China. When DuPont created nylon it was the toothbrush which was the first item to benefit from the use of nylon. At first, the consumers were not entirely satisfied because the early nylon bristles were very stiff and hurt the gums. By 1950, Du Pont produced softer nylon bristles).
1948 – The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February (pic-credit-Vismay K.)
1949 – “The first recorded man-made object (two-stage rocket) to reach extraterrestrial or outer space” was launched from New Mexico.
1961 – Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
1974 – Pakistan officially recognises Bangladesh.
1989 – 150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found.
2000 – The Subrahmanyam Committee report tabled in the Lok Sabha. The panel concluded that the Pakistan intrusion in Kargil took the Indian security establishment by surprise.
2014 – A 4.4 billion-year-old Crystal is discovered to be the oldest known fragment from the earth’s crust.

2014 – Today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the Apple Macintosh; the computer had a 9-inch monochrome display, 128 KB of memory and a 3.5″ slot for a floppy disk.(pic credit-AppleInsider)

2016 – Oldest Muslim graves in Europe, from the 

8th century, identified at a burial site in Nimes, France.

2020 – Scientists identify the first animal that doesn’t need oxygen to breathe – a tiny parasite living in salmon tissue, reported in journal PNAS.

2022 – War starts between Ukraine and Russia (map credit-Al Jazeera).                                                                                                                           Born….
1924 – Talat Mahmood, legendary ghazal and sad songs singer (pic credit-Saregama).
1939 – Joy Mukherjee, Romantic Bollywood hero, acted in blockbusters like Love in Shimla, Love in Tokyo, Ek Musafir Ek Hasina, Phir Vohi Dil Laya Hoon,  Shagird, Hamsaya  Was given AnandLok Award, Bengal Youth Award, Star Jalsha Awards twice  (pic credit-Wikipedia; video-Ultra Bollywood ).
1948 – Jayaram Jayalalitha, actress and politician, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
1963 – Sanjay Leela Bhansali, popular film director, who did films like Back, Bajirao Matani, Devdas, Padmavat , Gangubai Kathiawaadi etc. Won 5 National Film Awards, 3 Flimafare and IIFa Awrds (pic credit-BookMyShow)
1972 – Pooja Bhatt, romanytic Bollywood actor, daughter of famous director Mahesh Bhatt .
RIP….
1986 – Rukmini Devi, dancer and choreographer of the Indian classical dance form of 

Bharatnatyam.
1998 – Lalita Pawar, legendary Bollywood actor, did mostly villain roles in films like Sujatsa, Anari, Shri 420, Parvarish, Mr. & Mrs. 55 100 Din Saas ke etc. Wos zSangery Natak Academy award, Filmfare awsrd once each. (pic credit-Wikipedia).
Titbits….
1979 – Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas.
You may have known….
2520 is the smallest number that is divisible by all figures from 1 to 10.

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