Today’s Motto: ‘Your “I CAN” is more important than your IQ’

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

On this day, 03 Nov ….

(National Housewife Day. Celebrated on November 3rd each year, it’s a day to appreciate the hard work, dedication, and love that housewives contribute to their households. This day also provides an opportunity to acknowledge the many responsibilities they handle and show gratitude for their efforts).

1838 – The Times of India, the world’s largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper, is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.  Today it  is the No. 1 English   and  No.  3 Print  Media House in India  and  No. 9  globally, with  about 20,00,000  circulation from  about 50 editions and  allied journals Ahmedabad Mirror, Bengalore Mirror, Pune Mirror,  Economic tTimes, ET Panache, Ei Samay Sangbadpatra, Maharashtra Times, Navabharat Times, magazines, Electronic TV channels and  Digital editions.

Owned by SP Jain and  Ramakrishna Dalmiya  families media empire is built on  professional  news content, marketing  skills; though  denounced for using Paid News channel to achieve higher revenues targets, it  remains one of the most successful media entreprise on the Earth. (est. revenue $ 390 million)

1862 – Dr. Richard Gatling patents Machine Gun.

1892 – The first automatic telephone exchange, using the switching device invented by Almon B. Strowger, opened to the public in LaPorte, Indiana, US, with about seventy-five subscribers. A considerable amount of ceremony was attached to the affair, with a special train run from Chicago and a brass band on hand to greet the guests. This early system did not use a dial to enter the desired number. Instead, using three keys, one for each digit of a three-digit number, a subscriber pressed each key the appropriate number of times for each digit. ( In the UK, the very first Strowger exchange opened at Epsom in Surrey in 1912).

1906 – “SOS” was specified as the international distress signal, in a document signed by representatives of 27 nations at the second International Wireless Telegraph Convention in Berlin. It would replace the earlier Marconi call sign CQD. By 1904 many transatlantic British ships had wireless equipment. First used in England on landline wires, “CQ” preceded time signals and special notices as a sign for “all stations.” The Marconicompany suggested adding the “D” meaning distress. The code “CQD” was established as a distress signal on 1 Feb 1904, but was never chosen from such a phrase as “Come Quick Danger.” The 1906 Conference proceedings do not detail the discussions about the choice of SOS. The likely reason is that it was speedy to tap out (not from “Save Our Souls”).  Established in 1985 in the UK, it is now activev in 60 countries and has over 40 emergency help units. (India No.+ 91 22 42838383).

1911 – Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.

1948 – Jawaharlal Nehru took the dais at the United Nations General Assembly for the first time as the prime minister of independent India. He stressed the need for peace, saying hatred & violence wouldn’t solve the world’s problems.

1952 – Clarence Birdseye marketed the first frozen peas in Chester, N.Y. While a U.S. field naturalist near the Arctic, he had learned the technique of flash freezing from Labrador Inuit.

1957 – Sputnik 2 was launched by Soviet Union, with the first live animal sent into space – a Siberian husky dog, Laika (“barker” in Russian). By design, the craft was not planned for recovery, and Laika died in orbit. Biological data, the first data of its kind, was transmitted back to Earth while she lived. The data showed scientists how Laika was adapting to space – information important to the imminent planned manned missions.

1966 – Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.

1984 – Body of assassinated Prime Minister Indira Gandhi cremated.

1984 – 3,000 die in 3-day riots following Indira Gandhi’s assassination.

1988 – Indian armed forces mounted special operations to help the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives and dealt with the 150 sea-borne invaders who stormed Maldivian Capital, Male, and sought to overthrow the democratically elected Government of the Maldives.

1998 – Mamata Banerjee, the TMC leader resigns from Central Coordinating Committee of the BJP and NDA alliance  to highlight the issue of spiralling vegetable prices, but  PM Vajpayee refused to accept the resignation.

2014 – One World Trade Centre opens, 13 years after terrorists destroyed the twin towers of the original World Trade Centre; the tower is one of 5 to be built on the same site and, at 1,773 feet high, is now the tallest building in the United States (pic credit.krgv.com).

Born…. 1749 – Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and photographer who discovered the portion of air that does not support combustion, now known to be Nitrogen.

1901 – Prithviraj Kapoor, a legendary actor, producer, and patriarch of the Kapoor family, one of the most influential and prominent acting dynasties in the history of Indian cinema. He made significant contributions to the world of theater and film and played a pivotal role in shaping the Hindi film industry.  He founded  Prithvi Theatres in  1944  which brought Kapoor family to top industry icons viz., himself, sons Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor, grandson Rishi and  siblings who excelled in  films.  Born in Samundri town near Layalpur, (Pakistan),  Prithviraj acted in popular films Alam Ara, Sikanadar, Bidyapati, Anand Math, Mughl-e Azam, Awara,  Kal Aaj Aur Kal, Raaj Kumar, Teen Bahurania, Nanak Naam Jahaaz Hai, etc. He was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademy Fellowship in 1954, , Padma Bhushan in 1969  and Dada Saheb Phalke award in 1971. He remained   nominated  to Rajya Sabha  for 8 years.

1933 – Amartya Kumar Sen, a renowned Indian economist and philosopher known for his groundbreaking work in the fields of social choice theory, welfare economics, development economics, and the study of famines. He has had a profound influence on our understanding of poverty, human development, and the importance of social and economic justice.

1937 – Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar, (one of the popular composer duo Laxmikant Pyarelal fame) was born on the day of Laxmi Puja. Probably, because of the day of his birth, his parents named him Laxmikant, after the goddess Laxmi. Laxmikant-Pyarelal jodi together composed music for over 750 films in several languages between 1963-1998  and won 7 Filmfare awards and 17 nominations  and Padma Bhushan in 2024.

RIP…. 1992 – Premnath (Malhotra), hero and villain of the Hindi film industry.He acted as hero and villain  in about 100 films including Barsaat, Baadal, Aan, Naujawan,  Aaram,  Johny Mera Naam, Bobby, Dharmatma, Kal AAj Aur Kal etc. He was a brother-in-law of  thespian Raj Kapoor and elder brother of comedian Rajendra Nath. He was awarded Filmfare 3 times,

You may have known….  India has 586 fighter aircraft jets; Pakistan has 485. In all the Indian Air Force  has approximately 2,229 to 2,296 military aircraft of all types. Pakistan has approximately 1,399 to 1,434 military aircraft.  IAF celebrates  its Foundation Day on Oct. 08.  (1932).

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

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