Life fractures us all into little pieces, but it's how we glue those fractures back together that makes us stronger.
On this day, 15 Jan....
1797 - The top hat was first worn in England by James Heatherington, a Strand haberdasher in London. An issue of the Times of that period records that when he left his shop with his extraordinary headwear, a crowd of onlookers assembled, which degenerated into a shoving match. Consequently, Heatherington was summoned to appear in court before the Lord Mayor and fined £50 for going about in a manner "calculated to frighten timid people." Within a month, he was overwhelmed with orders for the new top hats.
1863, woodpulp paper was first used in the U.S. for a printed newspaper by the Boston Morning Herald.
1889, the idea of a "Rotary Dining Table" was issued a U.S. patent to a Black American inventor, Daniel Johnson. His idea was to use it for convenience on ships.
1949 - Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) K. M. Cariappa took over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from General Sir Francis Butcher, the last British Commander-in-Chief of India. The day is celebrated in India as the Army Day. It marks a day to salute the valiant soldiers who sacrificed their lives to protect the country and the people living in it.
1969 - The first docking of two manned spacecraft took place between the Soviet Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5.
1970 - Muammar al-Qaddafi (since assassinated) became Premier of Libya. His political philosophies were a mixture of Orthodox Islam beliefs, revolutionary socialism, and Arab nationalism.
1973 - President Richard Nixon halts the most concentrated bombing of the war against North Vietnam.
1996 - Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay.
1997 - Princess Diana angers defence ministers around the world after calling for an immediate international ban on land mines during a visit to Angola.
2009 - US Airways Flight 1549 ( Airbus 320 ) runs into a large flock of Canada Geese during takeoff from New York City. The pilot Chesley Sullenberger glides over the Hudson river. All passengers and crew evacuated safely.
2013 - Horse DNA was found in beef burgers being sold in supermarkets in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
2014 - Chinese villagers in the town of Jianshe built a wall of money after receiving a large payout for their co-operative. The town was given their annual bonuses of around two million dollars by military officials. The villagers stacked the money in a wall that had to be guarded before it could be distributed the next day.
Born....
1592 - Shahjahan, mughal emperor of India.
1947 - Pritish Nandi, famous journalist.
1956 - Mayawati, Indian politician.
RIP....
1998 - Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966.
You may have known....
Chess was invented in India.
Good morning. Have a nice day.
Raj Kadyan
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