Some of us complain that rose bushes have thorns; some rejoice that thorns have roses. Decision is ours.
On this day, 19 Apr....
1451 - Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne.
1770 - British explorer Captain James Cook first sights Australia.
1892 - The first Duryea automobile was operated by pioneer manufacturer Charles E. Duryea. He had been building it since August 1891. This would become the model for the first automobile regularly made for sale in the U.S.
1909 - Joan of Arc receives beatification by the Roman Catholic Church.
1971 - Salyut 1 was launched by the Soviet Union. Although primitive, having only a single main module, it was the first space station ever in Earth orbit.
1975 - The first satellite built in India was launched from Volgograd Launch Station, Russia, on a Soviet Intercosmos C-1 rocket. It was named Aryabhata, after the noted 5th-century Indian mathematician.
1995 - A criminal release of sarin vapour in the Tokyo underground caused the death of 12 people, and 5,000 were injured. Because of their attack with sarin gas the previous year, in Matsumoto, Japan, in which 7 people were killed and 200 injured, the authorities were prepared for similar acts of terrorism, and antidotes were available to treat those affected in the next attack. For the 1995 incident, this preparation saved many lives. (Sarin vapour is a nerve gas so poisonous that a tablespoonful of liquid sarin could kill or disable 25,000 inhabitants if sprayed from the air as a fine mist over a town).
1996 - AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
1997 - I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda.
1998 - Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
Born....
1957 - Mukesh Ambani, businessman.
1968 - Arshad Warsi, film actor.
RIP....
1994 - Major General Rajinhder Singh Sparrow, first awardee of `Mahavir Chakra'.
You may have known....
The first railroad was constructed by two Hindu/Parsi (Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy and Jagannath Shunkerseth) and not the Bristish.
Good morning. Have a nice day.
Raj Kadyan
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