In the haunted house of life, perseverance is the only stair that doesn't creak.
On this day, 13 Nov....
1907 - French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter - twin rotor. (Paul Cornu made history by designing the world's first successful manned rotary wing aircraft. He piloted this construction himself at Normandy, France. It lifted Cornu about 30 cm for 20 seconds . Unfortunately this early helicopter was scarcely manoeuverable and had only a few additional flights. The construction was not much further developed by this technical pioneer, who had to keep on making a living by manufacturing bicycles).
1909 - Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle.
1913 - 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob. ( Although in ancient Indian sculptures majority of female figures are devoid of a blouse, there are several instances of ancient Indian women wearing brassieres. The first historical reference to brassieres in India is found during the rule of King Harshavardhana in 1st century AD).
1930 - The Rotolactor, invented by Henry W. Jeffries, was housed in the lactorium of the Walker Gordon Laboratory in New Jersey. This was a 50-stall revolving platform that enabled the milking of 1,680 cows in seven hours by rotating them into position with the milking machines.
1946 - First artificial snow produced from a natural cloud.
2014 - Rohit Sharma sets a new record of 264 runs against Sri Lanka in an ODI innings in cricket.
Born....
1780 - Maharaja Ranjit Singh, "Lion of Punjab."
Titbits....
1952 - False fingernails 1st sold. (During the Ming Dynasty of China, noblewomen wore very long artificial nails as a status symbol indicating that, unlike commoners, they did not have to do manual labour. In the early 19th century in Greece, many upper-class women wore empty pistachio shells over their nails, slowly spreading the artificial nail trend across Europe. In the late 20th century, artificial nails for women became widely popular all over the world).
Good morning. Have a nice day.
On this day, 13 Nov....
1907 - French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter - twin rotor. (Paul Cornu made history by designing the world's first successful manned rotary wing aircraft. He piloted this construction himself at Normandy, France. It lifted Cornu about 30 cm for 20 seconds . Unfortunately this early helicopter was scarcely manoeuverable and had only a few additional flights. The construction was not much further developed by this technical pioneer, who had to keep on making a living by manufacturing bicycles).
1909 - Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle.
1913 - 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob. ( Although in ancient Indian sculptures majority of female figures are devoid of a blouse, there are several instances of ancient Indian women wearing brassieres. The first historical reference to brassieres in India is found during the rule of King Harshavardhana in 1st century AD).
1930 - The Rotolactor, invented by Henry W. Jeffries, was housed in the lactorium of the Walker Gordon Laboratory in New Jersey. This was a 50-stall revolving platform that enabled the milking of 1,680 cows in seven hours by rotating them into position with the milking machines.
1946 - First artificial snow produced from a natural cloud.
2014 - Rohit Sharma sets a new record of 264 runs against Sri Lanka in an ODI innings in cricket.
Born....
1780 - Maharaja Ranjit Singh, "Lion of Punjab."
Titbits....
1952 - False fingernails 1st sold. (During the Ming Dynasty of China, noblewomen wore very long artificial nails as a status symbol indicating that, unlike commoners, they did not have to do manual labour. In the early 19th century in Greece, many upper-class women wore empty pistachio shells over their nails, slowly spreading the artificial nail trend across Europe. In the late 20th century, artificial nails for women became widely popular all over the world).
Good morning. Have a nice day.
Lt Gen Raj Kadyan
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