Few tragedies are deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive, by a limit identified as lying within.
On this day, 04 Nov....
1846 - The first U.S. patent for an artificial leg was granted to Benjamin F. Palmer of Meredith, New Hampshire. Artificial legs had been used previously: in 1837 one was exhibited by Howland & Co of Brookfield, Mass., at the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association.
1879 - James Jacob Ritty (1837-1918) with help from his brother John invented the first cash register, intended to combat stealing by bartenders in his saloon. His idea came on a cruise, when he saw a device that counted the revolutions of the ship's propeller. Their first model looked like a clock, but instead of the hands indicating hours and minutes, they indicated dollars and cents. Behind the dial two adding discs accumulated the total of the amounts recorded. Known as "the incorruptible cashier," with no cash drawer, it would show anyone within sight how much had been recorded. However, the Ritty brothers failed to sell their cash registers in large quantities - largely because shop staff distrusted this "thief trap".
1939 - The first air-conditioned automobile was exhibited by its manufacturer, Packard Motor Co. of Detroit Michigan. Cadillac followed in 1941.
1946 - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Constitution became effective.
1965 - Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record of 308.56 MPH in Utah, USA. That record fell recently with Jessi Combs setting an average speed of 392.954 mph on October 9, 2015.
1998 - Paramjeet Singh upstages Milkha Singh's 38-year-old 400m record at the national open athletic championship at Calcutta.
Born....
1618 - Aurangzeb, [Alamgir], Mughal emperor. (Could be born on 3/11 or 4/11 or 24/10).
1916 - Ruth Mosko Handler. (She was an American inventor who created the Barbie Doll (1959), a teenage doll with a tiny waist and slender hips, and Ken, a boy doll (1961), which she named after her children).
1929 - Shakuntala Devi, Indian computer and astrologer who demonstrated her gift as an arithmetical prodigy in public performances (beginning at age 6 years old), rapidly computing answers to addition of several up to 13-digit numbers. Her skill was one of computation, but she did not have a photographic memory for other facts, and could have memory lapses such as recognizing people met in years past.
RIP....
1970 - Pandit Shambhu Maharaj, the great Kathak dance master.
Good morning. Have a nice day.
Lt Gen Raj Kadyan
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