This very moment is the only one we know we have for sure. Live it to the fullest.
On this day, 03 Jan....
1431 - Joan of Arc trial. (It was handed over to Bishop Pierre Cauchon for execution of the person known to history as Joan of Arc, the young French peasant girl who was the defendant in the case. The trial verdict was later reversed on appeal by the Inquisitor-General in 1456, thereby completely exonerating her. She is now considered a French national heroine and a saint of the Roman Catholic Church).
1496 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
1840 - 1st deep sea sounding. (Sir James Clark Ross conducts the first open ocean deep-water sounding in 2425 fathoms (14,450 feet) in the south Atlantic ocean. The sounding is taken using the traditional method of lowering a hemp rope over the side of the ship).
1888 - The first wax drinking straw and the spiral winding tube-making process was patented by Marvin C. Stone in Washington. Stone was already a manufacturer of paper cigarette holders. His idea was to make paper drinking straws to replace the use of natural rye grass straws. Stone made his prototype straw by winding strips of paper around a pencil and gluing it together. He then tried paraffin-coated manila paper, so the straws would not become soggy while someone was drinking. The first straws were hand rolled, and by 1890 his factory was producing more straws than cigarette holders.By 1905, he had also invented a machine to roll his straws, necessary to keep up with the growing demand, and new applications of spiral-wound tubing.
1919 - Professor Ernest Rutherford succeeded in splitting the atom. By bombarding nitrogen atoms with alpha particles emitted by radioactive materials he transmuted the nitrogen atoms into oxygen.
1921 - First Indian Parliament meets.
1943 - 1st missing persons telecast (New York).
1947 - 1st opening session of Congress to be televised (US).
1956 - A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
1957 - The world's first electric watch was introduced by the Hamilton Watch Company. Research began in 1946, but it was to take more than ten years to develop a viable watch. On this day, Hamilton held a press conference. The idea of a watch which never needed winding was very exciting to 1950's consumers, who were captivated by progress and modernity. The Hamilton Electric was an instant hit. Its popularity was enhanced by a number of very dramatic case styles with non-traditional asymmetrical styling; they were visual reminders of the ultra-modern movements inside the case. By 1969, when production ended, more advanced technology had already rendered the Hamilton Electric obsolete.
1988 - Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM of the century.
2000 - A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers).
Born....
1938 - Major Jaswant Singh, noted politician.
1966 - Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, Indian Test pace bowler, (World Cup hat-trick 1987).
RIP....
2005 - JN Dixit, firmer Indian Foreign Secretary.
Good morning. Have a nice day.
Raj Kadyan
Raj Kadyan
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