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On this day, 23 Jun....
930 - World's oldest parliament, the Icelandic Parliament, was established.
1775 - The first American-made book was advertised in Philadelphia. Titled 'Impenetrable Secret', the book was printed and sold by Story and Humphreys. Sadly, no copy of the book has survived.
1784 - In Baltimore, America's first balloonist, was a teenager,13-year-old Edward Warren, who soloed in a 35-foot diameter hot-air balloon held in place from the ground with a tether.
1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule of Milwaukee, received a patent for an invention he called a “Type-Writer”. It only had capital letters and fit in a box about 2 feet square and 6" high. The typists didn't know if they were making errors because the paper could not be seen as it was being typed; it was inside the machine.
1964 - Arthur Melin obtained a patent for the hula-hoop. An Australian visiting California told Melin that in his country, children twirled bamboo hoops around their waists in gym class.
1894 - The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
1927 - All India radio broadcasting service started by a private transmitting station in Bombay and Calcutta.
1930 - The Simon Commission recommends a federal India and separation of Burma.
1946 - In South Africa, a group of white men attack and assault Indian Passive Resisters.
1961 - The Antarctic Treaty, ensuring that Antarctica is used for peaceful purposes; for international cooperation in scientific research; and does not become the scene or object of international discord, comes into force.
1985 - Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 'Kanishka' in air near Ireland, 329 die.
1992 - "Teen Bigha Day" protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh.
Born....
1952 - Raj Babbar, film actor.
RIP....
1953 - Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician and national leader, founder of Jan Sangh Party.
1975 - General Prannath Thapar, former Army Chief.
1980 - Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Fourth President of India.
1980 - Sanjay Gandhi, politician and General Secretary AICC (I).
Titbits....
1928 - In Germany, a rocket-powered auto built by Opel was wrecked in a test after reaching a speed of 156 mph.
You may have known....
Chess was invented in India.
Good morning. Have a nice day.
Raj Kadyan
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