It is difficult to follow your dreams. But it is a tragedy if you don’t.
On this day, 24 Dec....
1889 - A bicycle with a back-pedal brake was patented by Daniel Stover and William Hance of US.
1893 - Henry Ford completed his first useful gas motor. He and his wife tested the small one-cylinder engine in their kitchen
1906 - Reginald A. Fessenden gave what is generally considered to be the first broadcast of entertainment by radio, as part of the ongoing promotion of the new system using his new alternator- transmitter.
1945 - A warning about Russian atomic bomb development was sent by an attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Thomas P. Whitney wrote: “the U.S.S.R. is out to get the atomic bomb. This has been officially stated. The meagre evidence available indicates that great efforts are being made and that super-priority will be given to the enterprise.” It was only four months since two atomic bombs had been dropped on Japan to end WW II.
1986 - Consumer Protection Act received the assent of the president.
1998 – Prime Minister AB Vajpayee announces increased cash awards for Asian Games medalists.
2000 - Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
Born....
1924 - Mohammed Rafi, singer.
1959 - Anil Kapoor, actor.
RIP....
1524 - Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India (died in Cochin).
1973 - E.V.Ramasami, founder of DMK party, prominent leader, great social worker and revolutionary freedom fighter.
1987 - Dr. M.G.Ramachandran, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He was posthumously awarded the 'Bharat Ratna' by the President of India.
You may have known....
Unlike humans, who can move only their lower jaw, sharks can move both their lower and upper jaws.
Good morning. Have a nice day.
Raj Kadyan
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