Thought Of The Day
"Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change. "
Learning never stops and knowledge never ends. So here come some interesting facts of the day to keep your general knowledge up-to-date.
Events that took place on this day in history 24 July
*In 1206,
Qutub-ud-din-Aibak was crowned in Lahore upon the death of Muhammad of Ghur.
*In 1985,
Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signs a peace accord with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai to settle the three-year Punjab crisis.
*In 1991,
Dr. Manmohan Singh, the then finance minister in the Congress government in India, presented his first budget.
*In 1997
The Bharat Ratna was posthumously conferred on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
*In 2000,
S.Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster.
*In 1991,
Dr. Manmohan Singh, the then finance minister in the Congress government in India, presented his first budget. This budget opened the doors of economic liberalization in India by allowing firms belonging to the private sector to invest in Indian industry.
* In 1992,
Shankar Dayal Sharma is elected ninth Indian President
* In 1880,
1st commercial hydroelectric power plant in the world begins generating electricity in Grand Rapids, Michigan
*In 1911,
American archaeologist Hiram Bingham discovered the ancient settlement of Machu Picchu in Peru. Machu Picchu was a favorite amongst the leaders of the Inca Empire who used it as their summer resort. It is now a tourist hot spot and attracts people from around the world.
*In 1966, American skydivers Michael Pelkey and Brian Schubert performed the first BASE jump by jumping off the El Capitan cliff in Yosemite National Park, California. BASE stands for the four objects, namely Buildings, Antenna, Spans and Earth, which may cause disruptions during the fall.
*In 1987, Mountaineer Hulda Crooks scaled Mount Fuji in Japan, at the age of 91. Crooks was the oldest woman to conquer Mount Fuji and Mount Whitney. She later on came to be known as Grandma Whitney for scaling mountain Whitney several times
*In 1897,
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart, one of the world's most-celebrated aviators and the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean, was born in Atchison, Kansas.
*In 1969,
American spacecraft ‘Apollo 11’, which transported Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the moon, returned safely to Earth on 24th July, 1969. The spacecraft took off from the ‘Kennedy Space Center’ on July 16, 1969 and also had astronauts Edwin Aldrin Jr., and Michael Collins on board.
1969 : Apollo 11, the U.S. spacecraft that had taken the first astronauts to the surface of the moon, safely returns to Earth, this fulfilled the dream of President John F. Kennedy in 1961 when he said "I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth."
*In 1950,
The first rocket named the ‘Bumper 8’ was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, U.S. The rocket was an altered form of the World War II V-2 rocket and was basically used to test rocket systems and find information about the upper layers of the atmosphere
*In 1991,
University of Manchester scientist announce finding a planet outside of solar system
* In 2019,
Global warming is the fastest in 2,000 years and scientific consensus that humans are the cause is at 99%, according to three major reports published in journals "Nature" and "Nature Geoscience"
Famous people that have birthdays on this day in history 24 July
* In 1928,
Keshubhai Patel, Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of Gujarat state of India in 1995.
*In 1945,
Azim Premji, Indian business tycoon, investor, engineer, and philanthropist, who is the chairman of Wipro Limited.
*In 1946,
Satya Pal Malik, current Governor of Goa, appointed by President Ram Nath Kovind on 25 October 2019.
*In 1911,
Pannalal Ghosh was an Indian flute player and composer.
*In 1927,
Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari was the third in the line of Raja Yoga Masters in the Sahaj Marg System of Spiritual Practice of Shri Ram Chandra Mission.
Famous people that have death anniversaries on this day in history 24 July
*In 1884,
Kristo Das Pal was an Indian journalist, orator and the editor of the Hindoo Patriot.
*In 1970,
K V Ranga Reddy was a former Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
* In 1971,
Gurram Jashuva was a Telugu poet.
*In 2000,
Dwaram Bhavanarayana Rao was famous Violinist and son of legendary Padmasri Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu.