April 2 : You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

On this day, 02 Apr...

1679 - Aurangzeb reimposed Jeziya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus. (This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar).

1827 - Lead pencils were first manufactured by Joseph Dixon. (Dixon was responsible for the development of the graphite industry in the U.S. The first pencil factory in the U.S. however, was started earlier by William Monroe in Jun 1812. His first 30 pencils were bought by Benjamin Adams, a hardware dealer in Boston. The first pencils made in Great Britain (1584) used graphite from Borrowdale, Cumberland).

1872 - George B. Brayton of Boston received a U.S. patent for a gas-powered engine. Its principle of continuous ignition later became the basis for the turbine engine.

1926 - Riots between Moslems and Hindus in Calcutta.

1935 - Scottish physicist, Sir Robert Watson-Watt was granted a patent for the RADAR (RAdio Detection And Ranging).

1948 - Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona (now called National Defence Academy).

1970 - Meghalaya, an autonomous hilly state, was established after dividing the hilly areas of Assam.

1970 - Privy purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.

1978 - Velcro, the hook-and-loop fastener patent expired, releasing the design to manufacture of imitations. It was developed by Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral, who noticed how thistle burrs clung to his clothing during a hike in the mountains. Using a microscope, he discovered their natural hook-like shape. From 1948, he worked with a local weaver from a textile plant to design a “locking tape.” The important discovery was accidental - that nylon, when sewn under ultraviolet light, formed indestructible hooks. Velcro uses two tapes, one with stiff “hooks” like the burrs which clings to the second tape with soft “loops” like the fabric of his pants. (The trademarked name Velcro comes from “vel” or velvet and “Cro” from the French word crochet which means hook).

1993 - MP High Court quashes dismissal of BJP Government under article 356; the Centre decides to move the Supreme Court.

2012 -Three widows and two daughters of Osama bin Laden were charged with illegally living in Pakistan; they were sentenced to 45 days in jail and fined $114 each.

Born

1902 - Ustad Bade Gulam Ali Khan, singer.

1942 - Roshan Seth, actor.

1952 – Deepak Parashar, mode, actor.

1969 - Ajay Devgan, actor.

RIP

1872 - Samuel Finley Breese Morse, an American artist and inventor who is famous for developing the Morse Code (1838) and independently perfecting an electric telegraph (1832-35).

1933 - Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji "Ranji", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as "The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game".

Titbits

1997 - Sumita Sinha of Dhanbad, (18 years college girl) became a world record holder when a 3,200 kg Ambassador car passed over her.

2018 - Indian Roster (GSD PLANET) Complete 200 Post On Blog.

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The tusks of an elephant are modified incisors. An adult male's tusks grow about 7 inches a year.