Nikola Tesla's Birth Anniversary

Nikola Tesla, born on 10 July 1856, was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. 

Tesla had a photographic memory and was fluent in several languages, including Serbian, Czech, English, French, German, and Hungarian. He was also a prolific writer and was known for his vivid and imaginative descriptions of his inventions and ideas. Tesla was known for his obsessive attention to detail and his single-minded dedication to his work, which sometimes made it difficult for him to connect with others.

 

The development of the modern electrical power business was significantly aided by Tesla’s efforts in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was also renowned for his strange nature and inclination to pursue ambitious and occasionally controversial undertakings, such as his ideas for long-distance wireless electrical power transmission. Tesla held over 300 patents for his inventions and is renowned for his pioneering work in the field of electrical engineering. Tesla is regarded as one of the greatest scientists and inventors of the 20th century.

The most important inventions of Tesla include:

1.      Tesla coil

2.      Shadowgraph 

3.      Neon lighting 

4.      Alternating current (AC) 

5.      Radio Control Boats 

6.      The Tesla Turbine 

7.      Radio

8.      Hydroelectric Power

9.      Induction Motor 

10.  Magnifying Transmitter

 

 

National Kitten Day (USA)

 

July 10th is celebrated as National Kitten Day to celebrate the cute, furry and cuddly little balls of energy and love. However, there is an issue of cat overpopulation, and many kittens never find loving homes and end up in shelters or on the streets.

National Kitten Day raises awareness about the benefits of having kittens and encourages people to adopt them. Like look at that face, how could you not?

Who Started National Kitten Day

Like many other pet holidays in the United States, National Kitten Day was founded by pet and family lifestyle expert and animal advocate, Colleen Paige.

Colleen's goal with this day is to show people that kittens can bring magic and joy to people's lives. 

The Benefits of Having a Kitten

There are few people in the world who don't like looking at pictures of kittens (and frankly there must be something wrong with them!). They are cute and instantly make us feel better. Studies actually show that people who take a break from work to look at pictures of kittens are more productive! 

So, the benefits of having a kitten are even bigger! They not only help with your mental health, but they also improve your overall health by reducing stress and improving your mood, which reduces blood pressure and the risks of heart attack, for example.

Owning a kitten is also great for children, as it instils them with a sense of responsibility, and helps them be more empathetic. Children who grow up with pets are also less likely to have allergies. 

 

Sunil Gavaskar's Birthday

Sunil Gavaskar, born on 10 July 1949, in Bombay [now Mumbai], India, is an Indian cricket player who is considered one of the sport’s greatest opening batsmen of all time. Gavaskar skilfully captained the Indian team in 47 Test (international) matches and dominated the game during a career that spanned 16 years and 125 total Test contests.

Gavaskar was instigated into playing cricket in Bombay under the guidance of his Test-playing uncle, Madhav Mantri. Gavaskar’s impressive performance in domestic cricket soon attracted national notice, and he was selected for the extremely tough tour of the West Indies in 1971. Not only on that tour—when he scored 774 runs—but also in subsequent tours, Gavaskar was the one batsman the fearsome West Indian bowlers could never suppress. His world record of 34 Test centuries (100 runs in a single innings) stood for 19 years until it was broken by his countryman, Sachin Tendulkar in 2005. Just 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 metres) tall, Gavaskar was a master of short-pitched bowling; very few fast bowlers could claim to have completely dominated him.

Gavaskar went on to break many records, setting his own long-standing Indian Test record of 236 not out (subsequently broken by Tendulkar). He is also the only Indian to have scored two centuries in a Test match on three occasions. A superb driver and cutter of the ball, Gavaskar was the first player to score 10,000 runs in Test matches. He was also an excellent fielder, with 108 catches during his career; he was the first Indian apart from wicket keepers to reach the landmark of 100 catches.

After his retirement in 1987, Gavaskar put his immense cricketing acumen to great use as a popular columnist for some of the leading Indian newspapers and magazines and as a widely respected television commentator. He was inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame in 2009.

Bahamas Independence Day

Bahamas Independence Day is celebrated on July 10. The Bahamas is a small island nation south of Florida and north of Cuba. The island nation of the Bahamas is the ‘Commonwealth of The Bahamas.’ It is a sovereign country in the Lucayan Archipelago in the Atlantic. The country gained its independence on July 10, 1973. Prince Charles himself handed over the documentation to Prime Minister Lynden Pindling, officially making the Bahamas a fully independent nation.