12 September: Mihir Sen created history by crossing the Dardanelles Strait first

New Delhi, Sep 11 (PTI) The day of September 12 in history is associated with the achievements of the great swimmer of the country, Mihir Sen. Mihir Sen is considered a great long distance swimmer. Mihir Sen, who started his long-distance swimming expedition by swimming across the English Channel, managed to cross the oceans with his courage and determination and on September 12, 1966, he swam across the Dardanelles Strait. He became the first person in the world to cross the Dardanelles. Mihir Sen was the first person in the world to swim across the seven seas of five continents.

Born on November 16, 1930 in Purulia, West Bengal, Mihir Sen was awarded the ‘Padma Shri’ by the Government of India in 1959 and ‘Padma Bhushan’ in 1967 due to his courageous and unmatched achievements.

The sequence details of some other important events recorded on the date of September 12 in the history of the country and the world are as follows:-

1786: Lord Cornwallis takes over as Governor General and Commander-in-Chief.

1873: Sales of the first typewriter begin.

1928: A severe storm in Florida kills 6000 people.

1944: US forces enter Germany for the first time.

1959: The rocket ‘Luna 2’ of the then Soviet Union reached the moon.

1966: Indian swimmer Mihir Sen swims across the Dardanelles Strait.

1968: Albania announces its withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact.

1990: The United States, England, France, the Soviet Union, East and West Germany signed an agreement for the unification of East and West Germany.

1991: Space Shuttle STS 48 is launched into space.

2001: America declares war on terrorism.

2004: North Korea decides to continue its nuclear program.

2006: Attack on the US Embassy in Damascus, the capital of Syria.

2012: Apple launches iPhone 5 and iOS 6.