THE NP CHRONICLE : 30TH JUNE

The NP Chronicle 

30th June

Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer, who competed between 1985 and 2024, and a cannabis entrepreneur. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "the Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is widely regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time, and one of the most intimidating men in boxing history. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990.

"Everyone that you fight is not your enemy and everyone who helps you is not your friend."

-- Mike Tyson

"Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It’s like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can’t control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy you."

-- Mike Tyson

"Sometimes I get in my head and I think I am somebody, and I am easily offended. When I know I am nobody, I can never be offended."

-- Mike Tyson

Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He won more Olympic medals than any other athlete, a total of 28 medals across four Olympic Games. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23), Olympic gold medals in individual events (13), and Olympic medals in individual events (16). At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Phelps tied the record of eight medals of any color at a single Games, held by gymnast Alexander Dityatin, by winning six gold and two bronze medals. Four years later, when he won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, he broke fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps won four gold and two silver medals, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won five gold medals and one silver. This made him the most successful athlete of the Games for the fourth Olympics in a row.

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."

-- Michael Phelps

"You can make a million mistakes, just not the same one twice."

-- Michael Phelps 

Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao (born 30 June 1934) is an Indian chemist who has worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry. He has honorary doctorates from 86 universities from around the world and has authored around 1,800 research publications and 58 books. He is described as a scientist who had won all possible awards in his field except the Nobel Prize.

"Build a strong base. The journey to peaks of excellence requires a strong base camp."

-- C. N. R. Rao 

"Never stop learning. The thirst to gain more knowledge should never come to an end."

-- C. N. R. Rao 

Today is:

• World Asteroid Day

• International Day of Parliamentarism

• Social Media Day

• Birth anniversary of Mike Tyson, Michael Phelps, C. N. R. Rao

• Death anniversary of Dadabhai Naoroji, Giuseppe Farina