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TODAY - Dec 24, 2025

Thought of the Day

A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

Today's Birthday

Kit Carson
Kit Carson Army Officer, American(1809)

An American frontiersman, Indian agent, and American Army officer

 
James Joule
James Joule Physicist, English(1818)

An English physicist who helped to developed the law of conservation of energy

 
Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes Engineer, American(1905)

An American industrialist, film maker, aerospace engineer, and inventor, who laid the foundation of the airline TWA.

 
Ava Lavinia Gardner
Ava Lavinia Gardner Actress, American(1922)

An American actress who drew attention with her performance in The Killers.

This day in History

1814

The Treaty of Ghent was signed by The United States and Great Britain, which formally ending the War of 1812.

1851

In Washington, D.C, a Fire destroys the whole of the Library of Congress.

1906

The first radio program is broadcast.

1946

The first live telecast of an American church service is broadcast from the Grace Episcopal Church in New York City.

1948

The world's first solar heated house was developed by Maria Telkes a Hungarian born American who pioneered solar technology to such an extend that she became dubbed the Sun Queen.

1951

Libya declares independence.

Howard Hughes (1905-1976)

Howard Hughes

An American aviator, industrialist and motion-picture producer who is known as one of the wealthiest self-made people in the world was born on December 24, 1905, in Humble, Texas, United States. Hughes showed great aptitude in engineering as a child. Houston's first wireless broadcast was erected by him at the age of 11. At the age of 14, Hughes took his first flying lessons and developed a passion for flying. Later he founded his own aircraft company in the early 1930s. After the death of his mother, he came to California with his father. His father introduced him to show business. Hughes decided then that he wanted to get into the movie industry. He used some of his fortune to finance films, beginning in 1926 and produced several films, including the hit Hell's Angels. Hughes was renewed with the 2004 release of The Aviator, a motion picture based on his life, which was directed by Martin Scorsese and starred Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal