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TODAY - Dec 15, 2025

Thought of the Day

Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.

Today's Birthday

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel Engineer, French(1832)

A French civil engineer and architect who build the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

 
Antoine Becquerel
Antoine Becquerel Physicist, French(1852)

A French physicist who discovered radioactivity in 1896.

 
Stanley Newcomb
Stanley Newcomb Composer, American(1911)

A pianist, composer, and educator who led an innovative and influential American jazz orchestra.

 
Maurice Wilkins
Maurice Wilkins Physicist, English(1916)

A New Zealand-born English physicist, biologist, and shared the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA with Francis Crick and James Watson in 1962.

 
Nero
Nero Emperor, Roman(AD37)

The last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the fifth emperor of Rome.

This day in History

1791

The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, become law following ratification by the state of Virginia.

1890

Sioux leader Sitting Bull is arrested in South Dakota. He was a suspect of leading an uprising, and then killed in a subsequent gunfight.

1945

Th final surrender of Japan ended the Second World War.

1965

Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 rendezvous in space, orbiting the Earth together for over five hours. It is the first rendezvous between two manned spacecraft

1966

Walt Disney has died at the age of 65.

Man who made the difference

Nero (AD37-68)

Nero

The last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the fifth emperor of Rome was born on 15 December, 37AD, at Antium. His mother married his great uncle, after his father's death, and persuaded him to name Nero his successor. He was educated in the classical tradition by the philosopher Seneca and studied Greek, philosophy and rhetoric. At the age of 17, he declared Nero emperor. In his initial years he was guided by Burrus and the philosopher Seneca. In 59 he killed his mother. He behaved inappropriately and spent lavishly and. Two-thirds of Rome burned while Nero was at Antium in 64. In 68, when the empire revolted, he committed suicide.

The last of the Julio-Claudian emperors, Nero died on June 9, 68 AD, in Rome, Italy.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal