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TODAY - Mar 03, 2026

Thought of the Day

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.

Today's Birthday

George Pullman
George Pullman Industrialist, American(1831)

An American industrialist and the inventor of the Pullman sleeping car.

 
Jamshedji Tata
Jamshedji Tata Industrialist, Indian(1839)

An Indian pioneer industrialist, who led the foundation of the Tata Group, now an Indian multinational conglomerate company.

 
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell Scientist, Scottish(1847)

A Scottish-born Scientist, inventor and an engineer who invented the first practical telephone.

 
Fatima Whitbread
Fatima Whitbread Olympic Athlete, British(1911)

An English Olympic javelin gold medallist.

 
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Athlete, American(1962)

An American athlete, who won the heptathlon event (an all-around event) at the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992

This day in History

1791

The United States Congress passes the nation's first tax law. The law divides the country into 14 tax zones and levies a duty on, among other items, distilled spirits.

1845

Florida becomes the 27th state.

1913

A gender war erupts in Washington, D.C., when 5,000 suffragists led by Alice Paul are treated to abuse by crowds of scornful men. Some 40 people are wounded in the clash.

1918

Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria), ending its involvement in the First World War.

1931

The United States Senate makes the song "Star-Spangled Banner," written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, the national anthem of the United States.

One of the history's remarkable woman

Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962)

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

An American athlete, who won the heptathlon event (an all-around event) at the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992, was born on March 3, 1962, in Illinois, United States. She is considered one of the greatest female athletes. In 1976, she won her first of four consecutive United States junior national titles in the pentathlon at the age of 14. She won the James E. Sullivan Memorial Award in 1986, for her remarkable contribution. At the world championships, which was held in Rome, she also won the gold medal in the long jump event. She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the Olympics, setting a world record. At the 1988 games she also won the gold medal in the long jump. At the 1991 world championships in Tokyo she won the long jump again. At the 1992 Olympics, she repeated her title in the heptathlon.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal