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TODAY - Feb 02, 2026

Thought of the Day

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Today's Birthday

Fritz Kreisler
Fritz Kreisler Violinist, Austrian(1875)

An Austrian born composer and violinist.

 
James Joyce
James Joyce Poet, Irish(1882)

An Irish poet and novelist.

 
George Halas
George Halas Football Player , American(1895)

An American professional footballer, coach and owner also known as Mr. Everything.

 
Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand Novelist, American(1905)

A Russian-born American philosopher, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter

This day in History

1801

Ireland is represented for the first time in the British parliament.

1848

The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed between the United States and Mexico.

1876

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs is formed.

1943

Germany's Sixth Army surrenders after failing to defeat Soviet forces defending Stalingrad during World War II.

1986

Lichtenstein allows women to vote for the first time.

1990

South African president F.W. de Klerk ends a 30-year ban on the African National Congress (ANC).

Man who made the difference

Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

Ayn Rand

A Russian-born American philosopher and novelist, who was born on 2nd February 1905 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 1926, she immigrated to the U.S. Till 1943, she worked as a script reader and a screenwriter in Hollywood. She is known for her two best-selling novels, "Anthem" and "We the Living", in which she portray dictatorships and dystopias as warnings against monolithic socio-political systems such as Fascism and Communism. She died on March 6, 1982, in New York City, New York, United States.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal