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TODAY - Mar 06, 2026

Thought of the Day

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

Today's Birthday

Michelangelo
Michelangelo Sculptor, Italian(1475)

An Italian who was one of the greatest artist of all the time.

 
Joseph von Fraunhofer
Joseph von Fraunhofer Optician, German(1787)

A German optician who is known for his discovery 'the dark absorption line known as Fraunhofer lines in the Sun's Spectrum.

 
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova Cosmonaut, Russian(1937)

A Soviet cosmonaut and first woman to fly in space.

 
Dick Fosbury
Dick Fosbury Athlete, American(1947)

An American athlete and gold-medal winner who is considered one of the most influential athletes in the history of track and field.

 
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poet, English(1806)

An English feminist, poet, and political thinker.

This day in History

1834

Toronto (originally called York) is incorporated as a city in the Canadian province now known as Ontario.

1836

More than 180 Texans perish at the Alamo in San Antonio when approximately 2,000 Mexicans commanded by general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna overrun the Republic of Texas garrison.

1857

The United States Supreme Court rules on the Dred Scott case, declaring that black Americans are not U.S. citizens. The decision intensifies ongoing debates about slavery.

1930

Clarence Birdseye, food expert, industrialist and inventor, introduces pre-packaged, quick-frozen food to American consumers.

1980

Novelist Marguerite Yourcenar becomes the first female member of the Academie Francaise.

Elizabeth Barrett Brownin (1806-1861)

Elizabeth Barrett Brownin

An English feminist, poet, and political thinker, was born on March 6, 1806, in United Kingdom. Her “An Essay on Mind” was published anonymously in 1826. For nearly a decade, she was incapacitated. At that time she was suffering from a childhood spinal injury and lung ailment but she did not leave writing and published a collection of poems including “Lady Geraldine's Courtship,” and “The Cry of the Children” with an American edition that had an introduction by Edgar Allan Poe in 1844. Her Sonnets which is considered as one of the most widely known collections of love lyrics in English from the Portuguese, was published in 1850. She other intense work include Casa Guidi Windows and Poems Before Congress. Her translation of Prometheus Bound appeared in 1833 and was highly regarded. Her most influential work is the romantic poem in blank verse Aurora Leigh, in which she supported a woman's right to intellectual freedom. She died on June 29, 1861, in Florence, Italy.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal