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TODAY - Feb 25, 2026

Thought of the Day

I don't believing taking in right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.

Today's Birthday

Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Goldoni Playwright, Italian(1707)

An Italian playwright.

 
John Foster Dulles
John Foster Dulles Politician, American(1888)

The U.S. Secretary of State and one of the most significant figure in the early Cold War era.

 
George Harrison
George Harrison Guitarist, English(1943)

An English pop musician and singer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

 
Neil Patrick Jordan
Neil Patrick Jordan Director, Irish(1950)

An Irish film director and novelist who won an Academy Award for The Crying Game.

 
Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess Writer, British(1917)

A British critic and novelist

This day in History

1870

Hiram Revels becomes the first black U.S. senator, as the nation enters the Reconstruction period following the Civil War.

1919

Oregon is the first state to impose a state tax on gasoline (one cent a gallon).

1964

Boxer Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston after six rounds in Miami to win the world heavyweight boxing title. The same year Clay announces his conversion to Islam, changing his name to Muhammad Ali.

2001

Death of Sir Donald Bradman, an Australian Cricketer who is regarded as one of the greatest cricketer in history.

2013

Daniel Day Lewis has become the first man in history to win three Best Actor Oscars.

Man who made the difference

Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)

Anthony Burgess

A British critic and novelist, was born on February 25, 1917, in Harpurhey, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. He was educated at the Manchester University. He served at Birmingham University as a lecturer. From 1948 to 1950 Burgess worked for the ministry of education. Burgess wrote his first three novels: Time for a Tiger (1956), The Enemy in the Blanker (1958), and Beds in the East (1959), published together in 1972 as The Malayan Trilogy. Burgess's novel "A Clockwork Orange", was earned enormous publicity. For the characters in his book, he invented a language composed of a combination of words from English and American slang and the Russian language. He died on 22 November 1993, in St John's Wood, London, United Kingdom.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal