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TODAY - Mar 23, 2026

Thought of the Day

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

Today's Birthday

Wernher von Braun
Wernher von Braun Engineer, German(1912)

A British composer of theatrical music, whose popular stage musicals include Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats and Phantom of the Opera

 
Donald Campbell
Donald Campbell Athlete, British(1929)

British World speed record breaker.

 
Steven Redgrave
Steven Redgrave Athlete, British(1962)

A British first rower to win gold medals in five consecutive Olympics.

 
Roger Bannister
Roger Bannister Physician, British(1929)

British physician and the first athlete in history to run a mile in less than 4 min

 
Schuyler Colfax
Schuyler Colfax Politician, American(1823)

Vice President of the United States.

This day in History

1775

In a speech to the Virginia convention, Patrick Henry utters the immortal words "Give me liberty or give me death!"

1919

Benito Mussolini founds the right wing Fascist Party in Italy.

1983

Barney B. Clark, a retired dentist dies after receiving the first artificial heart.

2001

Russia sends its space station, Mir, into a controlled descent into the Pacific Ocean, ending the station's 15-year mission to test how long human beings can remain in space.

Roger Bannister (1929)

Roger Bannister

British physician and the first athlete in history to run a mile in less than 4 min. Born in Harrow, England, he was educated at the University of Oxford and at Saint Mary's Hospital Medical School. At a meet in Oxford on May 6, 1954, Bannister ran the mile in 3 min 59.4 sec, establishing a world record. This was bettered less than two months later by the Australian athlete John Landy, who set a record of 3 min 58 sec. Bannister defeated Landy in a mile race held at Vancouver, Canada, in August 1954. Although neither set a record, both men again ran the mile in less than 4 min. Bannister retired from athletic competition in December 1954 to practice medicine. He wrote an autobiography, Four Minute Mile, published in 1955, and was knighted in 1975.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal