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TODAY - Mar 01, 2026

Thought of the Day

If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

Today's Birthday

David Niven
David Niven Actor, English(1910)

An English actor and novelist whose films included The Guns of Navarone and The Pink Panther.

 
Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin Statesman, Israeli(1922)

An Israeli statesman who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Israel.

 
Ronald William Howard
Ronald William Howard Director, American(1954)

An American film director and producer. His works include The Cocoon and A Beautiful Mind.

 
Mark Todd
Mark Todd Equestrian, New Zealand(1956)

A New Zealand horseman, who won the individual three gold medal at the Olympics on the horse Charisma.

 
Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison Author, American(1914)

An American author and educator, who won the National Book Award

This day in History

1820

Maine becomes the 23rd state of the United States.

1867

Nebraska enters the Union as the 37th state.

1875

In 1875, The Civil Rights Act of was passed by the United States Congress

1907

Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO), the first steel company in India, is established in Bombay (Mumbai).

1997

The Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.P.J.Kalam, scientist and India's 11th President.

2001

The Taliban demolish Buddhist statues in Afghanistan.

Man who made the difference

Ralph Ellison (1914-1994)

Ralph Ellison

An American author and educator, who won the National Book Award, was born on March 1, 1914, in Oklahoma, United States. During his career he lectured at many colleges and universities on the subject of the black American. Invisible Man was his most popular work. Ellison uses powerful, rich and varied language to express the black experience in all its complexity and vitality. From a black American point of view the novel was one of the first works to explain modern racial problems in U. S. He is also noted for many magazine articles and short stories. John F. Callahan, his literary executor, discovered his unpublished stories. His works include Shadow and Act and Going to the Territory, Boy on a Train and I Did Not Learn Their Names, Flying Home and Other Stories. One of the most remarkable American writers of the 20th century died on April 16, 1994, in New York City, United States.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal