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TODAY - Jan 15, 2026

Thought of the Day

Every child comes to a message that God is not yet discouraged of man.

Today's Birthday

Aristotle Onassis
Aristotle Onassis Businessman, Greek(1906)

A Greek ship-owner and the second husband of Jackie Kennedy.

 
Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges Actor, American(1913)

An American actor

 
Martin Luther King, Jr
Martin Luther King, Jr Clergyman, American(1929)

American clergyman and the leader of the civil rights movement, received the Nobel Peace prize in 1964.

 
Margaret O'Brien
Margaret O'Brien Actress, American(1937)

American child actress who won a special Academy Award in 1944 at the age of 7

 
Edward Teller
Edward Teller Physicist , American(1908)

An American who is known for his work on the hydrogen bomb

This day in History

1559

Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England at the age of 26.

1880

The first telephone directory is published in London.

1922

Sinn Fein leader Michael Collins becomes the first prime minister of the Irish Free State (now the Republic of Ireland) and forms a provisional government.

1971

The currency of Britain changes from pounds, shillings and pence to the decimal pound.

2001

Voters in Kashmir participates the first local elections in 23 years.

2006

Scientists recover a canister containing the first samples of dust taken from a comet and jettisoned back to Earth by the Stardust spacecraft.

Edward Teller (1908-2003)

Edward Teller

An American physicist who was born in 1908, Budapest. Teller, who is known for his work on the hydrogen bomb, was educated in Germany. He obtained his doctorate in 1930 at the University of Leipzig, studying under German physicist Werner Heisenberg. After the Nazis came to power in Germany, he left the country. In the 1950s when Teller testified against physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, he became a controversial figure among nuclear scientists. Teller received numerous awards during his career, including the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded to him in 2003 by President Bush.

Teller suffered a stroke and died in Stanford, California, on September 9, 2003.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal