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TODAY - Apr 26, 2025

Thought of the Day

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.

Today's Birthday

John James Audubon
John James Audubon Ornithologist, American(1785)

An American naturalist, ornithologist, and artist.

 
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosopher, British(1889)

An Austrian-British philosopher who is well known for his work in logic, the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of mathematics, and the philosophy of language.

 
Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Hess Leader, German(1894)

A prominent Nazi leader who was appointed Deputy Fuhrer to Adolf Hitler in 1933.

 
I. M. Pei
I. M. Pei Architect, Chinese(1917)

A Chinese American architect who was hired by New York real estate magnate William Zeckendor in 1948.

 
Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud Writer, American(1914)

An American short-story writer and a novelist, who received Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1967 for his novel ,The Fixer.

This day in History

1865

Nearly two weeks after assassinating President Abraham Lincoln, actor John Wilkes Booth is cornered by a posse of U.S. soldiers; he is either shot or commits suicide.

1983

The Dow Jones Industrial average breaks the 1,200 mark for the first time.

1986

In the Soviet Union, at the Chernobyl' plant; the world's worst nuclear disaster occurs; hundreds of thousands are exposed to dangerous levels of radioactive debris.

1989

Actress and comedian Lucille Ball, star of the popular television series "I Love Lucy," dies in Los Angeles.

2005

The last Syrian troops depart Lebanon, ending a nearly 30-year occupation.

Bernard Malamud (1914-1986)

Bernard Malamud

An American short-story writer and a novelist, who received Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1967 for his novel ,The Fixer was born on 26th April 1914, in New York, United States. Malamud earned his degree from the New York City College and Columbia University. The Natural was his first work, which was published in 1952. His other works include The Assistant, The Fixer, The Magic Barrel, Idiots First, God's Grace, Pictures of Fidelman The Tenants, Dubin's Lives, and Rembrandt's Hat. He died on March 18, 1986, in Manhattan, New York City, New York.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal