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TODAY - Feb 03, 2026

Thought of the Day

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks, others have thrown at him.

Today's Birthday

Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell Physician, American(1821)

An American physician and the first woman to receive the medical degree in the United States.

 
Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein Writer, American(1874)

An American writer and critic who is well known for her books, The Making of Americans (1925) and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933).

 
James Michener
James Michener Novelist, American(1907)

An American novelist who has written a number of blockbuster novels including Hawaii.

 
E. P. Thompson
E. P. Thompson Historian, English(1924)

An important English social historian and peace Campaigner.

This day in History

1870

The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing African-American voting rights, becomes law.

1913

The 16th Amendment to the Constitution, which provides for a federal income tax, is ratified.

1919

The League of Nations holds its first meeting in Paris, chaired by US President Woodrow Wilson.

1959

Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie Valens (who had a number one hit on the charts) and the Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson), perish in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

1969

Yasser Arafat is appointed chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Man who made the difference

Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)

Gertrude Stein

An American writer of novels and plays, was born on February 3, 1874, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Stein was educated at College Radcliffe and University of Johns Hopkins. Stein experimented with the uses of language throughout her life. She made radical innovations in syntax and punctuation. In 1935, she explains some of her composition theories in her Lectures, which she gave in America. Stein's most celebrated early works were "Three Lives" and "The Making of Americans". Her work “Three lives” was a case study of three women and in The making of Americans was based on the cultural and social history of her family. She died on July 27, 1946, in Nanterre, France.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal