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TODAY - Aug 12, 2025

Thought of the Day

Leave something for someone but dont leave someone for something.

Today's Birthday

Erwin Schrodinger
Erwin Schrodinger Physicist, Austrian(1887)

An Austrian physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1933 in Physics for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory.

 
Samuel Fuller
Samuel Fuller Screenwriter, American(1912)

An American screenwriter, novelist who was the youngest reporter ever to be in charge of the events section of the New York Journal at the age of 17.

 
Vikram Sarabhai
Vikram Sarabhai Scientist, Indian(1919)

An Indian innovator and scientist who is often called the “Father of India's space programme”.

 
Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras Tennis Player, American(1971)

An American tennis star who is regarded as one of the greatest players in tennis history.

 
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille Director, American(1881)

An American motion-picture director, a master of entertainment and a gifted storyteller who won a special Academy Award for “37 years of brilliant showmanship” in 1949

This day in History

1851

Isaac Singer receives a U.S. patent for his sewing machine. He is not the first to patent such a machine, but within a decade he is the world's largest sewing-machine manufacturer.

1867

President Andrew Johnson suspends Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, an ally of his Radical Republican opponents. Johnson's treatment of Stanton will lead to impeachment hearings against him in 1868.

1898

The United States and Spain sign a peace treaty ending the Spanish-American War.

1898

The United States formally annexes the islands of Hawaii, which will become a U.S. territory two years later and a state in 1959.

1972

The last American ground combat troops are withdrawn from Vietnam.

1981

IBM launches its first personal computer, which uses the Microsoft operating system MS-DOS.

2000

Russian nuclear submarine Kursk, sink during training in the Barents Sea. After nine days of confusion, an international rescue attempt to save the 118 crew is far too late.

Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959)

Cecil B. DeMille

An American motion-picture director, a master of entertainment and a gifted storyteller who won a special Academy Award for “37 years of brilliant showmanship” in 1949, was born on August 12, 1881, Massachusetts, United States. DeMille was educated at the Pennsylvania Military College and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He both directed and produced all of his 70 films. In 1952 The Greatest Show on Earth won the Academy Award for best picture. DeMille produced and co-directed the first feature film made in the tiny township of Hollywood, California, The Squaw Man (1914). He had made a number of distinctive silent films including Joan the Woman, The Warrens of Virginia, and The Whispering Chorus (1918) and had defined with his own persona the dashing image of the Hollywood director that prevailed for many decades. His other works include; The Ten Commandments and The King of Kings, The Sign of the Cross , Union Pacific, The Crusades, The Buccaneer, The Plainsman, Northwest Mounted Police, The Greatest Show on Earth and a massive remake of The Ten Commandments. He died on January 21, 1959, Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal