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TODAY - Aug 22, 2025

Thought of the Day

In order to be irreplaceacle, one must always be different.

Today's Birthday

Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker Writer, American(1893)

An American writer, critic and poet, who was the founder member of the Algonquin Round Table, whose members were known for their sharp wit and intellectual liveliness.

 
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographer, French(1908)

A French one of the greatest humanist photographer whose photographs helped establish photojournalism as an art form.

 
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury Author, American(1920)

An American poetic science fiction writer who is well known for his novel The Martian Chronicles.

 
Steve Davis
Steve Davis Snooker player, English(1957)

An English former professional snooker world champion, who won the World Championship six times.

This day in History

1485

King Richard III of England is killed at the battle of Bosworth Field, the last battle of the so-called "Wars of the Roses," in which the Houses of York and Lancaster battled for the throne of England.

1642

The English Revolution begins, as King Charles I organizes his army to fight against the Puritan forces of Parliament.

1791

Slaves in Haiti rebel against French plantation owners, beginning the 13-year revolutionary war that will lead to Haitian independence.

1812

In present-day Jordan, Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt discovers the ancient city of Petra, capital of an Arab kingdom.

1864

Twelve nations sign the first Geneva Convention, establishing rules for treatment of the wounded and protection of medical personnel in wartime, and choosing the symbol of a red cross on a white field.

1922

Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, who signed the treaty with Britain that created the Irish Free State the previous year, is assassinated by Irish nationalists opposed to the treaty.

1991

Communist hard-liners, who led an attempted coup against Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, surrender in the face of popular resistance led by Boris Yeltsin.

Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)

Dorothy Parker

An American writer, critic and poet, whose writings are concerned mainly with love and contradictions of modern life and with the frustrations, was the founder member of the Algonquin Round Table, whose members were known for their sharp wit and intellectual liveliness was born on August 22, 1893, Long Branch, New Jersey, United States. She worked as a free-lance writer. Her works include; Death and Taxes Laments for the Living and After Such Pleasures and Not So Deep as a Well. She wrote for the New Yorker magazine from 1927 to 1933 under the pseudonym Constant Reader. She died on June 7, 1967, New York City, New York, United States

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal