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TODAY - Apr 27, 2024

Thought of the Day

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Today's Birthday

Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon Historian, English(1737)

An English historian and Member of Parliament whose most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.

 
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant President, American(1822)

An American who served as the 18th President of the United States Rogers Hornsby, baseball player and manager.

 
Edward Whymper
Edward Whymper Climber, English(1840)

An English mountain climber, writer, and illustrator.

 
Walter Lantz
Walter Lantz Animator, American(1899)

An American animator and cartoon producer.

This day in History

1521

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed in a battle in the Philippines during his around-the-world voyage.

1828

The Zoological Society of London has opened a zoological garden in Regent's park.

1937

the new Golden gate suspension bridge linking the city of San Francisco with Marin County reached completion today after four years.

1968

In Britain, a new abortion act liberalizing the law on abortion comes into force.

Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)

Ulysses S. Grant

An American who served as the President of the U.S, and is considered as a personality of considerable dignity and strong character by the historians, was born on 27th April 27, 1822, in United States. At the age of 17, he took admission to the United Sates Military Academy. In 1865, at the time of civil war, he successfully concluded the Civil War. In his early years of life, he helped his father and worked with him in his farm. His expectation was to get a job as a Mathematics teacher, but he was appointed on the South Western frontier to perform the infantry duties. In his two terms of President, he was noted as a personality of strong character and considerable dignity by the historians.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal