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TODAY - Nov 30, 2025

Thought of the Day

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Today's Birthday

Mark Twain
Mark Twain Author, American(1835)

An American author and humorist, is well known for his work The Adventures of Huckleberry.

 
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill Politician, British(1874)

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

 
Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks Director, American(1912)

An American photographer and film director who is best remembered for his film Shaft.

 
Virginia Mayo
Virginia Mayo Actress, American(1920)

An American actress and dancer who starred in films such as Up in The Arms and The secret Life of Walter Mitty.

 
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift Satirist, Irish(1667)

An Anglo-Irish political pamphleteer and satirist, was born on 30 November 1667, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

This day in History

1782

A preliminary peace treaty between the American colonies and England is signed in Paris.

1918

Denmark recognizes Iceland as an independent kingdom.

1939

Russia invades Finland, beginning the Russo-Finnish War.

1966

Britain grants independence to Barbados, a British crown colony in the West Indies.

Man who made the difference

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Jonathan Swift

An Anglo-Irish political pamphleteer and satirist, was born on 30 November 1667, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. In 1989, he was the secretary to the diplomat. In 1704, his most amusing satirical works A Tale of a Tub was published. While Tory government was in power in 1710 in England, Swift was won over to its ranks. At the time his series of brilliant short pieces of his satire was published by Tory publication. They all were against the Whigs. He also published many pamphlets to defend and explain the policies of the Tory administration. His most influential and eloquent paper was The Conduct of the Allies which was published in 1711. In 1710 Swift began his Journal to Stella. In 1713, Swift was appointed dean of Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. In 1726 his most famous masterpiece Gulliver's Travels was published and gets instant success.

One of the greatest English prose masters suffered frequent attacks of vertigo, and a period of mental decay ended with his death on October 19, 1745.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal