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TODAY - May 12, 2026

Thought of the Day

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Today's Birthday

Justus Von Liebig
Justus Von Liebig Chemist, German(1803)

A German chemist, was considered as the founder of Organic Chemistry.

 
Edward Lear
Edward Lear Artist, English(1812)

An English artist, author and poet, who wrote the book Nonsense for the grandchildren in poetry.

 
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale Statistician, English(1820)

An English social reformer and statistician who founded modern nursing.

 
Gabriel Urbain Faure
Gabriel Urbain Faure Composer, French(1845)

A French composer and teacher.

This day in History

1955

Jonas E. Salk, an American physician prepared the polio vaccine and released it for general use in America.

1961

Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut becomes the first man to travel in space. During his 108-minute flight, he makes one orbit of Earth.

1999

A U.S. District Court judge cites President Bill Clinton in contempt of court for lying under oath about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

2008

A massive earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit the Chinese province of Sichuan. 87,000, people dead and missing and around 5 million homeless.

Man who made the difference

Edward Lear (1812-1888)

Edward Lear

An English author, poet, artist, illustrator, and musician, whose poems can be characterized by his irreverent view of the world, was born on 12th May, 1812, Holloway, United Kingdom. He wrote the book Nonsense for the grandchildren in poetry A middle-class family boy whose father, was a stockbroker of Danish origins, began his career as an artist at the age of 15. He suffered from asthma and partial blindness. At the age of 7, he began to show signs of depression. A Book of Nonsense, was his first book of poems, which he wrote for the grandchildren.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal