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Australian international cricketer Patrick James Cummins was born
Patrick James Cummins, born 8 May 1993, is an Australian international cricketer and the current Test captain of Australia. In limited-overs cricket, he is the tea...
RIL was founded in 1973
Dhirubhai Ambani and Champaklal Damani co-founded Reliance Commercial Corporation in the 1960s. The partnership ended in 1965, and Dhirubhai continued the firm's polyester business. Reliance Te...
Stephen Amell, a Canadian actor, was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1981.
Stephen Adam Amell was born in Toronto, Ontario, on May 8, 1981, parents Sandra Anne and Thomas J. Amell. His first cousin is actor Robbie Amell. He went to St. An...
Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter and King of Latin Pop, was born in Madrid, Spain in 1975.
Enrique Iglesias was born in Madrid, Spain on May 8, 1975. Julio Iglesias, his father, is a well-known Spanish musician, and Isabel Preysler, his mother, is a well...
Robert Johnson, an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist, was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, in 1911.
Robert Leroy Johnson was born on May 8, 1911, in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Julia Major Dodds and Noah Johnson, a sawmill employee. Robert Johnson was an American...
Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta offers the first Coca-Cola in 1886. (contained cocaine)
On May 8, 1886, pharmacist John Stith Pemberton delivered a jug of his newest patent medicine, a tonic known as Coca-Cola, to Jacob's Pharmacy on Peachtree Str...
Ernest Rutherford reveals his discovery of two types of radiation in 1899. (Alpha and Beta Particles)
Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics. He lived from 30 August 1871 to 19 October 1937. According to Ency...
Swami Chinmayananda, India's well-known spiritual thinker, was born in 1916.
Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati (Balakrishna Menon; May 8, 1916 – August 3, 1993) was a Hindu spiritual leader and teacher. In 1951, he established the Chinmay...
Dinesh Patel, an Indian right-handed baseball pitcher, was born in 1989.
Dinesh Kumar Patel (born May 8, 1989 in Lucknow, India) is an Indian right-handed pitcher who previously played for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was the first Indian...
Thomas Edison used his Kinetograph to show the first motion picture exhibition to an audience of 400 people in Brooklyn, New York in 1893 at the Dept of Physics, Brooklyn Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
In 1894, Thomas Edison of Menlo Park Offsite Link, New Jersey, formally introduced the KinetoscopeOffsite Link, a hand-cranked, single-viewer, lighted box to displ...
Vandana Shiva of India was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize in 2010 for her work on women's empowerment and environmental protection in developing countries.
Vandana Shiva learned her first lessons in environmental protection in the Himalayas, where she was born in 1952 to a forest conservator father and a farmer mother...
Tom Cruise married actress Mimi Rogers in 1987.
Rogers had a different perspective. She told the Sun Sentinel in 1987 that she and Cruise were acquainted by mutual acquaintances. On May 9th, 1987, Cruise and Rog...
Tenzing Norgay, the first Tibetan climber to reach the peak of Mount Everest alongside Edmund Hillary in 1953, died of a brain haemorrhage at the age of 71 in 1986.
Tenzing Norgay was the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953, at 11:30 a.m., Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealand's Edmund Hillar...
In 1866 Gopal Krishna Gokhale, an Indian social reformer and pioneer of the Indian Independence Movement, was born in Kotluk, Ratnagiri District, Bombay, India.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale was born on May 9, 1866, in the Ratnagiri District of the Bombay Presidency to an impoverished but ostensibly respectable Chitapavan Brahmin ...
In 1981, the 203-foot-high Motherland Monument is unveiled at Kyiv, Ukraine, in a ceremony attended by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
The sculptural arrangement The Motherland Monument is one of the exhibits of the Museum of Ukraine's World War II History. It is located on one of Kyiv's h...
Santosh Yadav of India became the world's first woman climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, in 1993.
Mountaineer Santosh Yadav placed India on the map by climbing Mount Everest twice; her first ascent was in 1992, and she was the youngest woman in the world at the...
In 1838, in Bel Air, Maryland, John Wilkes Booth, an American stage actor and murderer of US President Abraham Lincoln, was born.
Booth, who was born on May 10, 1838, in Bel Air, Maryland, excelled as a youth in athletics and extracurricular activities but was a mediocre student. His parents ...
Sharath Gayakwad, an Indian Paralympic swimmer from Bangalore, was born in 1991.
Sharath M. Gayakwad, born on May 10, 1991, is an Indian para-swimmer who has won about 40 national and 30 international medals in para swimming. Sharath M Gayakwad...
Subedar Major Yogendra Singh Yadav of the Indian Army was born in 1980.
Yogendra Singh Yadav was born on May 10, 1980, in the village of Aurangabad Ahir, Bulandshahr District, Uttar Pradesh, to the Kshatriya Yadav family. His father, K...
In the year 1857, The first fight of independence in India began. At Meerut, sepoys revolt against their commanding authorities.
The Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the First War of Indian Independence, began at Meerut on May 10, 1857. Although not the first insurrection against the ...
Salvador Dali, a Spanish surrealist artist, was born in Figueres, Spain, in 1904.
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dal was a Spanish surrealist artist known for his technical skill, precise draughtsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in ...
Rajendra Prasad, the first President of the Republic of India, dedicated the Somnath Temple in 1951.
The Somnath temple in Gujarat was restored today (May 11). Rajendra Prasad, the first president of the Indian republic, led the reconsecration ceremony of the ling...
India conducts three underground nuclear tests in Pokhran in 1998, including one with a thermonuclear weapon.
The Pokhran-II tests were a series of five nuclear bomb tests conducted by India in May 1998 at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range. It was India's second...
Amninderpal Singh Virk, better known as Ammy Virk, is an Indian singer, actor, and producer who was born in 1992.
Amninderpal Singh Virk, better known as Ammy Virk, is a Punjabi and Hindi film singer, actor, and producer. He founded the production company Villagers Film Studio...
Adah Sharma, an Indian actress, was born in 1992.
Adah Sharma is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi and Telugu films. After completing her education, Sharma made her acting debut in the 2008 Hindi lang...
Pooja Bedi, a former actress, television talk show host, and newspaper writer, was born in 1970.
Pooja Bedi (born 11 May 1970) is an Indian actress, television talk show host and newspaper columnist. She is the daughter of Indian actors Kabir Bedi and Protima ...
Rami Malek, an American actor, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1981.
Rami Said Malek is an American actor who was born on May 12, 1981. He is best known for his roles as computer hacker Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television ...
Katharine Hepburn, an American actress, was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1907.
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Hepburn's career as a leading lady in Holl...
Florence Nightingale, a British nurse, was born in Florence, Italy in 1820.
Florence Nightingale (May 12, 1820 – August 13, 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician, and the creator of modern nursing. During the Crimean War...
Bob Marley, a Jamaican reggae musician, dies of brain and lung cancer at the age of 36 in 1981.
Robert Nesta Marley OM was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician who lived from 6 February 1945 to 11 May 1981. His musical career was marked by fusing eleme...
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the first foreign woman ambassador, arrived in the United States in 1949.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was an Indian diplomat and politician who served as the sixth Governor of Maharashtra and the eighth President of the United Nations General ...
In 2015, a massive earthquake in Nepal killed 218 people and wounded over 3500 more.
On 12 May 2015, at 12:50 pm local time (07:05 UTC), a major earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.3 struck Nepal, 18 kilometres (11 miles) southeast of Kodari. T...
Gaj Singh was crowned Maharaja of Jodhpur, India, in 1952.
Gaj Singh (born January 13, 1948) is an Indian politician who has served as a member of the Indian parliament and as India's High Commissioner. He has been the...
Rao Jodhpur created Jodhpur, Sun City, in 1459 in India.
Rao Jodha, a Rajput chief of the Rathore clan, founded Jodhpur in 1459. Jodha was successful in conquering the surrounding territory, establishing a kingdom known ...
R.K. Narayan, an Indian author, died in 2001 at the age of 94.
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (October 10, 1906 – May 13, 2001) was an Indian writer best known for works set in the fictional South Indian town ...
1961 Dennis Rodman is an NBA forward who was born in Trenton, New Jersey.
Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961) is a former professional basketball player, actor, and unofficial United States Peace Ambassador to North Korea. His biogra...
Stevie Wonder, an American singer-songwriter, was born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1950.
Stevland Hardaway Morris (born May 13, 1950), better known as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter and musician who is regarded as a pioneer and influen...
Sunny Leone, a Canadian-born Indian-American model and actress, was born in Sarnia, Ontario, in 1981.
Karenjit Kaur Vohra (born May 13, 1981), better known as Sunny Leone, is an actress and model in the American and Indian film industries. She was born in Canada to...
Robert Pattinson, an English actor, was born in London, England in 1986.
Robert Pattinson is an English actor who was born on May 13, 1986. Pattinson is well-known for his roles in both big-budget and independent films, and he is one of...
In the Demra tragedy in 1971, almost 900 unarmed Bengali Hindus are slaughtered.
On 13 May 1971, the occupying Pakistan Army, aided by local collaborators, massacred unarmed Hindu residents of the Demra Union villages in present-day Faridpur Up...
Following the three nuclear tests performed on May 11, 1998, India conducts two more at Pokhran. Economic sanctions are imposed on India by the United States and Japan.
The Pokhran-II tests were a series of five nuclear bomb tests conducted by India in May 1998 at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range. It was India's second...
Lara Dutta of India was crowned Miss Universe in 2000.
Lara Dutta (born 16 April 1978) is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, and Miss Universe 2000 winner. She previously held the title of Miss Intercontinental 1997. She...
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, an Indian spiritual teacher, was born in 1956.
Ravi Shankar (born 13 May 1956) is a spiritual leader and yoga guru from India. He is also known as Sri Sri (honorific), Guru ji, or Gurudev. He began working as a...
In 1769, Edward Jenner, an English doctor, is credited for the novel vaccine for smallpox, a disease that caused millions of fatalities over the centuries.
On May 14, 1796, he vaccinated an 8-year-old kid, James Phipps, with material from Nelms' lesions. As a result, the youngster got a minor temperature and axill...
Martin Garrix, a Dutch DJ, was born in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, in 1996.
Martin Garrix was born on May 14, 1996, as Martijn Gerard Garritsen in Amstelveen, a municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland, to Gerard and Karin Garri...
Mark Zuckerberg, an American online entrepreneur and co-founder of Facebook, was born in White Plains, New York, in 1984.
Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984, in White Plains, New York, as one of four children and the only son of Karen (née Kempner) and Edward Zuckerberg. ...
Cate Blanchett, an Australian actress, was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1969.
Catherine Elise Blanchett AC (born 14 May 1969) is a producer and actress from Australia. She is regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation, known for...
Shashi tharoor was accused of murdering wife in 2018.
Mr Tharoor, a member of India's main opposition Congress party, married Ms Pushkar, a former businesswoman based in Dubai, in 2010. On January 17, 2014, she wa...
Israel declares independence from British rule in 1948.
The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the Palestine War of 1947–1949. It formally began at midnight on 14 May 1948, fo...
Zareen Khan, commonly known as Zarine Khan, is an Indian actress and model who was born in 1987.
Zareen Khan, also known as Zarine Khan, is an Indian actress and model who was born on May 14, 1987. She has primarily worked in the Hindi film industry, but she h...
In 1657, Sambhaji Bhosale, the second ruler of the Maratha state, was born.
Sambhaji Bhonsale, the second ruler of the Maratha Empire and Shivaji's eldest son, was born on May 14, 1657, at Purandar Fort near Pune. Sambhaji was the son ...
Manushi Chhillar, an Indian actress, model, and Miss World 2017 winner, was born in 1997.
Manushi Chhillar is an Indian actress, model, and Miss World 2017 winner. She won the Femina Miss India 2017 pageant while representing the state of Haryana. ...
Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California, in 1940.
On May 15, 1940, Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald's at 1398 North E Street and West 14th Street in San Bernardino, California. The brothe...
Andy Murray, a British tennis player, was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1987.
Sir Andrew Barron Murray OBE OLY (born May 15, 1987) is a Scottish professional tennis player. The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranked him No. 1 in th...
Emily Dickinson, an American poet, died of nephritis at the age of 55 in 1886.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was a poet from the United States. She was little known during her lifetime, but she is now rega...
In 1967, Madhuri Dixit, an Indian actress, producer, and television personality, was born.
Madhuri Dixit Nene born 15 May 1967 is a television personality, producer, and actress from India. She is one of the most well-known leading ladies in H...
In 1993, KM Cariappa, the first Indian Commander in Chief of the Indian Army, died.
Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa OBE, who lived from 28 January 1899 to 15 May 1993, was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. During the...
Sukhdev Thapar, an Indian freedom warrior, was born in 1907.
Sukhdev Thapar (15 May 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian revolutionary who worked with his best friends and partners Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru to f...
Pierce Brosnan, an Irish actor, was born in Drogheda, Ireland, in 1953.
Pierce Brendan Brosnan was born in Ireland on May 16, 1953, to Thomas, a carpenter, and Mary May Smith. Pierce's father abandoned the family when he was a newb...
Junko Tabei of Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest in 1975.
Junko Istibashi was born in a tiny farming hamlet in Fukushima prefecture in 1939. Junko was a small youngster who was apparently thought frail and vulnerable as o...
Vicky Kaushal, an Indian actor, was born in 1988.
Vicky Kaushal is an Indian film actor best known for his performance in the award-winning film Masaan. Kaushal was born on May 16, 1988 in a Mumbai neighbourhood c...
Sonal Chauhan, an Indian actress who works in Telugu and Hindi films, was born in 1987.
Sonal Chauhan is a lovely Indian actress. She was born in Uttar Pradesh, India on May 16, 1987. She attended Gargi College in New Delhi after finishing her educati...
Sikkim became India's 22nd state in 1975.
The current monarchy of Sikkim began in 1642 with the crowning of Phuntsog Namgyal as Chogyal or king. The king was also a Buddhist priest who had been consecrated...
Megan Fox, an American actress and model, was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1986.
Megan Fox is a model and actress from the United States. She began taking dance and theatre courses at the age of five. She continued to train even when her family...
Nushrratt Bharuccha, an Indian actress known for her work in Bollywood films, was born in 1985.
Nushrratt Bharuccha is a rising Bollywood actress who has appeared in a number of Hindi films, including Pyaar Ka Punchnama, Love S*x Aur Dhokha, Pyaar Ka Punchnam...
Cyclone Tauktae makes landfall in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2021, with winds of up to 160km/h.
As it rushed over the coastal states of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra, the storm left a path of damage in its wake. Myanmar labelled it a tropical cyclon...
In the year 1897, John Philip Holland, the designer of the first successful submarine that can run submerged for a significant distance and combines electric and gasoline engines, launches it in the United States.
He was finally successful with a privately produced type called Holland VI, which debuted on May 17, 1897. This was the first submarine with the ability to go subm...
Bob Saget, an American comedian, actor, and television host, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1956.
Robert Lane Saget was an edgy and confrontational stand-up comedian, television personality, and actor. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania and studied acting a...
Pankaj Udhas, a ghazal singer from Gujarat, was born in 1951.
Pankaj Udhas was born on May 17, 1951 in Jetpur, Rajkot, Gujarat, India. He is an Indian vocalist and playback singer well known in the Bollywood film business for...
Sylvester Stallone marries actress Jennifer Flavin in London in 1997.
In 1995, Flavin reunited with Stallone. On May 17, 1997, they were married in a civil ceremony at The Dorchester Hotel in London, followed by a chapel wedding at B...
