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Khushwant Singh, an Indian novelist, lawyer, diplomat, writer, and politician, died in 2014.
Khushwant Singh (February 2, 1915 – March 20, 2014) was an Indian novelist, lawyer, diplomat, journalist, and politician. His experiences during India's ...
Rani Mukherjee, an Indian actress, was born in 1978.
Rani Mukerji is an Indian film actress who was born on March 21, 1978. She is known for her versatility and has received several awards, including seven Filmfare A...
Pocahontas, an American Indian princess and the daughter of Powhatan, dies at the age of 22 in 1617.
Pocahontas, also known as Matoaka, was born Amonute and lived from 1596 until March 1617. She was a Powhatan-speaking Native American lady most known for her conne...
Guru Har Krishan, the eighth of the ten Sikh Gurus, died in 1664. He was also one of the youngest gurus, having become a guru at the age of five.
Guru Har Krishan was the eighth and final Sikh Guru. When he replaced his father Guru Har Rai as a five-year-old on October 7, 1661, he became Sikhism's younge...
Isaac Newton, an English scientist and astronomer, died in London in 1727 at the age of 84.
Sir Isaac Newton, who lived from 25 December 1642 to 31 March 1726/27, was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author ...
Marvin Gaye, an American soul singer-songwriter, was shot to death by his father, Marvin Gay, Sr., after a domestic altercation in Los Angeles in 1984, at the age of 44.
Marvin Gaye was an American singer and composer who lived from April 2, 1939 until April 1, 1984. In the 1960s, he helped establish the sound of Motown, first as a...
Samuel Morse, American painter and creator of the electric telegraph and Morse Code, dies at the age of 80 in 1872.
Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American inventor and painter who lived from April 27, 1791 to April 2, 1872. After establishing a reputation as a portrait paint...
In 1933, Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II, first Indian to Play for English Team died
Ranjitsinhji, the king of Nawanagar State and one of the best batters in cricket history, was born on September 10, 1872, in Sadodar, Nawanagar State, Kathiawar. H...
Shivaji Bhonsle, Indian monarch and founder of the Maratha Empire, dies of illness and dysentery at the age of 52 in 1680.
Shivaji Bhonsale I, also known as Chhatrapati Shivaji, was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan who reigned from 19 February 1630 to 3 April 16...
Andre Michelin, a French businessman, tyre producer, and publisher of the Michelin Guide, died of respiratory failure at the age of 78 in 1931.
André Jules Michelin, who lived from 16 January 1853 to 4 April 1931, was a French industrialist who founded the Michelin Tyre Company (Compagnie Gén...
Martin Luther King Jr., an American pastor and Civil Rights Movement leader, was slain at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at the age of 39.
Martin Luther King, Jr. From 1955 until his assassination in 1968, he was the most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement. He was born on Januar...
Raphael Sanzio, an Italian artist, dies on his 37th birthday in 1520.
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, also known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance who lived from April 6, 1483 to April 6, 1520. He d...
Henry Ford, an American businessman and automaker, died in 1947 at the age of 83 1770.
Henry Ford died on Monday, April 7, 1947, at 11:40 p.m. at his Dearborn home, Fair Lane Estate, of a brain haemorrhage. He was 83 years old at the time. Clara Ford...
In the year 1894, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, a writer, poet, and journalist from India, died.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee He was an Indian novelist, poet, and journalist who was born on June 27, 1838 and died on April 8, 1894. He wrote the 1882 Bengali langua...
In 1857, Mangal Pandey, an Indian Sepoy in the British East India Company's 34th Bengal Native Infantry regiment, was hung at the age of 29.
Pandey was pacing agitatedly in front of the regiment's guard room on the afternoon of March 29, 1857. He seemed overjoyed and was cheering to his fellow sepoy...
Pablo Picasso, a Spanish painter, died in 1973 at the age of 91.
Pablo Picasso died on April 8, 1973, at Mougins, France, of pulmonary edoema and heart failure, while entertaining guests for supper. He was laid to rest in the Ch...
Margaret Thatcher, the British Prime Minister, died of a stroke in 2013 at the age of 87.
Thatcher suffered multiple minor strokes in 2002, and her doctors urged her not to perform any more public speeches. On March 23, she announced the cancellation of...
In 2021, Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh and consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, dies at the age of 99.
On the morning of April 9, 2021, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth states, and the w...
Morarji Desai, an Indian independence activist who served as India's fourth Prime Minister from 1977 to 1979, died in 1995.
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, who lived from 29 February 1896 to 10 April 1995, was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as India's fourth Pri...
Lincoln died at 7:22 a.m. in 1865 after being in a coma for eight hours.
Major Henry Rathbone, Lincoln's visitor, briefly wrestled with Booth, but Booth stabbed him and fled. Lincoln was brought across the street to Petersen House a...
Albert Einstein, the German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel winner, died in 1955 at the age of 76 from an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who lived from 14 March 1879 to 18 April 1955. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influe...
Marie Tussaud, the French founder of Madame Tussaud's wax museum, died in 1850 at the age of 88.
Marie Tussaud was a renowned French wax-modeling artist, the creator of London's famed 'Madam Tussauds wax museum,' and one of the nineteenth century&#...
Benjamin Franklin, a US Founding Father, inventor, diplomat, and writer, dies at the age of 84 in 1790.
Benjamin Franklin died on April 17, 1790, at the age of 84. His death was caused by empyema, which was caused by pleurisy bouts he experienced earlier in his life....
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, an Indian philosopher, educator, and statesman who served as India's first Vice President and second President, died in 1975.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian academic, politician, philosopher, and statesman. He was India's first Vice President and then its second President. Rad...
Tatya Tope, a leader of the 1857 First War of Independence, died in 1859.
Tantia Tope (February 16, 1814 – April 18, 1859) was a general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its notable leaders. Tantia Tope is widely regarded...
Shakuntala Devi, an Indian writer and mental calculator known as the "Human Computer," died in 2013 at the age of 83 due to consequences from serious respiratory ailments.
Shakuntala Devi was an Indian writer and mathematician known colloquially as the "human computer." She was said to be able to perform complex mathematica...
Satyajit Ray, an Indian director, died in 1992 at the age of 70.
Satyajit Ray, an Indian film director, was known for his sophisticated and profoundly affecting depictions of local family life. His works have a humane warmth, cr...
William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright, dies at the age of 52 in 1616.
William Shakespeare was a well-known English poet, dramatist, and actor who was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. His birthday is most widely observed on April ...
Hari Singh, the last governing Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, died in 1961.
Maharaja Sir Hari Singh was the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir's final governing Maharaja. Hari Singh was Amar Singh and Bhotiali Chib's son. Followin...
Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian mathematician, dies of sickness at the age of 32 in 1920.
Despite having minimal formal math instruction, Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematics, including breakt...
Vinod Khanna, an Indian Bollywood actor, died in 2017 at the age of 70.
Vinod Khanna was a film actor turned politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Gurdaspur. In Peshawar, British India, he was born into a Punjabi Hindu ...
Benito Mussolini, the Fascist Italian dictator, was assassinated by communist partisans in 1945, at the age of 61.
Amilcare, Benito Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party from 29 July 1883 to 28 April 1945. From ...
Irrfan Khan, an Indian film producer and actor, dies of cancer at the age of 53 in 2020.
Irrfan Khan, also known simply as Irrfan, was an Indian actor who worked in both Indian and British and American films. Khan's career spanned over 30 years and...
Alfred Hitchcock, an English director, died of renal disease at the age of 80 in 1980.
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE was born on August 13, 1899, and died on April 29, 1980. He was an English filmmaker who was widely regarded as one of the most inf...
As the Red Army occupies Berlin in 1945, Adolf Hitler and his new wife Eva Braun commit suicide in the Fuhrerbunker.
Adolf Hitler, the Austrian-born German politician who led the Nazi Party, served as Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and was the Führer ('Leader&#...
Rishi Kapoor, an Indian Bollywood actor and director, died in 2020 at the age of 67.
Rishi Kapoor was an Indian film actor, director, and producer who worked primarily in Hindi films. He received several honours, including four Filmfare Awards and ...
In 2011, US special forces kill Osama bin Laden, the accused architect of the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
On May 2, 2011, soon after 1:00 a.m. PKT, Osama bin Laden, the founder and first leader of the Islamist terrorist organisation al-Qaeda, was assassinated in Pakist...
Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian painter, sculptor, physicist, and visionary, dies at the age of 67 in 1519.
In 1516, Francis I of France commissioned Leonardo to construct a town and palace complex for the royal court at Romorantin, a seemingly insurmountable feat. The C...
Nargis, an Indian film actress who appeared in vintage Bollywood films, died in 1981.
Nargis Dutt was born on June 1, 1929 and died on May 3, 1981. She was an Indian politician and actress who appeared in Hindi films. She is regarded as one of the g...
Tipu Sultan, the monarch of the Kingdom of Mysore, died in 1799.
Tipu Sultan, also known as the Tiger of Mysore or Tippoo Sahib by the British, was an Indian prince who fought against the East India Company's takeover of sou...
