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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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (March 3, 1839 – May 19, 1904) was a pioneering Indian industrialist who founded the Tata Group, India's largest conglomerate. ...
Malhar Rao Holkar (16 March 1693 – 20 May 1766) was a Maratha Empire noble subedar in modern-day India. He was one of the first officers, along with Ranoji S...
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, paving the way for widespread European exploration...
Rajiv Gandhi was set to speak at an electoral rally in Sriperumbudur. He was in such a rush to get there that he travelled without his personal security chief from...
R. D. Banerji was born on April 12, 1885, and is an Indian archaeologist and ancient historian. In 1920, Banerji was working for the Archaeological Survey of India...
In the early 1930s, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were two legendary criminals whose crime sprees spanned multiple states, including Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisian...
At the age of eight, he had a foreskin infection and underwent circumcision, as well as removal of his appendix, tonsils, and adenoids. Moore was diagnosed with pr...
Balbir Singh Sr is a living hero in Indian hockey and is regarded as one of the finest center-forwards of all time. His craft provided tremendous delight to the co...
Sunil Dutt was born on June 6, 1926 as Balraj Dutt into a family that had survived India's Partition. He began his career as a radio programme host and celebri...
Jawaharlal Nehru was a central figure in India during the mid-twentieth century. He was an anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and author...
Raj Kapoor is a Bollywood actor. He was an Indian actor, film producer, and director who worked in Hindi cinema. He was born on December 14, 1924. In India, he rec...
Courteney Cox was born on June 15, 1964, in Birmingham, Alabama, to a prosperous Southern family. She is the daughter of Courteney and businessman Richard Lewis Co...
Michael Jackson, who has been performing since the age of five, is one of the most famous vocalists in history. Thriller, his 1983 record, sold forty million copie...
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was a film, stage, and television actress from the United States. Hepburn has a 60-year career as a...
Raaj Kumar (born Kulbhushan Pandit on October 8, 1926, and died on July 3, 1996) was an Indian actor who appeared in Hindi films. In a career spanning four decades...
Swami Vivekananda, also known as Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, and author who lived from 12 January 1863 to 4 July 1902. He was a clos...
Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani, better known as Dhirubhai Ambani, was an Indian business magnate who founded Reliance Industries. He was born on December 28, 1932, and...
Captain Vikram Batra PVC was an Indian Army officer who served from September 9, 1974, to July 7, 1999. For his actions during the 1999 Kargil War, he was posthumo...
Dara Singh Randhawa (November 19, 1928 – July 12, 2012) was a professional wrestler, actor, director, and politician from India. He began acting in 1952 and ...
Pran Krishan Sikand (February 12, 1920 – July 12, 2013), better known by his mononym, Pran, was an Indian actor who was best known for playing the greatest v...
Madan Mohan Kohli (June 25, 1924 – July 14, 1975), also known as Madan Mohan, was an Indian music director who worked during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He ...
Maharaja Jivajirao Scindia was an Indian prince and government official who lived from June 26, 1916, to July 16, 1961.From 1925 to 1947, he was the Maharaja of th...
Rajesh Khanna (born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was a Hindi film actor, film producer, and politician. Between 1969 and 1971, he was dubbe...
American composer and conductor Jerrald King Goldsmith, who lived from February 10, 1929, to July 21, 2004, is well-known for his work in film and television scori...
For a few weeks in 1815, Napoleon II (20 March 1811 – 22 July 1832) was the disputed Emperor of France. He had been Prince Imperial of France and King of Rom...
Mehmood Ali (September 29, 1932 – July 23, 2004), better known by his stage name Mehmood, was an Indian actor, singer, director, and producer who was best kn...
Phoolan Devi, also known as "Bandit Queen," was a bandit who later transitioned into a female rights activist and politician with the Samajwadi Party. Sh...
James Barry, a military surgeon in the British Army, was born Margaret Anne in 1789 and died on July 25, 1865. Barry, who is originally from Cork, Ireland, graduat...
Mara Eva Duarte de Perón (born Mara Eva Duarte; 7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952), also known as Eva Perón or Evita, was a politician, activist, and p...