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David Beckham, an English soccer midfielder and owner, was born in London, England in 1975.
David Robert Joseph Beckham was born on May 2, 1975, in the London neighbourhood of Leytonstone, to David Edward Alan Beckham and Sandra Georgina. His father was a...
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...
Michael Fassbender, an Irish-German actor, was born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, in 1977.
Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is a racing driver and German-Irish actor. He has won a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and ha...
Walter Chrysler, an American automobile pioneer and thoroughbred breeder, was born in Wamego, Kansas in 1875.
Walter Percy Chrysler, who lived from April 2, 1875 to August 18, 1940, was an American automotive industry pioneer, executive, and the founder and namesake of Ame...
Marvin Gaye, an American soul singer-songwriter, was born in Washington, DC in 1939.
Marvin Gaye, born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., was an American singer and songwriter who lived from April 2, 1939 to April 1, 1984. In the 1960s, he helped shape the soun...
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...
Meghalaya becomes an independent state inside India's Assam state in 1970.
Meghalaya, which translates as "abode of clouds," is a state in northeastern India. On 21 January 1972, Meghalaya was formed by carving out two districts...
Kapil Sharma, an Indian stand-up comedian, television presenter, actor, and producer, was born in 1981.
Kapil Sharma (born April 2, 1981) is an Indian stand-up comedian, television host, television actor, and film and television producer best known for hosting The Ka...
Remo D'Souza, an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor, and film director, was born in 1974.
Remo D'Souza (born Ramesh Gopi on April 2, 1974) is a choreographer, actor, and film director from India. D'Souza was born on April 2, 1974, in Bangalore, ...
Ajay Devgn, an Indian film actor, director, and producer, was born in 1969.
Vishal Veeru Devgan (born 2 April 1969) is an Indian actor, film director, and producer better known as Ajay Devgn. He's been in over a hundred Hindi films. De...
Charles Dickens, an English author and social commentator, marries Catherine Thomson Hogarth in 1836.
Catherine Hogarth was born in Scotland, the oldest daughter of George and Georgina Hogarth. Her family migrated to England in 1834, where her father worked as a mu...
In 1973, Today the first Mobile Phone Call was made by Martin Cooper
Motorola was the first business to create a mobile phone that could be held in one's hand. Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first m...
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...
Cobie Smulders, a Canadian actress, was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1982.
Smulders, Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" (born April 3, 1982) is a Canadian-American actress. She is best known for her roles as Robin Scherbatsky in How...
Eddie Murphy, an American actor, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1961.
Edward Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is a comedian, actor, writer, producer, and singer from the United States. He rose to prominence as a regular cast member on the...
Alec Baldwin, an American Emmy Award-winning actor, was born in Amityville, New York in 1958.
Alexander Baldwin (born April 3, 1958) is an actor, writer, comedian, film producer, and political activist from the United States. He is the eldest of the Baldwin...
In 1914, Sam Manekshaw, the Indian Army's Chief of Army Staff and the country's first Field Marshall, was born.
General of the Army Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, also known as Sam Manekshaw and Sam Bahadur ("Sam the Brave"), was the Chief of the Army Sta...
Vikrant Massey, an Indian cinema and television actor, was born in 1987.
Vikrant Massey is a well-known Indian actor who has appeared in Hindi television, films, and web series. He made his acting debut as Aamir Hassan in Dhoom Machaao ...
Prabhu Deva, an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer, and actor who has worked in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu films, was born in 1973.
Prabhu Deva (born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer, and actor best known for his work in Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu films. He ...
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...
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...
Karl Benz, a German inventor, engine designer, and vehicle maker, died of bronchial inflammation at the age of 84 in 1929.
Carl Friedrich Benz, also known as Karl Friedrich Benz, was a German engine designer and automotive engineer who lived from 25 November 1844 to 4 April 1929. His 1...
Heath Ledger, an Australian-American actor, was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1979.
Although his life was cut short, his achievements as an actor, even during this little era, will be remembered for a long time by moviegoers. Heath, who made his t...
Robert Downey Jr, an American actor, was born in New York City in 1965.
Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is a producer and actor from the United States. His career has been marked by critical and popular success in his youth...
Graham Norton, an Irish comedian and TV broadcaster, was born in Dublin in 1963.
Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963) is an Irish actor, author, comedian, commentator, and presenter better known by his stage name Graham Norton. In the Unit...
Maya Angelou, as Marguerite Johnson, is an American novelist, poet, and actor who was born in St Louis, Missouri in 1928.
Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Annie Johnson, was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist who lived from April 4, 1928 to May 28, 2014. She wrote sev...
Jack Ma establishes the Chinese online business Alibaba in 1999.
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, or Alibaba, is a Chinese multinational technology company that specialises in e-commerce, retail, the Internet, and technology. The ...
Garry Sandhu, an Indian singer, composer, and actor best known for his work in Punjabi music, was born in 1984.
Gurmukh Singh "Garry" Sandhu is an Indian singer, songwriter, and actor best known for his contributions to Punjabi music. In 2010, he made his singing d...
Parveen Babi, an Indian cinema actress, model, and interior designer, was born in 1949.
Parveen Babi (April 4, 1954 – January 20, 2005) was an Indian model and actress. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, Babi was best known for her roles in H...
Rashmika Mandanna, an Indian cinema actress and model who works primarily in Telugu and Kannada films, was born in 1996.
Rashmika Mandanna, born 5 April 1996, is an Indian actress and model who primarily works in Telugu and Kannada films. She has received the Filmfare Award South as ...
Akira Toriyama, a Japanese manga artist, was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, in 1955.
Toriyama Akira is a Japanese manga artist and character designer who was born on April 5, 1955. He rose to prominence with his highly successful manga series Dr. S...
Pharrell Williams, an American singer-songwriter, music producer, and film producer, was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1973.
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams, born April 5, 1973, is a rapper, record producer, singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur from the United States. In the early 1990s, he f...
Hayley Atwell, a British-American actress, was born in London, England in 1982.
Hayley Elizabeth Atwell is a British and American actress who was born on April 5, 1982. Atwell, who was born and raised in London, studied acting at the Guildhall...
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...
Raphael Sanzio, an Italian painter and skilled builder, was born in Urbino Julian around 1483.
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. His ...
J. Stuart Blackton's "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces" is released in 1906 as the world's first animated cartoon.
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces is a 1906 short silent animated cartoon directed by James Stuart Blackton that is widely recognised as the first animated film recor...
Paul Rudd, an American actor, was born in Passaic, New Jersey in 1969.
Paul Rudd is an American actor who rose to prominence as a youngster after starring in the comedy film 'Clueless.' He quickly rose through the ranks, landi...
The Red Fort in Shahjahanabad was constructed in 1648. (Modern Day Delhi)
The Red Fort, also known as Lal Qila, is a historic fort in Old Delhi, Delhi, India that served as the main residence of the Mughal Emperors. When Emperor Shah Jah...
Mihir Sen swims the Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India in 1966.
Mihir Sen (November 16, 1930 – June 11, 1997) was a well-known Indian long-distance swimmer and lawyer. In 1958, he was the first Asian to cross the English ...
Ravi Shankar, an Indian musician and composer of Hindustani classical music, was born in 1920.
Pandit Ravi Shankar, also known as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury, was an Indian sitarist and composer who lived from 7 April 1920 to 11 December 2012. He was a sitar ...
The year was 1954, Jackie Chan was born in Hong Kong.
Chan Kong-sang, better known as Jackie Chan, is a world-renowned martial arts star. He has had a successful career as an actor, director, producer, action choreogr...
Russell Crowe, an Australian-New Zealand actor, was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1964.
Russell Ira Crowe is a film actor, producer, and musician from New Zealand. He rose to international prominence with his stunning performance in the 2000 British-A...
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...
The United Nations establishes the World Health Organization in 1948.
The World Health Organization was established on April 7, 1948, when a twenty-sixth nation adopted its new constitution. Its foundation followed a period of debate...
Ram Gopal Varma, a film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work in Telugu and Bollywood films, was born in 1962.
Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born April 7, 1962) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work in Telugu and Hindi films, as well as ...
Jeetendra, the head of Balaji Telefilms and an actor, TV and film producer, was born in 1942.
Ravi Kapoor (born 7 April 1942), better known as Jeetendra, is an Indian actor and producer best known for his work in Hindi films. He was honoured with a Filmfare...
Donald Trump marries his first wife, Czech model Ivana Zelnková, in the Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan, New York, in 1977.
Donald John Trump is a businessman and politician who served as the 45th President of the United States from 2017 to 202 Trump married Czech model Ivana Zeln...
Donald Trump marries his first wife, Czech model Ivana Zelnková, in the Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan, New York, in 1977.
Donald John Trump is a businessman and politician who served as the 45th President of the United States from 2017 to 202 Trump married Czech model Ivana Zeln...
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...
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...
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...
It was 1929. Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw pamphlets and explosives at the Delhi Central Assembly in response to their detention.
On April 8, 1929, freedom fighters Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt detonated smoke bombs in Delhi's Central Legislative Assembly. In modern Indian ...
In 1965, Indian and Pakistani soldiers clashed on the border.
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, also known as the Second Kashmir War, was the culmination of skirmishes between Pakistan and India between April and September 1965...
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...
Saqib Saleem, an Indian film actor and model who works in the Hindi film business, was born in 1988.
Saqib Saleem Qureshi, born 8 April 1988, is a Hindi film actor and model. Before beginning his film career, he worked as a model. Saleem began appearing in adverti...
In 1983, Allu Arjun, an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema, was born.
Allu Arjun (born April 8, 1982) is an Indian actor best known for his work in Telugu films. Allu is one of the highest-paid actors in South India, and he is well-k...
Amit Trivedi, an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist, was born in 1979.
Amit Trivedi (born April 8, 1979) is an Indian music director, singer, and lyricist who works primarily in Hindi films and a few Telugu films. He debuted as a film...
Aryabhata, India's first satellite, was launched into orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia, in 1975.
India's first unmanned Earth satellite, Aryabhata. It was named after a prominent 5th century Indian astronomer and mathematician. The satellite was built in P...
Tippu Sultan forces the British out of Bednore, India, in 1783.
Tipu Sultan led his force of almost 100,000 soldiers west and managed to get within 6 kilometres of Bednore by April 9th. Matthews' forces were quickly beaten ...
Anna Hazare halted his fast to death in 2011 when the government agreed to establish Lokpal legislation.
On 5 April 2011, Hazare began a hunger strike to put pressure on the Indian government to implement a harsh anti-corruption law, The Lokpal Bill, 2011, as anticipa...
His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005.
Charles and Camilla confirmed their engagement in February 2005, 35 years after they first met. There was much discussion over Camilla's title and whether she ...
Kristen Stewart, an American actress, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1990.
Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born April 9, 1990) is a film and television actress from the United States. She was the highest-paid actress in the world in 2012, and she...
Hugh Hefner, an American magazine publisher and businessman, was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1926.
Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was a magazine publisher in the United States. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy mag...
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...
Jaya Bachchan, an Indian cinema actress and politician, was born in 1948.
Jaya Bachchan is an Indian actress and politician who was born on April 9, 1948. She has been a Rajya Sabha member of the Samajwadi Party since 2004, and has serve...
Ghanshyam Das Birla, an Indian businessman and educator, was born in Pilani, Rajputana, India in 1894.
Ghanshyam Das Birla was a businessman from India and a member of the Birla family. Ghanshyam Das Birla was born on 10 April 1894 in Pilani, Jhunjhunu district, Raj...
In 2019, The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration released the first-ever snapshot of a black hole, obtained in 2017 in galaxy M87, 6.5 billion times the mass of Earth, 55 million light-years distant.
A gargantuan beast is devouring anything that strays too close to the heart of a giant elliptical galaxy called Messier 87, more than 50 million light-years away. ...
Titanic, the world's most renowned ship, set sail from Southampton, England, on her first and last journey in 1912.
Titanic, also known as the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Titanic, British luxury passenger liner that sank during its maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York C...
Swami Dayanand Saraswati, contemporary India's foremost social reformer, founded Arya Samaj in 1875.
Swami Dayanand founded the Arya Samaj in Bombay on April 7, 1875, with ten principles that are beautifully based purely on God, soul, and nature. Arya Samaj (Sansk...
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...
Ayesha Takia, an Indian film actress who acted in Bollywood films, was born in 1986.
Ayesha Takia Azmi (born April 10, 1986) is a former Indian actress best known for her roles in Hindi films. In 2004, she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for her ...
Sanjeev Kapoor, an Indian celebrity chef, entrepreneur, and television personality, was born in 1964.
Sanjeev Kapoor (born 10 April 1964) is a well-known Indian celebrity chef, entrepreneur, and TV personality. Kapoor hosted the popular TV show Khana Khazana, Asia&...
Rishikesh's Lakshman Jhula was accessible to the public in 1930.
Lakshman Jhula is a suspension bridge that spans the Ganges. In 1930, the public could visit Rishikesh's Lakshman Jhula. It is 5 kilometres north-east of Rishi...
Today! The International Labour Organization was established in 1919.
In 1919, the International Labour Organization was founded. The International Labour Organization (ILO), headquartered in Geneva, was the UN's first specialise...
Ravindra Kaushik was a purported Indian Research and Analysis expert, famous for infiltrating Pakistan Army was born today
Ravindra Kaushik was born on April 11, 1952, and died in November 2001. He worked for the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW). He is famously known as Black Tige...
Kasturba Gandhi, an Indian political leader and Mohandas Gandhi's wife, was born in 1869.
Kasturbai Mohandas Gandhi was an Indian political activist who was born Kasturbai Gokuldas Kapadia on 11 April 1869 and died on 22 February 1944. In 1883, she marr...
Jyotirao Phule was born in Maharashtra in 1827. He was an Indian social activist, thinker, anti-caste social reformer, and writer.
Jyotirao Govindrao Phule was born on April 11, 1827, and died on November 28, 1890. He was a Maharashtra-born Indian social activist, thinker, anti-caste social re...
Tennis star Roger Federer marries former WTA tennis player Miroslava Vavrinec in Basel, Switzerland in 2009.
Roger Federer is married to Miroslava Federer (née Vavrinec), a former Women's Tennis Association player whom he met while competing for Switzerland at ...
Hugh Jackman marries actress Deborra-Lee Furness in St. John's in Toorak, Victoria in 1996.
On 11 April 1996, Hugh Jackman married Deborra-Lee Furness at St. John's in Toorak, Victoria, a Melbourne suburb. They first met on the set of the Australian t...
In Williamstown, Massachusetts, Superman actor Christopher Reeve marries actress and singer Dana Morosini in 1992.
Christopher D'Olier Reeve was an American actor, director, and activist best known for his role as Superman in the 1978 film Superman and its first three seque...
