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In 1968, George Harrison, John Lennon, and their spouses went to India to learn transcendental meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
The English rock band the Beatles travelled to Rishikesh in northern India in February 1968 to participate in a Transcendental Meditation (TM) training course at M...
YouTube, an Internet service where videos may be uploaded and viewed by others, is founded in the United States in 2005.
YouTube is a video-sharing website. Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of the American e-commerce corporation PayPal, registered it o...
Randhir Kapoor was born in India on February 15, 1947. He works as an actor, producer, and director in Bollywood. Daboo is his nick name.
Randhir Raj Kapoor (born 15 February 1947) is an Indian film producer, director, and actor who works in Hindi cinema. He was a well-known actor in the 1970s, and h...
Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer known as the "Father of Science," was born in Pisa, Duchy of Florence, Italy, in 1564.
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei ( 15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an astronomer, physicist, and engineer from Pisa, in modern-day It...
On February 16, 1990, the film 'Agneepath' was released in theatres.
Vijay, a criminal, is determined to destroy Kancha, the man who brutally murdered his father years ago. He is willing to go to any extent to restore his family'...
In 2021, actor Nicholas Cage marries Riko Shibata for the sixth time at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas.
Cage married for the fifth time on February 16, 2021, to his Japanese fiancée Riko Shibata, with whom he is expecting his third kid. Nicolas Cage and his ne...
Mahesh Bhupati, an Indian tennis player, married Bollywood actress and former Miss Universe Lara Dutta in Bandra, Mumbai, in 2011.
On February 16, 2011, he married Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta in a civil ceremony in Bandra, Mumbai. On the 20th of February 2011, a Christian ceremony was held a...
Elizabeth Olsen, an American actress, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1989.
Elizabeth Chase Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an actress from the United States. Olsen, who was born in Sherman Oaks, California, began acting at the age of fo...
The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, is a Canadian pop and R&B singer-songwriter born in Toronto, Ontario in 1990.
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer better known as the Weeknd. Tesfaye's work explores escapism...
The 1st Sikh War in India comes to a conclusion in 1846 with the Battle of Sobraon.
The Battle of Sobraon took place on February 10, 1846, between the armies of the East India Company and the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of the Punjab Sikh Empire. T...
In 2020, India's Supreme Court allows women in the armed services equal rights.
On February 17, 2021, the Indian government informed the Supreme Court that women can enrol in military institutions and be considered for permanent commissions. T...
In 1972, Volkswagen Beetle sales surpassed those of the Ford Model T.
On February 17, 1972, the 15,007,034th Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line, shattering a global automobile production record set by the Ford Motor Compan...
The world's first superhero, The Phantom, a cartoon strip by Lee Falk, initially appears in comic books in 1936.
On February 17, 1936, a daily newspaper strip debuted, followed by a colour Sunday strip on May 28, 1939; both are still running as of 2022. According to King Feat...
Ed Sheeran, an English singer-songwriter, was born in Halifax, England in 1991.
Edward Christopher Sheeran MBE (born 17 February 1991) is a singer-songwriter from England. He was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suff...
AB de Villiers, a South African cricketer, was born in Warmbad, South Africa in 1984.
Abraham Benjamin de Villiers is a former professional cricketer from South Africa. During his 15-year international career, De Villiers was named the ICC One-Day I...
Bonnie Wright, a British actress, was born in London, England in 1991.
Bonnie Francesca Wright was born on February 17, 1991 in London, England. She is an English actress, model, director, and campaigner. She is best recognised for he...
Paris Hilton, an American actress and heiress, was born in New York City in 1981.
Paris Whitney Hilton, born February 17, 1981, is a media personality, socialite, entrepreneur, model, singer, DJ, and actor from the United States. Hilton was born...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, an American actor and director, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1982.
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt, born February 17, 1981, is a film and television actor from the United States. He has won several honours, including Golden Globe nom...
Denise Richards, an American actress, was born in Downers Grove, Illinois in 1971.
Denise Richards, born February 17, 1971, is an actress, television personality, and former fashion model from the United States. Carmen Ibanez in Starship Troopers...
Michael Bay, an American film director, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1965.
Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is a film director and producer from the United States. He is well known for his large-budget, high-concept action fi...
Michael Jordan, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1963.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), usually known by his initials MJ, is a former professional basketball player and businessman from the United State...
Michelangelo, an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance, dies at the age of 88 in 1564.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), known simply as Michelangelo, was a High Renaissance Italian sculptor, painte...
J-Hope [Jung Ho-seok], a South Korean rapper, was born in Gwangju, South Korea in 1994.
Jung Ho-seok (born February 18, 1994) is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, dancer, and record producer better known by his stage name J-Hope (stylized as j-hope)....
Dr. Dre, aka Andre Romelle Young, an American rapper and record producer, was born in Compton, California in 1965.
Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965) is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur better known as Dr. Dre. He is the founder and CEO of Afterma...
John Travolta, an American actor and singer, was born in Englewood, New Jersey in 1954.
John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is a singer and actor from the United States. During the 1970s, he rose to prominence by acting on the television com...
William Keith Kellogg established the Kellogg Cereal Company on February 19, 1906.
Kellogg's, full name Kellogg Company, is a major American manufacturer of ready-to-eat cereals and other food items. Kellogg's Corn Flakes were among the f...
On February 19, 1913, Pedro Lascurain took office in Mexico for the world's shortest presidency.
Juan Domingo de la Calzada Manuel Mara Lascuráin Paredes was a Mexican politician who lived from 8 May 1856 until 21 July 1952. He served as Mexico's 34...
Gopal Krishna Gokhale, an Indian social reformer and leader of the Indian Independence Movement, died in 1915 at the age of 48.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale CIE (May 9, 1866 – February 15, 1915) was an Indian'moderate' political leader and social reformer during India's independe...
Shivaji Bhonsle, Indian warrior and founder of the Maratha Empire, was born in Shivneri fort in 1630 and was hailed as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in 1630.
Shivaji Bhonsale I, popularly known as Chhatrapati Shivaji, was an Indian monarch and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha tribe. Shivaji created the Maratha Empire by ...
Olivia Rodrigo, an American actress and singer-songwriter, was born in Temecula, California in 2003.
Olivia Isabel Rodrigo, born February 20, 2003, is a singer-songwriter and actor from the United States. She rose to prominence as the lead in the Disney television...
Rihanna, a Barbadian R&B and pop singer-songwriter, was born in Saint Michael, Barbados, in 1988.
Fenty, Robyn Rihanna, was born on February 20, 1988. She is a singer, actor, fashion designer, and businesswoman from Barbados. Rihanna was found by American recor...
Trevor Noah, a South African comedian, actor, and television personality, was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1984.
Trevor Noah (born 20 February 1984) is a comedian, television personality, and political analyst from South Africa. He is the host of The Daily Show, a Comedy Cent...
In the year 1978, Chelsea Peretti is a comedian and actor from Oakland, California.
After moving to Los Angeles, Peretti made appearances on programs such as Kroll Show, Louie, The Sarah Silverman Program, TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest..., a...
Cindy Crawford, an American supermodel, was born in DeKalb, Illinois in 1966.
Cynthia Ann Crawford, born February 20, 1966, is a model, actress, and television personality from the United States. During the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of th...
Sidney Poitier, a Bahamian-American actor, the first black actor to win an Oscar for Best Actor Director, civil rights activist, and diplomat, was born in Miami, Florida in 1927.
Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, and diplomat who was born on February 20, 1927. He was the first Black actor and the first Bahamian to...
Anne Frank, a Dutch diarist and Jewish victim of the Nazi Holocaust, died of typhus at the Belsen concentration camp at the age of 15 in 1945.
Annelies Marie (Anne) Frank was a German-Dutch diarist of Jewish ancestry who was born on June 12, 1929. She became one of the most discussed Jewish Holocaust vict...
Nutan Bahl, an Indian actress, died of breast cancer in 1991 at the age of 54.
Nutan Samarth Bahl, often known as Nutan, was an Indian actress who starred in Hindi cinema.She performed in more than 70 films, primarily as a leading lady, durin...
Sophie Turner, English actress (Game of Thrones), was born in Northampton, England in 1996.
Sophie Belinda Jonas is an English actress who was born on February 21, 1996. She made her acting debut as Sansa Stark on HBO's epic fantasy television series ...
Elliot Page, a Canadian actor and LGBT activist, was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1987.
Elliot Page is a Canadian actor and producer who was born on February 21, 1987. He has been nominated for an Oscar, two BAFTAs, two Emmys, and a Satellite Award, a...
Kumail Nanjiani, a Pakistani-American comedian, actor, and writer, was born in Karachi, Pakistan, in 1978.
Kumail Ali Nanjiani is a Pakistani-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter who was born on May 2, 1978. He is most known for playing Dinesh in the HBO comedy se...
Abhijit Banerjee, an American economist who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2019, was born in Mumbai, India in 1961.
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, born 21 February 1961 in India, is an Indian-born naturalised American economist who is now the Ford Foundation International Professor o...
Alan Rickman, an English actor, was born in Hammersmith, London, in 1946.
Alan Sidney's Patrick Rickman was an English actor and director who was born on February 21, 1946. He educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London a...
In 1999, India's Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan's Navaz Sharif signed the Lahore Declaration on the use of nuclear weapons.
The treaty was signed on February 21, 1999, at the end of a historic summit in Lahore, and approved by both nations' parliaments the following year. Prime Mini...
Jennifer Lopez marries Ojani Noa on the grounds of a friend's Miami mansion in 1997.
Jennifer Lopez, born July 24, 1969, is a singer, actress, and dancer from the United States. Lopez debuted as a Fly Girl dancer on In Living Color in 1991 and was ...
Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Minister of Education, dies at the age of 69 in 1958.
Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-Hussaini Azad was an Indian independence activist, Islamic theologian, writer, and senior leader of the Indian...
Drew Barrymore, an American actress, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1975.
Drew Blythe Barrymore, born February 22, 1975, is an American actress, director, producer, entrepreneur, and talk show presenter who has won a Golden Globe and a S...
In Westmoreland, Virginia, George Washington, the first President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, was born in 1732.
George Washington, born February 22, 1732, was an American soldier, politician, and Founding Father who served as the country's first president from 1789 until...
Skylar Grey, an American songwriter and performer, was born in Mazomanie, Wisconsin in 1986.
Skylar Grey, born Holly Brook Hafermann, is a singer, songwriter, and record producer from the United States. She has three studio albums and five extended plays t...
Emily Blunt, an English-American actress, was born in London, United Kingdom, in 1983.
Emily Olivia Leah Blunt, also known as Emily Olivia Leah Blunt, is a British actress who was born on February 23, 1983. She has received several awards, including ...
Karan Singh Grover, an Indian actor, was born in New Delhi, India in 1982.
Karan Singh Grover, born February 23, 1982, is an Indian model and actor best known for his roles in Dill Mill Gayye and Qubool Hai, two Indian television shows. H...
Michael Dell, an American computer manufacturer (Dell Technologies), was born in Houston, Texas in 1965.
Michael Saul Dell, born February 23, 1965, is a millionaire businessman and philanthropist in the United States. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Techn...
Madhubala, née Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi, the Indian actress known as "The Venus of Indian Cinema," dies of a heart problem at the age of 36 in 1969.
Madhubala (born Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi on 14 February 1933) was an Indian film actress and producer. She is still held in high respect half a century later, wi...
John Keats, an English Romantic poet, dies of TB at the age of 25 in 1821.
John Keats was an English poet who, together with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, was a member of the second generation of Romantic poets. By the end of the c...
Actor Paul Rudd married publicist Julie Yaeger in 2003.
Paul Stephen Rudd is an actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer from the United States. Before making his acting debut in 1991, he studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the American A...
Ajay Devgan marries actress Kajol Mukherjee in a traditional Maharashtrian wedding in Juhu, Varsha, in 1999.
Ajay Devgn married Kajol in a traditional Maharashtrian wedding at Devgn's home on February 24, 1999. The wedding drew widespread media attention, with some cr...
Sridevi Kapoor, or Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan, the Indian actress and film producer dubbed "Indian cinema's first female superstar," drowns at the age of 54 in 2018.
Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappan, better known as Sridevi, was an Indian actress and film producer who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada films. She ...
Malcolm Forbes, the American publisher of Forbes Magazine, dies of a heart attack at the age of 70 in 1990.
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was an American businessman best known as the publisher of Forbes magazine, which his father, B. C. Forbes, started. He was renowned as an...
In the year 1963, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is an Indian Bollywood director who was born in Mumbai.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is an Indian director, screenwriter, and music composer best known for his work in Hindi cinema. He was born on February 24, 1963. He has rec...
Jayaram Jayalalitha, Indian actress and politician, and Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, was born in Mysore State in 1948.
Jayaram Jayalalithaa, born on February 24, 1948, was an Indian politician, actress, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu from 1991 to ...
Charles Cornwallis was named governor general of India in 1786.
In February 1786, British General Charles Cornwallis, Earl Cornwallis, was appointed as both Commander-in-Chief of British India and Governor of the Presidency of ...
In the Battle of Karnal in 1739, the army of Iranian monarch Nadir Shah defeats the soldiers of Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah of India.
During his conquest of India, Nader Shah, the founder of Iran's Afsharid dynasty, won a significant victory in the Battle of Karnal (24 February 1739). Within ...
