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Facebook held its 1st IPO in 2012
On Friday, May 18, 2012, the Internet company Facebook, Inc. launched its first public offering (IPO). With a peak market value of more than $104 billion, the IPO ...
The first Indian film (Shree Pundalik) released in 1912
The film, Shree Pundalik, was launched on this day in 1912, about a year before Dadasaheb Phalke's full-length film, Raja Harishchandra. Shree Pundalik was a s...
H. D. Deve Gowda, an Indian politician and former Prime Minister of India (1996-97), was born in Haradanahalli, Kingdom of Mysore, in 1933.
H.D. Devegowda served as India's 11th Prime Minister and the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka. In 1996-97, he was Prime Minister, and in 1994-96, he was Chief ...
Nicholas II, Russia's last Tsar, was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1868.
Nicholas was born on May 18, 1868, to Russian Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna. He had Russian, Danish, French, and German ancestors. Nicholas II...
On the Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan, India conducted its first successful nuclear bomb test in 1974.
This test was given the code name 'Smiling Buddha.' As a result of this, India has become the sixth nuclear power. India becomes the sixth country to deton...
Ho Chi Minh, a Vietnamese communist revolutionary, was born in Ngh An Province in 1890.
Ho Ch Minh (born Nguyn Sinh Cung on May 19, 1890) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman. From 1945 to 1955, he was Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic...
Ruskin Bond, an Indian author, was born in 1934.
Ruskin Bond is a British-born Indian author. Aubrey Alexander Bond, his father, was a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer stationed in India. In Shimla, he attended Bish...
In the year 1997, Matthew Broderick, a film and stage actor, marries Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker in New York.
Sarah Jessica Parker is most recognised for her role as Carrie Bradshaw in the HBO series Sex and the City, which is being revived. Carrie, her character, is const...
Jessica Alba married film and television producer Cash Warren in 2008 at the Beverly Hills Courthouse in Beverly Hills, California.
Jessica Marie Alba is a businesswoman and actress from the United States. She first appeared on television and in films at the age of 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Se...
In 2012, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan in a small ceremony in Palo Alto, California.
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is a media mogul, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist from the United States. He is best known for co-founding Facebook and its parent...
Meghan Markle, an American actress, marries Prince Harry in a ceremony at Windsor Castle in England in 2018.
Meghan markle, Duchess of Sussex, is a former actress and American member of the British royal family. Markle was born in Los Angeles and raised there. Her acting ...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a project led by Samuel C. C. Ting to search for dark matter, was installed on the International Space Station in 2011.
AMS-02, which was installed on May 19, 2011, was originally intended to function for only three years. The data from these studies helps scientists comprehend whet...
Jamsetji Tata, an Indian industrialist who founded the Tata Group, died in 1904.
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (March 3, 1839 – May 19, 1904) was a pioneering Indian industrialist who founded the Tata Group, India's largest conglomerate. ...
Nathuram Godse, a freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in 1909.
Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949) was Mahatma Gandhi's assassin. He was a Hindu nationalist from western India who shot Gandhi thre...
Girish Karnad, an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, and playwright, was born in 1938.
Girish Karnad was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright, and Jnanpith awardee who worked primarily in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His s...
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, an Indian actor best known for his work in Hindi cinema, was born in 1974.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui was born in Budhana, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh on May 19, 1974. He is an Indian model and actor. In 1999, he made his Bollywood debut in the...
In 1965, Avtar Singh Cheema became the 1st Indian to scale Mt. Everest
A period when climbing Everest was uncrowded and unpolluted, when attempts were at the absolute edges of human endurance. After two failed efforts by the Indian Ar...
Amelia Earhart departs Newfoundland in 1932 on her quest to become the first woman to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic.
Earhart became the first woman, and the only person after Charles Lindbergh, to fly continuously and alone across the Atlantic on May 20–21, 1932. She took o...
At the age of 18, Sushmita Sen of India is crowned the 43rd Miss Universe in 1994.
Sushmita Sen (born November 19, 1975) is an Indian actress, model, and Miss Universe 1994 winner. She is the first Indian woman to win the Miss Universe title. At ...
Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer and navigator who discovered the "New World" for Spain and launched European colonisation, dies at the age of 54 in 1506.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, paving the way for widespread European exploration...
Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, arrives in Calicut, India in 1489, becoming the first European to reach India by sea.
Vasco da Gama (1460s – 24 December 1524) was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to sail to India. His first voyage to India via the Cape of Good Ho...
Bipin Chandra Pal, an Indian nationalist, writer, orator, social reformer, and activist in the Indian independence movement, died in 1932.
Bipin Chandra Pal (7 November 1858 – 20 May 1932) was an Indian nationalist, writer, orator, social reformer, and freedom fighter in the Indian independence ...
Malhar Rao Holkar, a Maratha Empire noble, died in 1766.
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...
Pac-Man was released for 1st time in 1980
The legendary and massively successful Pac-Man video game was released in Japan on May 21, 1980, and in the United States in October of same year. Pac-Man, the yel...
Clara Barton established the American Red Cross in 1881.
Clara, Clarissa Harlowe Barton, is one of the most celebrated ladies in American history. She followed a brave career of service to aid people in need, guided by a...
Aditya Chopra, an Indian filmmaker, was born in 1971.
Aditya Chopra, the oldest son of famous filmmakers Yash Chopra and Pamela Chopra, was born in 1971. He had been a big movie fan since he was a kid. He began his ci...
Microsoft announces the release of the Xbox One in 2013.
Microsoft revealed the Xbox One on May 21st, with a release date of the end of 2013. While the name was kept under wraps, the Xbox One announcement verified many o...
Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated near Madras in 1991 by a female suicide bomber.
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...
Amelia Earhart lands near Londonderry, Northern Ireland, after a 17-hour flight from Newfoundland, becoming the first woman to complete a transatlantic solo flight.
Earhart became the first woman, and the only person after Charles Lindbergh, to fly nonstop and alone across the Atlantic on May 21, 1932. She took off from Harbor...
Eva Longoria married Televisa media executive Jose Antonio Baston in Valle de Bravo, Mexico in 2016.
Bastón and Longoria met in Mexico City on a blind date organised by a mutual acquaintance; at the time, Bastón had no idea who Longoria was and initi...
Mohanlal, an Indian actor, producer, playback singer, and distributor who primarily works in Malayalam cinema, was born in 1960.
Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960) is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, television host, and film distributor who primarily works in Malayalam ...
Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to summit Mount Everest in 1984.
Ang Dorje and a few other climbers joined the team to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 22, 1984; Bachendri was the only woman in this group. They arrived a...
Maggie Q, an American actress, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1979.
Margaret Denise Quigley was born on May 22, 1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a Vietnam veteran and his property investor wife. Her father, who is of Irish and Polish ...
In 1959, Mehbooba Mufti, a Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party politician, was born.
Mehbooba Mufti made her political debut in 1996, when she won the assembly elections. She was elected to the lower house of Parliament from Anantnag seat in 2004 a...
In 1990, Microsoft released Windows 3.0.
Windows 3.0 is a Microsoft Windows version that was released on May 22, 1990. It, like its predecessors, is an operating system that runs on top of MS-DOS. Work on...
In 334 BC, Alexander the Great's Macedonian army defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
The Battle of the Granicus, fought in May 334 BCE, was Alexander the Great's (356-323 BCE) first significant victory over the Achaemenid Empire's soldiers....
In 1992, India launches the Agni rocket.
It was appropriately titled. Agni. On May 22, at exactly 7.17 a.m., Agni erupted into a chariot of fire, propelling India into an elite club controlled by the worl...
Sher Shah Suri, the founder of the Suri Empire on the northern Indian subcontinent, was born in 1545.
Sher Shah Suri established the Sur Empire in North India. After seizing control of the Mughal Empire in 1540, he established a new civic and military administratio...
Bonnie and Clyde were assassinated by police in an ambush near Sailes, Louisiana, in 1934.
In the early 1930s, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were two legendary criminals whose crime sprees spanned multiple states, including Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisian...
R. D. Banerji, an Indian archaeologist and historian, dies at the age of 45 in 1930.
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...
Roger Moore, a British actor, died in 2017 at the age of 89.
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...
Benjamin Franklin announces the creation of bifocals in 1785.
On May 23, 1785, Benjamin Franklin revealed the creation of the bifocal eyeglass, which would forever allow libraries and the elderly to see both close-up and far ...
Gayatri Devi was Jaipur's third Maharani consort in was born in 1919
Gayatri Devi was born on May 23, 1919, in London, United Kingdom. She was the princess of West Bengal's Cooch Behar. Her father was the Koch Rajbongshi dynasty...
Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to reach the top of Mount Everest, was born in 1954.
Bachendri Pal was born on May 24, 1954 in the Garhwal hamlet of Nakuri to Shri Kishan Singh Pal and Smt. Hansa Devi. Her father worked as a border trader, deliveri...
Kartar Singh Sarabha, an Indian rebel and one of the most renowned and recognised martyrs of Punjab, was born in 1896.
Kartar Singh Sarabha Grewal was born on May 24, 1896 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India to a Sikh family in the hamlet of Sarabha, district of Ludhiana. Kartar Singh Sarab...
Bob Dylan, an American singer-songwriter and cultural icon, was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1941.
Bob Dylan was born in Duluth, Minnesota on May 24, 1941. He grew raised in Hibbing, Minnesota. As a youth, he participated in several bands, and his love in music ...
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Ireland, was born in London in 1819.
On May 24, 1819, Queen Victoria was born. She became Queen of the United Kingdom at the age of 18 and reigned for 63 years, making her Europe's longest-serving...
In the world's first telegraph transmission, Samuel Morse taps out "What hath God wrought?" in 1844.
On May 24, 1844, inventor Samuel F.B. Morse sent a message across an experimental wire from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore, asking, "What hath God wrought?&quo...
Sachin Tendulkar married paediatrician Anjali Mehta in 1995.
Anjali Tendulkar, Sachin Tendulkar's wife, is a well-known figure. She is both a paediatrician and a philanthropist. She was born on November 10, 1967, in Mumb...
Kanye West marries model Kim Kardashian in Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Italy, in 2014.
In October, Kanye West proposes to Kim Kardashian. What about the location? A massive, deserted baseball stadium. What is the procedure? A Jumbotron message that r...
In 1915, Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram in Kochrab.
On his return from South Africa, Mahatma Gandhi established India's first Ashram in the Kochrab area of Ahmedabad on May 25, 1915. On June 17, 1917, the Ashram...
In 2001, Erik Weihenmayer became the first blind person to scale Mount Everest
Erik Weihenmayer is a motivational speaker, author, adventurer, and athlete from the United States. On May 25, 2001, he became the first blind person to reach the ...
In the year 1977 today The first Star Wars film is released
The 1977 American epic space opera film Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) was written and directed by George Lucas, produce...
Mike Myers, a Canadian actor and comedian, was born in Scarborough, Ontario in 1963.
Michael John Myers was born on May 25, 1963, in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, to Eric Myers, an insurance agent and World War II veteran, and Alice E. Myers, an of...
Sir Ian McKellen, an English film and theatrical actor, was born in Burnley, Lancashire, in 1939.
Sir Ian Murray McKellen is a well-known British theatrical and film actor. He is most recognised for his appearances as 'Magneto' and 'Gandalf' in ...
At the age of 80, Yuichiro Miura of Japan becomes the oldest person to climb Mount Everest in 2013.
He was born in Aomori in 1932 and was the first Japanese to compete in the Italian Kilometer Lance in 1964, achieving a new world record of 172.084 km/h. He skied ...
Goofy, alias Dippy Dawg, first appears in Walt Disney's 'Mickey's Revue' in 1932.
He is a tall, anthropomorphic dog that usually wears a turtle neck and vest, as well as slacks, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat that was initially planned as a...
In 1927, Henry Ford announces the end of Model T Ford manufacture.
Between 1908 and 1927, almost 15 million Model Ts were produced, delivering inexpensive four-wheeled horsepower to the public. The popular automobiles remained wor...
Sunil Dutt, an Indian actor, producer, director, and politician, died in 2005.
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...
Rash Behari Bose, an Indian liberation warrior and leader, was born in 1886.
Rash Behari Bose was born on May 25, 1886, in the Subaldaha Village in the Burdwan District of British India. His mother died when he was three years old in 1889, ...
Cillian Murphy, an Irish actor, was born in Douglas, County Cork, Ireland, in 1976.
Cillian Murphy is an Irish stage and screen actor. He rose to notoriety as a result of his outstanding performances in both indie and mainstream films. Despite beg...
Kunal Khemu, an Indian actor, was born in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India in 1983.
Kunal Ravi Kemmu was born on May 25, 1983 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India into a Kashmiri Pandit household to actors Ravi Kemmu and Jyoti Kemmu. Karishma Khe...
Karan Kumar Johar, better known as KJo, is a film filmmaker and producer who was born in 1972.
Karan Kumar Johar (born Rahul Kumar Johar on May 25, 1972) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, costume designer, actor, and television personality ...
Balbir Singh Snr., an Indian field hockey centre forward and coach, died in 2020 at the age of 96.
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...
In 2006, Fanaa an Aamir & Kajol starrer movie was release
Fanaa is a Fanaa is a 2006 Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra under their production compa...
In 1999, It was announced that Backstreet Boys album "Millennium" had sold 1.13 million units in its first week of release
Backstreet Boys' third studio album (their second in the United States) Millennium was released on May 18, 1999 by Jive Records. It was their first album to be...
Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister and a key figure in the Indian independence struggle, dies of a suspected heart attack at the age of 74 in 1964.
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...
In 2018 Indian Premier League Final: Australian Shane Watson smashes 117 not out off 57 balls to steer Chennai Super Kings to their third IPL title with an 8-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad
Shane Watson overcame a poor start to score an unbeaten 117 to lead Chennai Super Kings to their third Indian Premier League (IPL) title with an eight-wicket trium...
In the year 2005, Bunty Aur Babli movie was released
Bunty Aur Babli is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Shaad Ali and written by Jaideep Sahni, based on a story by Aditya Chopra, who also s...
Ravi Shastri, an Indian cricket coach, former pundit, and player, was born in 1962.
Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri (born 27 May 1962) is a former Indian national cricket team head coach, cricket commentator, and former captain of the Indian cricke...
