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The USSR launched Sputnik on October 4, 1957, making it the first man-made satellite to orbit the planet.
The USSR launched Sputnik on October 4, 1957, making it the first man-made satellite to orbit the planet. The satellite, a basketball-sized, 85-kilogram (187-pound...
Abraham Lincoln delivered his first political address at the Illinois State Fair in 1854.
On October 4th in the year 1854, Abraham Lincoln delivered his first political address at Illinois State Fair. The main motive of that speech was to oppose the sla...
Tiger Woods marries former Swedish model Elin Nordegren in 2004 at Sandy Lane Resort in St. James, Barbados.
According to witnesses, the golfer married Elin Nordegren in a magnificent sunset wedding at the island's most opulent golf resort, at an estimated cost of $1....
Steve Jobs, an American computer entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple, died in 2011 at the age of 56 from respiratory arrest caused by cancer.
Steven Paul Jobs a renowned name in the field of technology and co-founder of Apple died of cancer on October in 2011. He achieved a lot in his life, he was the CE...
Raja Ravi Varma, an Indian painter, died at the age of 58 in 1906.
On October 2nd in the year 1906, a renowned Indian Painter and artist died. He was one of the greates Indian painters in the history of Indian arts. His exemplary ...
Kate Winslet, a British actress, was born in Reading, Berkshire, England, in 1975.
Kate Elizabeth Winslet was born on October 5, 1975, in Reading, England, the granddaughter of two theater managers and the daughter of two performers. Kate Winslet...
Michael Jordan established career highs in 3-point attempts and 3-point field goals in 1994, nearly double prior numbers.
Michael Jordan best known by his initials MJ is an former American Professional basketballer and buisnessman. He played 15 seasons in the NBA, and had won six cham...
Orville and Wilbur Wright's "Flyer III" trip 38.5 km in 38.3" in 1905
October 5th marks the thirtd flyer trip. It was the first airplane that was capable of sustained and maneuverable flight. It was on 5th October 1905, when the flig...
Around 1,000 Mongol army men landed on the Japanese island of Tsushima in 1274, the first onslaught of Kublai Khan's Mongol invasion of Japan.
The Mongol invasion on Japan took place in 1274. It was when Kublai Khan sent two huge fleets from China and Korea. When Mongol departed for the invasion of Japan,...
Guru Har Rai, the seventh Sikh Guru, died in 1661.
Guru Har Rai was born on January 16, 1630 in Kiratpur to Baba Gurditta, Guru Hargobind's oldest son. Because Ram Rai had disappointed his father, Guru Har Rai ...
Pamela Anderson married Rick Salomon at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas in 2007.
Pamela Anderson has married longtime friend Rick Salomon for the third time. According to reports, the couple married on October 6 night in Las Vegas at the Mirage...
In 1991, Elizabeth Taylor, 59, married construction worker Larry Fortensky, 39, for the eighth time.
Hilton, Elizabeth Taylor Wilding Todd Fisher's Burton Warner married Larry Fortensky Friday in a spectacular, private ceremony that, from a distance, conjured ...
Thomas Edison exhibited his first motion film in 1889.
Around 1889, Edison assembled a team of muckers, led by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, to work on this project. They created the Strip Kinetograph, a very early m...
Vinod Khanna, an Indian Bollywood actor, was born in Peshawar in 1946.
Vinod Khanna was one of the best performers to come out of Hindi cinema. He wasn't merely an actor; he had his own identity. He was born in Peshawar on October...
Spotify is a cross-platform programme. Spotify, which debuted on October 7, 2008, also sells music subscriptions and monetizes its music through advertisements.
Spotify is a cross-platform programme. Spotify, which debuted on October 7, 2008, also sells music subscriptions and monetizes its music through advertisements. In...
Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger marries writer Willow Bay in Bridgehampton, New York in 1995.
Bob Iger is well-known as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, but what about the lady who has stood by his side throughout it all?...
Edgar Allan Poe, an American writer, poet, and critic often regarded as the creator of the detective fiction genre, died in Baltimore in 1849 at the age of 40.
Edgar Allan Poe was a writer and critic most known for his dark, enigmatic poems and stories such as "The Raven," "The Black Cat," and "Th...
The far side of the Moon was observed for the first time in 1959, thanks to the USSR's Luna 3 space mission.
The radio-controlled Luna 3 lunar program was a huge success, with 20 missions to the Moon conducted between January 1959 and October 1970. The AFA-E1 camera on th...
In 1737, a storm created 40-foot seas in Calcutta, India, killing 300,000 people.
A huge storm made landfall inside the Ganges River Delta, just south of Calcutta, West Bengal, India, early on October, 1737. With 381 mm (15 in) of rain pouring i...
Vladimir Putin, a Russian politician, was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union, in 1952.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was born on October 7, 1952, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia. He grew up in a shared flat with his family, attending local g...
Peter Gene Hernandez, better known as Bruno Mars, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on October 8, 1985.
Peter Gene Hernandez, better known as Bruno Mars, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on October 8, 1985. He is an American singer-songwriter who was well-known for both...
In 1793, at the age of 56, John Hancock, an American businessman and statesman who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence, died.
John Hancock was an 18th-century American businessman who served as President of the Continental Congress and was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence...
Raaj Kumar, a Hindi cinema actor, was born in Loralai, Balochistan, British India, in 1926.
Raaj Kumar, commonly known as Raj Kumar, is an Indian actor well known for the gloomy roles he portrays and his husky voice. Kumar worked in Hindi cinema for almos...
Midway Games initially launched Mortal Kombat as a 2D fighting game in 1992.
Mortal Kombat, released by Midway, launched in arcades on October 8, 1992, and soon became a big coin-op sensation. Scorpion, Johnny Cage, Sub-Zero, and Sonya Blad...
The Indian Air Force was founded in 1932.
Every year on October 8, India commemorates Indian Air Force Day since it was on this day in 1932 that the Indian Air Force was formally established as a supportin...
Captain James Cook arrived in New Zealand at Poverty Bay in 1769.
Captain James Cook, an English sailor, saw New Zealand on October 6, 1769, and arrived at Poverty Bay two days later. He created extensive maps of the land and wro...
Ernesto "Che" Guevara, an Argentine Marxist revolutionary and surgeon, was killed in Bolivia in 1967 at the age of 39.
Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna was a key figure in the Cuban Revolution and an Argentine Marxist revolutionary. Guevara studied medicine before travel...
In 2012, Malala Yousafzai, a women's rights and education campaigner was shot three times by a Taliban gunman as she attempted to board her school bus in the Swat area of northwest Pakistan.
A shooter shot Yousafzai as she was walking home from school on October 9, 2012. She survived and has continued to advocate for the value of education. She deliver...
In 1941, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the Manhattan Project, an atomic endeavor.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the agencies that led to the Manhattan Project in 1939, when U.S. intelligence operatives reported that scientists work...
Christopher Reeve, an American actor, died in 2004 at the age of 52 as a result of an allergic reaction to an antibiotic.
In the film and its sequels, Christopher Reeve played Superman. Following a spinal cord accident, he established a charity to assist other paraplegics. Before star...
In 2011, Jagjit Singh, an Indian musician and ghazal maestro, was awarded the Padma Bhushan.
Jagjit Singh was a well-known Indian singer, songwriter, and guitarist known as the "Ghazal King." He was a young prodigy in music, born into a middle-cl...
Guru Dutt, an Indian Bollywood actor and one of the finest film directors of all time, died of an accidental overdose in 1964 at the age of 39.
Guru Dutt, real name Vasanth Kumar Shivsankar Padukone, was born in Bangalore. Hindi motion-picture producer, director, writer, and actor whose command of atmosphe...
Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani education activist, and Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian child rights activist, have both been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Ms Yousafza...
Rekha, a Bollywood actress, was born in Madras, India, in 1954.
Rekha Bhanurekha Ganesan is the daughter of famous Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan and Telugu actress Pushpavalli. In 1966, she debuted as a child performer in the Telu...
R.K. Narayan was born in 1906, a Madras-born Indian writer.
Krishnaswami of Rasipuram Narayan, full name Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanswami, was an Indian author of his time who wrote in English. Swami and Friends, his deb...
James Franklin Hyde, the American inventor who invented silica, died in 1999 at the age of 96.
Dr. James Franklin Hyde was an American scientist best recognized for developing silicon. Dr. James Franklin Hyde was an American scientist best recognized for dev...
In 1975, former US President Bill Clinton marries future US Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham in their home room in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in a Methodist ceremony.
Former President Jimmy Carter, 74, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 72, marked their 45th wedding anniversary with a throwback photo and romantic soc...
Amitabh Bachchan, an Indian actor, was born in Uttar Pradesh, India, in 1942.
Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan, better known as Amitabh Bachchan, was born on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad, India. Bachchan's father was Dr. Harivansh Rai, a well...
In 1945, a civil war broke out in China between the Kuomintang government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong's Communist Party.
Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, leaders of the Nationalist and Communist parties, met in 1945 for a series of negotiations on the creation of a post-war administra...
Steven Spielberg marries Kate Capshaw in 1991.
Following that, Spielberg had a relationship with actress Kate Capshaw, whom he met when casting her in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. In 1991, the couple m...
John Denver, an American country music singer (Country Boy), died in an aircraft disaster in 1997 at the age of 53.
John Denver was a folk music singer-songwriter best known for his songs "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Rocky Mountain High." Denver receive...
Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate mogul (The Hershey Chocolate Company), dies at the age of 86 in 1945.
American philanthropist and industrialist who established the Hershey Chocolate Corporation and popularized chocolate confectionery throughout most of the world. O...
Kishore Kumar, an Indian singer and actor, died in 1987 at the age of 58.
Kishore died of a heart attack on October 13, 1987, which also happened to be his elder brother Ashok Kumar's birthday. The entire country was stunned by his s...
