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Today, the Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 in 1957, with space dog Laika, a mostly-Siberian husky, onboard, becoming the first animal in orbit.
On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union astonished the world by launching Sputnik 2. Laika, the first animal to orbit Earth, was aboard the tiny satellite. Laika, ho...
Chevrolet officially joins the automotive market in 1911, competing with the Ford Model T.
Chevrolet, sometimes known informally as Chevy and formally as the Chevrolet Subsidiary of General Motors Company, is an American vehicle division of the American ...
Today, The Times of India, the world's most widely read English-language daily broadsheet newspaper, was launched in 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce Today.
The daily was formed in 1838 in Mumbai (then Bombay) under the British Raj to serve the British citizens of western India, after Lord Metcalfe's Act of 1835, w...
Kendall Jenner, an American model and television personality, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1995.
Kendall Nicole Jenner was born in Los Angeles, California on November 3, 1995, to Kris and Olympic champion Bruce Jenner. Kendall Jenner is a fashion model, Instag...
Today is 1933. Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and Nobel laureate who was born in Santiniketan, West Bengal, India.
Sen was born on November 3, 1933, in West Bengal, India, to a well-respected and prosperous family. Amartya Sen is an Indian economist who won the Nobel Prize in E...
Today, Barack Obama is elected President of the United States, becoming the first African-American to do so, beating Republican contender John McCain.
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois defeated Senator John McCain of Arizona on November 4, 2008, to become the 44th President of the United States and the first Afric...
Today, Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt in 1922.
A team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter began excavating Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings on November 4, 1922. Tutankhamun, also ...
Matthew McConaughey, an American actor, was born today in Uvalde, Texas, in 1969.
Matthew David McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas, on November 4, 1969. He was an athlete from an early age, participating in golf and tennis at Longview High Sc...
Tabu [Tabassum Hashmi], an Indian actress, was born today in Hyderabad, India, in 1972.
Tabu was born on November 4, 1971 (birthday, dob) in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Her current age is 47 years old. Tabu is a well-known Indian actress. She is most...
Shakuntala Devi, an Indian writer and mental calculator known as the "Human Computer," was born today in Bangalore, Mysore, British India, in 1929.
Shakuntala Devi was born on November 4, 1929, in Bangalore to a typical Kannada Brahmin family. Unlike the rest of her family, who were priests, her father worked in a circus as a tightrope walker,...
Today, in Springfield, Illinois, American socialite Mary Todd marries Illinois Congressman and lawyer Abraham Lincoln in 1842.
Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Anne Todd, a Kentucky native, on November 4, 1842, at her sister's house in Springfield, Illinois. Mary Todd, nicknamed Molly, was...
Chittaranjan Das, an Indian lawyer and politician who founded the Swaraj Party, was born in Bikrampur, British India, in 1869.
Chittranjan Das, popularly known as Deshbandhu, was an Indian politician, a prominent lawyer, an activist of the Indian National Movement, and the founder of the S...
Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer, star batsman, and captain of India, was born in Delhi, India in 1988.
Virat Kohli, the current captain of Indian cricket team was born on November 5th in the year 1968. As a right-handed batsman, he represents Delhi in domestic crick...
Tilda Swinton, a British actress, was born in London, England in 1960.
Tilda Swinton is an Oscar-winning British actress known for her roles in arthouse films as well as acclaimed performances in mainstream films such as 'Michael ...
Vivien Leigh, an English actress, was born in Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, India, in 1913.
Vivien Leigh was born in Darjeeling, India on November 5, 1913, to a Yorkshire stockbroker. She was educated in convents throughout England and Europe, and her sch...
In the Second Battle of Panipat in 1556, Hindu Emperor of North India Hem Chandra Vikramaditya is defeated by Mughal Emperor Akbar's army, who capture and eventually behead Hem Chandra.
On November 5, 1556, the Second Battle of Panipat was fought between the forces of Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, popularly known as Hemu, the Hindu king who rul...
Today! Akbar succeeds his father Humayun as Sultan of Delhi in 1556.
The Mughal Empire spanned nearly one million square kilometres at the time of Akbar's death in 1556. Then, on November 5,1556, Humayun succeeded his father as ...
Bryan Adams, a Canadian singer, was born in Kingston, Ontario in 1959.
Bryan Adams, a fantastic Canadian musician, was born on November 5th, 1959 in Kingston, Ontario. Young Bryan dropped out of school at the age of 15 and began perfo...
Sanjeev Kumar aka Harihar Jariwala, an Indian Bollywood actor, died of a heart attack in 1985 at the age of 47.
Sanjeev Kumar, a talented Bollywood actor, was born in 1938 as Harihar Jariwala in a Gujrati family. He was definitely a multitalented actor, since he played a var...
Emma Stone, an American actress, was born in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1988.
Emma Stone is an Academy Award-winning actress who has appeared in films such as 'The Help,' 'Crazy, Stupid, Love,' 'The Amazing Spider-Man,...
In 2016, the Indian government declared Delhi's air pollution levels to be an emergency, halting schools and construction sites.
The Indian government has declared extreme levels of harmful air pollution in Delhi a "emergency scenario," with authorities announcing a plan to tempora...
MK Gandhi was detained in South Africa in 1913 for spearheading an Indian miners' march.
Gandhi was arrested while leading a march on November 6, 1913, that included 127 women, 57 children, and 2037 men. He was freed on bond, returned to the march, and...
Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was elected as the 16th President of the United States of America in 1860.
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to do so. Des...
Steve McQueen, the American actor known as "The King of Cool" during the 1960s, dies of a heart attack following surgery at the age of 50 in 1980.
Steve McQueen was a renowned and successful film actor during the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in films such as 'The Great Escape,' 'Bullitt,' and ...
Anushka Shetty, an Indian film actress, was born in Puttur, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India in 1981.
Anushka Shetty is a well-known Indian actress, model, and former yoga teacher who was born on November 7, 1981, in Puttur, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, India, as S...
David Guetta, a French composer, DJ, and record producer, was born in Paris, France in 1967.
David Guetta is a disc jockey who was born in Paris on November 7, 1967. At the age of 13, he began mixing his first record. Five years later, he demonstrated his ...
Marie Curie, the Polish-French physicist who discovered radium and the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize (1903, 1911), was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1867.
Maria Sklodowska, later known as Marie Curie, was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867. (modern-day Poland). Curie was the youngest of five siblings, the others bein...
Kamal Haasan, an Indian actor, was born in Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu, in 1954.
Kamal Haasan was born in a Tamil Iyengar household on November 7, 1954, to D. Srinivasan, a lawyer and independence fighter, and Rajalakshmi, a housewife. Parthasa...
In Tiruchirappalli, India, in 1888, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, an Indian physicist who earned the Nobel Prize in 1930 for light scattering, was born.
On November 7, 1888, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was born in Tiruchirappalli, Southern India. His father was a mathematics and physics instructor, therefore he wa...
Bipin Chandra Pal, an Indian patriot and independence warrior, was born in Habiganj, Sylhet area, India, in 1858.
Bipin Chandra Pal was born on November 7, 1858, in Poil village, Syllhet district, Bangladesh. He was born into a prosperous Hindu Vaishnavite family. Ramchandra P...
K. R. Narayanan, India's 10th President, died in 2005 at the age of 85.
Kocheril Raman Narayanan was appointed vice president of India in 1992 and elected president in 1997. Narayanan was born on February 4, 1921, to a destitute Dalit ...
John Milton, the English poet and puritan best known for Paradise Lost, dies at the age of 65 in 1674.
John Milton is most known for his epic poem Paradise Lost, which is often recognized as the finest epic poem ever written in English. It established his status as ...
Gordon Ramsay, a British chef and reality television star, was born in Johnstone, Scotland in 1966.
Gordon James Ramsay was born on November 8, 1966, in Johnstone, Scotland, and reared in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, when his family relocated there when he was f...
Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager and author (Dracula), was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1847.
Abraham Stoker was born on November 8, 1847, in Dublin, Ireland, to Abraham Stoker and Charlotte Matilda Blake Thornley Stoker. He was one of seven children, and h...
Vlad III the Impaler, a Wallachian prince, was born in SighiÅŸoara, Transylvania, Romania in 1431.
Vlad III - afterwards known as Vlad the Impaler, Vlad TepeÅŸ - was born in 1431 at the Sighisoara Citadel, the son of Vlad II Dracul, who was the illegitimate so...
During an unannounced live broadcast address in 2016, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the demonetization of all 500 and 1,000 banknotes, scrapping 86 percent of the notes in circulation in a fight against corruption.
On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on national television and said that all Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 high-value notes will become worthless by midni...
In 2019, the Kartarpur corridor will open, allowing Sikh pilgrims from India to visit the holy shrine of Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Pakistan without requiring a visa.
Ahead of Guru Nanak's 550th Prakash Purab celebrations, the Kartarpur corridor, which connects Sri Darbar Sahib Dera Baba Nanak in India's Punjab with Gurd...
In 2019, India's Supreme Court finds in favor of Hindus over Muslims in a dispute over who has the claim to the Ayodhya holy site.
The 2.77 acres, previously claimed by both Hindus and Muslims, were the site of a 16th century mosque was demolished by right-wing mobs to unearth and find a...
In the year 1907 On his birthday, King Edward VII receives the Cullinan Diamond, the biggest diamond ever unearthed.
The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever discovered, weighing 3,106.75 carats (621.35 g) (21.9 ounces) and discovered on January 26, 1905...
In 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte stages a coup and ascends to the position of dictator of France under the title of First Consul.
Napoleon was a member of a party that successfully ousted the French Directory in November 1799, in an incident known as the coup of 18 Brumaire. The Directory was...
Hedy Lamarr, an Austrian-American actress and inventor, was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, in 1914.
On November 9, 1914, in Vienna, Austria, Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler was born. She was discovered as a youngster by an Austrian cinema director and rose to worldwide ...
10th of November 2019 India defeated Bangladesh in the T20 series thanks to Deepak Chahar's 6 wickets for 7 runs.
On 10th of November 2019 India defeated Bangladesh in the T20 series thanks to Deepak Chahar's 6 wickets for 7 runs. In November 2019, during the third a...
Marc Márquez won the MotoGP world championship on November 10th, 2013.
Spanish professional motorcycle road racer Marc Márquez Alentà has competed for Honda's factory team since his 2013 MotoGP debut. Marc Márquez won the MotoGP world champion...
Leonardo DiCaprio, an American actor, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1974.
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born on November 11, 1974, in Los Angeles, California, and is best known for his edgy, unconventional roles. He began his career in t...
Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Minister of Education, was born in Makkah, Hejaz Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, in 1888.
Maulana Azad was born on November 11, 1888, in Makkah, Hejaz vilayet, Ottoman Empire, now Mecca, Saudi Arabia. During the Indian independence movement, he was an I...
Guru Teg Bahadur Ji, the ninth Nanak and the ninth of ten Gurus of the Sikhs, was executed at the age of 54 by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1675.
Guru Teg Bahadur was the ninth Sikh Guru, and the Sikhs revered him as the "Protector of Humanity." Guru Tegh Bahadur was a wonderful teacher as wel...
India's opening batsman Rohit Sharma recorded the highest individual ODI score on November 13, 2014.
India's opening batsman Rohit Sharma recorded the highest individual ODI score on November 13, 2014. At the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Rohit, a.k.a. "Hitman," smashed 264 runs in 173 ba...
Stan Lee [Stanley Martin Lieber], an American comic-book artist, writer, and the creative boss of the Marvel multimedia conglomerate, died in 2018 at the age of 95.
Stan Lee, the man credited with ushering in a new renaissance in comic books with his many flawed, relatable superheroes such as Spider-Man and Iron Man, died on N...
Anne Hathaway, an American actress, was born in New York City in 1982.
Anne Hathaway, full name Anne Jacqueline Hathaway was born November 12, 1982 in Brooklyn, New York, United States, is an American actress known for her versat...
Ryan Gosling, a Canadian actor, was born in London, Ontario in 1980.
Ryan Thomas Gosling was born on November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario, Canada, into a working-class Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints family in the city ...
During the Gemini program in 1966, Buzz Aldrin snaps the first'space selfie,' a photograph of himself practicing extravehicular activity in space.
On November 12, 1966, decades before the term "selfie" became widespread, NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin took the first space selfie while on a spacewalk during the Gemini 12 mission. In a Tw...
