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Sumitra Mahajan, an Indian politician and the Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha, was born in 1943.
Sumitra Mahajan, born on April 12, 1943, is an Indian politician who served as Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata ...
Rana Sanga, an Indian monarch of Mewar and the leader of a strong Rajput union in Rajputana, was born in 1482.
Sangram Singh I, also known as Rana Sanga, was a Sisodia dynasty king who reigned from 1482 to 1528 CE. He ruled Mewar, the traditional Guhila (Sisodia) territory ...
Guru Gobind Singh Ji founded the Khalsa Panth in 1699, and Baisakhi is celebrated throughout Sikhism to commemorate this.
Guru Gobind Singh Ji established the Khalsa Panth in Anandpur Sahib in 1699. Khalsas are Sikhs who have completed the Guru Gobind Singh-initiated Amrit Ceremony. W...
Satish Kaushik, an Indian film producer, director, and actor who works largely in Hindi cinema and theatre, was born in 1956.
Satish Kaushik (born April 13, 1956) is an Indian film director, producer, and actor who works primarily in Hindi cinema and theatre. As a film actor, he is best k...
Today, in 2022 Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt got Married
Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt married on April 14 in front of their families and close friends. The entire world is aware that Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt are marr...
In 1964, The Mustang had its public appearance
The result was one of the most massive automotive and commercial debuts in history. The Mustang, which had been under development since 1961, was launched through ...
At 11.40 p.m. in 1912, the RMS Titanic collides with an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland.
Titanic is one of the world's most famous ships. It was famous for its luxury and colossal size, but one fateful day The R.M.S. Titanic collided with a massive...
John Wilkes Booth shoots US President Abraham Lincoln in the head at Ford's Theater in Washington in 1865.
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on the evening of April 14, 1865, while watching a special performance of the comedy "Our American Cousin." At...
B. R. Ambedkar was born in 1891, and he was an Indian jurist, economist, politician, and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement.
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, and Dalit leader who lived from 14 April 1891 to 6 December 1956. He headed the committee drafting the Cons...
Lincoln died at 7:22 a.m. in 1865 after being in a coma for eight hours.
Major Henry Rathbone, Lincoln's visitor, briefly wrestled with Booth, but Booth stabbed him and fled. Lincoln was brought across the street to Petersen House a...
In 1948, when the Indian province of Himachal Pradesh was founded.
Himachal Day is a public holiday in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is usually observed on the 15th of April. Himachal Pradesh was established as an India...
The year was 1982. Seth Rogen is a Canadian actor and screenwriter who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.
He was born to Sandy Belogus, a social worker, and Mark Rogen, a non-profit worker. He only has one sister. Seth Rogen, the actor who made audiences laugh with his...
Emma Watson, an English actress, was born in Paris, France in 1990.
Emma Watson is a British actress and model who played 'Hermione Granger,' the know-it-all cherubic sidekick in the Harry Potter film trilogy. When she deci...
Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism and the first Sikh Guru, was born in 1469 in Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi, Punjab, Pakistan.
Guru Nanak founded Sikhism, one of the world's youngest religions. Guru Nanak was the first Sikh Guru, and his spiritual teachings provided the groundwork for ...
Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian painter, sculptor, physicist, and visionary, was born in 1452 in Vinci, Florence, Italy.
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, recognised as one of history's most creative and imaginative geniuses, was born in 1452 in a hamlet near the Tuscan town of Vin...
In 1979, Luke Evans an actor and singer was born
Luke Evans is a well-known Welsh actor best recognised for his role in the 2010 adaptation of the 1981 classic 'Clash of the Titans.' He is also well-known...
Guru Arjan, the first of the two Gurus killed in the Sikh faith, was born in 1563
Guru Arjan Dev gathered writings to form Guru Granth Sahib, the eleventh and living Guru. He is also known as Shahido ka Sartaj, or the martyr's crown. He was ...
Mandira Bedi, an Indian actress, fashion designer, and television presenter, was born in 1972.
Mandira was born on April 15, 1972, in a Punjabi-speaking Bedi family in Bombay. Her mother's name is Gita, and her father's name is Verinder. She attended...
Marie Tussaud, the French founder of Madame Tussaud's wax museum, died in 1850 at the age of 88.
Marie Tussaud was a renowned French wax-modeling artist, the creator of London's famed 'Madam Tussauds wax museum,' and one of the nineteenth century&#...
Akon, a Senegalese American singer-songwriter and producer, was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1973.
Akon was born Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam on April 16, 1973, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, to traditional jazz musician Mor Thiam and dancer Kine Thiam. Akon i...
Albert Einstein, the German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel winner, died in 1955 at the age of 76 from an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who lived from 14 March 1879 to 18 April 1955. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influe...
Martin Lawrence, an American comedian, was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1965.
Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence (born April 16, 1965) is a comedian, actor, and producer from the United States. Lawrence rose to prominence in the 1990s, establishing ...
Charlie Chaplin, a British actor and comedian, was born in London, England in 1889.
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. KBE (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to prominence during th...
Wilbur Wright, an American aviator, was born in Millville, Indiana in 1867.
Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912) was an American aviation pioneer who is widely regarded as having invented, built, and flown the world's fi...
The first passenger rail service in India begins in 1853, running from Bori Bunder in Bombay to Thane.
Indian Railways has a history that spans back more than 160 years. The first passenger train travelled between Bori Bunder and Thane, a 34-kilometer distance, on A...
Lara Dutta, an Indian actress, model, and Miss Universe 2000 winner, was born in 1978.
Lara Dutta, born 16 April 1978, is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, and Miss Universe 2000 winner. She previously held the title of Miss Intercontinental 1997. She...
Today in 2011 "Game of Thrones," based on George R. R. Martin's epic books, starts on HBO.
It debuted on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and ended on May 19, 2019, with 73 episodes spread across eight seasons. The first episode of Game of Thr...
Jennifer Garner, an American actress, was born in Houston, Texas in 1972.
Jennifer Ann Garner is a television and film actress, as well as a film producer, from the United States. She rose to prominence as a character in J.J. Abrams'...
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, an Indian philosopher, educator, and statesman who served as India's first Vice President and second President, died in 1975.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian academic, politician, philosopher, and statesman. He was India's first Vice President and then its second President. Rad...
Benjamin Franklin, a US Founding Father, inventor, diplomat, and writer, dies at the age of 84 in 1790.
Benjamin Franklin died on April 17, 1790, at the age of 84. His death was caused by empyema, which was caused by pleurisy bouts he experienced earlier in his life....
Siddharth Suryanarayan, an Indian cinema actor, was born in 1979.
Siddharth Suryanarayan, often known as Siddharth, is an Indian actor who has appeared in films in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu. Siddharth was born on April ...
1930 An armed pro-independence revolutionary headed by Surya Sen, widely known as Master-da, attempted an assault on the armoury of the police and auxiliary troops in Chittagong, Bengal region, British India.
The Chittagong armoury attack, also known as the Chittagong revolt, was an attempt on 18 April 1930 by armed Indian independence activists headed by Surya Sen to s...
Poonam Dhillon, an Indian Hindi-language cinema, theatre, and television actress and politician, was born in 1962.
Poonam Dhillon (born 18 April 1962) is an Indian politician and actress. She was a Femina Miss India in 1977 and is best known for her 1979 film Noorie. Dhillon ap...
The International Court of Justice was established in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1948.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the United Nations' primary judicial organ (UN). The United Nations Charter established it in June 1945, and it beg...
Tatya Tope, a leader of the 1857 First War of Independence, died in 1859.
Tantia Tope (February 16, 1814 – April 18, 1859) was a general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its notable leaders. Tantia Tope is widely regarded...
Maria Sharapova, a Russian tennis player, was born in Nyagan, Russia in 1987.
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a world-class professional tennis player from Russia. Maria Sharapova began her professional tennis career at the age of 14, and despit...
In 1978 James Franco is an American actor who was born in Palo Alto, California.
James Franco is an actor, director, screenwriter, producer, teacher, and author from the United States. He acquired a strong desire to study and enrolled in a vari...
Kate Hudson, an American actress, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1979.
Kate Hudson was born in Los Angeles, California, parents Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson on April 19, 1979. Her parents split when she was a little child. Her mother a...
Anju Bobby George, a former Indian athlete, was born in 1977.
Anju Bobby George is a retired Indian athlete who was born on April 19, 1977. Anju Bobby George made history by winning the bronze medal in long jump at the 2003 W...
Arshad Warsi, an Indian film actor, producer, and television personality, was born in 1968.
Arshad Warsi (born April 19, 1968) is an Indian film actor, producer, dancer, television personality, choreographer, and playback singer. He has received several a...
Surekha Sikri, an Indian theatrical, cinema, and television actor, was born in 1945.
Surekha Sikri (April 19, 1945 – July 16, 2021) was an Indian stage, film, and television actress. Sikri was nominated for three National Film Awards and one ...
Abhishek Bachchan, an Indian film actor and producer, married actress Aishwarya Rai in 2007.
Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor who is the son of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan; his elder sister is Shweta Bachchan-Nanda. He is married to Aishwarya Ra...
Adolf Hitler, the Austrian-born German dictator and Führer of Nazi Germany, was born in Austria-Hungary in 1889.
Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria, on April 20, 1889. He is most known for being the head of the Nazi Party and for starting the Second World War. I...
Andy Serkis, an English actor, was born in London, England in 1964.
Andy Serkis is a British actor and director best known for his voice work and appearances in CGI-animated and motion capture films. He is most recognised for his p...
Carmen Electra, an American model and actress, was born in Sharonville, Ohio in 1972.
Carmen Electra, the blonde bombshell who shot to popularity after appearing in Playboy magazine with her provocative photos, was born Tara Leigh Patrick. She'd...
James McAvoy, a Scottish actor, was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1979.
James McAvoy is a well-known Scottish actor who has appeared in films, television shows, and on stage. McAvoy, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, had his film debu...
Shakuntala Devi, an Indian writer and mental calculator known as the "Human Computer," died in 2013 at the age of 83 due to consequences from serious respiratory ailments.
Shakuntala Devi was an Indian writer and mathematician known colloquially as the "human computer." She was said to be able to perform complex mathematica...
Robbie Amell, a Canadian actor, was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1988.
Robbie Amell is a Canadian television and film actor best known for his roles as Stephen Jameson on The CW's 'The Tomorrow People' and Wesley Rush in t...
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was born in London, England in 1926.
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, the Duke and Duchess of York's first child, was born on April 21, 1926, and was baptised in the chapel at Buckingham Palace. ...
In the year 1977, Optical fibre was employed for telephonic communication for the first time today.
To avoid interference, the US government opted to connect the computers at NORAD's headquarters at Cheyenne Mountain using fibre optics. About 1.5 miles undern...
Volodymyr Zelensky, a Ukrainian comedian, wins the country's presidential election by a landslide in 2019.
On April 21, 2019, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was elected President of Ukraine. Mr Zelensky has earned more than 73% of the vote with virtually all ballots tallied in the...
In 1526, Babur defeats Sultan Ibrahim Lodi at the First Battle of Panipat, establishing the Mughal Empire in India.
The First Battle of Panipat was fought between Babur's soldiers and Ibrahim Lodhi's forces. The battle took place on April 21, 1526. The employment of arti...
