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Rami Malek, an American actor, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1981.
Rami Said Malek is an American actor who was born on May 12, 1981. He is best known for his roles as computer hacker Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television ...
Katharine Hepburn, an American actress, was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1907.
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Hepburn's career as a leading lady in Holl...
Florence Nightingale, a British nurse, was born in Florence, Italy in 1820.
Florence Nightingale (May 12, 1820 – August 13, 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician, and the creator of modern nursing. During the Crimean War...
Bob Marley, a Jamaican reggae musician, dies of brain and lung cancer at the age of 36 in 1981.
Robert Nesta Marley OM was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician who lived from 6 February 1945 to 11 May 1981. His musical career was marked by fusing eleme...
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the first foreign woman ambassador, arrived in the United States in 1949.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was an Indian diplomat and politician who served as the sixth Governor of Maharashtra and the eighth President of the United Nations General ...
In 2015, a massive earthquake in Nepal killed 218 people and wounded over 3500 more.
On 12 May 2015, at 12:50 pm local time (07:05 UTC), a major earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.3 struck Nepal, 18 kilometres (11 miles) southeast of Kodari. T...
Gaj Singh was crowned Maharaja of Jodhpur, India, in 1952.
Gaj Singh (born January 13, 1948) is an Indian politician who has served as a member of the Indian parliament and as India's High Commissioner. He has been the...
Rao Jodhpur created Jodhpur, Sun City, in 1459 in India.
Rao Jodha, a Rajput chief of the Rathore clan, founded Jodhpur in 1459. Jodha was successful in conquering the surrounding territory, establishing a kingdom known ...
R.K. Narayan, an Indian author, died in 2001 at the age of 94.
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (October 10, 1906 – May 13, 2001) was an Indian writer best known for works set in the fictional South Indian town ...
1961 Dennis Rodman is an NBA forward who was born in Trenton, New Jersey.
Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961) is a former professional basketball player, actor, and unofficial United States Peace Ambassador to North Korea. His biogra...
Stevie Wonder, an American singer-songwriter, was born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1950.
Stevland Hardaway Morris (born May 13, 1950), better known as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter and musician who is regarded as a pioneer and influen...
Sunny Leone, a Canadian-born Indian-American model and actress, was born in Sarnia, Ontario, in 1981.
Karenjit Kaur Vohra (born May 13, 1981), better known as Sunny Leone, is an actress and model in the American and Indian film industries. She was born in Canada to...
Robert Pattinson, an English actor, was born in London, England in 1986.
Robert Pattinson is an English actor who was born on May 13, 1986. Pattinson is well-known for his roles in both big-budget and independent films, and he is one of...
In the Demra tragedy in 1971, almost 900 unarmed Bengali Hindus are slaughtered.
On 13 May 1971, the occupying Pakistan Army, aided by local collaborators, massacred unarmed Hindu residents of the Demra Union villages in present-day Faridpur Up...
Following the three nuclear tests performed on May 11, 1998, India conducts two more at Pokhran. Economic sanctions are imposed on India by the United States and Japan.
The Pokhran-II tests were a series of five nuclear bomb tests conducted by India in May 1998 at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range. It was India's second...
Lara Dutta of India was crowned Miss Universe in 2000.
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...
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, an Indian spiritual teacher, was born in 1956.
Ravi Shankar (born 13 May 1956) is a spiritual leader and yoga guru from India. He is also known as Sri Sri (honorific), Guru ji, or Gurudev. He began working as a...
In 1769, Edward Jenner, an English doctor, is credited for the novel vaccine for smallpox, a disease that caused millions of fatalities over the centuries.
On May 14, 1796, he vaccinated an 8-year-old kid, James Phipps, with material from Nelms' lesions. As a result, the youngster got a minor temperature and axill...
Martin Garrix, a Dutch DJ, was born in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, in 1996.
Martin Garrix was born on May 14, 1996, as Martijn Gerard Garritsen in Amstelveen, a municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland, to Gerard and Karin Garri...
Mark Zuckerberg, an American online entrepreneur and co-founder of Facebook, was born in White Plains, New York, in 1984.
Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984, in White Plains, New York, as one of four children and the only son of Karen (née Kempner) and Edward Zuckerberg. ...
Cate Blanchett, an Australian actress, was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1969.
Catherine Elise Blanchett AC (born 14 May 1969) is a producer and actress from Australia. She is regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation, known for...
Shashi tharoor was accused of murdering wife in 2018.
Mr Tharoor, a member of India's main opposition Congress party, married Ms Pushkar, a former businesswoman based in Dubai, in 2010. On January 17, 2014, she wa...
Israel declares independence from British rule in 1948.
The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the Palestine War of 1947–1949. It formally began at midnight on 14 May 1948, fo...
Zareen Khan, commonly known as Zarine Khan, is an Indian actress and model who was born in 1987.
Zareen Khan, also known as Zarine Khan, is an Indian actress and model who was born on May 14, 1987. She has primarily worked in the Hindi film industry, but she h...
In 1657, Sambhaji Bhosale, the second ruler of the Maratha state, was born.
Sambhaji Bhonsale, the second ruler of the Maratha Empire and Shivaji's eldest son, was born on May 14, 1657, at Purandar Fort near Pune. Sambhaji was the son ...
Manushi Chhillar, an Indian actress, model, and Miss World 2017 winner, was born in 1997.
Manushi Chhillar is an Indian actress, model, and Miss World 2017 winner. She won the Femina Miss India 2017 pageant while representing the state of Haryana. ...
Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California, in 1940.
On May 15, 1940, Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald's at 1398 North E Street and West 14th Street in San Bernardino, California. The brothe...
Andy Murray, a British tennis player, was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1987.
Sir Andrew Barron Murray OBE OLY (born May 15, 1987) is a Scottish professional tennis player. The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranked him No. 1 in th...
Emily Dickinson, an American poet, died of nephritis at the age of 55 in 1886.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was a poet from the United States. She was little known during her lifetime, but she is now rega...
In 1967, Madhuri Dixit, an Indian actress, producer, and television personality, was born.
Madhuri Dixit Nene born 15 May 1967 is a television personality, producer, and actress from India. She is one of the most well-known leading ladies in H...
In 1993, KM Cariappa, the first Indian Commander in Chief of the Indian Army, died.
Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa OBE, who lived from 28 January 1899 to 15 May 1993, was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. During the...
Sukhdev Thapar, an Indian freedom warrior, was born in 1907.
Sukhdev Thapar (15 May 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian revolutionary who worked with his best friends and partners Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru to f...
Pierce Brosnan, an Irish actor, was born in Drogheda, Ireland, in 1953.
Pierce Brendan Brosnan was born in Ireland on May 16, 1953, to Thomas, a carpenter, and Mary May Smith. Pierce's father abandoned the family when he was a newb...
Junko Tabei of Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest in 1975.
Junko Istibashi was born in a tiny farming hamlet in Fukushima prefecture in 1939. Junko was a small youngster who was apparently thought frail and vulnerable as o...
Vicky Kaushal, an Indian actor, was born in 1988.
Vicky Kaushal is an Indian film actor best known for his performance in the award-winning film Masaan. Kaushal was born on May 16, 1988 in a Mumbai neighbourhood c...
Sonal Chauhan, an Indian actress who works in Telugu and Hindi films, was born in 1987.
Sonal Chauhan is a lovely Indian actress. She was born in Uttar Pradesh, India on May 16, 1987. She attended Gargi College in New Delhi after finishing her educati...
Sikkim became India's 22nd state in 1975.
The current monarchy of Sikkim began in 1642 with the crowning of Phuntsog Namgyal as Chogyal or king. The king was also a Buddhist priest who had been consecrated...
Megan Fox, an American actress and model, was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1986.
Megan Fox is a model and actress from the United States. She began taking dance and theatre courses at the age of five. She continued to train even when her family...
Nushrratt Bharuccha, an Indian actress known for her work in Bollywood films, was born in 1985.
Nushrratt Bharuccha is a rising Bollywood actress who has appeared in a number of Hindi films, including Pyaar Ka Punchnama, Love S*x Aur Dhokha, Pyaar Ka Punchnam...
Cyclone Tauktae makes landfall in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2021, with winds of up to 160km/h.
As it rushed over the coastal states of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra, the storm left a path of damage in its wake. Myanmar labelled it a tropical cyclon...
In the year 1897, John Philip Holland, the designer of the first successful submarine that can run submerged for a significant distance and combines electric and gasoline engines, launches it in the United States.
He was finally successful with a privately produced type called Holland VI, which debuted on May 17, 1897. This was the first submarine with the ability to go subm...
Bob Saget, an American comedian, actor, and television host, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1956.
Robert Lane Saget was an edgy and confrontational stand-up comedian, television personality, and actor. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania and studied acting a...
Pankaj Udhas, a ghazal singer from Gujarat, was born in 1951.
Pankaj Udhas was born on May 17, 1951 in Jetpur, Rajkot, Gujarat, India. He is an Indian vocalist and playback singer well known in the Bollywood film business for...
Sylvester Stallone marries actress Jennifer Flavin in London in 1997.
In 1995, Flavin reunited with Stallone. On May 17, 1997, they were married in a civil ceremony at The Dorchester Hotel in London, followed by a chapel wedding at B...
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 ...
