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Raphael Sanzio, an Italian artist, dies on his 37th birthday in 1520.
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, also known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance who lived from April 6, 1483 to April 6, 1520. He d...
Raphael Sanzio, an Italian painter and skilled builder, was born in Urbino Julian around 1483.
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, also known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance who lived from April 6, 1483 to April 6, 1520. His ...
J. Stuart Blackton's "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces" is released in 1906 as the world's first animated cartoon.
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces is a 1906 short silent animated cartoon directed by James Stuart Blackton that is widely recognised as the first animated film recor...
Paul Rudd, an American actor, was born in Passaic, New Jersey in 1969.
Paul Rudd is an American actor who rose to prominence as a youngster after starring in the comedy film 'Clueless.' He quickly rose through the ranks, landi...
The Red Fort in Shahjahanabad was constructed in 1648. (Modern Day Delhi)
The Red Fort, also known as Lal Qila, is a historic fort in Old Delhi, Delhi, India that served as the main residence of the Mughal Emperors. When Emperor Shah Jah...
Mihir Sen swims the Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India in 1966.
Mihir Sen (November 16, 1930 – June 11, 1997) was a well-known Indian long-distance swimmer and lawyer. In 1958, he was the first Asian to cross the English ...
Ravi Shankar, an Indian musician and composer of Hindustani classical music, was born in 1920.
Pandit Ravi Shankar, also known as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury, was an Indian sitarist and composer who lived from 7 April 1920 to 11 December 2012. He was a sitar ...
The year was 1954, Jackie Chan was born in Hong Kong.
Chan Kong-sang, better known as Jackie Chan, is a world-renowned martial arts star. He has had a successful career as an actor, director, producer, action choreogr...
Russell Crowe, an Australian-New Zealand actor, was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1964.
Russell Ira Crowe is a film actor, producer, and musician from New Zealand. He rose to international prominence with his stunning performance in the 2000 British-A...
Henry Ford, an American businessman and automaker, died in 1947 at the age of 83 1770.
Henry Ford died on Monday, April 7, 1947, at 11:40 p.m. at his Dearborn home, Fair Lane Estate, of a brain haemorrhage. He was 83 years old at the time. Clara Ford...
The United Nations establishes the World Health Organization in 1948.
The World Health Organization was established on April 7, 1948, when a twenty-sixth nation adopted its new constitution. Its foundation followed a period of debate...
Ram Gopal Varma, a film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work in Telugu and Bollywood films, was born in 1962.
Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born April 7, 1962) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work in Telugu and Hindi films, as well as ...
Jeetendra, the head of Balaji Telefilms and an actor, TV and film producer, was born in 1942.
Ravi Kapoor (born 7 April 1942), better known as Jeetendra, is an Indian actor and producer best known for his work in Hindi films. He was honoured with a Filmfare...
Donald Trump marries his first wife, Czech model Ivana Zelnková, in the Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan, New York, in 1977.
Donald John Trump is a businessman and politician who served as the 45th President of the United States from 2017 to 202 Trump married Czech model Ivana Zeln...
Donald Trump marries his first wife, Czech model Ivana Zelnková, in the Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan, New York, in 1977.
Donald John Trump is a businessman and politician who served as the 45th President of the United States from 2017 to 202 Trump married Czech model Ivana Zeln...
Margaret Thatcher, the British Prime Minister, died of a stroke in 2013 at the age of 87.
Thatcher suffered multiple minor strokes in 2002, and her doctors urged her not to perform any more public speeches. On March 23, she announced the cancellation of...
Pablo Picasso, a Spanish painter, died in 1973 at the age of 91.
Pablo Picasso died on April 8, 1973, at Mougins, France, of pulmonary edoema and heart failure, while entertaining guests for supper. He was laid to rest in the Ch...
In 1857, Mangal Pandey, an Indian Sepoy in the British East India Company's 34th Bengal Native Infantry regiment, was hung at the age of 29.
Pandey was pacing agitatedly in front of the regiment's guard room on the afternoon of March 29, 1857. He seemed overjoyed and was cheering to his fellow sepoy...
It was 1929. Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw pamphlets and explosives at the Delhi Central Assembly in response to their detention.
On April 8, 1929, freedom fighters Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt detonated smoke bombs in Delhi's Central Legislative Assembly. In modern Indian ...
In 1965, Indian and Pakistani soldiers clashed on the border.
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, also known as the Second Kashmir War, was the culmination of skirmishes between Pakistan and India between April and September 1965...
In the year 1894, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, a writer, poet, and journalist from India, died.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee He was an Indian novelist, poet, and journalist who was born on June 27, 1838 and died on April 8, 1894. He wrote the 1882 Bengali langua...
Saqib Saleem, an Indian film actor and model who works in the Hindi film business, was born in 1988.
Saqib Saleem Qureshi, born 8 April 1988, is a Hindi film actor and model. Before beginning his film career, he worked as a model. Saleem began appearing in adverti...
In 1983, Allu Arjun, an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema, was born.
Allu Arjun (born April 8, 1982) is an Indian actor best known for his work in Telugu films. Allu is one of the highest-paid actors in South India, and he is well-k...
Amit Trivedi, an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist, was born in 1979.
Amit Trivedi (born April 8, 1979) is an Indian music director, singer, and lyricist who works primarily in Hindi films and a few Telugu films. He debuted as a film...
Aryabhata, India's first satellite, was launched into orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia, in 1975.
India's first unmanned Earth satellite, Aryabhata. It was named after a prominent 5th century Indian astronomer and mathematician. The satellite was built in P...
Tippu Sultan forces the British out of Bednore, India, in 1783.
Tipu Sultan led his force of almost 100,000 soldiers west and managed to get within 6 kilometres of Bednore by April 9th. Matthews' forces were quickly beaten ...
Anna Hazare halted his fast to death in 2011 when the government agreed to establish Lokpal legislation.
On 5 April 2011, Hazare began a hunger strike to put pressure on the Indian government to implement a harsh anti-corruption law, The Lokpal Bill, 2011, as anticipa...
His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005.
Charles and Camilla confirmed their engagement in February 2005, 35 years after they first met. There was much discussion over Camilla's title and whether she ...
Kristen Stewart, an American actress, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1990.
Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born April 9, 1990) is a film and television actress from the United States. She was the highest-paid actress in the world in 2012, and she...
Hugh Hefner, an American magazine publisher and businessman, was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1926.
Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was a magazine publisher in the United States. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy mag...
In 2021, Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh and consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, dies at the age of 99.
On the morning of April 9, 2021, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth states, and the w...
Jaya Bachchan, an Indian cinema actress and politician, was born in 1948.
Jaya Bachchan is an Indian actress and politician who was born on April 9, 1948. She has been a Rajya Sabha member of the Samajwadi Party since 2004, and has serve...
Ghanshyam Das Birla, an Indian businessman and educator, was born in Pilani, Rajputana, India in 1894.
Ghanshyam Das Birla was a businessman from India and a member of the Birla family. Ghanshyam Das Birla was born on 10 April 1894 in Pilani, Jhunjhunu district, Raj...
In 2019, The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration released the first-ever snapshot of a black hole, obtained in 2017 in galaxy M87, 6.5 billion times the mass of Earth, 55 million light-years distant.
A gargantuan beast is devouring anything that strays too close to the heart of a giant elliptical galaxy called Messier 87, more than 50 million light-years away. ...
Titanic, the world's most renowned ship, set sail from Southampton, England, on her first and last journey in 1912.
Titanic, also known as the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Titanic, British luxury passenger liner that sank during its maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York C...
Swami Dayanand Saraswati, contemporary India's foremost social reformer, founded Arya Samaj in 1875.
Swami Dayanand founded the Arya Samaj in Bombay on April 7, 1875, with ten principles that are beautifully based purely on God, soul, and nature. Arya Samaj (Sansk...
Morarji Desai, an Indian independence activist who served as India's fourth Prime Minister from 1977 to 1979, died in 1995.
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, who lived from 29 February 1896 to 10 April 1995, was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as India's fourth Pri...
Ayesha Takia, an Indian film actress who acted in Bollywood films, was born in 1986.
Ayesha Takia Azmi (born April 10, 1986) is a former Indian actress best known for her roles in Hindi films. In 2004, she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for her ...
Sanjeev Kapoor, an Indian celebrity chef, entrepreneur, and television personality, was born in 1964.
Sanjeev Kapoor (born 10 April 1964) is a well-known Indian celebrity chef, entrepreneur, and TV personality. Kapoor hosted the popular TV show Khana Khazana, Asia&...
Rishikesh's Lakshman Jhula was accessible to the public in 1930.
Lakshman Jhula is a suspension bridge that spans the Ganges. In 1930, the public could visit Rishikesh's Lakshman Jhula. It is 5 kilometres north-east of Rishi...
Today! The International Labour Organization was established in 1919.
In 1919, the International Labour Organization was founded. The International Labour Organization (ILO), headquartered in Geneva, was the UN's first specialise...
Ravindra Kaushik was a purported Indian Research and Analysis expert, famous for infiltrating Pakistan Army was born today
Ravindra Kaushik was born on April 11, 1952, and died in November 2001. He worked for the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW). He is famously known as Black Tige...
Kasturba Gandhi, an Indian political leader and Mohandas Gandhi's wife, was born in 1869.
Kasturbai Mohandas Gandhi was an Indian political activist who was born Kasturbai Gokuldas Kapadia on 11 April 1869 and died on 22 February 1944. In 1883, she marr...
Jyotirao Phule was born in Maharashtra in 1827. He was an Indian social activist, thinker, anti-caste social reformer, and writer.
Jyotirao Govindrao Phule was born on April 11, 1827, and died on November 28, 1890. He was a Maharashtra-born Indian social activist, thinker, anti-caste social re...
Tennis star Roger Federer marries former WTA tennis player Miroslava Vavrinec in Basel, Switzerland in 2009.
Roger Federer is married to Miroslava Federer (née Vavrinec), a former Women's Tennis Association player whom he met while competing for Switzerland at ...
Hugh Jackman marries actress Deborra-Lee Furness in St. John's in Toorak, Victoria in 1996.
On 11 April 1996, Hugh Jackman married Deborra-Lee Furness at St. John's in Toorak, Victoria, a Melbourne suburb. They first met on the set of the Australian t...
In Williamstown, Massachusetts, Superman actor Christopher Reeve marries actress and singer Dana Morosini in 1992.
Christopher D'Olier Reeve was an American actor, director, and activist best known for his role as Superman in the 1978 film Superman and its first three seque...
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...
