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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...
Since 1970, every year today is celebrated as Earth Day
Every year on April 22, Earth Day commemorates the beginning of the contemporary environmental movement in 1970. It may be difficult to believe that prior to 1970,...
Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb and an American theoretical physicist, was born in New York City in 1904.
J. Robert Oppenheimer who lived from April 22, 1904 to February 18, 1967 was an American theoretical physicist and University of California, B...
Jack Nicholson, an American actor, was born in Neptune City, New Jersey in 1937.
John Joseph Nicholson, born April 22, 1937, is a retired American actor and filmmaker with a career spanning more than 50 years. He is well-known for playing a var...
Chetan Bhagat, an Indian author and journalist, was born in 1974.
Chetan Bhagat is an Indian author and columnist who was born on April 22, 1974. In 2010, he was named to Time magazine's list of the World's 100 Most Influ...
Amber Heard, an American actress, was born in Austin, Texas in 1986.
Amber Laura Heard (born April 22, 1986) is a film and television actress from the United States. Heard had her first starring role in the 2006 horror film All the ...
William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright, dies at the age of 52 in 1616.
William Shakespeare was a well-known English poet, dramatist, and actor who was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. His birthday is most widely observed on April ...
Satyajit Ray, an Indian director, died in 1992 at the age of 70.
Satyajit Ray, an Indian film director, was known for his sophisticated and profoundly affecting depictions of local family life. His works have a humane warmth, cr...
Dev Patel, an English actor, was born in London, England in 1990.
Dev Patel was born on April 23, 1990, in Harrow, London, UK, to Raj Patel, an Indian-origin IT consultant, and Anita Patel, a care worker. Dev Patel is a well-know...
Kal Penn, an American actor and public servant, was born in Montclair, New Jersey in 1977.
Kal Penn was born Kalpen Suresh Modi on April 23, 1977, in Montclaire, New Jersey, USA. Kal Penn is an Indian-American actor, chef, producer, and government servan...
John Cena, an American professional wrestler, rapper, and actor, was born in West Newbury, Massachusetts in 1977.
John Felix Anthony Cena, born April 23, 1977, is a professional wrestler, actor, and former rapper from the United States who is currently signed to WWE. He is wid...
William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright, was born at Stratford upon Avon in 1564.
William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was a playwright, poet, and actor from England. He is widely regarded as the greatest English-language wr...
In the year 2005, A video was published to YouTube for the first time today.
On April 23, 2005, at 8:31:52 p.m. PDT, or April 24, 2005, at 03:31:52 UTC, the video "Me at the Zoo" was uploaded to YouTube for the first time. It show...
Manoj Bajpayee, an Indian film actor who mostly works in Hindi cinema, was born in 1969.
Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1969), also known as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films but has also appeared in Telugu and Tamil fi...
Sur Singh, the Raja of the Marwar Kingdom, was born in 1571.
Sawai Raja Sur Singh, also known as Suraj Mal, was the Raja of the Marwar Kingdom from 24 April 1571 until 7 September 1619. His sister was Emperor Jahangir's ...
Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricket batsman and captain, was born in Mumbai, India in 1973.
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is a former Indian cricketer who was born in Bombay, Maharashtra on April 24, 1973. He is recognised as one of the top batters in the world...
Varun Dhawan, an Indian actor, was born in 1987.
Varun Dhawan was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on April 24, 1987. David Dhawan, his father, is a well-known film director. Karuna Dhawan is his mother's n...
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, was born in Lhari County, Tibet, in 1989.
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was born on April 25, 1989, and is the 11th Panchen Lama of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, as recognised and announced by the 14th Da...
Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian inventor and electrical engineer who pioneered research on long-distance radio transmission, was born in Bologna, Italy in 1874.
Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi (25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer best known for developing the first practical...
Al Pacino, an American actor, was born in New York City in 1940.
Alfredo James Pacino, born April 25, 1940, is a well-known American actor and director. Throughout his five-decade career, he has received numerous honours, includ...
Arijit Singh, an Indian playback singer, was born in 1987.
Arijit Singh (born April 25, 1987) is an Indian singer-composer. He primarily sings in Hindi and Bengali, but he has also performed in a number of other Indian lan...
For the first time, color television transmission began in Delhi in 1982.
To commemorate the occasion, the state-owned television network shared the video above on its official Twitter account, which depicts its famed revolving logo &mda...
Channing Tatum, an American actor, was born in Cullman, Alabama in 1980.
Channing Tatum was born in Cullman, Alabama to Glenn and Kay Tatum. His father worked for a construction company, and his mother for an airline. Channing Tatum is ...
Melania Trump, a Slovenian-American model and Donald Trump's wife, was born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia, in 1970.
Melania Trump was born in Slovenia on April 26, 1970. She began what would soon become a hugely successful modelling career at the age of 16, appearing in several ...
Jet Li, a Chinese Singaporean actor and martial artist, was born in Beijing, China in 1963.
Jet Li was born on April 26, 1963, in Beijing, China, as Li Lianjie. He is the youngest of four siblings and was just two years old when his father died. Jet Li, o...
Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian mathematician, dies of sickness at the age of 32 in 1920.
Despite having minimal formal math instruction, Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematics, including breakt...
Arnold Schwarzenegger, an actor and bodybuilder, married American journalist and newscaster Maria Shriver in 1986.
Schwarzenegger married Shriver in Hyannis, Massachusetts on April 26, 1986. The service was officiated by Rev. John Baptist Riordan at St. Francis Xavier Catholic ...
Hari Singh, the last governing Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, died in 1961.
Maharaja Sir Hari Singh was the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir's final governing Maharaja. Hari Singh was Amar Singh and Bhotiali Chib's son. Followin...
Samuel Morse, an American inventor and painter, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1791.
On April 27, 1791, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Samuel F.B. Morse was born, the first child of famed geographer and Congregational clergyman Jedidiah Morse and E...
Vinod Khanna, an Indian Bollywood actor, died in 2017 at the age of 70.
Vinod Khanna was a film actor turned politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Gurdaspur. In Peshawar, British India, he was born into a Punjabi Hindu ...
The National Defence College was established in 1960.
The National Defence College (NDC), headquartered in New Delhi, is India's premier educational institution for the study and practise of national security and ...
The first telegram was transmitted in India in 1854.
"Arrey Bhagyawan Dekho Taar Aya Hai!" was a typical conversation in many Indian families throughout the 1950s. Since the 1850s, the telegraph service, po...
Penélope Cruz, a Spanish actress, was born in Madrid, Spain in 1974.
If you ask a movie enthusiast what the films 'Open Your Eyes,' 'The Girl of Your Dreams,' 'Vanilla Sky,' and 'Blow' have in common,...
Jessica Alba, an American actress and entrepreneur, was born in Pomona, California in 1981.
Jessica Alba was born in Pomona, California on April 28, 1981 parents Catherine Louisa and Mark David Alba. Joshua, her younger brother, is her only sibling. Her m...
Harper Lee, an American author, was born in Monroeville, Alabama, in 1926.
Nelle Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama on April 28, 1926. Lee's father was a lawyer who also served in the Alabama State Legislature. Her mother was...
The Indian government said in 2018 that electricity has now reached every Indian hamlet.
At a time when the World Bank declared that India had the world's biggest un-electrified population, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to de...
Bhanu Athaiya, an Indian costume designer who has worked on over 100 films, was born in 1929.
Bhanu Athaiya (28 April 1929 – 15 October 2020) was an Indian painter and costume designer. She was the only woman in the Bombay Progressive Artists' Gro...
Sharman Joshi, an Indian cinema and theatre actor, was born in 1979.
Sharman Joshi (born 28 April 1979) is an Indian actor and television presenter best known for his roles in Rang De Basanti, Golmaal, Dhol, and 3 Idiots . Joshi com...
Samantha Akkineni, an Indian actress, was born in 1987.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu (born 28 April 1987) is an Indian actress who primarily works in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. She has received four Filmfare Awards S...
The Marathas defeated the Afghans at the Battle of Attock in 1758 and took control of the city.
The Battle of Attock was fought on April 28, 1758, between the Maratha Empire and the Durrani Empire. The Marathas, led by Raghunathrao (Raghoba), won a decisive v...
Benito Mussolini, the Fascist Italian dictator, was assassinated by communist partisans in 1945, at the age of 61.
Amilcare, Benito Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party from 29 July 1883 to 28 April 1945. From ...
Andre Agassi, an American tennis player, was born in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1970.
Andre Kirk Agassi is a professional tennis player from the United States who is well-known for his eight Grand Slam wins and has always been the focus of attention...
In 2011, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Catherine Middleton, married in Westminister Abbey in London.
The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton took place at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom, on April 29, 2011. The groom was second in line to...
Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun at the Führerbunker in Berlin in 1945.
Adolf Hitler was a German politician of Austrian origin who ruled Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party. ...
Alfred Hitchcock, an English director, died of renal disease at the age of 80 in 1980.
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE was born on August 13, 1899, and died on April 29, 1980. He was an English filmmaker who was widely regarded as one of the most inf...
Irrfan Khan, an Indian film producer and actor, dies of cancer at the age of 53 in 2020.
Irrfan Khan, also known simply as Irrfan, was an Indian actor who worked in both Indian and British and American films. Khan's career spanned over 30 years and...
In the year 1996, Katherine Langford is a well-known Australian actress who was born in Australia.
Katherine Langford (born April 29, 1996) is a well-known Australian actress. After appearing in a number of independent films, she made her breakthrough as Hannah ...
Uma Thurman, an American actress, was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1970.
Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an actress, writer, producer, and model from the United States. She has appeared in a wide range of films, including ro...
In the year 1957, Daniel Day-Lewis is an English actor who was born in London, England.
Daniel Michael Blake (Sir) Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is a retired English actor. He was often described as one of the preeminent actors of his generation, and...
Jerome Seinfeld, an American comedian and actor, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1954.
Jerome Allen Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954) is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer from the United States. He is best known for his role as a semi-fic...
In 1769, Scottish engineer James Watt received a patent for a steam engine with a separate condenser.
Watt invented a separate condenser in 1765 to reduce the amount of waste produced by the Newcomen steam engine. Watt received a patent for the device in 1769. Watt...
Raja Ravi Varma, a well-known Indian painter and artist, was born in 1848.
Raja Ravi Varma was an Indian painter and artist who lived from 29 April 1848 to 2 October 1906. He is regarded as one of the greatest painters in Indian art histo...
Siddhant Chaturvedi, an Indian actor, was born in 1993.
Siddhant Chaturvedi (born 29 April 1993) is an Indian film actor who works primarily in Hindi films. From 2017 to 2019, he starred as a teenage cricketer in the Am...
Ashish Nehra, an Indian cricket coach and former player, was born in 1979.
Ashish Nehra is a former Indian cricketer who was one of the country's top bowlers. He was born in Delhi on April 29, 1979. He bowls medium-fast with his left ...
On a steam-powered quadricycle, Georges Bouton wins the world's first motor race in 1887, in a 'test' organised by the French newspaper Le Velocipede.
According to historical sources, Georges Bouton "won the world's first motor race" on this day, April 29, 1887. But it was a hollow victory, and ther...
Deepika Chikhalia, an Indian actress who rose to prominence as Devi Sita in Ramanand Sagar's blockbuster television series Ramayan, was born in 1965.
Dipika Chikhlia Topiwala is an Indian actress best known for her role as Devi Sita in Ramanand Sagar's television series Ramayan, as well as her work in other ...
