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Prabhu Deva, an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer, and actor who has worked in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu films, was born in 1973.
Prabhu Deva (born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer, and actor best known for his work in Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu films. He ...
Vikrant Massey, an Indian cinema and television actor, was born in 1987.
Vikrant Massey is a well-known Indian actor who has appeared in Hindi television, films, and web series. He made his acting debut as Aamir Hassan in Dhoom Machaao ...
In 1914, Sam Manekshaw, the Indian Army's Chief of Army Staff and the country's first Field Marshall, was born.
General of the Army Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, also known as Sam Manekshaw and Sam Bahadur ("Sam the Brave"), was the Chief of the Army Sta...
Alec Baldwin, an American Emmy Award-winning actor, was born in Amityville, New York in 1958.
Alexander Baldwin (born April 3, 1958) is an actor, writer, comedian, film producer, and political activist from the United States. He is the eldest of the Baldwin...
Eddie Murphy, an American actor, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1961.
Edward Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is a comedian, actor, writer, producer, and singer from the United States. He rose to prominence as a regular cast member on the...
Cobie Smulders, a Canadian actress, was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1982.
Smulders, Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" (born April 3, 1982) is a Canadian-American actress. She is best known for her roles as Robin Scherbatsky in How...
Shivaji Bhonsle, Indian monarch and founder of the Maratha Empire, dies of illness and dysentery at the age of 52 in 1680.
Shivaji Bhonsale I, also known as Chhatrapati Shivaji, was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan who reigned from 19 February 1630 to 3 April 16...
In 1973, Today the first Mobile Phone Call was made by Martin Cooper
Motorola was the first business to create a mobile phone that could be held in one's hand. Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first m...
Parveen Babi, an Indian cinema actress, model, and interior designer, was born in 1949.
Parveen Babi (April 4, 1954 – January 20, 2005) was an Indian model and actress. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, Babi was best known for her roles in H...
Garry Sandhu, an Indian singer, composer, and actor best known for his work in Punjabi music, was born in 1984.
Gurmukh Singh "Garry" Sandhu is an Indian singer, songwriter, and actor best known for his contributions to Punjabi music. In 2010, he made his singing d...
Jack Ma establishes the Chinese online business Alibaba in 1999.
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, or Alibaba, is a Chinese multinational technology company that specialises in e-commerce, retail, the Internet, and technology. The ...
Maya Angelou, as Marguerite Johnson, is an American novelist, poet, and actor who was born in St Louis, Missouri in 1928.
Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Annie Johnson, was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist who lived from April 4, 1928 to May 28, 2014. She wrote sev...
Graham Norton, an Irish comedian and TV broadcaster, was born in Dublin in 1963.
Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963) is an Irish actor, author, comedian, commentator, and presenter better known by his stage name Graham Norton. In the Unit...
Robert Downey Jr, an American actor, was born in New York City in 1965.
Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is a producer and actor from the United States. His career has been marked by critical and popular success in his youth...
Heath Ledger, an Australian-American actor, was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1979.
Although his life was cut short, his achievements as an actor, even during this little era, will be remembered for a long time by moviegoers. Heath, who made his t...
Karl Benz, a German inventor, engine designer, and vehicle maker, died of bronchial inflammation at the age of 84 in 1929.
Carl Friedrich Benz, also known as Karl Friedrich Benz, was a German engine designer and automotive engineer who lived from 25 November 1844 to 4 April 1929. His 1...
Andre Michelin, a French businessman, tyre producer, and publisher of the Michelin Guide, died of respiratory failure at the age of 78 in 1931.
André Jules Michelin, who lived from 16 January 1853 to 4 April 1931, was a French industrialist who founded the Michelin Tyre Company (Compagnie Gén...
Martin Luther King Jr., an American pastor and Civil Rights Movement leader, was slain at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at the age of 39.
Martin Luther King, Jr. From 1955 until his assassination in 1968, he was the most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement. He was born on Januar...
Hayley Atwell, a British-American actress, was born in London, England in 1982.
Hayley Elizabeth Atwell is a British and American actress who was born on April 5, 1982. Atwell, who was born and raised in London, studied acting at the Guildhall...
Pharrell Williams, an American singer-songwriter, music producer, and film producer, was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1973.
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams, born April 5, 1973, is a rapper, record producer, singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur from the United States. In the early 1990s, he f...
Akira Toriyama, a Japanese manga artist, was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, in 1955.
Toriyama Akira is a Japanese manga artist and character designer who was born on April 5, 1955. He rose to prominence with his highly successful manga series Dr. S...
Rashmika Mandanna, an Indian cinema actress and model who works primarily in Telugu and Kannada films, was born in 1996.
Rashmika Mandanna, born 5 April 1996, is an Indian actress and model who primarily works in Telugu and Kannada films. She has received the Filmfare Award South as ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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&...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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 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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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&#...
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 ...
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....
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...
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'...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 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 ...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
