Shastri, Haraprasad was a well-known orientalist and Sanskrit scholar. Haraprasad Bhattacharya (Shastri) was born on December 6, 1853, in the hamlet of Kumira in the Khulna district. As a Sanskrit student at the Sanskrit College, he was required to study English Literature, Philosophy, History, Political Economy, Algebra, and Trigonometry according to the Calcutta University syllabus. As a result, he was able to maintain contact with his roots, Sanskrit, while also gaining proficiency in many areas of contemporary education.

Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah, an Indian cricketer who was born on 6 December 1993, competes in all formats of the game for the Indian national side. He participates in first-class cricket and the Indian Premier League for the Gujarat cricket team and Mumbai Indians, respectively, in domestic cricket in India. He bowls fast with his right arm.

Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan and his crewmates — Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans — oohed and ahhed over their home planet, poised in the blackness outside their window, hours after their launch on December 7, 1972. The journey of Apollo 17: The whole disc of the planet was illuminated by the sun, a scene never before recorded on film by astronauts. The trajectory gave Schmitt the greatest view of Antarctica yet, and he marvelled at the superb vista of Africa.

Nicki Minaj is a Trinidadian-born rapper, singer, and songwriter. She was born Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty on December 8, 1982. Her rhyming style is noted for its lively flow and flexibility as a recording artist. She rose to fame after releasing the mixtapes Playtime Is Over (2007), Sucka Free (2008), and Beam Me Up Scotty. She was born in Trinidad and Tobago and reared in New York City (2009). Minaj was noted for her colourful outfits and wigs, her unique flow, and her usage of alter personalities and accents, mainly British cockney, early in her career. Pink Friday (2010), Minaj's debut studio album, was certified triple-platinum by the RIAA and reached number one on the Billboard 200 list.

Dharam Singh Deol (born December 8, 1935), better known by his stage name Dharmendra, is an Indian actor, producer, and politician best known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is also renowned in India as the "He-Man" of movies. He is one of the few actors in the world who has starred in over 100 hit films. For his contributions to Hindi film, he earned the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. He was a member of India's 15th Lok Sabha, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party's Bikaner seat in Rajasthan (BJP). The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, in 2012.

Shekhar Kapur is a film director and producer from India. He is a highly regarded director who rose to prominence with the film Bandit Queen. He received Academy Award nominations for both Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Kapur was born in Lahore, British India, to Kulbhushan Kapur, a doctor with a booming practise, and Sheel Kanta, a journalist and aspiring stage actress. Kapur began his career with a multinational oil firm. He came to the United Kingdom in 1970 and worked as an accountant and management consultant for several years. He began his acting career in the Bollywood film 'Jaan Hazir hai,' and afterwards in 'Toote Khilone.'

Ambedkar has been suffering with diabetes since 1948. Due to medicine side effects and bad eyesight, he remained bedridden from June to October 1954. During 1955, his health deteriorated. Ambedkar died in his sleep three days after finishing his final manuscript, The Buddha and His Dhamma, on December 6, 1956, at his residence in Delhi. Every year on this day, known as Mahaparinirvana Diwas, people pay their respects to him. On December 7, a Buddhist cremation was held at Dadar Chowpatty beach, which was attended by 500,000 mourners.

On December 7, 2017, Ronaldo won the fifth and last Ballon d'Or award. Simply put, Cristiano Ronaldo is the football king. The Madridista forward won the Ballon d'Or in 2017, making it two years in a row and five overall in his illustrious career.

Last month, the Scottish actor's tremendous career was honoured after he died at the age of 90 after a lengthy struggle with dementia. Sir Sean Connery, who played James Bond in seven films, brought Ian Fleming's iconic British spy to life and began the Bond brand with Dr No in 1962. Sir Sean and Diane Cilento, an Australian actress, were married for 11 years and had one son, Jason, who is now 57. According to newly discovered reports, Ms Cilento married the singer after multiple rejected offers, and their wedding day was far from the greatest day of their life.

Kumar Shahani is a well-known Indian film director and screenwriter best known for his parallel cinema features Maya Darpan, Khayal Gatha, and Kasba. Due to his commitment to formalism, and the reputation of his first feature, Maya Darpan, as one of Indian cinema's first formalist films, he is frequently grouped alongside similar stylistic filmmakers such as Pier Paolo Pasolini, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Jacques Rivette by critics and film enthusiasts.

The mosque stood on the location where millions of Hindus believe Lord Ram, the hero of the epic Ramayan, was born, or "janmabhoomi." Over 1.5 lakh persons were engaged in the ressurection of Ram Mandir. The kar sevaks had gathered as part of an effort to remove the relics of invaders in order to build a Ram temple at the disputed location. The events of December 6, 1992 will not be forgotten in India anytime soon, if ever.

A team of astronomers led by Carnegie's Eduardo Baados discovered the farthest distant supermassive black hole yet detected using Carnegie's Magellan telescopes. It is housed in a brilliant quasar, and its light reaches us from a time when the universe was just 5% of its present age – just 690 million years after the Big Bang. The scientists saw the supermassive black hole using two Magellan telescope instruments: FIRE, which made the discovery, and Fourstar, which was utilised for supplementary photos.