Genelia D'Souza, an Indian model and actress, was born in 1987.
Genelia Deshmukh, an Indian actress and model born on August 5, 1987, is most frequently seen in Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil movies. D'Souza launched her acting career in 2003 with the commercial success Tujhe Meri Kasam after becoming well-known for her appearance in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan. The same year, she received praise for her work in Boys.
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Ambi Subramaniam, a violinist, composer, and educator, was born in 1991.
American astronaut and aeronautical engineer Neil Alden Armstrong, who died on August 25, 2012, was the first person to set foot on the moon. He was born on August 5, 1930.
The first Venice International Film Festival took place between August 6 and 21, 1932.
On August 5, 1914, the world's first electric traffic signal is installed at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleveland, Ohio.
On August 6, 1991, the first web page went live. Tim Berners-Lee created it to provide information about the World Wide Web project.
After examining meteorite ALH84001, which is believed to have originated from Mars, NASA declares in 1996 that life may have once existed there.
Aditya Narayan, an Indian playback singer, television host, and actor from Bollywood, was born in 1987.
In response to security concerns, the Indian government announced in 2019 that it is revoking Article 370 and converting Indian-controlled Kashmir from a state to a union territory.
Neil Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who was the first person to walk on the Moon. He was born on August 5, 1930.
Every year on August 6, Hiroshima Day is observed to promote peace politics and raise awareness of the effects of the Hiroshima bombing.
Sushma Swaraj, an Indian politician and Supreme Court attorney, passed away in 2019.
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, was an English poet who lived from August 6, 1809 to October 6, 1892.
Kajol, an Indian actress who primarily appears in Hindi films, was born in 1974.
Sri Lanka's 952/6d against India in August 1997 remains the highest Test score to this day.
Actor and Indian VJ Cyrus Sahukar appeared in Bollywood in 1980.
Hiroshima Day honours the memory of the United States' World War II bombing attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Nelson Mandela was imprisoned due to apartheid in 1962
Surendranath Banerjee was one of the first political figures in India to emerge under the British Raj in 1925.