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Bhopal tragedy in 1984: Union Carbide pesticide facility in Bhopal, India, leaks 45 tonnes of methyl isocyanate and other poisonous substances, killing 2,259 (official number) and injuring over 500,000 (including subsequent fatalities).
The Bhopal catastrophe, also known as the Bhopal gas tragedy, occurred on the night of December 2–3, 1984, at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticid...
Rajendra Prasad, Indian statesman and first President of India (1950–62), was born in Zeradai, British India, in 1884.
Rajendra Prasad, born on December 3, 1884, was an Indian independence campaigner, lawyer, academic, and, later, the country's first president, serving from 195...
Kanaka Dasa, an Indian musician and composer of Carnatic music, was born in Baada, Vijayanagara Empire, around 1509.
Kanaka Dasa was a Haridasa, a well-known Carnatic music composer, poet, philosopher, and musician. He is well-known for his keertanas and ugabhoga, which are compo...
Chandra Shekhar Aazad, an Indian lawyer and activist (Bhim Army), was born in Ghadkauli, Uttar Pradesh, in 1986.
Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan (born 3 December 1986) is a Dalit-Bahujan rights activist from India. He is an Ambedkarite who co-founded and serves as national presiden...
2017 Shashi Kapoor [Balbir Raj Kapoor], a well-known Indian Bollywood actor, dies at the age of 79 from a chest illness.
Shashi Kapoor (born Balbir Raj Kapoor; 18 March 1938 – 4 December 2017) was a Hindi cinema actor and producer. He was nominated for four National Film Awards...
Ramaswamy Venkataraman, an Indian politician and the eighth President of India, was born in Rajamadam, British India, in 1910.
Ramaswamy Venkataraman, born 4 December 1910, was an Indian lawyer, independence campaigner, and politician who served as a Union Minister and as India's eight...
IK Gujral, an Indian politician and former Prime Minister of India, was born in Jhelum, British India, in 1919.
Inder Kumar Gujral was born in 1919 to Avtar Narain and Pushpa Gujral in Jhelum, Pakistan. He was born into a family of independence fighters; both of his parents ...
Jay-Z, an American rapper and record producer, was born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1969.
Jay-Z was born Shawn Corey Carter on December 4, 1969, in Brooklyn's drug-infested Marcy Projects. In 1989, he utilised rap as an escape and featured on Yo! MTV Raps. Jay-Z launched his own app...
In 1829, Britain makes "Sati" (a widow who burns herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) illegal in India.
On December 4, 1829, the then-Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issued the Bengal Sati Regulation, which prohibited the practice of Sati in all jurisdictions ...
The Indian Navy retaliates the Pakistan Navy and Karachi in 1971.
On the night of December 4/5, three missile boats, accompanied by two corvettes, assaulted Karachi, destroying the destroyer PNS Khaibar, the minesweeper Muhafiz, ...
In 1848, US President James K. Polk sparks the 1849 Gold Rush by certifying a gold find in California.
People had previously made false claims that they had discovered gold, thus the Gold Rush did not begin until December 1848, when President James Polk backed up th...
Sikkim become an Indian protectorate in 1950.
In 1948, the Sikkim Darbar and the Government of India agreed a "Standstill Agreement" to alleviate the relationship, and a new treaty went into force. A...
Walter Elias Disney, American animator, producer, and co-founder of Walt Disney Company, was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1901.
Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in the Chicago neighbourhood of Hermosa, Illinois. He spent the most of his boyhood in Marceline, Missouri, where he began dra...
Shri Aurobindo, an Indian guru and patriot, dies at the age of 78 in 1950.
Aurobindo Ghose, also known as Sri Aurobindo, is revered around the world as a brilliant scholar, national leader, and spiritual teacher. He received both his prim...
Jayaram Jayalalitha, an Indian actress and politician who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu from 1996 to 2016, died of a heart attack at the age of 68.
Jayalalithaa was taken to Apollo Hospitals in Chennai on September 22, 2016, suffering from an infection and serious dehydration. On October 12, 2016, her formal d...
Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid campaigner, political prisoner, and South African President, died of a lung illness in 2013 at the age of 95.
Mandela died on 5 December 2013 at the age of 95, at about 20:50 local time, at his home in Houghton, accompanied by his family, after suffering from a lengthy res...
Stan Lee (24), inventor of "Spider-Man," marries in 1947. Boocock, Joan Clayton
The 69-year marriage of Stan and Joan Lee was a love tale that should never have occurred. The explanation for this is simple: she was already married to another m...
In 1992, 300,000 people demolished the Babri Mosque in India in order to uncover an ages-old temple devoted to Lord Ram; four people were killed in the process.
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 perso...
In 2017, astronomers reported the finding of a "supermassive" black hole 13 billion light-years away, 800 times larger than the Sun, in the journal "Nature."
A team of astronomers led by Carnegie's Eduardo Baados discovered the farthest distant supermassive black hole yet detected using Carnegie's Magellan teles...
Hara Prasad Shastri, an Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist, and Bengali literature historian, was born in Khulna, Bengal, in 1853.
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 t...
Shekhar Kapur, an Indian filmmaker (Bandit Queen), was born in Laghore, British India, in 1945.
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 A...
B.R. Ambedkar, an Indian politician, lawyer, and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist Movement, dies of diabetes at the age of 65 in 1956.
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, ...
On Gibraltar in 1962, actor Sean Connery marries actress Diane Cilento.
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 pl...
Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah, an Indian cricketer who was born on 6 December 1993
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 Ind...
Brian Lara of the West Indies made his Test debut on December 6, 1990
Former Trinidadian international cricketer Brian Charles Lara is regarded as one of the game's finest batsmen. Brian Lara of the West Indies made his Test debu...
Pramukh Swami Maharaj, an Indian Hindu spiritual guru (BAPS), was born in Chansad, Gujarat, in 1921.
Great guru, the fifth spiritual successor in Bhagwan Swaminarayan's succession of Gunatit gurus, was born on December 7, 1921, in the hamlet of Chansad, near V...
Kumar Shahani, an Indian writer and filmmaker, was born in Larkana, Sindh, in 1940.
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 co...
Larry Bird, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward, coach, and executive, was born in West Baden, Indiana in 1956.
Larry Bird was born in West Baden Springs, Indiana on December 7, 1956. He grew up in this settlement, which is close to the town of French Lick. Larry's fathe...
Apollo 17, the final manned lunar landing mission, launched in 1972, with the crew taking the iconic "blue marble" shot of the whole Earth.
Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan and his crewmates — Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans — oohed and ahhed over their home planet, poised in the blackness...
On December 7, 2017, Ronaldo won the fifth and last Ballon d'Or award.
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 ...
Dharmendra, an Indian actor, was born in Nasrali, Punjab, British India, in 1935.
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...
Sharmila Tagore, an Indian actress, was born in 1946.
Sharmila Tagore is a former Indian actress who was born on December 8, 1944. Tagore is most recognised for her contributions to Hindi and Bengali film, for which s...
The year was 1982. Nicki Minaj is a rapper and singer from Trinidad and Tobago. She was born in Saint James, Port of Spain.
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 live...
Mary, Queen of Scots, Queen of Scotland, was born at Linlithgow Palace, Scotland, in 1542.
Mary, Queen of Scots, commonly known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, reigned as Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced resignation in 1567....
Rabindranath Tagore married Mrinalini Devi in an arranged marriage in 1883.
With his innumerable poetry, novels, plays, and songs, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), better known as Gurudev, captivated the sphere of literature. His contribut...
Matt Damon, star of "Bourne," married Argentine-born Luciana Barrosa in 2005 at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau outside New York City Hall.
In April 2003, while filming Stuck on You in Miami, Damon met his Argentine wife, Luciana Bozán. They were engaged in September 2005 and married on December...
John Milton, an English poet and puritan, was born in London, England in 1608.
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and philosopher who worked for the Commonwealth of England's Council of State and sub...
Sonia Gandhi aka Edvige Antonia Albina Maino (Antonia Maino for Short), an Indian politician of Italian origin, was born in Lusiana, Veneto, Italy, in 1946.
Sonia Gandhi aka Edvige Antonia Albina Maino is an Indian politician who was born on December 9, 1946. She is the president of the Indian National Congress, a...
Shatrughan Sinha, an Indian actor and politician, was born in 1946 in Patna, Bihar, British India.
Shatrughan Prasad Sinha (born July 15, 1946) is an Indian politician and actor. He served in the Lok Sabha (2009–2014, 2014–2019) and the Rajya Sabha (...
Judi Dench, the British actress best known as M in the James Bond films, was born in York, England in 1934.
Dame Judith Olivia Dench is an English actress who was born on December 9, 1934. She is regarded as a "peerless performer" with parts spanning from James...
Dia Mirza, an Indian actress, was born in Hyderabad, India in 1981.
Dia Mirza was born on December 9, 1981, in Hyderabad, India, to an interracial family of German and Bengali descent. Her father, Frank Handrich, was a German graph...
Today in 2021, Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif Got Married
Katrina and Vicky, together with their families, are scheduled to arrive on December 6 and leave on December 11. The wedding planning has been delegated to six sep...
Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali poet, is the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his work "Gitanjali."
Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 "for his deeply sensitive, fresh, and beautiful poem, through which, with great ability, he...
In 1930, Indian Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on light scattering, making him the first Asian and non-white person to receive the award.
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (7 November 1888 – 21 November 1970) was an Indian physicist who specialised in light scattering. Using a spectrograph he in...
C. Rajagopalachari, India's liberation warrior and the country's first Governor General, was born in Thorapalli, Madras Presidency, British India, in 1878.
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, better known as Mootharignar Rajaji, was an Indian leader, writer, lawyer, and freedom campaigner who lived from 9 December 1878 to 25...
In the year 1830, Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830. She only stayed at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley for a year. Dickinson...
Alfred Nobel, the Swedish scientist who created dynamite and organised the Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, died at the age of 63 in 1896.
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was born on October 21, 1833, in Stockholm, Sweden. Alfred Nobel is well-known for the yearly prizes he bestows in research, literature, and ...
Ashok Kumar, an Indian actor, died from persistent asthma at the age of 90 in 2001.
Ashok Kumar died on December 10, 2001, at the age of 90, at his home in Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He died as a result of heart failure. Kumudlal Ganguly...
M.S. (Madurai Shanmukhavadivu) Subbulakshmi, the first Indian vocalist to be given the Bharat Ratna, died in 2004 at the age of 88.
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi is a name that has become synonymous with Carnatic music. This immaculate vocalist, whose voice had almost heavenly power, is ...
Ravi Shankar, a Bengali Brahmin sitar maestro and Indian classical music composer, died in 2012 at the age of 92.
Pandit Ravi Shankar was an Indian composer and musician best known for popularising the Indian classical instrument Sitar around the world. Shankar grew up learnin...
Dilip Kumar [Muhammad Yusuf Khan], the "Tragedy King" and one of the best performers in Indian film, was born in Peshawar, British India, in 1922.
Mohammed Yusuf Khan, well known by his stage name Dilip Kumar, was an Indian actor and film producer who worked in Hindi cinema from November 11, 1922 until July 7...
Pranab Mukherjee, an Indian politician and the 13th President of India, was born in Mirati, British India, in 1935.
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee was an Indian statesman who served as the country's 13th president from 2012 to 2017. Mukherjee was a top politician in the Indian Natio...
Vishwanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster, was born in Mayiladuthurai, India, in 1969.
Viswanathan Anand (born 11 December 1969) is a former world chess champion and Indian chess grandmaster. In 1988, he became India's first grandmaster, and he i...
Hailee Steinfeld, an American actress and singer, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1996.
Hailee Steinfeld (born December 11, 1996) is an actor and singer from the United States. Her breakthrough came with the western drama picture True Grit (2010), for...
In 2019, India passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill, paving the path for immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan's minority populations to get citizenship.
On 9 December 2019, Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah tabled the Bill in the 17th Lok Sabha, and it was approved on 10 December 2019 with 311 MPs voting in favour...
Delhi succeeds Calcutta as India's capital in 1911.
On February 13, 86 years ago, New Delhi became the power capital of undivided India, following a 20-year wait. On December 12, 1911, during the New Delhi durbar, K...
Sharad Pawar, an Indian politician, was born in 1940 in Baramati, Bombay Presidency, British India.
Sharad Govindrao Pawar, an Indian politician, was born on December 12, 1940. On three times, he has served as Maharashtra's Chief Minister. He has served in th...
Rajinikanth, aka Shivaji Rao Gaekwa, was born in Bangalore, India in 1950.
Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, better known as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor best recognised for his work in Tamil film. In addition to performing, he has produced a few f...
Herb Dhaliwal, a Canadian politician, was born in Chiheru, Punjab, India in 1952.
Herb Dhaliwal, born on December 12, 1952, is a Canadian politician who was appointed Minister of Revenue in 1999. His height is around 5' 11", and she was...
Yuvraj Singh, an Indian cricketer, was born in Chandigarh, India, in 1981.
Yuvraj Singh was born on December 12, 1981, parents Shabnam and Yograj Singh, both of whom were former Indian bowlers. An aggressive left-handed batter and a slugg...
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Roberts marries businessman Denis Thatcher in 1951 at Wesley's Chapel on City Road, London.
Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is well-known on a global scale. However, her private spouse, Denis Thatcher, is significantly ...
Mary Todd, the American wife of Abraham Lincoln and the first lady of the United States, was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1818.
Mary Ann Todd Lincoln, the wife of President Abraham Lincoln, was the First Lady of the United States from 1861 until 1865. Mary Lincoln was a well-educated member...
Ernst Werner von Siemens, German businessman and developer of the Siemens electrical conductance unit, was born in Lenthe, German Confederation, in 1816.
Ernst Werner von Siemens was born on December 13, 1816, in Lenthe, Hanover, Germany, as the oldest of fourteen children. Ernst Werner von Siemens, a German invento...
Jamie Foxx, an American actor, comedian, and musician, was born in Terrell, Texas in 1967.
America's most famous comedian and Oscar winner grew up in a difficult family. Jamie Foxx was born Eric Bishop on December 13, 1967, in Terrell, Texas, a town ...
Taylor Swift, an American singer and songwriter, was born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1989.
Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania to Andrea Gardner Swift and Scott Kingsley Swift. Her father was a stockbroker, and her ...
Terrorists attacked the Indian Parliament Sansad in 2001. In the incident, ten persons were murdered, and all terrorists were slain.
On Sunday, December 13, it will be 20 years since terrorists connected to Pakistan carried out a fatal attack on Parliament. On this day in 2001, a five-membe...
Nostradamus, a French astrologer and prophet, was born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, in 1503.
Michel de Notredame, also known as Nostradamus, was born in the south of France in December 1503. His family was Jewish, but he converted to Catholicism at a time ...
Raj Kapoor, the Indian actor renowned as "the greatest showman of Hindi film," was born in Peshawar, British India, in 1924.
Raj Kapoor, sometimes known as Ranbirraj Kapoor, was a prominent Indian cinema actor, producer, and director of Hindi films. He won seven Filmfare Awards and was n...
In 1799, George Washington, an American Founding Father, military leader who commanded the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and the first President of the United States, died at the age of 66.
George Washington died between ten and eleven o'clock at night on December 14, 1799. His wife, who sat at the foot of the bed, his friends Dr. Craik and Tobias...
WWF wrestler Hulk Hogan marries his second wife Jennifer McDaniel in Clearwater, Florida.
Since early 2008, Hulk Hogan has been in a relationship with Jennifer McDaniel. They were engaged in November 2009 and married in Clearwater, Florida on December 1...
In 2005, Bollywood star Fardeen Khan marries Mumtaz's daughter Natasha Madhvani at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai, India, and in 2010
There are no specifics about how their love journey began or when the pair began to establish their love home. However, it has been learned that the narrative bega...
Indian cricketer Kuldeep Yadav, born on December 14, 1994
Indian cricketer Kuldeep Yadav, born on December 14, 1994, competes internationally. He competes in domestic cricket for India and for Uttar Pradesh. He is a capable lower order hitter and a left-a...
In Beverly Hills, California, actor Sylvester Stallone marries actress Brigitte Nielsen in 1985.
During the filming of Rocky IV, Nielsen became engaged to actor Sylvester Stallone. They married on December 15, 1985, in the Beverly Hills, California home of pro...
Actor and filmmaker George Clooney marries actress Talia Balsam in Las Vegas in 1989.
George Clooney and Talia Balsam, an actor and infamous prankster, were married from 1989 until 1993. The divorce took 25 months, which was 5 months longer than the...
Vallabhbhai Patel, an Indian freedom warrior and politician, died in 1952 at the age of 75.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was a leader of the Indian National Congress till his death. Many historians, like Ramchandra Guha, find it hilarious that Patel is being ...
Walt Disney, an American animator and producer, dies of lung cancer at the age of 65 in 1966.
Disney's involvement in Disney World came to an end in late 1966, when he was diagnosed with lung cancer in his left lung, the result of a lifetime practise of...
Protests over India's new citizenship policy erupt in various cities in 2019, killing at least 5 non-protesters.
A large demonstration has erupted in India's capital, Delhi, as outrage over a citizenship bill sweeps the country. Stone-throwing mobs confronted police force...
Gustave Eiffel, the French engineer and architect responsible for the design and construction of the Eiffel Tower, was born in Dijon, France in 1832.
Eiffel, a trained engineer, formed and built a firm specialising in metal structural construction, the crowning result of which was the Eiffel Tower. He spent the ...
Charlie Cox is an English actor who was born in London.
Charlie Thomas Cox was born on 15 December 1982 in London, England, parents Patricia C. A. and publisher Andrew Frederick Seaforth Cox. He is descended from numero...
1971 East Vijay Diwas After India's army takes Dacca and 93,000 West Pakistani forces surrender, Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan is acknowledged globally.
The 16th of December is an important day for India, as well as its neighbours Bangladesh and Pakistan. In 1971, India defeated Pakistan in a war that resulted in t...
Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone in 1913, earning $150 per week.
Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on April 16th, 1889, in London, England. His father was a skilled vocalist and actor, and his mother, who went by the stage name L...
In 2014, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan terrorists assault an Army Public School in Pakistan, killing 145 people.
Six shooters linked with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) carried out a terrorist assault on the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, on December 16, 2014....
Lei Jun, a Chinese businessman and the founder of Xiaomi Inc, was born in Xiantao, Hubei, in 1969.
Lei Jun (born December 16, 1969 in Xiantao, Hubei Province, China) is a Chinese business leader who founded Xiaomi Corp. In 2010 and served as its chairman and CEO...
Colonel Harland Sanders, the American inventor of Kentucky Fried Chicken, died in 1980 at the age of 90.
Colonel Harland David Sanders is an American businessman best known for inventing the fast food chicken restaurant Kentucky Fried Chicken (commonly known as KFC) a...
The Taj Mahal Palace is a heritage, five-star, opulent hotel in Mumbai's Colaba it was opened on December 16, 1903.
The Taj Mahal Palace is a heritage, five-star, opulent hotel in Mumbai's Colaba neighbourhood, Maharashtra, India, located close to the Gateway of India. It wa...
PV Sindhu, the current world champion, became the first and only Indian to win the BWF World Tour finals On December 16, 2018.
PV Sindhu, the current world champion, became the first and only Indian to win the BWF World Tour finals On December 16, 2018.
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Céline Dion marries her manager Rene Angelil in Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Canada in 1994.
Céline Dion, a Canadian singer, was born on March 30, 1968. Her vocals are known for being both strong and technically adept. She is the best-selling C...
Kim Jong-il, North Korea's supreme leader from 1994 to 2011, died of a suspected heart attack in 2011 at the age of 70.
According to North Korean press reports, Kim Jong-il died around 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 17. (6:30 Friday evening Washington time). His death was broadcast...
John Abraham, an Indian actor, was born in 1972.
John Abraham is a Mumbai, Maharashtra-born Indian actor who was born on December 17, 1972. John was born in Malaysia to a Malayali father and a Parsi mother. His f...
Pope Francis, Catholic Pope (2013-), was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1936, the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first non-European pope since Syrian Gregory III in 741.
Pope Francis is Rome's 266th Bishop. Francis was chosen Pope on March 13, 2013, to succeed Benedict XVI, who resigned two weeks earlier. Poverty, compassion, a...
Milla Jovovich, a Russian-born American actress, was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, in 1975.
Milica Bogdanovna Jovovich was born on December 17, 1975, in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, to a Serbian doctor, Bogdan Jovovich, and a Russian actress, Galina...
In 1971, In Kashmir, India and Pakistan have agreed to a cease-fire.
In Jammu and Kashmir, the line of control established by the December 17, 1971 cease-fire should be observed by all parties without regard to each side's ackno...
Ludwig van Beethoven, a German composer and pianist, was born on December 17, 1770.
Ludwig van Beethoven, a German composer and pianist, was born on December 17, 1770. Beethoven is still regarded as one of the most revered musicians in Western mus...
The simpsons debuted as a Christmas special on December 17, 1989,
The Tracy Ullman Show, a variety show on the Fox Broadcasting Company, first aired a cartoon short featuring The Simpsons in 1987. It debuted as a Christmas special on December 17, 1989, and after ...
On December 17, 1933, Lala Amarnath made history by scoring India's first-ever Test century against England.
On December 17, 1933, Lala Amarnath made history by scoring India's first-ever Test century against England. Amarnath, who had a score of 118, was also the fir...
Joni Flynn, an Indian actress, was born in Assam, India in 1949.
Joni Flynn was born in Assam, India on December 18, 1949. She has appeared in films such as Monty Python's Holy Grail, Octopussy, and Felicity.
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Brad Pitt, an American actor and producer, was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma in 1963.
William Bradley Pitt was born on December 18, 1963, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to truck company owner William Alvin and his wife, Jane Etta, a school counsellor. He eve...
Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Union's Dictator and General Secretary, was born in Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire, in 1878.
On December 18, 1878, he was born in Gori, Georgia. Losif Jughashvili was his birth name. Stalin's parents were impoverished, and he had a difficult upbringing...
Steven Spielberg, an American director, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1946.
Steven Allan Spielberg, an American film director, producer, and screenwriter, was born on December 18, 1946. He started his career in the New Hollywood era and is...
Katie Holmes, an American actress, was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1978.
Kate Noelle Holmes is an actress, director, and producer from the United States. She rose to prominence on the television series Dawson's Creek (1998–200...
Billie Eilish, an American singer-songwriter, was born in Los Angeles, California in 2001.
Billie Eilish is an American singer-songwriter. Pirate Baird O'Connell is an American singer and songwriter who was born on December 18, 2001. She rose to prom...
Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former Prime Minister, marries Asif Ali Zardari in 1987.
Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani politician who served as the country's 11th and 13th prime ministers, respectively, between 1988 a...
Poet Robert Frost marries Elinor Miriam White in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1895.
Robert Lee Frost was a poet from the United States. Before being published in the United States, his work was first published in England. Frost, who was known for ...
In 1995, Queen Elizabeth requests a divorce from Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
Despite their disagreements, Princess Diana intended to remain married to Prince Charles for the rest of her life. Something changed, however, when the queen asked...
Emily Bronte, an English author, dies of TB at the age of 30 in 1848.
Emily Jane Bronte was an English author and poet best known for her one and only novel, Wuthering Heights, which is today regarded as a classic of English lit...
Pratibha Patil, the first female President of India and Governor of Rajasthan, was born in Nadgaon, India, in 1934.
Pratibha Devisingh Patil (born December 19, 1934) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the country's 12th president between 2007 and 2012. Patil, a...
Jake Gyllenhaal, an American actor, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1980.
Jake Benjamin Gyllenhaal is an American actor who was born on December 19, 1980. He is the son of filmmaker Stephen Gyllenhaal and author Naomi Foner; his older si...
The Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950 forces Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to leave.
Following China's invasion of Tibet in 1950, His Holiness was called upon to take complete political control. He visited Beijing in 1954 and met with Mao Zedon...
In 1961, India liberates Goa and two other Portuguese colonies.
Unlike the Indian liberation war against the British, in which several heroes rose to oppose British rule, the Goan freedom movement was openly short and more of a...
Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sign the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984, pledging to return Hong Kong to China in 1997.
On December 19, 1984, Thatcher and Premier Zhao Ziyang signed the formal Sino-British Joint Declaration at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. That month, on ...
The $200 million epic "Titanic" by James Cameron premiered in American theatres on December 19, 1997.
The $200 million epic "Titanic" by James Cameron premiered in American theatres on December 19, 1997. The movie went on to earn more than $1.8 billion wo...
Ricky Thomas Ponting, AO, a cricket coach, commentator, and former player from Australia, was born on December 19, 1974.
Ricky Thomas Ponting, AO, a cricket coach, commentator, and former player from Australia, was born on December 19, 1974. The most successful captain in the history...
In Menlo Park, California, Thomas Edison secretly tested incandescent light in 1879.
An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp, or incandescent light globe is a type of electric light that uses a wire filament that is heated until it lights. To...
Jonah Hill, an American actor, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1983.
Jonah Hill Feldstein, better known as Jonah Hill, is a multi-talented actor, producer, screenwriter, and comedian. He is well recognised for his depiction of humor...
Sacagawea, the Shoshone interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition, dies at the age of 24 in 1812.
Sacagawea served as an interpreter and guide for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's westward voyage from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast. Sacagawe...
Richard Branson marries Joan Templeman in the British Virgin Islands in 1989.
The couple married in 1989 on Branson's Necker Island, a 74-acre island in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of the British Virgin Islands. In 2016, the pair cel...
Donald Trump marries former model Marla Maples at the Trump Plaza Hotel in 1993.
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Ashley Cole, an English football coach and former player who was born on December 20, 1980
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Captain James Cook, a British explorer, marries Elizabeth Batts in 1762.
On December 21, 1762, at St Margaret's Church in Barking. Elizabeth was the daughter of the innkeeper of The Bell at Wapping, and James Cook resided further up...
Edmund Hillary marries June Mulgrew in 1989.
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Elton John, a British pop pianist and singer, marries Canadian filmmaker David Furnish in 2014.
According to rumours, Elton John will marry his companion of more than 20 years this weekend in England. Several news outlets reported that the 67-year-old singer ...
Autar Singh Paintal, an Indian medical scientist, died in 2004 at the age of 79.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, an American novelist, dies of a heart attack at the age of 44 in 1940.
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Samuel L. Jackson, an American actor, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948.
Samuel L. Jackson is a legendary Hollywood actor who has acted in over 100 films over his career. Jackson, who was abandoned by his father as a youngster, overcame...
Emmanuel Macron, French politician and President of France, was born in Amiens, France, in 1977.
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Psy's "Gangnam Style" becomes the first YouTube video to exceed one billion views in 2012.
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The first manned Moon mission, Apollo 8, was launched in 1968, with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders aboard.
Three NASA astronauts set off on a voyage that would take them "Round the Moon and Back" 50 years ago. The performance of the command and service modules...
Radium is discovered by scientists Pierre and Marie Curie in 1898.
Marie and Pierre Curie successfully extract radioactive radium salts from the mineral pitchblende in their Paris laboratory on December 20, 1902. In their pitchble...
The first freight train operates in Roorkee, India, in 1851.
In 1851, the Solani Aqueduct Railway was built in Roorkee. It was hauled by the Thomason steam locomotive, named after a British officer-in-charge of that name. Th...
Tsunami strikes Indonesia's Sunda Strait in 2018, killing over 400 people as a portion of the Anak Krakatoa volcano collapses into the sea.
The 2018 Sunda strait tsunami struck on 22 December 2018 at about 21:38 local time, when major portions of Anak Krakatoa's southwestern flank crashed onto its ...
Srinivasa Ramanujan, the Indian mathematician who discovered number theory, was born in Erode, British India, in 1887.
Srinivasa Ramanujan was a mathematical prodigy who lived in India. He made significant contributions to number theory and worked on elliptic functions, continuing ...
Samuel Beckett, an Irish-French writer, died in 1989 at the age of 83.
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Madonna marries film director Guy Ritchie at Skibo Castle in Scotland in 2000.
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Jimmy Fallon, a former "Saturday Night Live" cast member and "Tonight Show" host, married Hollywood producer Nancy Juvonen on Necker Island in the Caribbean in 2007.
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Kunal Nayyar, the Indian actor from "The Big Bang Theory," married Miss India 2006 winner Neha Kapur in New Delhi, India in 2011.
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Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Guru of Sikhism, the creator and General of Khalsa, a social reformist and poet, was born in Patna Sahib, India, in 1666.
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On December 22, 1998, Zinedine Zidane received the 1998 Ballon d'Or
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P. V. Narasimha Rao, the ninth Prime Minister of India, died of a heart attack in 2004 at the age of 83.
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1902 Charan Singh, Indian politician and the fifth Prime Minister of India, was born in the British Indian district of Noorpur.
Between 28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980, Chaudhary Charan Singh was India's 5th Prime Minister. Historians and ordinary people alike regard to him as the "...
After a dispute with fellow painter Paul Gauguin in 1888, Vincent van Gogh slices off his left ear with a razor and gives it to a prostitute for safekeeping.
For years, historians have been fascinated by Vincent van Gogh's ear, prompting them to devise a variety of ideas as to why the 19th century Dutch artist slice...
In 1912, Rash Behari Bose led the Indian revolutionary underground in Bengal and Punjab in an attempt to kill Viceroy of India Lord Hardinge by putting a handmade bomb into the Viceroy's Howdah during a ceremonial parade in Delhi.
On December 23, 1912, a bomb was hurled at Viceroy Lord Hardinge as his procession left Chandni Chowk. In the attempt, the Viceroy was injured, but his Mahavat was...
Rabindranath Tagore establishes Visva Bharati University in Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, in 1921.
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Neeraj Chopra, an Indian athlete, was born in Panipat, Haryana, India in 1997.
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Matthew Arnold, an English poet and critic, was born in Laleham, England in 1822.
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Mohammed Rafi, an Indian actor and playback singer, was born in Kotla Sultan Singh, India, in 1925.
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Anil Kapoor, an Indian producer and actor, was born in Bombay, India in 1959.
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Howard Hughes, an American reclusive millionaire, filmmaker, and aviator, was born in Humble, Texas in 1905.
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Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer and viceroy of Cochin, dies at the age of 55 in 1524.
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Tom Cruise married actress Nicole Kidman in 1990.
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Thomas Edison marries his first wife in 1871, Mary Stilwell
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Jerry Seinfeld marries Jessica Sklar, a public relations expert, in 1999.
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In the Caribbean in 2012, "Arrow" star Stephen Amell marries America's Next Top Model candidate Cassandra Jean.
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C. Rajagopalachari, India's liberation warrior and the country's first Governor General, died in 1972 at the age of 94.
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Charlie Chaplin, a British actor and comedian, died in Switzerland in 1977 at the age of 88.
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In 2006, at the age of 73, James Brown, the American R&B, gospel, soul, and funk vocalist regarded as 'The Godfather of Soul,' died of heart failure.
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George Michael, an English singer-songwriter and pop sensation, died in 2016 at the age of 53 from suspected heart failure.
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Isaac Newton, an English physicist, mathematician, and astronomer, was born in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, England, in 1642.
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Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, an Indian, who founded Banaras Hindu University was born in 1861.
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian politician and the country's tenth Prime Minister, was born in Gwalior, India, in 1924.
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Ravish Malhotra, an Indian cosmonaut, was born in 1943.
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Justin Trudeau, Canada's 23rd Prime Minister, was born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1971.
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Jared Leto, an American actor, was born in Bossier City, Louisiana in 1971.
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Mao Zedong, the Chinese revolutionary and former Chairman of the Communist Party of China, was born in Shaoshan, Hunan, in 1893.
On December 26, 1893, the Mao family, rich farmers in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China, welcomed a son. They gave the kid the name Mao Zedong. The father of modern ...
Kit Harington, aka Christopher Catesby Harington, was born in London, England in 1986.
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Shaquille O'Neal, a Los Angeles Lakers centre, married Shaunie Nelson in 2002 at The Beverly Hills Hotel's Crystal Garden.
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J. K. Rowling married anesthesiologist Neil Murray in Aberfeldy, Scotland, in 2001.
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Dawood Ibrahim, an Indian criminal lord, was born in Khed, Ratnagiri, India in 1955.
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Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's 12th Prime Minister and the first female leader of a Muslim country, was murdered by a suicide bomber in Rawalpindi in 2007.
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Gustave Eiffel, the French engineer in chief of the Eiffel Tower, died in 1923 at the age of 91.
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Mirza Ghalib, an Indian poet, was born in 1796.
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Salman Khan, an Indian actor, was born in Indore, India in 1965.
Salman Khan (born December 27, 1965) is a Hindi film actor, film producer, musician, painter, and television personality. Khan has garnered various prizes over his...
Reid Hoffman and others establish LinkedIn in Mountain View, California in 2002.
LinkedIn, a business-oriented social networking site The website was launched in 2002 and is based in Mountain View, California. LinkedIn was developed in 2003 by ...
Dhirubhai Ambani, an Indian businessman, was born in 1932.
Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani, better known as Dhirubhai Ambani, was an Indian business mogul who created Reliance Industries on December 28, 1932. Ambani took Relian...
Ratan Tata, an Indian businessman, founded Tata Steel in 1937.
He was born in Surat, India, on December 28, 1937, to Naval Tata and Sonoo. Naval Tata was the adoptive son of Jamsetji Tata and Ratanji Tata. The Tata Group of Co...
Arun Jaitley, an Indian politician, was born in 1952.
On December 28, 1952, Arun Jaitley was born to Maharaj Kishen Jaitley and Ratan Prabha Jaitley. Arun Jaitley was born into a family of attorneys, social activists,...
The year was 1954. Denzel Washington is a well-known American actor who was born in Mount Vernon, New York.
Denzel Washington was born on December 28, 1954, to Denzel Hayes Washington Sr., a Pentecostal pastor, and Lennis, a beautician. He has two brothers and sisters. D...
Stan Lee, or Stanley Martin Lieber, an American comic-book artist, writer, and the creative boss of the Marvel multimedia conglomerate, was born in New York City in 1922.
Stan Lee was born in New York on December 28, 1922 to Celia and Jack Lieber. His father was a garment cutter who struggled to find employment following the Great D...
Chris Hemsworth married Spanish actress Elsa Pataky in Indonesia in 2010.
In early 2010, Chris Hemsworth began dating Spanish model and actress Elsa Pataky, whom he met through mutual representation. Pataky and Hemsworth married on Decem...
Pierre Cardin, an Italian-French fashion designer, dies at the age of 98 in 2020.
Iconic French designer Pierre Cardin, known for his avant-garde fashions in the 1960s and 1970s, died on December 29, 2020, at the age of 98. The French Academy of...
Rajesh Khanna, the Indian Bollywood actor dubbed "The First Superstar of Indian Cinema," was born in Amritsar, Punjab Province, in 1942.
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Jude Law, an English actor, was born in London in 1972.
Jude Law, the future actor, was born on December 29, 1972, in Lewisham, London, England. Law was raised in South London by his parents, both of whom were schooltea...
