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In Mohali, Sachin Tendulkar becomes the top run-scorer in test cricket history, breaking Brian Lara's record and crossing 12,000 runs.
On October 17, the Master Blaster overtook Brian Lara's record to become the Tests' top run-scorer. Tendulkar scored 11,953 runs in the second Test against...
In 1972 Eminem [Marshall Bruce Mathers III] is an American rapper and film star who was born in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Eminem is a Grammy Award-winning American rapper, record producer, and actor who is widely regarded as one of the most controversial and best-selling musicians of ...
In the year 1970, Cricketer Anil Kumble the great leg spinner was born
Anil 'Jumbo' Kumble, an unconventional spinner who didn't turn the ball much, was probably India's greatest match-winner of all time. Kumble, who w...
In the year 2007, The Dalai Lama gets the Congressional Gold Medal from the United States.
In a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on October 17, 2007, The Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, received the Congressional Gold Medal for his wo...
Jiti Jitayi Politics is a political party founded by Eunuchs in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh in 2003.
In 2003, Eunuchs in MP declared the formation of their own political party, ‘Jeeti Jitai Politics.' Shweta, another eunuch and the president of the Distr...
Thomas Edison, American inventor (lightbulb, phonograph, motion picture camera), dies at the age of 84 in 1931.
Thomas Edison who is credited as an inventor of light bulb and phonograph took his last breath on October 18th in the year 1931. He is the one who contributed in t...
In Guangzhou, Communist revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh (36) marries nurse Zeng Xueming (21) in 1926.
Zeng Xueming was a Chinese midwife who married Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnamese leader. She married Ho in October 1926 as a Catholic from Guangzhou. They shared a home ...
2007 Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan after an eight-year exile. The same night, suicide bombers detonate explosives near Bhutto's convoy, killing approximately 100 people, including 20 police officers. Bhutto walks away unscathed.
The shortcomings of the police investigations became clear following an attempted assassination attempt on Bhutto on 18 October 2007, two and a half months before ...
Lee Harvey Oswald, the American assassin of JFK, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1939.
Lee Harvey Oswald, a native of New Orleans, joined the United States Marine Corps before defecting to the Soviet Union for a while. He moved back to the United Sta...
Jean-Claude Van Damme, a Belgian actor, was born in Brussels in 1960.
Belgian actor Jean-Claude Van Damme He was also a martial artist in the past. Van Damme is well-known for his high-octane action flicks. He is regarded as a living...
Jonathan Swift, an Irish author and satirist, dies at the age of 77 in 1745.
Jonathan Swift, a renowned Anglo-Irish author took his last breath on October 19 in the year 1745 at the age of 77. He is best known for his most celebrated novel ...
Ernest Rutherford, a New Zealand scientist, died in 1937 at the age of 66.
Ernest Rutherford, the discoverer of famous alpha and beta rays took his last breath on October 19 in the year 1937 at the age of 66. He is still a renowned name i...
Sunny Deol, an Indian actor, was born in 1956.
Sunny Deol, the son of Bollywood legend Dharmendra, came onto the scene in the 1980s and quickly established himself as one of the industry's most renowned per...
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, an astrophysicist and Nobel laureate from India, was born in 1910.
Astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar He showed that huge stars may collapse under their own gravity to achieve immense, if not infinite, densities. These coll...
Saddam Hussein is tried in Baghdad for crimes against humanity in 2005.
Iraqi judges and prosecutors gathered this morning in a tightly guarded complex in downtown Baghdad as Saddam Hussein and seven defendants prepared to face charges...
Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan rebel, political thinker, and dictator, was killed in captivity in 2011 by a Misratan militia at the age of 68–71.
Muammar Gaddafi, a Libiyan rebel, political thinker and a dictator was killed on October 20 in the year 2011. He ruled more than four decades before he was ousted ...
On the Greek island of Scorpios in 1968, Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping billionaire Aristotle Onassis.
Jacqueline Kennedy, once the wife of president John F Kennedy, married a Greek shipping tycoon leaving everybody stunned. Most Americans saw Jackie's marriage as her farewell to an era and...
Navjot Singh Sidhu, an Indian opening batsman, was born in 1963.
Navjot Singh Sidhu is a professional cricketer. He has also served as the State of Punjab's Minister of Tourism, Cultural Affairs, and Museums. Sidhu was elect...
Snoop Dogg [Calvin Broadus], rapper, was born in Long Beach, California in 1971.
Snoop Dogg is a West Coast rapper who grew up under Dr. Dre's mentorship and is best known for albums like 'Doggystyle,' 'Tha Doggfather,' and ...
Kamala Harris, an American lawyer and politician (Vice President of the United States from 2021 to the present; the first African-American and Asian-American attorney general of California, was born in Oakland, California in 1964.
Kamala Harris was born on October 20, 1964, in Oakland's Kaiser Hospital to Indian American immigrant and breast cancer researcher Dr. Shyamala Gopalan and Jam...
The Chinese army advances in India in 1962, to instigate Indo-China War
India had no idea China would launch an attack, but it did. On October 20, 1962, India was invaded in what became known as the Sino-India conflict of 1962. The Ind...
Yash Chopra, an Indian director, died in 2012 at the age of 80 from dengue fever and multiple organ failure.
YashChopra was diagnosed with dengue fever on October 13, 2012, and was admitted to the Lilavatai Hospital in Bandra, Mumbai. On October 21, 2012, at the age of 80...
Shammi Kapoor, regarded as the "Elvis Presley of India," was born in Bombay, India in 1931
Shammi Kapoor, the Elvis Presley of India was born on October 21st in the year 1931. Shammi Kappor is a huge name in the whole Bollywood industry. With is acting a...
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister, was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1949.
Benjamin Netanyahu, a renowned Israeli politician was born on October 21st in the year 1949. He has served as the ninth prime minister of Israel from 1996 to 1999 ...
Kim Kardashian, an American television celebrity, was born in Los Angeles, California in 1980.
Kim Karadahian or Kimberley Noel Karadashian West, an American media persoanlity, model, businesswoman and a socialite was born on 21st October in the year1980. Sh...
Amit Shah, an Indian politician who was born on October 22, 1964, has been the country's first Minister of Co-operation since 2021
Amit Shah, an Indian politician who was born on October 22, 1964, has been the country's first Minister of Co-operation since 2021 and the Minister of Home Aff...
Morgan Freeman marries in 1967. Bradshaw, Jeanette Adair
Nobody knows how or when Morgan and Jeanette first met. They dated for five years before marrying and loving each other as husband and wife, according to the only ...
Robin Williams (60), an actor and comedian, married graphic designer Susan Schneider in 2011 at the luxury Meadow Wood Resort in the Napa Valley town of St. Helena, California.
The Jumanji star, Robin Williams a renowned actor at the age of 60 got married for the third time to a renowned graphic designer Susan Schneider on October 22 in t...
Today! In 1906, Henry Ford is appointed President of Ford Motor Company.
In 1906, he was named president and majority owner. In 1919, Henry, Clara, and Edsel Ford paid $105,820,894 to buy out all minority investors and became the sole p...
In 1975, the Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus, becoming the first lander to return photos from another planet's surface.
The spacecraft was expected to spend around 30 minutes on Venus' rough surface, but it ended up sending data for more than 2 hours after landing on March 1, 19...
Today! Thomas Edison perfects the carbonized cotton filament light bulb in 1879.
The year is 1878 and the setting is Menlo Park, New Jersey. Thomas Edison, fresh off the triumph of his phonograph, has his eyes set on the light bulb. He estimate...
Today! Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned lunar mission, is launched in 2008.
Chandrayaan-1, Insia's very first misson to the moon was launched on October 22nd in the year 2008 using the Polar Satelite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C11). This ste...
A strange fire destroys the temple of Appolo at Daphne outside the Antioch in 362
On October 22nd 362, a mysterious fire broke out in the temple premises of Apollo in antioch.The fire consumed the roof of the building and the statue of the god, ...
Alfred Nobel, the Swedish scientist who developed dynamite and established the Nobel Prizes, was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1833.
Alfred Nobel, the founder of Nobel Prize was born on October 21st in the year 1833. He was a Swedish engineer, chemist, entreprenur, inventor and philanthropist. E...
In 1918 Actor Charlie Chaplin married Mildred Harris
Chaplin married Mildred Harris, a popular child actress, on October 23, 1918, at the age of 29. They had one son, Norman Spencer Chaplin, who died three days after...
Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman senator and the most renowned of Julius Caesar's killers, commits himself in 42 BC.
Marcus Junius Brutus, also known as Quintus Caepio Brutus, was a Roman politician who was a key figure in the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BCE. He died ...
Today! Apple unveiled the iPod in 2001.
At a modest ceremony on Apple's Infinite Loop headquarters, Steve Jobs unveiled the initial iPod. While the iMac launched Apple's rebirth in 1998, it was t...
Today! The Smurfs originally appeared in the story "Johan and Pirlouit" by Belgian artist Peyo in 1958.
The Smurfs were developed and launched as a series of comic characters in 1958 by Belgian comics artist Peyo under the name Les Schtroumpfs. There are over 100 Smu...
Today! Emilia Clarke, an English actress, was born in London in 1986.
Emilia Clarke is best recognized for her portrayal of Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO series "Game of Thrones." Clarke was born on October 23, 1986, in Lon...
Today! Pelé [Edson Arantes do Nascimento], Brazilian footballer, was born in Três Coraçes, Brazil, in 1940.
Pelé, a member of three Brazilian World Cup-winning teams, is widely regarded as the greatest soccer player of all time. Pelé became a soccer icon wi...
Drake Graham, a Canadian rapper, singer, and actor, was born on October 24, 1986.
Drake Graham, a Canadian rapper, singer, and actor, was born on October 24, 1986. Drake, a significant figure in modern popular music, is credited with making sing...
George Cadbury, a British chocolate and cocoa producer (Cadbury), died in 1922 at the age of 83.
George Cadbury, an English businessman and social reformer who, with his elder brother, Richard, took over their father's failing enterprise (April 1861) and t...
Louis Renault, a French automotive manufacturer, dies at the age of 67 in 1944.
Louis Renault, known for building the largest automobile company in France took his lst breath on October 24th in the year 1944. However, Renault cars have still k...
Steffi Graf competes in her first professional tennis match in 1982.
Steffi Graf, a renowned former German tennis player played her first professional tennis match in the year 1982 on October 24th. She, since then became a dominant ...
In 1911, Orville Wright flew in a glider for 9 minutes and 45 seconds in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, setting a new world record that stood for ten years.
On October 24th, in the year 1911, Orville Wright set a new world soaring record of 9 minutes and 45 seconds of unpowered flight.The record had stood international...
Pablo Picasso, a Spanish artist, was born in Malaga, Andalusia, Spain in 1881.
Pablo Picasso or Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Neopmuceno Crispin Crispiniano Maria Remedios de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso, a great Spanish arti...
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (Katy Perry), American Pop Singer born on October 25,1894.
On October 25th, one of the mos famous American Pop singer Katy Perry with an original name of Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson born in the year 1984. She grabbed the att...
In 2017, the first ichthyosaur (marine reptile) fossil (152 million years old) was discovered in India. Reports published in the scientific journal "Plos One."
On October 25th, the Indian scientisits made a great discovery of Ichthyosaur fossil for the very first time. It was an extinct marine reptile and was a 152 millio...
Today! The first electronic wrist watch was sold in New York City in 1960.
One of the main challenges of watchmaking was being studied within a workshop in Garland, Texas, by an engineer named George H Thiess. The late 1960s were dominate...
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, dies in 2019 after detonating a suicide vest after being besieged by US special forces.
Apart from being a head of most terrible Terrorist organization. Baghdadi was a serial rapist who kept several sex slaves as personal sex slaves. Baghdadi killed h...
The Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir joins India in 1947.
A legal document, The Instrument of Accession executed by Maharaja Hari Singh, the riler of princely state of Jammu and Kashmir on October 26 in the year 1946. By ...
The Missionary of Charity was founded by Mother Teressa.
The Missonaryof Charity Centre was founded by Mother Teresa in the year 1950. The aim of this centre was to provide support to the people who are in need. Since th...
In 1918, Germany's top commander, General Eric Ludendorff, resigns in protest at the terms agreed upon by the German government in negotiating an armistice.
General Eric Ludendroff was a top German Military Commander in tha latter stages of World War I. He, on October 26th in the year 1918, resigned from his post and f...
Asin Thottumkal, an Indian actress, was born in Kochi, Kerala, India in 1985.
Asin Thottumkal, popularly known as just Asin, an Indian actress was born on October 26 in the year 1985. She mde her appearance in Tamil, Hindi and Telegu films. ...
Raveena Tandon, an Indian actress, was born in Mumbai, India in 1970.
Ravenna tandon, a renowned Indian actress, producer and a former model was born on October 26 in the year 1970, in Mumba, India. She has wroked in Bollywood, Teleg...
Hillary Rodham Clinton, former First Lady of the United States, former Senator, former Secretary of State, and Democratic Presidential contender in 2016, was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1947.
The former United States Senator, First Lady and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton or Hillary Rodham Clinton was born on October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. I...
