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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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
Kunal Nayyar, a British-Indian actor and writer, was born in London in 1981.
Kunal Nayyar is an Indian-British actor who has appeared in films, television shows, and plays. He is best recognised for his portrayal of 'Rajesh Koothrappali...
Ana de Armas, a Cuban actress, was born in Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba, in 1988.
Ana de Armas is a Spanish-Cuban actress best known for her roles in "Hands of Stone" and "Blade Runner 2049." Before moving to Hollywood, she w...
Rishi Kapoor, an Indian Bollywood actor and director, died in 2020 at the age of 67.
Rishi Kapoor was an Indian film actor, director, and producer who worked primarily in Hindi films. He received several honours, including four Filmfare Awards and ...
Gal Gadot, an Israeli actress, was born in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel, in 1985.
Gal Gadot-Varsano (born 30 April 1985) is an Israeli model and actress. She was crowned Miss Israel 2004 at the age of 18. She then served two years as a soldier i...
Kirsten Dunst, an American actress, was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey in 1982.
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is a model and actress from the United States. She has won numerous awards, including the Best Actress Award at the Ca...
Johnny Galecki, an American actor, was born in Bree, Belgium in 1975.
John Mark Galecki (born April 30, 1975) is an actor from the United States. He starred as Leonard Hofstadter in The Big Bang Theory, for which he received a Primet...
As the Red Army occupies Berlin in 1945, Adolf Hitler and his new wife Eva Braun commit suicide in the Fuhrerbunker.
Adolf Hitler, the Austrian-born German politician who led the Nazi Party, served as Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and was the Führer ('Leader&#...
The Imperial Bank of India was nationalized in 1955.
In 1955, the Imperial Bank of India was nationalised. The State Bank of India is the largest and oldest bank still in operation (S.B.I). In June 1806 it was founde...
At the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards in 2013, Bollywood actor Rajesh Khanna is named "The First Superstar of Indian Cinema."
Rajesh Khanna died on July 18, 2012, after being extremely unwell. Khanna was posthumously given the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour. At t...
Dadasaheb Phalke, an Indian producer-director-screenwriter renowned as the "Father of Indian Cinema," was born in 1870.
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (April 30, 1870 – February 16, 1944) was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter known as the "Father of Indian Cinema." R...
Rohit Sharma, an Indian international cricketer, was born in 1987.
Rohit Gurunath Sharma is an Indian international cricketer who currently serves as the Indian national team's captain. He is widely regarded as one of the best...
In 1931, the Empire State Building opens in New York City.
If you've watched the film "King Kong," you might recall the structure that the gigantic ape climbs. On this date in history, May 1, 1931, the Empire...
Elvis Presley marries actress Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1967.
On May 1, 1967, the genuine Elvis Presley, King of Rock 'n' Roll, married his long-term lover, Priscilla Beaulieu, at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, far f...
Radhika Madan, an Indian film actress and former television personality, was born in 1995.
Radhika Madan, born May 1, 1995, is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi films. She made her acting debut in Colors TV's romantic drama Meri Aas...
Sonnalli Seygall, an Indian model and actress whose film debut was in 2011 with Pyaar Ka Punchnama, was born in 1989.
Sonnalli Seygall is an Indian actress who made her film debut in 2011 with Pyaar Ka Punchnama, directed by Luv Ranjan. Sonnalli was born on the 1st of May, 1985. S...
Anushka Sharma, an Indian actress and film producer who works in Hindi films, was born in 1988
Anushka Sharma, who was born on May 1, 1988, is an Indian actress and film producer who works primarily in Hindi films. She has won numerous awards, including a Fi...
Jamie Dornan, an Irish actor, was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1982.
James Peter Maxwell Dornan (born 1 May 1982) is a Northern Irish actor, model, and musician. He used to be a character actor, and he frequently plays sol...
Batman initially appears in Detective Comics #27 in 1939.
Finger and Kane collaborated on the first Batman tale, "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate." It appeared in Detective Comics #27, which was released on M...
Ajith Kumar, an Indian film actor who mostly works in Tamil cinema, was born in 1971.
Ajith Kumar (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian film actor who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He has appeared in over 60 Tamil films to date. Four Vijay Awards, three...
Anand Mahindra, the chairman of the Mahindra Group, was born in 1955.
Anand Gopal Mahindra (born May 1, 1955) is an Indian business magnate and the chairman of the Mahindra Group, a Mumbai-based conglomerate. Aerospace, agribusiness,...
Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian painter, sculptor, physicist, and visionary, dies at the age of 67 in 1519.
In 1516, Francis I of France commissioned Leonardo to construct a town and palace complex for the royal court at Romorantin, a seemingly insurmountable feat. The C...
Dwayne [The Rock] Johnson, an American pro wrestler, actor, and producer, was born in Hayward, California in 1972.
Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born on May 2, 1972, in Hayward, California, USA. Rocky Johnson, his father, was a professional wrestler, and his mother, Ata Maivia, wa...
In 2011, US special forces kill Osama bin Laden, the accused architect of the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
On May 2, 2011, soon after 1:00 a.m. PKT, Osama bin Laden, the founder and first leader of the Islamist terrorist organisation al-Qaeda, was assassinated in Pakist...
Satyajit Ray, an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, music composer, and graphic designer, was born in 1921.
Satyajit Ray was born on May 2, 1921 in Calcutta, India, to an aristocratic Bengali family with a strong legacy in art and literature. He was the only son of Sukum...
Ritu Phogat, an Indian female wrestler and mixed martial artist, was born in 1994.
Ritu Phogat is a well-known Indian female wrestler from Balali, Haryana. Ritu Phogat won the gold medal in the 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship and became ...
In the year 1933, James Brown, often known as 'The Godfather of Soul,' is an American R&B, gospel, soul, and funk singer who was born in Barnwell, South Carolina.
James Joseph Brown was a well-known American musician who made significant contributions to the development of various musical genres, including soul music, funk m...
Golda Meir, an Israeli teacher, stateswoman, and the fourth Prime Minister of Israel renowned as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics, was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 1898.
Golda Meir was born on May 3, 1898, in Kiev, Ukraine, to Moshe and Bluma Mabovitch. In 1906, she and her family relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Mabovitch fa...
Niccolo Machiavelli, an Italian politician and writer, was born in Florence, Italy in 1469.
Niccol di Bernardo dei Machiavelli's works are rarely rendered. Nicholas Machiavel, who lived from 3 May 1469 to 21 June 1527, was an Italian Renaissance diplo...
The Kargil conflict erupted in 1999 as a result of Pakistani forces infiltrating the Indian side.
The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil war, was a military confrontation conducted between India and Pakistan in the Kargil area of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhe...
Nargis, an Indian film actress who appeared in vintage Bollywood films, died in 1981.
Nargis Dutt was born on June 1, 1929 and died on May 3, 1981. She was an Indian politician and actress who appeared in Hindi films. She is regarded as one of the g...
Matt LeBlanc, of "Friends," married former model Melissa McKnight in 2003 at a secluded residence overlooking Anini Beach in Kilauea, Hawaii.
Matt Le Blanc has a wide range of automotive hobbies and formerly worked as a carpenter before becoming an actor. In May 2003, he married Melissa McKnight, a Briti...
Dwayne The Rock Johnson marries producer Dany Garcia in 1997.
On May 3, 1997, Johnson married Dany Garcia. She is a businessman, an IFBB pro bodybuilder, and a producer. Simone, their daughter, was born on August 14, 2001. Th...
Tyagaraja, a well-known Carnatic music composer, born in 1767.
After the fall of the Vijayanagar Empire at the end of the 16th century, many Hindu families migrated to the southern districts of Tamilnadu, which were still calm...
Margaret Thatcher is the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979.
After the Callaghan government lost a vote of no confidence in early 1979, a general election was called. Thatcher became the first female British prime minister a...
Audrey Hepburn, a British actress, was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1929.
Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929, in Brussels, Belgium, to J. A. Hepburn-Ruston and Baroness Ella van Heemstra. When she was eight years old, her father, a b...
Keira Knightley, a British actress, married musician James Righton in France in 2013.
Keira Knightley is a British model and actress. She is well-known for her roles in films such as "Bend It Like Beckham" and "Pirates of the Caribbea...
Tipu Sultan, the monarch of the Kingdom of Mysore, died in 1799.
Tipu Sultan, also known as the Tiger of Mysore or Tippoo Sahib by the British, was an Indian prince who fought against the East India Company's takeover of sou...
Maharaja Chhatrasal was born in 1649, a mediaeval Indian warrior of the Bundela dynasty who battled against the Mughal Empire to create his own kingdom in Bundelkhand.
Maharaja Chhatrasal (May 4, 1649 – December 20, 1731) was a mediaeval Indian warrior of the Bundela Rajput tribe who battled against Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb...
Trisha Krishnan, better known as Trisha, is an Indian actress and model who works in the Tamil and Telugu cinema industries. She was born in 1983.
Trisha Krishnan is a well-known and award-winning actress from both the Tamil and Telugu cinema industries. She rose to prominence in the Tamil film business with ...
Adele, a British pop-rock singer-songwriter, was born in Tottenham, London, in 1988.
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins was born in Tottenham, England, on May 5, 1988, to a Welsh father, Marc Evans, and an English mother, Penny Adkins. Evans left the family ...
Henry Cavill, an English actor, was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1983.
Henry Cavill was born on May 5, 1983, in Chester, England, to Colin Richard Cavill and Marianne Dalgliesh, who is part Irish, part English, and part Scottish. His ...
Karl Marx, a German philosopher, was born in Trier, Prussia, in 1818.
Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, critic of political economy, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, and socialist revoluti...
The year was 1956. Gulshan Kumar Dua, the founder of the T-Series music label and an Indian businessman, was born.
Gulshan Kumar Dua (May 5, 1956 – August 12, 1997) was an Indian businessman and film and music producer who founded the Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T...
Guru Amar Das, the third of Sikhism's ten Gurus, was born in 1479.
Guru Amar Das, born on 5 May 1479 and died on 1 September 1574, was the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Sikh Guru on 26 March 1552 at the age of 73. B...
Angelina Jolie married actor Billy Bob Thornton in The Little Church of The West Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2000.
Angelina Jolie married actor Billy Bob Thornton on May 5, 2000, in Las Vegas, after a two-month courtship. They met on the set of Pushing Tin, but did not pursue a...
Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq, married Sajida Talfah, a teacher, in 1963.
Saddam married his first wife, cousin Sajida Talfah, in an arranged marriage in 1963. Sajida is Saddam's uncle and mentor Khairallah Talfah's daughter; the...
