On this Day it will let you learn more about the history, with a little personal perspective. Who was born? Who died? What happened? How did it happen? Who is your famous birthday twin? What happened the day you were born? Or you just want to learn about history through every date? Continue to explore history from every day of a year…

December 31
1911 Marie Curie, Marie Curie birth, Marie Curie bio, Marie Curie biography, Marie Curie invention, Marie

Marie Curie earns her second Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911 for her work with radioactivity.

Marie received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911 for discovering the elements polonium and radium, which she discovered using procedures she created for isolati... Read More

1937 Anthony Hopkins, Anthony Hopkins biography, Anthony Hopkins movies, Anthony Hopkins hannibal

Anthony Hopkins, a Welsh actor, was born in Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales in 1937.

Philip Anthony Hopkins was born in Margam, Port Talbot, Wales on December 31, 1937. Anthony Hopkins is widely recognised as one of the best actors living, having e... Read More

1943 Ben Kingsley, Ben Kingsley biography, Ben Kingsley bio, Ben Kingsley religion, Ben Kingsley real nam

Ben Kingsley, an English actor, was born in Scarborough, England in 1943.

Ben Kingsley was born on December 31, 1943, in North Riding of Yorkshire, England, as Krishna Pandit Bhanji. Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, his father, was a medical pra... Read More

1997 Will Smith, Will Smith wife, Will Smith india, Will Smith marriage, Jada Pinkett Smith

Will Smith, an American rapper and actor known as "The Fresh Prince," marries actress Jada Pinkett Smith in Baltimore, Maryland in 1997.

Will Smith married Jada Koren Pinkett Smith in 1997. They met when Pinkett attended an audition for the role of Smith's character's girlfriend in The Fresh... Read More