David Franco is an American actor, voice actor, and director born on this day in 1985. Did you know that: • Oliver Joseph Lodge, an English radio pioneer who invented spark plugs was born on this day in 1851• Harry Houdini freed himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet above ground […]
Claire Holt is an Australian-American actress and model born on this day in 1988. Holt is known for her roles as Rebekah Mikaelson in The Vampire Diaries, and its spinoff series The Originals. Did you know that: • Benjamin Franklin invented his Franklin stove on this day in 1742• Captain James Cook discovered the Great […]
Katherine Upton is an American model and actress born on this day in 1992. Did you know that: • John Dollond, English optician and inventor who was granted the first patent for an achromatic lens was born on this day in 1706• Benjamin Franklin tested the lightning conductor with his kite-flying experiment on this day […]
Johnny Depp is an American actor, producer, and musician born on this day in 1963. Depp became one of the most commercially successful film stars by playing Jack Sparrow in the swashbuckler film series Pirates of the Caribbean. Did you know that: • George Stephenson, English inventor of the first steam locomotive engine for railroads […]
Kanye West is an American rapper, singer, record producer, businessman, politician, and fashion designer born on this day in 1977. Did you know that: • Giovanni Cassini, a French astronomer who discovered the moons of Saturn was born on this day in 1625• Commercially made ice cream was first advertised on this day in 1786• […]
Born on this day in 1958, Prince Rogers Nelson, known simply as Prince, was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor, and director. Did you know that: • Susan Elizabeth Blow, American educator who invented kindergarten was born on this day in 1843• The first colour network telecast incompatible color was broadcast from a station […]
Jason Isaacs is an English actor born on this day in 1963. He is known for his roles as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, and Col. Tavington in The Patriot, Capt. Hook in Peter Pan. Did you know that: • Johannes Muller, the astronomer who invented astronomical tables was born on this […]
Born on this day in 1971, Mark Wahlberg is an American actor, producer, restaurateur, and former rapper. He became the protagonist in two films in the Transformers live-action film franchise, Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight. Did you know that: • Thomas Chippendale, an English furniture maker was born on this day […]
Mars will be easily visible from Earth as our home world runs right between the red planet and the sun. On 13th Oct. 2020 opposition to Mars will mark the next major planet to come to Earth by 2036. It’s set to fully align on Oct. 13, when various details on the surface of the […]
India won the first ever T20 international Cricket World Cup on this day in 2007, beating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final in Johannesburg, South Africa. Did you know that: India’s Mars Orbiter Mission made it the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first country in the world to do so […]
This day is celebrated as Saudi National Day every year to commemorate the renaming of the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by a royal decree from King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud in 1932 Did you know that: Roland Garros, the French fighter pilot who lent his name to the […]
