154th birth anniversary of Maurice Maeterlinck – a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was a Fleming, but wrote in French.

203rd birth anniversary of Henry Bergh – founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in April, 1866, three days after the first effective legislation against animal cruelty in the United States was passed into law by the New York State Legislature.

384th birth anniversary of John Locke – an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and known as the “Father of Classical Liberalism”.

239th birth anniversary of Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin – better known under his monastic name Hyacinth, or Iakinf, was one of the founding fathers of Sinology. He was born to a family of Chuvash priests and studied in the Kazan seminary.

60th birthday of Akkineni Nagarjuna – an Indian film actor, producer and television presenter who works primarily in the Telugu Cinema, and Television.

39th death anniversary of Kazi Nazrul Islam – a Bengali poet, writer, musician, and revolutionary, and is the national poet of Bangladesh.

58th birth anniversary of Michael Jackson – an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor. Called the King of Pop, his contributions to music and dance, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.

National Sports Day in India – Celebrated on the August 29. This day marks the birthday of Dhyan Chand,the hockey player who won gold medals for India in year 1928,1932 and 1936.

Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous Raksha Bandhan

Wishing all of you a happy and prosperous Raksha Bandhan

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8th death anniversary of Arthur Allen Jones – was the founder of Nautilus, Inc. and MedX, Inc. and the inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines, including the Nautilus pullover, which was first sold in 1970. He was born in Arkansas, and grew up in Seminole, Oklahoma.

7th death anniversary of Phil Hill – an American automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship. He also scored three wins at each of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring sports car races.

a Japanese video game designer best known as the creator of Pokémon and the founder of video game developer Game Freak, Inc

88th birth anniversary of Ustad Vilayat Khan – one of India’s well known sitar maestros. Along with Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Nikhil Banerjee and his younger brother Imrat Khan, Vilayat Khan was one of the great pioneers.

267th birth anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography

120th birth anniversary of Firaq Gorakhpuri – Raghupati Sahay, better known under his pen name Firaq Gorakhpuri, was a writer, critic, and, according to one commentator, one of the most noted contemporary Urdu poets from India.

47th birthday of Jack Black – Thomas Jacob “Jack” Black is an American actor, comedian, singer, and producer. His acting career has been extensive, starring primarily in comedy films.

50th birthday of Priya Dutt – an Indian politician. She was elected for the first time to the 14th Lok Sabha from Mumbai North West constituency in Maharashtra on 22 November 2005, representing the Indian National Congress party.

47th birthday of Pierre Turgeon – a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars and the Colorado Avalanche.

51st birthday of Shania Twain – a Canadian singer and songwriter. Twain has sold over 85 million records, making her one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time.

78th birthday of Paul Martin – Paul Edgar Philippe Martin PC CC, also known as Paul Martin Jr., is a Canadian politician who was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada after being the Canadian Minister of Finance.

99th birth anniversary of Jack Kirby – born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer, and editor widely regarded as one of the medium’s major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators.

33rd birthday of Lasith Malinga – Separamadu Lasith Malinga in Galle, Sri Lanka is a Sri Lankan cricketer and World T20 winning captain in 2014.

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139th birth anniversary of Charles Rolls – The Honourable Charles Stewart Rolls was an English motoring and aviation pioneer. Together with Henry Royce he co-founded the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing firm.

53rd death anniversary of W. E. B. Du Bois – William Edward Burghardt “W. E. B.” Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community

26th death anniversary of Stevie Ray Vaughan – Stephen Ray Vaughan, known as Stevie Ray Vaughan, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

10th death anniversary of Hrishikesh Mukherjee – a famous Indian film director known for a number of films, including Satyakam, Chupke Chupke, Anupama, Anand, Abhimaan, Guddi, Gol Maal, Aashirwad, Bawarchi, Kissi Se Na Kehna and Namak Haraam.

40th death anniversary of Mukesh – Mukesh Chand Mathur (22 July 1923 – 27 August 1976), better known mononymously as Mukesh, was an Indian playback singer of Hindi movies. Along with Mohammad Rafi, Manna Dey and Kishore Kumar, he was one of the most popular singers of his era. Amongst the numerous nominations and awards he won, his song “Kai Baar Yuhi Dekha Hai” from film Rajnigandha (1973) won him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. Mukesh is also popular as being the voice of legendary actor Raj Kapoor.

31st birthday of David Bentley – an English retired footballer who played in the Premier League for Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur. He usually played as a winger, but also played in central midfield or as a second striker.

40th birthday of Mark Webber – an Australian professional racing driver, currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship as a Porsche works driver in LMP1.

42nd birthday of Mohammad Yousuf – a former Pakistani right-handed batsman. Prior to his conversion to Islam in 2005, Yousuf was one of only a few Christians to play for the Pakistan cricket team.

85th birth anniversary of Sri Chinmoy - Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, better known as Sri Chinmoy, was an Indian spiritual master who taught meditation in the West after moving to New York City in 1964.

59th birthday of Bernhard Langer – a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion and was one of the world’s leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, he became the sport’s first official number one ranked player.

108th birth anniversary of Lyndon Baines Johnson- often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States, a position which he assumed after his service as the 37th Vice President.

157th birth anniversary of Dorabji Tata – Sir Dorabji Tata was an Indian businessman, and a key figure in the history and development of the Tata Group. Dorabji Tata was knighted in 1910 for his contributions to industry in British India.

36th birthday of Neha Dhupia – an Indian actress who has worked in several Bollywood films. She is a winner of the Femina Miss India title.

44th birthday of The Great Khali – Dalip Singh Rana, better known by his ring name The Great Khali, is an Indian professional wrestler, actor, and powerlifter, best known for his time with WWE. He debuted in WWE alongside Daivari and had alliances with Ranjin Singh and Jinder Mahal.

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89th birth anniversary of Ch. Bansi Lal – an Indian Hindu Jat independence activist, senior Congress leader, former Chief Minister of Haryana and considered by many to be the architect of modern Haryana.

60th birthday of Maneka Gandhi – is the Indian Union Cabinet Minister for Women & Child Development in the Government of PM Narendra Modi. She is also an animal rights activist, environmentalist, and widow of the Indian politician, Sanjay Gandhi.

48th birthday of Madhur Bhandarkar – an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. He made his directorial debut with Trishakti and went on to direct several critical and commercially successful films.

36th birthday of Neeru Bajwa – Neeru Bajwa is a Canadian born Punjabi actress. She started her career with Dev Anand in the bollywood film Main Solah Baras Ki and then moved onto working in Indian Soap Opera’s and Punjabi Films.

106th death anniversary of William James – an American philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician. The first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States, James was one of the leading thinkers of the late nineteenth century and is believed by many to be one of the most influential philosophers the United States has ever produced, while others have labelled him the “Father of American psychology”.

273rd birth anniversary of Antoine Lavoisier – Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier was a French nobleman and chemist central to the 18th-century chemical revolution and a large influence on both the history of chemistry and the history of biology.

36th birthday of Macaulay Culkin – Macaulay Carson Culkin is an American actor. He became famous as a child actor for his role as Kevin McCallister in the family comedy Home Alone and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.

59th birthday of Rick Hansen – Richard Marvin “Rick” Hansen, CC, OBC is a Canadian Paralympian and a philanthropist for people with disabilities. Following a pick up truck accident at the age of 15, Hansen sustained a spinal cord injury and became a paraplegic.

95th birth anniversary of Ben Bradlee – Benjamin Crowninshield “Ben” Bradlee (August 26, 1921 – October 21, 2014) was executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991.[1] He became a national figure during the presidency of Richard Nixon, when he challenged the federal government over the right to publish the Pentagon Papers and oversaw the publication of Bob Woodward’s and Carl Bernstein’s stories documenting the Watergate scandal. At his death he held the title of vice president at-large of the Post.

106th birth anniversary of Mother Teresa – Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, MC, commonly known as Mother Teresa, was a Roman Catholic religious sister and missionary who lived most of her life in India.