Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was born on the 1st of November 1973 in Manglore, India. Do you know Aishwarya Rai has her own Barbie dolls? They were released as a limited addition to the actual range of dolls, and are now considered a collector’s items. An Indian actress, model and former winner of Miss World, Aishwarya […]
Leander Adrian Paes was born on the 17th of June 1973 in Mumbai, India. Do you know that Leander Paes has played through 4 generations of tennis champions? A professional tennis player, Leander Paes has won 8 doubles and 9 mixed double Grand Slam titles. Considered one of the best doubles and mixed doubles player
Lawrence Page, known as Larry Page, was born on the 26th of March 1973 in Michigan, U.S. Do you know that Larry Page earns only $1 per year? Considered as a ‘pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence’, Larry Page, along with Sergey Brin, invented the world’s most popular search engine to date, ‘Google’. Google
Linda, Holly and Mary lived in Victoria and were friends. One day, they were talking about their children and wanted everybody to know how well they behaved with all the people of the town. They also wanted to make everybody realise the importance of being good and helpful to one another. So, the mothers decided
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on the 24th of April 1973 in Mumbai, India. Do you know that Sachin was very superstitious during matches? He always put on his left pad before he put his right one. Sachin Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer and former Indian Cricket Team Captain. He is regarded as one of
Lee Jun-fan, popularly known as Bruce Lee, was born on the 27th of November 1940 in Chinatown, California, U.S.A., and passed away on 20th July 1973. Do you know that as a child Bruce Lee was in a gang and involved in street fighting in Hong Kong, and as a result he was sent to
Several years ago, the fairies used to explain to children whether they had been good or bad throughout the day. It was a very boring and tiring job. So, one day, one of the fairies called Sparkles made a plan to solve this problem. She invented a talking pillow for her favourite girl, Zara. When
Molly was a happy girl. She did not let little things in life upset her. But one day, something happened to her. It seemed like everything had gone wrong. First, she forgot her homework. Then after school, she missed the bus. Molly was looking so upset that day. The next day, it was again a
Petros Sampras, popularly known as Pete Sampras, was born on the 12th of August 1971 in Maryland, U.S. Do you know that Pete Sampras became a professional tennis player at the age of 16 years? Pete Sampras is a retired tennis player, who is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players in history.
Lance Edward Armstrong was born on the 18th of September 1971 in Texas, U.S. Do you know that Lance Armstrong’s foundation has raised over $500 million since 1997, to support cancer survivors? A former road racing cyclist, Lance Armstrong has won the Tour de France 7-times. However, because of a doping scandal, he was stripped
Elon Reeve Musk was born on the 28th of June 1971 in Transvaal, South Africa. Do you know that Elon Musk developed and sold his own video games at the age of 12 years? An engineer, inventor and business mogul, Elon Musk is the founder of SpaceX, and the co-founder of PayPal and Tesla Motors.
Sara Blakely was born on the 27th of February 1971 in Florida, U.S. Do you know that Sara Blakely learnt to write her own patent by reading a book? Sara Blakely is the founder of Spanx, an apparel company with pants and leggings for women and men to give them a slimmer and shapelier appearance.
Viswanathan Anand, popularly known as Vishy, was born on the 11th of December 1969 in Tamil Nadu, India. Do you know that Vishy is the youngest Indian to be awarded the Padma Shri? He received the award when he was only 18 years old. An Indian chess grandmaster, Viswanathan Anand became India’s first Grandmaster in
Common name : Maanhaar Jackal, Civet Hyena Scientific name : Proteles Cristata Family : Hyaenidae Native to : East and North Africa, Southern Africa Interesting fact : An aardwolf’s diet consists almost exclusively of termites. It can eat up to 3,00,000 termites per night. The aardwolf is the only species of a hyena with five
Brian Charles Lara was born on the 2nd of May 1969 in Trinidad and Tobago. Do you know that because of his 1993 match in Sydney where he scored 227 making him a world-class cricketer, Brian Lara named his first daughter Sydney? A retired international cricket player, Brian Lara is one of the greatest cricketers