356 B.C.E. – Alexander the Great – king of Macedon, a kingdom in ancient Greece. He is considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. Alexander the Great conquered a vast empire that stretched from Greece to Egypt and India. As a young man, he was tutored by Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher.

1890 – Verna Felton – an American actress known for her voice-over work in many classic Disney animated films including “Cinderella”, “Alice in Wonderland” and “Lady and the Tramp”. She appeared in over 100 movies, including “The Great Ziegfeld”, “The Yearling” and “Auntie Mame”.

1919 – Sir Edmund Hillary – a New Zealand explorer, best known for being the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. He also led a team that traversed the South Pole in 1958, and he reached the North Pole by snowmobile in 1985. Hillary was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

1924 – Lola Albright – an American actress, best known for her work in films “The Good Humor Man”, “Champion” and “A Cold Wind in August”. She also appeared in many television shows, such as “Peyton Place,” “Bonanza,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour” and “Peter Gunn”.

1929 – Mike Ilitch – an American businessman and entrepreneur who founded the Little Caesars pizza chain and was the owner of the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL and the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.

1933 – Aliki Vouyouklaki – a legendary Greek actress, known for her roles in films such as, “Madalena”, “Kokkina fanaria” and “Ipolochagos Natassa”.

1933 – Buddy Knox – an American singer and songwriter. Best known for his breakthrough hit “Party Doll,” released in 1957. Knox had several other hits, including “Hula Love,” “Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep” and “Lovey Dovey.”

1936 – Saginaw Grant – a Native American actor and veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He appeared in a number of films and television shows throughout his career including “The Lone Ranger”, “The World’s Fastest Indian” and “The Last of the Mohicans”.

1938 – Diana Rigg – an English actress, known for her role as Emma Peel in the British TV series “The Avengers.” She also appeared in several films, including “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”, in which she played the Bond girl Tracy di Vicenzo.

1938 – Natalie Wood – an American actress, known for her roles in films such as “Rebel Without a Cause”, “West Side Story” and “Splendor in the Grass”.

1943 – Wendy Richard – an English actress, best known for her roles in the British TV series “Are You Being Served?” and “EastEnders.” She also appeared in several other TV shows and films throughout her career including “Carry On films” and “Dad’s Army.”

1945 – John Lodge – an English musician, known as the bassist and vocalist of the rock band The Moody Blues. He played a key role in the band’s success, co-writing many of their hit songs, including “Ride My See-Saw,” “I’m Just a Singer” and “Isn’t Life Strange.”

1947 – Carlos Santana – a Mexican-American musician and guitarist. Some of his most popular and influential songs include “Black Magic Woman,” “Oye Como Va,” “Samba Pa Ti” and “Smooth”.

1954 – Moira Harris – an American actress. She appeared in a variety of films, including “The Dark Half,” “Money for Nothing” and “Poltergeist III.” She has also had roles on television shows such as “Law & Order,” “ER” and “Chicago Hope.”

1957 – Donna Dixon – an American actress and former beauty queen. Some of her notable film roles include “Doctor Detroit”, “Spies Like Us” and “Wayne’s World”.

1963 – Frank Whaley – an American actor, best known for his role in the movie “Field of Dreams.” He also appeared in “Born on the Fourth of July”, “The Doors” and “Pulp Fiction”. In addition to his film work, Whaley has appeared in numerous TV shows, including “Ray Donovan,” “Luke Cage” and “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

1964 – Dean Winters – an American actor, known for his role in the HBO prison drama “Oz”, as well as “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Divorce.” He has also appeared in several movies, including “John Wick”, “The Devil You Know” and “P.S. I Love You”.

1967 – Reed Diamond – an American actor, known for his roles in numerous TV shows such as “Homicide: Life on the Street,” “The Shield,” “24” and “The Mentalist.” He has also appeared in several movies, including “Moneyball” and “The Good German”.

1968 – Michael Park – an American actor. He has appeared in numerous Broadway productions, including “Tuck Everlasting” and “Dear Evan Hansen”. Park has also appeared in several TV shows, including “As the World Turns,” “Gotham” and “Stranger Things”.

1969 – Josh Holloway – an American actor, best known for his role as James “Sawyer” Ford in TV series “Lost.” Holloway has also appeared in several movies, including “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” and “Sabotage”, as well as TV shows “Intelligence,” “Colony” and “Yellowstone.”

1971 – Anna Silva – a Canadian real estate investor and animal rights activist. She is an outspoken advocate for feminist causes and women’s rights. Silva is also known for her philanthropic work and has supported various charities over the years including Conquer Cancer and SickKids Foundation.

1971 – Sandra Oh – a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Dr. Cristina Yang in the medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy”, for which she won a Golden Globe Award. She also starred in the critically acclaimed series “Killing Eve,” for which she won another Golden Globe Award.

1972 – Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick – also known as Vitamin C, is an American singer and actress. Her album “Vitamin C”, included the hit song “Graduation (Friends Forever)” became an anthem for high school and college graduations. She has appeared in several movies and TV shows such as, “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch,” “Dracula 2000” and “Get Over It”.

1974 – Simon Rex – an American actor and comedian. He gained fame for his role as Jeff Campbell in the television series “Jack & Jill”. Rex also starred in films such as “Scary Movie”, “The Forsaken,” “Going Greek” and “Superhero Movie.”

1975 – Judy Greer – an American actress. Some of her notable film roles include Kitty Sanchez in “Arrested Development,” Delia in “13 Going on 30,” Maggie Lang in “Ant-Man” and Karen Wheeler in the hit Netflix series “Stranger Things.”

1980 – Gisele Bündchen – a Brazilian supermodel, one of the highest-paid and most in-demand models in the world. She has appeared on the cover of numerous magazines, including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Rolling Stone.

1982 – Percy Daggs III – an American actor, best known for his role as Wallace Fennel in the television series “Veronica Mars.” Daggs has also appeared in other television shows, including “The Guardian,” “Eli Stone,” “Insecure” and “The Good Place.”

1985 – John Francis Daley – an American actor and director. He is best known for his roles in the television series “Freaks and Geeks” and “Bones”. Daley has also worked as a screenwriter, co-writing the comedies “Horrible Bosses” and “Horrible Bosses 2”.

1988 – Chloe Fineman – an American actress and comedian, best known as a cast member on “Saturday Night Live.” She has also appeared in several television shows and films, including “Search Party,” “High Fidelity” and “The Prom.”

1988 – Julianne Hough – an American actress, best known for her work as a professional dancer on the show “Dancing with the Stars”. Hough has also acted in several films and television shows, including “Rock of Ages,” “Footloose” and “Safe Haven.”

1992 – Paige Hurd – an American actress, best known for her role as Tasha Clarkson on the television series “Everybody Hates Chris. She has also appeared in several other television shows, including “The Division,” “Boomtown” and “George Lopez”.

1997 – Billi Bruno – an American actress, best known for her role as Gracie Mabel in the television series “According to Jim.” She has also appeared in several other television shows, including “Everwood” and “The O.C” and film “Eloise at Christmastime”.

1944 – Adolf Hitler survived an assassination attempt, known as Operation Valkyrie, led by German army officer Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg.

1965 – Columbia records released “Like a Rolling Stone,” one of the most famous songs by Bob Dylan. The song was part of Dylan’s album “Highway 61 Revisited”. “Like a Rolling Stone” is regarded as one of the greatest songs in the history of music.

1969 – Apollo 11 lunar module, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, landed on the moon’s surface. Armstrong famously stepped out of the lunar module and onto the moon’s surface, uttering the famous phrase, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

1976 – US Viking 1 spacecraft landed on Mars. It was the first spacecraft to successfully land on the surface of Mars and send back images and data. The lander operated for more than six years conducting experiments to study the Martian environment and atmosphere, sending back thousands of images and measurements of the Martian surface and environment.

2005 – Canada legalized same-sex marriage, making it the fourth country in the world to do so, after the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain. The legalization of same-sex marriage in Canada was widely celebrated as a victory for LGBTQ+ rights and equality.

2021 – Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, went into space. He was part of the first crewed flight of the New Shepard spacecraft. The flight was a significant milestone for Blue Origin and the emerging space tourism industry.

Antarctica is covered in a sheet of ice that’s 7,000 feet thick. The US Antarctic Program says that the ice sheet covering Antarctica has an average thickness of around 2.16 kilometers (1.34 miles). However, there are areas, such as in the center of the continent where the ice can reach up to 4.7 kilometers (2.9 miles) thick.

Wine spoils when exposed to light. This is why wine bottles are frequently tinted to protect the wine’s quality. Ideally, despite the dark-colored bottles, they should be stored in a cool, dark place such as a cellar.

Red diamonds are the rarest and most expensive diamonds in the world. They are also known as Fancy Reds and come in a range of colours ranging from orange-red to brownish red.