From History: Today's Famous Birthdays
coolguy123 (53) in history • 11 hours ago
Hi Steemians,
This is an effort to provide some information on Five selected famous personalities born on this day.
Courtesy of this information goes to onthisday.com, famousbirthdays.com and wikipedia.org and image courtesy, google.com.
- Imran Khan
Imran Khan is a former Pakistan Test and ODI cricket player and captain, politician and philanthropist who was captain of Pakistan Cricket team which won 1992 Cricket World Cup.
He was an all-rounder and one of the 8 recognized all-rounders.
He was inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2010.
He served as Chancellor of Bradford university from 2005 to 2014.
He raised funds for establishing a cancer hospital in Lahore in memory of his mother.
After retiring from cricket, he actively took part in Pakistan politics and founded Pakistan Movement of Justice in 1996.
His party has emerged as second in 2013 elections.
Imran Khan has also written book "Pakistan: A Personal History".
- Karl Benz
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Karl Benz was a German engine designer and automobile engineer who has a patent for his "Benz Patent Motorcar" from 1885 which is considered the first practical motorcar.
Karl Benz was a poor man during his college days and even after he started working on various part time jobs until he got the patent and started working on commercial vehicles using the same name Benz Patent Motorcar.
This also led to expansion of his team from 50 in 1889 to 430 in 1899.
Karl Benz was awarded an honorary Doctorate on the day of his 70th Birthday in 1914 by his Alma mater, the Karlsruhe University.
- John F. Kennedy Jr.
John F. Kennedy Jr. was the son of former US President John F. Kennedy and was an American Lawyer, journalist and magazine publisher.
He worked as New York City Assistant District Attorney and in 1995, he launched "George" magazine (monthly magazine centered on the theme of politics-as-lifestyle).
- Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet was a Chilean General, politician and dictator of Chile and was Commander in Chief till 1998.
He also worked as Chilean president from 1973 till 1981 during his dictatorship.
- Christina Applegate
Christina Applegate is an American actress and dancer who sarted her career as an adolescent actress in the sitcom "Married... with Children".
She won an Emmy Award and was nominated for Tony and Golden Globe nominations for her film and television career.
Her movies include The Big Hit, Prince Charming, The Sweetest Thing, Face of the Penguins, Vacation and Bad Moms to name a few.
She, being a vegetarian, appeared in an anti-fur advertisement for PETA in 2007.
She was diagnosed for Breast Cancer in 2008 and subsequently got it cured and in 2009, she founded "Right Action for Women", a charitable foundation dedicated to breast cancer screening for women.