From History: Today's Famous Birthdays - 05/Oct/2018
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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 source is mentioned under "Source" just below each image.
1. Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet is an English actress who became famous with her role as Rose in movie Titanic.
She is She made her acting debut by acting in British television series Dark Season in 1991 and her first movie appearance was in Heavenly Creatures in 1994.
She has been part of some of the blockbuster movies like Sense and Sensibility, Quills, Iris, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Reader, Finding Neverland and of course Titanic.
She is known for her charity works through her charity foundation Golden Hat Foundation.
She has been honoured by British government by making her the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2012.
She has been a recipient of a Academy Award for Best Actress, 3 BAFTA Awards, 4 Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, 5 Empire Awards and 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
She has a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2. Robert H. Goddard
Robert H. Goddard was an American engineer, physicist, inventor, professor and was the first to create a liquid fueled rocket in 1923.
He is remembered as the man who ushered in the space age and is known as one of the founding fathers of modern rocketry.
He along with his team were able to launch as any as 34 rockets in about 15 years of time between 1926-1941.
He had as many as 214 patents to his name including the multi stage rocket and liquid fuel rocket.
NASA's space flight center near Washington D.C is named after him in his honour.
3. René Cassin
René Cassin was a French jurist, professor and judge who was founder of Union Fédérale, a veterans organization as he was a soldier during world war I.
He is remembered for drafting human rights universal declaration which is accepted by United Nations General Assembly and he won a Nobel Peace Prize for the same in 1968.
He was also the founder of French Institute of Administrative Sciences.
For his contribution in drafting human rights declaration, he was also honoured with United Nation's Human Rights Prizes.
4. Imran Khan
Imran Khan is a former Pakistani cricketer who captained Pakistan in test and ODI formats and is current Prime Minister of Pakistan.
He is the chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf and is known for his philanthropic works.
He is one of the best all rounder the test cricket has seen and his 362 wickets and over 3800 test runs makes him one of the greatest all rounders.
He has been inducted into ICC Hall of Fame in 2010.
5. Inessa Kravets
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Inessa Kravets is a Ukrainian triple jump and long jump athlete and was one of the most prominent triple jumpers of her time.
She won a gold medal in 1996 Atlanta Olympics in Triple Jump category and won a silver medal in 1992 Barcelona Olympics in Long Jump category.
She is also a winner of 2 gold medals in world championships and she still holds the record for Women's Triple Jump.
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Thanks to you, I have known so much new information about famous people. I wish you a great day @coolguy123)
Oh, you are welcome @kristinaljfom, I am happy that you gained some info from this blog.
You too have a wonderful day :)
Dear sir good morning.
My best birthday wishes to all and specially my crush Kate as a rose of Titanic.
God bless you dear sir.
Thank you @oodeyaa, I am sure Kate Winslet is a crush for many, oh, she is so beautiful and she is an awesome actress.
Yes, dear sir, she is very beautiful.
Thank you for telling about the great people who were born today.
Thank you @cranium, happy that you liked the information :).
Good day :)
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