Ann Cargill was a British opera singer. She went to India to meet her lover Captain John Haldane who was working in the English East India Company at Kolkata. But the then Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger sent her back to Britain in a ship - The Nancy. But it wrecked west of Isles of Scilly in 1784 killing her and her illegitimate child. The wreck of the ship was recently discovered
Tomoji Tanabe of Japan might have celebrated his 113th birthday last week. But his seniority in age does not count when Alec Ader of London (though 91) cheated death 14 times
Ever wished to know who the central Minister of Atomic Energy was? You would have probably known it and also other very valuable information for candidates attending competitive examinations (like who the CM of Meghalaya is) from India's national portal - Who's who.*
I thought I would paste it here, but it is too large and you will not find a way through. So, just provided the link.
* This will get updated as soon as a change occurs. Therefore there is no need to mistrust it.
Abhinav Bindra won India's first gold medal in Olympics in an individual item in the Beijing Olympics 2008. His medal was in the 10m air rifle shooting.
The first Indian born Indian to climb mount Everest was AS Cheema. He was a part of India's first succesful expedition to everest and climbed to the summit with Nawang Gombu(an Indian origin - relative of Hillary). AS Cheema was followed by other members of the expedition on the following days.