In context
- When
- Saturday, October 4 199729 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Rishabh Pant
Who they were
Rishabh Rajendra Pant is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian national team as a wicket-keeper batter. He plays for the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League and Delhi in domestic cricket.
Early life
Early life Pant was born on 4 October 1997 in Haridwar , Uttarakhand , India to Rajendra Pant and Saroj Pant, and hails from a Kumaoni family. He also has an elder sister, Sakshi Pant. At the age of 12, Pant would travel with his mother to Delhi during the weekends to train with Tarak Sinha at the Sonnet Cricket Academy. He and his mother stayed at a Gurdwara in Moti Bagh as they did not have suitable accommodation in the city. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Why this date
Rishabh Pant appears on our October 4 calendar for 1997 as a birth entry.
October 4 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1992El Al Flight 1862
- 1993Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
- 19931993 Russian constitutional crisis
- 1997October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery
- 1997Rishabh Pant
- 2001Siberia Airlines Flight 1812
- 2003Maxim restaurant suicide bombing
- 2004SpaceShipOne
- 2006WikiLeaks
- 2010Ajka alumina plant accident
- 2017United States Army Special Forces
Also in 1997
- May 11Deep Blue (chess computer)Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.
- September 11NASANASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
- September 11Kurkse tragedyKurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Ku…
- September 111997 Scottish devolution referendumAfter a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
- September 13German Air ForceA German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33.
- September 14Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast ExpressEighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
- September 18Ted TurnerUnited States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
- September 18Ottawa TreatyThe Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
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