13th June in history

Born on this day in 1981, Chris Evans is an American actor, best known for his role as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series of films.

Did you know that:

• Thomas Young, a British philologist and physician who established the wave theory of light, was born on this day in 1773
• James Clerk Maxwell, a Scottish physicist who discovered the electromagnetic field, was born on this day in 1831
• Peter Michael, an English electronic manufacturer and founder of Quantel, was born on this day in 1938
• A patent was granted to Marvin Camras for the magnetic tape recorder on this day in 1944
• Tim Allen is an American actor and comedian born on this day in 1953
• Kat Dennings is an American actress born on this day in 1986
• Aaron Taylor-Johnson is an English actor born on this day in 1990

// Compiled by Zoya Siddiqui