Born on this day in 1979, Chris Pratt is an American actor and comedian, known for starring in both television and action films.

Did you know that:

• Cyrus McCormick of Virginia patented the reaper for the cultivation of grain on this day in 1834
• Willem Hendrik Keesom, a Dutch physicist who was the first person to freeze helium gas into a solid, was born on this day in 1876
• Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer-songwriter born on this day in 1985

// Compiled by Zoya Siddiqui