Born on this day in 1971, Mark Wahlberg is an American actor, producer, restaurateur, and former rapper. He became the protagonist in two films in the Transformers live-action film franchise, Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight.

Did you know that:

• Thomas Chippendale, an English furniture maker was born on this day in 1718
• Johan Gadolin, a Finnish chemist who discovered yttrium was on this day in 1760
• “If You Had Wings” opened at Walt Disney World on this day in 1972
• The safety cap for a medicine bottle was patented by Ronald Kay on this day in 1984

// Compiled by Zoya Siddiqui