Sonam Kapoor (born 9 June 1985) is an Indian film star and one of the highest-paid Bollywood actresses. The daughter of actor Anil Kapoor, she studied theatre and arts at the United World College of South East Asia in Singapore. She became an assistant director to Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the film Black (2005), and made her acting debut in the romantic drama Saawariya (2007). She had her first commercial success three years later in the romantic comedy I Hate Luv Storys (2010), followed by a string of commercial failures. The financially successful Raanjhanaa (2013) marked a turning point in her career, earning her several Best Actress nominations. She played a princess in the melodrama Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015)—one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films—and garnered critical acclaim for portraying the titular role in the biographical thriller Neerja (2016), one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films featuring a female protagonist. She is outspoken in support of breast cancer awareness, LGBT rights, and other causes. She has been nominated for four Filmfare Awards.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

411 BC:

Wealthy Athenians overthrew the democratic government of ancient Athens and replaced it with a short-lived oligarchy known as "The Four Hundred". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_coup_of_411_BC

1856:

Mormon pioneers began leaving Iowa City, Iowa, and headed west for Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_handcart_pioneers

1923:

Bulgarian armed forces overthrew the government of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union headed by Aleksandar Stamboliyski and replaced it with one under Aleksandar Tsankov. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_of_1923

1946:

After King Ananda Mahidol was assassinated, Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning current monarch, ascended to the throne of Thailand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhumibol_Adulyadej

1973:

Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, achieving the first American Triple Crown victory in a quarter-century, and lowering the track and world record times for 1½ mile distance races to 2:24. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_(horse)

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

eggcorn: (linguistics) An idiosyncratic but semantically motivated substitution of a word or phrase for a word or words that sound identical, or nearly so, at least in the dialect the speaker uses. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eggcorn

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

They say that spring Means just one thing To little lovebirds. We're not above birds, Let's misbehave.   --Cole Porter https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cole_Porter