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Today's Milestones (November 2)

Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today

58 Milestones Observed
Burt Lancaster — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Burt Lancaster
Academy Award-Winning American Actor, Independent Film Producer & Cultural Pioneer • United States
David Schwimmer — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
David Schwimmer
Emmy-Nominated Actor, Director & Producer, Iconic for Friends & Band of Brothers • United States
James K. Polk — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
James K. Polk
11th President of the United States, Statesman & Manifest Destiny Architect • United States
Warren G. Harding — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Warren G. Harding
29th President of the United States, Newspaper Publisher & Senator • United States
Eva Cassidy — Memorial Tribute
🥀 Memorial
Eva Cassidy
Beloved American Vocalist, Acoustic Guitarist & Song Interpreter • United States
James Thurber — Memorial Tribute
🥀 Memorial
James Thurber
Author, Cartoonist & Humorist • United States
Hal Roach — Memorial Tribute
🥀 Memorial
Hal Roach
Film & Television Producer • United States
George Bernard Shaw — Memorial Tribute
🥀 Memorial
George Bernard Shaw
Nobel Laureate in Literature, Academy Award-Winning Playwright, Critic & Polemicist • Ireland

All Personalities (482 listed)

Showing 449–464 of 482
Tom Petty — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Tom Petty
Thomas Earl Petty

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Musician, Singer-Songwriter & Frontman of The Heartbreakers and Traveling Wilburys

United States Music
Oct 20, 1950 — Oct 2, 2017
Tripti Mitra — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Tripti Mitra
তৃপ্তি মিত্র

Doyen of Modern Indian Theatre, Leading Figure of IPTA and Bohurupee & Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellow

India Theatre
Oct 25, 1925 — May 24, 1989
Tycho Brahe — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Tycho Brahe
Tyge Ottesen Brahe

Renaissance Danish Astronomical Titan, Alchemist & Pioneer of Empirical Observational Science

Denmark Science
Dec 14, 1546 — Oct 24, 1601
Umberto Boccioni — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Umberto Boccioni
Umberto Boccioni

Italian Futurist Painter, Sculptor & Creator of "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space"

Italy Art
Oct 19, 1882 — Aug 17, 1916
Ursula K. Le Guin — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin

Visionary American Author, Literary Pioneer of Speculative Fiction, Hugo & Nebula Laureate

United States Literature
Oct 21, 1929 — Jan 22, 2018
Uwe Seeler — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Uwe Seeler
Uwe Seeler

Legendary German Striker, 4x FIFA World Cup Star & Honorary Citizen of Hamburg

Germany Sports
Nov 5, 1936 — Jul 21, 2022
Vaiben Louis Solomon — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Vaiben Louis Solomon
Vaiben Louis Solomon

21st Premier of South Australia, Founding Father of Australian Federation & Constitutional Drafter

Australia Politics
Sep 2, 1853 — Oct 20, 1908
Victor Trumper — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Victor Trumper
Victor Thomas Trumper

Legendary Test Cricketer

Australia Sports & Cricket
Nov 2, 1877 — Jun 28, 1915
Vincent van Gogh — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Vincent van Gogh

Post-Impressionist Painter

Netherlands Arts
Mar 30, 1853 — Jul 29, 1890
Vinicius de Moraes — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Vinicius de Moraes
Marcus Vinicius de Moraes ("O Poetinha")

Brazilian Lyricist, Poet, Diplomat & Co-Creator of Bossa Nova (The Girl from Ipanema)

Brazil Music
Oct 19, 1913 — Jul 9, 1980
Vivien Leigh — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Vivien Leigh
Vivian Mary Hartley

Two-Time Academy Award-winning Actress (Scarlett O'Hara & Blanche DuBois)

United Kingdom Arts
Nov 5, 1913 — Jul 8, 1967
W. G. Grace — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
W. G. Grace
William Gilbert Grace

"The Father of Modern Cricket", Victorian Sporting Icon & Medical Doctor

United Kingdom Sports
Jul 18, 1848 — Oct 23, 1915
Wacław Sierpiński — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Wacław Sierpiński
Wacław Franciszek Sierpiński

Renowned Polish Mathematician, Pioneer of Set Theory, Topology & Number Theory

Poland Science
Mar 14, 1882 — Oct 21, 1969
Walker Evans — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Walker Evans
Walker Evans

Preeminent American Documentary Photographer (FSA) & Co-Author of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

United States Visual Arts & Photography
Nov 3, 1903 — Apr 10, 1975
Walter Cronkite — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Walter Cronkite
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr.

Legendary CBS Evening News Anchor & "The Most Trusted Man in America"

United States Journalism
Nov 4, 1916 — Jul 17, 2009
Walter Gieseking — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Walter Gieseking
Walter Wilhelm Gieseking

Virtuoso Classical Pianist & Definitive Interpreter of Debussy and Ravel

France / Germany Music
Nov 5, 1895 — Oct 26, 1956