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Today's Milestones (November 5)

Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today

55 Milestones Observed
Art Garfunkel — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Art Garfunkel
Eight-Time Grammy-winning Singer, Poet & Half of Simon & Garfunkel • United States
Sam Rockwell — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Sam Rockwell
Academy Award-winning Character Actor & Screen Icon • United States
Eugene V. Debs — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Eugene V. Debs
Pioneering Trade Unionist, Socialist Leader & Five-Time U.S. Presidential Candidate • United States
Ida Tarbell — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Ida Tarbell
Pioneering Investigative Journalist, Muckraker & Author of The History of the Standard Oil Company • United States
Christiaan Eijkman — Memorial Tribute
🥀 Memorial
Christiaan Eijkman
Dutch Physician, Pathologist & Nobel Laureate (Discoverer of Vitamins) • Netherlands

All Personalities (537 listed)

Showing 529–537 of 537
William Styron — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
William Styron
William Clark Styron Jr.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist & Essayist, Author of Sophie’s Choice and Darkness Visible

United States Literature
Jun 11, 1925 — Nov 1, 2006
Wim Kok — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Wim Kok
Willem Kok

Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1994–2002), Trade Union Leader & Master Architect of the "Polder Model"

Netherlands Politics
Sep 29, 1938 — Oct 20, 2018
Winston Churchill — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom & Statesman

United Kingdom Politics
Nov 30, 1874 — Jan 24, 1965
Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar
یعقوب لیث صفاری

Historic Persian Founder of the Saffarid Dynasty, National Hero & Champion of New Persian Language Revival

Iran History
Oct 25, 0840 — Jun 5, 0879
Yash Chopra — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Yash Chopra
यश चोपड़ा (Yash Raj Chopra)

Doyen of Indian Cinema, Founder of Yash Raj Films & Celebrated "King of Romance"

India Cinema
Sep 27, 1932 — Oct 21, 2012
Ye Jianying — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Ye Jianying
叶剑英

Marshal of the People’s Republic of China, Head of State & Key Architect of the Reform Era

China Politics
Apr 28, 1897 — Oct 22, 1986
Yokozuna — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Yokozuna
Rodney Agatupu Anoaʻi

WWE Hall of Fame Legend, Two-Time WWF World Heavyweight Champion & 1993 Royal Rumble Winner

USA Sports
Oct 2, 1966 — Oct 23, 2000
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان

Founding Father & 1st President of the United Arab Emirates ("Father of the Nation")

United Arab Emirates Politics
May 6, 1918 — Nov 2, 2004
Zhu Xi — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Zhu Xi
朱熹 (Zhu Yuanhui / Huian)

Supreme Song Dynasty Neo-Confucian Philosopher Whose Synthesis of Confucianism Shaped East Asian Thought for 700 Years

China Philosophy
Oct 18, 1130 — Apr 23, 1200