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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 177–192 of 537
Francis Borgia — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Francis Borgia
San Francisco de Borja y Aragón

4th Duke of Gandía, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus & Saint

Spain History & Leadership
Oct 28, 1510 — Sep 30, 1572
Francisco Gento — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Francisco Gento
Francisco "Paco" Gento López

Spanish Football Legend, Honorary President of Real Madrid & Only 6-Time European Cup Winner in History

Spain Sports
Oct 21, 1933 — Jan 18, 2022
François Mitterrand — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
François Mitterrand
François Mitterrand

Longest-Serving President of France (1981–1995), Socialist Statesman & Co-Architect of the European Union

France Politics
Oct 26, 1916 — Jan 8, 1996
François Truffaut — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
François Truffaut
François Roland Truffaut

French Film Director, Screenwriter, Leader of the French New Wave & Auteur of "The 400 Blows"

France Cinema
Feb 6, 1932 — Oct 21, 1984
Franz Liszt — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Franz Liszt
Liszt Ferenc

Hungarian Composer, Virtuoso Pianist, Conductor & Pioneer of the Symphonic Poem

Hungary Music
Oct 22, 1811 — Jul 31, 1886
Fred Lawrence Whipple — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Fred Lawrence Whipple
Fred Lawrence Whipple

Renowned Harvard Astronomer, Inventor of the Whipple Shield & "Dirty Snowball" Comet Pioneer

United States Science
Nov 5, 1906 — Aug 30, 2004
Frédéric Chopin — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Frédéric Chopin
Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin

Polish Virtuoso Pianist, Romantic Composer & "Poet of the Piano"

Poland Music
Mar 1, 1810 — Oct 17, 1849
Frederick III — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Frederick III
Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl von Preußen

German Emperor & King of Prussia, Acclaimed Liberal Reformer & Commander of the Franco-Prussian War

Germany Leadership
Oct 18, 1831 — Jun 15, 1888
Friedrich Nietzsche — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

German Philosopher, Cultural Critic, Poet & Classical Philologist

Germany Philosophy
Oct 15, 1844 — Aug 25, 1900
Fritz Leiber — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Fritz Leiber
Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr.

American Fantasy, Science Fiction & Horror Author (Creator of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser)

United States Literature
Nov 7, 1910 — Sep 5, 1992
G. E. Moore — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
G. E. Moore
George Edward Moore

Pioneering British Analytical Philosopher, Author of Principia Ethica & Cambridge Professor

United Kingdom Philosophy
Nov 4, 1873 — Oct 24, 1958
Gabriel Fauré — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Gabriel Fauré
Gabriel Urbain Fauré

Master French Composer, Organist, Pianist & Director of the Conservatoire de Paris

France Music
May 12, 1845 — Nov 4, 1924
Gail Borden Jr. — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Gail Borden Jr.
Gail Borden Jr.

American Inventor, Surveyor & Food Processing Pioneer (Condensed Milk & Borden Dairy)

United States Science
Nov 9, 1801 — Jan 11, 1874
Galileo Galilei — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Galileo Galilei

Astronomer, Physicist & Engineer

Italy Science
Feb 15, 1564 — Jan 8, 1642
Galina Vishnevskaya — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Galina Vishnevskaya
Галина Павловна Вишневская

Legendary Russian Operatic Soprano, Bolshoi Theatre Prima Donna, People’s Artist of the USSR & Human Rights Advocate

Russia Music
Oct 25, 1926 — Dec 11, 2012
Garrincha — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Garrincha
Manuel Francisco dos Santos

Legendary Brazilian Footballer & Two-Time World Cup Champion

Brazil Sports & Athletics
Oct 28, 1933 — Jan 20, 1983