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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 305–320 of 537
King John of England — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
King John of England
John, King of England (John Lackland)

King of England (1199–1216) Who Granted the Magna Carta (1215), Bedrock of Modern Constitutional Liberty & Human Rights

United Kingdom History
Dec 24, 1166 — Oct 19, 1216
King Mongkut (Rama IV) — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
King Mongkut (Rama IV)
พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรเมนทรมหามงกุฎ พระจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว

Visionary King of Siam (Thailand) Who Modernized Science, Astronomy & Western Diplomacy to Preserve Siamese Sovereignty

Thailand Leadership
Oct 18, 1804 — Oct 18, 1868
Kingsley Amis — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Kingsley Amis
Sir Kingsley William Amis CBE

Booker Prize-Winning English Novelist, Poet, Satirist & Critic (Author of "Lucky Jim")

United Kingdom Literature
Apr 16, 1922 — Oct 22, 1995
Kiran Sankar Roy — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Kiran Sankar Roy
কিরণশঙ্কর রায়

Revered Indian Freedom Fighter, Barrister, Leader of Bengal Provincial Congress & Home Minister of West Bengal

India Politics
Oct 25, 1891 — Feb 20, 1949
Kishore Kumar — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Kishore Kumar

Legendary Playback Singer, Actor, Composer & Director

India Arts
Aug 4, 1929 — Oct 13, 1987
Konrad Lorenz — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Konrad Lorenz
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz

Austrian Zoologist, Ethologist & Nobel Laureate in Physiology/Medicine

Austria Science
Nov 7, 1903 — Feb 27, 1989
Kyōka Izumi — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Kyōka Izumi
泉 鏡花

Celebrated Japanese Novelist, Short-Story Writer & Master of Surrealism

Japan Literature
Nov 4, 1873 — Sep 7, 1939
L. S. Lowry — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
L. S. Lowry
Laurence Stephen Lowry

Renowned English Artist, Famous for Industrial Mill Scenes & "Matchstick Men"

United Kingdom Arts
Nov 1, 1887 — Feb 23, 1976
Lakshmi Sahgal — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Lakshmi Sahgal
লক্ষ্মী সেহগল / लक्ष्मी सहगल

Legendary Revolutionary, Commander of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment (INA) & Pioneer Physician

India Politics
Oct 24, 1914 — Jul 23, 2012
Leland Hayward — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Leland Hayward
Leland Hayward

Legendary American Theatrical Producer & Hollywood Talent Agent

United States Cinema
Nov 6, 1902 — Mar 18, 1971
Leo Tolstoy — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Leo Tolstoy

Novelist, Essayist & Moral Philosopher

Russia Literature
Sep 9, 1828 — Nov 20, 1910
Leon Trotsky — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Leon Trotsky
Lev Davidovich Bronstein

Marxist Revolutionary, Political Theorist & Founder of the Red Army

Ukraine History
Nov 7, 1879 — Aug 21, 1940
Leonardo da Vinci — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Leonardo da Vinci

High Renaissance Polymath, Painter & Engineer

Italy Arts
Apr 15, 1452 — May 2, 1519
Lev Yashin — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Lev Yashin
Лев Иванович Яшин

Legendary Soviet Football Goalkeeper ("The Black Spider"), Only Goalkeeper in History to Win the Ballon d’Or

Soviet Union / Russia Sports
Oct 22, 1929 — Mar 20, 1990
Levi Eshkol — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Levi Eshkol
לוי אשכול

3rd Prime Minister of Israel, Statesman, National Water Carrier Architect & Defense Modernizer

Israel Politics
Oct 25, 1895 — Feb 26, 1969
Liaquat Ali Khan — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Liaquat Ali Khan
نوابزادہ لیاقت علی خان

First Prime Minister of Pakistan, Freedom Fighter & "Quaid-e-Millat"

Pakistan Leadership
Oct 1, 1895 — Oct 16, 1951