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Today's Milestones (November 6)

Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today

24 Milestones Observed
Emma Stone — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Emma Stone
Two-Time Academy Award-Winning American Actress & Producer • United States
Ethan Hawke — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Ethan Hawke
Four-Time Academy Award-Nominated American Actor, Screenwriter & Novelist • United States
John Philip Sousa — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
John Philip Sousa
American Composer, Conductor & "The March King" • United States
Charles Dow — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Charles Dow
American Financial Journalist, Co-Founder of Dow Jones & Company & Creator of the Dow Jones Industrial Average • United States
Russian Romantic Composer & Creator of Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and 1812 Overture • Russia
King of Sweden, "Lion of the North" & Pioneer of Modern Combined-Arms Warfare • Sweden
Heinrich Schütz — Memorial Tribute
🥀 Memorial
Heinrich Schütz
German Early Baroque Composer & Organist • Germany

All Personalities (1084 listed)

Showing 705–720 of 1084
Matthias Jabs — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Matthias Jabs
Matthias Jabs

Legendary German Hard Rock Lead Guitarist, Songwriter & Virtuoso Pillar of Scorpions

Germany Music
Oct 25, 1955 — Living
Max Linder — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Max Linder
Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle

Pioneer of Silent Screen Comedy, Film Director, Actor & Profound Influence on Charlie Chaplin

France Entertainment
Dec 16, 1883 — Nov 1, 1925
Max Stirner — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Max Stirner
Johann Schmidt

Radical German Philosopher, Seminal Thinker of Individualist Anarchism, Egoism & Nihilism

Germany Philosophy
Oct 25, 1806 — Jun 25, 1856
May Calamawy — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
May Calamawy
مي قلماوي

Actress & Filmmaker

Egypt / Palestine Arts & Entertainment
Oct 28, 1986 — Living
Meghna Malik — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Meghna Malik
मेघना मलिक

Actress & Theatre Artist

India Arts & Entertainment
Oct 28, 1971 — Living
Mehmed V — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Mehmed V
Mehmed-i Hâmis (محمد خامس)

Ottoman Sultan & Caliph

Ottoman Empire / Turkey Monarchy & World History
Nov 2, 1844 — Jul 3, 1918
Melba Moore — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Melba Moore

Tony-Winning Singer, Actress & Broadway Pioneer

United States Music & Theatre
Oct 29, 1945 — Living
Michael Collins — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Michael Collins

NASA Astronaut, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot & Air Force General

United States Science, Aviation & Space
Oct 31, 1930 — Living
Michael Crichton — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Michael Crichton
John Michael Crichton

Bestselling Author, Physician, Screenwriter & Creator of Jurassic Park and ER

United States Author
Oct 23, 1942 — Nov 4, 2008
Michael S. Dukakis — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Michael S. Dukakis
Michael Stanley Dukakis

Longest-Serving Governor of Massachusetts (12 Years) & 1988 US Democratic Presidential Nominee

United States Politics & Governance
Nov 3, 1933 — Living
Michael Wacha — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Michael Wacha
Michael Joseph Wacha

Major League Baseball Pitcher, All-Star & NLCS MVP

United States Sports & Athletics
Jul 1, 1991 — Living
Midori Gotō — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Midori Gotō
五嶋 みどり

World-Renowned Japanese Virtuoso Concert Violinist, Avery Fisher Prize Laureate & UN Messenger of Peace

Japan Music
Oct 25, 1971 — Living
Miguel Ángel Asturias — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Miguel Ángel Asturias
Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales

1967 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Pioneer of Magical Realism & Social Justice Novelist

Guatemala Literature
Oct 19, 1899 — Jun 9, 1974
Mike Ditka — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Mike Ditka
Michael Keller Ditka (\"Iron Mike\")

Pro Football Hall of Fame Tight End & Legendary Super Bowl XX Championship Head Coach of the Chicago Bears

United States Sports
Oct 18, 1939 — Living
Mikhail Artsybashev — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Mikhail Artsybashev
Михаил Петрович Арцыбашев

Naturalist Russian Novelist, Dramatist & Author of Sanin

Russia Literature
Nov 5, 1878 — Mar 3, 1927
Mikhail Tal — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Mikhail Tal
Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal (Михаил Нехемьевич Таль)

8th World Chess Champion & Grandmaster ('The Magician from Riga')

Latvia Sports
Nov 9, 1936 — Jun 28, 1992