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Today's Milestones (October 28)

Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today

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🎂 Birthday

Joaquin Phoenix

Academy Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Humanitarian Activist • United States

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Frank Ocean

Grammy Award-Winning Singer, Songwriter & Cultural Icon • United States

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Edith Head

Legendary Costume Designer & 8-Time Academy Award Winner • United States

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Charlie Daniels

Country & Southern Rock Musician, Fiddler, Songwriter & Hall of Fame Legend • United States

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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

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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

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Birthday

Liang Shuming

梁漱溟

Philosopher, Educator, Rural Reformer & Neo-Confucian Thinker

China Philosophy & Social Reform

Oct 30, 1893 — Living

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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

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Birthday

Lindsey Vonn

Lindsey Caroline Kildow

Olympic Gold Medalist, 4-Time World Cup Overall Champion & Historic Pioneer of Women's Alpine Ski Racing

United States Sports

Oct 18, 1984 — Living

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Birthday

Lionel Messi

Professional Footballer & World Cup Champion

Argentina Sports

Jun 24, 1987 — Living

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Lionel Murphy

Lionel Keith Murphy QC

22nd Attorney-General of Australia, High Court Justice, Creator of the Family Court & Legal Aid Pioneer

Australia Politics

Aug 30, 1922 — Oct 21, 1986

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Birthday

Lonzo Ball

Lonzo Anderson Ball

NBA Point Guard, 2nd Overall Draft Pick, NBA All-Rookie Team & Chicago Bulls Playmaker

United States Sports

Oct 27, 1997 — Living

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Lord Palmerston

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

Two-Time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855–1858, 1859–1865) & Dominant Architect of Victorian Foreign Policy

United Kingdom Politics

Oct 20, 1784 — Oct 18, 1865

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Birthday

Lotfia Elnadi

لطفية النادي

Aviation Pioneer & First Arab Female Pilot

Egypt Aviation & Women's History

Oct 29, 1907 — Living

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Birthday

Lou Williams

Louis Tyrone Williams

NBA Legend, 3-Time NBA Sixth Man of the Year & All-Time Leading Bench Scorer in NBA History

United States Sports

Oct 27, 1986 — Living

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Louis Althusser

Louis Pierre Althusser

Influential French-Algerian Marxist Philosopher, Structuralist Theorist & Academic

Algeria / France Philosophy

Oct 16, 1918 — Oct 22, 1990

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Birthday

Luciano Berio

Visionary Italian Avant-Garde Composer, Pioneer of Electroacoustic Music & Musical Modernist

Italy Music

Oct 24, 1925 — May 27, 2003

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Birthday

Lucy Bronze

Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze

World-Class English Footballer, UEFA Women's Player of the Year & Euro 2022 Champion

United Kingdom Sports & Athletics

Oct 28, 1991 — Living

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Lucy Stone

Pioneering American Abolitionist, Suffragist, Orator & Co-Founder of the American Woman Suffrage Association

United States Leadership

Aug 13, 1818 — Oct 18, 1893

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Birthday

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

35th and 39th President of Brazil, Historic Trade Union Leader & Global Statesman

Brazil Politics

Oct 27, 1945 — Living

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