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Today's Milestones (October 28)

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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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Birthday

Georges Bizet

Alexandre César Léopold Bizet

Immense French Romantic Composer, Virtuoso Pianist & Creator of the Masterpiece Opera Carmen

France Music

Oct 25, 1838 — Jun 3, 1875

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Birthday

Georges Danton

Georges Jacques Danton

Titan of the French Revolution, First President of the Committee of Public Safety & Master Orator of the Cordeliers Club

France History

Oct 26, 1759 — Apr 5, 1794

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Gerhard Ertl

Physicist, Physical Chemist & Nobel Laureate

Germany Science & Innovation

Oct 30, 1936 — Living

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Gideon Sundback

Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundback

Swedish-American Electrical Engineer & Inventor of the Modern Zipper (Hookless Fastener)

Sweden Science

Oct 27, 1880 — Jun 21, 1954

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Birthday

Gilbert Bécaud

François Gilbert Léopold Silly

Legendary French Singer, Chanson Composer, Pianist & "Monsieur 100,000 Volts"

France Music

Oct 24, 1927 — Dec 18, 2001

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Birthday

Gilbert H. Grosvenor

Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor

Editor & President of the National Geographic Society ("Father of Photojournalism")

United States History & Leadership

Oct 28, 1875 — Feb 4, 1966

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Birthday

Giuditta Pasta

Giuditta Angiola Maria Costanza Negri (Giuditta Pasta)

Legendary 19th-Century Italian Operatic Soprano / Mezzo-Soprano & Muse of Bellini and Donizetti

Italy Music

Oct 26, 1797 — Apr 1, 1865

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Birthday

Glenn Hoddle

Legendary English Footballer, Playmaker, Manager of the England National Team & Pundit

United Kingdom Sports

Oct 27, 1957 — Living

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Godfrey Chitalu

Godfrey Kangwa Chitalu

Greatest Zambian Footballer of All Time ("Ucar"), Scored a Record 107 Goals in a Single Year

Zambia Sports

Oct 22, 1946 — Apr 27, 1993

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Gough Whitlam

Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC

21st Prime Minister of Australia (1972–1975), Reformist Statesman & Architect of Modern Australia

Australia Politics

Jul 11, 1916 — Oct 21, 2014

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Birthday

Graça Machel

Graça Simbine Machel

Global Advocate for Women and Children, FRELIMO Freedom Fighter & First Lady of Two Nations

Mozambique / South Africa Humanitarian

Oct 23, 1945 — Living

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Birthday

Grace Slick

Rock Singer-Songwriter & Visual Artist

United States Music & Performing Arts

Oct 30, 1939 — Living

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Birthday

Guelfo Civinini

Poet, Journalist, Novelist & Opera Librettist

Italy Literature & Opera

Oct 30, 1873 — Living

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Memorial Anniversary

Guillermo Valencia

Guillermo Valencia Castillo ("El Maestro")

Colombian Modernismo Poet, Diplomat, Statesman & Author of "Ritos"

Colombia Literature

Oct 20, 1873 — Jul 8, 1943

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Gustav Kirchhoff

Gustav Robert Kirchhoff

Pioneer German Physicist & Formulator of Kirchhoff's Circuit Laws

Germany Science

Mar 12, 1824 — Oct 17, 1887

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Gustavo Gutiérrez

Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino OP

Peruvian Theologian, Dominican Priest & Founding Father of Liberation Theology

Peru Philosophy

Jun 8, 1928 — Oct 22, 2024

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