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Today's Milestones (October 28)

Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today

54 Milestones Observed

🎂 Birthday

Joaquin Phoenix

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

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🎂 Birthday

Frank Ocean

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

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🎂 Birthday

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

Chrissy Amphlett

Christine Joy Amphlett

Iconic Australian Rock Frontwoman, Electrifying Singer-Songwriter of Divinyls & ARIA Hall of Fame Inductee

Australia Music

Oct 25, 1959 — Apr 21, 2013

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Memorial Anniversary

Christian Dior

Supreme French Haute Couture Fashion Designer & Founder of Global Luxury House Dior

France Fashion

Jan 21, 1905 — Oct 24, 1957

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Birthday

Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson Berry

Singer, Songwriter, Guitar Virtuoso & "Father of Rock and Roll"

United States Music

Oct 18, 1926 — Mar 18, 2017

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Clinton Davisson

Clinton Joseph Davisson

American Physicist, Nobel Laureate in Physics (1937) for the Discovery of Electron Diffraction

United States Science

Oct 22, 1881 — Feb 1, 1958

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Colin Powell

Colin Luther Powell

Four-Star General, 65th U.S. Secretary of State & First African American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

United States Leadership

Apr 5, 1937 — Oct 18, 2021

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Memorial Anniversary

Curly Howard

Jerome Lester Horwitz

Legendary Vaudeville & Slapstick Comedian, The Iconic Breakout Star of "The Three Stooges"

United States Cinema

Oct 22, 1903 — Jan 18, 1952

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Birthday

Dale Carnegie

Dale Breckenridge Carnegie

Pioneer of Modern Self-Improvement, Public Speaker & Author of How to Win Friends and Influence People

United States Literature

Nov 24, 1888 — Nov 1, 1955

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Daniel Webster

Towering American Orator, Constitutional Lawyer, US Senator & 14th/19th US Secretary of State

United States Politics

Jan 18, 1782 — Oct 24, 1852

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Danielle Darrieux

Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux

Legendary French Cinema & Stage Actress, 8-Decade Film Pioneer & Honorary César Winner

France Cinema

May 1, 1917 — Oct 17, 2017

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Birthday

Dante Quinterno

Dante Raúl Quinterno

Argentine Comic Strip Creator, Animator, Creator of "Patoruzú" & Pioneer of Latin American Color Animation

Argentina Arts

Oct 26, 1909 — Jun 25, 2003

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Birthday

David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes

Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes

Scottish Judge, Historian, Advocate & Luminary of the Scottish Enlightenment

United Kingdom History & Leadership

Oct 28, 1726 — Nov 29, 1792

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Memorial Anniversary

Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie

American Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader & Founding Pioneer of Bebop and Afro-Cuban Jazz

United States Music

Oct 21, 1917 — Jan 6, 1993

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Birthday

Domenico Scarlatti

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti

Italian Baroque Composer, Keyboard Virtuoso & Master of 555 Harpsichord Sonatas

Italy Music

Oct 26, 1685 — Jul 23, 1757

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Birthday

Domitian

Titus Flavius Caesar Domitianus Augustus

Roman Emperor (81–96 AD), Final Ruler of the Flavian Dynasty & Empire-Wide Architectural Builder

Italy History

Oct 24, 0051 — Sep 18, 0096

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Memorial Anniversary

Dražen Petrović

Hall of Fame Basketball Legend, EuroLeague Champion & NBA All-NBA Guard ("The Mozart of Basketball")

Croatia Sports

Oct 22, 1964 — Jun 7, 1993

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Birthday

Dwight D. Eisenhower

34th President of the United States & Five-Star General

United States Leadership

1890 — 1969

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