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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 305–320 of 1084
Emilia Clarke — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Emilia Clarke
Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke

Four-Time Primetime Emmy-Nominated Screen Icon ("Daenerys Targaryen" in Game of Thrones) & MBE

United Kingdom Cinema
Oct 23, 1986 — Living
Emily Post — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Emily Post
Emily Post

World-Renowned Author, Cultural Columnist & America's Foremost Authority on Etiquette

United States Literature
Oct 27, 1872 — Sep 25, 1960
Eminem — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (Slim Shady)

15-Time Grammy & Academy Award-Winning Hip-Hop Legend & Songwriter

United States Music
Oct 17, 1972 — Living
Emma Stone — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Emma Stone
Emily Jean Stone

Two-Time Academy Award-Winning American Actress & Producer

United States Cinema
Nov 6, 1988 — Living
Emperor Meiji — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Emperor Meiji
明治天皇

122nd Emperor of Japan & Monarch of the Meiji Restoration

Japan Monarchy & World History
Nov 3, 1852 — Jul 30, 1912
Erasmus of Rotterdam — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Erasmus of Rotterdam
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

Giant of Northern Renaissance Humanism, Philosopher, Theologian, Satirist & Classical Scholar

Netherlands Philosophy
Oct 27, 1466 — Jul 12, 1536
Eric Dane — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Eric Dane
Eric William Dane

American Actor (Dr. Mark Sloan in 'Grey's Anatomy' & Cal Jacobs in 'Euphoria')

United States Cinema
Nov 9, 1972 — Living
Ernest Rutherford — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Ernest Rutherford

Nuclear Physicist, Chemist & Nobel Laureate

New Zealand Science & Innovation
Aug 30, 1871 — Oct 19, 1937
Eros Ramazzotti — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Walter Luciano Ramazzotti

Italian Pop-Rock Superstar & Multi-Platinum International Vocalist

Italy Music & Arts
Oct 28, 1963 — Living
Esha Deol — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Esha Deol
ईशा देओल

Actress & Classical Dancer

India Cinema & Arts
Nov 2, 1981 — Living
Ethan Hawke — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Ethan Hawke
Ethan Green Hawke

Four-Time Academy Award-Nominated American Actor, Screenwriter & Novelist

United States Cinema
Nov 6, 1970 — Living
Ethel Waters — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Ethel Waters

Legendary Jazz, Blues Vocalist & Oscar-Nominated Actress

United States Music & Performing Arts
Oct 31, 1896 — Living
Étienne de La Boétie — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Étienne de La Boétie
Étienne de La Boétie

Renaissance Political Philosopher, Judge & Author of Discourse on Voluntary Servitude

France Literature
Nov 1, 1530 — Aug 18, 1563
Etta Moten Barnett — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Etta Moten Barnett
Etta Moten Barnett

Pioneering African-American Contralto Singer, Actress & Cultural Ambassador

United States Music
Nov 5, 1901 — Jan 2, 2004
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich

Brazilian Zoologist, Biodiversity Academic & World Authority on Neotropical Land Planarians

Brazil Science
Oct 21, 1928 — Sep 26, 2015
Eugene V. Debs — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene Victor Debs

Pioneering Trade Unionist, Socialist Leader & Five-Time U.S. Presidential Candidate

United States Politics
Nov 5, 1855 — Oct 20, 1926