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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 993–1008 of 1084
Thiệu Trị — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Thiệu Trị
紹治帝

3rd Emperor of the Nguyễn Dynasty of Vietnam, Scholar & Imperial Poet

Vietnam Politics
Jun 16, 1807 — Nov 4, 1847
Thomas Babington Macaulay — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay

British Historian, Whig Statesman, Essayist & Principal Author of the Indian Penal Code (IPC 1860)

United Kingdom History
Oct 25, 1800 — Dec 28, 1859
Thomas Edison — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison

Prolific American Inventor, Industrialist & Founder of Modern Industrial Research

United States Science
Feb 11, 1847 — Oct 18, 1931
Thomas Love Peacock — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Thomas Love Peacock

English Satirical Novelist, Poet & Official of the East India Company, Close Friend and Collaborator of Percy Bysshe Shelley

United Kingdom Literature
Oct 18, 1785 — Jan 23, 1866
Thomas Sankara — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Thomas Sankara
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara

President of Burkina Faso, Pan-African Revolutionary & Reformer

Burkina Faso Politics
Dec 21, 1949 — Oct 15, 1987
Thorleif Haug — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Thorleif Haug
Thorleif Haug

Legendary Norwegian Nordic Skier & Three-Time Gold Medalist at the Inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics

Norway Sports
Oct 26, 1894 — Dec 12, 1934
Tilda Swinton — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Tilda Swinton
Katherine Matilda Swinton

Academy Award-winning Actress & Avant-Garde Cinema Icon

United Kingdom Arts
Nov 5, 1960 — Living
Tim Cook — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Tim Cook
Timothy Donald Cook

Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc., Industrial Engineer & Philanthropist

United States Technology
Nov 1, 1960 — Living
Timothy Leary — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Timothy Leary
Timothy Francis Leary

American Clinical Psychologist, Harvard Researcher & 1960s Counterculture Icon

United States Philosophy
Oct 22, 1920 — May 31, 1996
Toke Makinwa — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Toke Makinwa
Toke Makinwa

Acclaimed Nigerian Broadcast Media Superstar, Television Host & Bestselling Author

Nigeria Broadcast Media & Entertainment
Nov 3, 1984 — Living
Tokugawa Yoshinobu — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
徳川 慶喜

Statesman & Last Shogun of Japan

Japan History & Leadership
Oct 28, 1837 — Nov 21, 1913
Tom Cavanagh — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Tom Cavanagh
Thomas Cavanagh

Canadian Actor, Director & Star of "The Flash" (Reverse-Flash / Dr. Harrison Wells) and "Ed"

Canada Cinema
Oct 26, 1963 — Living
Tom Fogerty — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Tom Fogerty
Thomas Richard Fogerty

American Rock Musician & Rhythm Guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)

United States Music
Nov 9, 1941 — Sep 6, 1990
Tom Meschery — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Tom Meschery
Tomislav Nikolayevich Mescheriakov (Томислав Николаевич Мещеряков)

First Foreign-Born NBA All-Star, Power Forward for Warriors & SuperSonics, Published Poet & Educator

United States Sports
Oct 26, 1938 — Living
Tom Petty — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Tom Petty
Thomas Earl Petty

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Musician, Singer-Songwriter & Frontman of The Heartbreakers and Traveling Wilburys

United States Music
Oct 20, 1950 — Oct 2, 2017
Toni Collette — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Toni Collette
Toni Collette Galafassi

Primetime Emmy & Golden Globe-Winning Actress, Producer & Singer

Australia Entertainment
Nov 1, 1972 — Living