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Today's Milestones (November 2)

Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today

58 Milestones Observed
Burt Lancaster — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Burt Lancaster
Academy Award-Winning American Actor, Independent Film Producer & Cultural Pioneer • United States
David Schwimmer — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
David Schwimmer
Emmy-Nominated Actor, Director & Producer, Iconic for Friends & Band of Brothers • United States
James K. Polk — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
James K. Polk
11th President of the United States, Statesman & Manifest Destiny Architect • United States
Warren G. Harding — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Warren G. Harding
29th President of the United States, Newspaper Publisher & Senator • United States
Eva Cassidy — Memorial Tribute
🥀 Memorial
Eva Cassidy
Beloved American Vocalist, Acoustic Guitarist & Song Interpreter • United States
James Thurber — Memorial Tribute
🥀 Memorial
James Thurber
Author, Cartoonist & Humorist • United States
Hal Roach — Memorial Tribute
🥀 Memorial
Hal Roach
Film & Television Producer • United States
George Bernard Shaw — Memorial Tribute
🥀 Memorial
George Bernard Shaw
Nobel Laureate in Literature, Academy Award-Winning Playwright, Critic & Polemicist • Ireland

All Personalities (991 listed)

Showing 801–816 of 991
Ruth Gordon — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon Jones

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Playwright & Screenwriter

United States Cinema & Screenwriting
Oct 30, 1896 — Living
Ruth Handler — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Ruth Handler
Ruth Marianna Handler

Business Icon, Co-Founder of Mattel & Creator of the Worldwide Phenomenon Barbie Doll

United States Business
Nov 4, 1916 — Apr 27, 2002
Ryan Adams — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams

Prolific American Singer-Songwriter & Alt-Country Pioneer (Whiskeytown, Gold)

United States Music
Nov 5, 1974 — Living
Ryan Reynolds — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Rodney Reynolds

Hollywood Megastar, Producer, Entrepreneur & Golden Globe Nominee ("Deadpool")

Canada / USA Cinema
Oct 23, 1976 — Living
Sachin Dev Burman (S. D. Burman) — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sachin Dev Burman (S. D. Burman)
শচীন দেব বর্মণ

Immortal Indian/Bengali Music Director, Composer & Playback Singer

India Music & Film Scores
Oct 1, 1906 — Living
Sachin Tendulkar — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sachin Tendulkar

Cricket Legend & "God of Cricket"

India Sports
Apr 24, 1973 — Living
Sadashiv Amrapurkar — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
सदाशिव अमरापूरकर

Celebrated National Award & Filmfare-Winning Actor (Ardh Satya, Sadak) & Social Activist

India Cinema & Theatre
Jan 16, 1950 — Nov 3, 2014
Sailesh Dey — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sailesh Dey
শৈলেশ দে

Bengali Playwright, Novelist & Theatre Director

India Literature & Theatre
Oct 30, 1918 — Living
Saint Malachy — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Saint Malachy
Máel Máedóc Ua Morgair

Archbishop of Armagh & Reformer

Ireland Religion & Medieval History
Jan 1, 1094 — Nov 2, 1148
Sam Raimi — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sam Raimi
Samuel Marshall Raimi

Visionary Film Director & Producer (Original Spider-Man Trilogy, The Evil Dead)

USA Cinema
Oct 23, 1959 — Living
Sam Rockwell — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sam Rockwell
Sam Rockwell

Academy Award-winning Character Actor & Screen Icon

United States Arts
Nov 5, 1968 — Living
Sam Shepard — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sam Shepard
Samuel Shepard Rogers III

Pulitzer Prize-winning Playwright, Oscar-nominated Actor & Theater Icon

United States Literature
Nov 5, 1943 — Jul 27, 2017
Samora Machel — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Samora Machel
Samora Moisés Machel

Founding Father & First President of Independent Mozambique, Anti-Colonial Revolutionary & Pan-African Hero

Mozambique Leadership
Sep 29, 1933 — Oct 19, 1986
Samuel Scheidt — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Samuel Scheidt
Samuel Scheidt

Pioneering German Early Baroque Composer, Organist & Author of Tabulatura Nova (1624)

Germany Baroque Classical Music
Nov 3, 1587 — Mar 24, 1654
Samuel Taylor Coleridge — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

English Romantic Poet, Literary Critic, Philosopher & Co-Author of "Lyrical Ballads"

United Kingdom Literature
Oct 21, 1772 — Jul 25, 1834
Sandipan Chattopadhyay — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
সন্দীপন চট্টোপাধ্যায়

Renowned Avant-Garde Bengali Novelist, Hungry Generation Movement Pioneer & Sahitya Akademi Award Winner

India Literature
Oct 25, 1933 — Dec 12, 2005