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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 289–304 of 991
Eva Cassidy — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Eva Cassidy
Eva Marie Cassidy

Beloved American Vocalist, Acoustic Guitarist & Song Interpreter

United States Music
Feb 2, 1963 — Nov 2, 1996
Eva Kaili — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Eva Kaili
Εύα Καϊλή

Greek Politician, Former Vice President of the European Parliament & Television News Anchor

Greece Politics
Oct 26, 1978 — Living
Evan Fournier — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Evan Fournier

Basketball Player & Two-Time Olympic Medalist

France Sports & Athletics
Oct 29, 1992 — Living
Evander Holyfield — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield ("The Real Deal")

Four-Time World Heavyweight Champion & Undisputed Cruiserweight Champion

United States Sports
Oct 19, 1962 — Living
Evangelista Torricelli — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Evangelista Torricelli

Italian Physicist, Mathematician & Inventor of the Barometer

Italy Science
Oct 15, 1608 — Oct 25, 1647
Évariste Galois — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Évariste Galois
Évariste Galois

Groundbreaking French Mathematical Prodigy, Father of Galois Theory & Abstract Group Theory Pioneer

France Science
Oct 25, 1811 — May 31, 1832
Evelyn Waugh — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Evelyn Waugh
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh

English Satirist, Novelist, Travel Writer & Literary Master

United Kingdom Literature & Journalism
Oct 28, 1903 — Apr 10, 1966
Ezra Pound — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound

Visionary Modernist Poet, Literary Critic, Leader of Imagism & Author of The Cantos

United States Literature
Oct 30, 1885 — Nov 1, 1972
F. Murray Abraham — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
F. Murray Abraham
Fahrid Murray Abraham

Academy Award-Winning American Actor, Classical Stage Thespian & Screen Legend

United States Cinema
Oct 24, 1939 — Living
Fakir Lalon Shah — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Fakir Lalon Shah
ফকির লালন শাহ্ (লালন সাঁইজি)

Spiritual Baul Saint, Mystic Philosopher, Lyricist & Humanist

Bangladesh Philosophy
Oct 14, 1774 — Oct 17, 1890
Famke Janssen — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Famke Janssen
Famke Beumer Janssen

Dutch Actress, Director & Hollywood Star (Jean Grey in X-Men, GoldenEye)

Netherlands Arts
Nov 5, 1964 — Living
Farooq Leghari — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Farooq Leghari
سردار فاروق احمد خان لغاری

8th President of Pakistan (1993–1997), Foreign Minister & Veteran Parliamentarian

Pakistan Politics
May 2, 1940 — Oct 20, 2010
Federico Fellini — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Federico Fellini

Visionary Film Director & Screenwriter (Four-Time Academy Award Winner)

Italy Cinema & Arts
Jan 20, 1920 — Living
Federico Luppi — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Federico Luppi
Federico José Luppi

Legendary Argentine-Spanish Actor, Six-Time Silver Condor Winner & Star of "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Cronos"

Argentina Cinema
Feb 23, 1936 — Oct 20, 2017
Felisberto Hernández — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Felisberto Hernández
Felisberto Hernández

Virtuoso Uruguayan Pianist, Pioneer of Fantastic Fiction & Precursor to Latin American Magical Realism

Uruguay Literature
Oct 20, 1902 — Jan 13, 1964
Felix Bloch — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Felix Bloch
Felix Bloch

Nobel Laureate in Physics (1952), Co-Inventor of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) & 1st CERN Director

Switzerland / USA Science
Oct 23, 1905 — Sep 10, 1983