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Today's Milestones (November 5)

Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today

54 Milestones Observed
Art Garfunkel — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Art Garfunkel
Eight-Time Grammy-winning Singer, Poet & Half of Simon & Garfunkel • United States
Sam Rockwell — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Sam Rockwell
Academy Award-winning Character Actor & Screen Icon • United States
Eugene V. Debs — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Eugene V. Debs
Pioneering Trade Unionist, Socialist Leader & Five-Time U.S. Presidential Candidate • United States
Ida Tarbell — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Ida Tarbell
Pioneering Investigative Journalist, Muckraker & Author of The History of the Standard Oil Company • United States

All Personalities (991 listed)

Showing 385–400 of 991
Helmut Newton — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Helmut Newton
Helmut Neustädter

World-Renowned Fashion & Portrait Photographer

Germany Photography & Visual Arts
Oct 31, 1920 — Living
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke

Prussian Field Marshal, Chief of the Prussian and German Great General Staff & Modern Military Strategist

Germany Military
Oct 26, 1800 — Apr 24, 1891
Henri Bergson — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Henri Bergson
Henri-Louis Bergson

Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate, Leading French Philosopher & Metaphysician

France Philosophy
Oct 18, 1859 — Jan 4, 1941
Henri de Saint-Simon — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Henri de Saint-Simon
Claude-Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon

Visionary French Social Philosopher, Pioneer Sociologist & Founder of Saint-Simonianism

France Philosophy
Oct 17, 1760 — May 19, 1825
Henri Matisse — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Henri Matisse
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse

Master of Modern Art, Leader of Fauvism & Monumental Colorist of the 20th Century

France Visual Arts & Modernism
Dec 31, 1869 — Nov 3, 1954
Henrik Schück — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Henrik Schück
Johan Henrik Emil Schück

Literary Historian & Academician

Sweden Literature & Academia
Nov 2, 1855 — Oct 3, 1947
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
Heinrich III

Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany, Italy & Burgundy (Salian Dynasty)

Germany History & Leadership
Oct 28, 1017 — Oct 5, 1056
Henry Winkler — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Henry Winkler

Actor, Director, Producer & Children's Author

United States Television & Cinema
Oct 30, 1945 — Living
Herbert Hoover — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover

31st President of the United States (1929–1933), Mining Engineer & Humanitarian Relief Director

United States Politics
Aug 10, 1874 — Oct 20, 1964
Herman Van Rompuy — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Herman Van Rompuy

First Permanent President of the European Council & Belgian Prime Minister

Belgium Politics & European Leadership
Oct 31, 1947 — Living
Hermann Broch — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Hermann Broch
Hermann Broch

Modernist Novelist, Essayist, Philosopher & Author of The Sleepwalkers

Austria Literature
Nov 1, 1886 — May 30, 1951
Hillary Clinton — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton

67th US Secretary of State, US Senator from New York, First Lady of the United States & 2016 Presidential Nominee

United States Politics
Oct 26, 1947 — Living
Homi J. Bhabha — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Homi J. Bhabha
હોમી જહાંગીર ભાભા

Nuclear Physicist & Father of Indian Nuclear Programme

India Science & Innovation
Oct 30, 1909 — Living
Hongwu Emperor — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Hongwu Emperor
朱元璋 (Zhu Yuanzhang) / 明太祖 (Ming Taizu)

Founding Emperor of China's Ming Dynasty (1368–1398), Peasant Revolutionary & Reformer

China Politics
Oct 21, 1328 — Jun 24, 1398
Horatio Nelson — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Horatio Nelson
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte

British Naval Flag Officer, Victor of Trafalgar & Supreme Master of Naval Strategy

United Kingdom Politics
Sep 29, 1758 — Oct 21, 1805
Hridaynath Mangeshkar — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Hridaynath Mangeshkar
हृदयनाथ मंगेशकर

Acclaimed Indian Composer, Music Director, National Film Award Winner & Padma Shri Laureate

India Music
Oct 26, 1937 — Living