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Today's Milestones (October 26)

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55 Milestones Observed

🎂 Birthday

Hillary Clinton

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

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Mahalia Jackson

"The Queen of Gospel", International Musical Icon, Civil Rights Pioneer & Grammy Lifetime Achievement Laureate • United States

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Seth MacFarlane

Creator of "Family Guy", "American Dad!", "Ted" & "The Orville", Five-Time Emmy Award Winner & Singer • United States

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Napoleon Hill

Pioneering American Self-Help Author, Philosopher of Personal Success & Author of "Think and Grow Rich" • United States

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Jerry Orbach

Jerome Bernard Orbach

Emmy-Nominated American Actor, Broadway Musical Legend & Beloved Star of "Law & Order" (Detective Lennie Briscoe)

United States Cinema

Oct 20, 1935 — Dec 28, 2004

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Jibanananda Das

জীবনানন্দ দাশ

Foremost Modern Bengali Poet, Author of "Banalata Sen" & "Rupasi Bangla"

Bangladesh / India Literature

Feb 17, 1899 — Oct 22, 1954

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Joan Fontaine

Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland

Academy Award-Winning British-American Screen Legend (Hitchcock’s "Suspicion" & "Rebecca")

United Kingdom / United States Cinema

Oct 22, 1917 — Dec 15, 2013

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Birthday

Johann Strauss II

Johann Baptist Strauss

Legendary Austrian Classical Composer, "The Waltz King", Operetta Master & Vienna Philharmonic Icon

Austria Music

Oct 25, 1825 — Jun 3, 1899

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John Boyd Dunlop

Inventor of the Modern Pneumatic Rubber Tyre & Founder of Dunlop Rubber Company

United Kingdom Innovation

Feb 5, 1840 — Oct 23, 1921

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John Dewey

Pioneering American Philosopher of Pragmatism, Educational Reformer & Author of "Democracy and Education"

United States Philosophy

Oct 20, 1859 — Jun 1, 1952

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John le Carré

David John Moore Cornwell

British Espionage Novelist, Creator of George Smiley & Former MI5/MI6 Intelligence Officer

United Kingdom Literature

Oct 19, 1931 — Dec 12, 2020

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John Tonkin

John Trezise Tonkin AC

20th Premier of Western Australia (1971–1974), 44-Year Parliamentarian & Champion of Universal Water Desalination

Australia Politics

Feb 2, 1902 — Oct 20, 1995

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Birthday

John Tuzo Wilson

World-Renowned Canadian Geophysicist, Pioneer of Plate Tectonics & Transform Faults

Canada Science

Oct 24, 1908 — Apr 15, 1993

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Johnny Carson

John William Carson

"The King of Late Night", 30-Year Host of The Tonight Show & Television Icon

USA Media

Oct 23, 1925 — Jan 23, 2005

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Birthday

Jonas Salk

Jonas Edward Salk

Virologist & Medical Researcher

United States Science & Medicine

Oct 28, 1914 — Jun 23, 1995

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (Dean of St. Patrick's)

Anglo-Irish Literary Satirist, Essayist, Poet & Author of Gulliver's Travels

Ireland Literature

Nov 30, 1667 — Oct 19, 1745

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Birthday

Jorge Batlle

Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez

38th President of Uruguay, Prominent Latin American Statesman, Lawyer & Democratic Reformer

Uruguay Politics

Oct 25, 1927 — Oct 24, 2016

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José Batlle y Ordóñez

José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez

Two-Time President of Uruguay (1903–1907, 1911–1915), Architect of Latin America's First Welfare State & Secular Democracy

Uruguay Politics

May 21, 1856 — Oct 20, 1929

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Junko Tabei

田部井淳子 (Tabei Junko)

Pioneering Japanese Mountaineer, First Woman to Summit Mount Everest (1975) & Conquer the Seven Summits

Japan Sports

Sep 22, 1939 — Oct 20, 2016

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Birthday

K. R. Narayanan

കെ. ആർ. നാരായണൻ

Tenth President of India, Diplomat, Scholar & First Dalit Head of State

India Politics

Oct 27, 1920 — Nov 9, 2005

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