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Today's Milestones (October 25)

Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today

52 Milestones Observed

🎂 Birthday

Katy Perry

Global Pop Music Superstar, 5-Time Billboard Hot 100 Diamond Single Artist & Super Bowl Icon • United States

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🎂 Birthday

Ciara

Grammy Award-Winning American R&B and Hip-Hop Superstar, Master Dancer, Model & Entrepreneur • United States

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🎂 Birthday

Richard E. Byrd

Pioneering American Naval Officer, Aviator, Polar Explorer & Medal of Honor Recipient Who Flew Over the South Pole • United States

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Bob Knight

Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, 3-Time NCAA National Champion, Olympic Gold Medal Coach & Motion Offense Architect • United States

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🥀 Memorial

Khan Jahan Ali

15th-Century Sufi Saint, Regional Ruler of Khalifatabad & Master Builder of the Sixty Dome Mosque (UNESCO World Heritage) • Bangladesh

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🥀 Memorial

Geoffrey Chaucer

"The Father of English Literature", Legendary Poet, Diplomat, Bureaucrat & Author of The Canterbury Tales • United Kingdom

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Memorial Anniversary

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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Memorial Anniversary

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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Memorial Anniversary

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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Memorial Anniversary

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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Kader Khan

कादर ख़ान / قادر خان

Legendary Bollywood Screenwriter, Dialogue Maestro & Prolific Actor (300+ Films)

India Cinema

Oct 22, 1937 — Dec 31, 2018

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Birthday

Kazi Nazrul Islam

National Poet of Bangladesh & Revolutionary

Bangladesh Literature

May 25, 1899 — Aug 29, 1976

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Memorial Anniversary

Khan Jahan Ali

হযরত খান জাহান আলী (রহ.) / خان جہান علی

15th-Century Sufi Saint, Regional Ruler of Khalifatabad & Master Builder of the Sixty Dome Mosque (UNESCO World Heritage)

Bangladesh History

Jan 1, 1369 — Oct 25, 1459

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King Chulalongkorn

จุฬาลงกรณ์ / พระบาทสมเด็จพระจุลจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว

King Rama V the Great of Siam, Visionary Modernizer & Savior of Thai Sovereignty

Thailand Leadership

Sep 20, 1853 — Oct 23, 1910

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