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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 (482 listed)

Showing 129–144 of 482
Edward Said — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Edward Said
إدوارد وديع سعيد

Postcolonial Literary Theorist, Cultural Critic & Author of Orientalism

Palestine Literature
Nov 1, 1935 — Sep 24, 2003
Edward V — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Edward V
Edward V of England

King of England

England Monarchy & British History
Nov 2, 1470 — Sep 1, 1483
Elsa Lanchester — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Elsa Lanchester
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester

Two-Time Academy Award-Nominated Actress (The Bride of Frankenstein & Mary Poppins)

United Kingdom Cinema & Arts
Oct 28, 1902 — Dec 26, 1986
Elvin Jones — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones

Legendary Post-Bop Jazz Drummer (Classic John Coltrane Quartet & A Love Supreme)

United States Music
Nov 5, 1927 — May 18, 2004
Émile Bayard — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Émile Bayard
Émile-Antoine Bayard

Artist, Illustrator & Painter

France Visual Arts & Illustration
Nov 2, 1837 — Dec 6, 1891
Emily Post — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Emily Post
Emily Post

World-Renowned Author, Cultural Columnist & America's Foremost Authority on Etiquette

United States Literature
Oct 27, 1872 — Sep 25, 1960
Emperor Meiji — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Emperor Meiji
明治天皇

122nd Emperor of Japan & Monarch of the Meiji Restoration

Japan Monarchy & World History
Nov 3, 1852 — Jul 30, 1912
Erasmus of Rotterdam — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Erasmus of Rotterdam
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

Giant of Northern Renaissance Humanism, Philosopher, Theologian, Satirist & Classical Scholar

Netherlands Philosophy
Oct 27, 1466 — Jul 12, 1536
Ernest Rutherford — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Ernest Rutherford

Nuclear Physicist, Chemist & Nobel Laureate

New Zealand Science & Innovation
Aug 30, 1871 — Oct 19, 1937
Étienne de La Boétie — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Étienne de La Boétie
Étienne de La Boétie

Renaissance Political Philosopher, Judge & Author of Discourse on Voluntary Servitude

France Literature
Nov 1, 1530 — Aug 18, 1563
Etta Moten Barnett — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Etta Moten Barnett
Etta Moten Barnett

Pioneering African-American Contralto Singer, Actress & Cultural Ambassador

United States Music
Nov 5, 1901 — Jan 2, 2004
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich

Brazilian Zoologist, Biodiversity Academic & World Authority on Neotropical Land Planarians

Brazil Science
Oct 21, 1928 — Sep 26, 2015
Eugene V. Debs — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene Victor Debs

Pioneering Trade Unionist, Socialist Leader & Five-Time U.S. Presidential Candidate

United States Politics
Nov 5, 1855 — Oct 20, 1926
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
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