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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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🎂 Birthday

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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Birthday

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde

Irish Poet, Playwright, Wit & Author of The Picture of Dorian Gray

Ireland Literature

Oct 16, 1854 — Nov 30, 1900

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Memorial Anniversary

Oscar Yanes

Oscar Armando Yanes González

Celebrated Venezuelan Journalist, Chronicler, Author & Pioneer of Television Journalism

Venezuela Literature

Apr 25, 1927 — Oct 21, 2013

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Memorial Anniversary

Pablo Casals

Pau Casals i Defilló

Legendary Master Cellist, Conductor, Composer & Universal Humanitarian

Spain / Puerto Rico Music

Dec 29, 1876 — Oct 22, 1973

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Birthday

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Ruiz Picasso

Towering Spanish Visual Artist, Sculptor, Printmaker, Co-Founder of Cubism & 20th-Century Cultural Giant

Spain Arts

Oct 25, 1881 — Apr 8, 1973

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Birthday

Pat Conroy

Donald Patrick Conroy

Eminent American Southern Novelist, Bestselling Author of "The Prince of Tides" & "The Great Santini"

United States Literature

Oct 26, 1945 — Mar 4, 2016

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Paul Allen

Paul Gardner Allen

Co-Founder of Microsoft, Tech Visionary, Investor & Philanthropist

United States Technology

Jan 21, 1953 — Oct 15, 2018

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Memorial Anniversary

Paul Cézanne

French Post-Impressionist Master Painter ("The Father of Modern Art")

France Arts

Jan 19, 1839 — Oct 22, 1906

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Memorial Anniversary

Paul Dirac

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

1933 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Theoretical Physicist, Predictor of Antimatter & Creator of the Dirac Equation

United Kingdom Science

Aug 8, 1902 — Oct 20, 1984

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Memorial Anniversary

Pelé

Edson Arantes do Nascimento

The King of Football ("O Rei"), Three-Time FIFA World Cup Champion & Global Sports Icon

Brazil Sports

Oct 23, 1940 — Dec 29, 2022

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Birthday

Peter Boyle

Emmy Award-Winning American Character Actor (*Young Frankenstein*, *Taxi Driver*, *Everybody Loves Raymond*)

United States Cinema

Oct 18, 1935 — Dec 12, 2006

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Memorial Anniversary

Peter Tosh

Winston Hubert McIntosh

Reggae Pioneer, Co-Founder of The Wailers, Grammy Award Winner & Rastafari Human Rights Icon

Jamaica Music

Oct 19, 1944 — Sep 11, 1987

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Memorial Anniversary

Pierre Larousse

Pierre Athanase Larousse

Visionary French Lexicographer, Encyclopedist & Founder of Éditions Larousse

France Literature

Oct 23, 1817 — Jan 3, 1875

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Birthday

Pierre Trudeau

Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau

15th Prime Minister of Canada, Architect of Canadian Official Bilingualism & Father of the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Canada Leadership

Oct 18, 1919 — Sep 28, 2000

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Birthday

Pope John Paul I

Albino Luciani ("The Smiling Pope")

263rd Pope of the Catholic Church & Sovereign of Vatican City

Italy Leadership

Oct 17, 1912 — Sep 28, 1978

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Memorial Anniversary

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

শ্রী প্রভাত রঞ্জন সরকার (Shrii Shrii Anandamurti)

Philosopher, Social Reformer, Founder of Ananda Marga, Author of PROUT & Composer of Prabhat Samgiita

India Philosophy

May 21, 1921 — Oct 21, 1990

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Birthday

Primo Carnera

Italian World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ("The Ambling Alp") & International Sporting Icon

Italy Sports

Oct 26, 1906 — Jun 29, 1967

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