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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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Memorial Anniversary

Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie

American Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader & Founding Pioneer of Bebop and Afro-Cuban Jazz

United States Music

Oct 21, 1917 — Jan 6, 1993

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Birthday

Domenico Scarlatti

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti

Italian Baroque Composer, Keyboard Virtuoso & Master of 555 Harpsichord Sonatas

Italy Music

Oct 26, 1685 — Jul 23, 1757

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Birthday

Domitian

Titus Flavius Caesar Domitianus Augustus

Roman Emperor (81–96 AD), Final Ruler of the Flavian Dynasty & Empire-Wide Architectural Builder

Italy History

Oct 24, 0051 — Sep 18, 0096

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Memorial Anniversary

Dražen Petrović

Hall of Fame Basketball Legend, EuroLeague Champion & NBA All-NBA Guard ("The Mozart of Basketball")

Croatia Sports

Oct 22, 1964 — Jun 7, 1993

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Birthday

Dwight D. Eisenhower

34th President of the United States & Five-Star General

United States Leadership

1890 — 1969

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Birthday

Eddie Daniels

Edward Joseph Daniels

Heroic South African Anti-Apartheid Freedom Fighter, Robben Island Political Prisoner & Nelson Mandela’s Trusted Comrade

South Africa Activism

Oct 25, 1928 — Nov 30, 2017

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Memorial Anniversary

Edna St. Vincent Millay

First Woman to Win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Lyrical Poet & Playwright

United States Literature

Feb 22, 1892 — Oct 19, 1950

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Memorial Anniversary

Edogawa Ranpo

江戸川乱歩 (Hirai Tarō)

Father of Japanese Detective Fiction, Master of Psychological Mystery & Founder of MWJ

Japan Literature

Oct 21, 1894 — Jul 28, 1965

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Memorial Anniversary

Ernest Rutherford

Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson

"Father of Nuclear Physics", Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (1908) & Discoverer of the Atomic Nucleus & Proton

New Zealand Science

Aug 30, 1871 — Oct 19, 1937

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Memorial Anniversary

Eudóxia Maria Froehlich

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

Brazil Science

Oct 21, 1928 — Sep 26, 2015

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Memorial Anniversary

Evangelista Torricelli

Italian Physicist, Mathematician & Inventor of the Barometer

Italy Science

Oct 15, 1608 — Oct 25, 1647

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Birthday

Évariste Galois

Groundbreaking French Mathematical Prodigy, Father of Galois Theory & Abstract Group Theory Pioneer

France Science

Oct 25, 1811 — May 31, 1832

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Memorial Anniversary

Fakir Lalon Shah

ফকির লালন শাহ্ (লালন সাঁইজি)

Spiritual Baul Saint, Mystic Philosopher, Lyricist & Humanist

Bangladesh Philosophy

Oct 14, 1774 — Oct 17, 1890

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Memorial Anniversary

Farooq Leghari

سردار فاروق احمد خان لغاری

8th President of Pakistan (1993–1997), Foreign Minister & Veteran Parliamentarian

Pakistan Politics

May 2, 1940 — Oct 20, 2010

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Memorial Anniversary

Federico Luppi

Federico José Luppi

Legendary Argentine-Spanish Actor, Six-Time Silver Condor Winner & Star of "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Cronos"

Argentina Cinema

Feb 23, 1936 — Oct 20, 2017

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Memorial Anniversary

Felisberto Hernández

Virtuoso Uruguayan Pianist, Pioneer of Fantastic Fiction & Precursor to Latin American Magical Realism

Uruguay Literature

Oct 20, 1902 — Jan 13, 1964

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