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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 289–304 of 482
Mahmud of Ghazni — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Mahmud of Ghazni
محمود غزنوی

First Sultan of History, Ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire & Medieval Military Strategist

Afghanistan History
Nov 2, 0971 — Apr 30, 1030
Mahn Ba Khaing — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Mahn Ba Khaing
မန်းဘခိုင်

Burmese Karen Political Leader, Independence Hero, Pre-Independence Minister of Industry and Labor & National Martyr

Myanmar Politics
Oct 26, 1903 — Jul 19, 1947
Marco Simoncelli — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Marco Simoncelli
Marco Simoncelli

2008 250cc World Motorcycle Champion, MotoGP Icon & MotoGP Legend Hall of Famer ("Super Sic")

Italy Sports
Jan 20, 1987 — Oct 23, 2011
Marcus Junius Brutus — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Marcus Junius Brutus
Marcus Junius Brutus Caepio

Roman Politician, Stoic Philosopher, Defender of the Republic & Leading Assassin of Julius Caesar

Ancient Rome / Italy History
Jan 1, 0085 — Oct 23, 0042
Margaret Thatcher — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Margaret Thatcher

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom & Stateswoman

United Kingdom Politics
Oct 13, 1925 — Apr 8, 2013
Marie Antoinette — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Marie Antoinette
Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna

Queen of France and Navarre & Historical Monarch of the Ancien Régime

France History
Nov 2, 1755 — Oct 16, 1793
Marie Curie — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Marie Curie

Physicist, Chemist & Pioneer in Radioactivity

Poland / France Science
Nov 7, 1867 — Jul 4, 1934
Martin de Porres — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Martin de Porres
San Martín de Porres Velázquez

First Black Saint of the Americas, Dominican Lay Brother & Patron of Social Justice

Peru Religion & Social Justice
Dec 9, 1579 — Nov 3, 1639
Martin Luther King Jr. — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil Rights Leader, Baptist Minister & Nobel Laureate

United States Peace
Jan 15, 1929 — Apr 4, 1968
Matangini Hazra — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Matangini Hazra
মাতঙ্গিনী হাজরা

Iconic Bengali Revolutionary, Freedom Fighter & Martyr of the Quit India Movement ("Gandhi Buri")

India History
Oct 19, 1870 — Sep 29, 1942
Matilda of Flanders — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Matilda of Flanders
Mathilde de Flandre

Queen of England & Duchess of Normandy

England / Normandy Monarchy & Medieval History
Nov 2, 1031 — Nov 2, 1083
Max Linder — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Max Linder
Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle

Pioneer of Silent Screen Comedy, Film Director, Actor & Profound Influence on Charlie Chaplin

France Entertainment
Dec 16, 1883 — Nov 1, 1925
Max Stirner — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Max Stirner
Johann Schmidt

Radical German Philosopher, Seminal Thinker of Individualist Anarchism, Egoism & Nihilism

Germany Philosophy
Oct 25, 1806 — Jun 25, 1856
Mehmed V — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Mehmed V
Mehmed-i Hâmis (محمد خامس)

Ottoman Sultan & Caliph

Ottoman Empire / Turkey Monarchy & World History
Nov 2, 1844 — Jul 3, 1918
Michael Crichton — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Michael Crichton
John Michael Crichton

Bestselling Author, Physician, Screenwriter & Creator of Jurassic Park and ER

United States Author
Oct 23, 1942 — Nov 4, 2008
Miguel Ángel Asturias — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Miguel Ángel Asturias
Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales

1967 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Pioneer of Magical Realism & Social Justice Novelist

Guatemala Literature
Oct 19, 1899 — Jun 9, 1974