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Today's Milestones (November 6)

Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today

24 Milestones Observed
Emma Stone — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Emma Stone
Two-Time Academy Award-Winning American Actress & Producer • United States
Ethan Hawke — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Ethan Hawke
Four-Time Academy Award-Nominated American Actor, Screenwriter & Novelist • United States
John Philip Sousa — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
John Philip Sousa
American Composer, Conductor & "The March King" • United States
Charles Dow — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Charles Dow
American Financial Journalist, Co-Founder of Dow Jones & Company & Creator of the Dow Jones Industrial Average • United States
Russian Romantic Composer & Creator of Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and 1812 Overture • Russia
King of Sweden, "Lion of the North" & Pioneer of Modern Combined-Arms Warfare • Sweden
Heinrich Schütz — Memorial Tribute
🥀 Memorial
Heinrich Schütz
German Early Baroque Composer & Organist • Germany

All Personalities (1084 listed)

Showing 961–976 of 1084
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
சுப்பிரமணியன் சந்திரசேகர்

Nobel Laureate in Physics (1983), Mathematical Astrophysicist & Discoverer of the Chandrasekhar Limit

India Science
Oct 19, 1910 — Aug 21, 1995
Sudesh Lehri — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sudesh Lehri
सुदेश लहरी

Celebrated Indian Stand-Up Comedian, Actor & Star of "Comedy Circus" and "The Kapil Sharma Show"

India Cinema
Oct 27, 1968 — Living
Suleiman the Magnificent — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Suleiman the Magnificent
سليمان اول / Süleyman I

Tenth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, "The Lawgiver" (Kanuni) & Imperial Patron

Turkey History
Nov 6, 1494 — Sep 6, 1566
Süleyman Demirel — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Süleyman Demirel
Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel

9th President of Turkey, 7-Time Prime Minister & Titan of Modern Turkish Democracy

Turkey Politics
Nov 1, 1924 — Jun 17, 2015
Sultan Ibrahim I — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sultan Ibrahim I
ابراهيم اول

Ottoman Sultan (reigned 1640–1648) & Sovereign of the Sublime Porte

Turkey Politics
Nov 5, 1615 — Aug 18, 1648
Sun Yingsha — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sun Yingsha
孙颖莎

World No. 1 Table Tennis Champion, Multi-Olympic Gold Medalist & World Cup Champion

China Sports
Nov 4, 2000 — Living
Sunil Gangopadhyay — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Sunil Gangopadhyay
সুনীল গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়

Supreme Bengali Novelist, Poet, President of Sahitya Akademi & Creator of Kakababu

India Literature
Sep 7, 1934 — Oct 23, 2012
Sunil Mittal — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sunil Mittal
सुनील मित्तल

Global Telecom Pioneer, Founder & Chairman of Bharti Enterprises (Airtel) & Padma Bhushan

India Business
Oct 23, 1957 — Living
Sunny Deol — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sunny Deol
सनी देओल

Bollywood Action Superstar, Two-Time National Film Award Winner & Cultural Icon

India Cinema
Oct 19, 1956 — Living
Swapna Barman — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Swapna Barman
স্বপ্না বর্মন

Heptathlete & Asian Games Champion

India Sports & Athletics
Oct 29, 1996 — Living
Swapnil Joshi — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Swapnil Joshi
स्वप्नিল जोशी

Celebrated Indian Actor, Star of Marathi Cinema & Television Icon Renowned for Portraying Lord Krishna and Kush

India Cinema
Oct 18, 1977 — Living
Syed Nazrul Islam — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Syed Nazrul Islam
সৈয়দ নজরুল ইসলাম

Acting President of Bangladesh (1971) & National Leader Martyred in Jail Killing

Bangladesh Politics & Liberation
Aug 1, 1925 — Nov 3, 1975
Sylvia Plath — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath

Pulitzer Prize-Winning American Poet, Novelist & Pioneer of Confessional Poetry

United States Literature
Oct 27, 1932 — Feb 11, 1963
SZA — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
SZA
Solána Imani Rowe

American Singer-Songwriter & Multi-Grammy Award-Winning R&B Trailblazer

United States Music
Nov 8, 1989 — Living
Tabu — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Tabu
تبسم فاطمہ ہاشমি

National Film Award-Winning Actress, Padma Shri Recipient & Cinema Icon

India Entertainment
Nov 4, 1971 — Living
Tajuddin Ahmad — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Tajuddin Ahmad
তাজউদ্দীন আহমদ

1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh & Visionary Leader of the 1971 Liberation War

Bangladesh Politics & Liberation
Jul 23, 1925 — Nov 3, 1975