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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 (537 listed)

Showing 17–32 of 537
Alan Turing — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Alan Turing

Mathematician, Computer Scientist & Cryptanalyst

United Kingdom Science
Jun 23, 1912 — Jun 7, 1954
Albert Camus — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Albert Camus
Albert Camus

French-Algerian Philosopher, Novelist & Nobel Laureate in Literature

France Literature
Nov 7, 1913 — Jan 4, 1960
Albert Einstein — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Albert Einstein

Theoretical Physicist & Nobel Laureate

Germany / USA Science
Mar 14, 1879 — Apr 18, 1955
Albert Szent-Györgyi — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Szent-Györgyi Albert

Hungarian-American Biochemist, Nobel Laureate in Medicine (1937) & Discoverer of Vitamin C

Hungary / United States Science
Sep 16, 1893 — Oct 22, 1986
Albertina Sisulu — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Albertina Sisulu
Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu ("Ma Sisulu")

South African Anti-Apartheid Leader, Human Rights Champion & Revered "Mother of the Nation"

South Africa Politics
Oct 21, 1918 — Jun 2, 2011
Alberto Spencer — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Alberto Spencer
Alberto Pedro Spencer Herrera

All-Time Top Goalscorer in Copa Libertadores History (54 Goals) & Peñarol Legend

Ecuador / Uruguay Football & Athletics
Dec 6, 1937 — Nov 3, 2006
Alexander III of Russia — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Alexander III of Russia
Александр III Александрович

Emperor of Russia ("The Peacemaker"), King of Poland & Grand Duke of Finland

Russia Politics
Mar 10, 1845 — Nov 1, 1894
Alexis Hunter — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Alexis Hunter
Alexis Hunter

Pioneering Contemporary Feminist Artist, Photographer & Visual Educator

New Zealand Arts
Nov 4, 1948 — Feb 24, 2014
Alfonso II of Naples — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Alfonso II of Naples
Alfonso II di Napoli

King of Naples (1494–1495), Renaissance Military Commander & Architectural Patron

Italy Politics
Nov 4, 1448 — Dec 18, 1495
Alfred Nobel — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Bernhard Nobel

Swedish Chemist, Engineer, Inventor of Dynamite & Founder of the Nobel Prizes

Sweden Science
Oct 21, 1833 — Dec 10, 1896
Alfred Wegener — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Lothar Wegener

Meteorologist, Geophysicist & Originator of the Continental Drift Theory

Germany Science
Nov 1, 1880 — Nov 2, 1930
Alfredo Pián — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Alfredo Pián
Alfredo Pián

Argentine Formula One Driver, South American Motorsport Pioneer & Turismo Carretera Legend

Argentina Sports
Oct 21, 1912 — Jul 25, 1990
Alija Izetbegović — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Alija Izetbegović
Alija Izetbegović

First President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Statesman, Philosopher & Author

Bosnia and Herzegovina Politics
Aug 8, 1925 — Oct 19, 2003
Allama Iqbal — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Allama Iqbal
Sir Muhammad Iqbal (علامہ محمد اقبال)

Philosopher, Scholar, Barrister & National Poet of Pakistan ('Mufakkir-e-Pakistan')

Pakistan Literature
Nov 9, 1877 — Apr 21, 1938
Alois Senefelder — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Alois Senefelder
Aloys Johann Nepomuk Franz Senefelder

German-Austrian Playwright, Actor & Inventor of Lithography Printing

Germany Science
Nov 6, 1771 — Feb 26, 1834
Alphonse de Lamartine — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Alphonse de Lamartine
Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine

French Romantic Poet, Statesman, Head of the Provisional Government (1848) & Abolitionist

France Literature
Oct 21, 1790 — Feb 28, 1869