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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 129–144 of 537
Danielle Darrieux — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux

Legendary French Cinema & Stage Actress, 8-Decade Film Pioneer & Honorary César Winner

France Cinema
May 1, 1917 — Oct 17, 2017
Dante Quinterno — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Dante Quinterno
Dante Raúl Quinterno

Argentine Comic Strip Creator, Animator, Creator of "Patoruzú" & Pioneer of Latin American Color Animation

Argentina Arts
Oct 26, 1909 — Jun 25, 2003
David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes
Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes

Scottish Judge, Historian, Advocate & Luminary of the Scottish Enlightenment

United Kingdom History & Leadership
Oct 28, 1726 — Nov 29, 1792
Dean Jagger — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Dean Jagger
Ira Dean Jagger

Academy Award-Winning American Film & Television Actor

United States Cinema
Nov 7, 1903 — Feb 5, 1991
Dhirendranath Datta — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Dhirendranath Datta
ধীরেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত

Statesman, Lawyer, Pioneer of the 1948 Bengali Language Movement & Martyr of 1971

Bangladesh Politics
Nov 2, 1886 — Apr 8, 1971
Dizzy Gillespie — Biography & Quotes
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
Domenico Scarlatti — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Domenico Scarlatti
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti

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

Italy Music
Oct 26, 1685 — Jul 23, 1757
Domitian — Biography & Quotes
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
Douglass North — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Douglass North
Douglass Cecil North

Nobel Memorial Prize-winning Economist (1993) & Pioneer of New Institutional Economics

United States Science
Nov 5, 1920 — Nov 23, 2015
Dragutin Tadijanović — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Dragutin Tadijanović
Dragutin Tadijanović

Doyen of Croatian Modernist Poetry, Literary Translator & Academician

Croatia Literature
Nov 4, 1905 — Jun 27, 2007
Dražen Petrović — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Dražen Petrović
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
Duns Scotus — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Duns Scotus
Blessed John Duns Scotus OFM (Doctor Subtilis)

Scottish Franciscan Friar, High Scholastic Philosopher & Theologian

United Kingdom Philosophy
Mar 1, 1266 — Nov 8, 1308
Dwight D. Eisenhower — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

United States Leadership
1890 — 1969
Dylan Thomas — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Marlais Thomas

World-Renowned Welsh Poet, Playwright, BBC Broadcaster & Author of "Do not go gentle into that good night"

United Kingdom Literature
Oct 27, 1914 — Nov 9, 1953
Eddie Daniels — Biography & Quotes
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
Edith Head — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Edith Head
Edith Claire Posener

Legendary Costume Designer & 8-Time Academy Award Winner

United States Cinema & Arts
Oct 28, 1897 — Oct 24, 1981