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Today's Milestones (October 21)

Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today

47 Milestones Observed

🎂 Birthday

Ursula K. Le Guin

Visionary American Author, Literary Pioneer of Speculative Fiction, Hugo & Nebula Laureate • United States

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🎂 Birthday

Dizzy Gillespie

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

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🎂 Birthday

Carrie Fisher

American Actress, Screenwriter, Best-Selling Author & Advocate ("Princess Leia" in Star Wars) • United States

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🎂 Birthday

Ronald McNair

American Physicist, Laser Pioneer, 5th-Degree Black Belt & Heroic NASA Challenger Astronaut • United States

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🥀 Memorial

Jack Kerouac

American Novelist, Poet, Cultural Icon & Preeminent Voice of the "Beat Generation" • United States

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🥀 Memorial

Ben Bradlee

Legendary Executive Editor of The Washington Post, Watergate Champion & Presidential Medal of Freedom Laureate • United States

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🥀 Memorial

Horatio Nelson

British Naval Flag Officer, Victor of Trafalgar & Supreme Master of Naval Strategy • United Kingdom

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Sir Bobby Charlton

English Football Legend, 1966 FIFA World Cup Winner, 1966 Ballon d'Or & Manchester United Icon • United Kingdom

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Memorial Anniversary

King John of England

John, King of England (John Lackland)

King of England (1199–1216) Who Granted the Magna Carta (1215), Bedrock of Modern Constitutional Liberty & Human Rights

United Kingdom History

Dec 24, 1166 — Oct 19, 1216

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Birthday

King Mongkut (Rama IV)

พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรเมนทรมหามงกุฎ พระจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว

Visionary King of Siam (Thailand) Who Modernized Science, Astronomy & Western Diplomacy to Preserve Siamese Sovereignty

Thailand Leadership

Oct 18, 1804 — Oct 18, 1868

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Memorial Anniversary

Kingsley Amis

Sir Kingsley William Amis CBE

Booker Prize-Winning English Novelist, Poet, Satirist & Critic (Author of "Lucky Jim")

United Kingdom Literature

Apr 16, 1922 — Oct 22, 1995

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Memorial Anniversary

Kishore Kumar

Legendary Playback Singer, Actor, Composer & Director

India Arts

Aug 4, 1929 — Oct 13, 1987

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Birthday

Kunal Kapoor

कुणाल कपूर

Versatile Indian Actor, Screenwriter & Co-Founder of Ketto Crowdfunding Platform (*Rang De Basanti*)

India Cinema

Oct 18, 1975 — Living

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Birthday

Laurie Daley

Laurie Daley OAM

Australian Rugby League Immortal, Captain of Canberra Raiders, New South Wales & Australian Kangaroos

Australia Sports

Oct 20, 1969 — Living

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Birthday

Lee Chong Wei

Datuk Lee Chong Wei (李宗伟)

Malaysian Badminton Immortal, Triple Olympic Silver Medalist & World Record 349-Week World No. 1

Malaysia Sports

Oct 21, 1982 — Living

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Birthday

Leo Tolstoy

Novelist, Essayist & Moral Philosopher

Russia Literature

Sep 9, 1828 — Nov 20, 1910

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Birthday

Leonardo da Vinci

High Renaissance Polymath, Painter & Engineer

Italy Arts

Apr 15, 1452 — May 2, 1519

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Memorial Anniversary

Lev Yashin

Лев Иванович Яшин

Legendary Soviet Football Goalkeeper ("The Black Spider"), Only Goalkeeper in History to Win the Ballon d’Or

Soviet Union / Russia Sports

Oct 22, 1929 — Mar 20, 1990

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Memorial Anniversary

Liaquat Ali Khan

نوابزادہ لیاقت علی خان

First Prime Minister of Pakistan, Freedom Fighter & "Quaid-e-Millat"

Pakistan Leadership

Oct 1, 1895 — Oct 16, 1951

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Birthday

Lindsey Vonn

Lindsey Caroline Kildow

Olympic Gold Medalist, 4-Time World Cup Overall Champion & Historic Pioneer of Women's Alpine Ski Racing

United States Sports

Oct 18, 1984 — Living

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Birthday

Lionel Messi

Professional Footballer & World Cup Champion

Argentina Sports

Jun 24, 1987 — Living

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Memorial Anniversary

Lionel Murphy

Lionel Keith Murphy QC

22nd Attorney-General of Australia, High Court Justice, Creator of the Family Court & Legal Aid Pioneer

Australia Politics

Aug 30, 1922 — Oct 21, 1986

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Memorial Anniversary

Lord Palmerston

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

Two-Time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855–1858, 1859–1865) & Dominant Architect of Victorian Foreign Policy

United Kingdom Politics

Oct 20, 1784 — Oct 18, 1865

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Memorial Anniversary

Louis Althusser

Louis Pierre Althusser

Influential French-Algerian Marxist Philosopher, Structuralist Theorist & Academic

Algeria / France Philosophy

Oct 16, 1918 — Oct 22, 1990

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