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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

Celia Cruz

Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso

Cuban-American Salsa Legend, "The Queen of Salsa" & Presidential Medal of the Arts Laureate

Cuba Music

Oct 21, 1925 — Jul 16, 2003

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Memorial Anniversary

César Isella

Julio César Isella

Argentine Folk Singer-Songwriter, Leader of Los Fronterizos, Composer of "Canción con todos" & UNESCO Artist

Argentina Music

Oct 20, 1938 — Jan 28, 2021

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Memorial Anniversary

César Luis Menotti

World Cup-Winning Argentine Football Manager ("El Flaco") & Tactical Ideologue

Argentina Sports

Oct 22, 1938 — May 5, 2024

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Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage FRS

English Mathematician, Mechanical Engineer & "Father of the Computer"

United Kingdom Science

Dec 26, 1791 — Oct 18, 1871

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Charles Gounod

Charles-François Gounod

Master French Romantic Opera Composer, Renowned for Faust, Roméo et Juliette, and the Immortal Méditation (Ave Maria)

France Music

Jun 17, 1818 — Oct 18, 1893

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Birthday

Charlie Chaplin

Comic Actor, Filmmaker & Composer (The Tramp)

United Kingdom Arts

Apr 16, 1889 — Dec 25, 1977

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Birthday

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

1995 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, German Developmental Biologist & Geneticist

Germany Science

Oct 20, 1942 — Living

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Birthday

Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Allen Lloyd

Three-Time Emmy-Winning Actor, Cinema Icon ("Doc Brown" in Back to the Future)

United States Cinema

Oct 22, 1938 — Living

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Birthday

Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson Berry

Singer, Songwriter, Guitar Virtuoso & "Father of Rock and Roll"

United States Music

Oct 18, 1926 — Mar 18, 2017

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Birthday

Chuck Lorre

Charles Michael Levine

\"King of Sitcoms\", Acclaimed Television Writer, Producer & Creator of The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, and Young Sheldon

United States Cinema

Oct 18, 1952 — Living

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Memorial Anniversary

Clinton Davisson

Clinton Joseph Davisson

American Physicist, Nobel Laureate in Physics (1937) for the Discovery of Electron Diffraction

United States Science

Oct 22, 1881 — Feb 1, 1958

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Memorial Anniversary

Colin Powell

Colin Luther Powell

Four-Star General, 65th U.S. Secretary of State & First African American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

United States Leadership

Apr 5, 1937 — Oct 18, 2021

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Birthday

Cristiano Ronaldo

Professional Footballer & Global Sports Icon

Portugal Sports

Feb 5, 1985 — Living

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Memorial Anniversary

Curly Howard

Jerome Lester Horwitz

Legendary Vaudeville & Slapstick Comedian, The Iconic Breakout Star of "The Three Stooges"

United States Cinema

Oct 22, 1903 — Jan 18, 1952

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Birthday

Damien Martyn

Damien Richard Martyn

Australian Cricket Legend, Two-Time ICC Cricket World Cup Champion & Classical Stroke-Maker

Australia Sports

Oct 21, 1971 — Living

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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

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