50th birthday of Aravinda de Silva (October 17, 1965) - a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who is considered by some as one of the finest batsmen produced by the country in his era.

45th birthday of Anil Kumble (October 17, 1970) - a former international cricketer and former captain of the Indian cricket team. A right-arm leg spin (leg break googly) bowler, he took 619 wickets in Test cricket and remains the third-highest wicket taker—only behind Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne—as of 2015.

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40th birthday of Jacques Kallis (October 16, 1975 ) - a former South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium swing bowler, Kallis is regarded as one of the greatest players of the game and all-rounders.

67th birthday of Hema Malini (October 16, 1948 ) - an Indian actress, director, producer, dancer and politician. Malini made her acting debut in Sapno Ka Saudagar, and went on to feature in numerous Bollywood films, primarily as the lead actress.

161st birth anniversary of Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900) - an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s.

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97th death anniversary of Sai Baba of Shirdi (September 28, 1835 - October 15, 1918) - also known as Shirdi Sai Baba, was an Indian spiritual master who was and is regarded by his devotees as a saint, fakir, and satguru, according to their individual proclivities and beliefs.

84th birth anniversary of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (October 15, 1931 - July 27, 2015) - Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen "A. P. J." Abdul Kalam was the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. A career scientist turned reluctant politician, Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, and studied physics and aerospace engineering.

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34th birthday of Gautam Gambhir (October 14, 1981) - an Indian international cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who plays domestic cricket for Delhi, and captains Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.

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67th birth anniversary of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997) - a Pakistani musician, primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis.

104th birth anniversary of Ashok Kumar (13 October 1911 - 10 December 2001) - born Kumudlal Ganguly and also fondly called Dadamoni, was an Indian film actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema.

28th death anniversary of Kishore Kumar (August 4, 1929 - October 13, 1987) - an Indian film playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the most successful playback singers of the Hindi film industry.

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113rd birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan - popularly referred to as JP or Lok Nayak (Hindi for The People's Hero), was an Indian independence activist, social reformer and political leader, remembered especially for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, for whose overthrow he called a "total revolution".

73rd birthday of Amitabh Bachchan - an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s for movies like Deewar and Zanjeer, and was dubbed India's first "angry young man" for his on-screen roles in Bollywood.

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