48th birthday of Ian Bishop (October 24, 1967) - a former West Indian cricketer who represented his team between 1989 and 1998. He reached 100 test wickets in only 21 Test matches. A powerful fast bowler with a talent for outswing, severe back injuries cut him down in 1991.

2nd death anniversary of Manna Dey - Prabodh Chandra Dey, known by his stage name Manna Dey, was an Indian playback singer. He debuted in the film Tamanna in 1942, and went on to record more than 4000 songs from 1942 to 2013.

94th birth anniversary of R. K. Laxman (October 24, 1921, Mysore - January 26, 2015, Pune) - Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Laxman was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. He was best known for his creation The Common Man and for his daily cartoon strip, "You Said It" in The Times of India, which started in 1951.

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58th death anniversary of Christian Dior (21 January, 1905 - Granville, Manche, France --- 23 October, 1957 - Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, Italy) -a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior, but now owned by Groupe Arnault.

75th birthday of Pelé (October 23, 1940 - Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil) - Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who is widely regarded to be the greatest player of all time.

41st birthday of Aravind Adiga (October 23, 1974, Chennai) - an Indian-Australian writer and journalist. His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize.