Milestones-2: October 25

1. PABLO PICASSO:
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October 25 is the birthday of Pablo Picasso, the Spanish painter and sculptor; a giant of a creative genius in the world of art. He was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain and passed away at the age of 91 on April 8, 1972 at Mougins, France.
To read a full article about Picasso from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso

2. GEOFFREY CHAUCER:
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Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet and author of The Canterbury Tales passed away on October 25, 1400 at the age of 56.
To read a full article about Chaucer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Chaucer

To read Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Other Poems in Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2383/pg2383.html

3. EVANGELISTA TORRICELLI:
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Torricelli, the Italian mathematician and physicist and inventor of mercurial barometer and Torricelli's Law, passed away on October 25, 1647 at the young age of 39.
To read more about him in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelista_Torricelli

Grateful thanks to Project Gutenberg and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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