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November 12 1918

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Historical Events

Landesstreik (Switzerland, 1918)
science
event

Born on This Day

🇮🇳Amjad Khan
deceased
actor · 1940–1992
Days lived
18,886
🇺🇸Angie Savage
American pornographic actress · b. 1979
Days alive
1
🇺🇸Anne Hathaway
singer

Died on This Day

🇷🇺Aleksandr Serebrov
deceased
scientist · 1944–2013
Days lived
25,474
🇺🇸Bob French
deceased
American jazz drummer (1938–2012) · 1938–2012
Days lived
27,345

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

🇬🇧William Boyd Dawkins
deceased
Geologist · 1837–1929
Days lived
33,258
John D. Rockefeller
deceased
entrepreneur · 1839–1937
Days lived
35,749

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇦🇺Harriet
deceased
Galápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,139
🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
31,727

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
29,900
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
29,597

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
635,107
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
114,621

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Days alive

1

Annika Becker

🇩🇪Annika Becker

German pole vaulter · b. 1981

Days alive

1

Aya Hisakawa

🇯🇵Aya Hisakawa

singer · b. 1968

Days alive

1

Carlos Andica

🇨🇴Carlos Andica

Colombian weightlifter · b. 1983

Days alive

1

Carmen Fenk

🇨🇭Carmen Fenk

singer-songwriter · b. 1978

Days alive

1

Charles Manson

Charles Manson

Notable Trials · 1934–2017

Days lived

30,324

Damien Jurado

🇺🇸Damien Jurado

singer-songwriter · b. 1972

Days alive

1

Daniela Rechberger

🇦🇹Daniela Rechberger

athlete · b. 1980

Days alive

1

Emilie Bouwman

🇳🇱Emilie Bouwman

Dutch fashion designer · b. 1943

Days alive

1

Enorbel Márquez-Ramirez

🇩🇪Enorbel Márquez-Ramirez

film director · b. 1974

Days alive

1

Eric Martin

🇺🇸Eric Martin

lacrosse player · b. 1981

Days alive

1

Frank Tunney

🇨🇦Frank Tunney

Canadian wrestling promoter · 1912–1983

Days lived

25,747

Frits Clausen

🇩🇪Frits Clausen

Danish national socialist politician (1893-1947) · 1893–1947

Days lived

19,746

Grace Kelly

🇺🇸Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982) · 1929–1982

Days lived

19,300

Gudrun Kugler

🇦🇹Gudrun Kugler

Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the National Council, theologian (Roman Catholic), human rights activist and lawyer · b. 1976

Days alive

1

Haniza Mohamed Talha

🇹🇼Haniza Mohamed Talha

Malaysian politician · b. 1962

Days alive

1

Hans Deppe

🇩🇪Hans Deppe

actor · 1897–1969

Days lived

26,248

Hans Howaldt

🇩🇪Hans Howaldt

entrepreneur · 1888–1970

Days lived

29,883

Henry Büttner

🇩🇪Henry Büttner

German artist, caricaturist and illustrator · b. 1928

Days alive

1

Henry Jerome

🇺🇸Henry Jerome

American musician (1917–2011) · 1917–2011

Days lived

34,100

Jack Butler

🇺🇸Jack Butler

American football player (1927-2013) · 1927–2013

Days lived

31,228

Jacques Tourneur

🇫🇷Jacques Tourneur

French film director (1904–1977) · 1904–1977

Days lived

26,701

Jalal Talabani

Jalal Talabani

politician · 1933–2017

Days lived

30,642

Jo Stafford

🇺🇸Jo Stafford

American singer (1917–2008) · 1917–2008

Days lived

33,117

John Walker

🇬🇧John Walker

British artist (*1939) · b. 1939

Days alive

1

Josh Hokit

🇺🇸Josh Hokit

American football player · b. 1997

Days alive

1

Judith Holofernes

🇩🇪Judith Holofernes

musician · b. 1976

Days alive

1

Jules Koundé

Jules Koundé

association football player · b. 1998

Days alive

1

Kim Hunter

🇺🇸Kim Hunter

American actress (1922-2002) · 1922–2002

Days lived

29,159

Loriot

🇩🇪Loriot

actor · 1923–2011

Days lived

32,061

Luguelín Santos

🇩🇴Luguelín Santos

Dominican sprinter · b. 1992

Days alive

1

Lyudmila Gurchenko

🇷🇺Lyudmila Gurchenko

Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, singer, composer, director (1935—2011) · 1935–2011

Days lived

27,533

Maria Cruickshank

🇪🇸Maria Cruickshank

actor · b. 1989

Days alive

1

Maximilian von Weichs

🇩🇪Maximilian von Weichs

military person · 1881–1954

Days lived

26,617

Mietta

🇮🇹Mietta

actor · b. 1969

Days alive

1

Mills Lane

🇺🇸Mills Lane

American judge, boxer, boxing referee · 1937–2022

Days lived

31,071

Miroslav Krobot

🇨🇿Miroslav Krobot

actor · b. 1951

Days alive

1

Neil Young

🇨🇦Neil Young

actor · b. 1945

Days alive

1

Norman Johnson

🇺🇸Norman Johnson

scientist · 1930–2017

Days lived

31,656

Osmo Buller

🇫🇮Osmo Buller

politician · b. 1950

Days alive

1

Patrice Leconte

🇫🇷Patrice Leconte

French film director and screenwriter (born 1947) · b. 1947

Days alive

1

Roy Berrevoets

Roy Berrevoets

Dutch baseball player · b. 1969

Days alive

1

Ryan Gosling

🇨🇦Ryan Gosling

Canadian actor, singer and musician · b. 1980

Days alive

1

Sam Jones

🇺🇸Sam Jones

American double bassist and cellist (1924-1981) · 1924–1981

Days lived

20,853

$Sammy Sosa$

🇩🇴Sammy Sosa

film director · b. 1968

Days alive

1

Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen

politician · 1866–1925

Days lived

21,305

Tuffy Leemans

🇺🇸Tuffy Leemans

Player of American football (1912-1979) · 1912–1979

Days lived

24,175

Valerie Haller

🇩🇪Valerie Haller

German television presenter and journalist · b. 1970

Days alive

1

Viktor Hunfalvy

🇭🇺Viktor Hunfalvy

athlete · b. 1949

Days alive

1

Werner Klumpp

🇩🇪Werner Klumpp

German politician (1928–2021) · 1928–2021

Days lived

33,661

Woody Bledsoe

🇺🇸Woody Bledsoe

American mathematician and computer scientist (1921–1995) · 1921–1995

Days lived

26,990

Xavier Rolet

🇫🇷Xavier Rolet

British businessman · b. 1959

Days alive

1

Dorothy Round

🇬🇧Dorothy Round

deceased

British tennis player (1909–1982) · 1909–1982

Days lived

26,786

Edwin Mills

🇬🇧Edwin Mills

athlete · 1878–1946

Days lived

25,016

Erich Koch

🇩🇪Erich Koch

politician · 1896–1986

Days lived

33,018

Helmut Nonn

🇩🇪Helmut Nonn

West German field hockey player (1933–2024) · 1933–2024

Days lived

33,264

Herman Pilnik

🇩🇪Herman Pilnik

German-Argentine chess player · 1914–1981

Days lived

24,781

Hugo Obermaier

🇪🇸Hugo Obermaier

Spanish-German historian and anthropologist (1877–1946) · 1877–1946

Days lived

25,489

Jaro Fürth

🇦🇹Jaro Fürth

actor · 1871–1945

Days lived

27,234

Jerry Rawlings

🇬🇭Jerry Rawlings

military person · 1947–2020

Days lived

26,808

Karel Schwarzenberg

🇨🇭Karel Schwarzenberg

entrepreneur · 1937–2023

Days lived

31,384

Liu Shaoqi

🇨🇳Liu Shaoqi

politician · 1898–1969

Days lived

25,921

Ludwig Kohl-Larsen

🇩🇪Ludwig Kohl-Larsen

German physician, anthropologist and explorer (1884-1969) · 1884–1969

Days lived

31,267

Max Hansen

🇩🇪Max Hansen

singer · 1897–1961

Days lived

23,336

Otto Nückel

🇩🇪Otto Nückel

painter, graphic designer, illustrator and cartoonist (1888-1955) · 1888–1955

Days lived

24,538

Peter Steiner

🇨🇭Peter Steiner

music-making advertising character, e.g. “milka” chocolates · 1917–2007

Days lived

33,167

Preston Jackson

🇺🇸Preston Jackson

American jazz trombonist (1902-1983) · 1902–1983

Days lived

29,899

Prince Arnulf of Bavaria

🇩🇪Prince Arnulf of Bavaria

Bavarian prince (1852-1907) · 1852–1907

Days lived

20,217

Quentin Smith

🇺🇸Quentin Smith

writer · 1952–2020

Days lived

24,915

René Libeer

🇫🇷René Libeer

boxer (1934–2006) · 1934–2006

Days lived

26,283

Stan Lee

🇺🇸Stan Lee

Publisher · 1922–2018

Days lived

35,019

Walter Buch

🇩🇪Walter Buch

German general (1883-1949) · 1883–1949

Days lived

24,126

William Holden

William Holden

Oscar Winners · 1918–1981

Days lived

23,221

Wolf Gerlach

🇩🇪Wolf Gerlach

German writer and inventor (1928-2012) · 1928–2012

Days lived

30,891

Sarah Bernhardt

🇫🇷Sarah Bernhardt

deceased

Stage actor · 1844–1923

Days lived

28,668

Thomas Edison

🇺🇸Thomas Edison

Engineer · 1847–1931

Days lived

30,930

Jean Richepin

Jean Richepin

Notable Trials · 1849–1926

Days lived

28,435

Conrad Wahn

🇩🇪Conrad Wahn

German architect · 1851–1927

Days lived

27,759

Ivan Alev

🇷🇸Ivan Alev

Bulgarian doctor · 1851–1919

Days lived

24,882

Benno Mugdan

🇩🇪Benno Mugdan

German judge (1851–1928) · 1851–1928

Days lived

28,124

Ernst Hartwig

🇩🇪Ernst Hartwig

German astronomer (1851-1923) · 1851–1923

Days lived

26,407

Rainer Ludwig Claisen

🇩🇪Rainer Ludwig Claisen

chemist · 1851–1930

Days lived

28,846

Heinrich Friedjung

🇦🇹Heinrich Friedjung

historian and journalist (1851–1920) · 1851–1920

Days lived

25,380

Ludwig Schupmann

🇩🇪Ludwig Schupmann

German architect (1851–1920) · 1851–1920

Days lived

25,455

Franz Hitze

Franz Hitze

politician and university teacher (1851-1921) · 1851–1921

Days lived

25,694

Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

🇩🇪Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

German prince (1851–1928) · 1851–1928

Days lived

28,049

Geraldo Dannemann

🇩🇪Geraldo Dannemann

German entrepreneur · 1851–1921

Days lived

25,456

Fritz R. Huitfeldt

🇳🇴Fritz R. Huitfeldt

Norwegian sports official (1851-1938) · 1851–1938

Days lived

31,752

Emile Berliner

🇺🇸Emile Berliner

entrepreneur · 1851–1929

Days lived

28,565

Antonin Cyril Stojan

Antonin Cyril Stojan

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and Czechoslovak politician (1851–1923) · 1851–1923

Days lived

26,428

Anton von Henle

Anton von Henle

German catholic priest and theologian (1851-1927) · 1851–1927

Days lived

27,901

Annibale Maria di Francia

Annibale Maria di Francia

founder of the Roagationist Fathers (1851–1927) · 1851–1927

Days lived

27,725

Lonesome George

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,431

Togo

🇺🇸Togo

Siberian Husky · 1913–1929

Days lived

5,894

Lin Wang

🇹🇼Lin Wang

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,468

Cher Ami

🇺🇸Cher Ami

Homing pigeon · 1918–1919

Days lived

529

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

29,170

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

19,612

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

18,578

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

18,212

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

15,656

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

14,308

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

38,639

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

19,308