On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
November 14 1966
Born on This Day

Adolf Brand🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1874-1945) · 1874–1945
Days lived
25,647

Alma Kar🇵🇱
deceasedactress (1908-1992) · 1904–1992
Days lived
32,018
André Venter🇿🇦
South African rugby union footballer · b. 1970
Andrzej Nartowski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish basketball player (1931–2003) · 1931–2003
Days lived
26,226
Anita Gutwell🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1931–2022
Days lived
32,924

Artur Köllensperger🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian politician and judge (1884-1946) · 1884–1946
Days lived
22,489

Beatrice von Dovsky🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1866–1923
Days lived
20,699
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Bernard Hinault🇫🇷
athlete · b. 1954
Days alive
4,383

Boosie Badazz🇺🇸
singer · b. 1982
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali🇪🇬
deceasedwriter · 1922–2016
Days lived
34,062
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Christopher Nkunku
association football player · b. 1997
Dennis Ahl🇸🇪
athlete · b. 1986
Dick Powell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1904-1963) · 1904–1963
Days lived
21,233
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Duke Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1893–1975
Days lived
29,736
Eduard Dyckhoff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1880–1949) · 1880–1949
Days lived
24,944

Ernest Drezen🇱🇻
deceasedwriter · 1892–1937
Days lived
16,417
Hans Scholl🇩🇪
German astronomer (1942-) · b. 1942
Days alive
8,766
Howard W. Hunter🇺🇸
deceasedPresident of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · 1907–1995
Days lived
31,886

Janin Ullmann🇩🇪
German television presenter and actress · b. 1981

Janine Lindemulder🇺🇸
Pornographic actor · b. 1968

Jawaharlal Nehru🇮🇳
deceasedwriter · 1889–1964
Days lived
27,222

Josh Duhamel🇺🇸
actor · b. 1972

Mamie Eisenhower🇺🇸
deceasedDancer · 1896–1979
Days lived
30,301

Maria Kliegel🇩🇪
musician · b. 1952
Days alive
5,113
Matt Bloom🇺🇸
American football player and professional wrestler · b. 1972
Michala Banas🇳🇿
New Zealand actor and singer · b. 1978

Noussair Mazraoui
association football player · b. 1997
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Olga Kurylenko🇫🇷
Ukrainian-French actress and model · b. 1979
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Park Chung-hee🇰🇷
deceased3rd President of the Republic of Korea · 1917–1979
Days lived
22,626
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Piet Sielck🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1964
Days alive
730

Robin van Kampen
Dutch chess grandmaster · b. 1994
Rolf Schimpf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1924–2025) · 1924–2025
Days lived
36,653
Ron Howard🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1982
Rouven Roessler🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1980

Samuel Umtiti🇫🇷
football player · b. 1993
Shafrira Goldwasser🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1958
Days alive
2,922

Sofia Assefa🇪🇹
Ethiopian long-distance runner · b. 1987

Sofia Kenin
tennis player · b. 1998

Sonia Delaunay🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter (1885–1979) · 1885–1979
Days lived
34,353

Travis Barker🇺🇸
Drummer · b. 1975

Ulrich Becker🇩🇪
writer · b. 1958
Days alive
2,922
Ulrich Dibelius🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and musicologist (1924–2008) · 1924–2008
Days lived
30,480
Waltraud Nowarra🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1940–2007) · 1940–2007
Days lived
24,453

Wendy Carlos
composer · b. 1939
Days alive
9,862
Died on This Day

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada🇮🇳
deceasedIndian spiritual teacher and founder of the ISKCON · 1896–1977
Days lived
29,658

A. L. Abdul Majeed
deceasedCeylonese (Sri Lankan) politician (1932-1987) · 1932–1987
Days lived
20,087
Adib Jatene🇧🇷
deceasedscientist · 1929–2014
Days lived
31,209
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Arthur Korn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1891–1978) · 1891–1978
Days lived
31,939
Dietrich Lohmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman cinematographer (1943–1997) · 1943–1997
Days lived
19,974
Eddie Bracken🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1915–2002
Days lived
32,057

Ferdinand Heim🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1895–1971
Days lived
28,018
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Franz Josef Degenhardt🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1931–2011
Days lived
29,201
George Malek-Yonan
deceasedAssyrian lawyer, politician and athlete · 1924–2014
Days lived
33,190

Hans Matthöfer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (SPD) (1925-2009) · 1925–2009
Days lived
30,731
Hark Bohm🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1939–2025
Days lived
31,592

Heinrich von Brentano🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician and lawyer (1904-1964) · 1904–1964
Days lived
22,076
Hilton Jefferson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz saxophonist (1903–1968) · 1903–1968
Days lived
23,849
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Jerzy Połomski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish actor and singer (1933–2022) · 1933–2022
Days lived
32,564
Karl Jansen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman weightlifter (1908–1961) · 1908–1961
Days lived
19,528
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Kenny Easley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1959–2025) · 1959–2025
Days lived
24,410

Oliver Hasenfratz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television actor and actor (1966–2001) · 1966–2001
Days lived
12,778
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Paul Klinger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1907–1971) · 1907–1971
Days lived
23,529

Pieter Menten🇳🇱
deceasedDutch war criminal, art collector and businessman (1899–1987) · 1899–1987
Days lived
32,313

Tony Richardson🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish theatre and film director and producer (1928-1991) · 1928–1991
Days lived
23,172
Vicente Zarazúa🇲🇽
deceasedMexican tennis player (1944-2025) · 1944–2025
Days lived
29,664
Walter Cramer🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1886–1944
Days lived
21,381
Who Was Alive
Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).
Sándor Farkas
Catholic priest, born 1853 · b. 1853
Days alive
41,589

Oskar Hergt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1869–1967) · 1869–1967
Days lived
35,627

Annette Kolb🇫🇷
deceasedGerman writer (1870-1967) · 1870–1967
Days lived
35,731

Gertrude W. Hoffmann🇩🇪
deceasedcharacter actress (1871-1968) · 1871–1968
Days lived
35,335

Camille Huysmans🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1871–1968
Days lived
35,338

Bertrand Russell🇬🇧
deceasedYouTube personality · 1872–1970
Days lived
35,688

Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1873–1969
Days lived
34,997

Arthur W. Kopp🇺🇸
deceasedU.S. Representative (1874-1967) · 1874–1967
Days lived
34,061

Eugen Fischer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1874-1967) · 1874–1967
Days lived
33,971

Charles Foulkes🇬🇧
deceasedBritish general and field hockey player (1875–1969) · 1875–1969
Days lived
34,427

Henry Hallett Dale🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish pharmacologist, Nobel laureate · 1875–1968
Days lived
34,012

Konrad Adenauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU · 1876–1967
Days lived
33,341
Charles Mayser🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican sports coach (1876-1967) · 1876–1967
Days lived
33,277

Gertrud von Le Fort🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1876–1971
Days lived
34,718

Natalie Clifford Barney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972) · 1876–1972
Days lived
34,791
Edward Roberts
deceasedBritish priest · 1877–1968
Days lived
33,236

Rudolph Dirks🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1877–1968
Days lived
33,290

Carl Sandburg
deceasedpoet · 1878–1967
Days lived
32,703

Richard Meinertzhagen🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1878–1967
Days lived
32,612

Lillian Moller Gilbreth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972
Days lived
34,190
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Harriet🇦🇺
deceasedGalápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
49,260
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Lin Wang🇹🇼
deceasedAsian elephant · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,467
Sergeant Reckless🇺🇸
deceasedMongolian mare · 1948–1968
Days lived
7,438
Ham🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1957–1983
Days lived
9,333
Shamu🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1962–1971
Days lived
3,521
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,433
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,130
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
46,703
HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,145
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,111
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
35,745
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,189
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
31,841
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,640
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,154
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,172
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
36,841
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,193
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
12,736
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
10,646
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,623
Already Released
Films already out by this date.