On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 10 1966
Born on This Day
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Adolf Loos🇦🇹
deceasedYouTube personality · 1870–1933
Days lived
22,901
Alfred Dregger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1920-2002) · 1920–2002
Days lived
29,786
André Honnorat🇫🇷
deceasedpolitician · 1868–1950
Days lived
29,810
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Andris Bērziņš🇱🇻
politician · b. 1944
Days alive
8,035
Arden Myrin🇺🇸
American actress and comedian · b. 1973
Caleb Downs🌍
American football player · b. 2004
Carl Rustad🇳🇴
deceasedNorwegian businessman · 1881–1957
Days lived
27,415
Cornelia Funke🇩🇪
writer · b. 1958
Days alive
2,922
Dion Waiters🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1991
Dirk Bauermann🇩🇪
German professional basketball player and coach · b. 1957
Days alive
3,287
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Dmitri Gutov🇷🇺
Russian art historian and artist (born 1960) · b. 1960
Days alive
2,191
Dorothy Lamour🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1914–1996
Days lived
29,872
Einar Eriksson🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish politician (1905-1971) · 1905–1971
Days lived
24,124
Emmanuelle Chriqui🇨🇦
Moroccan Canadian and Moroccan American actress · b. 1975
Ernst Lissauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman poet (1882–1937) · 1882–1937
Days lived
20,088
Gerald Nagler🇸🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1929–2022
Days lived
33,828
Gerard Ronan🇨🇦
Canadian field hockey player · b. 1932
Days alive
12,418
Gerhard Kubik🇩🇪
Austrian ethnomusicologist · b. 1934
Days alive
11,688
Gertrud Kolmar🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1894–1943
Days lived
17,612
Herbert Maisch🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1890–1974
Days lived
30,619
Ján Ďurica🇸🇰
Slovak footballer · b. 1981
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Jeremie Frimpong
association football player · b. 2000
Joachim Kerzel🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1941
Days alive
9,131
Julia Müller🇩🇪
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1985
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Karel Schwarzenberg🇨🇭
deceasedentrepreneur · 1937–2023
Days lived
31,383
Kenneth Branagh🇬🇧
British actor and filmmaker (born 1960) · b. 1960
Days alive
2,191
Ludwig Klages🇩🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1872–1956
Days lived
30,546
Matt Forté🇺🇸
American football player, running back · b. 1985
Mel Rojas🇩🇴
film director · b. 1966
Days alive
0
Melvil Dewey🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1851–1931
Days lived
29,235
Neven Subotić🇷🇸
Serbian footballer · b. 1988
Paul Münch🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1879–1951
Days lived
25,955
Rainer Adrion🇩🇪
German footballer and manager · b. 1953
Days alive
4,748
Raven-Symoné🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1985
Raven-Symoné
actor · b. 1985
Ruedi Walter🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss actor and comedian (1916-1990) · 1916–1990
Days lived
26,851
Tommy Schleh🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1964
Days alive
730
Víctor Díaz🇲🇽
film director · b. 1981
Victor McLaglen
deceasedOscar Winners · 1886–1959
Days lived
26,629
Zdeněk Bažant🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1937
Days alive
10,592
Zinaida Serebryakova🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1884–1967
Days lived
30,232
Died on This Day
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria🇦🇹
deceasedAustro-Tuscan imperial and royal (1893-1918) · 1893–1918
Days lived
9,426
Augusto Pinochet
deceasedNotable Trials · 1915–2006
Days lived
33,253
Berta Singerman🇦🇷
deceasedArgentinian actor (1901-1998) · 1901–1998
Days lived
35,521
Curt Nimuendajú🇧🇷
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1883-1945) · 1883–1945
Days lived
22,882
Doris Jannausch🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1925–2017
Days lived
33,705
Ernst Lissauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman poet (1882–1937) · 1882–1937
Days lived
20,088
Eugen Bamberger🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1857–1932
Days lived
27,537
Friedrich von Moltke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1852–1927) · 1852–1927
Days lived
27,615
Gershon Kingsley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican composer and musician (1922–2019) · 1922–2019
Days lived
35,472
Hans Jørgen Hansen
deceasedDanish field hockey player (1879–1966) · 1879–1966
Days lived
31,841
Herbert Kemmer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player (1905–1962) · 1905–1962
Days lived
21,030
Jeff Garcia🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1975–2025
Days lived
18,484
Luigi Pirandello
deceasedwriter · 1867–1936
Days lived
25,367
Norman Borrett🇬🇧
deceasedBritish all-round amateur sportsman (1917-2004) · 1917–2004
Days lived
31,847
Otis Redding
deceasedsinger · 1941–1967
Days lived
9,588
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Paul Otlet🇧🇪
deceasedwriter · 1868–1944
Days lived
27,867
Ralph Giordano🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer and publicist (1923-2014) · 1923–2014
Days lived
33,503
Reinhold Conrad Muschler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman botanist and author (1883-1957) · 1883–1957
Days lived
27,151
Richard Pryor🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican comedian and actor (1940–2005) · 1940–2005
Days lived
23,750
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Rosa Valetti🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1876–1937
Days lived
22,599
Sakamoto Ryōma
deceasedNotable Trials · 1836–1867
Days lived
11,664
Syd Millar🇬🇧
deceasedIrish rugby union footballer, coach and administrator · 1934–2023
Days lived
32,708
Yury Luzhkov🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1936–2019
Days lived
30,395
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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
41,615
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
49,286
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
47,459
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,156
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
46,729
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,171
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,137
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
35,771
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,215
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
31,867
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,666
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,180
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,198
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
36,867
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,219
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
12,762
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
10,672
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,649
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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