On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 26 1966
Born on This Day
Aksel Lund Svindal🇳🇴
Norwegian alpine skier · b. 1982
Alberts Šeibelis🇱🇻
deceasedfootball player · 1906–1972
Days lived
23,849
Alejo Carpanter🇫🇷
deceasedCuban-French writer and musicologist (1904–1980) · 1904–1980
Days lived
27,513
Alexander Wang
Fashion Designer · b. 1983
Artur Dębski🇵🇱
Polish entrepreneur · b. 1969
Carl Ahues🇩🇪
deceasedchess player (1883–1968) · 1883–1968
Days lived
31,051
Charles Fazzino🇺🇸
American artist · b. 1955
Days alive
4,018
Chris Chambliss🇺🇸
film director · b. 1948
Days alive
6,574
Dustin Moseley🇺🇸
film director · b. 1981
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Eden Sher🇺🇸
actor · b. 1991
Eshel Meir🇫🇷
deceasedIsraeli artist (1964–1993) · 1964–1993
Days lived
10,515
Franz Hawlata🇩🇪
musician · b. 1963
Days alive
1,096
Henk de Looper🇳🇱
deceasedfield hockey player (1912-2006) · 1912–2006
Days lived
33,976
Henry Miller🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican novelist (1891–1980) · 1891–1980
Days lived
32,305
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Hugo Lloris🇫🇷
football player · b. 1986
Iosif Sifakis🇬🇷
Greek-French computer scientist · b. 1946
Days alive
7,305
Irma von Cube🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1899–1977
Days lived
28,335
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James Kottak🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1962–2024
Days lived
22,294
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Jean Ferrat🇫🇷
deceasedsinger · 1930–2010
Days lived
28,932
Joe Osmanski🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1917–1993) · 1917–1993
Days lived
27,604
Johann Kremer
deceasedprofessor of anatomy (1883-1965) · 1883–1965
Days lived
29,598
José Ramos-Horta
politician · b. 1949
Days alive
6,209
Kama Massampu🇫🇷
French football player · b. 1991
Karl Brown🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican cinematographer (1896-1990) · 1896–1990
Days lived
34,056
Kenneth Darby🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1982
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Kit Harington🇬🇧
Stage actor · b. 1986
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Konstantinos Georgakopoulos🇬🇷
deceasedPrime Minister of Greece (1890-1973) · 1890–1973
Days lived
30,162
Lars Ulrich🇩🇰
Drummer · b. 1963
Days alive
1,096
Lola Petticrew🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1995
Ludolf von Krehl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1861-1937) · 1861–1937
Days lived
27,544
Mao Zedong🇨🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1893–1976
Days lived
30,207
Matthias Manasi🇩🇪
German conductor and pianist · b. 1969
Mel McGaha🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player and manager (1926–2002) · 1926–2002
Days lived
27,433
Ozzie Smith🇺🇸
film director · b. 1954
Days alive
4,383
Paul Molitor🇱🇺
scientist · b. 1959
Days alive
2,557
Phil Spector
deceasedNotable Trials · 1939–2021
Days lived
29,607
Piergiorgio Welby🇮🇹
deceasedItalian poet, painter and activist (1945–2006) · 1945–2006
Days lived
22,274
Radka Zrubáková🇸🇰
Slovak retired tennis player and coach · b. 1970
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
entrepreneur · b. 1950
Days alive
5,844
Ron Jeffries🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1939
Days alive
9,862
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Thomas Linke🇩🇪
German association football player · b. 1969
Toomas Hendrik Ilves🇪🇪
politician · b. 1953
Days alive
4,748
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Volker Kutscher🇩🇪
German writer · b. 1962
Days alive
1,461
Walter Held
deceasedGerman journalist (1910-1942) · 1910–1942
Days lived
11,629
Wilhelm Dörpfeld
deceasedGerman architect and archaeologist (1853–1940) · 1853–1940
Days lived
31,531
William Boyd Dawkins🇬🇧
deceasedGeologist · 1837–1929
Days lived
33,257
Willy Meisl🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian footballer and journalist (1895-1968) · 1895–1968
Days lived
26,466
Yohan Blake🇫🇷
Jamaican athletics competitor · b. 1989
Yun Ch'iho
deceasedKorean independence activist (1864-1945) · 1864–1945
Days lived
29,564
Died on This Day
Anatoly Lunacharsky
deceasedactor · 1875–1933
Days lived
21,217
Burhan Karkutli🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1932–2003
Days lived
26,292
Dietrich Eckart🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1868–1923
Days lived
20,365
Erich Topp🇩🇪
deceasedGerman admiral and U-boat commander during World War II · 1914–2005
Days lived
33,415
Frank Steketee🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player · 1900–1951
Days lived
18,871
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Gerald Ford🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1913–2006
Days lived
34,133
Hans-Georg Pflaum🇫🇷
deceasedGerman-born French historian (1902–1979) · 1902–1979
Days lived
28,330
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Harry S. Truman🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1884–1972
Days lived
32,373
Heinz Raack🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1917–2002) · 1917–2002
Days lived
31,268
Herbert Otto Gille🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1897–1966
Days lived
25,494
Howard Hawks🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director, producer and screenwriter (1896–1977) · 1896–1977
Days lived
29,794
István Sándorfi🇫🇷
deceasedHungarian artist (1948–2007) · 1948–2007
Days lived
21,746
Jack Benny🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican comedic entertainer (1894–1974) · 1894–1974
Days lived
29,534
Joseph Helffrich🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1890–1971) · 1890–1971
Days lived
29,932
Julius Brandt🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1873–1949
Days lived
28,054
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Karl Schiller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman scientist and politician (1911-1994) · 1911–1994
Days lived
30,562
Karolos Papoulias🇬🇷
deceasedpolitician · 1929–2021
Days lived
33,808
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Leo Tindemans🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1922–2014
Days lived
33,857
Margarete Schön🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1895-1985) · 1895–1985
Days lived
33,135
Melvil Dewey🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1851–1931
Days lived
29,235
Otto Zdansky🇸🇪
deceasedAustrian paleontologist (1894–1988) · 1894–1988
Days lived
34,361
Parveen Shakir🇵🇰
deceasedPakistani writer and poet (1952–1994) · 1952–1994
Days lived
15,372
Phil Niekro🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1939–2020
Days lived
29,855
Preston Tucker🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman (1903-1956) · 1903–1956
Days lived
19,455
Wolfgang Schäuble🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1942–2023
Days lived
29,684
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
41,631
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
49,302
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
47,475
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,172
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
46,745
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,187
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,153
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
35,787
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,231
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
31,883
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,682
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,196
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,214
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
36,883
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,235
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
12,778
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
10,688
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,665
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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