On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 14 1967
Born on This Day
A. C. Newman🇨🇦
musician and songwriter · b. 1968
Abel Muzorewa
deceasedfirst and only prime minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979-80) · 1925–2010
Days lived
31,040
Abigail Breslin🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1996
Adrien Brody
Oscar Winners · b. 1973
Álvaro d'Ors🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish jurist and academic · 1915–2004
Days lived
32,435
Anton Reinthaller🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian member of the Nazi party (1895–1958) · 1895–1958
Days lived
22,971
Arnold J. Toynbee🇬🇧
deceasedBritish historian (1889–1975) · 1889–1975
Days lived
31,601
Artūras Rimkevičius🇱🇹
deceasedLithuanian footballer (1983-2019) · 1983–2019
Days lived
13,311
B. R. Ambedkar🇮🇳
deceasedIndian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956) · 1891–1956
Days lived
23,977
Bryce Williams🇳🇿
New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1980
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Catherine Opie🇺🇸
American photographer (born 1961) · b. 1961
Days alive
2,191
Chris Langham🇬🇧
deceasedComedian · 1949–2026
Days lived
28,195
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke🇺🇸
American basketball player and coach · b. 1963
Days alive
1,461
David Shiffman🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician · 1923–1982
Days lived
21,737
Edith Peters🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer and actress (1926-2000) · 1926–2000
Days lived
27,226
Efi Arazi🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli technology entrepreneur (1937–2013) · 1937–2013
Days lived
27,759
Erich von Däniken
deceasedNotable Trials · 1935–2026
Days lived
33,144
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Erwin Hoffer🇦🇹
Austrian footballer · b. 1987
Georg Buschan🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1863-1942) · 1863–1942
Days lived
29,060
Guy-Marie Bagnard🇫🇷
former French Roman Catholic Bishop · b. 1937
Days alive
10,957
Herbert Sandberg🇵🇱
deceasedGerman artist and caricaturist (1908–1991) · 1908–1991
Days lived
30,288
Jim Grabb🇺🇸
US tennis player · b. 1964
Days alive
1,095
John Shea🇺🇸
actor · b. 1949
Days alive
6,574
Julian Lloyd Webber🇬🇧
British solo cellist and conductor · b. 1951
Days alive
5,844
Kim Si-woo🇰🇷
Actor · b. 2014
Kurt Ranke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman ethnologist (1908–1985) · 1908–1985
Days lived
28,177
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Landolf Scherzer🇩🇪
German journalist · b. 1941
Days alive
9,496
Laura Tonke🇩🇪
actor · b. 1974
Mani
deceasedNotable Trials · 216–274
Days lived
21,141
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Mattéo Guendouzi
association football player · b. 1999
Matthias Frings🇩🇪
German journalist, writer and television presenter · b. 1953
Days alive
5,113
Milan Jesih🇸🇮
Slovene poet, playwright and translator · b. 1950
Days alive
6,209
Moritz Schlick🇩🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1882–1936
Days lived
19,792
Peter Behrens🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect and designer (1868-1940) · 1868–1940
Days lived
26,250
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Rainald Grebe🇩🇪
German song poet, actor and entertainer · b. 1971
Rod Steiger
deceasedOscar Winners · 1925–2002
Days lived
28,210
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Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi
Prime Minister of Samoa from 1998 to 2021 · b. 1945
Days alive
8,035
Udo Voigt🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1952–2025
Days lived
26,757
Viktor Vekselberg
entrepreneur · b. 1957
Days alive
3,652
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Yukihiro Matsumoto🇯🇵
Japanese computer scientist who created the Ruby programming language · b. 1965
Days alive
730
Died on This Day
Bernard Madoff
deceasedNotable Trials · 1938–2021
Days lived
30,301
Bob Evans🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh rugby union player (1921-2003) · 1921–2003
Days lived
30,007
Carlos Víctor Aramayo🇫🇷
deceasedentrepreneur · 1889–1981
Days lived
33,426
Colin Davis
deceasedconductor · 1927–2013
Days lived
31,248
Efi Arazi🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli technology entrepreneur (1937–2013) · 1937–2013
Days lived
27,759
Fredric March
deceasedOscar Winners · 1897–1975
Days lived
28,349
John Singer Sargent🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1856–1925
Days lived
25,294
L. L. Zamenhof🇵🇱
deceasedPolish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917) · 1859–1917
Days lived
20,939
Mark Sheehan🇮🇪
deceasedsinger · 1976–2023
Days lived
16,968
Matilde Muñoz Sampedro🇪🇸
deceasedactor · 1900–1969
Days lived
25,245
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Ned Hanlon🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1857–1937
Days lived
29,089
Nina Dumbadze🇺🇦
deceasedathlete · 1919–1983
Days lived
23,457
Olivier Maurault🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian historian (1886-1968) · 1886–1968
Days lived
30,053
Rachel Carson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican marine biologist and conservationist (1907-1964) · 1907–1964
Days lived
20,777
Simone de Beauvoir🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1908–1986
Days lived
28,585
Vladimir Mayakovsky
deceasedRussian and Soviet poet (1893–1930) · 1893–1930
Days lived
13,417
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
41,740
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
49,411
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
47,584
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,281
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
46,854
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,296
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,262
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
35,896
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,340
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
31,992
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,791
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,305
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,323
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
36,992
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,344
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
12,887
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
10,797
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,774
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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