On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 26 1967
Historical Events
ʻErev peredah Eliyahu Goldenberg
cultureFarewell program by the Jewish actor in Jerusalem before returning to the United States featuring readings from great Jewish writers
Born on This Day
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Aaron Rosenberg🇺🇸
deceasedAll-American college football player, film producer (1912-1979) · 1912–1979
Days lived
24,477
Alan Averill🇮🇪
singer · b. 1975
Aleksandr Izotov
deceasedscientist · 1907–1988
Days lived
29,417
Alex Zanotelli🇮🇹
Italian missionary · b. 1938
Days alive
10,592
Cassie Ventura🇺🇸
American singer, dancer, actress, and model (born 1986) · b. 1986
Chen Junyi🇨🇳
film director · b. 1981
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Chris Pine🇺🇸
American actor (born 1980) · b. 1980
Dagmar Koller🇦🇹
Austrian actor and singer · b. 1939
Days alive
10,227
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David Price🇺🇸
film director · b. 1985
Einhard Bezzel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman ornithologist · 1934–2022
Days lived
32,025
Émile Boirac🇫🇷
deceasedphilosopher · 1851–1917
Days lived
24,131
Erich Hintzsche🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss physician (1900–1975) · 1900–1975
Days lived
27,326
Franz Gürtner🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1881–1941
Days lived
21,705
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Gauthier Boccard🇧🇪
Belgian field hockey player · b. 1991
Georg Meier🇩🇪
German chess player · b. 1987
Géza Havass🇭🇺
deceasedmodel · 1913–2001
Days lived
32,045
Hans Kammler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect, SS general, head of construction and armament projects in the German Reich (1901-1945) · 1901–1945
Days lived
15,962
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Heinrich Fanta🇦🇹
deceasedCzech architect (1877–1941) · 1877–1941
Days lived
23,177
Hugh Dalton🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh politician and British MP (1887-1962) · 1887–1962
Days lived
27,199
Jacques Brinkman🇳🇱
field hockey player · b. 1966
Days alive
365
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James Harden🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1989
John Peake🇬🇧
deceasedBritish field hockey player (1924–2022) · 1924–2022
Days lived
35,645
Juan Branco🇪🇸
Lawyer, writer, political activist · b. 1989
Karen Spärck Jones🇬🇧
deceasedBritish computer scientist (1935–2007) · 1935–2007
Days lived
26,154
Keke Palmer
actor · b. 1993
Kelvin Cato🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1974
Kevin Rankin🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1971
Lee Yong-kyu🇰🇷
film director · b. 1985
Leon Douglas🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1954
Days alive
4,748
Macaulay Culkin🇺🇸
musician · b. 1980
Mark Benecke🇩🇪
German biologist · b. 1970
Markus Schwabl🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1990
Melissa McCarthy🇺🇸
American actress and comedian · b. 1970
Morgan Ensberg🇺🇸
film director · b. 1975
Ola Ray🇺🇸
American actress · b. 1960
Days alive
2,556
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Oleg Taktarov🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1967
Days alive
0
Paul Gauselmann🇩🇪
German businessman · b. 1934
Days alive
12,053
Peter Wolf🇦🇹
rapper · b. 1952
Days alive
5,478
Rainer Erler🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1933–2023
Days lived
32,946
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Raymond Joseph Cannon🇺🇸
deceasedPolitician, lawyer, baseball pitcher (1894–1951) · 1894–1951
Days lived
20,909
Riccardo Ruggiero🇮🇹
Italian manager · b. 1960
Days alive
2,556
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Riley Steele🇺🇸
American pornographic actress · b. 1987
Roy Walter Riehlman🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1899–1978
Days lived
28,813
Soyeon (Jeon So-yeon)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol ((G)I-DLE) · b. 1998
Stro
Actor · b. 1996
Tetsuya Ogura🇯🇵
Japanese association football player · b. 1970
Thalía🇺🇸
singer · b. 1971
Theodor Siebs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman linguist (1862–1941) · 1862–1941
Days lived
28,764
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Tony Barbieri🇺🇸
actor · b. 1963
Days alive
1,461
Toshiaki Imae🇯🇵
film director · b. 1983
Ulrich Beiger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film actor (1918–1996) · 1918–1996
Days lived
28,513
Wilhelm Fischer🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1972
Zaim Imamović🇧🇦
deceasedsinger · 1920–1994
Days lived
26,823
Zhang Jie🇨🇳
Chinese weightlifter · b. 1987
Zlatko Vujović🇧🇦
football player · b. 1958
Days alive
3,287
Died on This Day
Adam von Trott zu Solz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman noble and diplomat (1909-1944) · 1909–1944
Days lived
12,801
Alessandro Cagliostro
deceasedNotable Trials · 1743–1795
Days lived
19,078
Franz Werfel🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1890–1945
Days lived
20,073
Fred Louis Lerch🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1902–1985
Days lived
30,467
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Georg Neumann🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1898–1976
Days lived
28,726
Georg Wittig🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1897–1987
Days lived
32,942
Hans Georg Klamroth🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1898–1944
Days lived
16,754
Inge Borkh🇩🇪
deceasedGerman soprano (1921–2018) · 1917–2018
Days lived
36,982
Joyce Jacobson Kaufman🇺🇸
deceasedJewish American chemist (1929–2016) · 1929–2016
Days lived
31,843
Kurt Dehn🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1920–2000
Days lived
29,258
Ludwig Thoma🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1867–1921
Days lived
19,940
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Lutz Hachmeister🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1959–2024
Days lived
23,727
Matthias Erzberger🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1875–1921
Days lived
16,776
Roy Raymond🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1947–1993
Days lived
16,935
Samuel Monroe, Jr.🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1973–2026
Days lived
19,264
Wolfgang Bauer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian writer (1941-2005) · 1941–2005
Days lived
23,537
Wolfgang Nonn🇩🇪
deceasedWest German field hockey player (1935-1959) · 1935–1959
Days lived
8,957
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
41,874
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
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
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
Lillian Moller Gilbreth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972
Days lived
34,190
E. M. Forster🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970
Days lived
33,394
Margarete Bieber🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978
Days lived
36,003
Adolf Strauss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Wehrmacht general (1879–1973) · 1879–1973
Days lived
34,163
Kenneth Edgeworth🇮🇪
deceasedIrish astronomer, economist and engineer (1880-1972) · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,829
Arthur Mallwitz🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
Helen Keller🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
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Emma P. Carr🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,404
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
49,545
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
47,718
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,415
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
46,988
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,430
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,396
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,030
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,474
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,126
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,925
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,439
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,457
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,126
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,478
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,021
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
10,931
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,908
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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