On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 17 1967
Born on This Day
Alan Jackson🇺🇸
Country singer · b. 1958
Days alive
3,287
Alfred Polgar🇦🇹
deceasedjournalist · 1873–1955
Days lived
29,773
Bertha Zillessen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer and painter (1872-1936) · 1872–1936
Days lived
23,097
Bill Anders🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1933–2024
Days lived
33,106
Buck Ewing🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1859–1906
Days lived
17,169
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Burton🇫🇮
musician · b. 1974
Carlos González🇻🇪
baseball player · b. 1985
Charles Oliveira Da Silva🇧🇷
Mixed martial arts fighter · b. 1989
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Chocolate Myers🇺🇸
NASCAR team principal; championship gasman · b. 1948
Days alive
6,939
Danny Ferry🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1966
Days alive
365
Eminem🇺🇸
Rapper · b. 1972
Falko Bindrich🇩🇪
German chess grandmaster · b. 1990
Freimut Börngen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1930–2021) · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,118
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Hans Haas🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian weightlifter (1906-1973) · 1906–1973
Days lived
24,316
Herbert Böhme🇩🇪
deceasedGerman poet (1907–1971) · 1907–1971
Days lived
23,382
Iosif Bumagin
deceasedmilitary person · 1907–1945
Days lived
13,704
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Jacob Artist🇺🇸
actor · b. 1992
Jana Thiel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television presenter and journalist (1971-2016) · 1971–2016
Days lived
16,339
Jared Tallent🇦🇺
Australian race walker · b. 1984
Jimmy Cricket🇬🇧
deceasedComedian · 1945–2026
Days lived
29,510
Josep Puig i Cadafalch🇪🇸
deceasedCatalan architect (1867-1957) · 1867–1956
Days lived
32,574
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Julie Adams🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1926–2019
Days lived
33,712
Karl-Hermann Flach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and politician (1929-1973) · 1929–1973
Days lived
16,018
Lars Hirschfeld🇨🇦
Canadian soccer player · b. 1978
Mae Jemison🇺🇸
actor · b. 1956
Days alive
4,017
Mitch Talbot🇺🇸
film director · b. 1983
Rita Hayworth🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1918–1987
Days lived
25,046
Robert Kempner🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American lawyer (1899–1993) · 1899–1993
Days lived
34,270
Salim Moizini🇫🇷
football player · b. 1985
Seth Etherton🇺🇸
film director · b. 1976
Soichi Fujita🇯🇵
film director · b. 1972
Steve McMichael🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and professional wrestler (1957–2025) · 1957–2025
Days lived
24,660
Vlada Urošević🇲🇰
Macedonian translator, university teacher and writer · b. 1934
Days alive
12,053
Wyclef Jean
Haitian rapper · b. 1969
Died on This Day
Alberta Hunter🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican blues singer, songwriter, and nurse (1895-1984) · 1895–1984
Days lived
32,706
Angelika Werthmann🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian politician (1963-2019) · 1963–2019
Days lived
20,433
Anton Magnis
deceasedentrepreneur · 1862–1944
Days lived
30,111
August Landmesser
deceasedNotable Trials · 1910–1944
Days lived
12,565
Ba Jin🇨🇳
deceasedwriter · 1904–2005
Days lived
36,851
Bernhard Kellermann
deceasedYouTube personality · 1879–1951
Days lived
26,524
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Carmen Cartellieri🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1891–1953
Days lived
22,756
Fred Scolari🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1922–2002
Days lived
29,450
Fritz Wittmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1933-2018) · 1933–2018
Days lived
31,256
Giovanni Gronchi🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1887–1978
Days lived
33,274
Gord Downie🇨🇦
deceasedSinger · 1964–2017
Days lived
19,612
Helmut Gollwitzer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Protestant (Lutheran) theologian and author (1908–1993) · 1908–1993
Days lived
30,973
Hermann auf der Heide🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Olympian in field hockey · 1911–1984
Days lived
26,802
Hermann Vogel🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter (1856-1918) · 1856–1918
Days lived
22,782
Imre Kozma🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian catholic priest, activist (1940–2024) · 1940–2024
Days lived
30,816
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Ingeborg Bachmann🇦🇹
deceasedYouTube personality · 1926–1973
Days lived
17,281
Jean Améry🇦🇹
deceasedwriter · 1912–1978
Days lived
24,092
Joey Bishop🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican entertainer (1918–2007) · 1918–2007
Days lived
32,763
Manfred Gerlach🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1928–2011
Days lived
30,477
Masaru Emoto🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese writer · 1943–2014
Days lived
26,020
Natalia Goncharova🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1881–1962
Days lived
29,690
Olaf Henriksen🇺🇸
deceasedDanish-American baseball player (1888-1962) · 1888–1962
Days lived
27,201
Paul Westermeier🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1892–1972) · 1892–1972
Days lived
29,319
Santiago Ramón y Cajal🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish scientist (1852-1934) · 1852–1934
Days lived
30,118
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Shimon Bejarno🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician (1910-1971) · 1910–1971
Days lived
22,299
Stanford R. Ovshinsky🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1922–2012
Days lived
32,835
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Wieland Wagner🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1917–1966
Days lived
18,182
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
41,926
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
49,597
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
47,770
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,467
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,040
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,482
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,448
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,082
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,526
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,178
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,977
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,491
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,509
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,178
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,530
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,073
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
10,983
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,960
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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