On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 26 1967
Born on This Day
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Aaron Kwok🇨🇳
actor · b. 1965
Days alive
730
Anthony Rapp🇺🇸
singer · b. 1971
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Bob Golic🇺🇸
American football player, actor, sports commentator · b. 1957
Days alive
3,652
Bob Hoskins🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish actor (1942–2014) · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,118
Braam Immelman🇿🇦
rugby union player · b. 1981
Chiaki🇯🇵
singer, actress, comedian, baby clothes designer · b. 1971
CM Punk🇺🇸
Writer · b. 1978
Detlef Okrent🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1909-1983) · 1909–1983
Days lived
26,753
Dov Gabbay🇬🇧
Israeli logician (born 1945) · b. 1945
Days alive
8,035
Dylan McDermott🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1961
Days alive
2,191
Erik Jendrišek🇸🇰
Slovak footballer · b. 1986
Ewelina Nowicka🇵🇱
Polish actress · b. 1982
François Mitterrand🇫🇷
deceasedpolitician · 1916–1996
Days lived
28,928
Frido Frey🇩🇪
deceasedbasketball player · 1921–2000
Days lived
28,692
Georges Fenech🇫🇷
French politician and magistrate · b. 1954
Days alive
4,748
Hanns Braun
deceasedGerman athlete and sculptor (1886–1918) · 1886–1918
Days lived
11,670
Henri Saivet🇫🇷
football player · b. 1990
Hillary Clinton🇺🇸
politician · b. 1947
Days alive
7,305
Ignacy Daszyński
deceasedwriter · 1866–1936
Days lived
25,572
James Pickens🇺🇸
actor · b. 1954
Days alive
4,748
Joseph Schneider🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge and jurist (1900-1986) · 1900–1986
Days lived
31,270
Jürgen Thorwald🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1915-2006) · 1915–2006
Days lived
33,033
Li Heping🇨🇳
civil rights lawyer · b. 1970
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Lilli Henoch
deceasedGerman track and field athlete (1899–1942) · 1899–1942
Days lived
15,657
Margaret Wycherly🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish stage and film actress (1881-1956) · 1881–1956
Days lived
27,251
Miloš Crnjanski
deceasedYouTube personality · 1893–1977
Days lived
30,715
Mohammad Reza I of Iran🌍
deceasedPolitician · 1919–1980
Days lived
22,190
Nancy Davis Griffeth🇺🇸
American computer scientist and mathematician · b. 1945
Days alive
8,035
Primo Carnera🇮🇹
deceasedItalian boxer (1906-1967) · 1906–1967
Days lived
22,161
Rod Hundley🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1934–2015
Days lived
29,372
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Rupert Wyatt🇬🇧
English writer and film director · b. 1972
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Sergey Karasev🇷🇺
Russian basketball player · b. 1993
Seth MacFarlane🇺🇸
American writer, actor, and producer (born 1973) · b. 1973
Sven Väth🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1964
Days alive
1,095
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Ulrich Plenzdorf🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1934–2007
Days lived
26,585
Wolfgang Ziffer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1941–2022) · 1940–2022
Days lived
29,997
Zoya Belohvostik🇧🇾
Belarusian actress · b. 1959
Days alive
2,922
Died on This Day
Agnes Miegel🇩🇪
deceasedfascist German writer and poet (1879-1964) · 1879–1964
Days lived
31,277
Alice Greene🇬🇧
deceasedBritish tennis player (1879–1956) · 1879–1956
Days lived
28,135
Carolin van Bergen🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1964–1990
Days lived
9,709
Edgardo González
deceasedfootball player · 1936–2007
Days lived
25,958
František Dvořák
deceasedCzechoslovak fencer · 1871–1939
Days lived
25,114
Hans Stern🇧🇷
deceasedentrepreneur · 1922–2007
Days lived
31,071
Hattie McDaniel🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1895-1952) · 1893–1952
Days lived
21,687
Hoyt Axton🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1938–1999
Days lived
22,495
Irena Conti Di Mauro🇵🇱
deceasedPolish journalist, poet and writer (1924–2009) · 1924–2009
Days lived
31,041
Jutta Jol🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1896–1981
Days lived
31,310
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Khun Sa🇲🇾
deceasedBurmese mobster (1934-2007) · 1934–2007
Days lived
26,909
Larry Aldrich🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican fashion designer, art collector, and founder of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (1906-2001) · 1906–2001
Days lived
34,834
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Park Chung-hee🇰🇷
deceased3rd President of the Republic of Korea · 1917–1979
Days lived
22,626
Rex Gildo🇩🇪
deceasedGerman singer (1936–1999) · 1936–1999
Days lived
23,126
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Richard Adjei🇩🇪
deceasedGerman bobsledder (1983–2020) · 1983–2020
Days lived
13,784
Roh Tae-woo
deceasedNotable Trials · 1932–2021
Days lived
32,468
Susan Saint James🇺🇸
deceasedFilm actor · 1946–2026
Days lived
29,293
Valerio Zurlini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director and screenwriter (1926–1982) · 1926–1982
Days lived
20,675
Wilbert Harrison🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist and harmonica player (1929-1994) · 1929–1994
Days lived
24,035
William Anderson Coffin🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1855–1925
Days lived
25,835
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
41,935
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
49,606
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
47,779
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,476
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,049
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,491
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,457
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,091
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,535
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,187
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,986
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,500
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,518
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,187
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,539
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,082
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
10,992
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,969
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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