On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
November 2 1967
Born on This Day
Alex Metreveli🇷🇺
athlete · b. 1944
Days alive
8,400
Alphonso Davies
association football player · b. 2000
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Andreas Bourani🇩🇪
singer-songwriter · b. 1983
Andy Borg🇦🇹
singer · b. 1960
Days alive
2,556
Anna Pavaga🇷🇺
Model, Social Media Influencer · b. 2009
Badri Latif🇩🇪
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1977
Bill Johnston🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1894–1946) · 1894–1946
Days lived
18,807
Brandon Soo Hoo🇺🇸
Chinese-American SAG-Aftra Actor · b. 1995
Burt Lancaster
deceasedOscar Winners · 1913–1994
Days lived
29,572
Carlos Portugues Vieira🇧🇷
Brazilian martial artist · b. 1977
Carolin Reiber🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1940
Days alive
9,861
David Bauer🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian ice hockey player · 1924–1988
Days lived
23,383
David Schwimmer🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1966
Days alive
365
Dieter Leuschner🇩🇪
German association football player · b. 1947
Days alive
7,305
Earl Carroll🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican vocalist (1937–2012) · 1937–2012
Days lived
27,417
Frank Leidenberger🇩🇪
German army general · b. 1958
Days alive
3,287
Fritz Achterberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1880-1971) · 1880–1971
Days lived
33,215
Fritz Hofmann🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1866–1956
Days lived
32,861
Gary Zauner🇺🇸
former NFL Special Teams Coordintor, currently Professional Kicking Consultant; Coach Zauner, LLC · b. 1950
Days alive
6,209
Helmuth Weidling
deceasedNotable Trials · 1891–1955
Days lived
23,390
Hermann Ohlicher🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1949
Days alive
6,574
Jean Nicolas🇫🇷
deceasedFrench presbyter (1901–1984) · 1901–1984
Days lived
30,053
Joe McCann🇮🇪
deceasedNotable Person · 1947–1972
Days lived
8,931
John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover🇬🇧
deceasedBritish businessman (born 1927) · 1927–2022
Days lived
34,407
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Julia Görges🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1988
Karl Harbacher🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1879–1943
Days lived
23,136
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Karsten Tadda🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1988
Keith Emerson🇬🇧
deceasedBritish recording artist; keyboard player and composer (1944–2016) · 1944–2016
Days lived
26,062
Kurt Koch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman football manager (1919–2000) · 1919–2000
Days lived
29,593
Kyoko Fukada🇯🇵
Japanese actress and singer · b. 1982
Larry Fink🇺🇸
Investor & CEO · b. 1952
Days alive
5,478
Liesel Westermann🇩🇪
German discus thrower · b. 1944
Days alive
8,400
Luchino Visconti🇮🇹
deceasedwriter · 1906–1976
Days lived
25,338
Martin Gies🇩🇪
actor · b. 1951
Days alive
5,844
Michael Buffer🇺🇸
actor · b. 1944
Days alive
8,400
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Moisés Caicedo
association football player · b. 2001
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Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
deceasedPakistani judge and activist (1929–2022) · 1929–2022
Days lived
33,728
Nicki🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1966
Days alive
365
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Olga Desmond🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1890–1964
Days lived
26,936
Paul Carell🇩🇪
deceasedSS officer, German writer and politician (1911-1997) · 1911–1997
Days lived
31,277
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Paul Johnson🇬🇧
deceasedjournalist · 1928–2023
Days lived
34,404
Poul Heegaard🇳🇴
deceasedDanish mathematician (1871-1948) · 1871–1948
Days lived
27,855
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Reginald Arvizu🇺🇸
American bassist · b. 1969
Richard Serra🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican sculptor (1938–2024) · 1938–2024
Days lived
31,191
Romela Begaj🇦🇱
Albanian weightlifter · b. 1986
Ron McGovney🇺🇸
American bassist · b. 1962
Days alive
1,826
Rosemary Radford Ruether🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican theologian · 1936–2022
Days lived
31,246
Ruth Hellberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1906–2001) · 1906–2001
Days lived
34,509
Shah Rukh Khan🇮🇳
actor · b. 1965
Days alive
730
Shere Hite🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1942–2020
Days lived
28,436
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Stefan Hussong🇩🇪
musician · b. 1962
Days alive
1,826
Sunny Sandler
Actor · b. 2008
Terry Doyle🇺🇸
film director · b. 1985
Thore Christian Elias Fries🇸🇪
deceasedwriter · 1886–1930
Days lived
16,129
Tibor Pleiß🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1989
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Yannick Driesen🇧🇪
Belgian basketball player, born in 1988 · b. 1988
Zack Polanski🇬🇧
Environmentalist · b. 1982
Died on This Day
Acker Bilk🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish recording artist; clarinetist and vocalist (1929-2014) · 1929–2014
Days lived
31,324
Bill Lawrence🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1931–2013
Days lived
30,174
Bobby LaMotte🇺🇸
deceasedMajor League Baseball infielder (1898–1970) · 1898–1970
Days lived
26,557
Greasy Neale🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1891–1973
Days lived
29,947
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Hal Roach🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992
Days lived
36,817
Han Suyin🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1916–2012
Days lived
35,115
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Hannes Messemer🇩🇪
deceasedactor (1924-1991) · 1924–1991
Days lived
24,640
James Thurber🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright (1894–1961) · 1894–1961
Days lived
24,435
Jochen von Lang🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and writer (1925-2003) · 1925–2003
Days lived
28,661
Joseph Almogi🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician (1910-1991) · 1910–1991
Days lived
29,766
Milt Campbell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican decathlete (1933-2012) · 1933–2012
Days lived
28,818
Petar Drapšin
deceasedmilitary person · 1914–1945
Days lived
11,310
Peter Debye🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1884–1966
Days lived
30,172
Pier Paolo Pasolini🇮🇹
deceasedactor · 1922–1975
Days lived
19,600
Ray Pitts🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1932–2012) · 1932–2012
Days lived
29,253
Richard H. Simpson🇺🇸
deceasedPolitician · 1905–1968
Days lived
23,308
Rijk de Gooyer🇳🇱
deceasedDutch actor (1925-2011) · 1925–2011
Days lived
31,366
Simon Guggenheim🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman and politician (1867–1941) · 1867–1941
Days lived
26,970
Toni Hiebeler🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian photographer, mountain climber and writer (1930–1984) · 1930–1984
Days lived
19,966
Vaĺmien Aladaŭ🇧🇾
deceasedBelarusian architect · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,501
Walter Niephaus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1923-1992) · 1923–1992
Days lived
25,420
William Travilla🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican costume designer (1920-1990) · 1920–1990
Days lived
25,792
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
41,942
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
49,613
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
47,786
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,483
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,056
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,498
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,464
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,098
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,542
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,194
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,993
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,507
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,525
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,194
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,546
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,089
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
10,999
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,976
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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