On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
November 5 1967
Born on This Day
Alejandro Fuentes🇳🇴
Norwegian singer · b. 1987
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Art Garfunkel🇺🇸
actor · b. 1941
Days alive
9,496
Bailey Jay🇺🇸
actor · b. 1988
Billy Hunter🇺🇸
American football player and basketball executive (born 1942) · b. 1942
Days alive
9,131
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Christoph Metzelder
Notable Trials · b. 1980
Donald Macpherson Baillie🇬🇧
deceasedBritish theologian and minister (1887–1954) · 1887–1954
Days lived
24,466
Eduard Oriol🇪🇸
football player · b. 1986
Elke Sommer🇩🇪
deceasedActor · 1940–2026
Days lived
31,403
Florian Genton🇫🇷
journalist · b. 1981
Fort Calata🇿🇦
deceasedPolitical activist · 1956–1985
Days lived
10,461
Gisela Fischdick🇩🇪
chess player · b. 1955
Days alive
4,383
Gram Parsons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer-songwriter · 1946–1973
Days lived
9,815
Greasy Neale🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1891–1973
Days lived
29,947
Gustl Berauer🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1912–1986
Days lived
26,847
Harry Warner Frantz🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1891–1982
Days lived
33,044
Ike Turner🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1931–2007
Days lived
27,796
Javy López🇺🇸
Puerto Rican professional baseball player, catcher · b. 1970
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Jean-Pierre Papin🇫🇷
football player · b. 1963
Days alive
1,461
Joachim Weiskopf🇩🇪
German dentist · b. 1927
Days alive
14,610
Johnny Damon🇺🇸
film director · b. 1973
Jon-Erik Hexum🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision actor · 1957–1984
Days lived
9,844
Kellen Winslow🇺🇸
All-American college football player, professional football player, tight end, College Football Hall of Fame member, Pro Football Hall of Fame member · b. 1957
Days alive
3,652
Kevin Jonas🇺🇸
singer · b. 1987
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Koos Kombuis🇿🇦
South African musician · b. 1954
Days alive
4,748
Kris Jenner
Momager · b. 1955
Days alive
4,383
Leah Culver🇺🇸
American computer scientist and entrepreneur · b. 1982
Lotte Betke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1905-2008) · 1905–2008
Days lived
37,518
Magnus Lavonius🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish politician and business magnate · 1870–1948
Days lived
28,444
Mike Hanke🇩🇪
German association football player · b. 1983
Nikolai Tanayev
deceasedPrime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (1945-2020) · 1945–2020
Days lived
27,285
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Peter Hammill🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1948
Days alive
6,939
Richard Holmes🇬🇧
writer · b. 1945
Days alive
8,035
Rolf von Goth🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1906–1981
Days lived
27,398
Rudolf Augstein🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1923–2002
Days lived
28,857
Ryan Adams🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1974
Steven Küchler🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1975
Takehiro Tomiyasu
association football player · b. 1998
Tan Min-Liang🇸🇬
CEO and Co-founder of Razer Inc. · b. 1977
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Uwe Seeler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman association football player (1936–2022) · 1936–2022
Days lived
31,304
Vandana Shiva🇮🇳
Indian philosopher, activist and environmentalist (*1952) · b. 1952
Days alive
5,478
Virat Kohli🇮🇳
Sports · b. 1988
Vivien Leigh🇬🇧
deceasedFilm actor · 1913–1967
Days lived
19,603
Walter Wislicenus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1859–1905) · 1859–1905
Days lived
16,768
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Yair Lapid🇮🇱
Journalist · b. 1963
Days alive
1,461
Zara Taylor🇨🇦
singer · b. 1983
Zygmunt Chychła🇵🇱
deceasedPolish boxer (1926–2009) · 1926–2009
Days lived
30,272
Died on This Day
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Art Tatum🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz pianist (1909–1956) · 1909–1956
Days lived
17,190
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Bernhard Lichtenberg
deceasedGerman Roman Catholic priest, theologian, martyr and blessed (1875–1943) · 1875–1943
Days lived
24,808
Carlos Ulrrico Cesco🇦🇷
deceasedArgentine astronomer (1910-1987) · 1910–1987
Days lived
28,105
Cēzars Ozers🇷🇺
deceasedOlympic basketball player (1937–2023) · 1937–2023
Days lived
31,678
Erich Heller🇬🇧
deceasedBritish scholar of German literature and philosophy · 1911–1990
Days lived
29,078
Erich Neumann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer, psychologist and philosopher (1905-1960) · 1905–1960
Days lived
20,375
Ernest Gellner🇬🇧
deceasedCzech anthropologist, philosopher and sociologist · 1925–1995
Days lived
25,533
Hajo Herrmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman bomber pilot (1913–2010) · 1913–2010
Days lived
35,525
Isaiah Berlin🇬🇧
deceasedRusso-British-Latvian Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas (1909–1997) · 1909–1997
Days lived
32,294
Jacques Grand'Maison🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian writer (1931–2016) · 1931–2016
Days lived
31,004
John Fowles🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish novelist (1926–2005) · 1926–2005
Days lived
29,074
Karol Duchoň
deceasedsinger · 1950–1985
Days lived
12,982
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Leonardo Favio🇦🇷
deceasedactor · 1938–2012
Days lived
27,190
Link Wray🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican guitarist (1929–2005) · 1929–2005
Days lived
27,946
Loulou de la Falaise🇫🇷
deceasedfashion muse and designer (1947–2011) · 1947–2011
Days lived
23,561
Mack Sennett🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian-American actor, producer and director (1880–1960) · 1880–1960
Days lived
29,512
Mario Cecchi Gori🇮🇹
deceasedfilm producer (1920–1993) · 1920–1993
Days lived
26,892
Milan Mladenović🇭🇷
deceasedrapper · 1958–1994
Days lived
13,194
Nora Brockstedt🇳🇴
deceasedNorwegian singer and musician (1923-2015) · 1923–2015
Days lived
33,892
Robert Knight🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer · 1945–2017
Days lived
26,493
Robert Maxwell🇬🇧
deceasedMedia Mogul, Politician, Fraudster · 1923–1991
Days lived
24,985
Willi Hennig🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1913–1976
Days lived
23,210
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
41,945
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
49,616
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
47,789
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,486
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,059
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,501
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,467
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,101
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,545
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,197
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,996
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,510
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,528
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,197
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,549
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,092
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,002
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,979
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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