On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
November 8 1967
Born on This Day
Aaron Swartz
deceasedActivist · 1986–2013
Days lived
9,561
Alain Delon🇫🇷
deceasedScreenwriter · 1935–2024
Days lived
32,426
Alfred Guillaume🇬🇧
deceasedBritish Hebrew and Islamic scholar (1888–1965) · 1888–1965
Days lived
28,145
Bojan Vručina🇭🇷
Croatian association football player · b. 1984
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Bonnie Raitt🇺🇸
American musician (born 1949) · b. 1949
Days alive
6,574
Charles T. Kowal🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican astronomer (1940-2011) · 1940–2011
Days lived
25,952
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Christophe Vincent🇫🇷
football player · b. 1992
Cristina Iovu
Moldovan–born Azerbaijani-Romanian weightlifter · b. 1992
Darwin Barney🇺🇸
American baseball player · b. 1985
Evert-Jan 't Hoen
Dutch baseball player · b. 1975
Geraldo Alves🇵🇹
Portuguese association footballer · b. 1980
Håkan Buskhe🇸🇪
Swedish businessman · b. 1963
Days alive
1,461
Hakan Vural Koçaslan
Turkish association football player (born 1986) · b. 1986
Hermann Zapf🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1918–2015
Days lived
35,272
Jamie Roberts🇬🇧
Welsh rugby union footballer and physician · b. 1986
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José Manuel Pinto🇪🇸
football player · b. 1975
Kazuo Ishiguro🇬🇧
Novelist · b. 1954
Days alive
4,748
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
aristocrat · b. 2003
Lars Andersen
Danish archer and artist · b. 1964
Days alive
1,095
Lauren Oliver🇺🇸
writer · b. 1982
Lonnie Gordon🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1965
Days alive
730
Louis Bernacchi🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1876–1942
Days lived
23,907
Maja Marijana🇷🇸
singer · b. 1972
Markus Schleinzer🇦🇹
Austrian actor · b. 1971
Masashi Kishimoto🇯🇵
artist · b. 1974
Nick Punto🇺🇸
film director · b. 1977
Oskar von Niedermayer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1885-1948) · 1885–1948
Days lived
22,966
Patti Page🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1927–2013
Days lived
31,101
Peter Weiss🇸🇪
deceasedYouTube personality · 1916–1982
Days lived
23,924
Richard Li🇨🇦
Chairman of Pacific Century CyberWorks · b. 1966
Days alive
365
Rickie Lee Jones🇺🇸
American singer (born 1954) · b. 1954
Days alive
4,748
Shabban Shahab-ud-Din🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player (1909–1983) · 1909–1983
Days lived
26,722
Stéphane Audran🇫🇷
deceasedactor · 1932–2018
Days lived
31,185
Stevan Luketić
deceasedartist · 1925–2002
Days lived
28,086
Sylvia Karres
field hockey player · b. 1976
Ted DiBiase Jr.🇺🇸
actor · b. 1982
Víctor Marté🇩🇴
film director · b. 1980
Walter Bosshard🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss photographer, teacher, explorer, botanist, botanical collector (1892-1975) · 1892–1975
Days lived
30,324
Died on This Day
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Adolfo Lozano Sidro🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish author (1872-1935) · 1872–1935
Days lived
23,321
Alex Trebek
deceasedtelevision presenter · 1940–2020
Days lived
29,329
Bernhard Zondek🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-Israeli endocrinologist · 1891–1966
Days lived
27,495
Carola Höhn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1910–2005) · 1910–2005
Days lived
34,981
Cornel Lucas🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish photographer (1920–2012) · 1920–2012
Days lived
33,660
Ernie Vandeweghe🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian-born American basketball player · 1928–2014
Days lived
31,468
Frederick H. Rohr🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chief executive officer · 1896–1965
Days lived
25,383
Gyula Ágost Lopussny
deceasedHungarian parson, canons · 1855–1921
Days lived
24,053
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Ivan Bunin🇫🇷
deceasedRussian writer and poet (1870–1953) · 1870–1953
Days lived
30,332
Ivory Joe Hunter🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1911–1974
Days lived
23,039
Karl-Heinz Irmer🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1903-1975) · 1903–1975
Days lived
26,407
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King Kelly🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1857–1894
Days lived
13,461
Konrāds Kalējs🇺🇸
deceasedLatvian war criminal and Holocaust perpetrator (1913–2001) · 1913–2001
Days lived
32,264
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Li Moran🇨🇳
deceasedactor · 1927–2012
Days lived
31,358
Maurice Karnaugh🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican physicist (1924–2022) · 1924–2022
Days lived
35,829
Michael Osipovich Barshch🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet architect and educator (1904–1976) · 1904–1976
Days lived
26,582
Peter Mohr Dam
deceasedFaroe Islands politician (1898-1968) · 1898–1968
Days lived
25,656
Rainer Erler🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1933–2023
Days lived
32,946
Sabine Bethmann🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1931–2021
Days lived
32,887
Vitaly Ginzburg🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1916–2009
Days lived
34,003
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
41,948
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
49,619
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
47,792
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,489
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,062
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,504
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,470
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,104
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,548
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,200
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,999
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,513
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,531
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,200
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,552
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,095
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,005
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,982
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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