On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
November 20 1967
Born on This Day
Arnold Luhaäär🇪🇪
deceasedEstonian weightlifter (1905-1965) · 1905–1965
Days lived
21,610
Benoit Mandelbrot🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1924–2010
Days lived
31,374
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Borgore🇮🇱
rapper · b. 1987
Dan Casey🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1862–1943
Days lived
29,299
Derrick Taylor🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1963
Days alive
1,461
Dora Ratjen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman high jumper (1918–2008) · 1918–2008
Days lived
32,661
Eduard Kainberger🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian footballer (1911-1974) · 1911–1974
Days lived
22,753
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Edwin Hubble🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican astronomer (1889–1953) · 1889–1953
Days lived
23,322
Élisabeth Lamure🇫🇷
French politician · b. 1947
Days alive
7,305
Emilio Pucci🇮🇹
deceasedItalian noble, fashion designer and politician (1914-1992) · 1914–1992
Days lived
28,499
Enrique Villalobos🇪🇸
basketball player · b. 1965
Days alive
730
Erika Kirk🇺🇸
CEO of Turning Point USA, Businesswoman, Former Miss Arizona USA · b. 1988
Florencia Mutio🇦🇷
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1984
Florian David Fitz🇩🇪
actor · b. 1974
Franz Pfemfert🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1879-1954) · 1879–1954
Days lived
27,215
Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst🇩🇪
German Roman Catholic bishop and theologian · b. 1959
Days alive
2,922
Friedl Rinder🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1905–2001) · 1905–2001
Days lived
34,894
Gino De Sanctis🇮🇹
deceasedItalian journalist and screenwriter (1912–2001) · 1912–2001
Days lived
32,439
Goodluck Jonathan🇳🇬
President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015 · b. 1957
Days alive
3,652
Gottlieb Machate🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player · 1904–1974
Days lived
25,390
Gunnar Solka🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1970
Gustav Giemsa🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1867–1948
Days lived
29,422
Henri-Georges Clouzot🇫🇷
deceasedFrench film director, screenwriter and producer (1907–1977) · 1907–1977
Days lived
25,256
James Collip🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian biochemist, part of group that isolated insulin (1892–1965) · 1892–1965
Days lived
26,508
Janine Beermann🇩🇪
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1983
Joe Biden
politician · b. 1942
Days alive
9,131
Johanna Quaas🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1925
Days alive
15,340
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June Christy🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer (1925–1990) · 1925–1990
Days lived
23,589
Karl Amson Joel🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1889–1982
Days lived
33,951
Kon Ichikawa🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese film director and screenwriter (1915–2008) · 1915–2008
Days lived
33,688
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Kurt Krömer🇩🇪
German comedian · b. 1974
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Libertas Schulze-Boysen🇫🇷
deceasedGerman opponent of the Nazis who belonged to the Red Orchestra (1913-1942) · 1913–1942
Days lived
10,624
Miroslav Tichý🇨🇿
deceasedCzech photographer and painter (1926-2011) · 1926–2011
Days lived
30,824
Nadine Gordimer🇿🇦
deceasedSouth African writer (1923–2014) · 1923–2014
Days lived
33,108
Ng Teng Fong Family
deceasedReal Estate Developers · 1928–2010
Days lived
29,659
Nigel Gibbs🇬🇧
football player · b. 1965
Days alive
730
Nyango Star🇯🇵
Heavy Metal Drummer, Yuru-chara Mascot · b. 2015
Oliver Hasenfratz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television actor and actor (1966–2001) · 1966–2001
Days lived
12,778
Oliver Sykes🇬🇧
British singer and record producer · b. 1986
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Olli Dittrich🇩🇪
German TV personality, actor, and comedian · b. 1956
Days alive
4,017
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Pascal Roller🇩🇪
German basketball player · b. 1976
Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym🇹🇭
professional boxer from Thailand · b. 1980
Ricard Opisso🇪🇸
deceasedcartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and painter from Spain (1880-1966) · 1880–1966
Days lived
31,227
Robert F. Kennedy🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician and lawyer · 1925–1968
Days lived
15,539
Rodger Bumpass🇺🇸
actor · b. 1951
Days alive
5,844
Rudolf Walther-Fein🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1875–1933
Days lived
20,981
Sanne van Gool
Dutch baseball player · b. 1992
Selma Lagerlöf🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish writer (1858–1940) · 1858–1940
Days lived
29,701
Skeeter Best🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1914-1985) · 1914–1985
Days lived
25,756
Stipo Papic🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1978
Terri Attwood🇬🇧
British bioinformatician · b. 1959
Days alive
2,922
Thomas Raber🇦🇹
singer · b. 1972
Timothy Kitum🇰🇪
Kenyan middle distance runner · b. 1994
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Wilfred Elrington
journalist · b. 1948
Days alive
6,939
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Youssoufa Moukoko
association football player · b. 2004
Zinaida Gippius🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1869–1945
Days lived
27,686
Died on This Day
Arthur Charles Hind🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player (1904-1991) · 1904–1991
Days lived
31,744
Avtandil Gogoberidze🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1922–1980
Days lived
21,294
Benedetto Croce🇮🇹
deceasedItalian philosopher (1866-1952) · 1866–1952
Days lived
31,679
Casimir Funk🇵🇱
deceasedJewish-Polish biochemist · 1884–1967
Days lived
30,585
Dieter Hildebrandt🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1927–2013
Days lived
31,593
Eberhard Piltz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television presenter and journalist (1942-2011) · 1942–2011
Days lived
25,231
Flora Martirosian🇺🇸
deceasedArmenian folk singer (1957-2012) · 1957–2012
Days lived
20,377
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Francisco Franco🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish general and dictator (1892-1975) · 1892–1975
Days lived
30,300
Gary Mounfield🇬🇧
deceasedBritish bassist (1962–2025) · 1962–2025
Days lived
23,015
Gerard Heinz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1904-1972) · 1904–1972
Days lived
25,160
Gustl Gstettenbaur🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film and television actor (1914–1996) · 1914–1996
Days lived
30,215
Helga Hahnemann🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1937–1991
Days lived
19,796
John Maxton🇬🇧
deceasedBritish politician (1936 - 2025) · 1936–2025
Days lived
32,706
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John McEwen🇦🇺
deceasedpolitician · 1900–1980
Days lived
29,456
José Antonio Primo de Rivera🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish politician and founder of Falange Española (1903–1936) · 1903–1936
Days lived
12,264
Kakhi Asatiani
deceasedathlete · 1947–2002
Days lived
20,412
Klaus Dittrich🇩🇪
deceasedGerman computer scientist (1950–2007) · 1950–2007
Days lived
20,779
Mary L. Good🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist (1931–2019) · 1931–2019
Days lived
32,295
Olga Orgonista🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1901–1978
Days lived
28,395
Paula Modersohn-Becker🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1876–1907
Days lived
11,607
Robert Altman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican filmmaker (1925–2006) · 1925–2006
Days lived
29,858
Rudolf Havenstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman central bank President (1857-1923) · 1857–1923
Days lived
24,360
Tomasz Pajzderski
deceasedPolish architect (1864-1908) · 1864–1908
Days lived
16,348
Wolfgang Borchert🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1921–1947
Days lived
9,680
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
41,960
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
49,631
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
47,804
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,501
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,074
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,516
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,482
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,116
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,560
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,212
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,011
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,525
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,543
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,212
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,564
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,107
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,017
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,994
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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