On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 4 1967
Born on This Day
Anke Huber🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1974
Carl Zimmerer🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1926–2001
Days lived
27,057
Cassandra Wilson🇺🇸
deceasedJazz singer · 1955–2026
Days lived
25,839
Dick Ricketts🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1933–1988) · 1933–1988
Days lived
19,816
Erwin von Witzleben🇵🇱
deceasedmilitary person · 1881–1944
Days lived
22,892
Felix Schlag🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1891–1974
Days lived
30,045
Feridun Zaimoğlu
writer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,095
Florencia de Saracho🇲🇽
actor · b. 1981
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Francisco Franco🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish general and dictator (1892-1975) · 1892–1975
Days lived
30,300
Franz Brungs🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1936
Days alive
11,322
Fred Armisen🇺🇸
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
365
Gae Aulenti🇮🇹
deceasedItalian architect and designer (1927–2012) · 1927–2012
Days lived
31,013
Gerd Heidemann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and convicted fraudster (1931–2024) · 1931–2024
Days lived
33,974
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Horst Buchholz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1933–2003) · 1933–2003
Days lived
25,291
Howard Eisley🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1972
Jack Ernst🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1899-1968) · 1899–1968
Days lived
24,932
Jarosław Gowin🇵🇱
Polish politician · b. 1961
Days alive
2,191
Javed Jaffrey🇮🇳
Indian actor, voice actor and dancer · b. 1962
Days alive
1,826
Jay-Z
Notable Trials · b. 1969
Jeannette Wing🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1956
Days alive
4,017
Jeff Bridges
Oscar Winners · b. 1949
Days alive
6,574
Jesse Burkett🇺🇸
deceasedMajor League Baseball outfielder (1868–1953) · 1868–1953
Days lived
30,854
Jorge Délano Frederick🇨🇱
deceasedjournalist · 1895–1980
Days lived
30,898
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Keith Caputo🇺🇸
American singer · b. 1973
Kim Seokjin (Jin)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (BTS) · b. 1992
Kimiko Douglass-Ishizaka🇯🇵
German-Japanese pianist, Olympic weightlifter and former powerlifter · b. 1976
Klaus Wilmsmeyer🇨🇦
American football player · b. 1967
Days alive
0
Kristian Wåhlin🇸🇪
singer · b. 1971
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Marteria🇩🇪
football player · b. 1982
Max Holloway🇺🇸
Mixed martial arts fighter · b. 1991
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Mina Tander🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1978
Nikolai Simonov
deceasedactor · 1901–1973
Days lived
26,070
Ömər Sultanov🇦🇿
singer · b. 2001
Pamela Stephenson🇦🇺
New Zealand clinical psychologist, writer and actress · b. 1949
Days alive
6,574
Pavle Zablatnik🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian priest (1912-1993) · 1912–1993
Days lived
29,393
Reality Winner
Whistleblower · b. 1991
Roh Tae-woo
deceasedNotable Trials · 1932–2021
Days lived
32,468
Sándor Gombos🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian fencer (1895-1968) · 1895–1968
Days lived
26,351
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Sertab Erener🇹🇷
Turkish singer (born 1964) · b. 1964
Days alive
1,095
Tadahito Iguchi🇯🇵
film director · b. 1974
Thomas Szczeponik🇵🇱
deceasedGerman politician (1860-1927) · 1860–1927
Days lived
24,162
Tyra Banks🇺🇸
singer · b. 1973
Uwe Kröger🇩🇪
German actor and singer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,095
Vincenzo Spampinato🇮🇹
Italian singer-songwriter · b. 1953
Days alive
5,113
Wassily Kandinsky🇫🇷
deceasedavant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866–1944) · 1866–1944
Days lived
28,498
Werner Becker🇩🇪
German conductor and composer · b. 1943
Days alive
8,766
Died on This Day
Albert Bessler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1905–1975) · 1905–1975
Days lived
25,859
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Ali Abdullah Saleh
deceasedNotable Trials · 1947–2017
Days lived
25,826
Alois Kottmann🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1929–2021
Days lived
33,770
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
deceasedpolitician · 1585–1642
Days lived
20,905
Charles Dow🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican journalist (1851–1902) · 1851–1902
Days lived
18,655
Edward Binns
deceasedActor · 1916–1990
Days lived
27,111
Forrest J Ackerman🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1916–2008
Days lived
33,613
Frank Zappa🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1940–1993) · 1940–1993
Days lived
19,341
Franz Studniczka🇦🇹
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1860-1929) · 1860–1929
Days lived
25,313
Giovanni Calabria🇮🇹
deceasedItalian saint (1873–1954) · 1873–1954
Days lived
29,641
H. C. Artmann🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian poet (1921–2000) · 1921–2000
Days lived
29,030
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Hannah Arendt🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1906–1975
Days lived
25,253
Jacob Pins🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1917–2005
Days lived
32,463
Javier Aguirre🇪🇸
deceasedFilm director · 1935–2019
Days lived
30,855
Karen Horney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican-German psychoanalyst · 1885–1952
Days lived
24,550
Karl Merkatz🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1930–2022
Days lived
33,620
Leonard Goldberg🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film and television producer (1934-2019) · 1934–2019
Days lived
31,360
Meinrad Inglin🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer and journalist (1893-1971) · 1893–1971
Days lived
28,617
Renate Ewert🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1933–1966
Days lived
12,078
Richard Vernon🇬🇧
deceasedFilm, television actor (1925-1997) · 1925–1997
Days lived
26,570
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Roger Bresnahan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1879–1944) · 1879–1944
Days lived
23,917
Ron Williamson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1953-2004) · 1953–2004
Days lived
18,932
Rouben Mamoulian🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film and theatre director (1897–1987) · 1897–1987
Days lived
32,928
Seymour Ginsburg🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1927–2004) · 1927–2004
Days lived
28,117
Vasily Belov🇷🇺
deceasedwriter (1932-2012) · 1932–2012
Days lived
29,262
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
41,974
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
Paul Hausser🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,677
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
49,645
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
47,818
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,515
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,088
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,530
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,496
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,130
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,574
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,226
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,025
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,539
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,557
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,226
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,578
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,121
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,031
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,008
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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