On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 7 1967
Born on This Day
Albert Florath🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1888–1957) · 1888–1957
Days lived
24,930
Alex Rădulescu🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1974
Andrea Breder🇩🇪
German high jumper · b. 1964
Days alive
1,095
Anton Richter🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian weightlifter · 1911–1989
Days lived
28,150
Charlotte Beradt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer and journalist (1907-1986) · 1907–1986
Days lived
28,649
Claire Rommer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1904-1996) · 1904–1996
Days lived
33,493
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David Goffin🇧🇪
Belgian tennis player · b. 1990
Denise Zich🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1975
Edwin Holt Hughes
deceasedAmerican Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church · 1866–1950
Days lived
30,382
Eli Wallach🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1915–2014) · 1915–2014
Days lived
35,994
Eric Bauza🇨🇦
deceasedVoice actor · 1979–2026
Days lived
17,124
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George P. Codd🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1869–1927
Days lived
20,889
Hermann Balck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1893-1982) · 1893–1982
Days lived
32,498
Holger C. Gotha🇩🇪
actor · b. 1960
Days alive
2,556
John Doeg🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1908-1978) · 1908–1978
Days lived
25,343
John Terry🇬🇧
English association football player (born 1980) · b. 1980
Jon Moxley🇺🇸
Professional wrestler · b. 1985
Jon Moxley🇺🇸
American professional wrestler and actor · b. 1985
Julian Palmieri🇫🇷
football player · b. 1986
Kaffe Fassett🇺🇸
American artist (born 1937) · b. 1937
Days alive
10,957
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Klaus Tschira🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1940–2015
Days lived
27,142
Landry Chauvin🇫🇷
French association football manager (born 1968) · b. 1968
Leon Kossoff🇬🇧
deceasedpainter (1926-2019) · 1926–2019
Days lived
33,812
Martin Heidenhain🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anatomist (1864–1949) · 1864–1949
Days lived
31,052
Ned Haig🇬🇧
deceasedInventor of rugby sevens (1858–1939) · 1858–1939
Days lived
29,331
Noam Chomsky🇺🇸
writer · b. 1928
Days alive
14,244
Orli Shoshan🇮🇱
actor · b. 1976
Otto Rasch
deceasedNazi Holocaust perpetrator (1891–1948) · 1891–1948
Days lived
20,783
Patrice O'Neal🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1969–2011
Days lived
15,332
Peter Chatel🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1943–1986
Days lived
15,602
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Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
princess · b. 2003
Roland Hattenberger🇦🇹
Austrian footballer · b. 1948
Days alive
6,939
Sara Bareilles🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1979
Sergey Belyavsky🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet/Russian astronomer (1883-1953) · 1883–1953
Days lived
25,512
Susan Collins🇺🇸
politician · b. 1952
Days alive
5,478
Takashi Umezawa🇯🇵
Japanese association football player · b. 1972
Theo Snelders
Dutch footballer · b. 1963
Days alive
1,461
Theophil Wurm🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Lutheran bishop (1868-1953) · 1868–1953
Days lived
30,732
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Tom Waits🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1949
Days alive
6,574
Václav Chalupa🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1967
Days alive
0
Wilhelm Dörr🇩🇪
deceasedGerman discus thrower (1881-1955) · 1881–1955
Days lived
26,780
Died on This Day
Art Larsen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1925-2012) · 1925–2012
Days lived
32,011
Arthur Milchhöfer
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1852–1903) · 1852–1903
Days lived
18,887
Artur Esche
deceasedGerman politician and judge (1857-1940) · 1857–1940
Days lived
30,405
Bob Loubser🇿🇦
deceasedSouth African rugby union player · 1884–1962
Days lived
28,611
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Cal Lepore🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football official · 1919–2002
Days lived
30,656
Carl Hinrichs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1907-1967) · 1907–1967
Days lived
21,995
Carl Schuchhardt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1859–1943) · 1859–1943
Days lived
30,803
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Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1940–2005
Days lived
23,877
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Elga Andersen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and singer (1935–1994) · 1935–1994
Days lived
21,858
Frederic Kimber Seward🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican lawyer (1878–1943) · 1878–1943
Days lived
23,999
Grahanandan Singh🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player (1926–2014) · 1926–2014
Days lived
32,434
Hanny Fries🇨🇭
deceasedartist · 1918–2009
Days lived
33,248
Juan Luna🇵🇭
deceasedFilipino painter, sculptor and political activist (1857-1899) · 1857–1899
Days lived
15,383
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Konrad Dreher🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1859–1944
Days lived
31,084
Michel Ney
deceasedNotable Trials · 1769–1815
Days lived
17,131
Paul Mehlitz🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player · 1906–1982
Days lived
27,742
Pekka Säilä🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish tennis player (1941–2009) · 1941–2009
Days lived
24,824
Peter Mieg🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss composer, painter and journalist (1906-1990) · 1906–1990
Days lived
30,774
Reinhard Bonnke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Pentecostal evangelist (1940–2019) · 1940–2019
Days lived
29,086
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Walter Noddack🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1893–1960
Days lived
24,583
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
41,977
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
49,648
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
47,821
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,518
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,091
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,533
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,499
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,133
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,577
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,229
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,028
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,542
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,560
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,229
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,581
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,124
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,034
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,011
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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