On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 18 1967
Born on This Day
Angelo Zammarchi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest (1871–1958) · 1871–1958
Days lived
31,583

Axwell🇸🇪
DJ and record producer · b. 1977
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Billie Eilish
singer-songwriter · b. 2001

Brad Pitt🇺🇸
Television actor · b. 1963
Days alive
1,461

Bridgit Mendler🇺🇸
singer · b. 1992
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Christina Aguilera🇺🇸
rapper · b. 1980
Corny Collins🇩🇪
German theater, film and voice actress · b. 1933
Days alive
12,418
Cyril Jeunechamp🇫🇷
French footballer · b. 1975
Daniel Loeb🇺🇸
Activist Investor · b. 1961
Days alive
2,191

Daniel Richter🇩🇪
artist · b. 1962
Days alive
1,826

Edgar Hoppe🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1937
Days alive
10,957
F.M. Einheit🇩🇪
German musician, actor · b. 1958
Days alive
3,287
Fabio Wardley🇬🇧
Boxer · b. 1994

Frank Rennicke🇩🇪
German singer and far-right activist (born 1964) · b. 1964
Days alive
1,095

Georg Brenninger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect and sculptor (1909-1988) · 1909–1988
Days lived
28,820
Georg Klaus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1912–1974) · 1912–1974
Days lived
22,503

George Stevens🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer (1904–1975) · 1904–1975
Days lived
25,647
Helga Guitton🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1942
Days alive
9,131
Helmuth Schneider🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1920–1972
Days lived
18,717
Horst Krause🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor · 1941–2025
Days lived
30,577
Jacques Grand'Maison🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian writer (1931–2016) · 1931–2016
Days lived
31,004
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Joseph Stalin🇬🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1878–1953
Days lived
27,105

Kari Byron🇺🇸
artist · b. 1974

Keith Richards🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1943
Days alive
8,766

Michael Moorcock🇬🇧
English writer, editor, critic · b. 1939
Days alive
10,227
Michel Terrot🇫🇷
member of the National Assembly of France · b. 1948
Days alive
6,939
Micke Kontinen🇫🇮
Finnish tennis player · b. 1992

Mille Petrozza🇩🇪
German singer and guitarist · b. 1966
Days alive
365

Natalie Gal
Actor · b. 1985

Paul Klee🇨🇭
deceasedGerman-Swiss artist (1879–1940) · 1879–1940
Days lived
22,108

Pierre Nkurunziza
deceasedPresident of Burundi from 2005 to 2020 · 1964–2020
Days lived
20,261

Radia Perlman🇺🇸
American software designer and network engineer (born 1951) · b. 1951
Days alive
5,844
René Schwarzenbach🇨🇭
Swiss chemist · b. 1945
Days alive
8,035

Richard Kallee🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Lutheran pastor and archaeologist · 1854–1933
Days lived
28,698

Rob Van Dam🇺🇸
actor · b. 1970

Robson Green🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1964
Days alive
1,095

Sandro Lopopolo🇮🇹
deceasedItalian boxer (1939–2014) · 1939–2014
Days lived
27,158
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Sia🇦🇺
Australian singer and songwriter (born 1975) · b. 1975

Steven Spielberg🇺🇸
Film director · b. 1946
Days alive
7,670

Stone Cold Steve Austin🇺🇸
actor · b. 1964
Days alive
1,095
Sylvia T. Ceyer🇺🇸
American chemist · b. 1953
Days alive
5,113
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Tara Conner🇺🇸
actor · b. 1985

Uli Jon Roth🇩🇪
German guitarist · b. 1954
Days alive
4,748

Vanessa Trump🇺🇸
Socialite · b. 1977

Vedran Vukušić🇭🇷
Croatian basketball player · b. 1982

Volker Bouffier🇩🇪
German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse · b. 1951
Days alive
5,844
Walter Hieber🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1895–1976
Days lived
29,566
Willi Bucher🇩🇪
German artist · b. 1948
Days alive
6,939

Willy Brandt🇳🇴
deceasedpolitician · 1913–1992
Days lived
28,784

Yuri Nikulin🇸🇺
deceasedClown · 1921–1997
Days lived
27,640

Zoltán Zelk🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian writer and poet (1906-1981) · 1906–1981
Days lived
27,155
Died on This Day

Albin Stepowicz
deceasedmusician · 1894–1934
Days lived
14,884

Bernard Bolzano
deceasedNotable Trials · 1781–1848
Days lived
24,545

Brian Price🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh rugby union player · 1937–2023
Days lived
31,460
Camillo Castiglioni
deceasedActor · 1879–1957
Days lived
28,546
Chris Farley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor and comedian (1964–1997) · 1964–1997
Days lived
12,360
Conny Plank🇩🇪
deceasedrapper · 1940–1987
Days lived
17,395
George Phillips Odom Jr.🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1941–2010
Days lived
25,553

Gilbert Bécaud🇫🇷
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1927–2001
Days lived
27,084

Jacob Gary🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli lawyer (1901-1974) · 1901–1974
Days lived
26,754
Josef Pešice🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1950–2017
Days lived
24,781
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Konrad Zuse🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1910–1995
Days lived
31,225

Lilia Skala🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian-American actress (1896-1994) · 1896–1994
Days lived
35,813

M. H. J. Schoenmaekers🇳🇱
deceasedDutch mathematician (1875–1944) · 1875–1944
Days lived
25,207

Mary Parker Follett🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican academic (1868-1933) · 1868–1933
Days lived
23,846
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Nico Tromp
deceasedDutch baseball player · 1930–2003
Days lived
27,014

Park Hon-young
deceasedNotable Trials · 1900–1955
Days lived
20,292
Paul Baender
deceasedGerman-Bolivian chess player (1906-1985) · 1906–1985
Days lived
28,873
Robert Bresson🇫🇷
deceasedFrench film director (1901–1999) · 1901–1999
Days lived
35,878

Václav Havel🇨🇿
deceasedYouTube personality · 1936–2011
Days lived
27,467

Zsa Zsa Gabor
deceasedfilm actor · 1917–2016
Days lived
36,475
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
41,988

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
49,659
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
47,832
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,529
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,102
HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,544
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,510
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,144
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,588
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,240
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,039
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,553
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,571
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,240
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,592
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,135
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,045
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,022
Already Released
Films already out by this date.