On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 29 1967
Born on This Day
Albert Pike
deceasedlawyer · 1809–1891
Days lived
29,679
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Alfred Vohrer🇩🇪
deceasedFilm director, Actor (1914–1986) · 1914–1986
Days lived
25,969
Ann Demeulemeester🇧🇪
Belgian fashion designer (born 1959) · b. 1959
Days alive
2,922
Arthur Daniel Healey🇺🇸
deceasedUnited States federal judge (1889-1948) · 1889–1948
Days lived
21,445
Brendan Venter🇿🇦
South African rugby union footballer and coach · b. 1969
Brice Salobert🇫🇷
rugby union player · b. 1980
Bruce Beutler🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1957
Days alive
3,652
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Charlotte Riley🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1981
Chris Barnes🇺🇸
American death metal vocalist · b. 1966
Days alive
365
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Christian Kracht🇨🇭
Swiss novelist and journalist (born 1966) · b. 1966
Days alive
365
Cordula Trantow🇩🇪
German film director · b. 1942
Days alive
9,131
Danny McBride🇺🇸
American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter · b. 1976
Derek Chisora🇬🇧
Boxer · b. 1983
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Dina Merrill🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1923–2017) · 1923–2017
Days lived
34,113
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Eddy Tiel🇳🇱
deceasedfield hockey player (1926–1993) · 1926–1993
Days lived
24,161
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Else von Möllendorff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1913-1982) · 1913–1982
Days lived
25,048
Graciano Rocchigiani🇩🇪
deceasedGerman boxer (1963–2018) · 1963–2018
Days lived
20,000
Helmut Gollwitzer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Protestant (Lutheran) theologian and author (1908–1993) · 1908–1993
Days lived
30,973
Holger Apfel🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1970
Jack Wilson🇺🇸
film director · b. 1977
Jari Europaeus🇫🇮
Finnish footballer · b. 1962
Days alive
1,826
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John Hutchinson
Maltese association football player and manager · b. 1979
Jon Voight
Oscar Winners · b. 1938
Days alive
10,592
Josef Beran🇨🇿
deceasedCzech cardinal, professor and theologist (1888–1969) · 1888–1969
Days lived
29,358
Keshav Dutt🇮🇳
deceasedIndian Field hockey player (1925–2021) · 1925–2021
Days lived
34,889
Kevin Granata🇺🇸
deceasedprofessor and researcher (1961-2007) · 1961–2007
Days lived
16,544
King Size Dick🇩🇪
singer · b. 1942
Days alive
9,131
Klaus Fuchs
deceasedNotable Trials · 1911–1988
Days lived
27,789
Lionel Giles🇬🇧
deceasedphilosopher · 1875–1958
Days lived
29,974
Marvic Leonen🇵🇭
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines · b. 1962
Days alive
1,826
Mary Tyler Moore🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1936–2017
Days lived
29,247
Matthias Platzeck🇩🇪
German politician (SPD) · b. 1953
Days alive
5,113
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Natalia Jiménez🇪🇸
singer · b. 1981
Neil Giraldo🇺🇸
Songwriter · b. 1955
Days alive
4,383
Patrice Verchère🇫🇷
member of the National Assembly of France · b. 1973
Philip Ridley🇬🇧
British artist and author · b. 1964
Days alive
1,095
Romina Becks🇩🇪
German actress and television presenter · b. 1987
Sana (Minatozaki Sana)🇯🇵
K-pop Idol (TWICE) · b. 1996
Susie Garrett🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1929–2002) · 1929–2002
Days lived
26,444
Victor Osimhen
association football player · b. 1998
Wynton Rufer🇨🇭
New Zealand association football player · b. 1962
Days alive
1,826
Died on This Day
Andrei Tarkovsky🇮🇹
deceasedactor · 1932–1986
Days lived
19,992
Bob Gould🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh rugby union player (1863-1931) · 1863–1931
Days lived
25,017
David Levine🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1926–2009
Days lived
30,325
Endel Ruberg🇨🇦
deceasedartist · 1917–1989
Days lived
26,520
Frederick Wolters🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican field hockey player (1904–1990) · 1904–1990
Days lived
31,609
Grete Mosheim🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1905–1986
Days lived
29,940
Henning Wolff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and publisher · 1929–2006
Days lived
28,224
Hermann Baumann🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1934–2023
Days lived
32,657
Hermann Regner🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1928–2008
Days lived
29,451
Horst Lechner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect · 1959–2014
Days lived
20,282
Jimmy Carter🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1924–2024
Days lived
36,614
José Cláudio dos Reis🇧🇷
deceasedathlete · 1939–1999
Days lived
22,200
Julius Axelrod🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1912–2004
Days lived
33,816
Karl Meixner🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1903–1976
Days lived
26,983
Kurt Richter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1900–1969) · 1900–1969
Days lived
25,237
Lita Grey🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1908–1995
Days lived
32,034
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Lothar Bolz
deceasedGerman politician (1903-1986) · 1903–1986
Days lived
30,433
Nicholas Prokopievich Miholaps🇧🇾
deceasedSoviet ceramic artist, director of the National Art Museum of Belarus (1886-1979) · 1886–1979
Days lived
34,212
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Pelé🇧🇷
deceasedactor · 1940–2022
Days lived
30,017
Reinhard Süring🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1866–1950
Days lived
30,908
Ted Lapidus🇫🇷
deceasedFrench fashion designer (1929-2008) · 1929–2008
Days lived
29,044
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
41,999
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
49,670
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
47,843
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,540
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,113
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,555
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,521
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,155
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,599
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,251
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,050
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,564
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,582
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,251
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,603
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,146
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,056
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,033
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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