On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
February 20 1968
Born on This Day
Abel Gómez Moreno🇪🇸
Spanish footballer · b. 1982
Ansel Adams🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1902–1984
Days lived
30,012
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Anthony Head🇬🇧
deceasedActor · 1954–2026
Days lived
26,399
Antonín Bartoníček🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1949
Days alive
6,939
Antonio Inoki🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese professional wrestler, businessman, and politician (1943-2022) · 1943–2022
Days lived
29,078
Arthur Abraham🇩🇪
Armenian-German boxer · b. 1980
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Artur Boruc🇵🇱
football player · b. 1980
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Charles Barkley🇺🇸
Basketball player · b. 1963
Days alive
1,826
Cindy Crawford🇺🇸
Supermodel, Entrepreneur, Actress · b. 1966
Days alive
730
Dennis Drainville🇨🇦
Canadian politician · b. 1954
Days alive
5,113
DJ Taucher🇩🇪
German DJ · b. 1966
Days alive
730
Ekrem Celil
weightlifter · b. 1980
Emilia Krakowska🇵🇱
Polish actress · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
George Devol🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican inventor (1912–2011) · 1912–2011
Days lived
36,332
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Gordon Brown🇬🇧
politician · b. 1951
Days alive
6,209
Han Deok-hee🇰🇷
football player · b. 1987
Hans Christian Blech🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1915-1993) · 1915–1993
Days lived
28,503
Hans Urwyler🇨🇭
deceasedChief Apostle of the Apostolic Church (1925-1997) · 1925–1997
Days lived
26,569
Heinz Erhardt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman comedian and entertainer (1909-1979) · 1909–1979
Days lived
25,672
Helen Murray Free🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist and educator (1923–2021) · 1923–2021
Days lived
35,865
Ina Barfuss🇩🇪
German textile artist (born 1949) · b. 1949
Days alive
6,939
Jack Bicknell🇺🇸
American football player and coach · b. 1938
Days alive
10,957
Jacob Perry🇮🇱
Israeli politician · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Jay Hernandez
Actor · b. 1978
Joao Grimaldo
association football player · b. 2003
Joaquín Reyes Chávez🇲🇽
football player · b. 1978
Joop Geurts🇳🇱
deceasedDutch baseball player · 1923–2009
Days lived
31,418
Julia Franck🇩🇪
writer · b. 1970
Julia Jentsch🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1978
Karl Hans Albrecht🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1920–2014
Days lived
34,480
Kate Walsh🇬🇧
English singer · b. 1983
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Kurt Cobain🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1967–1994
Days lived
9,906
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Laurent Dauthuille🇫🇷
deceasedFrench boxer (1924–1971) · 1924–1971
Days lived
17,307
Lee Shau-kee🇨🇳
deceasedHong Kong business magnate (1928–2025) · 1928–2025
Days lived
35,455
Majandra Delfino🇺🇸
American actress, singer · b. 1981
Max Cetto🇲🇽
deceasedMexican architect and historian (1903–1980) · 1903–1980
Days lived
28,169
Oliver Caruso🇩🇪
German weightlifter · b. 1974
Oliver Mark🇩🇪
artist · b. 1963
Days alive
1,826
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Olivia Rodrigo
singer-songwriter · b. 2003
Philipp Neumann🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1992
Rainer Buhmann🇩🇪
German chess player (born 1981) · b. 1981
Rihanna
Artist/Entrepreneur · b. 1988
Robert Altman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican filmmaker (1925–2006) · 1925–2006
Days lived
29,858
Robert Huber🇩🇪
chemist · b. 1937
Days alive
11,322
Sally Rooney🇮🇪
Novelist · b. 1991
Sidney Poitier🇺🇸
deceasedOscar Winners · 1927–2022
Days lived
34,654
Died on This Day
Angel Ayala🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish cleric and writer (1867-1960) · 1860–1960
Days lived
36,514
Anita Augspurg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman jurist, actress, writer, editor, and activist (1857–1943) · 1857–1943
Days lived
31,196
Herbert Ehrenberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1926-2018) · 1926–2018
Days lived
33,299
Hermann Jansen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1869-1945) · 1869–1945
Days lived
27,661
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Juliusz Bursche🇵🇱
deceasedPolish bishop (1862–1942) · 1862–1942
Days lived
29,011
Kim Seong-jip🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean weightlifter (1919-2016) · 1919–2016
Days lived
35,467
Maria Goeppert Mayer🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1906–1972
Days lived
23,978
Max Schreck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1879-1936) · 1879–1936
Days lived
20,620
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Reinhard Mannesmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman engineer and entrepreneur (1856–1922) · 1856–1922
Days lived
24,023
Robert Bolt🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1924–1995
Days lived
25,756
Ulrich Roski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman singer songwriter (1944-2003) · 1944–2003
Days lived
21,537
Zachary Breaux🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz guitarist (1960–1997) · 1960–1997
Days lived
13,388
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
42,052
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
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
Fritz Achterberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1880-1971) · 1880–1971
Days lived
33,215
Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra🇵🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1880–1976
Days lived
34,807
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
49,723
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
47,896
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,593
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,166
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,608
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,574
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,208
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,652
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,304
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,103
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,617
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,635
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,304
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,656
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,199
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,109
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,086
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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