On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 20 1968
Born on This Day
Albano Carrisi🇮🇹
Italian singer and actor · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Albert Steinrück🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1872–1929
Days lived
20,719
Alfons Alzamora🇪🇸
Spanish basketball player · b. 1979
Baglan Mailybaev
scientist · b. 1975
Barbara Lochbihler🇩🇪
German lawyer and politician · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Brooklyn Rivera🇺🇸
Reality television participant · b. 1990
Busta Rhymes🇺🇸
rapper · b. 1972
C.K. Vineeth🇮🇳
football player · b. 1988
Carlprit🇩🇪
musician · b. 1986
Cher
actor · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Christiane F.🇩🇪
German author · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
David Hedison🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1927-2019) · 1927–2019
Days lived
33,662
David Paterson🇺🇸
politician · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Diego Abatantuono🇮🇹
actor · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Dieter Rams🇩🇪
German industrial designer (born 1932) · b. 1932
Days alive
13,149
Dietrich Mateschitz
deceasedentrepreneur · 1944–2022
Days lived
28,644
Eduard Buchner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chemist (1907 Nobel Prize) · 1860–1917
Days lived
20,903
Emile Berliner🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1851–1929
Days lived
28,564
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Flor Isava-Fonseca🇻🇪
deceasedVenezuelan sportswoman and writer · 1921–2020
Days lived
36,226
Friedrich Oskar Giesel🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1852–1927
Days lived
27,569
Giorgos Vasiliou🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1931–2026
Days lived
34,572
Goh Chok Tong
Emeritus Senior Minister · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Gudrun Gut🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Henry Seely White🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1862–1943
Days lived
29,584
Iker Casillas🇪🇸
football player · b. 1981
Imata Kabua
deceasedformer President of the Marshall Islands (1943-2019) · 1943–2019
Days lived
27,880
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1959–1997
Days lived
13,917
Jameel McCline🇺🇸
American boxer · b. 1970
James Stewart🇺🇸
deceasedOscar Winners · 1908–1997
Days lived
32,550
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Jana Pallaske🇩🇪
singer · b. 1979
Jiřina Kudličková🇨🇿
Czech pole vaulter · b. 1986
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Joe Cocker🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish musician (1944–2014) · 1944–2014
Days lived
25,783
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José Mujica🇺🇾
deceasedpolitician · 1935–2025
Days lived
32,866
Josef Schwarz🇩🇪
German long jumper · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
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Kaoru Mitoma
association football player · b. 1997
Kaya Yanar🇩🇪
actor · b. 1973
Leo Franco🇮🇹
Argentine footballer · b. 1977
Leonard Susskind🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
Louis Theroux🇬🇧
Journalist · b. 1970
Martina Hallmen🇩🇪
German hockey player, Olympic medalist · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Milt Gabler🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican record producer (1911–2001) · 1911–2001
Days lived
32,934
Motoi Ōkoshi🇯🇵
film director · b. 1971
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Omurbek Babanov
entrepreneur · b. 1970
Otto Jelinek🇨🇦
athlete · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
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Otto Rössler🇩🇪
scientist · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
Patricia Navidad🇲🇽
actor · b. 1973
Paul Strähle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman flying ace and photographer (1893-1985) · 1893–1985
Days lived
33,590
Petr Čech🇨🇿
Czech footballer (born 1982) · b. 1982
René Benko🇦🇹
entrepreneur · b. 1977
Sally Floyd🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1950-2019) · 1950–2019
Days lived
25,299
Sándor Simon🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1970
Šárka Kašpárková🇨🇿
Czech athlete · b. 1971
Sky du Mont🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Stan Mikita🇨🇦
deceasedathlete · 1940–2018
Days lived
28,568
Tomáš Šmíd🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Tomoya Satozaki🇯🇵
film director · b. 1976
Wilhelm Müller-Wismar
deceasedGerman ethnographer (1881-1916) · 1881–1916
Days lived
12,926
Wilson Valdez🇩🇴
film director · b. 1978
Wolfgang Borchert🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1921–1947
Days lived
9,680
Wu Ying🇨🇳
former 6th richest woman in China, sentenced to death for financial fraud · b. 1981
Yoshihiko Noda🇯🇵
Prime Minister of Japan from 2011 to 2012 · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Yusuf Kasal
Turkish-German association football player (born 1988) · b. 1988
Died on This Day
Alexander Ulyanov
deceasedNotable Trials · 1866–1887
Days lived
7,708
Arthur Mallwitz🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
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Barbara Hepworth🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1903–1975
Days lived
26,428
Carrie Smith🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer · 1925–2012
Days lived
31,680
Douglas Rodríguez🇨🇺
deceasedboxer (1950-2012) · 1950–2012
Days lived
22,632
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Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1897–1947
Days lived
18,160
Gesang Martohartono🇮🇩
deceasedsinger · 1917–2010
Days lived
33,834
Henry Seely White🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1862–1943
Days lived
29,584
Jean E. Sammet🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1928-2017) · 1928–2017
Days lived
32,565
Josef Uridil🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian footballer (1895-1962) · 1895–1962
Days lived
24,253
Koo Bon-moo🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean business executive · 1945–2018
Days lived
26,762
Malik Sealy🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1970–2000
Days lived
11,066
Miguel de La Quadra-Salcedo🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish discus thrower (1932-2016) · 1932–2016
Days lived
30,701
Niki Lauda🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1949–2019
Days lived
25,654
Oswald Tschirtner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian artist (1920-2007) · 1920–2007
Days lived
31,916
Otto Ritter von Dandl
deceasedGerman politician (1868-1942) · 1868–1942
Days lived
27,034
Paul Ricœur🇫🇷
deceasedFrench philosopher (1913–2005) · 1913–2005
Days lived
33,685
Randy Savage🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1952–2011
Days lived
21,370
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Ray Manzarek🇺🇸
deceasedrapper · 1939–2013
Days lived
27,126
Robin Gibb🇬🇧
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1949–2012
Days lived
22,795
Willi Daume🇩🇪
deceasedbasketball player · 1913–1996
Days lived
30,312
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
42,142
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
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
Wang Zi-Ping🇨🇳
deceasedathlete · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,602
Vladimir Zelenin
deceasedscientist · 1881–1968
Days lived
32,067
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
49,813
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Lin Wang🇹🇼
deceasedAsian elephant · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,467
Ham🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1957–1983
Days lived
9,333
Shamu🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1962–1971
Days lived
3,521
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Digit🇷🇼
deceasedMountain gorilla · 1967–1977
Days lived
4,017
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,986
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,683
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,256
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,698
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,664
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,298
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,742
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,394
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,193
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,707
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,725
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,394
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,746
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,289
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,199
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,176
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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