On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 22 1968
Born on This Day
Alison Eastwood🇺🇸
American actress · b. 1972
Anik Dutta🇮🇳
deceasedFilm director · 1960–2026
Days lived
24,111
Anton von Henle
deceasedGerman catholic priest and theologian (1851-1927) · 1851–1927
Days lived
27,900
Antonin Cyril Stojan
deceasedCzechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and Czechoslovak politician (1851–1923) · 1851–1923
Days lived
26,427
Arthur Conan Doyle🇬🇧
deceasedYouTube personality · 1859–1930
Days lived
25,978
Charles Aznavour🇫🇷
deceasedactor · 1924–2018
Days lived
34,465
Dalbello🇨🇦
singer-songwriter · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Dennie Christian🇩🇪
German singer and television presenter · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Dietrich Henschel🇩🇪
musician · b. 1967
Days alive
366
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Dré Bly🇺🇸
American football player and coach (born 1977) · b. 1977
Dustin Moskovitz
entrepreneur · b. 1984
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Eric Butorac🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1981
Eugen Bratan
Moldovan weightlifter · b. 1981
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George Best🇬🇧
deceasedNorthern Irish association football player (1946–2005) · 1946–2005
Days lived
21,737
George H. Heilmeier🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1936–2014
Days lived
28,458
Harvey Milk🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1930–1978
Days lived
17,721
Hermann Stieve🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician, anatomist, and histologist (1886–1952) · 1886–1952
Days lived
24,212
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Hideaki Anno🇯🇵
actor · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Hubert Lanz🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1896–1982
Days lived
31,495
Jan Sobol🇨🇿
Czech handball player · b. 1984
Jean-Paul Ollivier🇫🇷
journalist · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
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Johannes R. Becher🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1891–1958
Days lived
24,613
Joshua Zirkzee
association football player · b. 2001
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Julian Edelman🇺🇸
American football player (born 1986) · b. 1986
Jurij Pilk
deceasedSorbian composer and historian (1858-1926) · 1858–1926
Days lived
24,805
Katie Price🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1978
Kim Mu-yeol🇰🇷
Singer · b. 1982
Lars Koslowski🇩🇪
tennis player · b. 1971
Laurence Olivier🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish actor and director (1907–1989) · 1907–1989
Days lived
30,001
Lisa Murkowski🇺🇸
politician · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Lyudmila Zhuravlyova🇷🇺
Ukrainian astronomer · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
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Marco Rudolph🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1970
Mary Black🇮🇪
Irish singer · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
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Max Brooks🇺🇸
actor · b. 1972
Mete Sözen🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1930–2018
Days lived
32,095
Michele Pellizzer🇮🇹
football player · b. 1989
Morrissey🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Naomi Campbell🇬🇧
Supermodel, Actress, Businesswoman · b. 1970
Nigel Murray🇬🇧
athlete · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
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Novak Djokovic🇷🇸
Serbian tennis player · b. 1987
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Ovadia Eli🇮🇱
Israeli politician · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Paul Oskar Kristeller🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American philosopher and art historian (1905-1999) · 1905–1999
Days lived
34,349
Rick van den Hurk🇳🇱
Dutch former professional baseball player · b. 1985
Romaine Fielding🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1867–1927) · 1867–1927
Days lived
22,121
Rudolf Bergander
deceasedGerman artist (1909–1970) · 1909–1970
Days lived
22,238
Samuel Chukwueze
association football player · b. 1999
Suho
singer · b. 1991
Suho (Kim Jun-myeon)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (EXO) · b. 1991
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Summer H. Howell🇨🇦
Actor · b. 2004
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Ted Kaczynski
deceasedNotable Trials · 1942–2023
Days lived
29,604
Thomas Gold🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian astrophysicist (1920-2004) · 1920–2004
Days lived
30,712
Tommy Smith🇬🇧
football player · b. 1980
Tranquillo Barnetta🇮🇹
football player · b. 1985
Věra Bílá🇨🇿
deceasedCzech Roma singer (1954-2019) · 1954–2019
Days lived
23,670
Vladimir Granat🇷🇺
Russian association football player · b. 1987
Werner Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1907–1990) · 1907–1990
Days lived
30,240
Wilhelm Kaisen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician, Mayor of Bremen (1887-1979) · 1887–1979
Days lived
33,813
Died on This Day
Balduin Baas🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1922-2006) · 1922–2006
Days lived
30,663
Bernd Eistert🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1902–1978
Days lived
27,588
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Carl Albert Loosli🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer (1877-1959) · 1877–1959
Days lived
29,996
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Dina Merrill🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1923–2017) · 1923–2017
Days lived
34,113
Erna Scheffler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge; the first woman judge at the German Federal Constitutional Court (1893–1983) · 1893–1983
Days lived
32,749
Ernst Toller🇵🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1893–1939
Days lived
16,607
Georg Falck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1878–1947) · 1878–1947
Days lived
25,121
Horst Sachtleben🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1930-2022) · 1930–2022
Days lived
33,478
Jake Atz🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1879-1945) · 1879–1945
Days lived
24,066
James Gentle🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican soccer player (1904-1986) · 1904–1986
Days lived
29,890
Karl Hermann Frank
deceasedNotable Trials · 1898–1946
Days lived
17,649
Karl-Adolf Hollidt🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1891–1985
Days lived
34,360
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Langston Hughes🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer and social activist (1901-1933) · 1901–1967
Days lived
24,216
Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish general and resistance fighter · 1893–1964
Days lived
26,069
Myrtle Bachelder🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist and Women's Army Corps officer (1908–1997) · 1908–1997
Days lived
32,577
Oscar Bonavena🇦🇷
deceasedArgentine boxer · 1942–1976
Days lived
12,293
Walther Kossel🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1888–1956
Days lived
24,975
Wolff Schoemaker
deceasedDutch architect (1882-1949), active in Bandung, Indonesia (1882–1949) · 1882–1949
Days lived
24,407
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
42,144
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
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
Hans Reiter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Nazi physician (1881–1969) · 1881–1969
Days lived
32,413
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
49,815
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
47,988
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,685
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,258
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,700
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,666
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,300
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,744
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,396
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,195
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,709
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,727
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,396
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,748
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,291
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,201
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,178
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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