On This Day

Oscar Winners · b. 1973

Spanish jurist and academic · 1915–2004

Austrian member of the Nazi party (1895–1958) · 1895–1958

British historian (1889–1975) · 1889–1975

Lithuanian footballer (1983-2019) · 1983–2019

Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956) · 1891–1956

New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1980

American photographer (born 1961) · b. 1961

Comedian · 1949–2026

American basketball player and coach · b. 1963

Israeli politician · 1923–1982

American singer and actress (1926-2000) · 1926–2000

Israeli technology entrepreneur (1937–2013) · 1937–2013

Notable Trials · 1935–2026

Austrian footballer · b. 1987

German anthropologist (1863-1942) · 1863–1942

former French Roman Catholic Bishop · b. 1937

German artist and caricaturist (1908–1991) · 1908–1991

US tennis player · b. 1964

actor · b. 1949

British solo cellist and conductor · b. 1951

Actor · b. 2014

German ethnologist (1908–1985) · 1908–1985

German journalist · b. 1941

actor · b. 1974

Notable Trials · 216–274

association football player · b. 1999

German journalist, writer and television presenter · b. 1953

Slovene poet, playwright and translator · b. 1950

philosopher · 1882–1936

German architect and designer (1868-1940) · 1868–1940

German song poet, actor and entertainer · b. 1971

Oscar Winners · 1925–2002

Prime Minister of Samoa from 1998 to 2021 · b. 1945

politician · 1952–2025

entrepreneur · b. 1957

Japanese computer scientist who created the Ruby programming language · b. 1965

conductor · 1927–2013

Israeli technology entrepreneur (1937–2013) · 1937–2013

Oscar Winners · 1897–1975

artist · 1856–1925

Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917) · 1859–1917

singer · 1976–2023

actor · 1900–1969

film director · 1857–1937

athlete · 1919–1983

Canadian historian (1886-1968) · 1886–1968

American marine biologist and conservationist (1907-1964) · 1907–1964

writer · 1908–1986

Russian and Soviet poet (1893–1930) · 1893–1930

British general and field hockey player (1875–1969) · 1875–1969

writer · 1876–1971

American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972) · 1876–1972

American psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972

English novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970

German-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978

German Wehrmacht general (1879–1973) · 1879–1973

Irish astronomer, economist and engineer (1880-1972) · 1880–1972

scientist · 1880–1972

military person · 1880–1972

German actor (1880-1971) · 1880–1971

politician · 1880–1976

athlete · 1881–1973

German Nazi physician (1881–1969) · 1881–1969

Austrian lawyer (1881–1973) · 1881–1973

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973) · 1881–1973

King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist · 1882–1973

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Chimpanzee · 1957–1983

Orca · 1962–1971

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Mountain gorilla · 1967–1977

Banking · b. 1865

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943