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April 26 1969

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Born on This Day

🇩🇪Andreas Elsholz
German actor · b. 1972
🇩🇪Bernhard Kontarsky
musician · b. 1937
Days alive
11,688
🇩🇪Blutonium Boy
rapper · b. 1970
🇫🇷Bruno Grougi
football player · b. 1983
🇪🇸Carl Einstein
deceased
German art historian (1885-1940) · 1885–1940
Days lived
20,158
🇺🇸Carol Burnett
Singer · b. 1933
Days alive
13,149
🇫🇷Casey Legler
artist · b. 1977
Channing Tatum
actor · b. 1980
🇩🇪Christoph Silber
German screenwriter, film producer and film director · b. 1971
🇧🇷Cristina do Rego
German-Brazilian actress · b. 1986
Debra Wilson
Actor · b. 1962
Days alive
2,557
🇩🇪Dietmar Hopp
entrepreneur · b. 1940
Days alive
10,592
🇺🇸Eddie Eagan
deceased
American boxer and bobsledder (1897-1967) · 1897–1967
Days lived
25,615
🇩🇪Ernst Udet
deceased
politician · 1896–1941
Days lived
16,640
🇩🇪Eva Löbau
actor · b. 1972
🇺🇸Frank Steketee
deceased
American football player · 1900–1951
Days lived
18,871
🇺🇸Giancarlo Esposito
Actor · b. 1958
Days alive
4,018
🇮🇹Giorgia
Italian singer-songwriter · b. 1971
🇿🇦Grazjyna Engelbrecht
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1982
🇺🇸Henry Morgenthau
deceased
entrepreneur · 1856–1946
Days lived
33,084
🇺🇸I. M. Pei
deceased
Chinese-American architect (1917–2019) · 1917–2019
Days lived
37,275
🇵🇱Irena Skwierczyńska
deceased
actress (1897-1984) · 1897–1984
Days lived
31,795
🇺🇸Jackie Robinson
deceased
Basketball player · 1927–2022
Days lived
34,622
🇫🇷Jean Vigo
deceased
French film director (1905–1934) · 1905–1934
Days lived
10,754
🇸🇬Jet Li
athlete · b. 1963
Days alive
2,192
🇺🇸John Isner
American tennis player · b. 1985
🇪🇸Jonathan dos Santos
football player · b. 1990
🇺🇸Kane
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
731
🇺🇸Kevin James
actor · b. 1965
Days alive
1,461
🇯🇵Kiyooki Nakanishi
Japanese baseball player · b. 1962
Days alive
2,557
🇯🇵Kosuke Fukudome
film director · b. 1977
Kubanychbek Jumaliyev
former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan · b. 1956
Days alive
4,748
🇩🇪Manfred Korfmann
deceased
Turkish-German archaeologist (1942–2005) · 1942–2005
Days lived
23,118
🇩🇪Marga Höffgen
deceased
musician · 1921–1995
Days lived
27,100
🇸🇪Maria Kulle
actor · b. 1960
Days alive
3,287
🇬🇧Marlon King
football player · b. 1980
🇾🇺Melania Trump
Model · b. 1970
🇩🇪Michael Hermanussen
German anthropologist · b. 1955
Days alive
5,114
🇺🇸Olaf Henriksen
deceased
Danish-American baseball player (1888-1962) · 1888–1962
Days lived
27,201
🇩🇪Otto zur Linde
deceased
German writer (1873–1938) · 1873–1938
Days lived
23,671
🇫🇷Ours
French singer · b. 1978
🇨🇦Pablo Schreiber
actor · b. 1978
🇩🇪Paul Verner
deceased
German politician (1911-1986) · 1911–1986
Days lived
27,624
🇩🇪Renate Müller
deceased
German actress (1906–1937) · 1906–1937
Days lived
11,487
Rudolf Hess
deceased
Notable Trials · 1894–1987
Days lived
34,080
🇺🇸Sean Rodriguez
American professional baseball player · b. 1985
🇩🇪Sigrid Hunke
deceased
German writer and SS personnel (1913–1999) · 1913–1999
Days lived
31,461
🇺🇸Stone Johnson
deceased
American sprinter and football player (1940-1963) · 1940–1963
Days lived
8,535
🇮🇹Ugo Pirro
deceased
journalist · 1920–2008
Days lived
32,043
🇩🇪Ulli Wegner
German boxer and sports coach · b. 1942
Days alive
9,862
🇭🇷Vlado Kalember
singer · b. 1953
Days alive
5,844
🇷🇺Yuliya Zaripova
Russian middle-distance runner · b. 1986

Died on This Day

Broderick Crawford
deceased
Oscar Winners · 1911–1986
Days lived
27,167
🇩🇪Carl Bosch
deceased
chemist · 1874–1940
Days lived
23,983

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
42,483
🇬🇧Bertrand Russell
deceased
YouTube personality · 1872–1970
Days lived
35,688

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇦🇺Harriet
deceased
Galápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
50,154

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,327
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,024

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,534
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
133,048

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
10,977
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
4,399

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🇺🇸Count Basie

deceased

American jazz musician and composer (1904–1984) · 1904–1984

Days lived

29,103

🇨🇭Doris Stauffer

Swiss artist (1934-2017) · 1934–2017

Days lived

30,230

Dragotin Kette

writer · 1876–1899

Days lived

8,498

🇩🇪Hans Kehrl

German Nazi economic functionary and convicted war criminal (1900-1984) · 1900–1984

Days lived

30,546

🇺🇸Harry Warner Frantz

journalist · 1891–1982

Days lived

33,044

🇺🇸Hasil Adkins

American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1937-2005) · 1937–2005

Days lived

24,834

🇩🇪Hermann von Keyserling

writer · 1880–1946

Days lived

24,020

🇺🇸Jonathan Demme

actor · 1944–2017

Days lived

26,727

Kang Gyeong-ae

Korean writer, novelist and poet (1906–1944) · 1907–1944

Days lived

13,521

🇺🇸Lucille Ball

American actress (1911–1989) · 1911–1989

Days lived

28,388

🇨🇮Moïse Brou Apanga

Gabonese footballer (1982-2017) · 1982–2017

Days lived

12,865

🇦🇺Ronald Cecil Gates

writer · 1923–2018

Days lived

34,807

🇩🇪Ruth Hellberg

German actress (1906–2001) · 1906–2001

Days lived

34,509

🇮🇹Sandro Lopopolo

Italian boxer (1939–2014) · 1939–2014

Days lived

27,158

🇩🇪Sigmund Rascher

German Schutzstaffel doctor (1909–1945) · 1909–1945

Days lived

13,222

🇩🇪Walter Curt Behrendt

German-American architect · 1884–1945

Days lived

22,045

🇩🇪Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

deceased

politician · 1873–1969

Days lived

34,997

🇬🇧Charles Foulkes

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

Days lived

34,427

🇩🇪Gertrud von Le Fort

writer · 1876–1971

Days lived

34,718

🇺🇸Natalie Clifford Barney

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

Days lived

34,791

🇺🇸Lillian Moller Gilbreth

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

Days lived

34,190

🇬🇧E. M. Forster

English novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970

Days lived

33,394

🇺🇸Margarete Bieber

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

Days lived

36,003

🇩🇪Adolf Strauss

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

Days lived

34,163

🇮🇪Kenneth Edgeworth

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

Days lived

33,829

🇺🇸Emma P. Carr

scientist · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,404

🇩🇪Paul Hausser

military person · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,677

🇩🇪Fritz Achterberg

German actor (1880-1971) · 1880–1971

Days lived

33,215

🇵🇪Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra

politician · 1880–1976

Days lived

34,807

🇨🇳Wang Zi-Ping

athlete · 1881–1973

Days lived

33,602

🇩🇪Hans Reiter

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

Days lived

32,413

Hans Kelsen

🇺🇸Hans Kelsen

Austrian lawyer (1881–1973) · 1881–1973

Days lived

33,427

🇪🇸Pablo Picasso

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

Days lived

33,402

🇸🇪Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

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

Days lived

33,180

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,430

🇹🇼Lin Wang

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,467

🇺🇸Ham

Chimpanzee · 1957–1983

Days lived

9,333

🇺🇸Shamu

Orca · 1962–1971

Days lived

3,521

🇺🇸Washoe

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,399

🇷🇼Digit

Mountain gorilla · 1967–1977

Days lived

4,017

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

47,597

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

38,039

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

37,005

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

36,639

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

34,083

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

32,735

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

57,066

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

37,735

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

16,087

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

13,630

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

11,540

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

9,517