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May 16 1969

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Born on This Day

🇩🇪Albert Osswald
deceased
German politician (1919–1996) · 1919–1996
Days lived
28,216
🇩🇪Angelika Bachmann
German tennis player · b. 1979
🇩🇪Axel Röhrle
German actor · b. 1971
Bernhard Pankok
deceased
German architect and painter (1872-1943) · 1872–1943
Days lived
25,890
🇩🇪David Lieske
German artist · b. 1979
🇩🇪Dieter Hogen
athlete · b. 1953
Days alive
5,844
🇺🇸Dina Rae
singer · b. 1976
Donald Fullilove
Actor · b. 1958
Days alive
4,018
🇺🇸Doug Leeds
businessperson · b. 1968
Days alive
365
🇧🇪Els Dottermans
Belgian actress · b. 1964
Days alive
1,826
🇦🇷Gabriela Sabatini
Argentine tennis player · b. 1970
H. H. Holmes
deceased
Notable Trials · 1861–1896
Days lived
12,775
Harry Stonecipher
Actor · b. 1936
Days alive
12,053
🇩🇪Helga Radtke
German long jumper · b. 1962
Days alive
2,557
Henry Fonda
deceased
Oscar Winners · 1905–1982
Days lived
28,212
🇰🇷IU
actor · b. 1993
🇰🇷IU (Lee Ji-eun)
K-pop Idol (Solo Artist) · b. 1993
🇨🇼Ivanon Coffie
Dutch baseball player · b. 1977
🇺🇸James Fauntleroy II
singer-songwriter · b. 1984
🇺🇸Janet Jackson
singer-songwriter · b. 1966
Days alive
1,096
🇬🇧Jim Sturgess
singer-songwriter · b. 1978
🇯🇵Kenji Mizoguchi
deceased
Japanese film director and screenwriter (1898-1956) · 1898–1956
Days lived
21,284
🇺🇸Krist Novoselic
Bassist · b. 1965
Days alive
1,461
🇵🇱Krystyna Zachwatowicz
athlete · b. 1930
Days alive
14,245
🇮🇹Laura Pausini
singer · b. 1974
Lukács Árpád Daczó
deceased
(1921–2018) Hungarian Catholic priest and ethnographer · 1921–2018
Days lived
35,582
🇳🇱M.C. Bakker
deceased
Dutch baseball player (1900–1988) · 1900–1988
Days lived
32,368
🇮🇹Mario Monicelli
deceased
Italian film director and screenwriter (1915–2010) · 1915–2010
Days lived
34,896
🇩🇪Martina Heinlein
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1981
🇺🇸Megan Fox
American actress and model · b. 1986
🇳🇿Melanie Lynskey
Actor · b. 1977
🇧🇷Nílton Santos
deceased
Brazilian association football player (1925–2013) · 1925–2013
Days lived
32,337
🇩🇪Oskar Deecke
German field hockey player · b. 1986
🇨🇿Pepa Nos
singer-songwriter · b. 1949
Days alive
7,305
🇺🇸Peter Onorati
American actor · b. 1954
Days alive
5,479
🇮🇪Pierce Brosnan
musician · b. 1953
Days alive
5,844
🇺🇸Richard Byrd
deceased
film director · 1892–1958
Days lived
24,140
🇬🇧Robert Fripp
English guitarist, composer and record producer · b. 1946
Days alive
8,401
🇩🇪Robinson Reichel
German actor · b. 1966
Days alive
1,096
🇺🇸Royal Rife
deceased
scientist · 1888–1971
Days lived
30,395
🇺🇸Rudolf Kompfner
deceased
Austrian-born engineer and physicist (1909-1977) · 1909–1977
Days lived
25,038
Ryan Gravenberch
association football player · b. 2002
🇵🇱Tamara de Lempicka
deceased
artist · 1898–1980
Days lived
29,891
Tori Spelling
actor · b. 1973
🇺🇸Tucker Carlson
Pundit · b. 1969
Days alive
0
🇺🇸Tyler Cloyd
film director · b. 1987
🇩🇪Ursula Buschhorn
actor · b. 1969
Days alive
0
🇩🇪Werner Sobek
German engineer and architect · b. 1953
Days alive
5,844
🇷🇺Yuri Shevchuk
actor · b. 1957
Days alive
4,383
🇵🇱Zygmunt Chmielewski
deceased
actor (1894-1978) · 1894–1978
Days lived
30,690

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Ademola Okulaja
deceased
basketball player · 1975–2022
Days lived
17,112
🇺🇸Andy Kaufman
deceased
American entertainer (1949–1984) · 1949–1984
Days lived
12,903

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
42,503
🇬🇧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
50,174

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,347
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,044

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,554
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
133,068

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
10,997
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
4,419

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🇺🇸Dabney Coleman

deceased

Actor · 1932–2024

Days lived

33,737

🇫🇷Django Reinhardt

Romani-Belgian /French jazz musician (1910–1953) · 1910–1953

Days lived

15,819

🇨🇦Donald Malinowski

Canadian politician (1924-2003) · 1924–2003

Days lived

28,917

🇩🇪Emil Stehle

German bishop and theologian (1926–2017) · 1926–2017

Days lived

33,128

🇨🇭Erich Brunner

chess composer (1885-1938) · 1885–1938

Days lived

19,148

🇩🇪Frido Frey

basketball player · 1921–2000

Days lived

28,692

🇩🇪Fritz Hoopts

German actor (1875-1945) · 1875–1945

Days lived

25,547

🇦🇹Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff

Austrian anthropologist (1912–1994) · 1913–1994

Days lived

29,647

🇮🇹Giuseppe De Santis

Italian film director (1917–1997) · 1917–1997

Days lived

29,314

🇩🇪Götz Briefs

German social ethicist and economist (1889–1974) · 1889–1974

Days lived

31,180

🇺🇸I. M. Pei

Chinese-American architect (1917–2019) · 1917–2019

Days lived

37,275

Jim Henson

television director · 1936–1990

Days lived

19,592

🇬🇧John Henry Mackay

writer · 1864–1933

Days lived

25,301

🇩🇪Julius Schreck

Nazi officer, First commander of the SS (1898-1936) · 1898–1936

Days lived

13,821

🇦🇹Karl Farkas

Austrian actor and writer (1893–1971) · 1893–1971

Days lived

28,323

🇮🇹Kurt Felix

Swiss television presenter, entertainer and journalist (1941-2012) · 1941–2012

Days lived

25,983

🇩🇪Louise Dumont

actor · 1862–1932

Days lived

25,650

🇮🇹Luigi Bartolini

artist · 1892–1963

Days lived

26,029

🇺🇸Margaret Hamilton

Teacher · 1902–1985

Days lived

30,109

🇭🇺Marika Rökk

actor · 1913–2004

Days lived

33,067

🇦🇹Marisa Mell

Austrian actress (1939–1992) · 1939–1992

Days lived

19,440

🇩🇪Rainer G. Rümmler

German architect (1929-2004) · 1929–2004

Days lived

27,347

🇧🇷Rildo da Costa Menezes

football player · 1942–2021

Days lived

28,968

🇺🇸Ronnie James Dio

Heavy metal singer · 1942–2010

Days lived

24,782

🇨🇭Salcia Landmann

Jewish writer (1911-2002) · 1911–2002

Days lived

33,052

🇺🇸Sammy Davis Jr.

American entertainer (1925–1990) · 1925–1990

Days lived

23,535

🇵🇱Tadeusz Pacuła

Polish basketball player (1932–1984) · 1932–1984

Days lived

18,923

🇩🇪Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

deceased

politician · 1873–1969

Days lived

34,997

🇩🇪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

🇫🇷Jacques Maritain

philosopher · 1882–1973

Days lived

33,033

🇪🇨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

47,617

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

38,059

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

37,025

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

36,659

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

34,103

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

32,755

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

57,086

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

37,755

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

16,107

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

13,650

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

11,560

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

9,537