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September 28 1969

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Born on This Day

🇬🇧Alan Davie
deceased
artist · 1920–2014
Days lived
34,157
🇺🇸Albert Rhys Williams
deceased
American journalist, author of memoirs about the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia which he has been both witness and participant · 1883–1962
Days lived
28,641
🇦🇹Anton Pfrogner
deceased
Czechoslovak senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and German nation politician (1886-1961) · 1886–1961
Days lived
27,335
🇺🇸Avery Brundage
deceased
basketball player · 1887–1975
Days lived
31,998
🇺🇸Ben E. King
deceased
American singer (1938–2015) · 1938–2015
Days lived
27,973
🇦🇹Bertold Löffler
deceased
Austrian painter, printmaker, and designer (1874-1960) · 1874–1960
Days lived
31,222
Bettina Heltberg
deceased
journalist · 1942–2025
Days lived
30,079
🇿🇦Braam van Straaten
South African rugby union footballer · b. 1971
🇿🇦Brian Mujati
South African rugby union footballer · b. 1984
🇫🇷Brigitte Bardot
deceased
Notable Trials · 1934–2025
Days lived
33,329
🇳🇴Cecilia Brækhus
Norwegian boxer · b. 1981
🇪🇸Charles Kornegay
American basketball player · b. 1974
🇺🇸Darius Johnson-Odom
basketball player · b. 1989
🇺🇸Devan Downey
basketball player · b. 1987
🇺🇸Dominic Waters
American basketball player · b. 1986
🇵🇱Élisabeth Wierzbicka Wela
Polish painter · b. 1964
Days alive
1,826
🇺🇸Ellsworth Vines
deceased
US tennis player (1911–1994) · 1911–1994
Days lived
30,121
🇫🇷Fabrice Ehret
football player · b. 1979
Fırat Arslan
Turkish-German boxer (born 1970) · b. 1970
Gustaf Kossinna
deceased
German archaeologist (1858–1931) · 1858–1931
Days lived
26,745
🇬🇧Helen Shapiro
British singer and actress · b. 1946
Days alive
8,401
🇦🇹Herbert Haupt
politician · b. 1947
Days alive
8,036
🇺🇸Hilary Duff
singer-songwriter · b. 1987
Hiranuma Kiichirō
deceased
Notable Trials · 1867–1952
Days lived
31,009
🇰🇷Hur Jae
basketball player · b. 1965
Days alive
1,461
🇭🇺Ilona Szabó
athlete · b. 1971
🇳🇴Ingar Skaug
Norwegian businessman · b. 1946
Days alive
8,401
🇺🇸Janeane Garofalo
actor · b. 1964
Days alive
1,826
Jeezy
Notable Trials · b. 1977
🇩🇪Joachim Lemelsen
deceased
military person · 1888–1954
Days lived
23,923
🇩🇪Jörn Arnecke
musician · b. 1973
🇪🇸José Calderón
Spanish basketball player · b. 1981
🇭🇺Károly Varga
athlete · b. 1955
Days alive
5,114
🇵🇱Katarzyna Bujakiewicz
Polish actress · b. 1972
🇬🇧Kelly Cates
Scottish television presenter · b. 1975
🇮🇳Lata Mangeshkar
deceased
Singer · 1929–2022
Days lived
33,734
🇮🇹Lory Del Santo
Italian actress and model · b. 1958
Days alive
4,018
🇵🇪Maricarmen Marín
Singer · b. 1982
🇩🇪Markus Lotter
German football player and manager · b. 1970
🇵🇱Martyna Wojciechowska
athlete · b. 1974
🇫🇷Mathieu Valbuena
football player · b. 1984
🇺🇸Max Schmeling
deceased
German boxer (1905-2005) · 1905–2005
Days lived
36,287
🇺🇸Melody Thornton
singer · b. 1984
🇺🇸Mira Sorvino
singer · b. 1967
Days alive
731
🇺🇸Mychal Kendricks
American football player · b. 1990
Mykolas Alekna
discus thrower · b. 2002
🇩🇪Nick St. Nicholas
musician · b. 1943
Days alive
9,497
🇬🇪Nino Khurtsidze
deceased
athlete · 1975–2018
Days lived
15,547
🇫🇷Nolwenn Leroy
musician · b. 1982
🇮🇱Ohad Knoller
Israeli actor · b. 1976
🇩🇪Otto Braun
deceased
German communist writer (1900–1974) · 1900–1974
Days lived
26,984
🇵🇱Otto Sackur
deceased
chemist · 1880–1914
Days lived
12,194
🇦🇹Paul Achleitner
entrepreneur · b. 1956
Days alive
4,748
🇩🇪Paul Pleiger
deceased
entrepreneur · 1899–1985
Days lived
31,343
🇺🇸Paul Tudor Jones
Hedge Fund Manager & Trader · b. 1954
Days alive
5,479
Peter Finch
deceased
Oscar Winners · 1916–1977
Days lived
22,023
🇩🇪Reinhart Fuchs
deceased
German chess player (1934-2017) · 1934–2017
Days lived
30,395
🇩🇪René Monse
deceased
German boxer (1968–2017) · 1968–2017
Days lived
17,784
🇧🇷Rogério Gaúcho
football player · b. 1979
🇦🇹Rudolf Meinert
deceased
actor · 1882–1943
Days lived
22,068
🇺🇸Seymour Cray
deceased
Applied mathematician, computer scientist, and electrical engineer (1925–1996) · 1925–1996
Days lived
25,940
Sheikh Hasina
Notable Trials · b. 1947
Days alive
8,036
🇮🇱Shimon Bejarno
deceased
Israeli politician (1910-1971) · 1910–1971
Days lived
22,299
🇬🇧Sienna Spiro
Singer-songwriter · b. 2005
🇩🇪Sven Meinhardt
German field hockey player · b. 1971
🇺🇸Tandy Warnow
American computer scientist · b. 1955
Days alive
5,114
🇮🇹Ugo Gregoretti
deceased
Italian film, television and stage director, actor, screenwriter, author and television host (1930–2019) · 1930–2019
Days lived
32,422
🇨🇱Víctor Jara
deceased
singer-songwriter · 1932–1973
Days lived
14,961
🇩🇪Yvonne Maria Schäfer
actor · b. 1975

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Agnes Windeck
deceased
actress (1888–1975) · 1888–1975
Days lived
31,960
🇺🇸Althea Gibson
deceased
American tennis player (1927-2003) · 1927–2003
Days lived
27,793

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
42,638
🇬🇧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
50,309

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,482
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,179

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,689
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
133,203

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
11,132
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
4,554

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🇫🇷André Breton

deceased

French writer and poet, co-founder of Surrealism (1896–1966) · 1896–1966

Days lived

25,788

🇩🇪Andreas Schmidt

German actor and director (1963-2017) · 1963–2017

Days lived

19,668

🇺🇸Arthur Penn

American producer and director (1922–2010) · 1922–2010

Days lived

32,143

Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini

Prime Minister of Swaziland (1942-2018) · 1942–2018

Days lived

27,895

🇬🇧Bernard Boverton Redwood

athlete · 1874–1911

Days lived

13,452

🇺🇸Charlton Brosius

United States Army officer and Olympic tug of war competitor of the United States · 1876–1956

Days lived

29,291

🇺🇸Drake Hogestyn

American actor (1953–2024) · 1953–2024

Days lived

25,932

🇺🇸Edwin Hubble

American astronomer (1889–1953) · 1889–1953

Days lived

23,322

🇺🇸Elia Kazan

American director and actor (1909–2003) · 1909–2003

Days lived

34,354

🇪🇸Enric Gensana

Spanish footballer (1936–2005) · 1936–2005

Days lived

25,319

🇨🇴Enrique Santos Montejo

politician · 1886–1971

Days lived

31,120

Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos

Notable Trials · 1917–1989

Days lived

26,315

🇩🇪Friedrich Weidig

German painter (1859-1933) · 1859–1933

Days lived

27,153

🇺🇸Geoffrey Beene

American fashion designer (1927–2004) · 1927–2004

Days lived

28,154

🇩🇪Gerard Hoffnung

musician · 1925–1959

Days lived

12,608

🇺🇸Harpo Marx

American comedian · 1888–1964

Days lived

27,702

Josef Friedrich Schmidt

entrepreneur · 1871–1948

Days lived

28,067

🇺🇸Kris Kristofferson

singer-songwriter · 1936–2024

Days lived

32,240

🇺🇸Lucky Millinder

American bandleader (1910–1966) · 1910–1966

Days lived

20,505

🇲🇽Manuel Mondragón

military person · 1859–1922

Days lived

23,280

🇺🇸Miles Davis

musician · 1926–1991

Days lived

23,866

🇺🇸Neil Johnston

film director · 1929–1978

Days lived

18,133

🇺🇸Papa French

American musician · 1910–1977

Days lived

24,423

🇩🇪Peter Kuiper

actor · 1929–2007

Days lived

28,671

🇨🇦Pierre Trudeau

writer · 1919–2000

Days lived

29,566

🇫🇷Roger Nimier

French novelist (1925–1962) · 1925–1962

Days lived

13,481

🇮🇱Shimon Peres

politician · 1923–2016

Days lived

34,026

🇬🇧Terry Farrell

scientist · 1938–2025

Days lived

31,916

🇺🇸Tyko Vylka

Nenets Landscape Artist (1886-1960) · 1886–1960

Days lived

27,241

William Boeing

Actor · 1881–1956

Days lived

27,390

🇩🇪Gertrud von Le Fort

deceased

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

🇬🇧William Greggan

athlete · 1882–1976

Days lived

34,031

🇪🇨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

47,752

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

38,194

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

37,160

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

36,794

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

34,238

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

32,890

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

57,221

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

37,890

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

16,242

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

13,785

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

11,695

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

9,672