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October 10 1969

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Born on This Day

🇩🇪Ania Niedieck
German actress · b. 1983
🇵🇱Anna Nowak
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
1,096
Antonio Krastev
deceased
Bulgarian weightlifter · 1961–2020
Days lived
21,457
🇵🇱Artur Bramora
Polish entrepreneur · b. 1972
🇮🇳Balbir Singh, Sr.
deceased
Indian field hockey player (1924–2020) · 1924–2020
Days lived
34,926
🇦🇺Brendan Moon
Australian rugby union player · b. 1958
Days alive
4,018
🇺🇸Brett Favre
American football player (born 1969) · b. 1969
Days alive
0
🇨🇦Brett Romberg
American football player, offensive lineman · b. 1979
🇺🇸Carolyn Bertozzi
American chemist (born 1966) · b. 1966
Days alive
1,096
🇬🇧Charles Dance
Television actor · b. 1946
Days alive
8,401
🇺🇸Chris Penn
deceased
American actor (1965–2006) · 1965–2006
Days lived
14,716
🇩🇪Corinna May
musician · b. 1970
🇯🇵Daidō Moriyama
Japanese photographer (born 1938) · b. 1938
Days alive
11,323
🇩🇪Dirk Heyne
German footballer · b. 1957
Days alive
4,383
🇩🇪Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
deceased
politician · 1873–1969
Days lived
34,997
Evgeny Kissin
classical pianist · b. 1971
🇳🇴Fridtjof Nansen
deceased
Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930) · 1861–1930
Days lived
25,051
🇬🇧Gabrielle Aplin
singer · b. 1992
🇺🇸Gavin Newsom
Politician · b. 1967
Days alive
731
🇺🇸Geno Smith
American football player (born 1990) · b. 1990
🇦🇺Grant Mitton
Australian field hockey player · b. 1962
Days alive
2,557
🇩🇪Hans-Jürgen Schatz
German actor · b. 1958
Days alive
4,018
🇬🇧Harold Pinter
deceased
actor · 1930–2008
Days lived
28,565
🇺🇸Harry Edison
deceased
American trumpeter (1915-1999) · 1915–1999
Days lived
30,606
Ivo Andrić
deceased
Yugoslav novelist (1892–1975) · 1892–1975
Days lived
30,103
🇰🇷Kim Ji-han
actor · b. 1978
🇫🇮Lauri Kiiski
Finnish tennis player · b. 1980
🇬🇧Lucy Griffiths
actor · b. 1986
🇱🇧Manuel Charr
Syrian boxer · b. 1984
🇩🇪Markus Heitz
German writer · b. 1971
🇬🇧Matthew Pinsent
English rower and broadcaster · b. 1970
🇩🇪Michael Hirte
German musician · b. 1964
Days alive
1,826
🇧🇷Milton Vieira
athlete · b. 1978
🇷🇺Oleg Gordievsky
deceased
Defector · 1938–2025
Days lived
31,557
Pavel Durov
computer scientist · b. 1984
🇺🇸Robert Quiroga
deceased
American boxer · 1969–2004
Days lived
12,729
🇺🇸Roman Jakobson
deceased
scientist · 1896–1982
Days lived
31,326
Rudy Bond
deceased
Actor · 1912–1982
Days lived
25,372
🇮🇳Salim Kumar
deceased
Actor · 1969–2026
Days lived
20,693
Taur Matan Ruak
Prime Minister of East Timor · b. 1956
Days alive
4,748
🇺🇸Thelonious Monk
deceased
American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982) · 1917–1982
Days lived
23,506
🇩🇪Trudel Wulle
deceased
German actress (1925–2021) · 1925–2021
Days lived
35,100
🇮🇪Una Healy
Singer · b. 1981
🇺🇸Vinnie Pasquantino
Professional baseball player · b. 1997
Vladimir A. Obruchev
deceased
scientist · 1863–1956
Days lived
33,855
🇩🇪Walter Anderson
deceased
Baltic German folklorist (1885–1962) · 1885–1962
Days lived
28,075
🇨🇳Wanting Qu
singer-songwriter · b. 1983
🇦🇹Wilhelm Beiglböck
deceased
German physician (1905-1963); defendant in the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial · 1905–1963
Days lived
21,227
🇳🇬Yinka Dare
deceased
basketball player · 1972–2004
Days lived
11,413
Zeynel Doğan
actor · b. 1979

Died on This Day

🇮🇳Abdul Qadeer Khan
deceased
Pakistani nuclear engineer (1936–2021) · 1936–2021
Days lived
31,238
🇩🇪Arnošt Muka
deceased
writer · 1854–1932
Days lived
28,703

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
42,650
🇬🇧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
50,321

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,494
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,191

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,701
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
133,215

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
11,144
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
4,566

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🇦🇷Carlos Thompson

deceased

Argentine actor (1923-1990) · 1923–1990

Days lived

24,597

🇫🇷Édith Piaf

actor · 1915–1963

Days lived

17,462

🇷🇴Emeric Arus

Romanian fencer · 1938–2022

Days lived

30,804

🇫🇷Eshel Meir

Israeli artist (1964–1993) · 1964–1993

Days lived

10,515

🇩🇪Evelyn Richter

German photographer (1930–2021) · 1930–2021

Days lived

33,490

🇳🇱Hartog Hamburger

Dutch baseball player (1887-1924) · 1887–1924

Days lived

13,718

🇩🇪Herbert Maisch

actor · 1890–1974

Days lived

30,619

🇩🇪Hermann Reinecke

German general (1888-1973) · 1888–1973

Days lived

31,284

🇩🇪Hermann Uhde

German operatic baritone, born 20 July 1910 in Bremen, Germany and died on stage at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen on 10 October 1965 · 1914–1965

Days lived

18,710

🇪🇸Joan Filbá

basketball player · 1955–1981

Days lived

9,770

🇺🇸John William Tebbel

American journalist and media historian (1912-2004) · 1912–2004

Days lived

33,566

🇩🇪Josef Straßberger

German weightlifter (1894–1950) · 1894–1950

Days lived

20,504

🇩🇪Karl Genzken

German physician and SS general, Chief of the Medical Office of the Waffen-SS, and convicted war criminal 81885-1957) · 1885–1957

Days lived

26,421

🇮🇪Kenneth Edgeworth

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

Days lived

33,829

🇩🇪Klaus-Peter Thiele

actor · 1940–2011

Days lived

25,867

🇦🇹Konrad Bayer

Austrian writer and poet (1932–1964) · 1932–1964

Days lived

11,620

🇩🇪Kurt Blome

German politician (1894-1969); high-ranking Nazi scientist; Deputy Reich Health Leader · 1894–1969

Days lived

27,645

🇦🇹Kurt Weinzierl

actor · 1931–2008

Days lived

28,303

🇩🇪Marie Luise Kaschnitz

writer · 1901–1974

Days lived

26,915

🇩🇪Nils Koppruch

singer-songwriter · 1965–2012

Days lived

17,152

🇩🇰Orla Bundgård Povlsen

journalist · 1918–1982

Days lived

23,547

🇺🇸Orson Welles

actor · 1915–1985

Days lived

25,725

🇦🇹Otto Tausig

Austrian writer, film director, actor (1922–2011) · 1922–2011

Days lived

32,746

🇦🇹Richard von Schaukal

Austrian poet (1874-1942) · 1874–1942

Days lived

24,972

🇺🇸Solomon Burke

singer · 1940–2010

Days lived

25,770

🇮🇪Stephen Gately

singer · 1976–2009

Days lived

12,260

🇺🇸Thomas E. Gaddis

writer · 1908–1984

Days lived

27,785

Vicente López

Nicaraguan baseball player (1945-2010) · 1945–2010

Days lived

23,915

🇩🇪Walther Bensemann

German footballer (1873–1934) · 1873–1934

Days lived

22,549

Wilhelm Müller-Wismar

German ethnographer (1881-1916) · 1881–1916

Days lived

12,926

Yul Brynner

Oscar Winners · 1920–1985

Days lived

23,832

🇩🇪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

47,764

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

38,206

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

37,172

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

36,806

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

34,250

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

32,902

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

57,233

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

37,902

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

16,254

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

13,797

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

11,707

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

9,684