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October 21 1969

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Born on This Day

🇩🇪Alex Hannig
deceased
German athletics competitor (1897–1987) · 1897–1987
Days lived
32,625
🇨🇭Almen Abdi
football player · b. 1986
🇬🇧Andre Geim
scientist · b. 1958
Days alive
4,018
🇩🇴Andy Marte
deceased
film director · 1983–2017
Days lived
12,147
Arakel Mirzoyan
Olympic weightlifter · b. 1989
🇩🇪Basilea Schlink
deceased
German religious leader (1904-2001) · 1904–2001
Days lived
35,215
🇮🇱Benjamin Netanyahu
Politician · b. 1949
Days alive
7,305
🇺🇸Brandon Chillar
American football player · b. 1982
🇺🇸Bryan Corey
film director · b. 1973
🇬🇧Bryn Meredith
Welsh rugby union player · b. 1930
Days alive
14,245
🇺🇸Carrie Fisher
deceased
Film actor · 1956–2016
Days lived
21,982
🇩🇪Claire Waldoff
deceased
German singer (1884-1957) · 1884–1957
Days lived
26,390
🇺🇸Dizzy Gillespie
deceased
singer · 1917–1993
Days lived
27,471
🇳🇬Festus Ezeli
basketball player · b. 1989
Féthi Harek
Algerian footballer · b. 1982
🇬🇧Frank Brewin
deceased
field hockey player (1909-1976) · 1909–1976
Days lived
24,289
🇺🇸Frank Mundus
deceased
American fisherman (1925-2008) · 1925–2008
Days lived
30,275
🇩🇪Frank-Thomas Mende
German actor · b. 1949
Days alive
7,305
🇩🇴George Bell
Dominican baseball player · b. 1959
Days alive
3,653
🇩🇪Heinrich Maria Davringhausen
deceased
German painter (1894-1970) · 1894–1970
Days lived
27,811
🇫🇷Henry Gravrand
deceased
French anthropologist (1921–2003) · 1921–2003
Days lived
29,848
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Actor · b. 1984
🇩🇪Joachim Reinelt
German bishop and writer · b. 1936
Days alive
12,053
🇩🇪Karl-Joachim Hürter
German field hockey player · b. 1960
Days alive
3,287
Ken Watanabe
Actor · b. 1959
Days alive
3,653
Kim Kardashian
Mogul · b. 1980
🇩🇪Konrad Wagner
deceased
German actor and voice actor (1902–1974) · 1902–1974
Days lived
26,254
🇪🇸Laureano Ruiz
football player · b. 1937
Days alive
11,688
🇩🇪Leo Kirch
deceased
entrepreneur · 1926–2011
Days lived
30,947
Liliane Bettencourt
deceased
entrepreneur · 1922–2017
Days lived
34,669
🇩🇪Max Mack
deceased
German film personality (1884-1973) · 1884–1973
Days lived
32,261
🇺🇸Michael McMillian
actor · b. 1978
🇷🇸Nemanja Vidić
Serbian association football player · b. 1981
🇷🇺Nikita Mikhalkov
singer · b. 1945
Days alive
8,766
🇺🇸Patti Davis
Actor · b. 1952
Days alive
6,209
🇬🇧Peter Mandelson
Politician, Life Peer · b. 1953
Days alive
5,844
🇪🇸Ricky Rubio
Spanish basketball player · b. 1990
🇷🇸Saša Marković Mikrob
deceased
Serbian journalist and artist (1959–2010) · 1959–2010
Days lived
18,530
🇸🇾Shukri al-Quwatli
deceased
politician · 1891–1967
Days lived
27,645
🇯🇵Takashi Ogino
film director · b. 1985
🇩🇪Walter Gross
deceased
German physician and Nazi politician (1904-1945) · 1904–1945
Days lived
14,796
🇺🇸Whitey Ford
deceased
film director · 1928–2020
Days lived
33,590
🇨🇿Zdena Salivarová
deceased
singer · 1933–2025
Days lived
33,546

Died on This Day

Adam Massinger
deceased
German astronomer (1888–1914) · 1888–1914
Days lived
9,540
🇩🇪Aleksandr Fitc
deceased
German journalist · 1948–2025
Days lived
28,258

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
42,661
🇬🇧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
50,332

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,505
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,202

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,712
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
133,226

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
11,155
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
4,577

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Andrias Christian Evensen

deceased

Faroese linguist (1874-1917) · 1874–1917

Days lived

15,659

🇦🇹Arthur Schnitzler

Austrian writer (1862–1931) · 1862–1931

Days lived

25,360

🇺🇸Ed Daily

American baseball player (1862–1891) · 1862–1891

Days lived

10,636

🇺🇸Elliott Smith

singer · 1969–2003

Days lived

12,494

🇫🇷François Truffaut

French film director (1932–1984) · 1932–1984

Days lived

19,251

🇦🇹Fritz Hochwälder

actor · 1911–1986

Days lived

27,540

🇦🇺Gough Whitlam

politician · 1916–2014

Days lived

35,896

🇩🇪Hartmut Geerken

German musician, writer and filmmaker (1939–2021) · 1939–2021

Days lived

30,230

🇩🇪Karl Korsch

politician · 1886–1961

Days lived

27,460

🇩🇪Loki Schmidt

German environmentalist (1919–2010) · 1919–2010

Days lived

33,470

🇩🇪Ludwig Beisiegel

field hockey player (1912–1999) · 1912–1999

Days lived

31,990

🇩🇪Lutz D. Schmadel

German astronomer and amateur radio operator (1942–2016) · 1942–2016

Days lived

27,140

🇩🇪Manfred Krug

actor · 1937–2016

Days lived

29,110

🇺🇸Nelson Bunker Hunt

American businessman (1926-2014) · 1926–2014

Days lived

32,383

🇩🇪Otto von Knobelsdorff

military person · 1886–1966

Days lived

29,423

🇵🇪Pablo Chávez Aguilar

Peruvian composer and priest (1899-1950) · 1899–1950

Days lived

18,920

🇩🇪Theodor Busse

writer · 1897–1986

Days lived

32,451

Tomáš Pospíchal

athlete · 1936–2003

Days lived

24,588

Yash Chopra

🇮🇳Yash Chopra

Indian film director, script writer and film producer (1932–2012) · 1932–2012

Days lived

29,244

🇩🇪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

47,775

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

38,217

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

37,183

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

36,817

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

34,261

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

32,913

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

57,244

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

37,913

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

16,265

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

13,808

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

11,718

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

9,695