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October 26 1969

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Born on This Day

🇨🇳Aaron Kwok
actor · b. 1965
Days alive
1,461
🇺🇸Anthony Rapp
singer · b. 1971
🇺🇸Bob Golic
American football player, actor, sports commentator · b. 1957
Days alive
4,383
🇬🇧Bob Hoskins
deceased
English actor (1942–2014) · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,118
🇿🇦Braam Immelman
rugby union player · b. 1981
🇯🇵Chiaki
singer, actress, comedian, baby clothes designer · b. 1971
🇺🇸CM Punk
Writer · b. 1978
🇩🇪Detlef Okrent
deceased
field hockey player (1909-1983) · 1909–1983
Days lived
26,753
🇬🇧Dov Gabbay
Israeli logician (born 1945) · b. 1945
Days alive
8,766
🇺🇸Dylan McDermott
American actor · b. 1961
Days alive
2,922
🇸🇰Erik Jendrišek
Slovak footballer · b. 1986
🇵🇱Ewelina Nowicka
Polish actress · b. 1982
🇫🇷François Mitterrand
deceased
politician · 1916–1996
Days lived
28,928
🇩🇪Frido Frey
deceased
basketball player · 1921–2000
Days lived
28,692
🇫🇷Georges Fenech
French politician and magistrate · b. 1954
Days alive
5,479
Hanns Braun
deceased
German athlete and sculptor (1886–1918) · 1886–1918
Days lived
11,670
🇫🇷Henri Saivet
football player · b. 1990
🇺🇸Hillary Clinton
politician · b. 1947
Days alive
8,036
Ignacy Daszyński
deceased
writer · 1866–1936
Days lived
25,572
🇺🇸James Pickens
actor · b. 1954
Days alive
5,479
🇩🇪Joseph Schneider
deceased
German judge and jurist (1900-1986) · 1900–1986
Days lived
31,270
🇩🇪Jürgen Thorwald
deceased
German writer (1915-2006) · 1915–2006
Days lived
33,033
🇨🇳Li Heping
civil rights lawyer · b. 1970
Lilli Henoch
deceased
German track and field athlete (1899–1942) · 1899–1942
Days lived
15,657
🇬🇧Margaret Wycherly
deceased
English stage and film actress (1881-1956) · 1881–1956
Days lived
27,251
Miloš Crnjanski
deceased
YouTube personality · 1893–1977
Days lived
30,715
🌍Mohammad Reza I of Iran
deceased
Politician · 1919–1980
Days lived
22,190
🇺🇸Nancy Davis Griffeth
American computer scientist and mathematician · b. 1945
Days alive
8,766
🇮🇹Primo Carnera
deceased
Italian boxer (1906-1967) · 1906–1967
Days lived
22,161
🇺🇸Rod Hundley
deceased
basketball player · 1934–2015
Days lived
29,372
🇬🇧Rupert Wyatt
English writer and film director · b. 1972
🇷🇺Sergey Karasev
Russian basketball player · b. 1993
🇺🇸Seth MacFarlane
American writer, actor, and producer (born 1973) · b. 1973
🇩🇪Sven Väth
rapper · b. 1964
Days alive
1,826
🇩🇪Ulrich Plenzdorf
deceased
writer · 1934–2007
Days lived
26,585
🇩🇪Wolfgang Ziffer
deceased
German actor (1941–2022) · 1940–2022
Days lived
29,997
🇧🇾Zoya Belohvostik
Belarusian actress · b. 1959
Days alive
3,653

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Agnes Miegel
deceased
fascist German writer and poet (1879-1964) · 1879–1964
Days lived
31,277
🇬🇧Alice Greene
deceased
British tennis player (1879–1956) · 1879–1956
Days lived
28,135

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
42,666
🇬🇧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
50,337

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,510
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,207

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,717
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
133,231

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
11,160
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
4,582

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🇩🇪Carolin van Bergen

deceased

actor · 1964–1990

Days lived

9,709

Edgardo González

football player · 1936–2007

Days lived

25,958

František Dvořák

Czechoslovak fencer · 1871–1939

Days lived

25,114

🇧🇷Hans Stern

entrepreneur · 1922–2007

Days lived

31,071

🇺🇸Hattie McDaniel

American actress (1895-1952) · 1893–1952

Days lived

21,687

🇺🇸Hoyt Axton

singer-songwriter · 1938–1999

Days lived

22,495

🇵🇱Irena Conti Di Mauro

Polish journalist, poet and writer (1924–2009) · 1924–2009

Days lived

31,041

🇩🇪Jutta Jol

actor · 1896–1981

Days lived

31,310

🇲🇾Khun Sa

Burmese mobster (1934-2007) · 1934–2007

Days lived

26,909

🇺🇸Larry Aldrich

American fashion designer, art collector, and founder of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (1906-2001) · 1906–2001

Days lived

34,834

🇰🇷Park Chung-hee

3rd President of the Republic of Korea · 1917–1979

Days lived

22,626

🇩🇪Rex Gildo

German singer (1936–1999) · 1936–1999

Days lived

23,126

🇩🇪Richard Adjei

German bobsledder (1983–2020) · 1983–2020

Days lived

13,784

Roh Tae-woo

Notable Trials · 1932–2021

Days lived

32,468

🇮🇹Valerio Zurlini

Italian film director and screenwriter (1926–1982) · 1926–1982

Days lived

20,675

🇺🇸Wilbert Harrison

American rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist and harmonica player (1929-1994) · 1929–1994

Days lived

24,035

🇺🇸William Anderson Coffin

journalist · 1855–1925

Days lived

25,835

🇩🇪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

47,780

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

38,222

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

37,188

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

36,822

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

34,266

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

32,918

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

57,249

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

37,918

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

16,270

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

13,813

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

11,723

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

9,700