On This Day

German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930) · 1880–1930

German lithographer, draftsman and painter (1893-1980) · 1893–1980

American basketball player and coach (1961–2018) · 1961–2018

actor · b. 1966

Military personnel · b. 1978

Austrian politician (1894-1960) · 1894–1960

American baseball player, manager (1859–1943) · 1859–1943

Former CEO · b. 1994

businessperson · b. 1935

American baseball player · b. 1979

rapper · b. 1949

Palestinian-American professor (1935–2003) · 1935–2003

German World War II fighter pilot (1917–2016) · 1917–2016

actor · 1873–1946

musician · b. 1956

former Irish Canadian field hockey player · b. 1972

writer · 1926–2020

entrepreneur · 1921–1967

Austrian writer (1886-1951) · 1886–1951

K-pop Idol (TWICE) · b. 1996

German heptathlete · b. 1986

architect (1884–1959) · 1884–1959

Canadian basketball player · b. 1960

writer · b. 1963

German politician · b. 1954

German military officer (1858-1928) · 1858–1928

Baltic German astronomer (1858-1920) · 1858–1920

politician · 1904–1971

Russian writer, translator, and science fiction author · b. 1958

German comedian · b. 1972

German television presenter and actor · b. 1974

football player · b. 1979

chemist · 1869–1947

US tennis player (1911–2009) · 1911–2009

writer · b. 1978

Businessperson · b. 1960

East German shot putter · b. 1962

musician · b. 1973

German-Jewish doctor (1896-1945) · 1896–1945

Canadian abbé, professor and essayist · 1900–1941

Japanese idol, model · b. 1983

American football player and coach · 1925–2020

Italian poet (1885–1957) · 1885–1957

football player · 1894–1972

American politician and actor (1942–2015) · 1942–2015

actor · 1879–1933

writer · 1876–1971

Notable Trials · 1929–2015

member of the Senate of France (1944-2014) · 1944–2014

actor · 1901–1980

German physician and journalist (1921–1989) · 1921–1989

military person · 1941–2016

football player · 1930–2012

film director · 1903–1977

actor · 1933–2019

American film director, film producer, and screenwriter (1894-1982) · 1894–1982

Dancer · 1896–1979

Nazi Holocaust perpetrator (1891–1948) · 1891–1948

American jazz guitarist and composer (1944–2021) · 1944–2021

German art historian (1897–1994) · 1897–1994

photographer (1941–2010) · 1941–2010

German admiral (1935-2018) · 1935–2018

actor · 1930–2021

American musician (1965–2014) · 1965–2014

Physician and SS-Standartenführer (1890-1982) · 1890–1982

anthropologist (1905-1997) · 1905–1997

American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972) · 1876–1972

American psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972

English novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970

German-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978

German Wehrmacht general (1879–1973) · 1879–1973

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

scientist · 1880–1972

military person · 1880–1972

German actor (1880-1971) · 1880–1971

politician · 1880–1976

athlete · 1881–1973

German Nazi physician (1881–1969) · 1881–1969

Austrian lawyer (1881–1973) · 1881–1973

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973) · 1881–1973

King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist · 1882–1973

philosopher · 1882–1973

athlete · 1882–1976

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Chimpanzee · 1957–1983

Orca · 1962–1971

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Mountain gorilla · 1967–1977

Banking · b. 1865

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943