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July 2 1976

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Historical Events

reunification of Vietnam
politics
historical event in 1976

Born on This Day

Ahmad Uyahya
Prime minister of Algeria from 2017 to 2019 · b. 1952
Days alive
8,767
🇺🇸Ashley Tisdale
singer-songwriter · b. 1985
Days alive
1
🇺🇸BenJarvus Green-Ellis
player of American football

Died on This Day

🇬🇧Beryl Bainbridge
deceased
artist · 1932–2010
Days lived
28,348
🇻🇪Carlos Morocho Hernández
deceased
Venezuelan boxer (1940–2016) · 1940–2016
Days lived
27,832

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
45,108
🇺🇸Margarete Bieber
deceased
German-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978
Days lived
36,004

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇦🇺Harriet
deceased
Galápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,139
🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
52,779

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
50,952
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
50,649

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
656,159
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
135,673

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
13,602
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
7,024

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Benny Fredriksson

🇸🇪Benny Fredriksson

Swedish actor and theatre director · 1959–2018

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Singer · b. 1991

Days alive

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Carlos Menem

Carlos Menem

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🇩🇪Dietmar Barsig

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Elizabeth Reaser

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American actress · b. 1975

Days alive

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Eralp Uzun

🇩🇪Eralp Uzun

German actor (1981-2013) · 1981–2013

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Erich Topp

🇩🇪Erich Topp

German admiral and U-boat commander during World War II · 1914–2005

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Francis Simon

🇬🇧Francis Simon

chemist · 1893–1956

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Francisco Ernandi Lima da Silva

🇧🇷Francisco Ernandi Lima da Silva

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Days alive

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Franz Marischka

🇦🇹Franz Marischka

actor · 1918–2009

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Gerald O'Collins

🇦🇺Gerald O'Collins

Australian Jesuit priest, theologian and philosopher (1932–2024) · 1931–2024

Days lived

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🇦🇹Hannes Lintl

Austrian architect (1924–2003) · 1924–2003

Days lived

28,836

Hans Sternberg

🇩🇪Hans Sternberg

German actor (1878-1948) · 1878–1948

Days lived

25,518

Hermann Hesse

🇨🇭Hermann Hesse

philosopher · 1877–1962

Days lived

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Imelda Marcos

Imelda Marcos

model · b. 1929

Days alive

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Iris Radisch

🇩🇪Iris Radisch

German journalist and television presenter · b. 1959

Days alive

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Jan Petersen

🇩🇪Jan Petersen

screenwriter and writer (1906-1969) · 1906–1969

Days lived

23,144

Jens Riewa

🇩🇪Jens Riewa

German television news presenter · b. 1963

Days alive

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Johanna Rasmussen

Johanna Rasmussen

Danish footballer · b. 1983

Days alive

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Juliane Rautenberg

🇩🇪Juliane Rautenberg

German actress · b. 1966

Days alive

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🇯🇵Katsuhiko Yamada

Japanese baseball player · b. 1969

Days alive

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🇺🇸Larry Ben David

actor · b. 1947

Days alive

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Lily Braun

🇩🇪Lily Braun

German writer, editor (1865–1916) · 1865–1916

Days lived

18,666

Lindsay Lohan

🇺🇸Lindsay Lohan

singer · b. 1986

Days alive

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Lutz D. Schmadel

🇩🇪Lutz D. Schmadel

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

Days lived

27,141

Makoto Kosaka

🇯🇵Makoto Kosaka

film director · b. 1973

Days alive

1,097

Menno Koch

Menno Koch

football player · b. 1994

Days alive

1

Michael Koch

🇨🇭Michael Koch

Swiss actor and director · b. 1982

Days alive

1

Michelle Branch

🇺🇸Michelle Branch

American singer, songwriter and musician · b. 1983

Days alive

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Monica Ivancan

🇩🇪Monica Ivancan

German actress · b. 1977

Days alive

1

Monie Love

🇬🇧Monie Love

actor · b. 1970

Days alive

2,193

Owain Yeoman

🇬🇧Owain Yeoman

Actor · b. 1978

Days alive

1

Peter Thomann

🇩🇪Peter Thomann

German photographer · b. 1940

Days alive

13,150

Rachel Brown

🇬🇧Rachel Brown

football player · b. 1980

Days alive

1

Rainer G. Rümmler

🇩🇪Rainer G. Rümmler

German architect (1929-2004) · 1929–2004

Days lived

27,348

René Lacoste

🇫🇷René Lacoste

French tennis player · 1904–1996

Days lived

33,706

Rex Gildo

🇩🇪Rex Gildo

German singer (1936–1999) · 1936–1999

Days lived

23,127

Roman Lob

🇩🇪Roman Lob

German musician · b. 1990

Days alive

1

Timo Weß

🇩🇪Timo Weß

field hockey player · b. 1982

Days alive

1

Ulrich Peters

🇩🇪Ulrich Peters

basketball player · b. 1957

Days alive

6,941

Wisława Szymborska

🇵🇱Wisława Szymborska

YouTube personality · 1923–2012

Days lived

32,357

Zurab Zviadauri

Zurab Zviadauri

athlete · b. 1980

Days alive

1

Chris Roberts

🇩🇪Chris Roberts

German Schlager singer and actor (1944–2017) · 1944–2017

Days lived

26,775

Costa Cordalis

🇩🇪Costa Cordalis

Greek-German singer (1944–2019) · 1944–2019

Days lived

27,456

Elie Wiesel

🇺🇸Elie Wiesel

writer · 1928–2016

Days lived

32,053

Émile Coué

🇫🇷Émile Coué

French psychologist and pharmacist (1857-1926) · 1857–1926

Days lived

25,328

Ernest Hemingway

🇺🇸Ernest Hemingway

writer · 1899–1961

Days lived

22,627

Ferdinand Schörner

🇩🇪Ferdinand Schörner

military person · 1892–1973

Days lived

29,605

Franklin J. Schaffner

🇺🇸Franklin J. Schaffner

American film director (1920–1989) · 1921–1989

Days lived

24,871

Günter Leifheit

🇩🇪Günter Leifheit

German entrepreneur · 1920–2009

Days lived

32,344

Hank O'Day

🇺🇸Hank O'Day

film director · 1859–1935

Days lived

27,753

Hans Moser

🇩🇪Hans Moser

German pornographer (1944-2016) · 1944–2016

Days lived

26,209

James Stewart

🇺🇸James Stewart

Oscar Winners · 1908–1997

Days lived

32,551

John Sebastian Marlowe Ward

🇬🇧John Sebastian Marlowe Ward

English writer on the subjects of Freemasonry and esotericism (1885–1949) · 1885–1949

Days lived

23,203

Julian McMahon

🇺🇸Julian McMahon

actor · 1968–2025

Days lived

20,795

Karl Peters

🇩🇪Karl Peters

German lawyer (1904–1998) · 1904–1998

Days lived

34,495

Lis Verhoeven

🇩🇪Lis Verhoeven

German actress (1931–2019) · 1931–2019

Days lived

32,256

Ludwig Hinterstocker

🇩🇪Ludwig Hinterstocker

German footballer (1931-2020) · 1931–2020

Days lived

32,591

Marlinde Massa

🇩🇪Marlinde Massa

German field hockey player (1944–2014) · 1944–2014

Days lived

25,563

Michel Rocard

🇫🇷Michel Rocard

french politician (1930–2016) · 1930–2016

Days lived

31,361

Minnie Bruce Pratt

🇺🇸Minnie Bruce Pratt

YouTube personality · 1946–2023

Days lived

28,053

Nis Albrecht Johannsen

🇩🇪Nis Albrecht Johannsen

writer · 1855–1935

Days lived

29,402

Peter Brook

🇫🇷Peter Brook

English theatre and film director (1925–2022) · 1925–2022

Days lived

35,533

Tommy Hunter

🇨🇦Tommy Hunter

Singer · 1937–2026

Days lived

32,612

Vladimir Nabokov

🇺🇸Vladimir Nabokov

journalist · 1899–1977

Days lived

28,561

Wilhelm Grube

🇷🇺Wilhelm Grube

German linguist (1855-1908) · 1855–1908

Days lived

19,313

Wilhelm Koppe

🇩🇪Wilhelm Koppe

SS and Police Leader (Nazi Germany); German general (1896-1975) · 1896–1975

Days lived

28,871

William Henry Moody

🇺🇸William Henry Moody

US Supreme Court justice from 1906 to 1910 · 1853–1917

Days lived

23,202

Rafael von Frenckell

🇫🇮Rafael von Frenckell

deceased

Finnish CEO of Rosenlew company · 1883–1978

Days lived

34,699

Horst von der Goltz

Horst von der Goltz

German spy and actor · b. 1884

Days alive

33,786

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler

🇫🇷Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler

writer · 1884–1979

Days lived

34,533

Paul Oppenheim

🇩🇪Paul Oppenheim

chemist · 1885–1977

Days lived

33,608

Grete Freund

🇦🇹Grete Freund

actor · 1885–1982

Days lived

35,393

Ernst Bloch

🇨🇭Ernst Bloch

philosopher · 1885–1977

Days lived

33,630

Sonia Delaunay

🇫🇷Sonia Delaunay

French painter (1885–1979) · 1885–1979

Days lived

34,354

Oskar Kokoschka

🇦🇹Oskar Kokoschka

artist · 1886–1980

Days lived

34,326

Clemens Holzmeister

🇦🇹Clemens Holzmeister

Austrian architect and stage designer (1886–1983) · 1886–1983

Days lived

35,506

Nicholas Prokopievich Miholaps

🇧🇾Nicholas Prokopievich Miholaps

Soviet ceramic artist, director of the National Art Museum of Belarus (1886-1979) · 1886–1979

Days lived

34,213

Willem Drees

🇳🇱Willem Drees

Dutch politician (1886–1988) · 1886–1988

Days lived

37,204

Hans von Obstfelder

🇩🇪Hans von Obstfelder

military person · 1886–1976

Days lived

32,978

Armin T. Wegner

🇩🇪Armin T. Wegner

German pacifist, writer and poet (1886–1978) · 1886–1978

Days lived

33,451

Zhu De

🇨🇳Zhu De

politician · 1886–1976

Days lived

32,725

Arthur Rubinstein

Arthur Rubinstein

classical pianist · 1887–1982

Days lived

35,025

Fritz Lenz

🇩🇪Fritz Lenz

German geneticist and professor (1887–1976) · 1887–1976

Days lived

32,627

Raoul Walsh

🇺🇸Raoul Walsh

American film director and actor (1887–1980) · 1887–1980

Days lived

34,264

Joe McCarthy

🇺🇸Joe McCarthy

film director · 1887–1978

Days lived

33,140

Lonesome George

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,431

Lin Wang

🇹🇼Lin Wang

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,468

Ham

🇺🇸Ham

Chimpanzee · 1957–1983

Days lived

9,334

Washoe

🇺🇸Washoe

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,400

Digit

🇷🇼Digit

Mountain gorilla · 1967–1977

Days lived

4,018

Secretariat

🇺🇸Secretariat

Thoroughbred horse · 1970–1989

Days lived

7,129

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

50,222

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

40,664

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

39,630

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

39,264

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

36,708

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

35,360

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

59,691

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

40,360

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

18,712

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

16,255

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

14,165

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

12,142

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

1,562

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

379