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December 7 1985

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Events on This Day

Birth
Jon Moxley
milestone

Born on This Day

🇩🇪Albert Florath
deceased
German actor (1888–1957) · 1888–1957
Days lived
24,931
🇩🇪Alex Rădulescu
German tennis player · b. 1974
Days alive
4,019
Andrea Breder

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Art Larsen
deceased
American tennis player (1925-2012) · 1925–2012
Days lived
32,012
Arthur Milchhöfer
deceased
German archaeologist (1852–1903) · 1852–1903
Days lived
18,888

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
48,553
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
37,231

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
56,224

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
54,397
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
54,094

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
659,604
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
139,118

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
17,047
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
10,469

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🇩🇪

German high jumper · b. 1964

Days alive

7,671

Anton Richter

🇦🇹Anton Richter

Austrian weightlifter · 1911–1989

Days lived

28,151

Charlotte Beradt

🇩🇪Charlotte Beradt

German writer and journalist (1907-1986) · 1907–1986

Days lived

28,650

Claire Rommer

🇩🇪Claire Rommer

German actress (1904-1996) · 1904–1996

Days lived

33,494

David Goffin

🇧🇪David Goffin

Belgian tennis player · b. 1990

Days alive

1

Denise Zich

🇩🇪Denise Zich

German actress · b. 1975

Days alive

3,654

Edwin Holt Hughes

Edwin Holt Hughes

American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church · 1866–1950

Days lived

30,383

Eli Wallach

🇺🇸Eli Wallach

American actor (1915–2014) · 1915–2014

Days lived

35,995

George P. Codd

🇺🇸George P. Codd

film director · 1869–1927

Days lived

20,890

Hermann Balck

🇩🇪Hermann Balck

German general (1893-1982) · 1893–1982

Days lived

32,499

Holger C. Gotha

🇩🇪Holger C. Gotha

actor · b. 1960

Days alive

9,132

John Doeg

🇺🇸John Doeg

American tennis player (1908-1978) · 1908–1978

Days lived

25,344

John Terry

🇬🇧John Terry

English association football player (born 1980) · b. 1980

Days alive

1,827

Jon Moxley

🇺🇸Jon Moxley

Professional wrestler · b. 1985

Days alive

1

Jon Moxley

🇺🇸Jon Moxley

American professional wrestler and actor · b. 1985

Days alive

1

Julian Palmieri

🇫🇷Julian Palmieri

football player · b. 1986

Days alive

1

Kaffe Fassett

🇺🇸Kaffe Fassett

American artist (born 1937) · b. 1937

Days alive

17,533

Klaus Tschira

🇩🇪Klaus Tschira

entrepreneur · 1940–2015

Days lived

27,143

Landry Chauvin

🇫🇷Landry Chauvin

French association football manager (born 1968) · b. 1968

Days alive

6,210

Leon Kossoff

🇬🇧Leon Kossoff

painter (1926-2019) · 1926–2019

Days lived

33,813

Martin Heidenhain

🇩🇪Martin Heidenhain

German anatomist (1864–1949) · 1864–1949

Days lived

31,053

Ned Haig

🇬🇧Ned Haig

Inventor of rugby sevens (1858–1939) · 1858–1939

Days lived

29,332

Noam Chomsky

🇺🇸Noam Chomsky

writer · b. 1928

Days alive

20,820

Orli Shoshan

🇮🇱Orli Shoshan

actor · b. 1976

Days alive

3,288

Otto Rasch

Otto Rasch

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

Days lived

20,784

Patrice O'Neal

🇺🇸Patrice O'Neal

actor · 1969–2011

Days lived

15,333

Peter Chatel

🇩🇪Peter Chatel

actor · 1943–1986

Days lived

15,603

Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange

Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange

princess · b. 2003

Days alive

1

Roland Hattenberger

🇦🇹Roland Hattenberger

Austrian footballer · b. 1948

Days alive

13,515

Sergey Belyavsky

🇷🇺Sergey Belyavsky

Soviet/Russian astronomer (1883-1953) · 1883–1953

Days lived

25,513

Susan Collins

🇺🇸Susan Collins

politician · b. 1952

Days alive

12,054

Takashi Umezawa

🇯🇵Takashi Umezawa

Japanese association football player · b. 1972

Days alive

4,749

Theo Snelders

Theo Snelders

Dutch footballer · b. 1963

Days alive

8,037

Theophil Wurm

🇩🇪Theophil Wurm

German Lutheran bishop (1868-1953) · 1868–1953

Days lived

30,733

🇺🇸Tom Waits

singer-songwriter · b. 1949

Days alive

13,150

Václav Chalupa

🇨🇿Václav Chalupa

athlete · b. 1967

Days alive

6,576

Wilhelm Dörr

🇩🇪Wilhelm Dörr

German discus thrower (1881-1955) · 1881–1955

Days lived

26,781

Artur Esche

Artur Esche

deceased

German politician and judge (1857-1940) · 1857–1940

Days lived

30,406

Bob Loubser

🇿🇦Bob Loubser

South African rugby union player · 1884–1962

Days lived

28,612

🇺🇸Cal Lepore

American football official · 1919–2002

Days lived

30,657

Carl Hinrichs

🇩🇪Carl Hinrichs

German actor (1907-1967) · 1907–1967

Days lived

21,996

Carl Schuchhardt

🇩🇪Carl Schuchhardt

German archaeologist (1859–1943) · 1859–1943

Days lived

30,804

Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.

🇺🇸Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.

politician · 1940–2005

Days lived

23,878

Elga Andersen

🇩🇪Elga Andersen

German actress and singer (1935–1994) · 1935–1994

Days lived

21,859

Frederic Kimber Seward

🇺🇸Frederic Kimber Seward

American lawyer (1878–1943) · 1878–1943

Days lived

24,000

Grahanandan Singh

🇮🇳Grahanandan Singh

field hockey player (1926–2014) · 1926–2014

Days lived

32,435

Hanny Fries

🇨🇭Hanny Fries

artist · 1918–2009

Days lived

33,249

Juan Luna

🇵🇭Juan Luna

Filipino painter, sculptor and political activist (1857-1899) · 1857–1899

Days lived

15,384

Konrad Dreher

🇩🇪Konrad Dreher

actor · 1859–1944

Days lived

31,085

Michel Ney

Michel Ney

Notable Trials · 1769–1815

Days lived

17,132

Paul Mehlitz

🇩🇪Paul Mehlitz

field hockey player · 1906–1982

Days lived

27,743

Pekka Säilä

🇫🇮Pekka Säilä

Finnish tennis player (1941–2009) · 1941–2009

Days lived

24,825

Peter Mieg

🇨🇭Peter Mieg

Swiss composer, painter and journalist (1906-1990) · 1906–1990

Days lived

30,775

Reinhard Bonnke

🇩🇪Reinhard Bonnke

German Pentecostal evangelist (1940–2019) · 1940–2019

Days lived

29,087

Walter Noddack

🇩🇪Walter Noddack

chemist · 1893–1960

Days lived

24,584

🇳🇱Willem Drees

deceased

Dutch politician (1886–1988) · 1886–1988

Days lived

37,204

Irving Berlin

🇺🇸Irving Berlin

Composer · 1888–1989

Days lived

37,024

Edgar Hall

Edgar Hall

Anglican archdeacon · 1888–1987

Days lived

35,973

José Miguel Barandiarán

🇪🇸José Miguel Barandiarán

Basque anthropologist, etnologist and archaeologist (1889–1991) · 1889–1991

Days lived

37,245

Frank J. Skinner

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

34,579

Johannes Paul

🇩🇪Johannes Paul

scientist · 1891–1990

Days lived

36,179

Walter Schenk

🇩🇪Walter Schenk

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,635

John Howard Northrop

🇺🇸John Howard Northrop

scientist · 1891–1987

Days lived

35,025

Livain Chiasson

🇨🇦Livain Chiasson

Canadian priest (1892–1987) · 1892–1987

Days lived

34,699

Hal Roach

🇺🇸Hal Roach

American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992

Days lived

36,818

William P. Murphy

🇺🇸William P. Murphy

American scientist (1892–1987) · 1892–1987

Days lived

34,944

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

34,242

Lang Jingshan

Lang Jingshan

artist · 1892–1995

Days lived

37,507

Zośka Vieras

🇱🇹Zośka Vieras

Belarusian writer and poet (1892-1991) · 1892–1991

Days lived

36,167

Erté

🇫🇷Erté

Russian-born French designer (1892-1990) · 1892–1990

Days lived

35,621

Lily Laskine

🇫🇷Lily Laskine

French harpist (1893–1988) · 1893–1988

Days lived

34,459

Lillian Gish

🇺🇸Lillian Gish

American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993

Days lived

36,296

Louis Plack Hammett

🇺🇸Louis Plack Hammett

American chemist (1894–1987) · 1894–1987

Days lived

33,911

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

Washoe

🇺🇸Washoe

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,400

Secretariat

🇺🇸Secretariat

Thoroughbred horse · 1970–1989

Days lived

7,129

Koko

🇺🇸Koko

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,153

Alex

🇺🇸Alex

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Days lived

11,434

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

53,667

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

44,109

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

43,075

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

42,709

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

40,153

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

38,805

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

63,136

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

43,805

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

22,157

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

19,700

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

17,610

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

15,587

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

5,007

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

3,824

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

3,119

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

2,432

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

2,389

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

2,168