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December 12 1985

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Born on This Day

Abdelkader Chadi
Algerian boxer · b. 1986
Days alive
1
🇺🇸Chuck Evans
basketball player · b. 1971
Days alive
5,115
🇺🇸Connie Francis
deceased
singer · 1937–2025
Days lived
31,994
Denise Bronzetti
Captain Regent, head of government for San Marino · b. 1972
Days alive
4,749
🇺🇸Deron Washington
basketball player · b. 1985
Days alive
1
🇺🇸Eddie Elias
deceased
American sports executive · 1928–1998
Days lived
25,541
🇳🇴Edvard Munch
deceased
Norwegian painter. (1863–1944) · 1863–1944
Days lived
29,262
🇧🇷Everton Nogueira
Brazilian association football player · b. 1959
Days alive
9,498
🇺🇸Frank Sinatra
deceased
actor · 1915–1998
Days lived
30,105
🇩🇪Gerd Strantzen
deceased
field hockey player (1897-1958) · 1897–1958
Days lived
22,176
🇰🇷Hahm Eun-jung
singer · b. 1988
Days alive
1
🇹🇷Hakan Köseoğlu
basketball player · b. 1981
Days alive
1,462
🇩🇪Hans Keilson
deceased
Dutch psychologist (1909-2011) · 1909–2011
Days lived
37,061
🇩🇪Hans Robert Jauss
deceased
German academic (1921-1997) · 1921–1997
Days lived
27,474
Hermann Künne
deceased
German sailor (1897–1918) · 1897–1918
Days lived
7,437
🇺🇸Holly Gagnier
actor · b. 1958
Days alive
9,863
🇺🇸Jennifer Connelly
American actress (born 1970) · b. 1970
Days alive
5,480
🇺🇸John Salmons
basketball player · b. 1979
Days alive
2,193
🇩🇪Jörg Lütcke
basketball player · b. 1975
Days alive
3,654
🇺🇸Kailash Purryag
deceased
President of Mauritius from 2012 to 2015 · 1947–2025
Days lived
28,317
🇵🇱Krzysztof Kosedowski
Polish boxer · b. 1960
Days alive
9,132
🇩🇪Liesl Karlstadt
deceased
German actress (1892-1960) · 1892–1960
Days lived
24,699
🇦🇹Manès Sperber
deceased
YouTube personality · 1905–1984
Days lived
28,545
🇭🇺Mária Telkes
deceased
Hungarian–American scientist and inventor · 1900–1995
Days lived
34,689
🇩🇪Martina Hellmann
East German discus thrower · b. 1960
Days alive
9,132
🇩🇪Max Raabe
German singer · b. 1962
Days alive
8,402
🇫🇷Michael Olise
Association football player · b. 2001
Days alive
1
🇬🇧Nathaniel Chalobah
football player · b. 1994
Days alive
1
🇩🇪Pamela Wedekind
deceased
German actress (1906-1986) · 1906–1986
Days lived
28,974
Portia Simpson-Miller
former prime minister of Jamaica · b. 1945
Days alive
14,611
🇮🇳Rajinikanth
Indian actor (born 1950) · b. 1950
Days alive
12,785
🇩🇪Reiner Plaßhenrich
German association football player and manager · b. 1976
Days alive
3,288
🇺🇸Sammy Davis, Sr.
deceased
American dancer · 1900–1988
Days lived
31,938
🇺🇸Seymour Ginsburg
deceased
American computer scientist (1927–2004) · 1927–2004
Days lived
28,118
🇺🇸Sheila E.
American singer and percussionist (born 1957) · b. 1957
Days alive
10,228
🇮🇳Sowcar Janaki
deceased
Actor · 1931–2026
Days lived
34,587
🇧🇪Stefaan De Clerck
basketball player · b. 1951
Days alive
12,420
🇩🇪Sven Beuckert
German association football player and manager · b. 1973
Days alive
4,384
🇧🇷Tomas Behrend
German tennis player · b. 1974
Days alive
4,019
🇺🇸Tracy Austin
US tennis player · b. 1962
Days alive
8,402
Trần Lập
deceased
Vietnamese musician (1974-2016) · 1974–2016
Days lived
15,072
🇩🇪Ulla Wiesner
German singer · b. 1940
Days alive
16,437
🇺🇸William Francis Hillebrand
deceased
chemist · 1853–1925
Days lived
25,990
🇯🇵Yasujirō Ozu
deceased
Japanese film director, screenwriter (1903–1963) · 1903–1963
Days lived
21,916

Died on This Day

🇨🇦Alexander Grant Dexter
deceased
Canadian journalist (1896-1961) · 1896–1961
Days lived
24,054
🇩🇪Alexander Parvus
deceased
German political activist (1867–1924) · 1867–1924
Days lived
20,915

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
48,558
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
37,236

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
56,229

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
54,402
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
54,099

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
659,609
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
139,123

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
17,052
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
10,474

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Buks Marais

🇿🇦Buks Marais

South African rugby union footballer (1927-1996) · 1927–1996

Days lived

25,203

Chase G. Woodhouse

🇺🇸Chase G. Woodhouse

American educator and congresswoman (1890-1984) · 1890–1984

Days lived

34,618

Claus Cornelius Fischer

🇩🇪Claus Cornelius Fischer

German writer (1951–2020) · 1951–2020

Days lived

25,391

Daniel Carleton Gajdusek

Daniel Carleton Gajdusek

Notable Trials · 1923–2008

Days lived

31,142

Danny Aiello

Danny Aiello

Actor · 1933–2019

Days lived

31,587

Douglas Fairbanks

🇺🇸Douglas Fairbanks

American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer (1883–1939) · 1883–1939

Days lived

20,657

Earl Gillespie

🇺🇸Earl Gillespie

American sportscaster (1922-2003) · 1922–2003

Days lived

29,726

Ernst Jaeger

Ernst Jaeger

German jurist and judge (1869-1944) · 1869–1944

Days lived

27,384

Ferdinand Gregori

🇩🇪Ferdinand Gregori

German actor (1870–1928) · 1870–1928

Days lived

21,428

Franz Bäke

🇩🇪Franz Bäke

military person · 1898–1978

Days lived

29,507

Harry Frank

🇩🇪Harry Frank

actor · 1896–1947

Days lived

18,685

Ian Stewart

🇬🇧Ian Stewart

British keyboardist (1938–1985) · 1938–1985

Days lived

17,315

Ike Turner

🇺🇸Ike Turner

singer · 1931–2007

Days lived

27,797

Jack Scott

🇺🇸Jack Scott

Canadian singer (1936–2019) · 1936–2019

Days lived

30,639

Jean Richepin

Jean Richepin

Notable Trials · 1849–1926

Days lived

28,435

Josef Bican

🇦🇹Josef Bican

athlete · 1913–2001

Days lived

32,221

Kalman Sántha

🇭🇺Kalman Sántha

Hungarian physician (1903-1956) · 1903–1956

Days lived

19,513

Leo Anton Karl de Ball

Leo Anton Karl de Ball

German astronomer (1853–1916) · 1853–1916

Days lived

23,030

🇩🇪Max Laeuger

German architect (1864–1952) · 1864–1952

Days lived

32,215

Milutin Milanković

Milutin Milanković

Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958) · 1879–1958

Days lived

29,053

Oscar Klein

🇺🇸Oscar Klein

Austrian musician (1930-2006) · 1930–2006

Days lived

28,101

Otto Ciliax

🇩🇪Otto Ciliax

military person · 1891–1964

Days lived

26,707

Paul Verner

🇩🇪Paul Verner

German politician (1911-1986) · 1911–1986

Days lived

27,625

Peter Greene

🇺🇸Peter Greene

American actor (1965–2025) · 1965–2025

Days lived

21,981

Robert Danneberg

🇦🇹Robert Danneberg

Austrian politician (1885–1942) · 1885–1942

Days lived

20,961

Rolf Becker

🇩🇪Rolf Becker

actor · 1935–2025

Days lived

33,130

Rudolf Krause

🇩🇪Rudolf Krause

German footballer and manager (1927-2003) · 1927–2003

Days lived

28,085

Theodor Heuss

🇩🇪Theodor Heuss

writer · 1884–1963

Days lived

29,170

Vicente Fernández

🇲🇽Vicente Fernández

Mexican actor and ranchera singer (1940–2021) · 1940–2021

Days lived

29,885

Wilhelm Genazino

🇩🇪Wilhelm Genazino

YouTube personality · 1943–2018

Days lived

27,719

Wolfgang Ziffer

🇩🇪Wolfgang Ziffer

German actor (1941–2022) · 1940–2022

Days lived

29,998

Yasujirō Ozu

🇯🇵Yasujirō Ozu

Japanese film director, screenwriter (1903–1963) · 1903–1963

Days lived

21,916

🇳🇱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

34,584

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

34,247

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

53,672

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

44,114

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

43,080

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

42,714

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

40,158

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

38,810

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

63,141

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

43,810

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

22,162

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

19,705

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

17,615

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

15,592

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

5,012

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

3,829

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

3,124

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

2,437

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

2,394

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

2,173