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October 5 1989

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Born on This Day

🇩🇪A. R. Penck
deceased
German artist (1939–2017) · 1939–2017
Days lived
28,334
🇪🇸Ángela Molina
Spanish actress · b. 1955
Days alive
12,419
🇩🇪Anne Menden
German actress · b. 1985
Days alive
1,461
🇩🇪Bahar Kizil
German singer · b. 1988
Days alive
365
🇺🇸Barry Switzer
American football player and coach · b. 1937
Days alive
18,993
Bernard Bolzano
deceased
Notable Trials · 1781–1848
Days lived
24,545
🇺🇸Billy Scott
deceased
American R&B singer (1942–2012) · 1942–2012
Days lived
25,611
🇮🇪Bob Geldof
singer · b. 1951
Days alive
13,880
🇩🇪Charlotte Link
writer · b. 1963
Days alive
9,497
🇺🇸Christian Hosoi
athlete · b. 1967
Days alive
8,036
🇨🇭Diogo Graf
deceased
Swiss artist (1896-1966) · 1896–1966
Days lived
25,641
🇺🇸Eddie Townsend
deceased
American boxing trainer (1914-1988) · 1914–1988
Days lived
26,782
🇫🇮Ellen Thesleff
deceased
Finnish painter (1869-1954) · 1869–1954
Days lived
30,779
Emomali Rahmon
politician · b. 1952
Days alive
13,514
Exequiel Palacios
association football player · b. 1998
🇩🇴Felipe Paulino
film director · b. 1983
Days alive
2,192
🇩🇪Florian Mayer
German tennis player · b. 1983
Days alive
2,192
🇩🇪Gert Westphal
deceased
German actor (1920–2002) · 1920–2002
Days lived
29,986
🇬🇧Glynis Johns
deceased
Pianist · 1923–2024
Days lived
36,616
🇮🇩Hamid Awaludin
Indonesian diplomat · b. 1962
Days alive
9,862
🇳🇱Han Hollander
deceased
singer · 1886–1943
Days lived
20,730
Jacob Tremblay
actor · b. 2006
🇬🇧John Mogg, Baron Mogg
British peer · b. 1943
Days alive
16,802
🇵🇾Julio César Cáceres
Paraguayan footballer · b. 1979
Days alive
3,653
🇩🇪Jürgen Brähmer
German boxer · b. 1978
Days alive
4,018
🇩🇪Kasimir Edschmid
deceased
German writer (1890–1966) · 1890–1966
Days lived
27,723
🇬🇧Kate Winslet
Film actor · b. 1975
Days alive
5,114
🇧🇪Kevin Mirallas
Belgian association football player (born 1987) · b. 1987
Days alive
731
🇨🇳Liao Hui
weightlifter · b. 1987
Days alive
731
🇩🇪Ludwig Nolden
deceased
German association football player (1935–2024) · 1935–2024
Days lived
32,271
🇵🇱Marian Woyna-Orlewicz
deceased
athlete · 1913–2011
Days lived
35,529
🇩🇪Nana
Ghanaian born German rapper and DJ · b. 1968
Days alive
7,670
🇺🇸Nicky Hilton
American socialite (born 1983) · b. 1983
Days alive
2,192
🇷🇺Nikita Kurbanov
basketball player · b. 1986
Days alive
1,096
🇩🇪Oskar Kanehl
deceased
German writer (1888-1929) · 1888–1929
Days lived
14,844
🇨🇭Paola del Medico
Swiss singer · b. 1950
Days alive
14,245
🇪🇸Patricia Conde Galindo
Spanish actress · b. 1976
Days alive
4,748
🇬🇧Robert Adams
deceased
artist · 1917–1984
Days lived
24,289
🇬🇧Sam Warburton
Welsh rugby union player · b. 1988
Days alive
365
🇨🇴Sara Tunes
Colombian singer-songwriter · b. 1994
🇵🇱Semen Zonshain
deceased
Soviet scientist in aeronautics and university teacher (1898-1978) · 1898–1978
Days lived
29,160
🇩🇪Stefan Klein
German science writer · b. 1965
Days alive
8,766
🇬🇧Stephanie Cole
deceased
Actor · 1941–2026
Days lived
31,029
🇳🇱Theo Bos
deceased
association football manager and former player (1965-2013) · 1965–2013
Days lived
17,313
🇬🇪Tornike Shengelia
athlete · b. 1991
Travis Kelce
Sports · b. 1989
Days alive
0
🇨🇿Václav Havel
deceased
YouTube personality · 1936–2011
Days lived
27,467
🇷🇺Varvara Myasnikova
deceased
actor · 1900–1978
Days lived
28,323
🇺🇸Youenn Gwernig
deceased
singer-songwriter · 1925–2006
Days lived
29,548
🇸🇮Zlatko Dedić
football player · b. 1984
Days alive
1,826

Died on This Day

🇮🇹Carlo Lizzani
deceased
actor · 1922–2013
Days lived
33,423
🇧🇪Chantal Akerman
deceased
artist · 1950–2015
Days lived
23,862

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
49,950
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,628

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
57,621

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,794
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,491

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,001
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,515

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,444
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
11,866

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🇵🇭Christopher Ricketts

deceased

Filipino martial artist · 1955–2010

Days lived

20,287

E. H. Calvert

🇺🇸E. H. Calvert

actor · 1863–1941

Days lived

28,589

Emilie Schindler

🇦🇹Emilie Schindler

writer · 1907–2001

Days lived

34,317

Friedrich Wolf

Friedrich Wolf

German writer (1888-1953) · 1888–1953

Days lived

23,661

George Fenton

🇬🇧George Fenton

Actor · 1949–2026

Days lived

28,110

Gloria Grahame

🇺🇸Gloria Grahame

American actress (1923–1981) · 1923–1981

Days lived

21,131

🇩🇪Hans Richter

German film actor (1919–2008) · 1919–2008

Days lived

32,774

🇩🇪Helmut Träbert

scientist · 1920–1974

Days lived

19,853

Ivan Yefremov

Ivan Yefremov

philosopher · 1908–1972

Days lived

23,541

Jean Vigo

🇫🇷Jean Vigo

French film director (1905–1934) · 1905–1934

Days lived

10,754

Ken Strong

🇺🇸Ken Strong

film director · 1906–1979

Days lived

26,830

Paul Silverberg

🇩🇪Paul Silverberg

German Jewish entrepreneur and jurist (1876-1959) Industrialist, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rheinische AG, Braunkohlenbergbau und Brikettfabrikation and Rheinisches Braunkohlensyndikat GmbH Cologne · 1876–1959

Days lived

30,466

Rainer Baumann

🇩🇪Rainer Baumann

German footballer (1930–2021) · 1930–2021

Days lived

33,495

Ruth R. Benerito

🇺🇸Ruth R. Benerito

American scientist and inventor (1916-2013) · 1916–2013

Days lived

35,696

Santa Faustina Kowalska

Santa Faustina Kowalska

writer · 1905–1938

Days lived

12,094

Seymour Cray

🇺🇸Seymour Cray

Applied mathematician, computer scientist, and electrical engineer (1925–1996) · 1925–1996

Days lived

25,940

Steve Jobs

🇺🇸Steve Jobs

Entrepreneur and inventor · 1955–2011

Days lived

20,677

Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly

Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly

Indian Catholic priest (1876-1929) · 1876–1929

Days lived

19,415

Walter Kempowski

🇩🇪Walter Kempowski

German writer (1929–2007) · 1929–2007

Days lived

28,648

🇪🇸José Miguel Barandiarán

deceased

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

Days lived

37,244

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

35,976

Johannes Paul

🇩🇪Johannes Paul

scientist · 1891–1990

Days lived

36,178

🇩🇪Walter Schenk

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,634

Hal Roach

🇺🇸Hal Roach

American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992

Days lived

36,817

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

35,639

Lang Jingshan

Lang Jingshan

artist · 1892–1995

Days lived

37,506

Zośka Vieras

🇱🇹Zośka Vieras

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

Days lived

36,166

Erté

🇫🇷Erté

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

Days lived

35,620

Lillian Gish

🇺🇸Lillian Gish

American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993

Days lived

36,295

Martha Graham

🇺🇸Martha Graham

Ballet dancer · 1894–1991

Days lived

35,388

Hermann Oberth

🇩🇪Hermann Oberth

YouTube personality · 1894–1989

Days lived

34,884

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

🇮🇹Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

Italian film director (1894–1998) · 1894–1998

Days lived

37,799

Hermann Florstedt

military person · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,302

Adolf Pokorny

🇦🇹Adolf Pokorny

Austrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895-?) · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,144

Silas Simmons

🇺🇸Silas Simmons

American baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006

Days lived

40,557

Heinrich Eberbach

🇩🇪Heinrich Eberbach

German general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992

Days lived

35,295

Trude Fleischmann

🇺🇸Trude Fleischmann

Austrian-born American photographer (1895-1990) · 1895–1990

Days lived

34,363

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,430

🇹🇼Lin Wang

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,467

🇺🇸Washoe

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,399

🇺🇸Koko

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,152

🇺🇸Alex

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Days lived

11,433

🇮🇸Keiko

Orca · 1977–2003

Days lived

9,841

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

55,064

HSBC

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

45,506

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

44,472

Goldman Sachs

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,106

Eli Lilly

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

41,550

Chevron

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,202

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

64,533

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,202

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

23,554

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,097

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,007

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

16,984

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

6,404

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,221

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

4,516

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

3,829

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

3,786

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

3,565