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November 23 1989

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Born on This Day

Anatoly Lunacharsky
deceased
actor · 1875–1933
Days lived
21,217
🇩🇪Andreas Schmidt
deceased
German actor and director (1963-2017) · 1963–2017
Days lived
19,668
🇨🇺Anselmo Sacasas
deceased
Cuban bandleader · 1912–1998
Days lived
31,106
🇺🇸Bobby Rush
American politician · b. 1946
Days alive
15,706
🇮🇹Bruno Visintin
deceased
boxer (1932–2015) · 1932–2015
Days lived
29,999
🇺🇸Chris Hardwick
American stand-up comedian, actor, television host, writer, producer, podcaster, and musician · b. 1971
Days alive
6,575
🇩🇪Christoph Bechmann
field hockey player · b. 1971
Days alive
6,575
🇸🇰Darina Laščiaková
Slovak singer · b. 1931
Days alive
21,185
Denis Sassou-Nguesso
politician · b. 1943
Days alive
16,802
🇺🇸Doug Morris
American record executive (born 1938) · b. 1938
Days alive
18,628
🇩🇪Eberhard Feik
deceased
German actor (1943-1994) · 1943–1994
Days lived
18,592
Esther Maliepaard
Dutch baseball player · b. 1986
Days alive
1,096
🇩🇪Frank Giering
deceased
German actor (1971-2010) · 1971–2010
Days lived
14,092
🇳🇴Frode Kjekstad
jazz guitarist · b. 1974
Days alive
5,479
🇺🇸Guy Victor Molinari
deceased
politician · 1928–2018
Days lived
32,751
🇺🇸Harpo Marx
deceased
American comedian · 1888–1964
Days lived
27,702
🇩🇪Herbert Achternbusch
deceased
German writer, painter and filmmaker (1938–2022) · 1938–2022
Days lived
30,364
Hjalmar Branting
deceased
Notable Trials · 1860–1925
Days lived
23,468
Itzik Feffer
deceased
Soviet Yiddish poet (1900-1952) · 1900–1952
Days lived
18,890
🇨🇿Jiří Stivín
Czech flautist, composer, jazz musician, multi-instrumentalist, educator and saxophonist · b. 1942
Days alive
17,167
🇩🇪John Rabe
deceased
entrepreneur · 1882–1950
Days lived
24,514
🇩🇪Karl Gebhardt
deceased
German physician and convicted war criminal (1897–1948) · 1897–1948
Days lived
18,453
🇩🇪Karl Mildenberger
deceased
German boxer (1937–2018) · 1937–2018
Days lived
29,535
🇩🇪Karsten Müller
Chess grandmaster, author · b. 1970
Days alive
6,940
Kea Bouman
deceased
Dutch tennis player (1903–1998) · 1903–1998
Days lived
34,693
🇺🇸Ken Kavanaugh
deceased
CHOF player, NFL '40s All-Decade Team (1916-2007) · 1916–2007
Days lived
32,935
Leo Anton Karl de Ball
deceased
German astronomer (1853–1916) · 1853–1916
Days lived
23,029
🇺🇸Lucas Grabeel
singer · b. 1984
Days alive
1,826
🇩🇪Ludwig Rellstab
deceased
German chess player (1904-1983) · 1904–1983
Days lived
28,572
🇺🇸Mary Landrieu
politician · b. 1955
Days alive
12,419
🇺🇸Miguel de Icaza
entrepreneur · b. 1972
Days alive
6,209
Miley Cyrus
Music · b. 1992
🇶🇦Mohamed Suleiman
Athletics competitor · b. 1969
Days alive
7,305
🇻🇪Nicolás Maduro
President of Venezuela · b. 1962
Days alive
9,862
🇦🇹Paul Celan
deceased
French-Romanian poet and translator (1920–1970) · 1920–1970
Days lived
18,045
🇮🇳Poornitha
actor · b. 1990
🇺🇸Rachel Fuller Brown
deceased
American chemist (1898–1980) · 1898–1980
Days lived
29,636
🇮🇱Regev Fanan
Israeli basketball player · b. 1981
Days alive
2,922
Władysław Pobóg-Malinowski
deceased
Polish historian (1899–1962) · 1899–1962
Days lived
23,008

Died on This Day

🇲🇽Alfonso Montemayor
deceased
Mexican footballer (1922-2012) · 1922–2012
Days lived
33,082
🇫🇷André Malraux
deceased
Politician · 1901–1976
Days lived
27,414

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
49,999
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,677

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
57,670

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,843
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,540

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,050
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,564

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,493
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
11,915

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🇬🇧Andrew Sachs

deceased

British actor (1930–2016) · 1930–2016

Days lived

31,642

🇰🇷Chun Doo-hwan

11th and 12th President of the Republic of Korea (1931~2021) · 1931–2021

Days lived

33,182

🇺🇸Clarissa Allen

American author and educator (1859-1941) · 1859–1941

Days lived

30,003

🇺🇸Dorothy Cheney

American tennis player (1916-2014) · 1916–2014

Days lived

35,877

🇩🇪Ernst Gaupp

German anatomist (1865–1916) · 1865–1916

Days lived

18,760

🇩🇪Heinrich Triepel

German jurist (1868–1946) · 1868–1946

Days lived

28,773

🇦🇹Heinz Oberhummer

Austrian physicist (1941–2015) · 1941–2015

Days lived

27,216

🇺🇸Joe Kennedy

professional baseball player (1979–2007) · 1979–2007

Days lived

10,410

🇩🇪Klaus Kinski

German actor (1926–1991) · 1926–1991

Days lived

23,777

🇺🇸Larry Hagman

American actor (1931–2012) · 1931–2012

Days lived

29,649

🇫🇷Louis Malle

French film director, screenwriter, and producer (1932-1995) · 1932–1995

Days lived

23,034

🇺🇸Lucy Weston Pickett

American chemist (1904-1997) · 1904–1997

Days lived

34,277

🇲🇽Miguel Pro

Mexican Jesuit priest and martyr (1891–1927) · 1891–1927

Days lived

13,462

🇬🇧Nicolas Roeg

English film director and cinematographer (1928–2018) · 1928–2018

Days lived

32,972

🇮🇳Patrick Jansen

Indian field hockey player (1920–2003) · 1920–2003

Days lived

30,294

🇪🇸Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria

military person · 1859–1949

Days lived

32,904

🇳🇴Roald Dahl

British writer and poet (1916–1990) · 1916–1990

Days lived

27,099

🇩🇪Udo Kier

German actor (1944–2025) · 1944–2025

Days lived

29,625

🇨🇳Zhang Yang

Chinese general of the People's Liberation Army (1951-2017) · 1951–2017

Days lived

24,221

🇪🇸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

36,025

🇩🇪Johannes Paul

scientist · 1891–1990

Days lived

36,178

🇩🇪Walter Schenk

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,634

🇺🇸Hal Roach

American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992

Days lived

36,817

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

35,688

Lang Jingshan

artist · 1892–1995

Days lived

37,506

🇱🇹Zośka Vieras

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

Days lived

36,166

🇫🇷Erté

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

Days lived

35,620

🇺🇸Lillian Gish

American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993

Days lived

36,295

🇺🇸Martha Graham

Ballet dancer · 1894–1991

Days lived

35,388

🇩🇪Hermann Oberth

YouTube personality · 1894–1989

Days lived

34,884

🇮🇹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

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

Days lived

38,144

🇺🇸Silas Simmons

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

Days lived

40,557

🇩🇪Heinrich Eberbach

German general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992

Days lived

35,295

🇺🇸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

55,113

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

45,555

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

44,521

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,155

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

41,599

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,251

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

64,582

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,251

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

23,603

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,146

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,056

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

17,033

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

6,453

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,270

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

4,565

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

3,878

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

3,835

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

3,614