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December 27 1989

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Born on This Day

🇲🇦Abderrahim Tounsi
deceased
Moroccan actor and stage actor · 1936–2023
Days lived
31,417
🇫🇷Adil Rami
football player · b. 1985
Days alive
1,461
🇺🇸Andre Tippett
All-American college football player, professional football player, linebacker · b. 1959
Days alive
10,958
🇩🇪Aram Bartholl
artist · b. 1972
Days alive
6,209
🇺🇸Bill Goldberg
American professional wrestler, kickboxer, actor, and football player (born 1966) · b. 1966
Days alive
8,401
🇺🇸Bob Hubbard
deceased
former American professional basketball player (1922–2011) · 1922–2011
Days lived
32,385
🇺🇸Dahntay Jones
basketball player · b. 1980
Days alive
3,287
🇦🇹Elsie Altmann-Loos
deceased
Austrian actor and autobiographer (1899-1984) · 1899–1984
Days lived
30,824
🇺🇸Fenwick Henri Watkins
deceased
American athlete and coach · 1887–1943
Days lived
20,312
🇩🇪Florence Ekpo-Umoh
Nigerian-German sprinter · b. 1977
Days alive
4,383
🇯🇵Fumiko Orikasa
singer · b. 1974
Days alive
5,479
Georg Groscurth
deceased
German physician (1904-1944) · 1904–1944
Days lived
14,377
Gérard Depardieu
Notable Trials · b. 1948
Days alive
14,975
🇿🇦Gert Smal
South African rugby union footballer and coach · b. 1961
Days alive
10,227
🇺🇸Gregory B. Waldis
Swiss actor · b. 1967
Days alive
8,036
🇩🇪Guido Westerwelle
deceased
writer · 1961–2016
Days lived
19,805
🇺🇸Hayley Williams
singer-songwriter · b. 1988
Days alive
365
🇩🇪Horst Kummeth
German actor · b. 1956
Days alive
12,053
🇬🇧Janet Street-Porter
Journalist · b. 1946
Days alive
15,706
🇺🇸Jean Bartik
deceased
American ENIAC computer programmer (1924–2011) · 1924–2011
Days lived
31,497
🇺🇸Jes Staley
Former Banking CEO · b. 1956
Days alive
12,053
🇩🇪Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht
German actor · b. 1991
🇳🇴Jørgen Mathisen
Jazz saxophonist · b. 1984
Days alive
1,826
🇨🇱Juan Luis Sanfuentes
deceased
politician · 1858–1930
Days lived
26,133
🇩🇪Karl Dröse
deceased
field hockey player · 1913–1996
Days lived
30,214
🇩🇪Karl-Heinz Vorsatz
deceased
politician · 1927–1992
Days lived
23,642
🇷🇺Kristina Pimenova
Model and Actress · b. 2005
🇧🇪Léon Delacroix
deceased
Belgian prime minister (1867-1929) · 1867–1929
Days lived
22,572
🇯🇵Maaya Uchida
actor · b. 1989
Days alive
0
🇺🇸Marlene Dietrich
deceased
singer · 1901–1992
Days lived
33,003
Masi Oka
Actor · b. 1974
Days alive
5,479
🇿🇦Matthew Goniwe
deceased
Human rights defender · 1947–1985
Days lived
13,697
🇩🇪Nina Moghaddam
German television presenter · b. 1980
Days alive
3,287
🇫🇷Paul Leroy
deceased
French painter (1860-1942) · 1860–1942
Days lived
29,754
🇩🇪Richard Borrmann
deceased
German architect and archaeologist (1852–1931) · 1852–1931
Days lived
28,577
🇩🇪Sabine Heinrich
German broadcaster · b. 1976
Days alive
4,748
Salman Khan
film actor · b. 1965
Days alive
8,766
Sam Hinds
5th Prime Minister of Guyana · b. 1943
Days alive
16,802
🇬🇧Sebastian Haffner
deceased
German journalist and author (1907–1999) · 1907–1999
Days lived
33,244
🇷🇺Sergei Schilkin
deceased
German entrepreneur (1915–2007) · 1915–2007
Days lived
33,441
🇯🇲Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaican track and field sprinter · b. 1986
Days alive
1,096
Thea von Harbou
deceased
writer · 1888–1954
Days lived
23,926
Timothée Chalamet
Actor · b. 1995
Uladzimir Karoĺ
deceased
Belarusian and soviet architect (1912—1980) · 1912–1980
Days lived
24,624
🇦🇹Walter Kolm-Veltée
deceased
actor · 1910–1999
Days lived
32,213

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Andreas Behm
deceased
German weightlifter (1962–2021) · 1962–2021
Days lived
21,579
🇫🇮Arvid Järnefelt
deceased
Finnish jurist and writer (1861–1932) · 1861–1932
Days lived
25,973

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
50,033
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,711

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
57,704

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,877
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,574

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,084
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,598

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,527
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
11,949

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Benazir Bhutto

🇵🇰Benazir Bhutto

deceased

Notable Trials · 1953–2007

Days lived

19,912

🇺🇸Carrie Fisher

Film actor · 1956–2016

Days lived

21,982

🇩🇪Clément Moreau

artist · 1903–1988

Days lived

31,323

🇬🇧Edmund Clifton Stoner

scientist · 1899–1968

Days lived

25,288

F.C. Krarup

Danish theologian · 1852–1931

Days lived

29,124

🇮🇹Francesco Fuschini

Italian priest and writer · 1914–2006

Days lived

33,779

🇺🇸George Roy Hill

American film director (1921–2002) · 1921–2002

Days lived

29,592

Hafizullah Amin

Afghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher (1929–1979) · 1929–1979

Days lived

18,410

🇩🇪Hans von Seeckt

politician · 1866–1936

Days lived

25,816

🇳🇱Henk Bouwman

field hockey player (1926-1995) · 1926–1995

Days lived

25,382

🇩🇪Hermann Häfker

writer · 1873–1939

Days lived

24,312

🇫🇷Hervé Guibert

French writer, photographer and journalist (1955-1991) · 1955–1991

Days lived

13,162

Hugo Süchting

German chess player (1874-1916) · 1874–1916

Days lived

15,420

🇺🇸Jeffrey R. Holland

American educator and religious leader (1940–2025) · 1940–2025

Days lived

31,070

🇩🇪Julius Schaub

German politician (NSDAP), MdR, Adolf Hitler's long-time personal chief adjutant (1898–1967) · 1898–1967

Days lived

25,330

🇫🇷Léon Bakst

Russian artist (1866–1924) · 1866–1924

Days lived

21,506

🇺🇸Mary Engle Pennington

American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (1872-1952) · 1872–1952

Days lived

29,299

🇸🇪Nils Nilsson Skum

Saami artist (1872–1951) · 1872–1951

Days lived

29,111

🇵🇱Osip Mandelstam

Russian poet and essayist (1891-1938) · 1891–1938

Days lived

17,513

🇩🇪Richard Semon

German zoologist (1859-1918) · 1859–1918

Days lived

21,676

🇦🇹Richard Waldemar

Austrian actor (1869–1946) · 1869–1946

Days lived

28,361

🇸🇰Sára Salkaházi

Hungarian Roman Catholic religious sister (1899-1944) · 1899–1944

Days lived

16,666

🇸🇮Tomaž Šalamun

writer · 1941–2014

Days lived

26,839

🇪🇸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

36,059

🇩🇪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

35,722

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

55,147

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

45,589

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

44,555

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,189

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

41,633

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,285

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

64,616

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,285

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

23,637

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,180

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,090

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

17,067

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

6,487

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,304

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

4,599

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

3,912

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

3,869

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

3,648