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April 15 1990

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Events on This Day

Death
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Born on This Day

Died on This Day

🇬🇧Allan Holdsworth
deceased
British musician (1946–2017) · 1946–2017
Days lived
25,820
🇺🇸Arthur Larned Ryerson
deceased
American lawyer and entrepreneur (1851-1912) · 1851–1912
Days lived
22,373

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

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Days alive

1,826

🇬🇪Avtandil Koridze

deceased

athlete · 1935–1966

Days lived

11,320

🇩🇪Beate Hasenau

deceased

German actress and voice actress (1936-2003) · 1936–2003

Days lived

24,640

🇺🇸Bessie Smith

deceased

musician · 1894–1937

Days lived

15,869

🇷🇺Boris Strugatsky

deceased

writer · 1933–2012

Days lived

29,073

🇮🇹Claudia Cardinale

deceased

French-Italian actress (1938–2025) · 1938–2025

Days lived

31,938

🇺🇸Curtis Bernhardt

deceased

German film director (1899–1981) · 1899–1981

Days lived

29,898

Edwin Charles Boulton

deceased

American bishop (1928-2000) · 1928–2000

Days lived

26,328

🇫🇷Émile Durkheim

deceased

philosopher · 1858–1917

Days lived

21,763

🇬🇧Emma Thompson

British actress and screenwriter (born 1959) · b. 1959

Days alive

11,323

🇬🇧Emma Watson

actor · b. 1990

Days alive

0

🇦🇱Erbim Fagu

Albanian association football player · b. 1987

Days alive

1,096

🇩🇪Fanny Rinne

field hockey player · b. 1980

Days alive

3,652

Fay Masterson

Actor · b. 1974

Days alive

5,844

🇷🇺Georgy Zograf

deceased

Russian scientist · 1928–1993

Days lived

23,750

🇩🇪Gerhard Fieseler

deceased

entrepreneur · 1896–1987

Days lived

33,375

🇨🇦Guivi Sissaouri

athlete · b. 1971

Days alive

6,940

🇩🇪Hanna-Renate Laurien

deceased

German politician (1928-2010) · 1928–2010

Days lived

29,916

🇩🇪Henning Harnisch

basketball player · b. 1968

Days alive

8,035

🇹🇼İsmail Sani

Malaysian politician · b. 1967

Days alive

8,401

🇺🇸Jason Sehorn

American football player · b. 1971

Days alive

6,940

Jeffrey Archer

Notable Trials · b. 1940

Days alive

18,262

🇬🇧John Burt

deceased

Scottish field hockey player (1877–1935) · 1877–1935

Days lived

21,197

🇱🇹Kęstutis Šeštokas

Lithuanian basketball player (born 1976) · b. 1976

Days alive

5,113

🇦🇹Kurt Weinzierl

deceased

actor · 1931–2008

Days lived

28,303

🇺🇸Lita Grey

deceased

actor · 1908–1995

Days lived

32,034

Maisie Williams

actor · b. 1997

🇮🇹Marco Terrazzino

German footballer · b. 1991

🇺🇸Marian Zazeela

deceased

American musician, painter and light-artist (1940–2024) · 1940–2024

Days lived

30,663

🇲🇽Mario Gallegos

football player · b. 1988

Days alive

730

🇬🇷Memos Ioannou

basketball player · b. 1958

Days alive

11,688

🇺🇸Mike Anchondo

American boxer · b. 1982

Days alive

2,922

Murat Isaku

deceased

Albanian-Macedonian writer · 1928–2005

Days lived

28,020

🇮🇳Narahar Raghunath Phatak

deceased

writer · 1893–1979

Days lived

31,660

🇬🇧Neville Marriner

deceased

British conductor and violinist (1924–2016) · 1924–2016

Days lived

33,773

Nikita Khrushchev

deceased

military person · 1894–1971

Days lived

28,272

🇬🇧Niko Tinbergen

deceased

scientist · 1907–1988

Days lived

29,836

Nikolay Semyonov

deceased

Soviet physical chemist (1896-1986) · 1896–1986

Days lived

33,034

🇨🇺Pedro Luis Lazo

film director · b. 1973

Days alive

6,209

🇩🇪Richard von Weizsäcker

deceased

politician · 1920–2015

Days lived

34,624

🇺🇸Robert Lefkowitz

American physician and biochemist · b. 1943

Days alive

17,167

🇺🇸Roy Raymond

deceased

entrepreneur · 1947–1993

Days lived

16,935

🇵🇱Sat-Okh

deceased

children's author and soldier in the Polish Resistance during World War II · 1920–2003

Days lived

30,394

🇩🇪Siegfried Wischnewski

deceased

German actor (1922–1989) · 1922–1989

Days lived

24,391

🇦🇺Stanley Bruce

deceased

politician · 1883–1967

Days lived

30,812

🇬🇧Stephen Doughty

Politician · b. 1980

Days alive

3,652

🇬🇧Suw Charman-Anderson

British journalist, consultant and blogger · b. 1971

Days alive

6,940

🇫🇷Sylvain Marveaux

football player · b. 1986

Days alive

1,461

🇸🇪Tomas Tranströmer

deceased

Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015) · 1931–2015

Days lived

30,661

🇺🇸Tommy Castro

American musician · b. 1955

Days alive

12,784

🇬🇧Woolly Wolstenholme

deceased

British musician (1947–2010) · 1947–2010

Days lived

23,253

🇮🇱Yossef Romano

deceased

Israeli weightlifter (1940–1972) · 1940–1972

Days lived

11,831

🇩🇪August Endell

deceased

writer · 1871–1925

Days lived

19,726

🇵🇱Benon Liberski

deceased

Polish painter and graphic artist (1926-1983) · 1926–1983

Days lived

20,801

🇩🇪Bernd Hölzenbein

deceased

football player · 1946–2024

Days lived

28,527

🇩🇪Duke Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg

deceased

military person · 1893–1975

Days lived

29,736

🇺🇸Greta Garbo

deceased

actor · 1905–1990

Days lived

30,890

🇺🇸Jack Elway

deceased

American football player, coach, scout and executive (1931-2001) · 1931–2001

Days lived

25,523

🇦🇹Jakob Gartner

deceased

Austrian architect (1861-1921) · 1861–1921

Days lived

21,846

🇫🇷Jean-Paul Sartre

deceased

writer · 1905–1980

Days lived

27,327

🇮🇪Joe McCann

deceased

Notable Person · 1947–1972

Days lived

8,931

🇩🇪Ludwig Kaas

deceased

German politician (1881-1952) · 1881–1952

Days lived

25,894

Pol Pot

deceased

Notable Trials · 1925–1998

Days lived

26,629

🇮🇹Pompeo d'Ambrosio

deceased

athlete · 1917–1998

Days lived

29,689

🇦🇹Robert Musil

deceased

YouTube personality · 1880–1942

Days lived

22,439

🇮🇹Totò

deceased

actor · 1898–1967

Days lived

25,260

Wallace Beery

deceased

Oscar Winners · 1885–1949

Days lived

23,389

🇪🇸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

36,168

🇩🇪Johannes Paul

deceased

scientist · 1891–1990

Days lived

36,178

🇩🇪Walter Schenk

deceased

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,634

🇺🇸Hal Roach

deceased

American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992

Days lived

36,817

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

35,831

Lang Jingshan

deceased

artist · 1892–1995

Days lived

37,506

🇱🇹Zośka Vieras

deceased

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

Days lived

36,166

🇫🇷Erté

deceased

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

Days lived

35,620

🇺🇸Lillian Gish

deceased

American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993

Days lived

36,295

🇺🇸Martha Graham

deceased

Ballet dancer · 1894–1991

Days lived

35,388

🇮🇹Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

deceased

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

Days lived

37,799

Hermann Florstedt

deceased

military person · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,302

🇦🇹Adolf Pokorny

deceased

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

Days lived

38,144

🇺🇸Silas Simmons

deceased

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

Days lived

40,557

🇩🇪Heinrich Eberbach

deceased

German general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992

Days lived

35,295

🇧🇷Sylvia de Arruda Botelho Bittencourt

deceased

Brazilian journalist · 1896–1995

Days lived

36,188

🇩🇪Friedrich Hund

deceased

chemist · 1896–1997

Days lived

36,945

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,430

🇹🇼Lin Wang

deceased

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,467

🇺🇸Washoe

deceased

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,399

🇺🇸Koko

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,152

🇺🇸Alex

deceased

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Days lived

11,433

🇮🇸Keiko

deceased

Orca · 1977–2003

Days lived

9,841

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

55,256

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

45,698

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

44,664

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,298

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

41,742

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,394

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

64,725

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,394

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

23,746

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,289

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,199

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

17,176

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

6,596

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,413

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

4,708

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,021

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

3,978

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

3,757

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

Aat de Roos

🇷🇺Alla Pugacheva

🇺🇸Amy Ried

Died on This Day

🇬🇧Allan Holdsworth

🇺🇸Arthur Larned Ryerson

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇦🇺Harriet

🇸🇭Jonathan

Companies That Existed

🇫🇷Hermes

🇺🇸Procter & Gamble

Already Published

🇮🇹Meditations

🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

🇺🇸12 Angry Men

🇬🇪Avtandil Koridze

🇩🇪Beate Hasenau

🇺🇸Bessie Smith

🇷🇺Boris Strugatsky

🇮🇹Claudia Cardinale

🇺🇸Curtis Bernhardt

Edwin Charles Boulton

🇫🇷Émile Durkheim

🇬🇧Emma Thompson

🇬🇧Emma Watson

🇦🇱Erbim Fagu

🇩🇪Fanny Rinne

Fay Masterson

🇷🇺Georgy Zograf

🇩🇪Gerhard Fieseler

🇨🇦Guivi Sissaouri

🇩🇪Hanna-Renate Laurien

🇩🇪Henning Harnisch

🇹🇼İsmail Sani

🇺🇸Jason Sehorn

Jeffrey Archer

🇬🇧John Burt

🇱🇹Kęstutis Šeštokas

🇦🇹Kurt Weinzierl

🇺🇸Lita Grey

Maisie Williams

🇮🇹Marco Terrazzino

🇺🇸Marian Zazeela

🇲🇽Mario Gallegos

🇬🇷Memos Ioannou

🇺🇸Mike Anchondo

Murat Isaku

🇮🇳Narahar Raghunath Phatak

🇬🇧Neville Marriner

Nikita Khrushchev

🇬🇧Niko Tinbergen

Nikolay Semyonov

🇨🇺Pedro Luis Lazo

🇩🇪Richard von Weizsäcker

🇺🇸Robert Lefkowitz

🇺🇸Roy Raymond

🇵🇱Sat-Okh

🇩🇪Siegfried Wischnewski

🇦🇺Stanley Bruce

🇬🇧Stephen Doughty

🇬🇧Suw Charman-Anderson

🇫🇷Sylvain Marveaux

🇸🇪Tomas Tranströmer

🇺🇸Tommy Castro

🇬🇧Woolly Wolstenholme

🇮🇱Yossef Romano

🇩🇪August Endell

🇵🇱Benon Liberski

🇩🇪Bernd Hölzenbein

🇩🇪Duke Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg

🇺🇸Greta Garbo