On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 17 1990
Events on This Day
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Starring in 'Wild at Heart'
Nicolas Cage
Born on This Day
Alan Minter🇬🇧
deceasedMiddleweight boxer champion of the world (1951–2020) · 1951–2020
Days lived
25,226
Carlos Prates🇧🇷
Mixed martial arts fighter · b. 1993
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Christian Ehler🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
Christian Kohlund🇨🇭
Swiss actor · b. 1950
Days alive
14,610
Doet Beets
deceasedDutch baseball player (1917–1989) · 1917–1989
Days lived
26,110
Eduard Strauch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman SS, Security Police and Security Service commander and convicted war criminal · 1906–1955
Days lived
17,926
Elizabeth Báthory
deceasedNotable Trials · 1560–1614
Days lived
19,727
Francis Gary Powers
deceasedNotable Trials · 1929–1977
Days lived
17,516
Hazel Bishop🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist and cosmetics company founder (1906–1998) · 1906–1998
Days lived
33,713
Herta Müller🇩🇪
YouTube personality · b. 1953
Days alive
13,514
István Kovács🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1970
Days alive
7,305
István Lichteneckert🇭🇺
deceasedfencer (1892–1929) · 1892–1929
Days lived
13,598
Jacques Neirynck🇧🇪
deceasedscientist · 1931–2025
Days lived
34,310
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Jelena Karleuša🇷🇸
Serbian singer · b. 1978
Days alive
4,383
Jiang Zemin🇨🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1926–2022
Days lived
35,169
Jim Courier🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1970
Days alive
7,305
Jon Gruden🇺🇸
American football coach (born 1963) · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
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Jörg Friedrich🇩🇪
German author and historian (1944-) · b. 1944
Days alive
16,801
Jorginho🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player and manager (born 1964) · b. 1964
Days alive
9,496
Kaukab Noorani Okarvi🇵🇰
writer · b. 1957
Days alive
12,053
Kemp Muhl🇺🇸
Singer-songwriter · b. 1987
Days alive
1,096
Kurt Hiller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman essayist and activist (1885–1972) · 1885–1972
Days lived
31,821
Larry Ellison
entrepreneur · b. 1944
Days alive
16,801
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Lil Pump
rapper · b. 2000
Lotte Jacobi🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1896–1990
Days lived
34,229
Mae West🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer (1893–1980) · 1893–1980
Days lived
31,873
Militsa Zyornova🇬🇪
deceaseda Doctor of Medicine, dentist, religious figure (1899–1994) · 1899–1994
Days lived
34,503
Millard Drexler🇺🇸
American business manager · b. 1944
Days alive
16,801
Paul Kirchhoff🇲🇽
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1900-1972) · 1900–1972
Days lived
26,325
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Phoebe Bridgers🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1994
Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss🇩🇪
actor and director · b. 1962
Days alive
10,227
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Raffaello Matarazzo🇮🇹
deceasedItalian filmmaker (1909–1966) · 1909–1966
Days lived
20,727
Ralf Richter🇩🇪
actor · b. 1957
Days alive
12,053
Reinhard Hesse🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1956–2004) · 1956–2004
Days lived
17,587
Robert De Niro🇺🇸
Film director · b. 1943
Days alive
17,167
Rudy York🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1913–1970
Days lived
20,626
Sean Penn
Oscar Winners · b. 1960
Days alive
10,957
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Stephan Eicher🇨🇭
actor · b. 1960
Days alive
10,957
Susanne Stichler🇩🇪
German journalist and newscaster · b. 1969
Days alive
7,670
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Thierry Henry🇫🇷
French association football player and manager (born 1977) · b. 1977
Days alive
4,748
Tobias Schönenberg🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1986
Days alive
1,461
V. S. Naipaul🇬🇧
deceasedYouTube personality · 1932–2018
Days lived
31,405
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Walter Noddack🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1893–1960
Days lived
24,583
Wilhelm Grube🇷🇺
deceasedGerman linguist (1855-1908) · 1855–1908
Days lived
19,312
Willem Duys🇺🇸
deceasedrapper · 1928–2011
Days lived
30,239
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William Gallas🇫🇷
football player · b. 1977
Days alive
4,748
Died on This Day
Billy Murray🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer (1877–1954) · 1877–1954
Days lived
28,207
Boelie Kessler🇳🇱
deceasedDutch footballer (1896-1971) · 1896–1971
Days lived
27,287
Delmer Daves🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director, producer, and screenwriter (1904–1977) · 1904–1977
Days lived
26,687
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Ernst Jäckh🇺🇸
deceasedJournalist and Orientalist (1875–1959) · 1875–1959
Days lived
30,856
Fernand Léger🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1881–1955
Days lived
27,221
Franc Gubenšek🇸🇮
deceasedSlovene biochemist (1937–2010) · 1937–2010
Days lived
26,588
Francesco Cossiga🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1928–2010
Days lived
29,972
Frank Beard🇺🇸
deceasedComposer · 1949–2026
Days lived
28,191
Frank Livingstone🇳🇿
deceasedNew Zealand lawn bowls competitor · 1886–1966
Days lived
29,235
Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician of the CDU and Vice President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) (1933-2015) · 1933–2015
Days lived
30,117
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Günther Pancke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1899-1973) · 1899–1973
Days lived
27,136
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe🇺🇸
deceasedGerman architect (1886–1969) · 1886–1969
Days lived
30,458
Maria Paudler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1903–1990) · 1903–1990
Days lived
31,835
Marosa di Giorgio🇺🇾
deceasedUruguayan writer (1932-2004) · 1932–2004
Days lived
26,360
Oldo Hlaváček🇸🇰
deceasedactor · 1934–2025
Days lived
33,441
Pál Bogár🇭🇺
deceasedbasketball player · 1927–2012
Days lived
31,031
Reinhold Victor Walther Graef
deceasedGerman judge and politician (1873-1937) · 1873–1937
Days lived
23,565
Rudolf Hess
deceasedNotable Trials · 1894–1987
Days lived
34,080
Torsten Michaelis🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and dub actor (1961–2025) · 1961–2025
Days lived
23,574
Uta Franz🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1935–2012
Days lived
28,092
Wilhelm Cohn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1859-1913) · 1859–1913
Days lived
19,915
Wilhelm Uhde🇫🇷
deceasedGerman art historian, dealer and collector (1874-1947) · 1874–1947
Days lived
26,590
Władysław Komar🇵🇱
deceasedathletics competitor (1940-1998) · 1940–1998
Days lived
21,312
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Wojciech Korfanty
deceasedjournalist · 1873–1939
Days lived
24,224
Wolfgang Leonhard🇦🇹
deceasedGerman author, historian (1921–2014) · 1921–2014
Days lived
34,091
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
50,266
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,944
José Miguel Barandiarán🇪🇸
deceasedBasque anthropologist, etnologist and archaeologist (1889–1991) · 1889–1991
Days lived
37,244
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
36,292
Walter Schenk🇩🇪
deceasedGerman military personnel · 1891–2000
Days lived
39,634
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Hal Roach🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992
Days lived
36,817
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
35,955
Lang Jingshan
deceasedartist · 1892–1995
Days lived
37,506
Zośka Vieras🇱🇹
deceasedBelarusian writer and poet (1892-1991) · 1892–1991
Days lived
36,166
Lillian Gish🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993
Days lived
36,295
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Martha Graham🇺🇸
deceasedBallet dancer · 1894–1991
Days lived
35,388
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1894–1998) · 1894–1998
Days lived
37,799
Hermann Florstedt
deceasedmilitary person · 1895–2000
Days lived
38,302
Adolf Pokorny🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895-?) · 1895–2000
Days lived
38,144
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
Heinrich Eberbach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992
Days lived
35,295
Sylvia de Arruda Botelho Bittencourt🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian journalist · 1896–1995
Days lived
36,188
Friedrich Hund🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1896–1997
Days lived
36,945
Lilia Skala🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian-American actress (1896-1994) · 1896–1994
Days lived
35,813
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000
Days lived
37,614
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Harriet🇦🇺
deceasedGalápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
57,937
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Lin Wang🇹🇼
deceasedAsian elephant · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,467
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Alex🇺🇸
deceasedAfrican grey parrot · 1976–2007
Days lived
11,433
Keiko🇮🇸
deceasedOrca · 1977–2003
Days lived
9,841
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,110
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,807
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,380
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
45,822
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
44,788
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
44,422
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
41,866
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
40,518
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,317
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,831
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,849
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
45,518
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
23,870
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
21,413
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
19,323
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
17,300
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,760
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,182
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,720
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
5,537
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
4,832
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,145
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,102
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
3,881