On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 22 1990
Born on This Day
Aleksandar Obradović🇷🇸
deceasedmusician · 1927–2001
Days lived
26,886
Alfred Ploetz
deceasedGerman physician (1860–1940) · 1860–1940
Days lived
29,064
Almir Velagić🇩🇪
German weightlifter · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
Alun Michael🇬🇧
politician · b. 1943
Days alive
17,167
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Bill Parcells🇺🇸
American football coach (born 1941) · b. 1941
Days alive
17,897
Bruno Pontecorvo🇮🇹
deceasedscientist · 1913–1993
Days lived
29,253
Chan Wing Chun
actor · b. 1955
Days alive
12,784
Clinton Manges🇺🇸
deceasedTexas businessman · 1923–2010
Days lived
31,809
Courtney Gains
Actor · b. 1965
Days alive
9,131
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Deng Xiaoping🇨🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1904–1997
Days lived
33,784
Denton Cooley🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1920–2016
Days lived
35,152
Dorothy Parker🇺🇸
deceasedColumnist · 1893–1967
Days lived
26,951
Ebewa-Yam Mimbala🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1986
Days alive
1,461
Ernst Waldow🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1893–1964
Days lived
25,824
Erwin Kramer
deceasedGerman politician (1902-1979) · 1902–1979
Days lived
28,204
Evelyn Thomas🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1953–2024) · 1953–2024
Days lived
25,901
Federico Macheda🇮🇹
football player · b. 1991
Ferenc Olgyay🇭🇺
deceasedpainter (1872–1939) · 1872–1939
Days lived
24,284
Gaston Kaanen🇧🇪
deceasedfencer · 1892–1970
Days lived
28,378
Gianluca Ramazzotti🇮🇹
Italian actor · b. 1970
Days alive
7,305
Gorch Fock
deceasedLow German writer (1880–1916) · 1880–1916
Days lived
13,065
Harold Gomes🇺🇸
American boxer · b. 1933
Days alive
20,819
Heiðar Helguson
football player · b. 1977
Days alive
4,748
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Irmtraud Morgner🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1933–1990
Days lived
20,711
James Corden
Former Late Night Host · b. 1978
Days alive
4,383
James McNerney
Actor · b. 1949
Days alive
14,975
James Rumbaugh🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1947
Days alive
15,706
John Lee Hooker🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1917–2001
Days lived
30,619
Jörg Bode🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1969
Days alive
7,670
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Lautaro Martínez
association football player · b. 1997
Leni Riefenstahl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman filmmaker (1902–2003) · 1902–2003
Days lived
36,907
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1887–1977
Days lived
32,701
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Mark Williams🇬🇧
English actor, comedian, screenwriter and presenter · b. 1959
Days alive
11,323
Markus Rehm🇩🇪
German Paralympic long jumper · b. 1988
Days alive
730
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Mats Wilander🇸🇪
Swedish tennis player · b. 1964
Days alive
9,496
Max Scheler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman philosopher (1874-1928) · 1874–1928
Days lived
19,628
Maxx Crosby🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1997
Michael von Albrecht🇩🇪
writer · b. 1933
Days alive
20,819
Miloš Kopecký🇨🇿
deceasedCzech actor (1922-1996) · 1922–1996
Days lived
26,841
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Mischa Zverev🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1987
Days alive
1,096
Monika Lundi🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress · 1942–2025
Days lived
30,139
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Ned Hanlon🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1857–1937
Days lived
29,089
Ricco Groß🇩🇪
German biathlete · b. 1970
Days alive
7,305
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Richard Semon🇩🇪
deceasedGerman zoologist (1859-1918) · 1859–1918
Days lived
21,676
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Ron Dante🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1945
Days alive
16,436
Thomas Hoeren🇩🇪
German jurisprudent (Information and Media Law) · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
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Tori Amos🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
Walter Rilla🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1894–1980
Days lived
31,502
Werner Lesser🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1932–2005
Days lived
26,444
Willem Arondeus
deceasedDutch painter, writer and member of the Dutch anti-Nazi resistance (1894-1943) · 1894–1943
Days lived
17,844
Wolfdietrich Schnurre🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1920–1989) · 1920–1989
Days lived
25,128
Yannis Gagaloudis🇬🇷
Greek professional basketball player · b. 1978
Days alive
4,383
Yukiko Okada🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese pop singer (1967-1986) · 1967–1986
Days lived
6,804
Died on This Day
Butch van Breda Kolff🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1922–2007
Days lived
30,979
Flavio Ambrosetti🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss jazz saxophonist (1919–2012) · 1919–2012
Days lived
33,922
Gabriel Gonzáles Videla🇨🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1898–1980
Days lived
29,858
Georgy Artemyevich Zedgenidze🇬🇪
deceasedscientist · 1902–1994
Days lived
33,772
Gerald O'Collins🇦🇺
deceasedAustralian Jesuit priest, theologian and philosopher (1932–2024) · 1931–2024
Days lived
34,020
Glauber Rocha🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian film director, actor and writer (1939–1981) · 1938–1981
Days lived
15,867
Gregory Goodwin Pincus🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican biochemist (1903–1967) · 1903–1967
Days lived
23,511
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Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1866-1965) · 1866–1965
Days lived
36,104
Hiranuma Kiichirō
deceasedNotable Trials · 1867–1952
Days lived
31,009
Loriot🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1923–2011
Days lived
32,060
Paul Peter Ewald🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1888–1985
Days lived
35,640
Rudolf Alexander Schröder🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer, translator, poet, architect, and painter (1878-1962) · 1878–1962
Days lived
30,888
Rudolph Schindler🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican architect (1887–1953) · 1887–1953
Days lived
24,092
Shelley Fabares🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1944–2026
Days lived
30,166
Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy🇮🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1942–2025
Days lived
30,466
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Theo Sommer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1930–2022) · 1930–2022
Days lived
33,676
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Theodor Scheimpflug🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian photographer (1865-1911) · 1865–1911
Days lived
16,754
Toto Cutugno🇮🇹
deceasedSinger · 1943–2023
Days lived
29,266
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
50,271
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,949
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
36,297
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
35,960
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
57,942
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
56,115
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,812
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,385
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
45,827
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
44,793
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
44,427
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
41,871
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
40,523
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,322
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,836
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,854
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
45,523
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
23,875
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
21,418
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
19,328
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
17,305
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,765
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,187
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,725
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
5,542
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
4,837
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,150
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,107
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
3,886