On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 15 1990
Born on This Day
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Agatha Christie🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish mystery and detective writer (1890–1976) · 1890–1976
Days lived
31,164
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Alfredo R. Placencia Jauregui🇪🇸
deceasedpoet · 1875–1930
Days lived
19,965
Allan Schulman🇸🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1919–2003
Days lived
30,616
Andreas Eschbach🇩🇪
writer · b. 1959
Days alive
11,323
Armin Dassler🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1929–1990
Days lived
22,309
Bodo Ferl🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1959
Days alive
11,323
Cannonball Adderley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz saxophonist (1928–1975) · 1928–1975
Days lived
17,128
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Carlos Dávila🇨🇱
deceasedwriter · 1887–1955
Days lived
24,870
Charles de Foucauld🇫🇷
deceasedFrench Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916) · 1858–1916
Days lived
21,261
Charles Paul Wilp🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1932–2005
Days lived
26,407
Dan Marino🇺🇸
film director · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
Danny Nucci🇺🇸
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
8,035
Edmílson dos Santos Silva🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Felix (Lee Felix)🇦🇺
K-pop Idol (Stray Kids) · b. 2000
Gautier Makunda🇫🇷
Paralympic athletes of France · b. 1983
Days alive
2,557
Gaylord Perry🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1938–2022
Days lived
30,758
Giuseppe De Luca🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest and publisher (1898–1962) · 1898–1962
Days lived
23,195
Graham Taylor🇬🇧
deceasedfootball player · 1944–2017
Days lived
26,417
Hans-Gert Pöttering🇩🇪
politician · b. 1945
Days alive
16,436
Jacques Becker🇫🇷
deceasedFrench screenwriter and film director (1906-1960) · 1906–1960
Days lived
19,517
Jean Renoir🇫🇷
deceasedactor · 1894–1979
Days lived
30,830
Jolin Tsai
singer · b. 1980
Days alive
3,652
Klaus Abbelen🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1960
Days alive
10,957
Kurt Daluege🇩🇪
deceasedGerman SS general and Deputy Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia (1897-1946) · 1897–1946
Days lived
17,934
Li Ping🇨🇳
weightlifter · b. 1988
Days alive
730
Lothar Warneke🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1936–2005
Days lived
25,100
Mariusz Domaradzki🇵🇱
Polish sportsperson · b. 1980
Days alive
3,652
Marko Pantelić🇷🇸
football player · b. 1978
Days alive
4,383
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Michał Górski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish cross-country skier · 1911–1985
Days lived
26,849
Nehama Ronen🇮🇱
Israeli politician · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
Olivier Artus🇫🇷
French Catholic priest · b. 1954
Days alive
13,149
Patsy O'Connell Sherman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist · 1930–2008
Days lived
28,273
Peter Paul Fernandes🇮🇳
deceasedIndian field hockey player (1916-1981) · 1916–1981
Days lived
23,507
Petra Schürmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and model (1933–2010) · 1933–2010
Days lived
27,880
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex🇬🇧
Helicopter pilot · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
Queen Letizia of Spain🇪🇸
Journalist · b. 1972
Days alive
6,574
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Robert Fico🇸🇰
Prime Minister of Slovakia since 2023 · b. 1964
Days alive
9,496
Ron Shelton🇺🇸
American film director · b. 1945
Days alive
16,436
Rubem Alves🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian theologian, philosopher, psychoanalyst (1933-2014) · 1933–2014
Days lived
29,527
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Salah Abdeslam
Notable Trials · b. 1989
Days alive
365
Wen Jiabao🇨🇳
politician · b. 1942
Days alive
17,532
Wendie Jo Sperber
deceasedActor · 1958–2005
Days lived
17,242
William Howard Taft🇺🇸
deceasedpresident of the United States from 1909 to 1913 · 1857–1930
Days lived
26,471
Yoweri Museveni
politician · b. 1944
Days alive
16,801
Died on This Day
Barrett Deems🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1914–1998) · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,879
Charles Winslow🇿🇦
deceasedSouth African tennis player (1888–1963) · 1888–1963
Days lived
27,437
Danilo Kotsevski
deceasedMacedonian literary critic, novelist, playwright and poet · 1947–2020
Days lived
26,809
David Hurst🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1926-2019) · 1926–2019
Days lived
34,098
Eduard Strauch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman SS, Security Police and Security Service commander and convicted war criminal · 1906–1955
Days lived
17,926
Erich Mendelsohn🇺🇸
deceasedJewish-German architect (1887–1953) · 1887–1953
Days lived
24,284
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Fritz Pleitgen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and author (1938-2022) · 1938–2022
Days lived
30,859
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden🇸🇪
deceasedKing of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist · 1882–1973
Days lived
33,180
Harry Dean Stanton🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1926–2017) · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,301
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Héctor Castro🇺🇾
deceasedfootball player · 1904–1960
Days lived
20,379
Hubert Petschnigg🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1913-1997) · 1913–1997
Days lived
30,635
Jan Krenz🇵🇱
deceasedPolish conductor and composer (1926-2020) · 1926–2020
Days lived
34,397
K. H. Scheer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1928–1991) · 1928–1991
Days lived
23,098
Louise Giblin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist (1895-1973) · 1895–1973
Days lived
28,389
Ludwik Lawiński🇵🇱
deceasedactor (1887-1971) · 1887–1971
Days lived
30,768
Momčilo Krajišnik🇧🇦
deceasedBosnian Serb former politician (1945–2020) · 1945–2020
Days lived
27,632
Phil Moorby🇬🇧
deceasedAmerican computer scientist · 1953–2022
Days lived
25,345
Richard Pfeiffer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and bacteriologist (1858–1945) · 1858–1945
Days lived
31,948
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Richard Wright🇬🇧
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1943–2008
Days lived
23,791
Steve Brown🇺🇸
deceasedjazz musician best known for his work on string bass (1890-1965) · 1890–1965
Days lived
27,638
Vladimir Padrta🇨🇿
deceasedbasketball player, Czechoslovakia (1952–2009) · 1952–2009
Days lived
20,797
Vyacheslav Multino🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet tennis player, multiple champion of Soviet Union (1899–1978) · 1899–1978
Days lived
28,980
Wolfgang Abendroth🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1906–1985
Days lived
28,991
Wolfgang Wahl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and voice actor (1925–2006) · 1925–2006
Days lived
29,506
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
50,295
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,973
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
36,321
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
35,984
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
57,966
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
56,139
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,836
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,409
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
45,851
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
44,817
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
44,451
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
41,895
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
40,547
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,346
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,860
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,878
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
45,547
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
23,899
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
21,442
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
19,352
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
17,329
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,789
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,211
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,749
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
5,566
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
4,861
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,174
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,131
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
3,910