On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 20 1990
Born on This Day
Adriano Gerlin da Silva🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1974
Days alive
5,844
Ainsley Earhardt🇺🇸
News presenter · b. 1976
Days alive
5,113
Alexander Mitscherlich🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1908–1982
Days lived
26,942
Allan Green🇺🇸
American boxer · b. 1979
Days alive
4,018
Andor András Balázs🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1918
Days alive
26,298
Anne Meara
deceasedstage actor · 1929–2015
Days lived
31,291
Asia Argento🇮🇹
Film director · b. 1975
Days alive
5,479
Brandon Burlsworth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1976-1999) · 1976–1999
Days lived
8,255
Carlos Hyde🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1990
Days alive
0
Cédric Cambon🇫🇷
football player · b. 1986
Days alive
1,461
Chris Cuthbert🇨🇦
sportscaster · b. 1957
Days alive
12,053
Dagmar Altrichter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and voice actress (1924–2010) · 1924–2010
Days lived
31,349
Dave Hemingway🇬🇧
Singer · b. 1960
Days alive
10,957
Douglas Gordon🇬🇧
British artist (born 1966) · b. 1966
Days alive
8,766
Elmar Brandt🇩🇪
musician · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
Erwin Koeman
Dutch association football player and manager · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
Esham🇺🇸
American rapper · b. 1973
Days alive
6,209
Fernando Rey🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish actor (1917–1994) · 1917–1994
Days lived
27,929
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Friedrich Sämisch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1896-1975) · 1896–1975
Days lived
28,818
George R. R. Martin🇺🇸
Writer · b. 1948
Days alive
15,340
Glenn Romney
Dutch baseball player · b. 1976
Days alive
5,113
Haas Visser 't Hooft🇳🇱
deceasedfield hockey player (1905-1977) · 1905–1977
Days lived
26,244
Hans-Joachim Zillmer🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1950
Days alive
14,610
Henning Wolff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and publisher · 1929–2006
Days lived
28,224
Henry Boyle🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1860–1932) · 1860–1932
Days lived
26,179
Jennifer Tour Chayes🇺🇸
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1956) · b. 1956
Days alive
12,418
Jim Taylor🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican footballer (1935-2018) · 1935–2018
Days lived
30,339
Joseph Kürschner
deceasedGerman editor (1853–1902) · 1853–1902
Days lived
17,843
Kurt Knispel🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1921–1945
Days lived
8,623
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Landry Bonnefoi🇫🇷
football player · b. 1983
Days alive
2,557
Lloyd Blankfein
Actor · b. 1954
Days alive
13,149
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Margaretha Grosser🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1934–2019
Days lived
30,984
Matthias Erzberger🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1875–1921
Days lived
16,776
Monica Zetterlund🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish singer and actress (1937-2005) · 1937–2005
Days lived
24,706
Peter Borgelt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1927-1994) · 1927–1994
Days lived
24,286
Philipp Vandenberg🇩🇪
writer · b. 1941
Days alive
17,897
Phillip Phillips🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1990
Days alive
0
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Rudolf August Oetker🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1916–2007
Days lived
32,990
Sabine Christiansen🇩🇪
German journalist · b. 1957
Days alive
12,053
Sophia Loren🇮🇹
Actor · b. 1934
Days alive
20,454
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T. J. Lang🇺🇸
American football guard · b. 1987
Days alive
1,096
Thomas Matthew Crooks🇺🇸
deceasedNotable Person · 2003–2024
Days lived
7,602
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Victor Ponta🇷🇴
63rd Prime Minister of Romania (2012-2015) · b. 1972
Days alive
6,574
Victor Sjöström🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish film director, screenwriter and actor (1879-1960) · 1879–1960
Days lived
29,324
Yui Horie🇯🇵
singer · b. 1976
Days alive
5,113
Died on This Day
Anton Barnabas Fink🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian priest, politician and economist (1867-1947) · 1867–1947
Days lived
29,321
Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg🇩🇪
deceasedHead of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg (1923-2014) · 1923–2014
Days lived
33,485
Brian Clough🇬🇧
deceasedfootball player · 1935–2004
Days lived
25,386
Curtis Hanson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican filmmaker (1945–2016) · 1945–2016
Days lived
26,113
Eduard Wirths🇺🇸
deceasedGerman Nazi physician (1909–1945) · 1909–1945
Days lived
13,165
Émile Boirac🇫🇷
deceasedphilosopher · 1851–1917
Days lived
24,131
Fritz Delius🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1890-1966) · 1889–1966
Days lived
28,385
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Gherman Titov🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1935–2000
Days lived
23,751
Harry Stovey🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1856–1937
Days lived
29,493
Herbert Rosendorfer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1934–2012) · 1934–2012
Days lived
28,703
Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1918–2001) · 1918–2001
Days lived
30,461
Musa Anter
deceasedjournalist · 1920–1992
Days lived
26,561
Nick Holonyak🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1928–2022
Days lived
34,289
Presley Gerber🇺🇸
deceasedModel · 1999–2026
Days lived
9,942
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Raisa Gorbacheva🇷🇺
deceasedwife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (1932-1999) · 1932–1999
Days lived
24,730
Ruth Fuchs🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1946–2023
Days lived
28,039
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Simon Wiesenthal🇭🇺
deceasedmusician · 1908–2005
Days lived
35,327
Tibor Sekelj
deceasedwriter · 1912–1988
Days lived
27,978
Walther von Lüttwitz
deceasedGerman general (1859-1942) · 1859–1942
Days lived
30,545
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
50,300
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,978
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
36,326
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
35,989
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
57,971
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
56,144
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,841
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,414
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
45,856
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
44,822
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
44,456
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
41,900
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
40,552
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,351
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,865
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,883
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
45,552
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
23,904
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
21,447
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
19,357
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
17,334
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,794
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,216
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,754
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
5,571
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
4,866
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,179
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,136
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
3,915