On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 24 1990
Born on This Day
Ally McCoist🇬🇧
Scottish association football player and manager (born 1962) · b. 1962
Days alive
10,227
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Anna Calvi🇬🇧
English singer-songwriter and guitarist · b. 1980
Days alive
3,652
Blind Lemon Jefferson🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1893–1929
Days lived
13,234
Bobby Brown🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
Carl Pulfrich🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physicist (1858–1927) · 1858–1927
Days lived
25,158
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer (1878-1947) · 1878–1947
Days lived
25,077
Cristian Daniel Ledesma🇮🇹
Argentine footballer · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Eberhard von Mackensen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1889–1969) · 1889–1969
Days lived
29,091
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Eddie George🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1973
Days alive
6,209
Eljif Elmas
association football player · b. 1999
Elsa Triolet🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1896–1970
Days lived
26,927
Erich Feigl🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian documentary producer and genocide denialist · 1931–2007
Days lived
27,519
Franz Xavier de Schmid🇫🇷
deceasedentrepreneur · 1858–1915
Days lived
20,552
Gaeul (Kim Ga-eul)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (IVE) · b. 2002
Glenn Allen, Jr.🇺🇸
American stock car driver · b. 1970
Days alive
7,305
Harald Weinrich🇩🇪
deceasedGerman classical scholar and linguist (1927–2022) · 1927–2022
Days lived
34,489
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Harriet Walter🇬🇧
Stage actor · b. 1950
Days alive
14,610
Heinrich Hoffmann🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1885–1957
Days lived
26,380
Heinz Hoenig🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1951
Days alive
14,245
Herb Jeffries🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1913–2014
Days lived
36,768
Horst Sachtleben🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1930-2022) · 1930–2022
Days lived
33,478
Ilona Slupianek🇩🇪
East German shot putter · b. 1956
Days alive
12,418
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Itzik Kornfein🇮🇱
footballer · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
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Jack Sock🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1992
Jacques Vallée🇺🇸
Computer Scientist, UFO researcher · b. 1939
Days alive
18,628
Jim Henson
deceasedtelevision director · 1936–1990
Days lived
19,592
Joe Greene🇺🇸
American football player and coach · b. 1946
Days alive
16,071
John Mackey🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1941-2011) · 1941–2011
Days lived
25,487
Karl Rapp🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1882–1962
Days lived
29,098
Kreayshawn🇺🇸
Music video director, rapper · b. 1989
Days alive
365
Larisa Rubalskaya🇷🇺
Russian writer · b. 1945
Days alive
16,436
Linda McCartney🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1941–1998
Days lived
20,659
Lorenzo Ebecilio
Dutch association football player · b. 1991
Lottie Dod🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish tennis player (1871-1960) · 1871–1960
Days lived
32,418
Manfred Wörner🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1934–1994
Days lived
21,873
Mario Encarnación🇩🇴
deceasedfilm director · 1975–2005
Days lived
10,967
Michaela Neuling🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
Nia Vardalos🇨🇦
actor · b. 1962
Days alive
10,227
Onur Cenik
football player · b. 1992
Otto Günsche🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,419
Philipp Paulitschke
deceasedAustrian geographer and explorer (1854-1899) · 1854–1899
Days lived
16,514
Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg🇩🇪
deceasedBulgarian prince (1861–1924) · 1861–1924
Days lived
22,955
Ruhollah Khomeini🇮🇷
deceasedSupreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989 · 1902–1989
Days lived
31,664
Sibongile Khumalo🇿🇦
deceasedSouth African opera singer (1957–2021) · 1957–2021
Days lived
23,137
Slaven Zambata
deceasedYugoslavian footballer (1940–2020) · 1940–2020
Days lived
29,255
Steve Whitmire🇺🇸
actor · b. 1959
Days alive
11,323
Tongo
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1957–2023
Days lived
23,908
Vladimir Belyayev🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet weightlifter · 1940–2020
Days lived
28,953
Walter Simons
deceasedGerman politician and judge (1861-1937) · 1861–1937
Days lived
27,686
Died on This Day
Brigitte Rau🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film actress (1933-1979) · 1933–1979
Days lived
16,703
Bruno Pontecorvo🇮🇹
deceasedscientist · 1913–1993
Days lived
29,253
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Carl Laemmle🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1867–1939
Days lived
26,547
Edward Conze🇬🇧
deceasedBritish Marxism and Buddhism scholar (1904–1979) · 1904–1979
Days lived
27,583
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Edward Said🇺🇸
deceasedPalestinian-American professor (1935–2003) · 1935–2003
Days lived
24,799
Ellis Kaut🇩🇪
deceasedGerman author of children's books (1920-2015) · 1920–2015
Days lived
34,644
Françoise Sagan
deceasedNotable Trials · 1935–2004
Days lived
25,298
Giovanni Battista Ceirano
deceasedItalian businessman (1860–1912) · 1860–1912
Days lived
18,985
Gottfried Feder🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1883–1941
Days lived
21,424
Gyula Pap🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian artist (1899-1983) · 1899–1983
Days lived
30,633
Hans Geiger🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1882–1945
Days lived
23,004
Hasso von Manteuffel🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1897–1978
Days lived
29,837
Heinz Günther Guderian🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1914–2004
Days lived
32,905
Ida Noddack🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1896–1978
Days lived
30,161
Jack Good🇬🇧
deceasedBritish producer (1931-2017) · 1931–2017
Days lived
31,460
Kang Joon-Ho🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean boxer (1928–1990) · 1928–1990
Days lived
22,739
Kito Lorenc🇩🇪
deceasedSorbian writer (1938-2017) · 1938–2017
Days lived
29,059
Kurt Julius Goldstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1914–2007) · 1914–2007
Days lived
33,928
Michael Sladek🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1946–2024
Days lived
28,483
Mushtaq Khan🇮🇳
deceasedActor
Niels Ryberg Finsen
deceasedscientist · 1860–1904
Days lived
15,988
Patricia Crowther🇬🇧
deceasedBritish Wiccan · 1927–2025
Days lived
35,775
Raja Ramanna🇮🇳
deceasedIndian nuclear scientist (1925-2004) · 1925–2004
Days lived
29,094
Robert Sahakyants🇦🇿
deceasedanimator (1950–2009) · 1950–2009
Days lived
21,575
Saigō Takamori
deceasedNotable Trials · 1828–1877
Days lived
18,142
Zeki Müren🇹🇷
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1931–1996
Days lived
24,007
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
50,304
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,982
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
36,330
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
35,993
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
57,975
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
56,148
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,845
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,418
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
45,860
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
44,826
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
44,460
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
41,904
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
40,556
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,355
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,869
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,887
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
45,556
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
23,908
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
21,451
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
19,361
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
17,338
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,798
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,220
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,758
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
5,575
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
4,870
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,183
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,140
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
3,919