On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 29 1990
Born on This Day
Alexander Kanoldt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1881-1939) · 1881–1939
Days lived
20,935
Alexander Volkanovski🇦🇺
Rugby league player · b. 1988
Days alive
730
Ali Birra🇪🇹
deceasedsinger · 1950–2022
Days lived
26,336
Andriy Shevchenko🇺🇦
football player · b. 1976
Days alive
5,113
Anne Briggs🇬🇧
British singer · b. 1944
Days alive
16,801
Ariana Jollee🇺🇸
actor · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Audrey Hannah🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Bryan McCann🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1987
Days alive
1,096
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Bujar Nishani
deceasedAlbanian politician (1966–2022) · 1966–2022
Days lived
20,330
Carl Duisberg🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1861–1935
Days lived
26,833
Carol Welsman🇨🇦
singer · b. 1960
Days alive
10,957
Carsten Niemitz🇩🇪
German scientist · b. 1945
Days alive
16,436
DaShaun Wood🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1985
Days alive
1,826
Dietrich Starck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and biologist (1908-2001) · 1908–2001
Days lived
33,983
Drake Hogestyn🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1953–2024) · 1953–2024
Days lived
25,932
Erivan Haub🇩🇪
deceasedGerman businessman (1932–2018) · 1932–2018
Days lived
31,204
Fikret Abdić🇧🇦
Bosnian Muslim and Croatian war criminal, businessman and politician · b. 1939
Days alive
18,628
Gaitana🇺🇦
singer · b. 1979
Days alive
4,018
Gastón Salvatore🇩🇪
deceasedYouTube personality · 1941–2015
Days lived
27,101
Guo Youhua🇨🇳
film director · b. 1983
Days alive
2,557
Hans-Jürgen Dollheiser🇩🇪
deceasedOlympic field hockey player (1928–1995) · 1928–1995
Days lived
24,438
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Harald Schmid🇩🇪
German track-and-field athlete · b. 1957
Days alive
12,053
Heinrich Köhler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1878-1949) · 1878–1949
Days lived
25,697
Jerry Lee Lewis🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1935–2022
Days lived
31,806
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Karl-Heinz Köpcke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman news speaker (1922–1991) · 1922–1991
Days lived
25,200
Ken Norton Jr.🇺🇸
American football player and coach · b. 1966
Days alive
8,766
Kevin Durant🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1988
Days alive
730
Lizabeth Scott🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress and singer (1921–2015) · 1921–2015
Days lived
34,092
Mackenzie Crook🇬🇧
English actor, director, comedian and writer (born 1971) · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
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Margot Hielscher🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1919–2017
Days lived
35,755
Masoud Pezeshkian🇮🇷
Politician · b. 1954
Days alive
13,149
Maurice Vellacott🇨🇦
Canadian politician · b. 1955
Days alive
12,784
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Michelangelo Antonioni🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director and screenwriter (1912–2007) · 1912–2007
Days lived
34,637
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Michelle Bachelet🇨🇱
politician · b. 1951
Days alive
14,245
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Mir-Hossein Mousavi🇮🇷
Iranian architect and politician · b. 1941
Days alive
17,897
Moses Schönfinkel🇺🇦
deceasedscientist · 1888–1942
Days lived
19,451
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Niklas Moisander🇫🇮
Finnish footballer · b. 1985
Days alive
1,826
Nina Wang🇨🇳
deceasedHong Kong entrepreneur (1937–2007) · 1937–2007
Days lived
25,388
Park Tae-joon🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean politician, army general and businessperson (1927-2011) · 1927–2011
Days lived
30,756
Robert Benton🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1932–2025
Days lived
33,827
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Rolf Kühn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman jazz clarinetist, composer and big band leader · 1929–2022
Days lived
33,926
Sibel Tüzün🇹🇷
Turkish singer-songwriter (born 1971) · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
Tayanna🇺🇦
Actor · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
Theo Jörgensmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman musician · 1948–2025
Days lived
28,131
Tilahun Gessesse🇪🇹
deceasedEthiopian musician (1940-2009) · 1940–2009
Days lived
25,039
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Tom Buhrow🇩🇪
German intendant & journalist · b. 1958
Days alive
11,688
Tsai Wen-yee🇹🇼
Taiwanese weightlifter · b. 1956
Days alive
12,418
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Wamiqa Gabbi🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1993
Wolfgang Overath🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1943
Days alive
17,167
Yoon Seung-ah🇰🇷
Actor · b. 1983
Days alive
2,557
Zachary Levi🇺🇸
singer · b. 1980
Days alive
3,652
Zsófia Fegyverneky🇭🇺
Hungarian basketball player · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
Died on This Day
Alfred Krauss🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian general, politician (1862-1938) · 1862–1938
Days lived
27,915
Antonin Cyril Stojan
deceasedCzechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and Czechoslovak politician (1851–1923) · 1851–1923
Days lived
26,427
Bill Shankly🇬🇧
deceasedfootball player · 1913–1981
Days lived
24,864
Frances Yates🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish historian of the Renaissance (1899–1981) · 1899–1981
Days lived
29,890
Francisco Macías Nguema Biyoko
deceasedNotable Trials · 1924–1979
Days lived
20,360
Gerd Bucerius🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician and journalist (1906-1995) · 1906–1995
Days lived
32,640
Hebe Camargo🇧🇷
deceasedsinger · 1929–2012
Days lived
30,521
Heinrich Freese🇩🇪
deceasedGerman entrepreneur (1853-1944) · 1853–1944
Days lived
33,366
Helmut Damerius🇩🇪
deceasedGerman communist, actor, victim of Stalinism (1905-1985) · 1905–1985
Days lived
29,142
Helmut Qualtinger🇦🇹
deceasedjournalist · 1928–1986
Days lived
21,175
Ivar Ugi🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1930–2005
Days lived
27,414
Kathleen Booth🇬🇧
deceasedBritish computer scientist (1922–2022) · 1922–2022
Days lived
36,607
Katsuko Saruhashi🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese geochemist (1920–2007) · 1920–2007
Days lived
31,967
Larry Willis🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz pianist and composer (1942–2019) · 1940–2019
Days lived
28,772
Lewis Elton🇬🇧
deceasedBritish academic (1923–2018) · 1923–2018
Days lived
34,887
Ray Ewry🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican track and field athlete (1873–1937) · 1873–1937
Days lived
23,360
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Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah🇰🇼
deceasedemir of Kuwait (1929–2020) · 1929–2020
Days lived
33,343
Sándor Richnovszky
deceasedathlete · 1947–2013
Days lived
24,378
Thomas S. McMillan🇺🇸
deceasedBaseball player and coach, lawyer, politician (1888-1939) · 1888–1939
Days lived
18,567
Tony Curtis🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1925–2010) · 1925–2010
Days lived
31,164
Vilmos Aba-Novák🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian artist (1894–1941) · 1894–1941
Days lived
17,364
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
50,309
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,987
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
36,335
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
35,998
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
57,980
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
56,153
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,850
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,423
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
45,865
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
44,831
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
44,465
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
41,909
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
40,561
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,360
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,874
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,892
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
45,561
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
23,913
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
21,456
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
19,366
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
17,343
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,803
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,225
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,763
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
5,580
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
4,875
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,188
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,145
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
3,924