On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 4 1990
Born on This Day
A. C. Green🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
Assis Chateaubriand🇧🇷
deceasedentrepreneur · 1892–1968
Days lived
27,575
Bernice Johnson Reagon🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer, composer, and activist (1942–2024) · 1942–2024
Days lived
29,871
Bertilo Wennergren🇸🇪
musician · b. 1956
Days alive
12,418
Birthe Wolter🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
Björn Phau🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1979
Days alive
4,018
Buster Keaton🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor, comedian, and director (1895–1966) · 1895–1966
Days lived
25,687
Charlton Heston
deceasedOscar Winners · 1923–2008
Days lived
30,865
Edward Judd🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actor (1932-2009) · 1932–2009
Days lived
27,902
Engelbert Dollfuss🇦🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1892–1934
Days lived
15,268
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Ernst Kaltenbrunner
deceasedNotable Trials · 1903–1946
Days lived
15,718
Erwin C. Dietrich🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss filmmaker (1930-2018) · 1930–2018
Days lived
31,939
Eugene Kaspersky🇷🇺
writer · b. 1965
Days alive
9,131
Franz Jonas🇦🇹
deceasedseventh President of Austria (1899–1974) · 1899–1974
Days lived
27,230
Franz Vranitzky🇦🇹
basketball player · b. 1937
Days alive
19,358
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Georg Thilenius🇺🇸
deceasedGerman ethnographer (1868-1937) · 1868–1937
Days lived
25,286
Jeonghan (Yoon Jeong-han)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (SEVENTEEN) · b. 1995
John F. Burns🇺🇸
journalist · b. 1944
Days alive
16,801
John Larch🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film and television actor (1914–2005) · 1914–2005
Days lived
33,250
Leroy Van Dyke🇺🇸
American singer · b. 1929
Days alive
22,280
M. Ward🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1973
Days alive
6,209
Mathilde Ludendorff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman psychiatrist (1877-1966) · 1877–1966
Days lived
32,361
Maurice Karnaugh🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican physicist (1924–2022) · 1924–2022
Days lived
35,829
Max Halbe🇵🇱
deceasedGerman dramatist (1865-1944) · 1865–1944
Days lived
28,911
Melissa Benoist🇺🇸
actor · b. 1988
Days alive
730
Moussa Wagué
association football player · b. 1998
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Nikola Vlašić
association football player · b. 1997
Richard Sorge
deceasedNotable Trials · 1895–1944
Days lived
17,931
Rocío Dúrcal🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish singer and actress (1944–2006) · 1944–2006
Days lived
22,452
Russell Simmons🇺🇸
American entrepreneur and record executive · b. 1957
Days alive
12,053
Sam Huff🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1934–2021) · 1934–2021
Days lived
31,817
Susan Sarandon🇺🇸
American actress and activist · b. 1946
Days alive
16,071
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Tomáš Rosický🇨🇿
football player · b. 1980
Days alive
3,652
Tony La Russa🇺🇸
American baseball player and manager · b. 1944
Days alive
16,801
Vicky Krieps🇱🇺
Stage actor · b. 1983
Days alive
2,557
Vitaly Ginzburg🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1916–2009
Days lived
34,003
Walther von Brauchitsch🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1881–1948
Days lived
24,485
Wesley John
football player · b. 1976
Days alive
5,113
Died on This Day
Brigitte Hamann🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian-German historian · 1940–2016
Days lived
27,829
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Graham Chapman🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1941–1989
Days lived
17,801
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Günter de Bruyn🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1926–2020
Days lived
34,306
Günther Rall🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1918–2009
Days lived
33,446
Karl Mildenberger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman boxer (1937–2018) · 1937–2018
Days lived
29,535
Kenzō Takada🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese fashion designer (1939-2020) · 1939–2020
Days lived
29,805
May Sutton🇺🇸
deceasedUS tennis player (1886–1975) · 1886–1975
Days lived
32,515
Mercedes Sosa🇦🇷
deceasedsinger · 1935–2009
Days lived
27,116
Oskar Pastior🇩🇪
deceasedGerman poet (1927–2006) · 1927–2006
Days lived
28,839
Otto Ernst Remer🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1912–1997
Days lived
31,093
Ralph Griswold🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1934–2006) · 1934–2006
Days lived
26,574
Tim Gidal🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-Israeli photographer (1909–1996) · 1909–1996
Days lived
31,916
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Willy Guhl🇨🇭
deceasedartist · 1915–2004
Days lived
32,598
Woody Bledsoe🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican mathematician and computer scientist (1921–1995) · 1921–1995
Days lived
26,989
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
50,314
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
38,992
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
36,340
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
36,003
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
57,985
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
56,158
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,855
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,428
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
45,870
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
44,836
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
44,470
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
41,914
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
40,566
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,365
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,879
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,897
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
45,566
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
23,918
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
21,461
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
19,371
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
17,348
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,808
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,230
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,768
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
5,585
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
4,880
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,193
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,150
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
3,929