On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 18 1990
Born on This Day
Alejandro Balde
association football player · b. 2003
Anneli Ute Gabanyi🇩🇪
Romanian-born German political scientist, literary critic, journalist, and philologist · b. 1942
Days alive
17,532
Axelle Lemaire🇨🇦
politician · b. 1974
Days alive
5,844
Baraguru Ramachandrappa🇮🇳
Indian Kannada writer, thinker and filmmaker (born 1947) · b. 1946
Days alive
16,071
Beatrice Helen Worsley🇨🇦
deceasedfirst female computer scientist in Canada (1922-1972) · 1921–1972
Days lived
18,465
Brittney Griner
WNBA Athlete · b. 1990
Days alive
0
Bruno Grusnick🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1900–1992
Days lived
33,528
César Giron🇫🇷
French business manager · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
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Chuck Berry
deceasedNotable Trials · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,024
D. T. Suzuki🇯🇵
deceasedphilosopher · 1870–1966
Days lived
34,935
Daniel Farabello🇮🇹
Argentine basketball player · b. 1973
Days alive
6,209
Dietrich Keller🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1943
Days alive
17,167
Eileen Sheridan🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish racing cyclist (1923–2023) · 1923–2023
Days lived
36,278
Eric Stuart🇺🇸
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
8,401
Erik Niedling🇩🇪
German artist · b. 1973
Days alive
6,209
Esperanza Spalding
music educator · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
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Freida Pinto🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
George C. Scott
deceasedOscar Winners · 1927–1999
Days lived
26,272
Helmut Nonn🇩🇪
deceasedWest German field hockey player (1933–2024) · 1933–2024
Days lived
33,263
Henri Bergson🇫🇷
deceasedphilosopher · 1859–1941
Days lived
29,663
Huell Howser🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision presenter · 1945–2013
Days lived
24,553
Jang Sung-ho🇰🇷
film director · b. 1977
Days alive
4,748
Jim Ratcliffe🇬🇧
British chemical engineer turned financier and industrialist · b. 1952
Days alive
13,879
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Josef Černý🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1939–2025
Days lived
31,326
Jyothika🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
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Klaus Kinski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1926–1991) · 1926–1991
Days lived
23,777
Lindsey Vonn🇺🇸
writer · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
Lotte Lenya🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian singer and actress (1898-1981) · 1898–1981
Days lived
30,355
Marco Hofschneider🇩🇪
German film actor, famous for his work in World War II film ''Europa Europa'' · b. 1969
Days alive
7,670
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Mauricio Funes
deceasedNotable Trials · 1959–2025
Days lived
23,837
Max Gerson🇺🇸
deceasedGerman physician, originator of Gerson Therapy (1881-1959) · 1881–1959
Days lived
28,264
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Michael Lesch🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1956
Days alive
12,418
Michael Stich🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1968
Days alive
8,035
Mike Ditka🇺🇸
film director · b. 1939
Days alive
18,628
Mohd Hassan Marican🇹🇼
entrepreneur · b. 1952
Days alive
13,879
Ne-Yo
singer · b. 1979
Days alive
4,018
Nerijus Astrauskas🇱🇹
Lithuanian footballer · b. 1980
Days alive
3,652
Orlando Drummond🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian actor (1919–2021) · 1919–2021
Days lived
37,173
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Pierre Trudeau🇨🇦
deceasedwriter · 1919–2000
Days lived
29,566
Ryan Nelsen🇳🇿
football player · b. 1977
Days alive
4,748
Sergey Bezrukov🇷🇺
Russian actor and singer (born 1973) · b. 1973
Days alive
6,209
Suriya🇩🇰
Singer · b. 1979
Days alive
4,018
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Svetlana Loboda🇺🇦
singer · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Terrell McIntyre🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1977
Days alive
4,748
Tim Gill🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1953
Days alive
13,514
Volker Neumüller🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1969
Days alive
7,670
Werner von Melle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1853-1937) · 1853–1937
Days lived
30,438
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Yoenis Céspedes🇨🇺
Cuban baseball player · b. 1985
Days alive
1,826
Yoram Gross🇦🇺
deceasedPolish-Australian animation producer and director (1926–2005) · 1926–2015
Days lived
32,480
Zac Efron
actor · b. 1987
Days alive
1,096
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Zohran Mamdani🇺🇬
Politics · b. 1991
Zoran Matković
athlete · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
Died on This Day
Brigitte Xander🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian television presenter (1942–2008) · 1942–2008
Days lived
24,281
David Shiffman🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician · 1923–1982
Days lived
21,737
Eberhard Feik🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1943-1994) · 1943–1994
Days lived
18,592
Eugen Neufeld🇦🇹
deceasedactor (1882-1950) · 1882–1950
Days lived
24,787
Giorgos Tzavellas🇬🇷
deceasedGreek film director (1916-1976) · 1916–1976
Days lived
21,984
Godfrey Dewey🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican sports executive (1887–1977) · 1887–1977
Days lived
32,917
Hanns Martin Schleyer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman manager and president of industry association, former SS officer and Nazi party member; kidnapped by terrorist group RAF in 1977 to force release of imprisoned terrorists, subsequently murdered · 1915–1977
Days lived
22,816
Hans Ehard🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1887–1980) · 1887–1980
Days lived
33,945
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Jack Angel🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican voice actor (1930–2021) · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,232
Jan Studnicka🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian association footballer (1883-1967) · 1883–1967
Days lived
30,686
Jon-Erik Hexum🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision actor · 1957–1984
Days lived
9,844
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José Ortega y Gasset🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish liberal philosopher and essayist (1883-1955) · 1883–1955
Days lived
26,459
Josef Maria Eder🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian chemist and photographer (1855-1944) · 1855–1944
Days lived
32,723
Koloman Moser🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian artist and designer (1868–1918) · 1868–1918
Days lived
18,463
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Mark Hurd🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman, philanthropist and CEO of Oracle (1957–2019) · 1957–2019
Days lived
22,935
Martin Gusinde🇦🇹
deceasedGerman-Austrian priest and ethnologist (1886-1969) · 1886–1969
Days lived
30,304
Phil Chess🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican record executive (1921–2016) · 1921–2016
Days lived
34,904
Philip Levine🇺🇸
deceasedRussian-American hematologist · 1900–1987
Days lived
31,845
Rudolf von Tavel🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss journalist and writer (1866-1934) · 1866–1934
Days lived
24,772
Thomas Edison🇺🇸
deceasedEngineer · 1847–1931
Days lived
30,929
Walther von Brauchitsch🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1881–1948
Days lived
24,485
Wilhelm Boden🇩🇪
deceasedGerman lawyer, civil servant and politician (1890-1961) · 1890–1961
Days lived
26,159
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
50,328
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
39,006
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
36,354
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
36,017
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
57,999
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
56,172
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,869
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,442
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
45,884
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
44,850
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
44,484
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
41,928
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
40,580
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,379
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,893
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,911
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
45,580
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
23,932
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
21,475
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
19,385
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
17,362
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,822
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,244
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,782
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
5,599
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
4,894
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,207
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,164
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
3,943