On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 24 1990
Born on This Day
Albert Windey🇧🇪
deceasedmayor of Kaprijke (1918–2011) · 1918–2011
Days lived
33,756
Alfred Gerdes🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player · 1916–2006
Days lived
32,771
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ANOHNI🇺🇸
British singer · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
Arthur Bergen🇦🇹
deceasedGerman actor (1875–1943) · 1875–1943
Days lived
24,540
Caprice Bourret🇺🇸
American socialite (born 1971) · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
Charles Colbourn🇨🇦
Canadian computer scientist and mathematician · b. 1953
Days alive
13,514
Chris Bootcheck🇺🇸
film director · b. 1978
Days alive
4,383
Christian Reif🇩🇪
German long jumper · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
Christoph Daum🇩🇪
deceasedGerman football manager (1953–2024) · 1953–2024
Days lived
25,872
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Christoph Schlingensief🇩🇪
deceasedGerman theatre and film director, playwright, and performance artist (1960-2010) · 1960–2010
Days lived
18,198
Cindy Breakspeare🇨🇦
Canadian-Jamaican musician and beauty queen · b. 1954
Days alive
13,149
Corey Dillon🇺🇸
American football player (born 1974) · b. 1974
Days alive
5,844
Deborah Bergamini🇮🇹
Italian politician · b. 1967
Days alive
8,401
Drake
rapper · b. 1986
Days alive
1,461
Edson Álvarez
association football player · b. 1997
Emma Donoghue🇨🇦
Irish novelist, playwright, short-story writer and historian · b. 1969
Days alive
7,670
F. Murray Abraham
Oscar Winners · b. 1939
Days alive
18,628
Gilbert Bécaud🇫🇷
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1927–2001
Days lived
27,084
Glen Glenn🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1934–2022) · 1934–2022
Days lived
31,922
Heino von Heimburg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman World War II Admiral (1889–1945) · 1889–1945
Days lived
20,430
Henning Schwarz🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician (1928-1993) · 1928–1993
Days lived
23,547
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Hermann Graf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman officer and fighter pilot during World War II (1912–1988) · 1912–1988
Days lived
27,770
İlkay Gündoğan🇩🇪
Turkish-German association football player (born 1990) · b. 1990
Days alive
0
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Jack Angel🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican voice actor (1930–2021) · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,232
Jack Colback🇬🇧
English association football player · b. 1989
Days alive
365
Jeff Merkley🇺🇸
American politician (born 1956) · b. 1956
Days alive
12,418
Jhilmar Lora🇵🇪
association football player · b. 2000
Johan Galtung
deceasedNotable Trials · 1930–2024
Days lived
34,084
Johnny Perry🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican strongman (1972–2002) · 1972–2002
Days lived
10,985
Kishore Mahbubani
Diplomat & Academic · b. 1948
Days alive
15,340
Maria Teschler-Nicola🇦🇹
Austrian human biologist, anthropologist and ethnologist · b. 1950
Days alive
14,610
Marijonas Petravičius🇱🇹
basketball player · b. 1979
Days alive
4,018
Mohammad Beheshti🇮🇷
deceasedIranian cleric, one of the leading figures of the 1979 Iranian Revolution (1928–1981) · 1928–1981
Days lived
19,240
Rainer Stadelmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman egyptologist (1933-2019) · 1933–2019
Days lived
31,128
Raye🇬🇧
Singer · b. 1997
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Roman Abramovich
entrepreneur · b. 1966
Days alive
8,766
Roman Kosyanchuk🇷🇺
football player · b. 1993
Scott Peterson🇺🇸
Convict · b. 1972
Days alive
6,574
Ted "Kid" Lewis🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish boxer (1893–1970) · 1894–1970
Days lived
27,754
Tila Tequila🇺🇸
American television and social media personality · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
Valeria Peter Predescu🇷🇴
deceasedRomanian singer (1947-2009) · 1947–2009
Days lived
22,467
Walter Buch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1883-1949) · 1883–1949
Days lived
24,125
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Wilhelm Fliess🇩🇪
deceasedGerman surgeon (1858–1928) · 1858–1928
Days lived
25,556
Y. A. Tittle🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1926–2017) · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,222
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Zsuzsa Bánk🇩🇪
writer · b. 1965
Days alive
9,131
Died on This Day
Artur Axmann🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1913–1996
Days lived
30,564
David Oistrakh🇺🇦
deceasedconductor · 1908–1974
Days lived
24,130
Fats Domino🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1928–2017
Days lived
32,748
Georg Stumme🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1886–1942) · 1886–1942
Days lived
20,540
Gladwyn Jebb🇬🇧
deceasedpolitician · 1900–1996
Days lived
35,246
John McCarthy🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist and cognitive scientist (1927-2011) · 1927–2011
Days lived
30,731
Jorge Batlle Ibáñez🇺🇾
deceasedpolitician · 1927–2016
Days lived
32,507
József Bolla🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1943–2006
Days lived
23,214
Margaret Osborne duPont🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1918–2012) · 1918–2012
Days lived
34,568
Richard Roundtree🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor and singer (1942–2023) · 1942–2023
Days lived
29,692
Robert Feulgen🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1884–1955
Days lived
25,983
Vidkun Quisling
deceasedNotable Trials · 1887–1945
Days lived
21,282
Wolf Rüdiger Hess🇩🇪
deceasedArchitect and writer; Son of Rudolf Hess (1937-2001) · 1937–2001
Days lived
23,351
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
50,334
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
39,012
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
36,360
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
36,023
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
58,005
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
56,178
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,875
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,448
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
45,890
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
44,856
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
44,490
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
41,934
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
40,586
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,385
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,899
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,917
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
45,586
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
23,938
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
21,481
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
19,391
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
17,368
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,828
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,250
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,788
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
5,605
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
4,900
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,213
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,170
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
3,949