On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 26 1990
Born on This Day
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Aaron Kwok🇨🇳
actor · b. 1965
Days alive
9,131
Anthony Rapp🇺🇸
singer · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
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Bob Golic🇺🇸
American football player, actor, sports commentator · b. 1957
Days alive
12,053
Bob Hoskins🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish actor (1942–2014) · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,118
Braam Immelman🇿🇦
rugby union player · b. 1981
Days alive
3,287
Chiaki🇯🇵
singer, actress, comedian, baby clothes designer · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
CM Punk🇺🇸
Writer · b. 1978
Days alive
4,383
Detlef Okrent🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1909-1983) · 1909–1983
Days lived
26,753
Dov Gabbay🇬🇧
Israeli logician (born 1945) · b. 1945
Days alive
16,436
Dylan McDermott🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1961
Days alive
10,592
Erik Jendrišek🇸🇰
Slovak footballer · b. 1986
Days alive
1,461
Ewelina Nowicka🇵🇱
Polish actress · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
François Mitterrand🇫🇷
deceasedpolitician · 1916–1996
Days lived
28,928
Frido Frey🇩🇪
deceasedbasketball player · 1921–2000
Days lived
28,692
Georges Fenech🇫🇷
French politician and magistrate · b. 1954
Days alive
13,149
Hanns Braun
deceasedGerman athlete and sculptor (1886–1918) · 1886–1918
Days lived
11,670
Henri Saivet🇫🇷
football player · b. 1990
Days alive
0
Hillary Clinton🇺🇸
politician · b. 1947
Days alive
15,706
Ignacy Daszyński
deceasedwriter · 1866–1936
Days lived
25,572
James Pickens🇺🇸
actor · b. 1954
Days alive
13,149
Joseph Schneider🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge and jurist (1900-1986) · 1900–1986
Days lived
31,270
Jürgen Thorwald🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1915-2006) · 1915–2006
Days lived
33,033
Li Heping🇨🇳
civil rights lawyer · b. 1970
Days alive
7,305
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Lilli Henoch
deceasedGerman track and field athlete (1899–1942) · 1899–1942
Days lived
15,657
Margaret Wycherly🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish stage and film actress (1881-1956) · 1881–1956
Days lived
27,251
Miloš Crnjanski
deceasedYouTube personality · 1893–1977
Days lived
30,715
Mohammad Reza I of Iran🌍
deceasedPolitician · 1919–1980
Days lived
22,190
Nancy Davis Griffeth🇺🇸
American computer scientist and mathematician · b. 1945
Days alive
16,436
Primo Carnera🇮🇹
deceasedItalian boxer (1906-1967) · 1906–1967
Days lived
22,161
Rod Hundley🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1934–2015
Days lived
29,372
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Rupert Wyatt🇬🇧
English writer and film director · b. 1972
Days alive
6,574
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Sergey Karasev🇷🇺
Russian basketball player · b. 1993
Seth MacFarlane🇺🇸
American writer, actor, and producer (born 1973) · b. 1973
Days alive
6,209
Sven Väth🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1964
Days alive
9,496
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Ulrich Plenzdorf🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1934–2007
Days lived
26,585
Wolfgang Ziffer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1941–2022) · 1940–2022
Days lived
29,997
Zoya Belohvostik🇧🇾
Belarusian actress · b. 1959
Days alive
11,323
Died on This Day
Agnes Miegel🇩🇪
deceasedfascist German writer and poet (1879-1964) · 1879–1964
Days lived
31,277
Alice Greene🇬🇧
deceasedBritish tennis player (1879–1956) · 1879–1956
Days lived
28,135
Carolin van Bergen🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1964–1990
Days lived
9,709
Edgardo González
deceasedfootball player · 1936–2007
Days lived
25,958
František Dvořák
deceasedCzechoslovak fencer · 1871–1939
Days lived
25,114
Hans Stern🇧🇷
deceasedentrepreneur · 1922–2007
Days lived
31,071
Hattie McDaniel🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1895-1952) · 1893–1952
Days lived
21,687
Hoyt Axton🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1938–1999
Days lived
22,495
Irena Conti Di Mauro🇵🇱
deceasedPolish journalist, poet and writer (1924–2009) · 1924–2009
Days lived
31,041
Jutta Jol🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1896–1981
Days lived
31,310
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Khun Sa🇲🇾
deceasedBurmese mobster (1934-2007) · 1934–2007
Days lived
26,909
Larry Aldrich🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican fashion designer, art collector, and founder of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (1906-2001) · 1906–2001
Days lived
34,834
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Park Chung-hee🇰🇷
deceased3rd President of the Republic of Korea · 1917–1979
Days lived
22,626
Rex Gildo🇩🇪
deceasedGerman singer (1936–1999) · 1936–1999
Days lived
23,126
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Richard Adjei🇩🇪
deceasedGerman bobsledder (1983–2020) · 1983–2020
Days lived
13,784
Roh Tae-woo
deceasedNotable Trials · 1932–2021
Days lived
32,468
Valerio Zurlini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director and screenwriter (1926–1982) · 1926–1982
Days lived
20,675
Wilbert Harrison🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist and harmonica player (1929-1994) · 1929–1994
Days lived
24,035
William Anderson Coffin🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1855–1925
Days lived
25,835
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
50,336
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
39,014
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
36,362
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
36,025
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
58,007
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
56,180
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,877
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
55,450
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
45,892
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
44,858
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
44,492
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
41,936
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
40,588
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,387
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,901
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
64,919
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
45,588
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
23,940
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
21,483
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
19,393
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
17,370
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,830
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,252
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
6,790
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
5,607
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
4,902
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,215
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
4,172
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
3,951