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November 8, 1990

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November 8 1990

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Born on This Day

Aaron Swartz
deceased
Activist · 1986–2013
Days lived
9,561
Alain Delon🇫🇷
deceased
Screenwriter · 1935–2024
Days lived
32,426
Alfred Guillaume🇬🇧
deceased
British Hebrew and Islamic scholar (1888–1965) · 1888–1965
Days lived
28,145
Bojan Vručina🇭🇷
Croatian association football player · b. 1984
Days alive
2,191
Bonnie Raitt🇺🇸
American musician (born 1949) · b. 1949
Days alive
14,975
Charles T. Kowal🇺🇸
deceased
American astronomer (1940-2011) · 1940–2011
Days lived
25,952
Christophe Vincent🇫🇷
football player · b. 1992
Cristina Iovu
Moldovan–born Azerbaijani-Romanian weightlifter · b. 1992
Darwin Barney🇺🇸
American baseball player · b. 1985
Days alive
1,826
Evert-Jan 't Hoen
Dutch baseball player · b. 1975
Days alive
5,479
Geraldo Alves🇵🇹
Portuguese association footballer · b. 1980
Days alive
3,652
Håkan Buskhe🇸🇪
Swedish businessman · b. 1963
Days alive
9,862
Hakan Vural Koçaslan
Turkish association football player (born 1986) · b. 1986
Days alive
1,461
Hermann Zapf🇩🇪
deceased
writer · 1918–2015
Days lived
35,272
Jamie Roberts🇬🇧
Welsh rugby union footballer and physician · b. 1986
Days alive
1,461
José Manuel Pinto🇪🇸
football player · b. 1975
Days alive
5,479
Kazuo Ishiguro🇬🇧
Novelist · b. 1954
Days alive
13,149
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
aristocrat · b. 2003
Lars Andersen
Danish archer and artist · b. 1964
Days alive
9,496
Lauren Oliver🇺🇸
writer · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Lonnie Gordon🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1965
Days alive
9,131
Louis Bernacchi🇧🇪
deceased
politician · 1876–1942
Days lived
23,907
Maja Marijana🇷🇸
singer · b. 1972
Days alive
6,574
Markus Schleinzer🇦🇹
Austrian actor · b. 1971
Days alive
6,940
Masashi Kishimoto🇯🇵
artist · b. 1974
Days alive
5,844
Nick Punto🇺🇸
film director · b. 1977
Days alive
4,748
Oskar von Niedermayer🇩🇪
deceased
German general (1885-1948) · 1885–1948
Days lived
22,966
Patti Page🇺🇸
deceased
singer · 1927–2013
Days lived
31,101
Peter Weiss🇸🇪
deceased
YouTube personality · 1916–1982
Days lived
23,924
Richard Li🇨🇦
Chairman of Pacific Century CyberWorks · b. 1966
Days alive
8,766
Rickie Lee Jones🇺🇸
American singer (born 1954) · b. 1954
Days alive
13,149
Shabban Shahab-ud-Din🇮🇳
deceased
field hockey player (1909–1983) · 1909–1983
Days lived
26,722
Stéphane Audran🇫🇷
deceased
actor · 1932–2018
Days lived
31,185
Stevan Luketić
deceased
artist · 1925–2002
Days lived
28,086
Sylvia Karres
field hockey player · b. 1976
Days alive
5,113
Ted DiBiase Jr.🇺🇸
actor · b. 1982
Days alive
2,922
Víctor Marté🇩🇴
film director · b. 1980
Days alive
3,652
Walter Bosshard🇨🇭
deceased
Swiss photographer, teacher, explorer, botanist, botanical collector (1892-1975) · 1892–1975
Days lived
30,324

Died on This Day

Adolfo Lozano Sidro🇪🇸
deceased
Spanish author (1872-1935) · 1872–1935
Days lived
23,321
Alex Trebek
deceased
television presenter · 1940–2020
Days lived
29,329

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
50,349
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
39,027

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Harriet🇦🇺
deceased
Galápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
58,020

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,193
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
55,890

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,400
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
140,914

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,843
12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,265

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Bernhard Zondek🇩🇪

German-Israeli endocrinologist · 1891–1966

Days lived

27,495

Carola Höhn🇩🇪

German actress (1910–2005) · 1910–2005

Days lived

34,981

Cornel Lucas🇬🇧

English photographer (1920–2012) · 1920–2012

Days lived

33,660

Ernie Vandeweghe🇨🇦

Canadian-born American basketball player · 1928–2014

Days lived

31,468

Frederick H. Rohr🇺🇸

American chief executive officer · 1896–1965

Days lived

25,383

Gyula Ágost Lopussny

Hungarian parson, canons · 1855–1921

Days lived

24,053

Ivan Bunin🇫🇷

Russian writer and poet (1870–1953) · 1870–1953

Days lived

30,332

Ivory Joe Hunter🇺🇸

singer-songwriter · 1911–1974

Days lived

23,039

Karl-Heinz Irmer🇩🇪

field hockey player (1903-1975) · 1903–1975

Days lived

26,407

King Kelly🇺🇸

film director · 1857–1894

Days lived

13,461

Konrāds Kalējs🇺🇸

Latvian war criminal and Holocaust perpetrator (1913–2001) · 1913–2001

Days lived

32,264

Li Moran🇨🇳

actor · 1927–2012

Days lived

31,358

Maurice Karnaugh🇺🇸

American physicist (1924–2022) · 1924–2022

Days lived

35,829

Michael Osipovich Barshch🇷🇺

Soviet architect and educator (1904–1976) · 1904–1976

Days lived

26,582

Peter Mohr Dam

Faroe Islands politician (1898-1968) · 1898–1968

Days lived

25,656

Rainer Erler🇩🇪

writer · 1933–2023

Days lived

32,946

Sabine Bethmann🇩🇪

actor · 1931–2021

Days lived

32,887

Vitaly Ginzburg🇷🇺

scientist · 1916–2009

Days lived

34,003

José Miguel Barandiarán🇪🇸

deceased

Basque anthropologist, etnologist and archaeologist (1889–1991) · 1889–1991

Days lived

37,244

Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

36,375

Walter Schenk🇩🇪

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,634

Hal Roach🇺🇸

American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992

Days lived

36,817

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

36,038

Lang Jingshan

artist · 1892–1995

Days lived

37,506

Zośka Vieras🇱🇹

Belarusian writer and poet (1892-1991) · 1892–1991

Days lived

36,166

Lillian Gish🇺🇸

American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993

Days lived

36,295

Martha Graham🇺🇸

Ballet dancer · 1894–1991

Days lived

35,388

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia🇮🇹

Italian film director (1894–1998) · 1894–1998

Days lived

37,799

Hermann Florstedt

military person · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,302

Adolf Pokorny🇦🇹

Austrian-born dermatologist and doctor; defendant in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg (1895-?) · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,144

Silas Simmons🇺🇸

American baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006

Days lived

40,557

Heinrich Eberbach🇩🇪

German general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992

Days lived

35,295

Sylvia de Arruda Botelho Bittencourt🇧🇷

Brazilian journalist · 1896–1995

Days lived

36,188

Friedrich Hund🇩🇪

chemist · 1896–1997

Days lived

36,945

Lilia Skala🇺🇸

Austrian-American actress (1896-1994) · 1896–1994

Days lived

35,813

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky🇦🇹

Austrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000

Days lived

37,614

Lonesome George🇪🇨

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,430

Lin Wang🇹🇼

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,467

Washoe🇺🇸

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,399

Koko🇺🇸

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,152

Alex🇺🇸

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Days lived

11,433

Keiko🇮🇸

Orca · 1977–2003

Days lived

9,841

Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

55,463

HSBC🇬🇧

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

45,905

Tata Group

Tata Group🇮🇳

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

44,871

Goldman Sachs🇺🇸

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,505

Eli Lilly🇺🇸

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

41,949

Chevron🇺🇸

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,601

Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

64,932

Crime and Punishment🇷🇺

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,601

The Great Gatsby🇺🇸

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

23,953

Brave New World🇬🇧

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,496

The Hobbit🇬🇧

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,406

The Little Prince🇫🇷

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

17,383

The Godfather🇺🇸

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

6,803

Jaws🇺🇸

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,620

Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

4,915

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,228

Alien🇺🇸

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,185

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

3,964