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March 15 1991

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Historical Events

German reunification
science
process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic became part of the Federal Republic of Germany
German Democratic Republic

Born on This Day

🇦🇺Adrian Burnside
film director · b. 1977
Days alive
5,114
🇬🇧Alia Bhatt
Film actor · b. 1993
Days alive
1
🇩🇰Andreas Rasmussen
deceased

Died on This Day

🇦🇹Alfred Gürtler
deceased
Austrian statistician, economist and politician (1875-1933) · 1875–1933
Days lived
20,956
🇻🇪Carlos Ramírez MacGregor
deceased
journalist · 1903–1975
Days lived
26,311

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
50,477
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
39,155

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇦🇺Harriet
deceased
Galápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,139
🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
58,148

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,321
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
56,018

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
661,528
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
141,042

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
18,971
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
12,393

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🇩🇪Anton Ziegenaus

German priest and theologian · 1936–2024

Days lived

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Bobby Bonds

🇺🇸Bobby Bonds

film director · 1946–2003

Days lived

20,981

Bodo Hell

🇦🇹Bodo Hell

Austrian writer · b. 1943

Days alive

17,533

Bret Michaels

🇺🇸Bret Michaels

Singer · b. 1963

Days alive

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Chic Johnson

🇺🇸Chic Johnson

American comedian (1891–1962) · 1891–1962

Days lived

25,916

David Cronenberg

🇨🇦David Cronenberg

Canadian filmmaker (born 1943) · b. 1943

Days alive

17,533

David Moores

🇬🇧David Moores

British football executive (1946–2022) · 1946–2022

Days lived

27,889

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🇵🇱Dorota Chotecka

Polish actress · b. 1966

Days alive

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Eduard Glaser

Eduard Glaser

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Days lived

19,412

Emil von Behring

Emil von Behring

German physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin · 1854–1917

Days lived

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Eva Longoria

🇺🇸Eva Longoria

American actress and producer (born 1975) · b. 1975

Days alive

5,845

Franz Schuh

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Austrian writer, literary critic and essayist · b. 1947

Days alive

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Gabor Varga

🇸🇪Gabor Varga

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Days lived

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Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff

🇦🇹Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff

Austrian anthropologist (1912–1994) · 1913–1994

Days lived

29,648

Hanns Joachim Friedrichs

🇩🇪Hanns Joachim Friedrichs

German journalist (1927-1995) · 1927–1995

Days lived

24,851

Hans Hirschmüller

🇩🇪Hans Hirschmüller

Romanian German actor · b. 1940

Days alive

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Jakob Fugger

🇩🇪Jakob Fugger

banker · 1459–1526

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Joachim Kühn

🇩🇪Joachim Kühn

German jazz pianist · b. 1944

Days alive

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🇺🇸Joe Hahn

rapper · b. 1977

Days alive

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Jon Jay

🇺🇸Jon Jay

American professional baseball player · b. 1985

Days alive

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Joop Odenthal

🇳🇱Joop Odenthal

film director · 1924–2005

Days lived

29,531

Joseph Schacht

🇬🇧Joseph Schacht

writer · 1902–1969

Days lived

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Jürgen Ohlsen

🇩🇪Jürgen Ohlsen

German actor (1917–1994) · 1917–1994

Days lived

28,317

Karl-Otto Apel

🇩🇪Karl-Otto Apel

philosopher · 1922–2017

Days lived

34,761

Karla Moreno

🇳🇮Karla Moreno

Olympic weightlifter · b. 1988

Days alive

1,096

Kristian Kostov

Kristian Kostov

singer · b. 2000

Days alive

1

Lester Ellis

🇦🇺Lester Ellis

Australian boxer · b. 1965

Days alive

9,497

Levan Tediashvili

Levan Tediashvili

athlete · 1948–2024

Days lived

27,733

Lin Weining

🇨🇳Lin Weining

Olympic weightlifter of China · b. 1979

Days alive

4,384

Lucrecia

🇪🇸Lucrecia

singer · b. 1967

Days alive

8,767

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad

🇫🇷Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad

French-Algerian track and field athlete · b. 1985

Days alive

2,192

Maija Isola

🇫🇮Maija Isola

Finnish textile designer for Marimekko (1927–2001) · 1927–2001

Days lived

27,018

Malú

🇪🇸Malú

singer · b. 1982

Days alive

3,288

Marc Lammers

Marc Lammers

Dutch field hockey player · b. 1969

Days alive

8,036

Mark Hoppus

🇺🇸Mark Hoppus

singer · b. 1972

Days alive

6,940

Max Bing

🇩🇪Max Bing

German actor and radio director (1885–1945) · 1885–1945

Days lived

21,879

Nijel Amos

Nijel Amos

Botswana middle distance runner · b. 1994

Days alive

1

Norm Van Brocklin

🇺🇸Norm Van Brocklin

American football player, coach, executive (1926-1983) · 1926–1983

Days lived

20,868

Paul Pogba

🇫🇷Paul Pogba

French footballer (born 1993) · b. 1993

Days alive

1

Percy Montgomery

Percy Montgomery

South African rugby union footballer and coach · b. 1974

Days alive

6,210

Philip Green

🇬🇧Philip Green

British businessman · b. 1952

Days alive

14,245

Ranganathan Francis

🇮🇳Ranganathan Francis

field hockey player (1920-1975) · 1920–1975

Days lived

20,350

Robert Fick

🇺🇸Robert Fick

American baseball player · b. 1974

Days alive

6,210

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

judge · 1933–2020

Days lived

31,965

Ry Cooder

Ry Cooder

guitarist · b. 1947

Days alive

16,072

Sly Stone

🇺🇸Sly Stone

singer-songwriter · 1943–2025

Days lived

30,038

Tibor Czorba

🇭🇺Tibor Czorba

Hungarian artist (1906-1985) · 1906–1985

Days lived

29,030

Traute Foresti

🇦🇹Traute Foresti

Austrian actress, stage actress and writer (1915-2015) · 1915–2015

Days lived

36,545

Urs Gasche

🇨🇭Urs Gasche

Swiss politician and lawyer · b. 1955

Days alive

13,150

Veronica Maggio

🇸🇪Veronica Maggio

Swedish singer and songwriter · b. 1981

Days alive

3,653

Vilmos Aba-Novák

🇭🇺Vilmos Aba-Novák

Hungarian artist (1894–1941) · 1894–1941

Days lived

17,365

will.i.am

will.i.am

rapper · b. 1975

Days alive

5,845

Willy Puchner

🇦🇹Willy Puchner

Austrian photographer · b. 1952

Days alive

14,245

Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich

🇰🇪Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich

Kenyan long distance runner · b. 1982

Days alive

3,288

Zarah Leander

🇸🇪Zarah Leander

singer · 1907–1981

Days lived

27,130

Erwin C. Dietrich

🇨🇭Erwin C. Dietrich

Swiss filmmaker (1930-2018) · 1930–2018

Days lived

31,940

Giovanni Semeria

Giovanni Semeria

Italian writer, priest (1867–1931) · 1867–1931

Days lived

23,181

H. P. Lovecraft

🇺🇸H. P. Lovecraft

American writer and editor (1890–1937) · 1890–1937

Days lived

17,009

Konrad Hesse

🇩🇪Konrad Hesse

German Jurisprudence scientist, from 1975 to 1987 Judge at Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (1919–2005) · 1919–2005

Days lived

31,458

Lester Young

🇺🇸Lester Young

American jazz saxophonist (1909–1959) · 1909–1959

Days lived

18,098

Marty Marion

🇺🇸Marty Marion

film director · 1916–2011

Days lived

34,438

Max Jacoby

🇩🇪Max Jacoby

German photographer (1919–2009) · 1919–2009

Days lived

32,789

Miles Malleson

🇬🇧Miles Malleson

English actor (1888–1969) · 1888–1969

Days lived

29,514

Nate Dogg

🇺🇸Nate Dogg

actor · 1969–2011

Days lived

15,184

Nikolai Bukharin

🇷🇺Nikolai Bukharin

Russian revolutionary and politician (1888–1938) · 1888–1938

Days lived

18,054

Peter Bichsel

🇨🇭Peter Bichsel

Swiss writer and journalist (1935–2025) · 1935–2025

Days lived

32,865

René Clair

🇫🇷René Clair

French filmmaker and writer (1898–1981) · 1898–1981

Days lived

30,075

Salim Joubran

🇮🇱Salim Joubran

Arab-Israeli judge · 1947–2024

Days lived

27,984

Sándor Mikó

🇭🇺Sándor Mikó

Hungarian artist · 1927–2014

Days lived

31,758

Wang Ch'ung-hui

🇭🇰Wang Ch'ung-hui

Taiwanese judge (1881-1958) · 1881–1958

Days lived

27,863

Wojciech Młynarski

🇵🇱Wojciech Młynarski

Polish singer (1941–2017) · 1941–2017

Days lived

27,749

Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto

television actor · 1939–2021

Days lived

29,707

🇪🇸José Miguel Barandiarán

deceased

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

Days lived

37,245

Frank J. Skinner

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

36,503

Walter Schenk

🇩🇪Walter Schenk

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,635

Hal Roach

🇺🇸Hal Roach

American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992

Days lived

36,818

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

36,166

Lang Jingshan

Lang Jingshan

artist · 1892–1995

Days lived

37,507

Zośka Vieras

🇱🇹Zośka Vieras

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

Days lived

36,167

Lillian Gish

🇺🇸Lillian Gish

American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993

Days lived

36,296

Martha Graham

🇺🇸Martha Graham

Ballet dancer · 1894–1991

Days lived

35,389

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

🇮🇹Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

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

Days lived

37,800

Hermann Florstedt

Hermann Florstedt

military person · 1895–2000

Days lived

38,303

Adolf Pokorny

🇦🇹Adolf Pokorny

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

Days lived

38,145

Silas Simmons

🇺🇸Silas Simmons

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

Days lived

40,558

Heinrich Eberbach

🇩🇪Heinrich Eberbach

German general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992

Days lived

35,296

Sylvia de Arruda Botelho Bittencourt

🇧🇷Sylvia de Arruda Botelho Bittencourt

Brazilian journalist · 1896–1995

Days lived

36,189

Friedrich Hund

🇩🇪Friedrich Hund

chemist · 1896–1997

Days lived

36,946

Lilia Skala

🇺🇸Lilia Skala

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

Days lived

35,814

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky

🇦🇹Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky

Austrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000

Days lived

37,615

Lonesome George

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,431

Lin Wang

🇹🇼Lin Wang

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,468

Washoe

🇺🇸Washoe

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,400

Koko

🇺🇸Koko

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

Days lived

17,153

Alex

🇺🇸Alex

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Days lived

11,434

Keiko

🇮🇸Keiko

Orca · 1977–2003

Days lived

9,842

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

55,591

HSBC

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

46,033

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

44,999

Goldman Sachs

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

44,633

Eli Lilly

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

42,077

Chevron

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

40,729

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

65,060

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

45,729

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

24,081

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

21,624

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

19,534

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

17,511

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

6,931

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

5,748

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

5,043

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,356

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

4,313

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

4,092