On This Day

German chess player · 1937–2025

Italian pianist · 1920–1995

American baseball player (1890-1961) · 1890–1961

German television presenter · b. 1960

American football player · b. 1952

German architect and castle explorer (1865–1945) · 1865–1945

television actor · b. 1975

association football player · b. 1998

entrepreneur · b. 1959

Film director and producer · b. 1962

Producer & Tech Innovator · b. 1981

Swiss singer, rapper and dancer · b. 1968

field hockey player · b. 1967

journalist · b. 1961

German musicologist (1893–1975) · 1893–1975

writer · 1921–1990

Australian field hockey player · b. 1984

actor · b. 1943

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (born 1941) · b. 1941

American actress (1917–2007) · 1917–2007

film director · b. 1971

politician · 1921–2019

association football player · b. 1997

American football player (1938–2024) · 1938–2024

football player · b. 1962

German reistance fighter (1901-1945) · 1901–1945

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU · 1876–1967

Filipino singer and actress · b. 1981

athlete · b. 1968

politician · b. 1971

Politician · b. 1955

Artist · b. 1969

German politician, CSU · b. 1967

singer-songwriter · b. 1983

Polish general and resistance fighter · 1893–1964

athlete · b. 1943

association football player · b. 2001

Austrian musician (1930-2006) · 1930–2006

artist · 1900–1974

basketball player · b. 1977

wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (1932-1999) · 1932–1999

actor · b. 1965

Player of American football (1965-2017) · 1965–2017

Emmy nominated American actor, director, producer and TV Host · b. 1965

Television actor · 1931–2026

rapper · b. 1972

Entrepreneur · 1923–2003

musician · b. 1972

Dutch-American sociologist · b. 1947

German football player · b. 1980

Pakistani field hockey player · b. 1984

writer · 1913–2007

Model · b. 1992

actor · 1895–1962

German field hockey player · b. 1968

musician · b. 1975

Notable Trials · b. 1952

writer · 1932–2016

Notable Trials · b. 1965

boxer · b. 1981

writer · 1917–1966

American rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist and harmonica player (1929-1994) · 1929–1994

football player · b. 1988

Notable Trials · 1928–1979

politician · 1906–1975

American aviation pioneer and author (1897–1939) · 1897–1939

Austrian actor and film director (1919–2000) · 1919–2000

American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader (1922–1979) · 1922–1979

artist · 1899–1971

actor · 1940–2023

athlete · 1942–2014

actor · 1890–1962

British analytic philosopher · 1919–2001

German anthropologist (1863–1916) · 1863–1916

athlete · 1953–1999

athlete · 1905–1927

American drummer · 1939–2004

entrepreneur · 1882–1950

Olympic weightlifter (1879–1937) · 1879–1937

entrepreneur · 1874–1938

Italian presbyter and writer (1927-2012) · 1927–2012

scientist · 1882–1970

conductor · 1925–2016

Montenegrin poet (1907–1986) · 1907–1986

chemist · 1851–1930

German actor (1872–1930) · 1872–1930

athlete · 1948–2025

American baseball player and coach (1914-2006) · 1914–2006

actor · 1871–1936

singer · 1935–1998

American baseball player (1944-2004) · 1944–2004

German military personnel · 1891–2000

American filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992

athlete · b. 1892

artist · 1892–1995

American actress (1893–1993) · 1893–1993

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

military person · 1895–2000

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

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

German general (1895–1992) · 1895–1992

Brazilian journalist · 1896–1995

chemist · 1896–1997

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

Austrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000

opera singer · 1897–1993

Brazilian association football player · 1897–2000

chemist · 1897–1993

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018

African grey parrot · 1976–2007

Orca · 1977–2003

Banking · b. 1865

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Film · b. 1979

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Film · b. 1980