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May 15 1999

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Historical Events

Break the Barrier
politics
1999 professional wrestling event
2300 Arena

Born on This Day

🇯🇵Akina Minami
Japanese idol · b. 1989
Days alive
3,653
🇬🇧Alice Everett
deceased
British astronomer and engineer (1865–1949) · 1865–1949
Days lived
30,748
🇬🇧Andy Murray

Died on This Day

🇦🇹Adolf Jobst
deceased
Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, german nation politician, painter and restorer (1900-1974) · 1900–1974
Days lived
27,034
Alfred Berkeley
deceased
Bishop of Barbados and of the Windward Islands; Anglican bishop (1862-1938) · 1862–1938
Days lived
27,826

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
53,460
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
42,138

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
61,131

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
59,304
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
59,001

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
664,511
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
144,025

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
21,954
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
15,376

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British tennis player · b. 1987

Days alive

4,384

Arthur Schnitzler

🇦🇹Arthur Schnitzler

Austrian writer (1862–1931) · 1862–1931

Days lived

25,361

Athene Donald

🇬🇧Athene Donald

scientist · b. 1953

Days alive

16,802

Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini

Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini

Prime Minister of Swaziland (1942-2018) · 1942–2018

Days lived

27,896

Ben

🇩🇪Ben

German singer · b. 1981

Days alive

6,575

Claus Roxin

🇩🇪Claus Roxin

German jurist (1931–2025) · 1931–2025

Days lived

34,249

Claus Spahn

🇩🇪Claus Spahn

German television presenter · b. 1940

Days alive

21,550

Desmond Howard

🇺🇸Desmond Howard

American football player (born 1970) · b. 1970

Days alive

10,593

🇬🇧Dick Keith

Northern Irish footballer (1933-1967) · 1933–1967

Days lived

12,343

Dorothy Hansine Andersen

🇺🇸Dorothy Hansine Andersen

scientist · 1901–1963

Days lived

22,573

Ellen Axson Wilson

🇺🇸Ellen Axson Wilson

artist · 1860–1914

Days lived

19,806

Erik van den Doel

🇳🇱Erik van den Doel

Dutch chess player · b. 1979

Days alive

7,306

Frank de Boer

Frank de Boer

football player · b. 1970

Days alive

10,593

György Margó

🇭🇺György Margó

Hungarian field hockey player (1912–1988) · 1912–1988

Days lived

27,938

Haerin (Kang Hae-rin)

🇰🇷Haerin (Kang Hae-rin)

K-pop Idol (NewJeans) · b. 2006

Days alive

1

Hagen von Ortloff

🇩🇪Hagen von Ortloff

German television personality · b. 1949

Days alive

18,263

Heinz Haber

🇩🇪Heinz Haber

German physicist (1913–1990) · 1913–1990

Days lived

28,034

Herta Oberheuser

🇩🇪Herta Oberheuser

Nazi physician (1911–1978) · 1911–1978

Days lived

24,362

Jan Frycz

🇵🇱Jan Frycz

Polish actor · b. 1954

Days alive

16,437

Jan Trefulka

🇨🇿Jan Trefulka

Czech bookwriter (1929–2012) · 1929–2012

Days lived

30,508

Jasper Johns

🇺🇸Jasper Johns

artist · b. 1930

Days alive

25,203

Jonathan Dekker

🇺🇸Jonathan Dekker

player of American football · b. 1983

Days alive

5,845

Josef Weninger

🇦🇹Josef Weninger

Austrian anthropologist (1886–1959) · 1886–1959

Days lived

26,615

Joseph Cotten

🇺🇸Joseph Cotten

American actor (1905–1994) · 1905–1994

Days lived

32,410

Josh Beckett

🇺🇸Josh Beckett

film director · b. 1980

Days alive

6,940

Judith Hermann

🇩🇪Judith Hermann

German writer · b. 1970

Days alive

10,593

Justin Morneau

🇨🇦Justin Morneau

film director · b. 1981

Days alive

6,575

Jusuf Kalla

🇮🇩Jusuf Kalla

entrepreneur · b. 1942

Days alive

20,820

Kathleen Sebelius

🇺🇸Kathleen Sebelius

United States Secretary of Health and Human Services · b. 1948

Days alive

18,628

Klaus Michler

🇩🇪Klaus Michler

German field hockey player · b. 1970

Days alive

10,593

Klaus-Peter Siegloch

🇩🇪Klaus-Peter Siegloch

German television presenter, journalist and news presenter · b. 1946

Days alive

19,359

Konrad Meyer-Hetling

🇩🇪Konrad Meyer-Hetling

German SS Officer (1901-1973) : defendant in the RuSHA Trial (NMT 8) · 1901–1973

Days lived

26,279

Layal Abboud

🇱🇧Layal Abboud

Composer · b. 1982

Days alive

6,210

Lena Martell

🇬🇧Lena Martell

Scottish singer · b. 1940

Days alive

21,550

Leonard B. Jordan

🇺🇸Leonard B. Jordan

politician · 1899–1983

Days lived

30,727

Li Xueying

🇨🇳Li Xueying

Olympic weightlifter · b. 1990

Days alive

3,288

Li Yanfeng

🇨🇳Li Yanfeng

Chinese discus thrower · b. 1979

Days alive

7,306

Madhuri Dixit

🇮🇳Madhuri Dixit

Film actor · b. 1967

Days alive

11,689

Marcell Turi

Marcell Turi

athlete · b. 1991

Days alive

2,923

Martin Sonneborn

🇩🇪Martin Sonneborn

German satirist, journalist and politician · b. 1965

Days alive

12,419

Melle Mel

🇺🇸Melle Mel

musician · b. 1962

Days alive

13,515

Michel Audiard

🇫🇷Michel Audiard

writer · 1920–1985

Days lived

23,816

Mike Oldfield

🇬🇧Mike Oldfield

singer · b. 1953

Days alive

16,802

Mikhail Bulgakov

🇺🇦Mikhail Bulgakov

actor · 1891–1940

Days lived

17,832

Naroa Agirre

🇪🇸Naroa Agirre

actor · b. 1979

Days alive

7,306

Naseer Bunda

🇵🇰Naseer Bunda

field hockey player (1932–1993) · 1932–1993

Days lived

22,225

Norayr Vardanyan

🇦🇲Norayr Vardanyan

Armenian weightlifter · b. 1987

Days alive

4,384

Ousmane Dembélé

Ousmane Dembélé

association football player · b. 1997

Days alive

731

Patrice Evra

🇫🇷Patrice Evra

football player · b. 1981

Days alive

6,575

Patricia Ott

🇩🇪Patricia Ott

German field hockey player · b. 1960

Days alive

14,245

Peter Hussing

🇩🇪Peter Hussing

boxer (1948-2012) · 1948–2012

Days lived

23,493

Rachel Wee

🇸🇬Rachel Wee

Socialite, Entrepreneur, Luxury Lifestyle Consultant · b. 1985

Days alive

5,114

Ray Lewis

🇺🇸Ray Lewis

American football player (born 1975) · b. 1975

Days alive

8,767

Reinhard Süring

🇩🇪Reinhard Süring

scientist · 1866–1950

Days lived

30,909

Renato Dirnei Florêncio

🇮🇹Renato Dirnei Florêncio

football player · b. 1979

Days alive

7,306

Romuald Mainka

🇵🇱Romuald Mainka

German chess player · b. 1963

Days alive

13,150

Ron Simmons

🇺🇸Ron Simmons

American football player and professional wrestler (born 1958) · b. 1958

Days alive

14,976

Ryan Leaf

🇺🇸Ryan Leaf

American football player (born 1976) · b. 1976

Days alive

8,401

Segundo Castillo De Barberan

🇪🇨Segundo Castillo De Barberan

Ecuadorian footballer · b. 1982

Days alive

6,210

Stephan Palla

🇦🇹Stephan Palla

Association footballer · b. 1989

Days alive

3,653

Ursula Thiess

🇩🇪Ursula Thiess

German actress (1924-2010) · 1924–2010

Days lived

31,447

Vladas Jakubėnas

🇱🇹Vladas Jakubėnas

journalist · 1904–1976

Days lived

26,511

Wilhelm von Opel

🇩🇪Wilhelm von Opel

German industrialist and Nazi party member (1871-1948) · 1871–1948

Days lived

28,112

Zhan Xugang

🇨🇳Zhan Xugang

Chinese weightlifter · b. 1974

Days alive

9,132

Alfredo R. Placencia Jauregui

🇪🇸Alfredo R. Placencia Jauregui

poet · 1875–1930

Days lived

19,966

Archduke Rudolf of Austria

🇦🇹Archduke Rudolf of Austria

Austrian Imperial and Royal (1919–2010) · 1919–2010

Days lived

33,126

Arno Lustiger

🇩🇪Arno Lustiger

German historian and author of Jewish origin (1924-2012) · 1924–2012

Days lived

32,151

Charlotte Beradt

🇩🇪Charlotte Beradt

German writer and journalist (1907-1986) · 1907–1986

Days lived

28,650

Edward Hopper

🇺🇸Edward Hopper

American realist painter and printmaker (1882-1967) · 1882–1967

Days lived

30,978

Edwin Charles Boulton

Edwin Charles Boulton

American bishop (1928-2000) · 1928–2000

Days lived

26,329

Franco Nenci

🇮🇹Franco Nenci

Italian boxer (1935-2020) · 1935–2020

Days lived

31,158

Georges Bonnenfant

🇫🇷Georges Bonnenfant

model · 1876–1955

Days lived

28,846

Goose Goslin

🇺🇸Goose Goslin

film director · 1900–1971

Days lived

25,779

Henryk Ehrlich

🇵🇱Henryk Ehrlich

journalist · 1882–1942

Days lived

22,049

Irena Skwierczyńska

🇵🇱Irena Skwierczyńska

actress (1897-1984) · 1897–1984

Days lived

31,796

Irénée Beaubien

🇨🇦Irénée Beaubien

Canadian Jesuit priest · 1916–2017

Days lived

37,007

Jean-Luc Dehaene

🇧🇪Jean-Luc Dehaene

politician · 1940–2014

Days lived

26,945

Josef Silný

Josef Silný

athlete · 1902–1981

Days lived

28,968

Karl-Otto Apel

🇩🇪Karl-Otto Apel

philosopher · 1922–2017

Days lived

34,761

Ladislav Kareš

🇨🇿Ladislav Kareš

Czechoslovak soccer player (1919–2001) · 1919–2001

Days lived

29,764

Per Røntved

🇩🇰Per Røntved

Danish association football player (1949-2023) · 1949–2023

Days lived

27,137

Richard Jaeger

🇩🇪Richard Jaeger

German politician (1913-1998) · 1913–1998

Days lived

31,135

Ru van der Haar

Ru van der Haar

field hockey player (1913–1943) · 1913–1943

Days lived

10,814

Theo Griep

Theo Griep

writer · 1916–2007

Days lived

33,073

Walther Bierkamp

🇩🇪Walther Bierkamp

SS officer and lawyer (1901–1945) · 1901–1945

Days lived

15,856

Wanda Jarszewska

🇵🇱Wanda Jarszewska

actress (1888-1964) · 1888–1964

Days lived

27,587

Zbigniew Tadeusz Kaczmarek

🇵🇱Zbigniew Tadeusz Kaczmarek

Polish-German weightlifter (1946-2023) · 1946–2023

Days lived

28,088

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

39,486

Walter Schenk

🇩🇪Walter Schenk

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,635

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

39,149

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

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky

🇦🇹Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky

Austrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000

Days lived

37,615

Giacomo Facchini

🇧🇷Giacomo Facchini

Brazilian association football player · 1897–2000

Days lived

37,565

Hubert Eisner

🇦🇹Hubert Eisner

Austrian politician · 1897–2000

Days lived

37,402

George Polley

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

37,024

Sòng Měilíng

🇺🇸Sòng Měilíng

politician · 1898–2003

Days lived

38,584

Christina Cruickshank Miller

🇬🇧Christina Cruickshank Miller

Scottish chemist · 1899–2001

Days lived

37,212

Izabella Yurieva

🇷🇺Izabella Yurieva

Soviet singer (1899-2000) · 1899–2000

Days lived

36,660

Viktor Hamburger

🇺🇸Viktor Hamburger

scientist · 1900–2001

Days lived

36,864

Keith Padgett

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

35,929

Rebecca W. Keller

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

35,929

Eduardo Hernández Martínez

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

35,929

Diane Pozefsky

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

35,929

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

58,574

HSBC

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

49,016

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

47,982

Goldman Sachs

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

47,616

Eli Lilly

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

45,060

Chevron

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

43,712

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

68,043

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

48,712

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

27,064

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

24,607

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

22,517

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

20,494

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

9,914

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

8,731

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

8,026

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

7,339

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

7,296

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

7,075