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December 1 1999

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Historical Events

Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking
disaster
aircraft hijacking
Kandahar International Airport

Born on This Day

Aiko, Princess Toshi
aristocrat · b. 2001
Days alive
1
🇬🇧Alastair Denniston
deceased
British cryptographer and Royal Navy Commander (1881-1961) · 1881–1961
Days lived
28,886
Albert Ho

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Adolph Hoffmann
deceased
German politician and publisher (1858-1930) · 1858–1930
Days lived
26,552
🇮🇹Antonio Segni
deceased
politician · 1891–1972
Days lived
29,888

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
53,660
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
42,338

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
61,331

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
59,504
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
59,201

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
664,711
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
144,225

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
22,154
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
15,576

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🇨🇳

politician · b. 1951

Days alive

17,533

Bette Midler

🇺🇸Bette Midler

American singer and actress (born 1945) · b. 1945

Days alive

19,724

Brad Delson

🇺🇸Brad Delson

rapper · b. 1977

Days alive

8,036

Carlton Medder

🇺🇸Carlton Medder

college football player, professional football player, offensive lineman, offensive guard · b. 1984

Days alive

5,479

Chris Poland

🇺🇸Chris Poland

American guitarist · b. 1957

Days alive

15,341

David Doyle

🇺🇸David Doyle

American actor (1929–1997) · 1929–1997

Days lived

24,560

Ernst Toller

🇵🇱Ernst Toller

politician · 1893–1939

Days lived

16,608

Felix Weber

🇩🇪Felix Weber

rapper · b. 1960

Days alive

14,245

Finn E. Kydland

🇳🇴Finn E. Kydland

Norwegian economist · b. 1943

Days alive

20,455

George Maxwell Richards

George Maxwell Richards

President of Trinidad and Tobago (1931-2018) · 1931–2018

Days lived

31,451

Heinrich Siedentopf

🇩🇪Heinrich Siedentopf

German astronomer (1906–1963) · 1906–1963

Days lived

20,817

Heinz Riesenhuber

🇩🇪Heinz Riesenhuber

chemist · b. 1935

Days alive

23,377

Isabella Soric

🇩🇪Isabella Soric

German actress and television presenter · b. 1988

Days alive

4,018

Jiao Zhimin

🇨🇳Jiao Zhimin

table tennis player · b. 1963

Days alive

13,150

Jim Sullivan

🇬🇧Jim Sullivan

film director · 1903–1977

Days lived

27,000

Justin Chadwick

🇬🇧Justin Chadwick

actor · b. 1968

Days alive

11,323

Katherine LaNasa

🇺🇸Katherine LaNasa

actor · b. 1966

Days alive

12,054

Lee Young-min

🇰🇷Lee Young-min

South Korean footballer (1905-1954) · 1905–1954

Days lived

17,787

Lloyd Doyley

🇬🇧Lloyd Doyley

football player · b. 1982

Days alive

6,210

Louis Held

🇩🇪Louis Held

German photographer (1851–1927) · 1851–1927

Days lived

27,531

Marty Marion

🇺🇸Marty Marion

film director · 1916–2011

Days lived

34,438

Melanie Peres

🇩🇪Melanie Peres

musician · b. 1971

Days alive

10,228

Ned Kelly

Ned Kelly

Notable Trials · 1854–1880

Days lived

9,478

Nicholas Negroponte

🇺🇸Nicholas Negroponte

American computer scientist (born 1943) · b. 1943

Days alive

20,455

Nico Schlotterbeck

Nico Schlotterbeck

association football player · b. 1999

Days alive

1

Otto Pérez Molina

🇬🇹Otto Pérez Molina

President of Guatemala (2012-2015) · b. 1950

Days alive

17,898

Pablo Escobar

Pablo Escobar

Notable Trials · 1949–1993

Days lived

16,073

Peter McLane

🇫🇷Peter McLane

French singer · b. 1945

Days alive

19,724

Peter S. Kalikow

🇺🇸Peter S. Kalikow

entrepreneur · b. 1942

Days alive

20,820

Red Badgro

🇺🇸Red Badgro

player of American football · 1902–1998

Days lived

34,924

Richard Carrier

🇺🇸Richard Carrier

philosopher · b. 1969

Days alive

10,958

Richard Pryor

🇺🇸Richard Pryor

American comedian and actor (1940–2005) · 1940–2005

Days lived

23,751

Robert F. Smith

🇺🇸Robert F. Smith

Private Equity Investor · b. 1962

Days alive

13,515

Sakyong Mipham

🇮🇳Sakyong Mipham

athlete · b. 1962

Days alive

13,515

Sebastián Piñera

🇨🇱Sebastián Piñera

entrepreneur · 1949–2024

Days lived

27,096

Slim Willet

🇺🇸Slim Willet

singer · 1919–1966

Days lived

17,015

Steve Gibb

🇬🇧Steve Gibb

singer · b. 1973

Days alive

9,497

Tatyana Ivanova

🇷🇺Tatyana Ivanova

Russian philologist (1917-2011) · 1917–2011

Days lived

34,346

Victor Mayer

🇩🇪Victor Mayer

entrepreneur · 1857–1946

Days lived

32,458

Wang Ch'ung-hui

🇭🇰Wang Ch'ung-hui

Taiwanese judge (1881-1958) · 1881–1958

Days lived

27,863

Woody Allen

🇺🇸Woody Allen

Filmmaker, Writer, Actor · b. 1935

Days alive

23,377

Zhu De

🇨🇳Zhu De

politician · 1886–1976

Days lived

32,725

Benedict Gross

🇺🇸Benedict Gross

deceased

American mathematician (1950–2025) · 1950–2025

Days lived

27,557

Carl Koch

🇩🇪Carl Koch

actor · 1892–1963

Days lived

26,056

Charles de Foucauld

🇫🇷Charles de Foucauld

French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916) · 1858–1916

Days lived

21,262

Christa Wolf

🇩🇪Christa Wolf

YouTube personality · 1929–2011

Days lived

30,209

Earnest Goodsir-Cullen

🇮🇳Earnest Goodsir-Cullen

field hockey player · 1912–1993

Days lived

29,725

Franz Joseph Emil Fischer

🇩🇪Franz Joseph Emil Fischer

chemist · 1877–1947

Days lived

25,824

Gaylord Perry

🇺🇸Gaylord Perry

film director · 1938–2022

Days lived

30,759

Ilke Wyludda

🇩🇪Ilke Wyludda

German discus thrower and shot putter (1969–2024) · 1969–2024

Days lived

20,338

Joseph Rosemeyer

🇩🇪Joseph Rosemeyer

entrepreneur · 1872–1919

Days lived

17,429

Jovan Belcher

🇺🇸Jovan Belcher

American football player (1987–2012) · 1987–2012

Days lived

9,263

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

🇩🇪Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1911-2004); prince consort of the Netherlands (1911–2004) · 1911–2004

Days lived

34,125

Ranganathan Francis

🇮🇳Ranganathan Francis

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

Days lived

20,350

Sandra Day O'Connor

🇺🇸Sandra Day O'Connor

politician · 1930–2023

Days lived

34,219

Sepp Vees

🇩🇪Sepp Vees

artist · 1908–1989

Days lived

29,606

Sergio Corbucci

🇮🇹Sergio Corbucci

Italian film director (1927-1990) · 1927–1990

Days lived

23,007

Walter Bluhm

🇩🇪Walter Bluhm

German actor (1904-1976) · 1904–1976

Days lived

26,417

Zayda Peña Arjona

🇲🇽Zayda Peña Arjona

singer · 1981–2007

Days lived

9,768

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

39,686

Walter Schenk

🇩🇪Walter Schenk

German military personnel · 1891–2000

Days lived

39,635

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

39,349

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

37,224

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

Clifford Swann

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

36,129

Fee Plumley

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

36,129

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

36,129

Diane Pozefsky

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

36,129

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

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

58,774

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

49,216

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

48,182

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

47,816

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

45,260

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

43,912

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

68,243

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

48,912

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

27,264

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

24,807

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

22,717

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

20,694

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

10,114

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

8,931

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

8,226

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

7,539

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

7,496

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

7,275