On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
November 17 2004
Born on This Day
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Amata Kabua
deceasedformer President of the Marshall Islands (1928-1996) · 1928–1996
Days lived
24,869
Andreas Rieke🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1967
Days alive
13,515
B. C. Shekhar🇹🇼
deceasedchemist · 1929–2006
Days lived
28,052
Beppo Römer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman resistance member (1892-1944) · 1892–1944
Days lived
18,939
Caps🇩🇰
Professional League of Legends player · b. 1999
Days alive
1,827
Carlo Verdone🇮🇹
Italian actor, screenwriter and film director · b. 1950
Days alive
19,724
Celso Albelo🇪🇸
Operatic tenor · b. 1975
Days alive
10,593
Choe Sang-rim
deceasedKorean independence activist (1888–1945) · 1888–1945
Days lived
20,623
Curt Goetz🇨🇭
deceasedGerman actor and writer (1888-1960) · 1888–1960
Days lived
26,230
Daniele Buetti🇨🇭
artist · b. 1955
Days alive
17,898
Danny DeVito🇺🇸
actor · b. 1944
Days alive
21,915
Douglas Shearer🇨🇦
deceasedartist · 1899–1971
Days lived
25,981
Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz🌍
deceasedAristocrat · 1769–1818
Days lived
17,709
Ellis Kaut🇩🇪
deceasedGerman author of children's books (1920-2015) · 1920–2015
Days lived
34,644
Evelyne Brochu🇨🇦
Canadian singer and actor · b. 1982
Days alive
8,036
Franz Kurowski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman author (1923–2011) · 1923–2011
Days lived
31,969
Giò Pomodoro🇮🇹
deceasedItalian artist (1930-2002) · 1930–2002
Days lived
26,332
Greg Rutherford🇬🇧
British long jumper · b. 1986
Days alive
6,575
Hans Putz🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1920–1990
Days lived
25,277
Horst Naumann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1925–2024) · 1925–2024
Days lived
35,888
Hubert von Goisern🇦🇹
Austrian singer-songwriter and bandleader · b. 1952
Days alive
18,993
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Jeff Buckley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1966–1997) · 1966–1997
Days lived
11,151
John Boehner🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1949
Days alive
20,089
Jonathan Ross🇬🇧
journalist · b. 1960
Days alive
16,071
Karl Hermann Martell🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1906–1966
Days lived
21,956
Karl Merkatz🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1930–2022
Days lived
33,620
Kateřina Emmons🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1983
Days alive
7,671
Kaveh Rastegar🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1975
Days alive
10,593
Kinga Baranowska🇵🇱
athlete · b. 1975
Days alive
10,593
Lee Strasberg
deceasedActor · 1901–1982
Days lived
29,312
Leonard Russell🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1969
Days alive
12,784
Ludwig von Hammerstein-Equord🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1919–1996) · 1919–1996
Days lived
27,860
Mario Soldati🇮🇹
deceasedwriter · 1906–1999
Days lived
33,817
Martin Scorsese🇺🇸
actor · b. 1942
Days alive
22,646
Maud Mulder🇳🇱
Dutch field hockey player and singer · b. 1981
Days alive
8,401
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Max Lingner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman painter (1888-1959) · 1888–1959
Days lived
25,683
Mikhail Bakhtin
deceasedRussian intellectual and philosopher · 1895–1975
Days lived
28,964
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
military person · b. 1949
Days alive
20,089
Pam Bondi🇺🇸
U.S. Attorney General, Former Florida Attorney General · b. 1965
Days alive
14,245
Paul Hirsch
deceasedGerman politician (1868-1940) · 1868–1940
Days lived
26,189
Paul Metz🇩🇰
deceasedDanish field hockey player (1892–1975) · 1892–1975
Days lived
30,244
Pavlo Khazan🇺🇦
scientist · b. 1974
Days alive
10,958
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Robin Li
entrepreneur · b. 1968
Days alive
13,149
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Sarah Harding🇬🇧
deceasedBritish singer and actress (1981-2021) · 1981–2021
Days lived
14,537
Sebastian Englert🇩🇪
deceasedCapuchin priest, missionary to Easter Island (1888-1969) · 1888–1969
Days lived
29,271
Silvana Koch-Mehrin🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1970
Days alive
12,419
Sophie Marceau🇫🇷
French actress · b. 1966
Days alive
13,880
Tom Seaver🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1944–2020
Days lived
27,681
Voltairine de Cleyre🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican anarchist writer and feminist · 1866–1912
Days lived
16,650
Wilhelm Kuntner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian soldier (1915–2001) · 1915–2001
Days lived
31,232
Zoë Bell
Actor · b. 1978
Days alive
9,497
Died on This Day
Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian tennis player (1922–2020) · 1922–2020
Days lived
36,047
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Bal Thackeray🇮🇳
deceasedjournalist · 1926–2012
Days lived
31,710
Benny Kauff🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1890-1961) · 1890–1961
Days lived
26,248
Billy Scott🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican R&B singer (1942–2012) · 1942–2012
Days lived
25,611
Charles Holroyd🇬🇧
deceasedBritish artist (1861-1917) · 1861–1917
Days lived
20,675
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Christine Laszar🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1931–2021
Days lived
32,841
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Doris Lessing🇬🇧
deceasedYouTube personality · 1919–2013
Days lived
34,360
Ernst Udet🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1896–1941
Days lived
16,640
Gustav Peichl🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect and caricaturist (1928–2019) · 1928–2019
Days lived
33,481
Gustav Schwantes🇩🇪
deceasedGerman botanist (1881-1960) · 1881–1960
Days lived
28,914
Helmuth Weidling
deceasedNotable Trials · 1891–1955
Days lived
23,390
Irma Wyman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1928–2015) · 1928–2015
Days lived
32,067
Jacques Bousquet🇫🇷
deceasedactor, director, composer, playwright, and screenwriter (1883-1939) · 1883–1939
Days lived
20,750
Jimmy Ruffin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer (1936–2014) · 1939–2014
Days lived
27,588
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József Hirschler🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian writer · 1874–1936
Days lived
22,890
Kea Bouman
deceasedDutch tennis player (1903–1998) · 1903–1998
Days lived
34,693
Lea Gottlieb🇭🇺
deceasedIsraeli fashion designer and businesswoman (1918–2012) · 1918–2012
Days lived
34,395
Mervyn Peake🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1911–1968
Days lived
20,951
Minya Diez-Dührkoop🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1873-1929) · 1873–1929
Days lived
20,602
Mitrofan Zverev
deceasedSoviet astronomer (1903–1991) · 1903–1991
Days lived
32,357
Ricarda Huch🇨🇭
deceasedwriter · 1864–1947
Days lived
30,436
Ruth Brown🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1928–2006
Days lived
28,799
Salvatore Riina
deceasedNotable Trials · 1930–2017
Days lived
31,778
Theuns Jordaan🇿🇦
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1971–2021
Days lived
18,574
Weeb Ewbank🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player, coach, and executive, basketball player and coach (1907–1998) · 1907–1998
Days lived
33,433
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
55,472
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,150
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,498
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,161
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,036
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,941
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,941
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
37,941
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
37,941
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,941
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
37,941
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,941
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
37,941
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
37,941
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
37,941
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,941
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Alice Herz-Sommer🇮🇱
deceasedmusician · 1903–2014
Days lived
40,267
Johannes Heesters🇦🇹
deceasedDutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011) · 1903–2011
Days lived
39,466
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
36,846
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Harriet🇦🇺
deceasedGalápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
63,143
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Alex🇺🇸
deceasedAfrican grey parrot · 1976–2007
Days lived
11,433
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
8,786
Tilikum🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1981–2017
Days lived
12,796
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,316
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,013
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,586
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,028
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
49,994
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,628
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,072
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,724
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,523
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,037
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,055
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,724
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,076
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,619
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,529
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,506
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
23,966
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,388
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
11,926
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,743
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,038
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,351
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,308
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,087