On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
November 20 2004
Events on This Day
- milestone
Born in Yaoundé, Cameroon
Youssoufa Moukoko - milestone
Ireland Debut
Tommy Bowe
Born on This Day
Arnold Luhaäär🇪🇪
deceasedEstonian weightlifter (1905-1965) · 1905–1965
Days lived
21,610
Benoit Mandelbrot🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1924–2010
Days lived
31,374
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Borgore🇮🇱
rapper · b. 1987
Days alive
6,210
Dan Casey🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1862–1943
Days lived
29,299
Derrick Taylor🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1963
Days alive
14,976
Dora Ratjen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman high jumper (1918–2008) · 1918–2008
Days lived
32,661
Eduard Kainberger🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian footballer (1911-1974) · 1911–1974
Days lived
22,753
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Edwin Hubble🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican astronomer (1889–1953) · 1889–1953
Days lived
23,322
Élisabeth Lamure🇫🇷
French politician · b. 1947
Days alive
20,820
Emilio Pucci🇮🇹
deceasedItalian noble, fashion designer and politician (1914-1992) · 1914–1992
Days lived
28,499
Enrique Villalobos🇪🇸
basketball player · b. 1965
Days alive
14,245
Erika Kirk🇺🇸
CEO of Turning Point USA, Businesswoman, Former Miss Arizona USA · b. 1988
Days alive
5,844
Florencia Mutio🇦🇷
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1984
Days alive
7,305
Florian David Fitz🇩🇪
actor · b. 1974
Days alive
10,958
Franz Pfemfert🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1879-1954) · 1879–1954
Days lived
27,215
Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst🇩🇪
German Roman Catholic bishop and theologian · b. 1959
Days alive
16,437
Friedl Rinder🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1905–2001) · 1905–2001
Days lived
34,894
Gino De Sanctis🇮🇹
deceasedItalian journalist and screenwriter (1912–2001) · 1912–2001
Days lived
32,439
Goodluck Jonathan🇳🇬
President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015 · b. 1957
Days alive
17,167
Gottlieb Machate🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player · 1904–1974
Days lived
25,390
Gunnar Solka🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1970
Days alive
12,419
Gustav Giemsa🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1867–1948
Days lived
29,422
Henri-Georges Clouzot🇫🇷
deceasedFrench film director, screenwriter and producer (1907–1977) · 1907–1977
Days lived
25,256
James Collip🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian biochemist, part of group that isolated insulin (1892–1965) · 1892–1965
Days lived
26,508
Janine Beermann🇩🇪
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1983
Days alive
7,671
Joe Biden
politician · b. 1942
Days alive
22,646
Johanna Quaas🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1925
Days alive
28,855
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June Christy🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer (1925–1990) · 1925–1990
Days lived
23,589
Karl Amson Joel🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1889–1982
Days lived
33,951
Kon Ichikawa🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese film director and screenwriter (1915–2008) · 1915–2008
Days lived
33,688
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Kurt Krömer🇩🇪
German comedian · b. 1974
Days alive
10,958
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Libertas Schulze-Boysen🇫🇷
deceasedGerman opponent of the Nazis who belonged to the Red Orchestra (1913-1942) · 1913–1942
Days lived
10,624
Miroslav Tichý🇨🇿
deceasedCzech photographer and painter (1926-2011) · 1926–2011
Days lived
30,824
Nadine Gordimer🇿🇦
deceasedSouth African writer (1923–2014) · 1923–2014
Days lived
33,108
Ng Teng Fong Family
deceasedReal Estate Developers · 1928–2010
Days lived
29,659
Nigel Gibbs🇬🇧
football player · b. 1965
Days alive
14,245
Nyango Star🇯🇵
Heavy Metal Drummer, Yuru-chara Mascot · b. 2015
Oliver Hasenfratz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television actor and actor (1966–2001) · 1966–2001
Days lived
12,778
Oliver Sykes🇬🇧
British singer and record producer · b. 1986
Days alive
6,575
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Olli Dittrich🇩🇪
German TV personality, actor, and comedian · b. 1956
Days alive
17,532
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Pascal Roller🇩🇪
German basketball player · b. 1976
Days alive
10,227
Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym🇹🇭
professional boxer from Thailand · b. 1980
Days alive
8,766
Ricard Opisso🇪🇸
deceasedcartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and painter from Spain (1880-1966) · 1880–1966
Days lived
31,227
Robert F. Kennedy🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician and lawyer · 1925–1968
Days lived
15,539
Rodger Bumpass🇺🇸
actor · b. 1951
Days alive
19,359
Rudolf Walther-Fein🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1875–1933
Days lived
20,981
Sanne van Gool
Dutch baseball player · b. 1992
Days alive
4,383
Selma Lagerlöf🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish writer (1858–1940) · 1858–1940
Days lived
29,701
Skeeter Best🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1914-1985) · 1914–1985
Days lived
25,756
Stipo Papic🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1978
Days alive
9,497
Terri Attwood🇬🇧
British bioinformatician · b. 1959
Days alive
16,437
Thomas Raber🇦🇹
singer · b. 1972
Days alive
11,688
Timothy Kitum🇰🇪
Kenyan middle distance runner · b. 1994
Days alive
3,653
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Wilfred Elrington
journalist · b. 1948
Days alive
20,454
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Youssoufa Moukoko
association football player · b. 2004
Days alive
0
Zinaida Gippius🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1869–1945
Days lived
27,686
Died on This Day
Arthur Charles Hind🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player (1904-1991) · 1904–1991
Days lived
31,744
Avtandil Gogoberidze🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1922–1980
Days lived
21,294
Benedetto Croce🇮🇹
deceasedItalian philosopher (1866-1952) · 1866–1952
Days lived
31,679
Casimir Funk🇵🇱
deceasedJewish-Polish biochemist · 1884–1967
Days lived
30,585
Dieter Hildebrandt🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1927–2013
Days lived
31,593
Eberhard Piltz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television presenter and journalist (1942-2011) · 1942–2011
Days lived
25,231
Flora Martirosian🇺🇸
deceasedArmenian folk singer (1957-2012) · 1957–2012
Days lived
20,377
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Francisco Franco🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish general and dictator (1892-1975) · 1892–1975
Days lived
30,300
Gary Mounfield🇬🇧
deceasedBritish bassist (1962–2025) · 1962–2025
Days lived
23,015
Gerard Heinz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1904-1972) · 1904–1972
Days lived
25,160
Gustl Gstettenbaur🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film and television actor (1914–1996) · 1914–1996
Days lived
30,215
Helga Hahnemann🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1937–1991
Days lived
19,796
John Maxton🇬🇧
deceasedBritish politician (1936 - 2025) · 1936–2025
Days lived
32,706
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John McEwen🇦🇺
deceasedpolitician · 1900–1980
Days lived
29,456
José Antonio Primo de Rivera🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish politician and founder of Falange Española (1903–1936) · 1903–1936
Days lived
12,264
Kakhi Asatiani
deceasedathlete · 1947–2002
Days lived
20,412
Klaus Dittrich🇩🇪
deceasedGerman computer scientist (1950–2007) · 1950–2007
Days lived
20,779
Mary L. Good🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist (1931–2019) · 1931–2019
Days lived
32,295
Olga Orgonista🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1901–1978
Days lived
28,395
Paula Modersohn-Becker🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1876–1907
Days lived
11,607
Robert Altman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican filmmaker (1925–2006) · 1925–2006
Days lived
29,858
Rudolf Havenstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman central bank President (1857-1923) · 1857–1923
Days lived
24,360
Tomasz Pajzderski
deceasedPolish architect (1864-1908) · 1864–1908
Days lived
16,348
Wolfgang Borchert🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1921–1947
Days lived
9,680
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
55,475
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,153
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,501
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,164
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,039
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,944
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,944
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
37,944
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
37,944
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,944
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
37,944
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,944
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
37,944
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
37,944
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
37,944
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,944
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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
36,849
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
63,146
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
8,789
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
61,319
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,016
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,589
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,031
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
49,997
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,631
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,075
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,727
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,526
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,040
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,058
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,727
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,079
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,622
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,532
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,509
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
23,969
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,391
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
11,929
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,746
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,041
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,354
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,311
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,090