On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 28 2004
Born on This Day
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Adam Vinatieri🇺🇸
American football player (born 1972) · b. 1972
Days alive
11,688
Alex Chilton🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1950–2010
Days lived
21,629
Alexander Görlach🇩🇪
German journalist · b. 1976
Days alive
10,227
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B-Tight🇺🇸
German rapper · b. 1979
Days alive
9,132
Benny Agbayani🇺🇸
film director · b. 1971
Days alive
12,054
Benoît Trémoulinas🇫🇷
football player · b. 1985
Days alive
6,940
Daniel Elmen
deceasedentrepreneur · 1885–1932
Days lived
17,050
David Archuleta🇺🇸
singer · b. 1990
Days alive
5,114
Denzel Washington
Oscar Winners · b. 1954
Days alive
18,263
Dhirubhai Ambani🇮🇳
deceasedIndian business tycoon (1932–2002) · 1932–2002
Days lived
25,392
Đorđe Gagić🇭🇷
basketball player · b. 1990
Days alive
5,114
Erich Mielke
deceasedNotable Trials · 1907–2000
Days lived
33,748
Eugen Theodor Martin🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1925–2010
Days lived
31,033
F. W. Murnau🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film director (1888–1931) · 1888–1931
Days lived
15,412
Faye Adell🇩🇪
actor · b. 1979
Days alive
9,132
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Franzl Lang🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1930–2015
Days lived
31,024
Girma Wolde-Giorgis🇪🇹
deceasedmilitary person · 1924–2018
Days lived
34,320
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Hans-Werner Aufrecht🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1938
Days alive
24,107
Heinz Förstendorf🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1907–1988) · 1907–1988
Days lived
29,469
Hildegard Knef🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress, singer and writer (1925-2002) · 1925–2002
Days lived
27,794
Ilaryon Ihnatsyenka🇧🇾
deceasedBelarusian scientist · 1919–2002
Days lived
29,988
James Blake🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1979
Days alive
9,132
Jessie Buckley🇮🇪
Singer · b. 1989
Days alive
5,479
John Legend🇺🇸
actor · b. 1978
Days alive
9,497
John von Neumann🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957) · 1903–1957
Days lived
19,401
Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa🇵🇹
deceasedPortuguese businessman · 1937–2025
Days lived
31,826
László Lippai🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian actor (1959–2022) · 1959–2022
Days lived
22,703
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Linus Torvalds🇺🇸
Finnish software engineer (born 1969) · b. 1969
Days alive
12,784
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Liu Xiaobo
deceasedNotable Trials · 1955–2017
Days lived
22,478
Markus Weinzierl🇩🇪
football player · b. 1974
Days alive
10,958
Mathilde Schroyens🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1912–1996
Days lived
30,376
Nadir Ibrahimov
deceasedAzerbaijani astronomer (1932–1977) · 1932–1977
Days lived
16,075
Nichelle Nichols🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1932–2022) · 1932–2022
Days lived
32,721
Øivind Blunck🇳🇴
Norwegian actor and comedian · b. 1950
Days alive
19,724
Olli Rahnasto🇫🇮
Finnish tennis player · b. 1965
Days alive
14,245
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Patrik Ježek🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1976
Days alive
10,227
Rudi Faßnacht🇩🇪
deceasedGerman football manager (1934-2000) · 1934–2000
Days lived
23,951
Senna Guemmour🇩🇪
German pop singer · b. 1979
Days alive
9,132
Seth Meyers🇺🇸
writer · b. 1973
Days alive
11,323
Stan Lee🇺🇸
deceasedPublisher · 1922–2018
Days lived
35,018
Stefan Kindermann🇦🇹
Chess grandmaster · b. 1959
Days alive
16,437
Sung-Wei Tseng
film director · b. 1984
Days alive
7,305
Tolga Tekinalp
basketball player · b. 1974
Days alive
10,958
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Trip Hawkins🇺🇸
American businessman (b. 1953) · b. 1953
Days alive
18,628
Viktor Lutze
deceasedSA Stabschef (1890-1943) · 1890–1943
Days lived
19,117
Walter Ruttmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film director (1887-1941) · 1887–1941
Days lived
19,557
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Wanessa Camargo🇧🇷
singer · b. 1982
Days alive
8,036
Wolfgang Thonke🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1938–2019
Days lived
29,245
Woodrow Wilson🇺🇸
deceasedpresident of the United States from 1913 to 1921 · 1856–1924
Days lived
24,507
Zlatko Hebib🇨🇭
football player · b. 1990
Days alive
5,114
Died on This Day
Amos Oz🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual (1939–2018) · 1939–2018
Days lived
29,093
Ante Pavelić
deceasedNotable Trials · 1889–1959
Days lived
25,733
Brigitte Bardot🇫🇷
deceasedNotable Trials · 1934–2025
Days lived
33,329
Charlotte Kerr🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1927–2011
Days lived
30,894
Debbie Reynolds🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress, singer, and dancer (1932–2016) · 1932–2016
Days lived
30,952
Einar Eriksson🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish politician (1905-1971) · 1905–1971
Days lived
24,124
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Georg Thilenius🇺🇸
deceasedGerman ethnographer (1868-1937) · 1868–1937
Days lived
25,286
Hermann Oberth🇩🇪
deceasedYouTube personality · 1894–1989
Days lived
34,884
Hermann Oncken🇩🇪
deceasedGerman historian (1869-1945) · 1869–1945
Days lived
27,800
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Ian Murdock🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015) · 1973–2015
Days lived
15,584
Joyce K. Reynolds🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1952 – 2015) · 1952–2015
Days lived
23,305
Karl Hermann Martell🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1906–1966
Days lived
21,956
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Kurt Vyth🇩🇪
deceasedGerman entrepreneur · 1910–1977
Days lived
24,747
Kurt Wagner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1953–2023) · 1953–2023
Days lived
25,808
M.C. Bakker🇳🇱
deceasedDutch baseball player (1900–1988) · 1900–1988
Days lived
32,368
Maksymilian Więcek🇵🇱
deceasedbasketball player · 1920–2006
Days lived
31,512
Margrit Kennedy🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1939-2013) · 1939–2013
Days lived
27,066
Pierre Barouh🇫🇷
deceasedactor · 1934–2016
Days lived
30,263
Rob Roy MacGregor
deceasedNotable Trials · 1671–1734
Days lived
23,306
Rose Marie🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress, singer, comedian, and vaudeville performer (1923–2017) · 1923–2017
Days lived
34,469
Sam Peckinpah🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1925–1984
Days lived
21,860
Sergei Yesenin
deceasedRussian poet (1895–1925) · 1895–1925
Days lived
11,043
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Susan Sontag🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004) · 1933–2004
Days lived
26,279
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
55,513
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,191
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,539
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,202
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,077
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
37,982
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
37,982
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
37,982
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,982
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,982
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
37,982
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
37,982
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,982
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,982
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
37,982
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,982
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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
36,887
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
63,184
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
8,827
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
61,357
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,054
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,627
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,069
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,035
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,669
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,113
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,765
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,564
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,078
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,096
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,765
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,117
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,660
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,570
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,547
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,007
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,429
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
11,967
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,784
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,079
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,392
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,349
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,128