On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 13 2005
Born on This Day
Aaron Links🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
Alfred Rammelmeyer🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1910–1995
Days lived
31,108
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Anass Achahbar🇳🇱
football player · b. 1994
Days alive
4,018
Andy Jassy
Actor · b. 1968
Days alive
13,515
Bernard Hopkins🇪🇸
basketball player · b. 1973
Days alive
11,688
Bohumír Matal🇨🇿
deceasedCzech painter (1922-1988) · 1922–1988
Days lived
24,282
Chaïm Soutine🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1893–1943
Days lived
18,469
Clément Darbo🇫🇷
French rugby union player · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
Daniel Scioli🇦🇷
athlete · b. 1957
Days alive
17,532
Dinah Pfizenmaier🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1992
Days alive
4,749
Emil Johansson🇸🇪
deceasedOlympic tug of war competitor (1885-1972) · 1885–1972
Days lived
31,772
Feo Aladag🇦🇹
Austrian actress, film director and screenwriter · b. 1972
Days alive
12,054
Friedrich Waldow🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1915–2013
Days lived
35,813
George Gurdjieff🇦🇲
deceasedphilosopher, mystic, and writer (c. 1866–1877 – 1949) · 1866–1949
Days lived
30,604
Glenn Whelan🇮🇪
Irish footballer · b. 1984
Days alive
7,671
Gloria Siebert🇩🇪
East German hurdler · b. 1964
Days alive
14,976
Günther Brennecke🇩🇪
deceasedWest German field hockey player (1927–2014) · 1927–2014
Days lived
31,820
Hansi Lang🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1955–2008
Days lived
19,582
Jānis Akuraters🇱🇻
deceasedpolitician · 1876–1937
Days lived
22,473
John Lees🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1947
Days alive
21,185
José Capellán🇩🇴
deceasedfilm director · 1981–2015
Days lived
12,502
José Núñez🇩🇴
film director · b. 1960
Days alive
16,437
Josefine Preuß🇩🇪
actor · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
Joseph Rock🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian-American scientist-explorer (1884-1962) · 1884–1962
Days lived
28,815
Julio Baghy🇭🇺
deceasedactor · 1891–1967
Days lived
27,822
Kenji Endō🇯🇵
deceasedsinger · 1947–2017
Days lived
25,853
Kim Do-kyun🇰🇷
South Korean footballer (born 1977) · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
Kim Seong-jip🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean weightlifter (1919-2016) · 1919–2016
Days lived
35,467
Lal Shah Bokhari🇵🇰
deceasedfield hockey player (1906–1959) · 1906–1959
Days lived
19,548
László Csákányi🇭🇺
deceasedsinger · 1921–1992
Days lived
26,227
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Lev Kuleshov
deceasedSoviet filmmaker and film theorist (1899–1970) · 1899–1970
Days lived
26,007
Liam Hemsworth🇦🇺
actor · b. 1990
Days alive
5,479
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Luis Díaz
association football player · b. 1997
Days alive
2,922
Marinus van der Lubbe
deceasedNotable Trials · 1909–1934
Days lived
9,128
Markus Bott🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1962
Days alive
15,706
Meinhard Nehmer🇩🇪
East German bobsledder · b. 1941
Days alive
23,376
Melba Liston🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer (1926–1999) · 1926–1999
Days lived
26,763
Michael Bond🇬🇧
deceasedBritish writer (1926–2017) · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,403
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Miguel Pro🇲🇽
deceasedMexican Jesuit priest and martyr (1891–1927) · 1891–1927
Days lived
13,462
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Orlando Bloom🇬🇧
actor · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
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Oskar Minkowski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1858-1931) · 1858–1931
Days lived
26,818
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Ronny Turiaf🇫🇷
basketball player · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
Steve Brown🇺🇸
deceasedjazz musician best known for his work on string bass (1890-1965) · 1890–1965
Days lived
27,638
Tim Matavž🇸🇮
football player · b. 1989
Days alive
5,844
Tom Gaebel🇩🇪
German musician · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958
Uta Albanese🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1973
Days alive
11,688
Walter Schmitt🇩🇪
deceasedSS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS (1879-1945) · 1879–1945
Days lived
24,354
Walther Bensemann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer (1873–1934) · 1873–1934
Days lived
22,549
Wilhelm Worringer🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1881–1965
Days lived
30,755
Winnie Byanyima
entrepreneur · b. 1959
Days alive
16,802
Wolfgang Boos🇩🇪
German ice hockey and tennis player · b. 1946
Days alive
21,550
Yassin El-Azzouzi🇫🇷
Moroccan and French footballer · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
Died on This Day
Alfred Lichtwark🇩🇪
deceasedGerman art historian (1852–1914) · 1852–1914
Days lived
22,644
Bernd Kannenberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman athletics competitor (1942–2021) · 1942–2021
Days lived
28,636
Bertha Zillessen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer and painter (1872-1936) · 1872–1936
Days lived
23,097
Emmett Johns🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian clergy · 1928–2018
Days lived
32,792
Eugeniusz Geppert🇵🇱
deceasedpainter (1890-1979) · 1890–1979
Days lived
32,272
Evelyne Kraft🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss actress (1951-2009) · 1951–2009
Days lived
20,933
Felix Bryk🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian-Swedish entomologist and anthropologist (1882-1957) · 1882–1957
Days lived
27,385
Giorgos Vasiliou🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1931–2026
Days lived
34,572
Harold Shipman
deceasedNotable Trials · 1946–2004
Days lived
21,183
Helmut Weiss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film director (1907-1969) · 1907–1969
Days lived
22,634
James Joyce🇮🇪
deceasedwriter · 1882–1941
Days lived
21,529
Joe McCarthy🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1887–1978
Days lived
33,139
José María Sánchez-Silva🇪🇸
deceasedwriter · 1911–2002
Days lived
32,936
Ludwig Ferdinand Clauss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman racial theorist and anthropologist (1892–1974) · 1892–1974
Days lived
29,924
Lyonel Feininger🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1871–1956
Days lived
30,890
Marian Woyna-Orlewicz🇵🇱
deceasedathlete · 1913–2011
Days lived
35,529
Peter Duesberg🇺🇸
deceasedchemist · 1936–2026
Days lived
32,549
Phil Masinga🇿🇦
deceasedSouth African footballer (1969-2019) · 1969–2019
Days lived
18,096
Salvador Novo🇲🇽
deceasedjournalist · 1904–1974
Days lived
25,369
Sergei Utochkin🇺🇦
deceasedathlete · 1876–1916
Days lived
14,428
Sophie Taeuber-Arp🇨🇭
deceasedartist · 1889–1943
Days lived
19,716
Victor Aronstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-Jewish doctor (1896-1945) · 1896–1945
Days lived
17,604
Xavier Martínez🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican artist (1869-1943) · 1869–1943
Days lived
27,002
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
55,529
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,207
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,555
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,218
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,093
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
37,998
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
37,998
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
37,998
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,998
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
37,998
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,998
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,998
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,998
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
37,998
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,998
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
37,998
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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
36,903
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
63,200
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
8,843
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
61,373
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,070
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,643
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,085
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,051
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,685
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,129
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,781
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,580
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,094
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,112
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,781
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,133
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,676
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,586
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,563
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,023
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,445
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
11,983
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,800
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,095
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,408
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,365
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,144