On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 14 2005
Historical Events
Atlantic Storm
politicsministerial exercise
Washington, D.C.
Born on This Day
Aarno Ruusuvuori🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish architect (1925-1992) · 1925–1992
Days lived
24,510
Adorno Corradini🇮🇹
athlete · b. 1954
Days alive
18,628
Albert Schweitzer🇫🇷
deceasedphilosopher · 1875–1965
Days lived
33,105
Alfred Lichtwark🇩🇪
deceasedGerman art historian (1852–1914) · 1852–1914
Days lived
22,644
Andrea Fischer🇩🇪
German politician (Bündnis 90/Greens) (1960-) · b. 1960
Days alive
16,437
Bev Perdue🇺🇸
politician · b. 1947
Days alive
21,185
Brandon Meriweather🇺🇸
American football player (born 1984) · b. 1984
Days alive
7,671
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Carl Weathers🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor and football player (1948–2024) · 1948–2024
Days lived
27,778
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Christoph Reuter🇩🇪
German journalist, war reporter · b. 1968
Days alive
13,515
Dave Grohl
guitarist · b. 1969
Days alive
13,149
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Declan Rice
association football player · b. 1999
Days alive
2,192
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Denzil Douglas
Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis · b. 1953
Days alive
18,993
Ernst Hartwig🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1851-1923) · 1851–1923
Days lived
26,406
Eugenio Lucas Villaamil🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish painter (1858-1918) · 1858–1918
Days lived
21,923
Fița Lovin🇷🇴
athletics competitor · b. 1951
Days alive
19,724
Franz Josef Popp
deceasedActor · 1886–1954
Days lived
25,032
Fritz Bayerlein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1899–1970) · 1899–1970
Days lived
25,948
Gaby Berger🇩🇪
musician · b. 1952
Days alive
19,359
Gene Snitsky🇺🇸
American professional wrestler · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784
Georgina Cates🇬🇧
deceasedActor · 1975–2026
Days lived
18,740
Giulio Andreotti🇮🇹
deceasedItalian politician and statesman (1919–2013) · 1919–2013
Days lived
34,446
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Hal Roach🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican filmmaker (1892–1992) · 1892–1992
Days lived
36,817
Hank Biasatti🇨🇦
deceasedfilm director · 1922–1996
Days lived
27,125
Harold Shipman
deceasedNotable Trials · 1946–2004
Days lived
21,183
Hasso von Manteuffel🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1897–1978
Days lived
29,837
Heinz Brücher🇦🇷
deceasedGerman SS officer and botanist (1915-1991) · 1915–1991
Days lived
28,096
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Howard Carpendale🇩🇪
actor · b. 1946
Days alive
21,550
J. Bernlef
deceasedwriter · 1937–2012
Days lived
27,682
Jason Bateman🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1969
Days alive
13,149
Joseph L. Green🇺🇸
journalist · b. 1931
Days alive
27,029
Kai (Kim Jong-in)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (EXO) · b. 1994
Days alive
4,018
Karl von Eberstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1894-1979) · 1894–1979
Days lived
31,072
Leo Ortolani🇮🇹
Italian comics author (1967-) · b. 1967
Days alive
13,880
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LL Cool J🇺🇸
singer · b. 1968
Days alive
13,515
Marc Keller🇫🇷
French footballer (born 1968) · b. 1968
Days alive
13,515
Michael Skasa🇩🇪
journalist · b. 1942
Days alive
23,011
Mike Pelfrey🇺🇸
film director · b. 1984
Days alive
7,671
Morris Simmonds🇩🇪
deceasedGerman pathologist (1855-1925) · 1855–1925
Days lived
25,800
Nick Romeo Reimann🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1998
Days alive
2,557
Osip Mandelstam🇵🇱
deceasedRussian poet and essayist (1891-1938) · 1891–1938
Days lived
17,513
Rainer Ludwig Claisen🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1851–1930
Days lived
28,845
Rambhadracharya🇮🇳
philosopher · b. 1950
Days alive
20,089
Robbie Brady🇮🇪
Irish footballer · b. 1992
Days alive
4,749
Rudolf Hagelstange🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1912–1984) · 1912–1984
Days lived
26,502
Rudolf Olden
deceasedJournalist, author, lawyer and human rights activist (1885–1940) · 1885–1940
Days lived
20,334
Shlomo Carlebach🇺🇸
deceasedJewish musician (1925–1994) · 1925–1994
Days lived
25,481
Steven Soderbergh🇺🇸
American filmmaker (born 1963) · b. 1963
Days alive
15,341
Thomas Watson
deceasedTech CEOs · 1914–1993
Days lived
29,206
Vasif Talibov
Azerbaijani politician · b. 1960
Days alive
16,437
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Víctor Valdés🇪🇸
Spanish association football player · b. 1982
Days alive
8,401
Yohan Cabaye🇫🇷
football player · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
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Yukio Mishima🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese author (1925–1970) · 1925–1970
Days lived
16,751
Zakk Wylde🇺🇸
singer · b. 1967
Days alive
13,880
Died on This Day
Aenne Biermann🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1898–1933
Days lived
12,735
Alan Rickman🇬🇧
deceasedActor, director · 1946–2016
Days lived
25,529
Aleksandras Machtas🇱🇹
deceasedLithuanian chess player · 1892–1973
Days lived
29,319
Anagarika Govinda🇸🇪
deceasedfounder of a Buddhist order (1898–1985) · 1898–1985
Days lived
31,653
Anaïs Nin🇨🇺
deceasedWriter · 1903–1977
Days lived
26,991
Bill Hewitt🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1909-1947) · 1909–1947
Days lived
13,612
Carl Hahn🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1926–2023
Days lived
35,261
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Carl Möhner🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1921–2005
Days lived
30,472
Ceslas Spicq🇫🇷
deceasedFrench Dominican and biblical scholar (1901–1992) · 1901–1992
Days lived
33,132
Curt Backeberg🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1894–1966
Days lived
26,097
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Daniel Balavoine🇫🇷
deceasedsinger · 1952–1986
Days lived
12,397
Elisabeth Trissenaar🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actress (1944–2024) · 1944–2024
Days lived
29,130
Ermenegildo Pistelli
deceasedItalian philologist and writer (1862-1927) · 1862–1927
Days lived
23,708
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Ernest Thesiger🇬🇧
deceasedactor (1879-1961) · 1879–1961
Days lived
29,949
Günther Möhring🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1936–2006) · 1936–2006
Days lived
25,252
Gustav Regler🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1898–1963
Days lived
23,609
Hardy Richardson🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1855–1931
Days lived
27,661
Humphrey Bogart🇺🇸
deceasedOscar Winners · 1899–1957
Days lived
20,839
John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover🇬🇧
deceasedBritish businessman (born 1927) · 1927–2022
Days lived
34,407
Katharina Rutschky🇩🇪
deceasedGerman author and educator (1941–2010) · 1941–2010
Days lived
25,191
Kim Min-jae🇰🇷
deceasedfilm director · 1973–2026
Days lived
19,369
Kurt Gödel🇺🇸
deceasedphilosopher · 1906–1978
Days lived
26,194
Lotte Hass🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian underwater diver and model; wife of Hans Hass (1928-2015) · 1928–2015
Days lived
31,480
Miro Allione🇮🇹
deceasedItalian executive, professor and writer · 1932–2006
Days lived
26,688
Peter Finch
deceasedOscar Winners · 1916–1977
Days lived
22,023
Petra Schürmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and model (1933–2010) · 1933–2010
Days lived
27,880
Rachel Fuller Brown🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist (1898–1980) · 1898–1980
Days lived
29,636
Rainer Stadelmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman egyptologist (1933-2019) · 1933–2019
Days lived
31,128
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Robert Lembke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television presenter (1913-1989) · 1913–1989
Days lived
27,513
Robert Odeman🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and musician (1904–1985) · 1904–1985
Days lived
29,265
Robert Trösch🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss actor (1911-1986) · 1911–1986
Days lived
27,079
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Sergei Korolev
deceasedscientist · 1907–1966
Days lived
21,552
Shalva Chikhladze🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1912–1997
Days lived
30,867
Siegfried Frederick Nadel🇦🇹
deceasedBritish anthropologist (1903–1956) · 1903–1956
Days lived
19,258
Victor Papanek🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican designer and educator (1923–1998) · 1923–1998
Days lived
27,082
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
55,530
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,208
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,556
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,219
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,094
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
37,999
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
37,999
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
37,999
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,999
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,999
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,999
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
37,999
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,999
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
37,999
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
37,999
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
37,999
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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
36,904
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
63,201
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
8,844
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
61,374
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,071
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,644
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,086
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,052
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,686
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,130
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,782
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,581
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,095
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,113
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,782
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,134
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,677
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,587
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,564
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,024
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,446
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
11,984
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,801
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,096
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,409
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,366
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,145