On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
February 18 2005
Born on This Day
Alois Purgathofer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian Astronomer (1925–1984) · 1925–1984
Days lived
21,573
András Ecsédi🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1949
Days alive
20,454
Angéla Németh🇭🇺
deceasedathletics competitor · 1946–2014
Days lived
25,005
Angelika Niebler🇩🇪
German politician, MEP · b. 1963
Days alive
15,341
Artur Axmann🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1913–1996
Days lived
30,564
Augusto Daolio🇮🇹
deceasedItalian singer (1947-1992) · 1947–1992
Days lived
16,668
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Bidzina Ivanishvili
politician · b. 1956
Days alive
17,898
Cameron Clapp🇺🇸
Canadian amputee sportsman · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
Christian Tiffert🇩🇪
German association football player and manager · b. 1982
Days alive
8,401
Connor Smith🇮🇪
football player · b. 1993
Days alive
4,383
Cybill Shepherd🇺🇸
singer · b. 1950
Days alive
20,089
David Vaughan🇬🇧
Welsh footballer (born 1983) · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
Det de Beus🇳🇱
deceasedDutch field hockey player (1958–2013) · 1958–2013
Days lived
20,242
Didier Monczuk🇫🇷
French association football player · b. 1961
Days alive
16,071
DK (Lee Seok-min)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (SEVENTEEN) · b. 1997
Days alive
2,922
Dr. Dre
Notable Trials · b. 1965
Days alive
14,610
Efva Attling🇸🇪
jewelry designer · b. 1952
Days alive
19,359
Ernst Grissemann🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1934–2023
Days lived
32,464
Fabrizio De André🇮🇹
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1940–1999
Days lived
21,512
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Feng Fei🇨🇳
film director · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
Forest Evashevski🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and coach (1918-2009) · 1918–2009
Days lived
33,492
Gerhard Klopfer🇩🇪
deceasedofficial of the Nazi Party and assistant to Martin Bormann in the Office of the Party Chancellery (1905-1987) · 1905–1987
Days lived
29,930
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Gerhard Marcks🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1889–1981
Days lived
33,870
Graeme Garden🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1943
Days alive
22,646
Grahanandan Singh🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player (1926–2014) · 1926–2014
Days lived
32,434
Günther Schramm🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1929
Days alive
27,759
Gustav von Wangenheim🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1895-1975) · 1895–1975
Days lived
29,387
Hagen Liebing🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1961–2016
Days lived
20,308
Hans Woellke
deceasedGerman shot putter (1911-1943) · 1911–1943
Days lived
11,720
Hedwig Courths-Mahler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1867–1950) · 1867–1950
Days lived
30,596
Heinrich Ewers🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge, priest and theologian (1906-1992) · 1906–1992
Days lived
31,587
Heinz Kühn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (SPD) (1912-1992) · 1912–1992
Days lived
29,243
Hermann Florstedt
deceasedmilitary person · 1895–2000
Days lived
38,302
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Ian Hacking🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian philosopher · 1936–2023
Days lived
31,858
István Szabó🇭🇺
Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director (born 1938) · b. 1938
Days alive
24,472
John Travolta🇺🇸
American actor (born 1954) · b. 1954
Days alive
18,628
Jung Hoseok (J-Hope)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (BTS) · b. 1994
Days alive
4,018
Kathrin Wörle-Scheller🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1984
Days alive
7,671
Kristina Reynolds🇩🇪
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1984
Days alive
7,671
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Krisztián Pars🇭🇺
Hungarian hammer thrower · b. 1982
Days alive
8,401
Lorenz Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman zoologist (1868–1953) · 1868–1953
Days lived
31,029
Ludwig Woltmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist, zoologist, philosopher (1871–1907) · 1871–1907
Days lived
13,129
Margaret H. Wright🇺🇸
American computer scientist and academic · b. 1944
Days alive
22,281
Miloš Forman🇺🇸
deceasedCzech American director, screenwriter, and professor (1932–2018) · 1932–2018
Days lived
31,466
Oliver Pocher🇩🇪
German comedian and entertainer · b. 1978
Days alive
9,862
Otto Rahn
deceasedGerman SS officer and writer (1904–1939) · 1904–1939
Days lived
12,807
Paco Rabanne🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish-French fashion designer (1934-2023) · 1934–2023
Days lived
32,492
Paul Eltzbacher🇩🇪
deceasedGerman lawyer (1868-1928) · 1868–1928
Days lived
22,164
Randy Crawford🇺🇸
American jazz and R&B singer · b. 1952
Days alive
19,359
René Tinner🇨🇭
Swiss recording engineer · b. 1953
Days alive
18,993
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Roberta Vinci🇮🇹
Italian female tennis player · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
Rolf Wilhelm Brednich🇩🇪
deceasedGerman folklorist, ethnologist, music arranger, editor and university teacher (1935-2023) · 1935–2023
Days lived
32,427
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Samantha Crawford🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1995
Days alive
3,653
Toni Morrison🇺🇸
deceasedAfrican American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019) · 1931–2019
Days lived
32,310
Valery Zorkin🇷🇺
scientist · b. 1943
Days alive
22,646
Vernon (Chwe Hansol)🇺🇸
K-pop Idol (SEVENTEEN) · b. 1998
Days alive
2,557
Vika Jigulina
Moldovan-Romanian singer, record producer and DJ · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
Walter Andrae🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archeologist and architect (1875-1956) · 1875–1956
Days lived
29,745
Wilhelm Külz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1875-1948) · 1875–1948
Days lived
26,714
Yoko Ono🇯🇵
Peace activist · b. 1933
Days alive
26,298
Died on This Day
Alain Robbe-Grillet🇫🇷
deceasedFrench author and film director (1922–2008) · 1922–2008
Days lived
31,230
Andy Marefos🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1917-1996) · 1917–1996
Days lived
28,706
Carl Wilhelm Wirtz
deceasedGerman astronomer (1876–1939) · 1876–1939
Days lived
22,822
Claus Roxin🇩🇪
deceasedGerman jurist (1931–2025) · 1931–2025
Days lived
34,248
Franz Marischka🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1918–2009
Days lived
33,104
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe🇩🇪
deceasedGerman tennis player (1888–1949) · 1888–1949
Days lived
22,222
Gene Hackman🇨🇭
deceasedOscar Winners · 1930–2025
Days lived
34,718
Günter Blobel🇺🇸
deceasedGerman American biologist (1999 Nobel Prize) · 1936–2018
Days lived
29,858
Leopoldo Lugones🇦🇷
deceasedArgentine poet · 1874–1938
Days lived
23,260
Martin Jole
deceasedDutch baseball player (1930–2004) · 1930–2004
Days lived
27,076
Max Mack🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film personality (1884-1973) · 1884–1973
Days lived
32,261
Miles Jackson-Lipkin🇬🇧
deceasedHong Kong judge and criminal (1924–2012) · 1924–2012
Days lived
32,046
Otto Beisheim🇨🇭
deceasedentrepreneur · 1924–2013
Days lived
32,554
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Richard Bright
deceasedActor · 1937–2006
Days lived
25,072
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Robert Oppenheimer🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1904–1967
Days lived
22,947
Werner von Melle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1853-1937) · 1853–1937
Days lived
30,438
Zareh I
deceasedCatholicos of Cilicia (1915-1963) · 1915–1963
Days lived
17,536
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
55,565
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,243
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,591
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,254
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,129
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,034
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,034
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,034
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,034
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,034
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,034
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,034
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,034
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,034
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,034
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,034
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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
36,939
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
63,236
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
8,879
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
61,409
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,106
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,679
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,121
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,087
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,721
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,165
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,817
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,616
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,130
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,148
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,817
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,169
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,712
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,622
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,599
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,059
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,481
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,019
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,836
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,131
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,444
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,401
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,180