On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 8 2005
Born on This Day
Achille Van Acker🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1898–1975
Days lived
28,216
Adolf Rosenberger🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1900–1967
Days lived
24,713
Aleksandre Chivadze
athlete · b. 1955
Days alive
18,263
Anouk🇳🇱
singer · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958
Arabella Kiesbauer🇩🇪
actor · b. 1969
Days alive
13,149
Ariel Hernández🇨🇺
boxer · b. 1972
Days alive
12,053
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Betty Ford🇺🇸
deceasedDancer · 1918–2011
Days lived
34,059
Brian McDermott🇬🇧
association football player and manager (born 1961) · b. 1961
Days alive
16,071
Bruno Stagno Ugarte🇨🇷
Costa Rican politician · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784
Christoph Hein🇩🇪
YouTube personality · b. 1944
Days alive
22,280
Edmund Husserl
deceasedphilosopher · 1859–1938
Days lived
28,873
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Edwin Dutton🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer and manager (1890–1970) · 1890–1970
Days lived
29,122
Emil Cioran🇷🇴
deceasedRomanian-French philosopher and essayist (1911–1995) · 1911–1995
Days lived
30,754
Erik Charell🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1894-1974) · 1894–1974
Days lived
29,317
Erwin Keller🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player · 1905–1971
Days lived
24,220
Frédéric Back🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian animator (1924–2013) · 1924–2013
Days lived
32,767
Gaetano Capasso🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest and historian (1927-1998) · 1927–1998
Days lived
26,015
Günter Pfitzmann🇩🇪
deceasedactor (1924-2003) · 1924–2003
Days lived
28,906
Iwan Bloch
deceasedGerman dermatologist and sexologist (1872-1922) · 1872–1922
Days lived
18,486
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Jacques Brel🇧🇪
deceasedactor · 1929–1978
Days lived
18,081
James Hampton🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1909–1964
Days lived
20,299
Jeremy Hellickson🇺🇸
American professional baseball pitcher · b. 1987
Days alive
6,575
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Joe Kernan🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1946–2020
Days lived
27,141
John Havlicek🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player (1940–2019) · 1940–2019
Days lived
28,871
John Madden🇬🇧
English theatre, film, television, and radio director · b. 1949
Days alive
20,454
Kim Eun-jung🇰🇷
South Korean association football player · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
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Kofi Annan🇬🇭
deceasedpolitician · 1938–2018
Days lived
29,352
Lady Baldwin🇺🇸
deceasedMajor League Baseball player (1859–1937) · 1859–1937
Days lived
28,457
Manuel Ortega🇦🇹
Austrian singer · b. 1980
Days alive
9,131
Marat İlhamof🇷🇺
Russian scientist · b. 1934
Days alive
25,933
Marek Čech🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1976
Days alive
10,592
Mary Pickford🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian actress and producer (1892–1979) · 1892–1979
Days lived
31,826
Matty Healy🇬🇧
Singer-songwriter · b. 1989
Days alive
5,844
Melvin Calvin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican biochemist (1911–1997) · 1911–1997
Days lived
31,322
Mickey Murtagh🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1904-1993) · 1904–1993
Days lived
32,450
Minami Takahashi🇯🇵
Japanese idol, singer and tarento · b. 1991
Days alive
5,114
Raymond Schwartz🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1894–1973
Days lived
28,890
Richard Neutra🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian–American architect (1892-1970) · 1892–1970
Days lived
28,496
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Robin Wright
Actor · b. 1966
Days alive
14,245
Ron Johnson
politician · b. 1955
Days alive
18,263
Sofi Mkheyan
Armenian singer · b. 1984
Days alive
7,670
Türkiz Talay🇩🇪
actor · b. 1974
Days alive
11,323
Wang Chuanfu🇨🇳
Chinese chemist and manager · b. 1966
Days alive
14,245
Winifred Asprey🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist and mathematician (1917–2007) · 1917–2007
Days lived
33,066
Yared Dibaba🇩🇪
German actor, television presenter and radio host · b. 1969
Days alive
13,149
Yevgeni Kurdus🇷🇺
Russian footballer · b. 1992
Days alive
4,748
Died on This Day
Abel Muzorewa
deceasedfirst and only prime minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979-80) · 1925–2010
Days lived
31,040
Alexander Francis Chamberlain🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian anthropologist (1865–1914) · 1865–1914
Days lived
17,982
Carl August Brückner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman priest (1872–1949) · 1872–1949
Days lived
28,155
Christiane Nielsen🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1936–2007
Days lived
25,777
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Chuck McCann🇺🇸
deceasedStand-up comedian · 1934–2018
Days lived
30,534
Erich Rudorffer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman World War II fighter pilot (1917–2016) · 1917–2016
Days lived
35,953
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Erich von Falkenhayn🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1861–1922
Days lived
22,123
Hermann Fränkel🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-born American classical philologist · 1888–1977
Days lived
32,477
Horia Demian🇷🇴
deceasedRomanian basketball player · 1942–1989
Days lived
17,166
Karl Heinrich Emil Becker
deceasedchemist · 1879–1940
Days lived
22,030
Kiyotsugu Hirayama🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese astronomer (1874-1943) · 1874–1943
Days lived
25,013
Lizzi Waldmüller🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actor and singer (1904–1945) · 1904–1945
Days lived
14,928
Margaret Thatcher
deceasedpolitician · 1925–2013
Days lived
31,954
Marian Anderson
deceasedopera singer · 1897–1993
Days lived
35,109
Mariusz Zaruski🇵🇱
deceasedathlete · 1867–1941
Days lived
27,095
Michael Felke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman furniture manufacturer (1895-1977) · 1895–1977
Days lived
29,940
Pablo Picasso🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973) · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,402
Robert Bárány🇸🇪
deceasedAustri-Hungarian otologist and Nobel Prize laureate · 1876–1936
Days lived
21,900
Robert Lehmann-Nitsche
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1872-1938) · 1872–1938
Days lived
23,890
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Uwe Bohm🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1962–2022) · 1962–2022
Days lived
21,990
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Vaslav Nijinsky🇵🇱
deceasedBallet dancer · 1889–1950
Days lived
22,306
Yukiko Okada🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese pop singer (1967-1986) · 1967–1986
Days lived
6,804
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
55,614
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,292
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,640
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,303
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,178
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,083
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,083
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,083
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,083
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,083
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,083
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,083
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,083
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,083
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,083
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,083
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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
36,988
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
63,285
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
8,928
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
61,458
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,155
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,728
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,170
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,136
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,770
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,214
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,866
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,665
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,179
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,197
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,866
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,218
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,761
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,671
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,648
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,108
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,530
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,068
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,885
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,180
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,493
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,450
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,229