On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 18 2005
Born on This Day
Abd-ru-shin
deceasedwriter · 1875–1941
Days lived
24,338
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Alia Shawkat🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1989
Days alive
5,844
Alina Margolis-Edelman🇵🇱
deceasedPolish physician (1922-2008) · 1922–2008
Days lived
31,386
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Álvaro Rubio🇪🇸
football player · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
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Audrey Tang🇹🇼
politician · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766

Brian Buscher🇺🇸
film director · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
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Christian Menefee🇺🇸
Politician · b. 1988
Days alive
6,209

Conan O'Brien🇺🇸
Television presenter · b. 1963
Days alive
15,341

Derrick Brooks🇺🇸
American football player and executive (born 1973) · b. 1973
Days alive
11,688

Eli Roth🇺🇸
Film producer · b. 1972
Days alive
12,053
Erwin Gehrts🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1890-1943) · 1890–1943
Days lived
19,290

Esther Schweins🇩🇪
actor · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784

Friedrich von Thiersch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1852-1921) · 1852–1921
Days lived
25,449
GoonRock🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia🇷🇺
deceasedartist · 1890–1958
Days lived
25,075
Günter Meisner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1926–1994) · 1926–1994
Days lived
25,068
Hartmut Griesmayr🇩🇪
German film director and screenwriter · b. 1945
Days alive
21,915

Ivan Ljavinec
deceasedCatholic bishop (1923–2012) · 1923–2012
Days lived
32,743
Jeff Dunham🇺🇸
American ventriloquist and comedian · b. 1962
Days alive
15,706
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Jerzy Stuhr🇵🇱
deceasedPolish film and theater actor and screenwriter (1947–2024) · 1947–2024
Days lived
28,207
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Jessica Lu🇺🇸
American actress · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305

Johanna Loisinger🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1865–1951
Days lived
31,503
Karim Abdul Razak🇬🇭
Ghanaian football manager and former player · b. 1956
Days alive
17,897

Karl Färber🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1888-1979) · 1888–1979
Days lived
33,223

Kourtney Kardashian
model · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Ludwig Levy
deceasedGerman Jewish architect (1854-1907) whose wife Flora was killed in the Theresienstadt concentration camp · 1854–1907
Days lived
19,583
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Łukasz Fabiański🇵🇱
football player · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305

Michael D. Higgins🇮🇪
politician · b. 1941
Days alive
23,376

Michael Felke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman furniture manufacturer (1895-1977) · 1895–1977
Days lived
29,940
Milan Jovanović🇷🇸
football player · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766

Neo Rauch🇩🇪
German painter (born 1960) · b. 1960
Days alive
16,436
Oldřich Machač🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1946–2011
Days lived
23,855
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Olivier Besancenot🇫🇷
French politician · b. 1974
Days alive
11,323

Robert Hanssen
deceasedFormer FBI Agent · 1944–2023
Days lived
28,902
Robert Kelker-Kelly🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1964–2026
Days lived
22,813

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley🇬🇧
Model · b. 1987
Days alive
6,575
Ruth Ogbeifo🇳🇬
Nigerian weightlifter · b. 1972
Days alive
12,053

Tadeusz Mazowiecki🇵🇱
deceasedPolish politician and prime minister (1927-2013) · 1927–2013
Days lived
31,605

Teddy Sadaoui🇫🇷
French rugby league footballer · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036

Thomas Haffa🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1952
Days alive
19,358

Wend von Wietersheim🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1900–1975
Days lived
27,547

Zazie🇫🇷
singer-songwriter · b. 1964
Days alive
14,975

Zeki Alasya
deceasedTurkish actor and director (1943–2015) · 1943–2015
Days lived
26,318
Died on This Day

Albert Einstein🇩🇪
deceasedTheoretical physicist · 1879–1955
Days lived
27,793
Arthur Böckenhauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician and judge (1899-1953) · 1899–1953
Days lived
19,575
Benny Hill🇬🇧
deceasedBritish comedian and actor (1924–1992) · 1924–1992
Days lived
24,925
Boris Nikiforovich Zolotych🇷🇺
deceasedRussian technician, specialist in electrophysical methods of metalworkers, publications in the field · 1920–2008
Days lived
32,234
Dick Clark
deceasedactor · 1929–2012
Days lived
30,090

Ernie Pyle🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1900–1945
Days lived
16,329
Frank Dostal🇩🇪
deceasedrapper · 1945–2017
Days lived
26,056
Gert Schramm🇩🇪
deceasedBlack German concentration camp survivor; the only black prisoner at Buchenwald concentration camp (1928–2016) · 1928–2016
Days lived
31,918

Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock🇩🇪
deceasedGerman World War II U-boat captain (1911-1986) · 1911–1986
Days lived
27,157
Heinz Radzikowski🇩🇪
deceasedWest German field hockey player (1925-2017) · 1925–2017
Days lived
33,461
John M. Oesterreicher🇦🇹
deceasedCatholic priest, academic and author (1904–1993) · 1904–1993
Days lived
32,583

Jozef Tiso🇭🇺
deceasedSlovak politician, priest and president of the Slovak Republic from 1939 to 1945 · 1887–1947
Days lived
21,736
József Kő
deceasedmodel · 1902–1956
Days lived
19,828

Ken Jones🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh sprinter and rugby union footballer (1921-2006) · 1921–2006
Days lived
30,790
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Max von Gallwitz🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1852–1937
Days lived
31,031

Pierre Desproges🇫🇷
deceasedjournalist · 1939–1988
Days lived
17,877

Wahoo McDaniel🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and professional wrestler (1938-2002) · 1938–2002
Days lived
23,314
Werner Schumacher🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1921-2004) · 1921–2004
Days lived
30,300

William, Prince of Albania
deceasedmilitary person · 1876–1945
Days lived
25,224
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
55,624
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,302
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,650
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,313

Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,188
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,093
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,093
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,093
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,093
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,093
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,093

Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,093
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,093
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,093
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,093
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,093
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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
36,998
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
63,295
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
8,938
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
61,468
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,165
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,738
HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,180
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,146
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,780
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,224
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,876
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,675
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,189
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,207
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,876
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,228
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,771
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,681
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,658
Already Released
Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,118
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,540
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,078

Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,895

Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,190

Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,503

Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,460

The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,239