On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 5 2005
Born on This Day
Abid Surti🇮🇳
writer · b. 1935
Days alive
25,568
Adele
Music · b. 1988
Days alive
6,209
Alice Faye🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress and singer (1915–1998) · 1915–1998
Days lived
30,320
Andor Lilienthal🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian chess player (1911–2010) · 1911–2010
Days lived
36,163
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Arnold Meijer🇳🇱
deceasedDutch fascist politician (1905–1965) · 1905–1965
Days lived
21,958
Artyom Kondrashkin🇷🇺
Russian footballer · b. 1991
Days alive
5,114
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Aryna Sabalenka
tennis player · b. 1998
Days alive
2,557
Axel Fischer🇩🇪
politician · b. 1966
Days alive
14,245
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Bill Ward🇬🇧
English drummer (born 1948) · b. 1948
Days alive
20,819
Blind Willie McTell🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1898–1959
Days lived
22,385
Boban Babunski🇲🇰
Macedonian association football player · b. 1968
Days alive
13,514
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Carles Cardó🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish priest, writer and poet · 1884–1958
Days lived
26,985
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Carlos Alcaraz
tennis player · b. 2003
Days alive
731
Chris Brown🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1989
Days alive
5,844
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Craig David🇬🇧
British singer (born 1981) · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
Dieter Zetsche🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1953
Days alive
18,993
Don Warren🇺🇸
American football player and scout · b. 1956
Days alive
17,897
Dudu Tucci🇧🇷
Brazilian musician · b. 1955
Days alive
18,263
Elsie Eaves🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1898–1983
Days lived
31,006
Georgios Papadopoulos
deceasedNotable Trials · 1919–1999
Days lived
29,273
Glenn Simpson🇦🇺
Australian male field hockey player · b. 1987
Days alive
6,575
Hayim Baltsan🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli journalist (1910–2002) · 1910–2002
Days lived
33,704
Hideki Irabu🇯🇵
deceasedfilm director · 1969–2011
Days lived
15,420
Hugh Neilson🇬🇧
deceasedScottish field hockey player (1884-1930) · 1884–1930
Days lived
16,964
Ingeborg Wellmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and voice actress (1924–2015) · 1924–2015
Days lived
33,118
Jerzy Skolimowski🇵🇱
Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor · b. 1938
Days alive
24,472
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Jessica Schwarz🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
Jessie Cave🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1987
Days alive
6,575
Joanna Semmelrogge🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1990
Days alive
5,479
John Maxton🇬🇧
deceasedBritish politician (1936 - 2025) · 1936–2025
Days lived
32,706
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John Rhys-Davies🇬🇧
actor · b. 1944
Days alive
22,280
Joseph Almogi🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician (1910-1991) · 1910–1991
Days lived
29,766
Justin Kluivert
association football player · b. 1999
Days alive
2,192
Lai Runming🇨🇳
weightlifter · b. 1963
Days alive
15,341
Leon Czolgosz
deceasedNotable Trials · 1873–1901
Days lived
10,403
Maggie MacNeal
Dutch singer · b. 1950
Days alive
20,089
Mark Keller🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1965
Days alive
14,610
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Markus Kuhn🇩🇪
American football player from Germany · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
Michael Green🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1972
Days alive
12,053
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Michael Palin🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1943
Days alive
22,646
Neelesh Misra🇮🇳
Author · b. 1973
Days alive
11,688
Paul Barbarin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1899–1969) · 1899–1969
Days lived
25,483
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Rachel Unitt🇬🇧
football player · b. 1982
Days alive
8,401
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Richard E. Grant🇬🇧
Explorer · b. 1957
Days alive
17,532
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Roman Protasevich🇧🇾
Notable Trials · b. 1995
Days alive
3,653
Sebastian Hess🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1971–2021
Days lived
18,382
Susanne Wollschläger🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1965
Days alive
14,610
Tony Canadeo🇺🇸
deceasedPlayer of American football (1919-2003) · 1919–2003
Days lived
30,889
Vitor Faverani🇪🇸
basketball player · b. 1988
Days alive
6,209
Died on This Day
Allene Ray🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1901–1979
Days lived
28,612
Diran Manoukian🇫🇷
deceasedOlympic field hockey player (1919-2020) · 1919–2020
Days lived
36,935
Dudley DeGroot🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football, basketball, rugby union footballer, American football, basketball, and baseball coach (1899-1970) · 1899–1970
Days lived
25,743
Heinz Mellmann🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1913–1945
Days lived
11,499
Herbert Felix🇸🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1908–1973
Days lived
23,676
Irmgard Keun🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1905-1982) · 1905–1982
Days lived
28,212
John Flynn🇦🇺
deceasedAustralian Presbyterian minister and founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (1880-1951) · 1880–1951
Days lived
25,727
Ludwig Erhard🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1897–1977
Days lived
29,309
Montagu C. Butler🇬🇧
deceasedmusician · 1884–1970
Days lived
31,511
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Myron Charles Taylor🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican diplomat (1874–1959) · 1874–1959
Days lived
31,152
Park Kyung-ni🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean writer (1926-2008) · 1926–2008
Days lived
29,775
Philipose Mar Chrysostom🇮🇳
deceasedMetropolitan Emeritus of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of India · 1918–2021
Days lived
37,629
Reverend Gary Davis🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican blues and gospel singer and guitarist (1896–1972) · 1896–1972
Days lived
27,763
shajimon🇮🇳
deceasedFilm producer
Thorvald Eigenbrod🇩🇰
deceasedDanish field hockey player (1892-1977) · 1892–1977
Days lived
30,834
Trimbak Bapuji Thombre
deceasedIndian Marathi poet (1890–1918) · 1890–1918
Days lived
10,126
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua🇳🇬
deceasedPresident of Nigeria (1951-2010) · 1951–2010
Days lived
21,447
Willi Schlage🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess master (1888–1940) · 1888–1940
Days lived
18,759
Wolfgang Neuss🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1923–1989
Days lived
23,875
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
55,641
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,319
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,667
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,330
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,205
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,110
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,110
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,110
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,110
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,110
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,110
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,110
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,110
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,110
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,110
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,110
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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
37,015
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
63,312
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
8,955
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
61,485
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,182
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,755
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,197
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,163
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,797
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,241
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,893
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,692
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,206
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,224
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,893
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,245
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,788
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,698
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,675
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,135
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,557
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,095
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,912
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,207
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,520
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,477
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,256