On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 6 2005
Born on This Day
Albert Friedrich Speer🇩🇪
deceasedarchitect (1863–1947) · 1863–1947
Days lived
30,644
Amadeus August🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1942-1992) · 1942–1992
Days lived
18,324
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Amra Sadiković🇨🇭
Swiss female tennis player · b. 1989
Days alive
5,844
André-Joseph Léonard🇧🇪
philosopher · b. 1940
Days alive
23,741
Anna Krylov🇺🇸
theoretical chemist · b. 1967
Days alive
13,880
Baekhyun (Byun Baek-hyun)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (EXO) · b. 1992
Days alive
4,748
Bernhard Nebel🇩🇪
German artificial intelligence researcher · b. 1956
Days alive
17,897
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Chris Paul🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305
Christian Clavier🇫🇷
French actor and screenwriter · b. 1952
Days alive
19,358
Christian Morgenstern🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1871–1914
Days lived
15,669
Cole Palmer
association football player · b. 2002
Days alive
1,096
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Daniel Alves
Notable Trials · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
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Dick Loggere🇳🇱
deceasedfield hockey player · 1921–2014
Days lived
34,206
Dominic Holland🇬🇧
Comedian · b. 1967
Days alive
13,880
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Dries Mertens🇧🇪
football player · b. 1987
Days alive
6,575
Dustin Nippert🇺🇸
film director · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
Edwin Q. Cannon🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician · 1918–2005
Days lived
31,747
Erich Fried🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian writer (1921–1988) · 1921–1988
Days lived
24,672
Franz Koller🇦🇹
Austrian politician · b. 1947
Days alive
21,185
Franziska Pigulla🇩🇪
deceasedactress (1964-2019) · 1964–2019
Days lived
20,016
Fritz Katzmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1906-1957) · 1906–1957
Days lived
18,764
George Clooney🇺🇸
actor · b. 1961
Days alive
16,071
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Gerardo Parra🇻🇪
Venezuelan former professional baseball player, coach · b. 1987
Days alive
6,575
Gerd Kanter🇪🇪
Estonian athletics competitor and coach (born 1979) · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Hanns Dieter Hüsch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman author, cabaret artist, actor, songwriter and radio commentator (1925–2005) · 1925–2005
Days lived
29,434
Hartmut Becker🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1938–2022) · 1938–2022
Days lived
30,577
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Hermann Grab🇦🇹
deceasedwriter · 1903–1949
Days lived
16,890
Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1893-1961) · 1893–1961
Days lived
25,065
Itamar Ben-Gvir🇮🇱
Lawyer · b. 1976
Days alive
10,592
Iván de la Peña🇪🇸
Spanish footballer · b. 1976
Days alive
10,592
Jaime Winstone🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305
Janne Furch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor, screenwriter and writer (1915-1992) · 1915–1992
Days lived
28,086
José Maria Marin🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian lawyer, sports director, and politician (1932–2025) · 1932–2025
Days lived
34,043
King Charles🇬🇧
Singer · b. 1988
Days alive
6,209
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Konrad Henlein🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1898–1945
Days lived
17,170
Luis María Drago🇦🇷
deceasedArgentine politician (1859-1921) · 1859–1921
Days lived
22,679
Lyubov Popova
deceasedartist · 1889–1924
Days lived
12,802
Marie-Aude Murail🇫🇷
French writer · b. 1954
Days alive
18,628
Mario Stojić🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1980
Days alive
9,131
Martha Nussbaum🇺🇸
American philosopher · b. 1947
Days alive
21,185
Matthias A. K. Zimmermann🇨🇭
artist · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
Max Ophüls🇫🇷
deceasedGerman film director (1902-1957) · 1902–1957
Days lived
20,048
Maximilien Robespierre
deceasedNotable Trials · 1758–1794
Days lived
13,232
Meek Mill
Rapper & Activist · b. 1987
Days alive
6,575
Naomi Scott🇬🇧
British actress · b. 1993
Days alive
4,383
Orson Welles🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1915–1985
Days lived
25,725
Paul Silverberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Jewish entrepreneur and jurist (1876-1959) Industrialist, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rheinische AG, Braunkohlenbergbau und Brikettfabrikation and Rheinisches Braunkohlensyndikat GmbH Cologne · 1876–1959
Days lived
30,466
Prince Archie of Sussex
schoolchild · b. 2019
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Roman Kreuziger🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
Russ Gibson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1939-2008) · 1939–2008
Days lived
25,285
Shamier Anderson
Actor · b. 1991
Days alive
5,114
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Sigmund Freud🇦🇹
deceasedYouTube personality · 1856–1939
Days lived
30,454
Till Demtrøder🇩🇪
German actor and voice actor · b. 1967
Days alive
13,880
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Tony Blair🇬🇧
politician · b. 1953
Days alive
18,993
Vlad Filat
entrepreneur · b. 1969
Days alive
13,149
Walter Müller🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1911–1969
Days lived
21,120
Weeb Ewbank🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player, coach, and executive, basketball player and coach (1907–1998) · 1907–1998
Days lived
33,433
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince🇩🇪
deceasedPrussian Crown Prince (1882-1951) · 1882–1951
Days lived
25,276
Died on This Day
Audomar Scheuermann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Catholic theologian and canonist (1908–2000) · 1908–2000
Days lived
33,545
Bertie Charles Forbes🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican financial journalist, founder of Forbes Magazine (1880–1954) · 1880–1954
Days lived
27,019
Candye Kane🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1961–2016
Days lived
19,898
Charles Foulkes🇬🇧
deceasedBritish general and field hockey player (1875–1969) · 1875–1969
Days lived
34,427
Choe Sang-rim
deceasedKorean independence activist (1888–1945) · 1888–1945
Days lived
20,623
Dean L. May🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican academic and filmmaker (1938-2003) · 1938–2003
Days lived
23,771
Ernst Waldow🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1893–1964
Days lived
25,824
Georgina Cates🇬🇧
deceasedActor · 1975–2026
Days lived
18,740
Giulio Andreotti🇮🇹
deceasedItalian politician and statesman (1919–2013) · 1919–2013
Days lived
34,446
Guido Brignone🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1886-1959) · 1886–1959
Days lived
26,448
Günther Jerschke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1921-1997) · 1921–1997
Days lived
27,604
Heinrich Berlin🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist, archaeologist and prehistorian (1915-1988) · 1915–1988
Days lived
26,473
Helene Weigel🇦🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1900–1971
Days lived
25,926
Henri Carton de Wiart🇧🇪
deceasedwriter · 1869–1951
Days lived
30,044
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Irmtraud Morgner🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1933–1990
Days lived
20,711
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1892–1979) · 1892–1979
Days lived
31,807
Lotte Jacobi🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1896–1990
Days lived
34,229
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Maria Montessori🇮🇹
deceasedItalian pedagogue and physician (1870-1952) · 1870–1952
Days lived
29,833
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Marlene Dietrich🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1901–1992
Days lived
33,003
Max Westerkamp
deceasedfield hockey player (1912–1970) · 1912–1970
Days lived
21,029
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Menahem Pressler🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1923–2023
Days lived
36,301
Sergei Izotov
deceasedSoviet scientist and jet engines designer (1917—1983) · 1917–1983
Days lived
24,051
Ted Turner🇺🇸
deceasedEntrepreneur · 1938–2026
Days lived
31,945
Vida Blue🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1949–2023
Days lived
26,945
Willy Schäfer🇩🇪
deceasedtelevision actor (1933-2011) · 1933–2011
Days lived
28,550
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
55,642
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,320
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,668
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,331
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,206
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,111
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,111
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,111
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,111
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,111
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,111
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,111
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,111
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,111
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,111
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,111
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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
37,016
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
63,313
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
8,956
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
61,486
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,183
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,756
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,198
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,164
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,798
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,242
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,894
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,693
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,207
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,225
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,894
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,246
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,789
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,699
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,676
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,136
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,558
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,096
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,913
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,208
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,521
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,478
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,257