On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 2 2005
Born on This Day
Alessandro Cagliostro
deceasedNotable Trials · 1743–1795
Days lived
19,078
Ana Cristina Cesar🇧🇷
deceasedwriter · 1952–1983
Days lived
11,471
Barry Michael🇦🇺
Australian boxer · b. 1955
Days alive
18,263
Brad Mika🇳🇿
New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
Bruno Schleinstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and musician (1932-2010) · 1932–2010
Days lived
28,559
Carlo Scarpa🇮🇹
deceasedItalian architect and designer (1906–1978) · 1906–1978
Days lived
26,477
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Darin Zanyar🇸🇪
singer · b. 1987
Days alive
6,575
Darren Tulett🇬🇧
journalist · b. 1965
Days alive
14,610
Dr. Ring-Ding🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784
Earl Boykins🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1976
Days alive
10,592
František Plánička🇨🇿
deceasedfootball player · 1904–1996
Days lived
33,651
Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster🇩🇪
deceasedGerman academic, philosopher, editor and pacifist (1869-1966) · 1869–1966
Days lived
35,284
Giuseppe Lepori🇨🇭
deceasedmember of the Swiss Federal Council (1902-1968) · 1902–1968
Days lived
24,203
Graham Bonney🇬🇧
actor · b. 1943
Days alive
22,646
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Hannes Ringlstetter🇩🇪
musician · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784
Ion Antonescu
deceasedNotable Trials · 1882–1946
Days lived
23,374
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Irène Schweizer🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss jazz pianist (1941–2024) · 1941–2024
Days lived
30,360
Jack Lowden🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1990
Days alive
5,479
James Ransone🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1979–2025
Days lived
17,002
Jared Burton🇺🇸
film director · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
Jeanine Pirro🇺🇸
Lawyer · b. 1951
Days alive
19,724
Jo Vandeurzen🇧🇪
politician · b. 1958
Days alive
17,167
Joseph Hannesschläger🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1962–2020
Days lived
21,051
Julius Tafel🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1862–1918
Days lived
20,545
Kai Nürnberger🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1966
Days alive
14,245
Karl Erckert🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1894–1955
Days lived
22,475
Klaus-Michael Kühne🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1937
Days alive
24,837
Konrad Theodor Preuss
deceasedGerman ethnologist (1869–1938) · 1869–1938
Days lived
25,207
Kuo Yi-hang
Taiwanese weightlifter · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958
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Lydia Lunch🇺🇸
American singer, author and actress · b. 1959
Days alive
16,802
Makai Lemon🌍
American football player · b. 2004
Days alive
365
Marcel Reich-Ranicki🇵🇱
deceasedjournalist · 1920–2013
Days lived
34,076
Margarethe Noé von Nordberg🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1905–1995
Days lived
33,052
Margot Trooger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1923-1994) · 1923–1994
Days lived
25,894
Marquis de Sade
deceasedNotable Trials · 1740–1814
Days lived
27,210
Max Rubner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physiologist and hygienist (1854–1932) · 1854–1932
Days lived
28,453
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Miyuki Sawashiro🇯🇵
actor · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305
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Mohammad Pakpour🇮🇷
deceasedMilitary personnel · 1961–2026
Days lived
23,647
Pavel Korchagin🇷🇺
football player · b. 1990
Days alive
5,479
Piero Ottaviano🇮🇹
deceasedItalian presbyter (1938-2005) · 1938–2005
Days lived
24,561
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, 7th Prince of Wied🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1931–2000
Days lived
25,290
Richard Long🇬🇧
British sculptor (born 1945) · b. 1945
Days alive
21,915
Roberto Petagine🇻🇪
film director · b. 1971
Days alive
12,419
Ryan Lindley🇺🇸
American football quarterback · b. 1989
Days alive
5,844
Sergio Agüero🇦🇷
Argentine association football player · b. 1988
Days alive
6,209
Sibylle Berg🇨🇭
German-Swiss writer (born 1962) · b. 1962
Days alive
15,706
Valaida Snow🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1904-1956) · 1904–1956
Days lived
18,990
Vlada Vukoičić🇷🇸
Serbian basketball coach · b. 1973
Days alive
11,688
Walter Andreas Schwarz🇩🇪
deceasedsinger, author, Kabarettist, author of radio dramas and translator (1913-1992) · 1913–1992
Days lived
28,793
Willy Moon🇳🇿
singer · b. 1989
Days alive
5,844
Yoshihiro Ito🇯🇵
deceasedfilm director · 1982–2025
Days lived
15,832
Yuliia Dovhal🇺🇦
Ukrainian Olympic weightlifter · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
Died on This Day
Anthony de Mello🇮🇳
deceasedIndian writer (1931-1987) · 1931–1987
Days lived
20,360
Arthur W. Kopp🇺🇸
deceasedU.S. Representative (1874-1967) · 1874–1967
Days lived
34,061
August Hirt🇨🇭
deceasedGerman anatomist and SS officer (1898-1945) · 1898–1945
Days lived
17,200
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Bo Diddley🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1928–2008
Days lived
29,009
Dick Bird
deceasedBritish priest (1933-2010) · 1933–2010
Days lived
28,187
Edward Brown Glass🇬🇧
deceasedAnglican Archdeacon · 1913–1995
Days lived
29,921
Eric Mobley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player (1970–2021) · 1970–2021
Days lived
18,749
George S. Kaufman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer (1889-1961) · 1889–1961
Days lived
26,130
Guido Seeber🇩🇪
deceasedGerman cinematographer (1879-1940) · 1879–1940
Days lived
22,260
Helen Jacobs🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1908–1997) · 1908–1997
Days lived
32,442
Herbert Quandt🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1910–1982
Days lived
26,278
Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt🇦🇹
deceasedscientist · 1928–2018
Days lived
32,859
Joachim Mrugowsky🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician, SS officer, Chief of Hygiene Institute of the Waffen-SS and convicted war criminal (1905-1948) · 1905–1948
Days lived
15,632
Karl Brandt🇺🇸
deceasedNotable Trials · 1904–1948
Days lived
16,217
Karl Gebhardt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and convicted war criminal (1897–1948) · 1897–1948
Days lived
18,453
Kitione Lave🌍
deceasedBoxer · 1934–2006
Days lived
26,345
Larry Allen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football guard (1971–2024) · 1971–2024
Days lived
19,181
Lou Gehrig🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1903–1941
Days lived
13,863
Louis de Wohl🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1903–1961
Days lived
21,314
Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis🇩🇪
deceasedGerman prince (1862-1885) · 1862–1885
Days lived
8,379
Nile Kinnick🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player · 1918–1943
Days lived
9,094
Peabo Bryson🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1951–2026
Days lived
27,444
Raj Kapoor🇮🇳
deceasedIndian film actor, producer and director · 1924–1988
Days lived
23,181
Rex Harrison
deceasedOscar Winners · 1908–1990
Days lived
30,039
Richard Norris Williams🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1891-1968) · 1891–1968
Days lived
28,248
Viktor Brack🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1904–1948
Days lived
15,911
Waldemar Hoven🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician, SS officer and convicted war criminal (1903-1948) · 1903–1948
Days lived
16,549
Willem Duys🇺🇸
deceasedrapper · 1928–2011
Days lived
30,239
Wolfgang Hilbig🇩🇪
deceasedGerman novelist (1941–2007) · 1941–2007
Days lived
24,016
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
55,669
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,347
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,695
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,358
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,233
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,138
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,138
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,138
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,138
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,138
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,138
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,138
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,138
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,138
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,138
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,138
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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
37,043
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
63,340
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
8,983
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
61,513
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,210
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,783
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,225
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,191
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,825
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,269
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,921
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,720
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,234
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,252
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,921
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,273
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,816
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,726
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,703
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,163
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,585
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,123
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,940
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,235
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,548
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,505
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,284