On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
July 9 2005
Born on This Day
Adam Muraszko🇵🇱
singer-songwriter · b. 1976
Days alive
10,592
Amanda Knox
Author & Activist · b. 1987
Days alive
6,575
Andrea Philipp🇩🇪
German sprinter · b. 1971
Days alive
12,419
Antoine Cason🇺🇸
American football player (born 1986) · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
Ashley Young🇬🇧
football player · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305
Bo Leuf🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish politician and writer (1952-2009) · 1952–2009
Days lived
20,743
Brian Williams🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh rugby union player, born 1960 · 1962–2007
Days lived
16,284
Courtney Love🇺🇸
Guitarist · b. 1964
Days alive
14,975
David Gillick🇮🇪
Irish sprinter, soccer player and motivational speaker · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
David Hockney🇬🇧
artist · b. 1937
Days alive
24,837
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Dick Esser
deceasedfield hockey player (1918-1979) · 1918–1979
Days lived
22,157
Dr. Motte🇩🇪
musician · b. 1960
Days alive
16,436
Eberhard Wächter🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian baritone (1929–1992) · 1929–1992
Days lived
22,909
Eduardo Fentanes🇲🇽
Mexican football manager · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
Eva Brumby🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1922-2002) · 1922–2002
Days lived
29,164
Eve Jobs🇺🇸
Model and equestrian (show jumper) · b. 1998
Days alive
2,557
Florian Trimpl🇩🇪
strongman · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Franz Boas🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American anthropologist · 1858–1942
Days lived
30,845
Friedrich Adler🇦🇹
deceasedNotable Trials · 1879–1960
Days lived
29,396
Gary Chaw🇹🇼
singer-songwriter · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Gustav Noske🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1868–1946
Days lived
28,632
Hanna R. Hall🇺🇸
actor · b. 1984
Days alive
7,670
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Hassan II🇲🇦
deceasedentrepreneur · 1929–1999
Days lived
25,581
Herbert Felix🇸🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1908–1973
Days lived
23,676
Ida Ehre🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1900–1989
Days lived
32,364
Jake Vargas🇵🇭
singer · b. 1992
Days alive
4,748
Jim Kerr🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1959
Days alive
16,802
Jimmy Smits🇺🇸
American actor (born 1955) · b. 1955
Days alive
18,263
Jiří Holík🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1944
Days alive
22,280
Joan Tompkins🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1915-2005) · 1915–2005
Days lived
32,712
João Paulo🇧🇷
Brazilian footballer · b. 1964
Days alive
14,975
Jordan Belfort
Notable Trials · b. 1962
Days alive
15,706
Kathleen Booth🇬🇧
deceasedBritish computer scientist (1922–2022) · 1922–2022
Days lived
36,607
Kevin Nash🇺🇸
American professional wrestler (born 1959) · b. 1959
Days alive
16,802
Konrad Alberti🇵🇱
deceasedGerman journalist (1862–1918) · 1862–1918
Days lived
20,438
Konrāds Kalējs🇺🇸
deceasedLatvian war criminal and Holocaust perpetrator (1913–2001) · 1913–2001
Days lived
32,264
Liam Rosenior🇬🇧
Association football player · b. 1984
Days alive
7,670
Lindsey Graham🇺🇸
politician · b. 1955
Days alive
18,263
Manfred Eicher🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1943
Days alive
22,646
Mark Medlock🇩🇪
German pop singer · b. 1978
Days alive
9,862
Mercedes Sosa🇦🇷
deceasedsinger · 1935–2009
Days lived
27,116
Mervyn Peake🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1911–1968
Days lived
20,951
Miguel Montero🇻🇪
Baseball player from Venezuela · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
Mitchel Musso
Notable Trials · b. 1991
Days alive
5,114
Nile Kinnick🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player · 1918–1943
Days lived
9,094
O. J. Simpson
deceasedNotable Trials · 1947–2024
Days lived
28,035
Ousmane Coulibaly🇫🇷
Malian and French association football player · b. 1989
Days alive
5,844
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Pamela Adlon
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
14,245
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Paolo Di Canio🇮🇹
Italian football player and manager · b. 1968
Days alive
13,514
Patrice Bart-Williams🇩🇪
German musician · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Paul Westermeier🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1892–1972) · 1892–1972
Days lived
29,319
Piia Suomalainen🇫🇮
Finnish female tennis player · b. 1984
Days alive
7,670
Richard Roundtree🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor and singer (1942–2023) · 1942–2023
Days lived
29,692
Scott Grimes🇺🇸
actor, voice actor, singer-songwriter · b. 1971
Days alive
12,419
Sebastian Sylvester🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1980
Days alive
9,131
Tom Hanks🇺🇸
Film actor · b. 1956
Days alive
17,897
Tommy Hottovy🇺🇸
American baseball player · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
Trent Green🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784
Viktor Hamburger🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1900–2001
Days lived
36,863
Viktor Yanukovych
Notable Trials · b. 1950
Days alive
20,089
Vladimír Kadlec🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1957
Days alive
17,532
Willi Stoph
deceasedpolitician · 1914–1999
Days lived
30,959
Died on This Day
Antonio Krastev
deceasedBulgarian weightlifter · 1961–2020
Days lived
21,457
Barbara Thompson🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer (1944–2022) · 1944–2022
Days lived
28,471
Brian Thomas🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh rugby union footballer and coach (1940-2012) · 1940–2012
Days lived
26,350
Charles Nicholl🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh rugby union player · 1870–1939
Days lived
25,221
Christian Audigier🇫🇷
deceasedFrench fashion designer (1958–2015) · 1958–2015
Days lived
20,868
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David Azrieli🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian-Israeli businessman · 1922–2014
Days lived
33,663
Eugen Fischer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1874-1967) · 1874–1967
Days lived
33,971
Friedrich Wegener🇩🇪
deceasedGerman pathologist (1907–1990) · 1907–1990
Days lived
30,505
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Han Hollander🇳🇱
deceasedsinger · 1886–1943
Days lived
20,730
Hans Günter Winkler🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1926–2018
Days lived
33,588
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Jerzy Stuhr🇵🇱
deceasedPolish film and theater actor and screenwriter (1947–2024) · 1947–2024
Days lived
28,207
Jorge Délano Frederick🇨🇱
deceasedjournalist · 1895–1980
Days lived
30,898
Martin Schempp🇩🇪
deceasedGerman engineer (1905–1984) · 1905–1984
Days lived
28,963
Max Clarenbach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman painter (1880-1952) · 1880–1952
Days lived
26,348
Maxine Singer🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican molecular biologist (1931–2024) · 1931–2024
Days lived
34,113
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Osvaldo Sáez🇨🇱
deceasedfootball player · 1923–1959
Days lived
13,114
Park Won-soon🇰🇷
deceasedpolitician · 1956–2020
Days lived
23,481
Randolph Mantooth🌍
deceasedActor · 1945–2026
Days lived
29,513
Rod Steiger
deceasedOscar Winners · 1925–2002
Days lived
28,210
Ross Perot
deceasednaval officer · 1930–2019
Days lived
32,519
Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
deceasedSaudi royal and foreign minister (1940–2015) · 1940–2015
Days lived
27,582
Sergey Kuryokhin🇷🇺
deceasedRussian musician (1954–1996) · 1954–1996
Days lived
15,364
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
55,706
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,384
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,732
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,395
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,270
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,175
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,175
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,175
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,175
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,175
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,175
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,175
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,175
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,175
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,175
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,175
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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
37,080
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
63,377
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
9,020
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
61,550
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,247
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,820
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,262
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,228
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,862
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,306
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
45,958
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,757
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,271
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,289
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
50,958
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,310
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,853
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,763
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,740
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,200
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,622
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,160
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
10,977
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,272
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,585
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,542
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,321