On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 3 2005
Born on This Day
Ales Adamovich
deceasedSoviet Belarusian writer (1927–1994) · 1927–1994
Days lived
24,252
Alexander Klaws🇩🇪
singer · b. 1983
Days alive
8,036
Arjan Bajwa🇮🇳
actor · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
Benoît Potier🇫🇷
entrepreneur · b. 1957
Days alive
17,532
Boniface N'Dong🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1977
Days alive
10,227
Bracha van Doesburgh🇳🇱
Dutch actress · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
Chamath Palihapitiya🇱🇰
Venture Investor & Fund Manager · b. 1976
Days alive
10,592
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Dominic Thiem🇦🇹
Austrian male tennis player · b. 1993
Days alive
4,383
Donald Fisher🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman (1928–2009) · 1928–2009
Days lived
29,609
Dorothea Douglass🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish tennis and badminton player (1878–1960) · 1878–1960
Days lived
29,710
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Eduardo Galeano🇪🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1940–2015
Days lived
27,250
Eileen Gu🇨🇳
Freestyle skier · b. 2003
Days alive
731
Emil Stehle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman bishop and theologian (1926–2017) · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,128
Ferdinand Porsche🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1875–1951
Days lived
27,542
Fritz Pregl🇦🇹
deceasedSlovene-Austrian Nobel prize laureate and scientist (1869-1930) · 1869–1930
Days lived
22,380
Gareth Southgate🇬🇧
English professional football manager and former player (born 1970) · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784
Godfrey Dewey🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican sports executive (1887–1977) · 1887–1977
Days lived
32,917
Hans Hass🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1946–2009
Days lived
22,944
Hubert Fournier🇫🇷
French association football manager and former player · b. 1967
Days alive
13,880
Jack Dylan Grazer
actor · b. 2003
Days alive
731
Jean Jaurès🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1859–1914
Days lived
20,054
Jim Sieval
deceasedDutch baseball player (1952-2009) · 1952–2009
Days lived
20,838
Joy (Park Soo-young)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (Red Velvet) · b. 1996
Days alive
3,287
Kaia Gerber🇺🇸
Supermodel, Actress · b. 2001
Days alive
1,461
León Ferrari🇦🇷
deceasedArgentine artist (1920-2013) · 1920–2013
Days lived
33,928
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Lothar Bolz
deceasedGerman politician (1903-1986) · 1903–1986
Days lived
30,433
Marianne Kiefer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1928-2008) · 1928–2008
Days lived
28,977
Martin Straka🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1972
Days alive
12,053
Mary Parker Follett🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican academic (1868-1933) · 1868–1933
Days lived
23,846
Max Brauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1887-1973) · 1887–1973
Days lived
31,198
Peter Capell🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1912-1986) · 1912–1986
Days lived
26,844
Peter Fox🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1971
Days alive
12,419
Peter-Jürgen Boock🇩🇪
German terrorist · b. 1951
Days alive
19,724
Petr Čáslava🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Pierre Malet🇫🇷
French actor · b. 1955
Days alive
18,263
Redfoo🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1975
Days alive
10,958
Rob Page🇬🇧
football player · b. 1974
Days alive
11,323
Sakmara Ilyenko🇷🇺
deceasedRussian philologist (1923-2019) · 1923–2019
Days lived
34,827
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Shakti Kapoor🇮🇳
Indian film actor · b. 1952
Days alive
19,358
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Shaun White
actor · b. 1986
Days alive
6,940
Stefan Dohr🇩🇪
musician · b. 1965
Days alive
14,610
Susi Nicoletti🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1918–2005
Days lived
31,687
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Wally Albright🇺🇸
deceasedathlete · 1925–1999
Days lived
27,001
Died on This Day
Andrzej Nartowski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish basketball player (1931–2003) · 1931–2003
Days lived
26,226
Buddy Blattner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1920–2009) · 1920–2009
Days lived
32,715
Daniel Elmen
deceasedentrepreneur · 1885–1932
Days lived
17,050
Ekkehard Schall🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1930–2005
Days lived
27,491
Frank Capra🇺🇸
deceasedmilitary person · 1897–1991
Days lived
34,440
Gaspard II de Coligny
deceasedNotable Trials · 1519–1572
Days lived
19,548
Géo Voumard🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss musician (1920–2008) · 1920–2008
Days lived
32,052
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Hermann Breith🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1892–1964
Days lived
26,416
Jo Jones🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz drummer (1911–1985) · 1911–1985
Days lived
26,995
John Ashbery🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1927–2017
Days lived
32,910
Max Bodenstein🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1871–1942
Days lived
25,982
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Piet Ouderland🇳🇱
deceasedDutch football player (1933–2017) · 1933–2017
Days lived
30,851
Rüdiger Rainer Minor🇩🇪
deceasedGerman bishop (1939–2017) · 1939–2017
Days lived
28,683
Sugar Ramos🇲🇽
deceasedMexican boxer (1941–2017) · 1941–2017
Days lived
27,669
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
55,762
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,440
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,788
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,451
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,326
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,231
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,231
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,231
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,231
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,231
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,231
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,231
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,231
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,231
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,231
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,231
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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
37,136
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
63,433
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
9,076
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
61,606
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,303
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,876
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,318
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,284
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,918
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,362
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
46,014
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,813
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,327
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,345
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
51,014
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,366
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,909
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,819
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,796
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,256
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,678
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,216
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
11,033
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,328
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,641
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,598
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,377