On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 21 2005
Born on This Day
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A. Linwood Holton, Jr.🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician (1923–2021) · 1923–2021
Days lived
35,832
Abdur Rahman Chughtai🇵🇰
deceasedpainter (1894-1975) · 1894–1975
Days lived
29,337
Alexander Isak
association football player · b. 1999
Days alive
2,192
Anton Piëch
deceasedActor · 1894–1952
Days lived
21,161
Bill Murray🇺🇸
American actor and comedian · b. 1950
Days alive
20,089
Brady Poppinga🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Caleb Deschanel🇺🇸
American cinematographer and director of film and television · b. 1944
Days alive
22,280
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Charlotte Froese Fischer🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian-American applied mathematician and computer scientist · 1929–2024
Days lived
34,473
Chen (Kim Jong-dae)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (EXO) · b. 1992
Days alive
4,748
Cheryl Hines
Actor · b. 1965
Days alive
14,610
Christian Streiff🇫🇷
French businessman · b. 1954
Days alive
18,628
Christos Tapoutos🇬🇷
basketball player · b. 1982
Days alive
8,401
Elden Auker🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1910–2006
Days lived
35,016
Erna Scheffler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge; the first woman judge at the German Federal Constitutional Court (1893–1983) · 1893–1983
Days lived
32,749
Friedrich Robert von Beringe
deceasedGerman Army officer (1865-1940) · 1865–1940
Days lived
27,315
Gerő Buzás🇭🇺
deceasedmodel · 1904–1987
Days lived
30,103
Gertraud Wagner-Schöppl🇦🇹
Austrian politician · b. 1956
Days alive
17,897
H. G. Wells🇬🇧
deceasedjournalist · 1866–1946
Days lived
29,180
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes🇳🇱
deceasedscientist · 1853–1926
Days lived
26,450
Heinz Drossel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Righteous Among the Nations (1916–2008) · 1916–2008
Days lived
33,457
Hella Roth🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1963
Days alive
15,341
Hermann Knoflacher🇦🇹
scientist · b. 1940
Days alive
23,741
Horst Buhtz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman association football player and manager (1923–2015) · 1923–2015
Days lived
33,420
Jean Pütz🇩🇪
German science journalist and television presenter · b. 1936
Days alive
25,202
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Jimmy Armfield🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish footballer (1935-2018) · 1935–2018
Days lived
30,074
Josef Harpe🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1887–1968) · 1887–1968
Days lived
29,394
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Julio González🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish artist (1876–1942) · 1876–1942
Days lived
23,927
Kareena Kapoor Khan🇮🇳
Film actor · b. 1980
Days alive
9,131
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Karen Webb🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1971
Days alive
12,419
Kwame Nkrumah
deceasedwriter · 1909–1972
Days lived
22,864
Larry Hagman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1931–2012) · 1931–2012
Days lived
29,649
Leonard Cohen🇨🇦
deceasedsinger · 1934–2016
Days lived
29,998
Liam Gallagher🇬🇧
singer · b. 1972
Days alive
12,053
Ludwig Georg Braun🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1943
Days alive
22,646
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Luke Wilson🇺🇸
American actor (born 1971) · b. 1971
Days alive
12,419
Martin Christoffel🇨🇭
deceasedchess player (1922-2001) · 1922–2001
Days lived
28,684
Max Immelmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman flying ace (1890–1916) · 1890–1916
Days lived
9,401
Milan Mladenović🇭🇷
deceasedrapper · 1958–1994
Days lived
13,194
Nicole Richie🇺🇸
American television personality and actress · b. 1981
Days alive
8,766
Ombretta Colli🇮🇹
Italian politician, actress and singer · b. 1943
Days alive
22,646
Paulo Costanzo🇨🇦
actor · b. 1978
Days alive
9,862
Preston Tucker🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman (1903-1956) · 1903–1956
Days lived
19,455
Rainer Rupp🇩🇪
German spy · b. 1945
Days alive
21,915
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Ricki Lake🇺🇸
American television host and actress (born 1968) · b. 1968
Days alive
13,514
Rinat Akhmetov🇺🇦
businessperson · b. 1966
Days alive
14,245
Rudy Youngblood🇺🇸
Mexican-born Native American actor · b. 1982
Days alive
8,401
Sidney Moncrief🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1957
Days alive
17,532
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao🌍
Film director · b. 1931
Days alive
27,029
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Stephen King🇺🇸
actor · b. 1947
Days alive
21,185
Sudha Chandran🇮🇳
actor · b. 1964
Days alive
14,975
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Tadej Pogačar
sport cyclist · b. 1998
Days alive
2,557
Taral Hicks🇺🇸
American actress and singer · b. 1974
Days alive
11,323
Vera Int-Veen🇩🇪
German journalist and TV presenter · b. 1967
Days alive
13,880
Vico Torriani🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss actor and singer (1920-1998) · 1920–1998
Days lived
28,281
Yury Luzhkov🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1936–2019
Days lived
30,395
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Died on This Day
Abraham Flexner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican educator · 1866–1959
Days lived
33,914
Angry Anderson🇦🇺
deceasedSinger · 1947–2026
Days lived
28,902
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Archie Taiaroa🇳🇿
deceasedpolitician · 1937–2010
Days lived
26,924
Artur Phleps🇷🇴
deceasedmilitary person · 1881–1944
Days lived
22,941
Benjamin Graham🇬🇧
deceasedInvestor & Author · 1894–1976
Days lived
30,085
Benny Golson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (1929–2024) · 1929–2024
Days lived
34,938
Bertha Krupp🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1886–1957
Days lived
26,108
Claus Holm🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1918–1996) · 1918–1996
Days lived
28,538
Eleanor Bone🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish wiccan (1911–2001) · 1910–2001
Days lived
33,153
Florence Griffith Joyner🇺🇸
deceasedathlete · 1959–1998
Days lived
14,154
Herbert Meier🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss author (1928-2018) · 1928–2018
Days lived
32,895
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Hubert Rouger🇫🇷
deceasedjournalist · 1875–1958
Days lived
30,300
Johannes Hoffmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1890–1967) · 1890–1967
Days lived
28,030
Karl Heinz Klee🇦🇹
deceasedathlete · 1930–2008
Days lived
28,594
Kenji Miyazawa🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933) · 1896–1933
Days lived
13,538
Kurt Adler🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1907–1977
Days lived
25,772
Liliane Bettencourt
deceasedentrepreneur · 1922–2017
Days lived
34,669
Magnus Lavonius🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish politician and business magnate · 1870–1948
Days lived
28,444
Otto Grotewohl
deceasedGerman politician (1894–1964) · 1894–1964
Days lived
25,761
Richard Schorr🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1867–1951) · 1867–1951
Days lived
30,712
Robert Lowie🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican anthropologist (1883–1957) · 1883–1957
Days lived
27,129
Yoram Gross🇦🇺
deceasedPolish-Australian animation producer and director (1926–2005) · 1926–2015
Days lived
32,480
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
55,780
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,458
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,806
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,469
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,344
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,249
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,249
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,249
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,249
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,249
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,249
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,249
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,249
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,249
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,249
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,249
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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
37,154
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
63,451
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
9,094
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
61,624
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,321
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,894
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,336
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,302
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,936
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,380
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
46,032
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,831
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,345
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,363
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
51,032
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,384
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,927
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,837
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,814
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,274
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,696
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,234
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
11,051
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,346
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,659
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,616
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,395