On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
November 9 2005
Born on This Day
Abel Khaled🇫🇷
French footballer · b. 1992
Days alive
4,748
Adam Dunn🇺🇸
film director · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Alessandro Del Piero🇮🇹
football player · b. 1974
Days alive
11,323
Axel Schulz🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1968
Days alive
13,514
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Benny Mardones🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer-songwriter · 1946–2020
Days lived
26,896
Bernd Eistert🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1902–1978
Days lived
27,588
Carl Sagan🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1934–1996
Days lived
22,687
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Chris Jericho🇨🇦
actor · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784
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Daphne Guinness🇮🇪
British and Irish artist and personality · b. 1967
Days alive
13,880
Dave Bush🇺🇸
film director · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Delta Goodrem🇦🇺
Singer · b. 1984
Days alive
7,670
Domino🇺🇸
rapper · b. 1970
Days alive
12,784
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Eddie Blay🇬🇭
deceasedGhanaian boxer (1937–2006) · 1937–2006
Days lived
25,177
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Enrico de Nicola🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1877–1959
Days lived
29,910
Erich Auerbach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman philologist (1892-1957) · 1892–1957
Days lived
23,713
Erika Mann🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1905–1969
Days lived
23,302
Erol Sander🇹🇷
Turkish-German actor (born 1968) · b. 1968
Days alive
13,514
Eugen Deutsch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman weightlifter (1907–1945) · 1907–1945
Days lived
13,606
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Florence R. Sabin🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1871–1953
Days lived
29,913
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George Wood🇺🇸
deceasedprofessional baseball player (1858-1924) · 1858–1924
Days lived
23,887
Georgy Skhirtladze
deceasedathlete · 1932–2008
Days lived
27,530
Giovanna Mezzogiorno🇮🇹
actor · b. 1974
Days alive
11,323
Hank Mizell🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1923–1992
Days lived
25,247
Hedy Lamarr🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1914–2000
Days lived
31,117
Helmut Wandmaker🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1916–2007
Days lived
33,124
Imre Kertész🇭🇺
deceasedjournalist · 1929–2016
Days lived
31,554
Inge Thulin🇺🇸
American businessperson and board member, former CEO 3M Company · b. 1953
Days alive
18,993
Jason Antoon🇺🇸
actor · b. 1971
Days alive
12,419
Jason Standridge🇺🇸
film director · b. 1978
Days alive
9,862
Johannes Schmoelling🇩🇪
German electronic musician · b. 1950
Days alive
20,089
Marco Bellocchio🇮🇹
Italian film director, screenwriter and actor (born 1939) · b. 1939
Days alive
24,107
Maria Blumencron🇦🇹
actor · b. 1965
Days alive
14,610
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Massiv🇩🇪
German rapper · b. 1982
Days alive
8,401
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Michael Kunze🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1943
Days alive
22,646
Mike Mareen🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1949
Days alive
20,454
Mikhail Tal🇱🇻
deceasedSoviet-Latvian chess player (1936-1992) · 1936–1992
Days lived
20,319
Momo (Hirai Momo)🇯🇵
K-pop Idol (TWICE) · b. 1996
Days alive
3,287
Moon Sung-hyun🇰🇷
film director · b. 1991
Days alive
5,114
Nicolas Koeckert🇩🇪
musician · b. 1979
Days alive
9,497
Paul Sérusier🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter (1864–1927) · 1864–1927
Days lived
22,976
Paula Broadwell🇺🇸
writer · b. 1972
Days alive
12,053
Renate Ewert🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1933–1966
Days lived
12,078
Robert Lehmann-Nitsche
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1872-1938) · 1872–1938
Days lived
23,890
Rudolf von Sebottendorf
deceasedGerman antisemite, freemason and founder of the Thule Society (1875-1945) · 1875–1945
Days lived
25,382
Sabri Lamouchi🇫🇷
football player · b. 1971
Days alive
12,419
Sergio Batista🇦🇷
Argentine association football player · b. 1962
Days alive
15,706
Spiro Agnew
deceasedNotable Trials · 1918–1996
Days lived
28,437
Velimir Khlebnikov
deceasedRussian writer (1885–1922) · 1885–1922
Days lived
13,379
Viktor Brack🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1904–1948
Days lived
15,911
Werner Veigel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1928–1995) · 1928–1995
Days lived
24,280
Wunder
Danish electronic sports player · b. 1998
Days alive
2,557
Yohei Oshima🇯🇵
film director · b. 1985
Days alive
7,305
Yvan Daniel🇫🇷
deceasedFrench writer (1909–1986) · 1909–1986
Days lived
28,081
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Zahara🇿🇦
deceasedsinger · 1987–2023
Days lived
13,181
Zisis Vryzas🇬🇷
Greek footballer · b. 1973
Days alive
11,688
Died on This Day
Albert Ballin🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1857–1918
Days lived
22,365
Andreas Paul Weber🇩🇪
deceasedGerman lithographer, draftsman and painter (1893-1980) · 1893–1980
Days lived
31,784
Art Carney
deceasedOscar Winners · 1918–2003
Days lived
31,051
Bill Tarmey🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1941–2012
Days lived
26,152
Carl Gustav Hempel🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1905–1997
Days lived
33,908
Charles de Gaulle🇫🇷
deceasedpolitician · 1890–1970
Days lived
29,206
David Bauer🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian ice hockey player · 1924–1988
Days lived
23,383
Emile Zuckerkandl🇺🇸
deceasedmolecular biologist (1922-2013) · 1922–2013
Days lived
33,366
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1903–1960) · 1903–1960
Days lived
20,924
Frank Malina🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1912–1981
Days lived
25,240
Giovanni Leone🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1908–2001
Days lived
33,974
Gitta Lind🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and singer (1925-1974) · 1925–1974
Days lived
18,103
Gottfried von Cramm🇩🇪
deceasedGerman tennis player (1909–1976) · 1909–1976
Days lived
24,597
Gustav Schmidt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist and graphic designer (1888–1972) · 1888–1972
Days lived
30,951
György Margó🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian field hockey player (1912–1988) · 1912–1988
Days lived
27,937
Hans-Joachim Klein🇫🇷
deceasedGerman left-wing militant (1947–2022) · 1947–2022
Days lived
27,352
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Helen Rose🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican costume designer (1904-1985) · 1904–1985
Days lived
29,866
Joseph D. Early🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1933–2012
Days lived
29,137
Klas Olofsson🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish film producer · 1943–2024
Days lived
29,879
Kurt Koch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman football manager (1919–2000) · 1919–2000
Days lived
29,593
Major Harris🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1947–2012
Days lived
24,015
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Miriam Makeba🇿🇦
deceasedsinger · 1932–2008
Days lived
28,009
Neville Chamberlain🇬🇧
deceasedpolitician · 1869–1940
Days lived
26,168
Ram Narayan🇮🇳
deceasedmusician · 1927–2024
Days lived
35,384
Rolf von Goth🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1906–1981
Days lived
27,398
Roman Cycowski🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1901–1998
Days lived
35,717
Ursula Reit🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1914–1998) · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,930
Vitus B. Dröscher🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television presenter, author and zoologist (1925–2010) · 1925–2010
Days lived
31,071
Yves Montand🇫🇷
deceasedFilm actor · 1921–1991
Days lived
25,594
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
55,829
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,507
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
41,855
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,518
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,393
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,298
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,298
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,298
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,298
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,298
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,298
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,298
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,298
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,298
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,298
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,298
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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
37,203
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
63,500
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
9,143
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
61,673
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,370
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
60,943
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,385
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,351
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
49,985
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,429
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
46,081
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
666,880
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,394
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,412
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
51,081
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,433
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
26,976
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
24,886
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
22,863
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,323
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
17,745
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,283
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
11,100
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,395
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,708
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,665
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,444