On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 1 2006
Born on This Day
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
deceasedpolitician · 1924–2015
Days lived
33,047
Albert Höfer🇦🇹
deceasedtheologian (1932–2022) · 1932–2022
Days lived
32,700
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Álex Abrines🇪🇸
Spanish basketball player · b. 1993
Days alive
4,748
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Arthur Mahler🇨🇿
deceasedAustrian archeologist and sionist politician (1871-1944) murdered in Holocaust · 1871–1916
Days lived
16,345
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Axel Milberg🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1956
Days alive
18,262
Bastian Schweinsteiger🇩🇪
German association football player · b. 1984
Days alive
8,035
Carlos Alexandre Souza Silva🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1986
Days alive
7,305
Carmen Stephan🇩🇪
German journalist and novelist · b. 1974
Days alive
11,688
Charles Winslow🇿🇦
deceasedSouth African tennis player (1888–1963) · 1888–1963
Days lived
27,437
Chris Iwelumo🇬🇧
football player · b. 1978
Days alive
10,227
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Christoph Baumgartner
association football player · b. 1999
Days alive
2,557
Dan Donegan🇺🇸
musician · b. 1968
Days alive
13,879
David James🇬🇧
football player · b. 1970
Days alive
13,149
Dennis Lawrence
football player · b. 1974
Days alive
11,688
Ernst Jandl🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian poet, dramatic and writer (1925–2000) · 1925–2000
Days lived
27,341
Frank Livingstone🇳🇿
deceasedNew Zealand lawn bowls competitor · 1886–1966
Days lived
29,235
Gaston Castel🇫🇷
deceasedFrench architect (1886-1971) · 1886–1971
Days lived
30,872
Gene Chen🇨🇳
deceasedAmerican martial artist (1938-2001) · 1938–2001
Days lived
22,954
George de Hevesy🇭🇺
deceasedchemist · 1885–1966
Days lived
29,557
Grant Schubert🇦🇺
field hockey player · b. 1980
Days alive
9,496
Hafizullah Amin
deceasedAfghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher (1929–1979) · 1929–1979
Days lived
18,410
Hajo Herrmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman bomber pilot (1913–2010) · 1913–2010
Days lived
35,525
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Héctor Méndez🇦🇷
deceasedboxer · 1897–1977
Days lived
29,353
Heinz Ellenberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman botanist (1913–1997) · 1913–1997
Days lived
30,590
Hermann Baumann🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1934–2023
Days lived
32,657
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iago Aspas🇪🇸
Spanish association football player · b. 1987
Days alive
6,940
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İdil Üner🇩🇪
German-Turkish actress · b. 1971
Days alive
12,784
Jack Kramer🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1921–2009) · 1921–2009
Days lived
32,184
James Gleick🇺🇸
American author and historian of science (born 1954) · b. 1954
Days alive
18,993
James Mourilyan Tanner🇬🇧
deceasedscientist · 1920–2010
Days lived
32,882
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Jason Momoa🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1979
Days alive
9,862
Jean-Pierre Torrell🇫🇷
deceasedFrench theologian · 1927–2025
Days lived
35,822
Jörn Schlönvoigt🇩🇪
German actor and singer · b. 1986
Days alive
7,305
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Karen Carney🇬🇧
football player · b. 1987
Days alive
6,940
Kim Chaewon🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (LE SSERAFIM) · b. 2000
Days alive
2,191
Marcel Schlutt🇩🇪
journalist · b. 1977
Days alive
10,592
María Ignacia Benítez🇨🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1958–2019
Days lived
22,126
Masaichi Kaneda🇯🇵
deceasedfilm director · 1933–2019
Days lived
31,477
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Mike Wallace🇺🇸
American football player (born 1986) · b. 1985
Days alive
7,670
Oona Laurence
Actor · b. 2002
Days alive
1,461
Otto Kästner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman boxer · 1909–2002
Days lived
33,756
Reinhold Wulle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1882-1950) · 1882–1950
Days lived
24,820
Selina Cadell🇬🇧
British actress · b. 1953
Days alive
19,358
Sergei Mandreko🇦🇹
deceasedRussian footballer (1971–2022) · 1971–2022
Days lived
18,482
Tendai Mtawarira🇿🇼
South African rugby union footballer · b. 1985
Days alive
7,670
Tiffany Young🇺🇸
K-pop Idol (Solo Artist / Girls' Generation) · b. 1989
Days alive
6,209
Tina Bachmann🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1978
Days alive
10,227
Uri Cohen-Mintz🇮🇱
basketball player · b. 1973
Days alive
12,053
Walter Gerlach🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1889–1979
Days lived
32,880
Yaşar Yakış
deceasedTurkish diplomat (1938–2024) · 1938–2024
Days lived
31,376
Zhang Yang🇨🇳
deceasedChinese general of the People's Liberation Army (1951-2017) · 1951–2017
Days lived
24,221
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Died on This Day
Alex Dupont🇫🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1954–2020
Days lived
24,139
Anton Pfrogner🇦🇹
deceasedCzechoslovak senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and German nation politician (1886-1961) · 1886–1961
Days lived
27,335
Ascan Lutteroth🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge · 1874–1960
Days lived
31,284
Corazon Aquino🇵🇭
deceasedpolitician · 1933–2009
Days lived
27,947
Fakir Musafar🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican body piercer, photographer and BDSM figure · 1930–2018
Days lived
32,133
Francis Gary Powers
deceasedNotable Trials · 1929–1977
Days lived
17,516
Gertrude Welcker🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1896-1988) · 1896–1988
Days lived
33,618
Israel Zangwill🇬🇧
deceasedBritish Zionist author (1864–1926) · 1864–1926
Days lived
22,837
Joseph Schacht🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1902–1969
Days lived
24,611
Kevin Lynch🇮🇪
deceasedIrish hunger striker (1956-1981) · 1956–1981
Days lived
9,199
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Lidia Zamenhof🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1904–1942
Days lived
14,064
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Manuel L. Quezon🇵🇭
deceasedpolitician · 1878–1944
Days lived
24,088
Otto Bayer🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1902–1982
Days lived
29,125
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Otto Heinrich Warburg🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1883–1970
Days lived
31,708
Paul Hirsch
deceasedGerman politician (1868-1940) · 1868–1940
Days lived
26,189
Pierre Claverie🇫🇷
deceasedAlgerian bishop (1938–1996) · 1938–1996
Days lived
21,270
Rainer Brandt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1936–2024) · 1936–2024
Days lived
32,337
Sándor Szabó🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1948–2018
Days lived
25,584
Sviatoslav Richter
deceasedpianist · 1915–1997
Days lived
30,085
Tadeusz Reichstein🇵🇱
deceasedscientist · 1897–1996
Days lived
36,171
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Vincent Pastore🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1946–2026
Days lived
29,238
Walter Ulbricht🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1893–1973
Days lived
29,251
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
56,094
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,772
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
42,120
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,783
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,658
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,563
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,563
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,563
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,563
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,563
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,563
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,563
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,563
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,563
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,563
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,563
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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
37,468
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
63,765
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
9,408
Tilikum🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1981–2017
Days lived
12,796
Stubbs🇺🇸
deceasedOrange tabby cat · 1997–2017
Days lived
7,405
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,938
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,635
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
61,208
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,650
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,616
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
50,250
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,694
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
46,346
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
667,145
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,659
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,677
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
51,346
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,698
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
27,241
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
25,151
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
23,128
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,588
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
18,010
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,548
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
11,365
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,660
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,973
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,930
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,709