On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 9 2006
Born on This Day
Alan Nunnelee🇺🇸
deceasedU.S. Representative (1958-2015) · 1958–2015
Days lived
20,574
Bella Hadid🇺🇸
Supermodel, Entrepreneur · b. 1996
Days alive
3,652
Bob Galvin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman (1922–2011) · 1922–2011
Days lived
32,509
Brian Blessed🇬🇧
British actor (born 1936) · b. 1936
Days alive
25,567
Caparezza🇮🇹
singer-songwriter · b. 1973
Days alive
12,053
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Cedrik-Marcel Stebe🇩🇪
tennis player · b. 1990
Days alive
5,844
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David Cameron🇬🇧
politician · b. 1966
Days alive
14,610
Don Garber🇺🇸
American sports executive; as well as commissioner of the MLS · b. 1957
Days alive
17,897
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Don McCullin🇬🇧
British photographer (born 1935) · b. 1935
Days alive
25,933
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Emil Fischer🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1852–1919
Days lived
24,384
Eric Hyman🇺🇸
American football player and coach, college athletics administrator · b. 1950
Days alive
20,454
Fahid Ben Khalfallah🇫🇷
football player · b. 1982
Days alive
8,766
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France Gall🇫🇷
deceasedFrench singer · 1947–2018
Days lived
25,658
George Yury Right🇺🇸
Fantasy and sci-fi writer, anti-sex proponent · b. 1972
Days alive
12,418
Gerald Hay🇨🇦
Australian weightlifter · b. 1946
Days alive
21,915
Heinz Fischer🇦🇹
politician · b. 1938
Days alive
24,837
Horst Wessel🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1907–1930
Days lived
8,173
Jacques Tati🇫🇷
deceasedFrench filmmaker (1907-1982) · 1907–1982
Days lived
27,420
Jang Mi-ran🇰🇷
South Korean weightlifter · b. 1983
Days alive
8,401
Jim Tatum🇺🇸
film director · b. 1967
Days alive
14,245
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Jodelle Ferland
Actor · b. 1994
Days alive
4,383
Joe Sewell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1898-1990) · 1898–1990
Days lived
33,385
John Entwistle🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish musician; bassist for The Who (1944–2002) · 1944–2002
Days lived
21,080
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John Lennon🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1940–1980
Days lived
14,670
José Durán🇪🇸
Spanish boxer · b. 1945
Days alive
22,280
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Juninho Afram
singer · b. 1970
Days alive
13,149
Kurt von Tippelskirch🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1891–1957
Days lived
23,954
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Lauren Davis🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1993
Days alive
4,748
Lee Wiley🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1908–1975
Days lived
24,534
Leo Schwarz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman priest (1931–2018) · 1931–2018
Days lived
31,825
Lina Loos🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1882–1950
Days lived
24,711
Mia Aegerter🇨🇭
singer-songwriter · b. 1976
Days alive
10,957
Michael Shaw🇬🇧
deceasedpolitician · 1920–2021
Days lived
36,616
Nikolai Bukharin🇷🇺
deceasedRussian revolutionary and politician (1888–1938) · 1888–1938
Days lived
18,053
Pete Docter🇺🇸
American animator and film director · b. 1968
Days alive
13,879
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PJ Harvey🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1969
Days alive
13,514
Rita Wilden🇩🇪
German sprinter · b. 1947
Days alive
21,550
Ryszard Rynkowski🇵🇱
Polish musician and actor · b. 1951
Days alive
20,089
Sabine von Maydell🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1955
Days alive
18,628
Sayyid Qutb
deceasedNotable Trials · 1906–1966
Days lived
21,874
Sean Lennon🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1975
Days alive
11,323
Sergei Enwerowitsch Tchoban🇩🇪
artist · b. 1962
Days alive
16,071
Sophie Calle🇫🇷
artist · b. 1953
Days alive
19,358
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Starling Marte🇩🇴
film director · b. 1988
Days alive
6,574
Tatyana Lysenko🇷🇺
Russian hammer thrower · b. 1983
Days alive
8,401
Tina Ruland🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1966
Days alive
14,610
Trent Lott🇺🇸
actor · b. 1941
Days alive
23,741
Victor Klemperer🇵🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1881–1960
Days lived
28,613
Werner von Haeften🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1908–1944
Days lived
13,069
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Wolfgang Knaller🇦🇹
Austrian association football player · b. 1961
Days alive
16,436
Zachery Ty Bryan🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1981
Days alive
9,131
Died on This Day
Aileen Wuornos
deceasedNotable Trials · 1956–2002
Days lived
17,024
André Maurois🇫🇷
deceasedFrench author (1885–1967) · 1885–1967
Days lived
30,024
Billy Myles🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1924–2005
Days lived
29,626
Boris Paichadze
deceasedathlete · 1915–1990
Days lived
27,641
Carl W. Ackerman🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1890–1970
Days lived
29,485
Cliff Gallup🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican guitarist (1930–1988) · 1930–1988
Days lived
21,299
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish physical chemist (1897-1967) · 1897–1967
Days lived
25,678
Eddie Harvey🇬🇧
deceasedBritish pianist, music educator and jazz musician (1925-2012) · 1925–2012
Days lived
31,740
Frank Castleman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican hurdler and coach (1877-1946) · 1877–1946
Days lived
25,407
Hanns Braun
deceasedGerman athlete and sculptor (1886–1918) · 1886–1918
Days lived
11,670
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Jacques Brel🇧🇪
deceasedactor · 1929–1978
Days lived
18,081
József Baló🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian physician (1895–1979) · 1895–1979
Days lived
30,648
Kenny Rollins🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1923–2012
Days lived
32,533
Oskar Schindler
deceasedentrepreneur · 1908–1974
Days lived
24,270
Pieter Zeeman
deceasedDutch physicist (1865–1943) · 1865–1943
Days lived
28,625
Roy Black🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1943–1991
Days lived
17,789
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican gospel musician (1915–1973) · 1915–1973
Days lived
21,388
William P. Murphy🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican scientist (1892–1987) · 1892–1987
Days lived
34,943
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
56,163
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
44,841
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
42,189
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
41,852
Silas Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1895–2006) · 1895–2006
Days lived
40,557
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
39,727
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
38,632
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
38,632
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,632
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
38,632
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,632
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
38,632
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,632
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
38,632
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,632
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
38,632
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
38,632
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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
37,537
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
63,834
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
9,477
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
62,007
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
61,704
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
61,277
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
51,719
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
50,685
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
50,319
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
47,763
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
46,415
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
667,214
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
146,728
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
70,746
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
51,415
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
29,767
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
27,310
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
25,220
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
23,197
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
24,657
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
18,079
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
12,617
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
11,434
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
10,729
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
10,042
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
9,999
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
9,778