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December 19 2012

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Events on This Day

Starred in 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Chris Pratt
milestone

Born on This Day

Died on This Day

Amata Kabua
deceased
former President of the Marshall Islands (1928-1996) · 1928–1996
Days lived
24,869
🇺🇸Bill Froberg
deceased
baseball player (1957-2020) · 1957–2020
Days lived
23,053

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Born on December 19 Died on December 19 On This Day Day Lookup

Days alive

8,766

🇬🇧Alvin Lee

deceased

singer · 1944–2013

Days lived

24,914

🇺🇸Alyssa Milano

American actress (born 1972) · b. 1972

Days alive

14,610

🇩🇪Annemarie Sörensen

deceased

German actress (1913-1993) · 1913–1993

Days lived

28,868

🇩🇪Ben Becker

German actor (born 1964) · b. 1964

Days alive

17,532

🇩🇪Bernhard Vogel

deceased

German politician · 1932–2025

Days lived

33,676

🇺🇸Bobby Timmons

deceased

American pianist (1935-1974) · 1935–1974

Days lived

13,952

🇬🇷Branislav Prelević

basketball player · b. 1966

Days alive

16,802

Carlos Gomes Júnior

Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau · b. 1949

Days alive

23,011

🇩🇪Christine Laszar

deceased

actor · 1931–2021

Days lived

32,841

Cicely Tyson

deceased

stage actor · 1924–2021

Days lived

35,104

🇫🇷Colette Rolland

French computer scientist · b. 1943

Days alive

25,203

🇺🇦Dajos Béla

deceased

(1897–1978) fiddle-player and band-leader · 1897–1978

Days lived

29,570

🇷🇺Dantsig Baldayev

deceased

Soviet writer (1925-2005) · 1925–2005

Days lived

28,890

🇫🇷Édith Piaf

deceased

actor · 1915–1963

Days lived

17,462

🇮🇹Elisa

singer · b. 1977

Days alive

12,784

🇩🇪Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann

deceased

writer · 1916–2010

Days lived

34,064

Fikayo Tomori

association football player · b. 1997

Days alive

5,479

🇨🇦Galen Weston, Jr.

Canadian businessman · b. 1972

Days alive

14,610

🇩🇪Heike Lätzsch

field hockey player · b. 1973

Days alive

14,245

🇩🇪Herbert Hoffmann

deceased

German tattoo artist and photographer (1919–2010) · 1919–2010

Days lived

33,066

🇺🇸Jake Plummer

American football player (born 1974) · b. 1974

Days alive

13,880

🇩🇪Jens Lehmann

German cyclist and politician · b. 1967

Days alive

16,437

🇫🇷Julien Dupuy

French rugby union player · b. 1983

Days alive

10,593

🇨🇿Karel Svoboda

deceased

Czech composer (1938—2007) · 1938–2007

Days lived

24,877

Karim Benzema

Notable Trials · b. 1987

Days alive

9,132

🇺🇸Kevin McHale

basketball player · b. 1957

Days alive

20,089

🇫🇷Kim Woo-choong

deceased

South Korean businessman (1936–2019) · 1936–2019

Days lived

30,305

🇫🇷Laurent Bénézech

French rugby union player · b. 1966

Days alive

16,802

Lee Myung-bak

Notable Trials · b. 1941

Days alive

25,933

🇫🇷Marie Thérèse of France

deceased

Aristocrat · 1778–1851

Days lived

26,601

🇫🇷Maurice Bellet

deceased

French presbyter, philosopher and theologian (1923–2018) · 1923–2018

Days lived

34,441

🇩🇪Max Adalbert

deceased

actor · 1874–1933

Days lived

21,446

🇫🇷Mbaye Niang

Senegalese and French footballer · b. 1994

Days alive

6,575

🇨🇴Néstor Salazar

Colombian footballer · b. 1973

Days alive

14,245

🇮🇱Orna Berry

Israeli scientist, high-tech entrepreneur and businesswoman · b. 1949

Days alive

23,011

🇩🇴Rafael Soriano

film director · b. 1979

Days alive

12,054

🇩🇪Rainer Bertram

deceased

German actor and television director (1932-2004) · 1932–2004

Days lived

26,302

🇺🇸Randall McDaniel

All-American college football player, professional football player, offensive lineman, College Football Hall of Fame member, Pro Football Hall of Fame member · b. 1964

Days alive

17,532

🇩🇪Rudolf Hell

deceased

entrepreneur · 1901–2002

Days lived

36,607

🇰🇪Sally Kipyego

Kenyan-born American long- and middle-distance runner · b. 1985

Days alive

9,862

🇩🇪Samy Deluxe

rapper · b. 1977

Days alive

12,784

🇳🇱Steven Berghuis

Dutch association football player (born 1991) · b. 1991

Days alive

7,671

🇷🇺Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg

deceased

German patron of the arts of Russian birth (1915–2006) · 1914–2006

Days lived

33,457

🇩🇪Til Schweiger

German actor · b. 1963

Days alive

17,898

🇩🇪Wilhelm His

deceased

German cardiologist (1863–1934) · 1863–1934

Days lived

25,893

🇺🇸Zal Yanovsky

deceased

singer · 1944–2002

Days lived

21,178

🇺🇸Blind Lemon Jefferson

deceased

singer · 1893–1929

Days lived

13,234

🇬🇧Desmond Llewelyn

deceased

actor · 1914–1999

Days lived

31,144

🇨🇭Diogo Graf

deceased

Swiss artist (1896-1966) · 1896–1966

Days lived

25,641

🇧🇪Emile Tibbaut

deceased

Belgian politician and lawyer (1862-1935) · 1862–1935

Days lived

26,852

🇮🇳Giridharilal Kedia

deceased

politician · 1936–2009

Days lived

26,779

🇳🇴Hans Langsdorff

deceased

Recipient of the Iron Cross (1894–1939) · 1894–1939

Days lived

16,709

🇩🇪Hermann Burchardt

deceased

German explorer, photographer and merchant · 1857–1909

Days lived

19,023

🇫🇷Jacques Tourneur

deceased

French film director (1904–1977) · 1904–1977

Days lived

26,700

🇺🇸James Ransone

deceased

actor · 1979–2025

Days lived

17,002

🇫🇷Paul Langevin

deceased

French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue (1872-1946) · 1872–1946

Days lived

27,358

🇩🇪Rudolf Leonhard

deceased

poet and German politician (1889-1953) · 1889–1953

Days lived

23,428

Rudolph Karstadt

deceased

German entrepreneur (1856–1944) · 1856–1944

Days lived

32,448

🇩🇪Theodor Wiegand

deceased

German archaeologist (1864–1936) · 1864–1936

Days lived

26,347

🇦🇹Ulrike Kaufmann

deceased

actor · 1953–2014

Days lived

22,377

🇩🇪Wilhelm Kaisen

deceased

German politician, Mayor of Bremen (1887-1979) · 1887–1979

Days lived

33,813

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

44,452

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

44,115

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

41,990

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

40,895

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,895

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

40,895

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

40,895

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,895

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,895

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

40,895

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,895

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

40,895

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

40,895

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,895

🇮🇱Alice Herz-Sommer

deceased

musician · 1903–2014

Days lived

40,267

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

39,800

🇺🇸Eldred G. Smith

deceased

American Leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1907-2013) · 1907–2013

Days lived

38,802

🇦🇹Günter Fronius

deceased

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

Days lived

39,334

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

11,740

🇺🇸Tilikum

deceased

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

🇺🇸Stubbs

deceased

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

🇯🇵Tama

deceased

Calico cat · 1999–2015

Days lived

5,898

🇺🇸Harambe

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,211

🇺🇸April

deceased

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,762

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

63,540

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

53,982

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

52,948

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

52,582

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

50,026

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

48,678

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

73,009

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

53,678

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

32,030

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

29,573

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

27,483

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

25,460

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

14,880

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

13,697

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

12,992

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,305

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,262

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

12,041

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

Abigail Johnson

🇮🇹Alberto Tomba

🇨🇱Alexis Sánchez

Died on This Day

Amata Kabua

🇺🇸Bill Froberg

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇸🇭Jonathan

🇺🇸Koko

Companies That Existed

🇫🇷Hermes

🇺🇸Procter & Gamble

Already Published

🇮🇹Meditations

🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

🇺🇸12 Angry Men

🇬🇧Alvin Lee

🇺🇸Alyssa Milano

🇩🇪Annemarie Sörensen

🇩🇪Ben Becker

🇩🇪Bernhard Vogel

🇺🇸Bobby Timmons

🇬🇷Branislav Prelević

Carlos Gomes Júnior

🇩🇪Christine Laszar

Cicely Tyson

🇫🇷Colette Rolland

🇺🇦Dajos Béla

🇷🇺Dantsig Baldayev

🇫🇷Édith Piaf

🇮🇹Elisa

🇩🇪Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann

Fikayo Tomori

🇨🇦Galen Weston, Jr.

🇩🇪Heike Lätzsch

🇩🇪Herbert Hoffmann

🇺🇸Jake Plummer

🇩🇪Jens Lehmann

🇫🇷Julien Dupuy

🇨🇿Karel Svoboda

Karim Benzema

🇺🇸Kevin McHale

🇫🇷Kim Woo-choong

🇫🇷Laurent Bénézech

Lee Myung-bak

🇫🇷Marie Thérèse of France

🇫🇷Maurice Bellet

🇩🇪Max Adalbert

🇫🇷Mbaye Niang

🇨🇴Néstor Salazar

🇮🇱Orna Berry

🇩🇴Rafael Soriano

🇩🇪Rainer Bertram

🇺🇸Randall McDaniel

🇩🇪Rudolf Hell

🇰🇪Sally Kipyego

🇩🇪Samy Deluxe

🇳🇱Steven Berghuis

🇷🇺Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg

🇩🇪Til Schweiger

🇩🇪Wilhelm His

🇺🇸Zal Yanovsky

🇺🇸Blind Lemon Jefferson

🇬🇧Desmond Llewelyn

🇨🇭Diogo Graf

🇧🇪Emile Tibbaut

🇮🇳Giridharilal Kedia

🇳🇴Hans Langsdorff

🇩🇪Hermann Burchardt

🇫🇷Jacques Tourneur

🇺🇸James Ransone

🇫🇷Paul Langevin