On This Day

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October 18 2013

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Events on This Day

Serra Pelada
Wagner Moura
milestone

Born on This Day

Alejandro Balde
association football player · b. 2003
Days alive
3,653
🇩🇪Anneli Ute Gabanyi
Romanian-born German political scientist, literary critic, journalist, and philologist · b. 1942
Days alive
25,933
🇨🇦Axelle Lemaire
politician · b. 1974

Died on This Day

🇦🇹Brigitte Xander
deceased
Austrian television presenter (1942–2008) · 1942–2008
Days lived
24,281
🇮🇱David Shiffman
deceased
Israeli politician · 1923–1982
Days lived
21,737

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.

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Days alive

14,245

🇮🇳Baraguru Ramachandrappa

Indian Kannada writer, thinker and filmmaker (born 1947) · b. 1946

Days alive

24,472

🇨🇦Beatrice Helen Worsley

deceased

first female computer scientist in Canada (1922-1972) · 1921–1972

Days lived

18,465

Brittney Griner

WNBA Athlete · b. 1990

Days alive

8,401

🇩🇪Bruno Grusnick

deceased

musician · 1900–1992

Days lived

33,528

🇫🇷César Giron

French business manager · b. 1961

Days alive

18,993

Chuck Berry

deceased

Notable Trials · 1926–2017

Days lived

33,024

🇯🇵D. T. Suzuki

deceased

philosopher · 1870–1966

Days lived

34,935

🇮🇹Daniel Farabello

Argentine basketball player · b. 1973

Days alive

14,610

🇩🇪Dietrich Keller

basketball player · b. 1943

Days alive

25,568

🇬🇧Eileen Sheridan

deceased

English racing cyclist (1923–2023) · 1923–2023

Days lived

36,278

🇺🇸Eric Stuart

actor · b. 1967

Days alive

16,802

🇩🇪Erik Niedling

German artist · b. 1973

Days alive

14,610

Esperanza Spalding

music educator · b. 1984

Days alive

10,592

🇮🇳Freida Pinto

Actor · b. 1984

Days alive

10,592

George C. Scott

deceased

Oscar Winners · 1927–1999

Days lived

26,272

🇩🇪Helmut Nonn

deceased

West German field hockey player (1933–2024) · 1933–2024

Days lived

33,263

🇫🇷Henri Bergson

deceased

philosopher · 1859–1941

Days lived

29,663

🇺🇸Huell Howser

deceased

Television presenter · 1945–2013

Days lived

24,553

🇰🇷Jang Sung-ho

film director · b. 1977

Days alive

13,149

🇬🇧Jim Ratcliffe

British chemical engineer turned financier and industrialist · b. 1952

Days alive

22,280

🇨🇿Josef Černý

deceased

athlete · 1939–2025

Days lived

31,326

🇮🇳Jyothika

Actor · b. 1982

Days alive

11,323

🇩🇪Klaus Kinski

deceased

German actor (1926–1991) · 1926–1991

Days lived

23,777

🇺🇸Lindsey Vonn

writer · b. 1984

Days alive

10,592

🇦🇹Lotte Lenya

deceased

Austrian singer and actress (1898-1981) · 1898–1981

Days lived

30,355

🇩🇪Marco Hofschneider

German film actor, famous for his work in World War II film ''Europa Europa'' · b. 1969

Days alive

16,071

Mauricio Funes

deceased

Notable Trials · 1959–2025

Days lived

23,837

🇺🇸Max Gerson

deceased

German physician, originator of Gerson Therapy (1881-1959) · 1881–1959

Days lived

28,264

🇩🇪Michael Lesch

German actor · b. 1956

Days alive

20,819

🇩🇪Michael Stich

German tennis player · b. 1968

Days alive

16,436

🇺🇸Mike Ditka

film director · b. 1939

Days alive

27,029

🇹🇼Mohd Hassan Marican

entrepreneur · b. 1952

Days alive

22,280

Ne-Yo

singer · b. 1979

Days alive

12,419

🇱🇹Nerijus Astrauskas

Lithuanian footballer · b. 1980

Days alive

12,053

🇧🇷Orlando Drummond

deceased

Brazilian actor (1919–2021) · 1919–2021

Days lived

37,173

🇨🇦Pierre Trudeau

deceased

writer · 1919–2000

Days lived

29,566

🇳🇿Ryan Nelsen

football player · b. 1977

Days alive

13,149

🇷🇺Sergey Bezrukov

Russian actor and singer (born 1973) · b. 1973

Days alive

14,610

🇩🇰Suriya

Singer · b. 1979

Days alive

12,419

🇺🇦Svetlana Loboda

singer · b. 1982

Days alive

11,323

🇺🇸Terrell McIntyre

basketball player · b. 1977

Days alive

13,149

🇺🇸Tim Gill

entrepreneur · b. 1953

Days alive

21,915

🇩🇪Volker Neumüller

rapper · b. 1969

Days alive

16,071

🇩🇪Werner von Melle

deceased

German politician (1853-1937) · 1853–1937

Days lived

30,438

🇨🇺Yoenis Céspedes

Cuban baseball player · b. 1985

Days alive

10,227

🇦🇺Yoram Gross

deceased

Polish-Australian animation producer and director (1926–2005) · 1926–2015

Days lived

32,480

Zac Efron

actor · b. 1987

Days alive

9,497

🇺🇬Zohran Mamdani

Politics · b. 1991

Days alive

8,036

Zoran Matković

athlete · b. 1961

Days alive

18,993

🇩🇪Eberhard Feik

deceased

German actor (1943-1994) · 1943–1994

Days lived

18,592

🇦🇹Eugen Neufeld

deceased

actor (1882-1950) · 1882–1950

Days lived

24,787

🇬🇷Giorgos Tzavellas

deceased

Greek film director (1916-1976) · 1916–1976

Days lived

21,984

🇺🇸Godfrey Dewey

deceased

American sports executive (1887–1977) · 1887–1977

Days lived

32,917

🇩🇪Hanns Martin Schleyer

deceased

German manager and president of industry association, former SS officer and Nazi party member; kidnapped by terrorist group RAF in 1977 to force release of imprisoned terrorists, subsequently murdered · 1915–1977

Days lived

22,816

🇩🇪Hans Ehard

deceased

German politician (1887–1980) · 1887–1980

Days lived

33,945

🇺🇸Jack Angel

deceased

American voice actor (1930–2021) · 1930–2021

Days lived

33,232

🇦🇹Jan Studnicka

deceased

Austrian association footballer (1883-1967) · 1883–1967

Days lived

30,686

🇺🇸Jon-Erik Hexum

deceased

Television actor · 1957–1984

Days lived

9,844

🇪🇸José Ortega y Gasset

deceased

Spanish liberal philosopher and essayist (1883-1955) · 1883–1955

Days lived

26,459

🇦🇹Josef Maria Eder

deceased

Austrian chemist and photographer (1855-1944) · 1855–1944

Days lived

32,723

🇦🇹Koloman Moser

deceased

Austrian artist and designer (1868–1918) · 1868–1918

Days lived

18,463

🇺🇸Mark Hurd

deceased

American businessman, philanthropist and CEO of Oracle (1957–2019) · 1957–2019

Days lived

22,935

🇦🇹Martin Gusinde

deceased

German-Austrian priest and ethnologist (1886-1969) · 1886–1969

Days lived

30,304

🇺🇸Phil Chess

deceased

American record executive (1921–2016) · 1921–2016

Days lived

34,904

🇺🇸Philip Levine

deceased

Russian-American hematologist · 1900–1987

Days lived

31,845

🇨🇭Rudolf von Tavel

deceased

Swiss journalist and writer (1866-1934) · 1866–1934

Days lived

24,772

🇺🇸Thomas Edison

deceased

Engineer · 1847–1931

Days lived

30,929

🇩🇪Walther von Brauchitsch

deceased

military person · 1881–1948

Days lived

24,485

🇩🇪Wilhelm Boden

deceased

German lawyer, civil servant and politician (1890-1961) · 1890–1961

Days lived

26,159

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

44,755

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

44,418

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

42,293

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,198

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,198

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,198

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

41,198

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

41,198

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

41,198

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

41,198

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,198

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,198

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

41,198

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

41,198

🇮🇱Alice Herz-Sommer

deceased

musician · 1903–2014

Days lived

40,267

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

40,103

🇦🇹Günter Fronius

deceased

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

Days lived

39,334

🇵🇹Manoel de Oliveira

deceased

actor · 1908–2015

Days lived

38,828

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

12,043

🇺🇸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

63,843

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

54,285

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

53,251

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

52,885

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

50,329

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

48,981

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

73,312

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

53,981

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

32,333

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

29,876

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

27,786

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

25,763

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

15,183

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

14,000

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

13,295

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,608

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,565

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

12,344

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

Alejandro Balde

🇩🇪Anneli Ute Gabanyi

🇨🇦Axelle Lemaire

Died on This Day

🇦🇹Brigitte Xander

🇮🇱David Shiffman

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

🇮🇳Baraguru Ramachandrappa

🇨🇦Beatrice Helen Worsley

Brittney Griner

🇩🇪Bruno Grusnick

🇫🇷César Giron

Chuck Berry

🇯🇵D. T. Suzuki

🇮🇹Daniel Farabello

🇩🇪Dietrich Keller

🇬🇧Eileen Sheridan

🇺🇸Eric Stuart

🇩🇪Erik Niedling

Esperanza Spalding

🇮🇳Freida Pinto

George C. Scott

🇩🇪Helmut Nonn

🇫🇷Henri Bergson

🇺🇸Huell Howser

🇰🇷Jang Sung-ho

🇬🇧Jim Ratcliffe

🇨🇿Josef Černý

🇮🇳Jyothika

🇩🇪Klaus Kinski

🇺🇸Lindsey Vonn

🇦🇹Lotte Lenya

🇩🇪Marco Hofschneider

Mauricio Funes

🇺🇸Max Gerson

🇩🇪Michael Lesch

🇩🇪Michael Stich

🇺🇸Mike Ditka

🇹🇼Mohd Hassan Marican

Ne-Yo

🇱🇹Nerijus Astrauskas

🇧🇷Orlando Drummond

🇨🇦Pierre Trudeau

🇳🇿Ryan Nelsen

🇷🇺Sergey Bezrukov

🇩🇰Suriya

🇺🇦Svetlana Loboda

🇺🇸Terrell McIntyre

🇺🇸Tim Gill

🇩🇪Volker Neumüller

🇩🇪Werner von Melle

🇨🇺Yoenis Céspedes

🇦🇺Yoram Gross

Zac Efron

🇺🇬Zohran Mamdani

Zoran Matković

🇩🇪Eberhard Feik

🇦🇹Eugen Neufeld

🇬🇷Giorgos Tzavellas

🇺🇸Godfrey Dewey

🇩🇪Hanns Martin Schleyer

🇩🇪Hans Ehard

🇺🇸Jack Angel