On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 18 2013
Events on This Day
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Featured in 'Suzanne'
Adèle Haenel
Born on This Day
Angelo Zammarchi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest (1871–1958) · 1871–1958
Days lived
31,583
Axwell🇸🇪
rapper · b. 1977
Days alive
13,149
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Billie Eilish
singer-songwriter · b. 2001
Days alive
4,383
Brad Pitt🇺🇸
Television actor · b. 1963
Days alive
18,263
Bridgit Mendler🇺🇸
singer · b. 1992
Days alive
7,670
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Christina Aguilera🇺🇸
rapper · b. 1980
Days alive
12,053
Corny Collins🇩🇪
German theater, film and voice actress · b. 1933
Days alive
29,220
Cyril Jeunechamp🇫🇷
French footballer · b. 1975
Days alive
13,880
Daniel Loeb🇺🇸
Activist Investor · b. 1961
Days alive
18,993
Daniel Richter🇩🇪
artist · b. 1962
Days alive
18,628
Edgar Hoppe🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1937
Days alive
27,759
F.M. Einheit🇩🇪
German musician, actor · b. 1958
Days alive
20,089
Fabio Wardley🇬🇧
Boxer · b. 1994
Days alive
6,940
Frank Rennicke🇩🇪
German singer and far-right activist (born 1964) · b. 1964
Days alive
17,897
Georg Brenninger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect and sculptor (1909-1988) · 1909–1988
Days lived
28,820
Georg Klaus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1912–1974) · 1912–1974
Days lived
22,503
George Stevens🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer (1904–1975) · 1904–1975
Days lived
25,647
Helga Guitton🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1942
Days alive
25,933
Helmuth Schneider🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1920–1972
Days lived
18,717
Horst Krause🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor · 1941–2025
Days lived
30,577
Jacques Grand'Maison🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian writer (1931–2016) · 1931–2016
Days lived
31,004
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Joseph Stalin🇬🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1878–1953
Days lived
27,105
Kari Byron🇺🇸
artist · b. 1974
Days alive
14,245
Keith Richards🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1943
Days alive
25,568
Michael Moorcock🇬🇧
English writer, editor, critic · b. 1939
Days alive
27,029
Michel Terrot🇫🇷
member of the National Assembly of France · b. 1948
Days alive
23,741
Micke Kontinen🇫🇮
Finnish tennis player · b. 1992
Days alive
7,670
Mille Petrozza🇩🇪
German singer and guitarist · b. 1966
Days alive
17,167
Natalie Gal
Actor · b. 1985
Days alive
10,227
Paul Klee🇨🇭
deceasedGerman-Swiss artist (1879–1940) · 1879–1940
Days lived
22,108
Pierre Nkurunziza
deceasedPresident of Burundi from 2005 to 2020 · 1964–2020
Days lived
20,261
Radia Perlman🇺🇸
American software designer and network engineer (born 1951) · b. 1951
Days alive
22,646
René Schwarzenbach🇨🇭
Swiss chemist · b. 1945
Days alive
24,837
Richard Kallee🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Lutheran pastor and archaeologist · 1854–1933
Days lived
28,698
Rob Van Dam🇺🇸
actor · b. 1970
Days alive
15,706
Robson Green🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1964
Days alive
17,897
Sandro Lopopolo🇮🇹
deceasedItalian boxer (1939–2014) · 1939–2014
Days lived
27,158
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Sia🇦🇺
Australian singer and songwriter (born 1975) · b. 1975
Days alive
13,880
Steven Spielberg🇺🇸
Film director · b. 1946
Days alive
24,472
Stone Cold Steve Austin🇺🇸
actor · b. 1964
Days alive
17,897
Sylvia T. Ceyer🇺🇸
American chemist · b. 1953
Days alive
21,915
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Tara Conner🇺🇸
actor · b. 1985
Days alive
10,227
Uli Jon Roth🇩🇪
German guitarist · b. 1954
Days alive
21,550
Vanessa Trump🇺🇸
Socialite · b. 1977
Days alive
13,149
Vedran Vukušić🇭🇷
Croatian basketball player · b. 1982
Days alive
11,323
Volker Bouffier🇩🇪
German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse · b. 1951
Days alive
22,646
Walter Hieber🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1895–1976
Days lived
29,566
Willi Bucher🇩🇪
German artist · b. 1948
Days alive
23,741
Willy Brandt🇳🇴
deceasedpolitician · 1913–1992
Days lived
28,784
Yuri Nikulin🇸🇺
deceasedClown · 1921–1997
Days lived
27,640
Zoltán Zelk🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian writer and poet (1906-1981) · 1906–1981
Days lived
27,155
Died on This Day
Albin Stepowicz
deceasedmusician · 1894–1934
Days lived
14,884
Bernard Bolzano
deceasedNotable Trials · 1781–1848
Days lived
24,545
Brian Price🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh rugby union player · 1937–2023
Days lived
31,460
Camillo Castiglioni
deceasedActor · 1879–1957
Days lived
28,546
Chris Farley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor and comedian (1964–1997) · 1964–1997
Days lived
12,360
Conny Plank🇩🇪
deceasedrapper · 1940–1987
Days lived
17,395
George Phillips Odom Jr.🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1941–2010
Days lived
25,553
Gilbert Bécaud🇫🇷
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1927–2001
Days lived
27,084
Jacob Gary🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli lawyer (1901-1974) · 1901–1974
Days lived
26,754
Josef Pešice🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1950–2017
Days lived
24,781
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Konrad Zuse🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1910–1995
Days lived
31,225
Lilia Skala🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian-American actress (1896-1994) · 1896–1994
Days lived
35,813
M. H. J. Schoenmaekers🇳🇱
deceasedDutch mathematician (1875–1944) · 1875–1944
Days lived
25,207
Mary Parker Follett🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican academic (1868-1933) · 1868–1933
Days lived
23,846
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Nico Tromp
deceasedDutch baseball player · 1930–2003
Days lived
27,014
Park Hon-young
deceasedNotable Trials · 1900–1955
Days lived
20,292
Paul Baender
deceasedGerman-Bolivian chess player (1906-1985) · 1906–1985
Days lived
28,873
Robert Bresson🇫🇷
deceasedFrench film director (1901–1999) · 1901–1999
Days lived
35,878
Václav Havel🇨🇿
deceasedYouTube personality · 1936–2011
Days lived
27,467
Zsa Zsa Gabor
deceasedfilm actor · 1917–2016
Days lived
36,475
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
58,790
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
47,468
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
44,816
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
44,479
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
42,354
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,259
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
41,259
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
41,259
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
41,259
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,259
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,259
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,259
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,259
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
41,259
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
41,259
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
41,259
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Alice Herz-Sommer🇮🇱
deceasedmusician · 1903–2014
Days lived
40,267
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
40,164
Günter Fronius🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1907–2015
Days lived
39,334
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Manoel de Oliveira🇵🇹
deceasedactor · 1908–2015
Days lived
38,828
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
66,461
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
12,104
Tilikum🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1981–2017
Days lived
12,796
Stubbs🇺🇸
deceasedOrange tabby cat · 1997–2017
Days lived
7,405
Tama🇯🇵
deceasedCalico cat · 1999–2015
Days lived
5,898
Harambe🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1999–2016
Days lived
6,211
April🇺🇸
deceasedReticulated giraffe · 2000–2021
Days lived
7,762
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,634
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,331
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
63,904
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
54,346
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
53,312
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
52,946
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
50,390
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,042
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
669,841
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
149,355
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
73,373
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,042
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
32,394
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
29,937
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
27,847
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
25,824
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
27,284
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
20,706
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
15,244
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
14,061
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
13,356
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
12,669
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
12,626
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
12,405