On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 19 2013
Born on This Day
Abigail Johnson
business executive · b. 1961
Days alive
18,993
Alberto Tomba🇮🇹
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
17,167
Alexis Sánchez🇨🇱
Chilean footballer (born 1988) · b. 1988
Days alive
9,131
Alvin Lee🇬🇧
deceasedsinger · 1944–2013
Days lived
24,914
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Alyssa Milano🇺🇸
American actress (born 1972) · b. 1972
Days alive
14,975
Annemarie Sörensen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1913-1993) · 1913–1993
Days lived
28,868
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Ben Becker🇩🇪
German actor (born 1964) · b. 1964
Days alive
17,897
Bernhard Vogel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician · 1932–2025
Days lived
33,676
Bobby Timmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican pianist (1935-1974) · 1935–1974
Days lived
13,952
Branislav Prelević🇬🇷
basketball player · b. 1966
Days alive
17,167
Carlos Gomes Júnior
Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau · b. 1949
Days alive
23,376
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Christine Laszar🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1931–2021
Days lived
32,841
Cicely Tyson
deceasedstage actor · 1924–2021
Days lived
35,104
Colette Rolland🇫🇷
French computer scientist · b. 1943
Days alive
25,568
Dajos Béla🇺🇦
deceased(1897–1978) fiddle-player and band-leader · 1897–1978
Days lived
29,570
Dantsig Baldayev🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet writer (1925-2005) · 1925–2005
Days lived
28,890
Édith Piaf🇫🇷
deceasedactor · 1915–1963
Days lived
17,462
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Elisa🇮🇹
singer · b. 1977
Days alive
13,149
Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1916–2010
Days lived
34,064
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Fikayo Tomori
association football player · b. 1997
Days alive
5,844
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Galen Weston, Jr.🇨🇦
Canadian businessman · b. 1972
Days alive
14,975
Heike Lätzsch🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1973
Days alive
14,610
Herbert Hoffmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman tattoo artist and photographer (1919–2010) · 1919–2010
Days lived
33,066
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Jake Plummer🇺🇸
American football player (born 1974) · b. 1974
Days alive
14,245
Jens Lehmann🇩🇪
German cyclist and politician · b. 1967
Days alive
16,802
Julien Dupuy🇫🇷
French rugby union player · b. 1983
Days alive
10,958
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Karel Svoboda🇨🇿
deceasedCzech composer (1938—2007) · 1938–2007
Days lived
24,877
Karim Benzema
Notable Trials · b. 1987
Days alive
9,497
Kevin McHale🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1957
Days alive
20,454
Kim Woo-choong🇫🇷
deceasedSouth Korean businessman (1936–2019) · 1936–2019
Days lived
30,305
Laurent Bénézech🇫🇷
French rugby union player · b. 1966
Days alive
17,167
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Lee Myung-bak
Notable Trials · b. 1941
Days alive
26,298
Marie Thérèse of France🇫🇷
deceasedAristocrat · 1778–1851
Days lived
26,601
Maurice Bellet🇫🇷
deceasedFrench presbyter, philosopher and theologian (1923–2018) · 1923–2018
Days lived
34,441
Max Adalbert🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1874–1933
Days lived
21,446
Mbaye Niang🇫🇷
Senegalese and French footballer · b. 1994
Days alive
6,940
Néstor Salazar🇨🇴
Colombian footballer · b. 1973
Days alive
14,610
Orna Berry🇮🇱
Israeli scientist, high-tech entrepreneur and businesswoman · b. 1949
Days alive
23,376
Rafael Soriano🇩🇴
film director · b. 1979
Days alive
12,419
Rainer Bertram🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and television director (1932-2004) · 1932–2004
Days lived
26,302
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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
17,897
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Rudolf Hell🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1901–2002
Days lived
36,607
Sally Kipyego🇰🇪
Kenyan-born American long- and middle-distance runner · b. 1985
Days alive
10,227
Samy Deluxe🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1977
Days alive
13,149
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Steven Berghuis🇳🇱
Dutch association football player (born 1991) · b. 1991
Days alive
8,036
Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg🇷🇺
deceasedGerman patron of the arts of Russian birth (1915–2006) · 1914–2006
Days lived
33,457
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Til Schweiger🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1963
Days alive
18,263
Wilhelm His🇩🇪
deceasedGerman cardiologist (1863–1934) · 1863–1934
Days lived
25,893
Zal Yanovsky🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1944–2002
Days lived
21,178
Died on This Day
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Amata Kabua
deceasedformer President of the Marshall Islands (1928-1996) · 1928–1996
Days lived
24,869
Bill Froberg🇺🇸
deceasedbaseball player (1957-2020) · 1957–2020
Days lived
23,053
Blind Lemon Jefferson🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1893–1929
Days lived
13,234
Desmond Llewelyn🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1914–1999
Days lived
31,144
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Diogo Graf🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss artist (1896-1966) · 1896–1966
Days lived
25,641
Emile Tibbaut🇧🇪
deceasedBelgian politician and lawyer (1862-1935) · 1862–1935
Days lived
26,852
Giridharilal Kedia🇮🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1936–2009
Days lived
26,779
Hans Langsdorff🇳🇴
deceasedRecipient of the Iron Cross (1894–1939) · 1894–1939
Days lived
16,709
Hermann Burchardt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman explorer, photographer and merchant · 1857–1909
Days lived
19,023
Jacques Tourneur🇫🇷
deceasedFrench film director (1904–1977) · 1904–1977
Days lived
26,700
James Ransone🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1979–2025
Days lived
17,002
Paul Langevin🇫🇷
deceasedFrench physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue (1872-1946) · 1872–1946
Days lived
27,358
Rudolf Leonhard🇩🇪
deceasedpoet and German politician (1889-1953) · 1889–1953
Days lived
23,428
Rudolph Karstadt
deceasedGerman entrepreneur (1856–1944) · 1856–1944
Days lived
32,448
Theodor Wiegand🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1864–1936) · 1864–1936
Days lived
26,347
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Ulrike Kaufmann🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1953–2014
Days lived
22,377
Wilhelm Kaisen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician, Mayor of Bremen (1887-1979) · 1887–1979
Days lived
33,813
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
58,791
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
47,469
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
44,817
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
44,480
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
42,355
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,260
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
41,260
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
41,260
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
41,260
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,260
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,260
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,260
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,260
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
41,260
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
41,260
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
41,260
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Alice Herz-Sommer🇮🇱
deceasedmusician · 1903–2014
Days lived
40,267
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
40,165
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
66,462
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
12,105
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
64,635
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,332
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
63,905
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
54,347
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
53,313
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
52,947
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
50,391
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,043
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
669,842
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
149,356
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
73,374
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,043
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
32,395
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
29,938
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
27,848
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
25,825
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
27,285
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
20,707
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
15,245
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
14,062
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
13,357
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
12,670
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
12,627
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
12,406