On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
December 20 2013
Born on This Day
Adelbert Schulz🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1903–1944
Days lived
14,649
Alain de Botton🇨🇭
Swiss-born British philosopher and writer · b. 1969
Days alive
16,071
Alan Parsons🇬🇧
singer · b. 1948
Days alive
23,741
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Arturo Alessandri🇨🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1868–1950
Days lived
29,831
Bernhard Siegert🇩🇪
scientist · b. 1959
Days alive
19,724
Bob Hayes🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and sprinter (1942–2003) · 1942–2002
Days lived
21,822
Branch Rickey🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1881–1965
Days lived
30,669
David DeJesus🇺🇸
film director · b. 1979
Days alive
12,419
David Levine🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1926–2009
Days lived
30,325
Dessa🇨🇭
Swiss artist · b. 1948
Days alive
23,741
Eduardo Hontiveros🇵🇭
deceasedFilipino musician · 1923–2008
Days lived
30,707
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Ellie Kam🇺🇸
Pairs skater · b. 2004
Days alive
3,287
Fitz Hall🇬🇧
football player · b. 1980
Days alive
12,053
Frank Peterson🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1963
Days alive
18,263
Fred Merkle🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1888–1956
Days lived
24,543
Frederick Bradlee🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1892-1970) · 1892–1970
Days lived
28,253
Gavin McKenna🇨🇦
Ice hockey player · b. 2007
Days alive
2,192
George Paice🇬🇧
deceasedFalklands Islands bowls player · 1941–2024
Days lived
29,997
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George Roy Hill🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director (1921–2002) · 1921–2002
Days lived
29,592
Harry Stovey🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1856–1937
Days lived
29,493
Jaroslav Heyrovský🇨🇿
deceasedscientist · 1890–1967
Days lived
27,855
JoJo🇺🇸
singer · b. 1990
Days alive
8,401
Jonah Hill🇺🇸
Actor/Director · b. 1983
Days alive
10,958
Judith Samen🇩🇪
German artist · b. 1970
Days alive
15,706
Judy Henske🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1936–2022
Days lived
31,174
Kang Dong-Hee🇰🇷
basketball player · b. 1966
Days alive
17,167
Larry Willis🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz pianist and composer (1942–2019) · 1940–2019
Days lived
28,772
LenDale White🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1984
Days alive
10,592
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Manfred Lahnstein🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1937
Days alive
27,759
Márcio Rodrigues🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1978
Days alive
12,784
Martin Schulz🇩🇪
politician · b. 1955
Days alive
21,185
Martyn Lloyd-Jones🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh-English Christian theologian and preacher (1899-1981) · 1899–1981
Days lived
29,656
Miguel López Abril🇪🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1954–2021
Days lived
24,219
Miro Allione🇮🇹
deceasedItalian executive, professor and writer · 1932–2006
Days lived
26,688
Otto Graf Lambsdorff🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1926–2009
Days lived
30,301
Pekka Säilä🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish tennis player (1941–2009) · 1941–2009
Days lived
24,824
Piet Klocke🇩🇪
German musician, comedian, author and actor · b. 1957
Days alive
20,454
Rich Gannon🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1965
Days alive
17,532
Satyendra Pakhale🇮🇳
Indian industrial designer, technocrat, architect (born 1967) · b. 1967
Days alive
16,802
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Steve Coast🇬🇧
entrepreneur · b. 1980
Days alive
12,053
Uri Geller🇬🇧
actor · b. 1946
Days alive
24,472
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Valeriu Lazarov🇪🇸
deceaseddirector and producer of television of Romanian and Spanish origin (1935-2009) · 1935–2009
Days lived
26,898
Yumi Tōma🇯🇵
musician · b. 1966
Days alive
17,167
Died on This Day
Arnold Mathew🇫🇷
deceasedbishop of the Old Catholic Church (1852-1919) · 1852–1919
Days lived
24,606
Arthur Rubinstein
deceasedclassical pianist · 1887–1982
Days lived
35,024
Bill Brandt🇬🇧
deceasedjournalist · 1904–1983
Days lived
29,085
Brittany Murphy🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1977–2009
Days lived
11,728
Carl Sagan🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1934–1996
Days lived
22,687
Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1892-1965) · 1892–1965
Days lived
26,916
Erich Ludendorff🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1865–1937
Days lived
26,552
Ferdinand Karsch
deceasedGerman biologist and anthropologist (1853–1936) · 1853–1936
Days lived
30,424
Gaston Waringhien🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1901–1991
Days lived
33,016
Günter Eich🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1907–1972
Days lived
24,064
Gustaf Kossinna
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1858–1931) · 1858–1931
Days lived
26,745
Gyula Halasy🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1891–1970
Days lived
29,038
Hans von Obstfelder🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1886–1976
Days lived
32,977
Hans-Emil Schuster🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer · 1934–2024
Days lived
32,965
Harald Huffmann🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1908–1992) · 1908–1992
Days lived
30,881
Helmut Metzger🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1917–1995
Days lived
28,656
Johannes Nielsen
deceasedactor · 1870–1935
Days lived
23,837
Julius Scheiner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1858-1913) · 1858–1913
Days lived
20,113
Leslie Claudius🇮🇳
deceasedOlympic field hockey player (1927–2012) · 1927–2012
Days lived
31,317
Max Brod🇮🇱
deceasedjournalist · 1884–1968
Days lived
30,887
Omar Bliadze🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1942–2022
Days lived
29,484
Patrick Jenkin🇬🇧
deceasedBritish Conservative politician (1926-2016) · 1926–2016
Days lived
32,977
Piergiorgio Welby🇮🇹
deceasedItalian poet, painter and activist (1945–2006) · 1945–2006
Days lived
22,274
Ulrich Willerding🇩🇪
deceasedAmerican botanist (1932-2021) · 1932–2021
Days lived
32,672
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
58,792
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
47,470
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
44,818
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
44,481
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
42,356
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,261
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
41,261
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
41,261
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
41,261
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,261
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,261
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,261
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,261
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
41,261
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
41,261
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
41,261
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Alice Herz-Sommer🇮🇱
deceasedmusician · 1903–2014
Days lived
40,267
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
40,166
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
66,463
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
12,106
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
64,636
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,333
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
63,906
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
54,348
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
53,314
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
52,948
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
50,392
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,044
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
669,843
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
149,357
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
73,375
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,044
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
32,396
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
29,939
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
27,849
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
25,826
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
27,286
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
20,708
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
15,246
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
14,063
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
13,358
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
12,671
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
12,628
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
12,407