On This Day

German triathlete · b. 1957

Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda · b. 1948

actor · b. 1993

Actor · b. 1997

American football player (1909-1947) · 1909–1947

Music · b. 1985

American actor, comedian and writer (born 1943) · b. 1943

American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher (1893-1965) · 1893–1965

Finnish race driver and tennis player (1918–2005) · 1918–2005

American actor, presenter, and businessman · b. 1944

basketball player · b. 1987

German politician · b. 1941

German industrialist, pioneer of the German Air Force (1875-1964) · 1875–1964

Swiss jazz saxophonist (1919–2012) · 1919–2012

football player · b. 1986

writer · 1920–1986

Australian tennis player · 1938–2025

Italian saint (1873–1954) · 1873–1954

journalist · 1924–2013

German actor (1921-1997) · 1921–1997

journalist · 1928–1986

entrepreneur · 1890–1979

writer · 1888–1971

German chess player (1874-1916) · 1874–1916

K-pop Idol (LE SSERAFIM) · b. 2001

film director · 1887–1941

athlete · 1871–1949

German author, born 1964 (1964–2013) · 1964–2013

Dutch baseball player · b. 1947

French footballer and manager · b. 1954

member of the National Assembly of France · b. 1945

Politician · 1941–2026

American war veteran; son of Walmart founder Sam Walton (1946–2005) · 1946–2005

Japanese hammer thrower, university professor (physical education), commissioner of the Japan sports agency · b. 1974

writer · b. 1924

American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (1872-1952) · 1872–1952

film director · b. 1924

Film actor · b. 1970

field hockey player (1912–1970) · 1912–1970

actor · b. 1993

Actor · 1874–1965

Sixth President of Vietnam (2006-2011) · b. 1942

Italian actor and screenwriter · b. 1948

chemist · 1883–1970

Australian actor and comedian · b. 1939

American actor (1965–2025) · 1965–2025

American shot putter · b. 1977

German association football player (1927-2001) · 1927–2001

American film and theatre director (1897–1987) · 1897–1987

American actress (born 1949) · b. 1949

Soviet female tennis player, winner of the WTA Sportsmanship Award · b. 1962

founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Foxconn · b. 1950

actor · b. 1980

American businessman (1956-) · b. 1956

politician · b. 1958

Notable Trials · 1884–1942

actor · b. 1962

politician · 1895–1961

German physiologist (1874-1964) · 1874–1964

Film director · 1890–1964

German architect (1890–1954) · 1890–1954

chemist · 1889–1935

Swiss screenwriter and comics artist (1927–2024) · 1927–2024

Canadian missionary in China · 1859–1936

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (1889-1928) · 1889–1928

chemist · 1875–1949

Austrian singer and opera singer (1895–1943) · 1895–1943

Israeli judge (1888–1961) · 1888–1961

German ethnologist (1872-1924) · 1872–1924

Actor · 1964–2016

Journalist · 1956–2012

film director · 1928–2020

politician · 1913–1992

American football player (1926–2017) · 1926–2017

Belarusian writer and poet (1892-1991) · 1892–1991

athlete · b. 1892

American urban climber · b. 1898

scientist · b. 1901

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Marathi poet · b. 1901

artist · b. 1901

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

American musician · b. 1904

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

actor · 1908–2015

scientist · 1910–2018

Orca · 1981–2017

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Calico cat · 1999–2015

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Banking · b. 1865

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Film · b. 1979

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Film · b. 1980