On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 28 2015
Born on This Day
Acker Bilk🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish recording artist; clarinetist and vocalist (1929-2014) · 1929–2014
Days lived
31,324
Adrian Paci
Albanian artist (born 1969) · b. 1969
Days alive
16,801
Alan Alda🇺🇸
American actor (born 1936) · b. 1936
Days alive
28,855
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Andre Iguodala🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1984
Days alive
11,323
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Andrea Berg🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1966
Days alive
17,897
Anne Panter🇬🇧
English field hockey player · b. 1984
Days alive
11,323
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Ariel Winter
television actor · b. 1998
Days alive
6,209
Arminas Narbekovas
Olympic Gold Medalists · b. 1965
Days alive
18,262
Arthur Rubinstein
deceasedclassical pianist · 1887–1982
Days lived
35,024
Augusto Genina🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director and producer (1892-1957) · 1892–1957
Days lived
23,974
Bringfried Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman association football player (1931-2016) · 1931–2016
Days lived
31,119
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Camila Alves🇺🇸
Brazilian model and designer (born 1983) · b. 1982
Days alive
12,053
Carlos Slim
business magnate · b. 1940
Days alive
27,394
Christian Jensen🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1857–1936
Days lived
28,885
Clement IX🌍
deceasedDiplomat · 1600–1669
Days lived
25,518
David Buckingham🇦🇺
deceasedchemist · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,245
Dušan Vlahović
association football player · b. 2000
Days alive
5,479
Elias Simojoki🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish priest and politician (1899–1940) · 1899–1940
Days lived
14,971
Eloise Amberger🇦🇺
Australian synchronized swimmer · b. 1987
Days alive
10,227
Franck Jotterand🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss journalist, screenwriter and writer (1923-2000) · 1923–2000
Days lived
28,353
Fred Vinson🇺🇸
American basketball player-coach · b. 1971
Days alive
16,071
Friedl Hardt🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1919–1991
Days lived
26,432
Hamad II of Bahrain
politician · b. 1950
Days alive
23,741
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Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
singer · b. 1942
Days alive
26,663
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Helga Vlahović🇦🇹
deceasedCroatian journalist, producer, and television personality (1945–2012) · 1945–2012
Days lived
24,501
Hermann Kesten🇩🇪
deceasedYouTube personality · 1900–1996
Days lived
35,159
Hiroki Abe
association football player · b. 1999
Days alive
5,844
J. Cole🇺🇸
American rapper and record producer (born 1985) · b. 1985
Days alive
10,957
Jens Kujawa🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1965
Days alive
18,262
Jeroen Deken
Dutch baseball player · b. 1969
Days alive
16,801
Jessica Ennis-Hill🇬🇧
British heptathlete · b. 1986
Days alive
10,592
José Martí🇪🇸
deceasedCuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895) · 1853–1895
Days lived
15,451
Julius Bauschinger🇫🇷
deceasedGerman astronomer (1860–1934) · 1860–1934
Days lived
27,021
Karl Bögelein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman football goalkeeper and coach (1927-2016) · 1927–2016
Days lived
32,701
Kurt Biedenkopf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1930–2021) · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,434
Laszlo Fekete🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1958
Days alive
20,819
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Lou Barletta🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1956
Days alive
21,550
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Mallory Burdette🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1991
Days alive
8,766
Marcelo Lipatín🇺🇾
Uruguayan association football player · b. 1977
Days alive
13,879
Mark Regan🇬🇧
English rugby union footballer · b. 1972
Days alive
15,706
Marnie McBean🇨🇦
athlete · b. 1968
Days alive
17,167
Michael Hastings🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1980–2013
Days lived
12,195
Nick Carter🇺🇸
singer · b. 1980
Days alive
12,784
Nicolas Sarkozy
Notable Trials · b. 1955
Days alive
21,915
Olga Ruder-Zeynek🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian politician (1871-1948) · 1871–1948
Days lived
28,333
Oliver Gurney🇬🇧
deceasedscientist · 1911–2001
Days lived
32,856
Peter Schilling🇩🇪
musician · b. 1956
Days alive
21,550
Raja Ramanna🇮🇳
deceasedIndian nuclear scientist (1925-2004) · 1925–2004
Days lived
29,094
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Rick Ross🇺🇸
American rapper and record executive (born 1976) · b. 1976
Days alive
14,245
Sandy🇧🇷
Brazilian singer and actress · b. 1983
Days alive
11,688
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Sarah McLachlan🇨🇦
Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter · b. 1968
Days alive
17,167
Serguei Adoniev🇷🇺
Russian entrepreneur, executive manager · b. 1961
Days alive
19,723
Siegfried Jacobsohn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1881–1926) · 1881–1926
Days lived
16,744
Stephen Gostkowski🇺🇸
American football player (born 1984) · b. 1984
Days alive
11,323
Tany Youne
deceasedSoviet actor (1903-1977) · 1903–1977
Days lived
27,280
Tatjana Sais🇩🇪
deceasedactress (1910-1981) · 1910–1981
Days lived
25,962
Died on This Day
Adelbert Schulz🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1903–1944
Days lived
14,649
Carola Toelle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1893–1958) · 1892–1958
Days lived
24,041
Cicely Tyson
deceasedstage actor · 1924–2021
Days lived
35,104
Coco Schumann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman jazz musician (1924–2018) · 1924–2018
Days lived
34,227
Elroy Hirsch🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1923–2004
Days lived
29,445
Franklin Gene Bissell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football coach (1926-2016) · 1926–2016
Days lived
32,798
Grand Duke Dimitri Constantinovich of Russia
deceasedmilitary person · 1860–1919
Days lived
21,412
Gunther Plüschow🇩🇪
deceasedGerman explorer (1886-1931) · 1886–1931
Days lived
16,424
Hannah Wilke🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1940–1993
Days lived
19,320
Henry VIII of England🌍
deceasedMonarch · 1491–1547
Days lived
20,302
Hermann Wlach🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1884–1962
Days lived
28,293
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James Scullin🇦🇺
deceasedpolitician · 1876–1953
Days lived
27,890
Jockel Finck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1962-2006) · 1962–2006
Days lived
16,014
Joseph Brodsky🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1940–1996
Days lived
20,337
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Karel Svoboda🇨🇿
deceasedCzech composer (1938—2007) · 1938–2007
Days lived
24,877
Kim Il-yeop🇰🇷
deceasedjournalist · 1896–1971
Days lived
27,302
Klaus Fuchs
deceasedNotable Trials · 1911–1988
Days lived
27,789
Michel Carage🇫🇷
deceasedchief executive officer · 1921–2008
Days lived
31,744
Rudolf Gamsjäger🇦🇹
deceasedmusician · 1909–1985
Days lived
27,705
Sibongile Khumalo🇿🇦
deceasedSouth African opera singer (1957–2021) · 1957–2021
Days lived
23,137
Theophil Wurm🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Lutheran bishop (1868-1953) · 1868–1953
Days lived
30,732
William Butler Yeats
deceasedIrish poet and playwright (1865–1939) · 1865–1939
Days lived
26,983
Xu Liangying🇨🇳
deceasedphilosopher · 1920–2013
Days lived
33,873
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
59,196
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
47,874
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
45,222
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
44,885
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
42,760
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
41,665
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,665
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,665
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
41,665
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
41,665
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
41,665
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
41,665
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,665
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,665
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
41,665
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
41,665
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
40,570
Günter Fronius🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1907–2015
Days lived
39,334
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Manoel de Oliveira🇵🇹
deceasedactor · 1908–2015
Days lived
38,828
Barys Kit🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1910–2018
Days lived
39,383
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
66,867
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
12,510
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
65,040
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
64,737
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
64,310
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
54,752
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
53,718
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
53,352
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
50,796
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,448
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,247
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
149,761
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
73,779
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,448
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
32,800
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
30,343
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
28,253
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
26,230
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
27,690
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,112
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
15,650
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
14,467
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
13,762
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,075
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,032
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
12,811