On This Day

actor (1888-1953) · 1888–1953

American jazz composer and trumpeter · b. 1982

influencer · b. 2004

American football player · b. 1987

German actress · b. 1939

Greek-German singer (1944–2019) · 1944–2019

scientist · 1904–1981

German politician (1852–1927) · 1852–1927

American football player (born 1962) · b. 1962

singer · 1911–1986

Olympic field hockey player (1931–1991) · 1931–1991

German general (1899-1973) · 1899–1973

South Korean comedian · b. 1940

German manager and president of industry association, former SS officer and Nazi party member; kidnapped by terrorist group RAF in 1977 to force release of imprisoned terrorists, subsequently murdered · 1915–1977

English painter and computer artist, active in the United States (1928–2016) · 1928–2016

German politician (1896-1947) · 1896–1947

Business Executive · b. 1953

athlete · 1886–1958

scientist · 1910–1986

Actor · b. 1989

Czech artist (born 1953) · b. 1953

Dominican professional boxer · b. 1976

German actor and voice actor · b. 1965

American infielder in Major League Baseball and an actor (1917-1996) · 1917–1996

French-Hungarian painter (1923-2020) · 1923–2020

American singer · b. 1939

film director · 1932–2009

German actor (1953–2023) · 1953–2023

football player · b. 1987

literary scholar (1894-1985) · 1894–1985

entrepreneur · 1884–1947

film director · b. 1981

Swiss broadcasting executive (1907-1981) · 1907–1981

Japanese weightlifter · b. 1980

football player · b. 1992

field hockey player · b. 1981

Politician · b. 1958

Austrian curator · b. 1941

German basketball player · b. 1989

French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist · 1881–1955

architect from Austria (1910-2004) · 1910–2004

Spanish scientist (1852-1934) · 1852–1934

American singer (1934–2005) · 1934–2005

Minister for Expellees, Ostforscher, Probable war criminal (not convicted) (1905-1998) · 1905–1998

Austrian singer · b. 1961

entrepreneur · 1886–1944

American football player and coach (born 1981) · b. 1981

singer · b. 1980

German ornithologist · 1934–2022

Austrian cross-country skier · 1918–1999

Italian hellenist (1871-1938) · 1871–1938

Austrian theologian and author (1909–2006) · 1909–2006

actor · 1908–1998

military person · 1898–1945

American chemist and educator (1923–2021) · 1923–2021

chemist · 1851–1914

Estonian athletics competitor and association football player (1891–1984) · 1891–1984

politician · 1901–1945

Israeli judge (1912–2011) · 1912–2011

Israeli politician (1922–2022) · 1922–2022

Swedish artist (1931–2023) · 1931–2023

German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler (1917–2008) · 1917–2008

actor · 1875–1933

Swiss writer (1861-1918) · 1861–1918

military person · 1903–1945

chemist · 1870–1939

German politician (1920-1982) · 1920–1982

athlete · b. 1892

American urban climber · b. 1898

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

artist · b. 1901

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

American computer scientist · b. 1901

scientist · b. 1901

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

entrepreneur · b. 1901

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

American musician · b. 1904

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

scientist · 1910–2018

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

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