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December 1 2015

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Events on This Day

Diagnosis of Brain Cancer
Gord Downie
milestone

Born on This Day

Aiko, Princess Toshi
aristocrat · b. 2001
Days alive
5,114
🇬🇧Alastair Denniston
deceased
British cryptographer and Royal Navy Commander (1881-1961) · 1881–1961
Days lived
28,886
Albert Ho

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Adolph Hoffmann
deceased
German politician and publisher (1858-1930) · 1858–1930
Days lived
26,552
🇮🇹Antonio Segni
deceased
politician · 1891–1972
Days lived
29,888

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
59,504
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
48,182

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
67,175
🇺🇸Koko
deceased
Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,153

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,348
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,045

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,555
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
150,069

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
27,998
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,420

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🇨🇳

politician · b. 1951

Days alive

23,377

Bette Midler

🇺🇸Bette Midler

American singer and actress (born 1945) · b. 1945

Days alive

25,568

Brad Delson

🇺🇸Brad Delson

rapper · b. 1977

Days alive

13,880

Carlton Medder

🇺🇸Carlton Medder

college football player, professional football player, offensive lineman, offensive guard · b. 1984

Days alive

11,323

Chris Poland

🇺🇸Chris Poland

American guitarist · b. 1957

Days alive

21,185

David Doyle

🇺🇸David Doyle

American actor (1929–1997) · 1929–1997

Days lived

24,560

Ernst Toller

🇵🇱Ernst Toller

politician · 1893–1939

Days lived

16,608

Felix Weber

🇩🇪Felix Weber

rapper · b. 1960

Days alive

20,089

Finn E. Kydland

🇳🇴Finn E. Kydland

Norwegian economist · b. 1943

Days alive

26,299

George Maxwell Richards

George Maxwell Richards

President of Trinidad and Tobago (1931-2018) · 1931–2018

Days lived

31,451

Heinrich Siedentopf

🇩🇪Heinrich Siedentopf

German astronomer (1906–1963) · 1906–1963

Days lived

20,817

Heinz Riesenhuber

🇩🇪Heinz Riesenhuber

chemist · b. 1935

Days alive

29,221

Isabella Soric

🇩🇪Isabella Soric

German actress and television presenter · b. 1988

Days alive

9,862

Jiao Zhimin

🇨🇳Jiao Zhimin

table tennis player · b. 1963

Days alive

18,994

Jim Sullivan

🇬🇧Jim Sullivan

film director · 1903–1977

Days lived

27,000

Justin Chadwick

🇬🇧Justin Chadwick

actor · b. 1968

Days alive

17,167

Katherine LaNasa

🇺🇸Katherine LaNasa

actor · b. 1966

Days alive

17,898

Lee Young-min

🇰🇷Lee Young-min

South Korean footballer (1905-1954) · 1905–1954

Days lived

17,787

Lloyd Doyley

🇬🇧Lloyd Doyley

football player · b. 1982

Days alive

12,054

Louis Held

🇩🇪Louis Held

German photographer (1851–1927) · 1851–1927

Days lived

27,531

Marty Marion

🇺🇸Marty Marion

film director · 1916–2011

Days lived

34,438

Melanie Peres

🇩🇪Melanie Peres

musician · b. 1971

Days alive

16,072

Ned Kelly

Ned Kelly

Notable Trials · 1854–1880

Days lived

9,478

Nicholas Negroponte

🇺🇸Nicholas Negroponte

American computer scientist (born 1943) · b. 1943

Days alive

26,299

Nico Schlotterbeck

Nico Schlotterbeck

association football player · b. 1999

Days alive

5,845

Otto Pérez Molina

🇬🇹Otto Pérez Molina

President of Guatemala (2012-2015) · b. 1950

Days alive

23,742

Pablo Escobar

Pablo Escobar

Notable Trials · 1949–1993

Days lived

16,073

Peter McLane

🇫🇷Peter McLane

French singer · b. 1945

Days alive

25,568

Peter S. Kalikow

🇺🇸Peter S. Kalikow

entrepreneur · b. 1942

Days alive

26,664

Red Badgro

🇺🇸Red Badgro

player of American football · 1902–1998

Days lived

34,924

Richard Carrier

🇺🇸Richard Carrier

philosopher · b. 1969

Days alive

16,802

Richard Pryor

🇺🇸Richard Pryor

American comedian and actor (1940–2005) · 1940–2005

Days lived

23,751

Robert F. Smith

🇺🇸Robert F. Smith

Private Equity Investor · b. 1962

Days alive

19,359

Sakyong Mipham

🇮🇳Sakyong Mipham

athlete · b. 1962

Days alive

19,359

Sebastián Piñera

🇨🇱Sebastián Piñera

entrepreneur · 1949–2024

Days lived

27,096

Slim Willet

🇺🇸Slim Willet

singer · 1919–1966

Days lived

17,015

Steve Gibb

🇬🇧Steve Gibb

singer · b. 1973

Days alive

15,341

Tatyana Ivanova

🇷🇺Tatyana Ivanova

Russian philologist (1917-2011) · 1917–2011

Days lived

34,346

Victor Mayer

🇩🇪Victor Mayer

entrepreneur · 1857–1946

Days lived

32,458

Wang Ch'ung-hui

🇭🇰Wang Ch'ung-hui

Taiwanese judge (1881-1958) · 1881–1958

Days lived

27,863

Woody Allen

🇺🇸Woody Allen

Filmmaker, Writer, Actor · b. 1935

Days alive

29,221

Zhu De

🇨🇳Zhu De

politician · 1886–1976

Days lived

32,725

Benedict Gross

🇺🇸Benedict Gross

deceased

American mathematician (1950–2025) · 1950–2025

Days lived

27,557

Carl Koch

🇩🇪Carl Koch

actor · 1892–1963

Days lived

26,056

Charles de Foucauld

🇫🇷Charles de Foucauld

French Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916) · 1858–1916

Days lived

21,262

Christa Wolf

🇩🇪Christa Wolf

YouTube personality · 1929–2011

Days lived

30,209

Earnest Goodsir-Cullen

🇮🇳Earnest Goodsir-Cullen

field hockey player · 1912–1993

Days lived

29,725

Franz Joseph Emil Fischer

🇩🇪Franz Joseph Emil Fischer

chemist · 1877–1947

Days lived

25,824

Gaylord Perry

🇺🇸Gaylord Perry

film director · 1938–2022

Days lived

30,759

Ilke Wyludda

🇩🇪Ilke Wyludda

German discus thrower and shot putter (1969–2024) · 1969–2024

Days lived

20,338

Joseph Rosemeyer

🇩🇪Joseph Rosemeyer

entrepreneur · 1872–1919

Days lived

17,429

Jovan Belcher

🇺🇸Jovan Belcher

American football player (1987–2012) · 1987–2012

Days lived

9,263

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

🇩🇪Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1911-2004); prince consort of the Netherlands (1911–2004) · 1911–2004

Days lived

34,125

Ranganathan Francis

🇮🇳Ranganathan Francis

field hockey player (1920-1975) · 1920–1975

Days lived

20,350

Sandra Day O'Connor

🇺🇸Sandra Day O'Connor

politician · 1930–2023

Days lived

34,219

Sepp Vees

🇩🇪Sepp Vees

artist · 1908–1989

Days lived

29,606

Sergio Corbucci

🇮🇹Sergio Corbucci

Italian film director (1927-1990) · 1927–1990

Days lived

23,007

Walter Bluhm

🇩🇪Walter Bluhm

German actor (1904-1976) · 1904–1976

Days lived

26,417

Zayda Peña Arjona

🇲🇽Zayda Peña Arjona

singer · 1981–2007

Days lived

9,768

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

45,530

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

45,193

George Polley

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

43,068

David Segal

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,973

Eduardo Hernández Martínez

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

41,973

Diane Pozefsky

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,973

Clifford Swann

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

41,973

Shaherose Charania

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

41,973

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,973

Rebecca W. Keller

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,973

Giovanny Ramos

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

41,973

Keith Padgett

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

41,973

Fee Plumley

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,973

Shrikrishna Raut

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

41,973

Pete Briggs

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

40,878

Barys Kit

🇷🇺Barys Kit

scientist · 1910–2018

Days lived

39,384

Henk Vissers

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

38,038

Toko Shinoda

🇯🇵Toko Shinoda

Japanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021

Days lived

39,421

Kanzi

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

12,818

Tilikum

🇺🇸Tilikum

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,797

Stubbs

🇺🇸Stubbs

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,406

Harambe

🇺🇸Harambe

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,212

April

🇺🇸April

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,763

Boo

🇺🇸Boo

Pomeranian · 2006–2019

Days lived

4,692

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

64,618

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

55,060

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

54,026

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

53,660

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

51,104

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

49,756

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

74,087

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

54,756

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

33,108

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

30,651

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

28,561

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

26,538

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

15,958

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

14,775

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

14,070

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,383

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,340

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

13,119