On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 20 2016
Born on This Day
Ádám Iváncsik🇭🇺
Hungarian handball player · b. 1990
Days alive
9,497
Agustín Mazzilli🇦🇷
Argentine field hockey player · b. 1989
Days alive
9,862
Albrecht Brandi🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1914–1966
Days lived
18,828
Alec Chamberlain🇬🇧
football player · b. 1964
Days alive
18,993
Alois Kottmann🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1929–2021
Days lived
33,770
Anthony Garcy🇺🇸
American weightlifter · b. 1939
Days alive
28,125
Brian Wilson
deceasedsinger · 1942–2025
Days lived
30,307
Candy Clark🇺🇸
actor · b. 1947
Days alive
25,203
Chet Atkins🇺🇸
deceasedrapper · 1924–2001
Days lived
28,134
Claire Tomalin🇬🇧
English biographer and journalist · b. 1933
Days alive
30,316
Danny Aiello
deceasedActor · 1933–2019
Days lived
31,586
Donata Wenders🇩🇪
German photographer · b. 1965
Days alive
18,628
Doris Hart🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1925–2015) · 1925–2015
Days lived
32,850
Ermenegildo Nucci🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest, historian and art historian (1881–1950) · 1881–1950
Days lived
25,126
Errol Flynn🇺🇸
deceasedAustralian actor (1909–1959) · 1909–1959
Days lived
18,378
Eugen Drewermann🇩🇪
writer · b. 1940
Days alive
27,759
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Ferry Radax🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian filmmaker (1932–2021) · 1932–2021
Days lived
32,588
Frank Lampard🇬🇧
football player · b. 1978
Days alive
13,880
Friedrich Gundolf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman poet (1880–1931) · 1880–1931
Days lived
18,648
Georges Dufrénoy🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter (1870-1943) · 1870–1943
Days lived
26,834
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Gérard Collomb🇫🇷
deceasedFrench politician (1947–2023) · 1947–2023
Days lived
27,917
Gonçalo Ramos
association football player · b. 2001
Days alive
5,479
Hans-Dieter Lange🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1926-2012) · 1926–2012
Days lived
31,379
Itumeleng Khune🇿🇦
South African footballer · b. 1987
Days alive
10,593
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James Tolkan
deceasedActor · 1931–2026
Days lived
34,613
Jasmin Feige🇩🇪
deceasedGerman long and high jumper (1959-1988) · 1959–1988
Days lived
10,592
Jean-Marie Le Pen
deceasedNotable Trials · 1928–2025
Days lived
35,265
Jens Blauert🇩🇪
scientist · b. 1938
Days alive
28,490
John Goodman🇺🇸
singer · b. 1952
Days alive
23,376
Jon Glaser
Actor · b. 1968
Days alive
17,532
Josh Lucas🇺🇸
American actor (born 1971) · b. 1971
Days alive
16,437
Juan Gabriel Castro🇲🇽
film director · b. 1972
Days alive
16,071
Juli Sánchez
Andorran footballer · b. 1978
Days alive
13,880
Kurt Schwerdtfeger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman sculptor (1897-1966) · 1897–1966
Days lived
25,250
Kurt Schwitters🇳🇴
deceasedartist · 1887–1948
Days lived
22,116
Lionel Richie🇺🇸
singer · b. 1949
Days alive
24,472
Magdalena Abakanowicz🇵🇱
deceasedartist · 1930–2017
Days lived
31,716
MaliVai Washington🇺🇸
US tennis player · b. 1969
Days alive
17,167
Maria Paudler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1903–1990) · 1903–1990
Days lived
31,835
Mary L. Good🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist (1931–2019) · 1931–2019
Days lived
32,295
Matt Anger🇺🇸
US tennis player · b. 1963
Days alive
19,359
Michael Vitzthum🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1992
Days alive
8,766
Mike Birbiglia
Actor · b. 1978
Days alive
13,880
Nicole Kidman🇺🇸
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
17,898
Nouri al-Maliki
Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014 · b. 1950
Days alive
24,107
Pancho Segura🇺🇸
deceasedEcuadorian tennis player (1921-2017) · 1921–2017
Days lived
35,215
Pauline Newman🇺🇸
American judge · b. 1927
Days alive
32,508
Paulo Bento🇵🇹
Portuguese football manager and former footballer · b. 1969
Days alive
17,167
Peter Bos🇳🇱
actor · b. 1950
Days alive
24,107
Ralf Sträßer🇩🇪
German footballer and manager · b. 1958
Days alive
21,185
Richard Kauffmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-Israeli architect and town planner (1887–1958) · 1887–1958
Days lived
25,795
Richard Riemerschmid🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect, painter, designer, and city planner (1868-1957) · 1868–1957
Days lived
32,438
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Robert Rodriguez🇺🇸
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
17,532
Robert Stieglitz🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1981
Days alive
12,784
Sead Kolašinac🇩🇪
Bosnian-German association football player (born 1993) · b. 1993
Days alive
8,401
Seo Jong-ho🇰🇷
South Korean field hockey player · b. 1980
Days alive
13,149
Souleymane Mamam🇧🇪
footballer · b. 1985
Days alive
11,323
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Stephen Frears🇬🇧
British film director and producer (born 1941) · b. 1941
Days alive
27,394
Tibor Pettkó-Szandtner🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1886–1961
Days lived
27,228
Ulrich Mühe🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1953–2007) · 1953–2007
Days lived
19,755
Wilhelm Zaisser🇺🇸
deceasedGerman politician (1893-1958) · 1893–1958
Days lived
23,631
Xanana Gusmão🇵🇹
writer · b. 1946
Days alive
25,568
Died on This Day
Arthur Heß🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician and judge (1891-1959) · 1891–1959
Days lived
24,808
Bruno Frank🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1887–1945
Days lived
21,191
Conrad Schumann🇩🇪
deceasedEast German soldier (1942-1998) · 1942–1998
Days lived
20,538
Eddie Hopson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer · 1971–2022
Days lived
18,618
Emil Cioran🇷🇴
deceasedRomanian-French philosopher and essayist (1911–1995) · 1911–1995
Days lived
30,754
Erich Hintzsche🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss physician (1900–1975) · 1900–1975
Days lived
27,326
Günter Seibold🇩🇪
deceasedGerman football player (1936-2013) · 1936–2013
Days lived
27,950
Heinz Ditgens🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer and manager (1914-1998) · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,668
Ivar Giæver🇳🇴
deceasedscientist · 1929–2025
Days lived
35,140
Kurt Alder🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1902–1958
Days lived
20,434
Ludwig Gattermann🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1860–1920
Days lived
21,975
Luis del Sol🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish footballer (1935-2021) · 1935–2021
Days lived
31,487
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Michael Westphal🇩🇪
deceasedWest German tennis player (1965–1991) · 1965–1991
Days lived
9,617
Paul Carell🇩🇪
deceasedSS officer, German writer and politician (1911-1997) · 1911–1997
Days lived
31,277
Princess Marie of Battenberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman noble (1852-1923) · 1852–1923
Days lived
26,057
Richard Byrd🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1892–1958
Days lived
24,140
Rolf Uesseler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and writer (1943–2012) · 1943–2012
Days lived
25,373
Rudolf Schwarzkogler🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian artist (1940-1969) · 1940–1969
Days lived
10,446
Shaaban Robert
deceasedTanzanian writer (1909–1962) · 1909–1962
Days lived
19,528
Wibke Bruhns🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and news presenter (1938–2019) · 1938–2019
Days lived
29,505
Wilhelm Busch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman protestant pastor and writer (1897-1966) · 1897–1966
Days lived
25,286
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
59,705
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
48,383
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
45,731
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
45,394
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
43,269
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
42,174
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,174
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,174
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
42,174
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
42,174
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,174
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
42,174
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
42,174
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,174
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
42,174
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
42,174
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
41,079
Barys Kit🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1910–2018
Days lived
39,383
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
38,239
Toko Shinoda🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021
Days lived
39,420
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
67,376
Koko🇺🇸
deceasedWestern lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152
Kanzi🇺🇸
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
13,019
Tilikum🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1981–2017
Days lived
12,796
Stubbs🇺🇸
deceasedOrange tabby cat · 1997–2017
Days lived
7,405
April🇺🇸
deceasedReticulated giraffe · 2000–2021
Days lived
7,762
Boo🇺🇸
deceasedPomeranian · 2006–2019
Days lived
4,691
Maru🇯🇵
Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007
Days alive
3,315
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,549
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,246
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
64,819
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
55,261
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
54,227
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
53,861
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
51,305
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
49,957
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,756
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
150,270
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
74,288
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
54,957
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
33,309
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
30,852
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
28,762
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
26,739
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
28,199
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,621
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
16,159
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
14,976
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
14,271
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,584
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
13,541
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
13,320