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December 8, 2016

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December 8 2016

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Born on This Day

🇹🇷Abdullah Ercan
Turkish association football player (born 1971) · b. 1971
Days alive
16,437
🇩🇪Abi Wallenstein
German musician · b. 1945
Days alive
25,933
🇲🇽Alfredo Aceves
film director · b. 1982
Days alive
12,419
🇱🇹Andrius Kubilius
Lithuanian politician (born 1956) · b. 1956
Days alive
21,915
🇫🇷Anne-Marie Colchen
deceased
French basketball player and athletics competitor (1925-2017) · 1925–2017
Days lived
33,287
🇦🇹Anton Pointner
deceased
actor · 1884–1949
Days lived
23,649
🇺🇸Bob Brown
deceased
American football player (1941–2023) · 1941–2023
Days lived
29,775
🇫🇷Camille Claudel
deceased
artist · 1864–1943
Days lived
28,803
🇺🇸Chrisette Michele
American singer · b. 1982
Days alive
12,419
🇧🇩Dipu Moni
Bangladeshi politician · b. 1965
Days alive
18,628
🇩🇪Dustin Brown
German tennis player · b. 1984
Days alive
11,688
🇺🇸Dwight Howard
actor · b. 1985
Days alive
11,323
🇩🇪Eduard Rothauser
deceased
German actor (1876-1956) · 1876–1956
Days lived
28,900
🇷🇴Ermis Lafazanovski
YouTube personality · b. 1961
Days alive
20,089
🇩🇪Ernst Moro
deceased
Austrian physician (1874–1951) · 1874–1951
Days lived
27,888
🇵🇭Felipe Gozon
Filipino television executive (b. 1939) · b. 1939
Days alive
28,125
🇩🇪Franz Breithaupt
deceased
German SS general (1880–1945) · 1880–1945
Days lived
23,517
🇩🇪Gudrun Okras
deceased
German actress (1929-2009) · 1929–2009
Days lived
29,082
Hamit Altıntop
Turkish association football player (born 1982) · b. 1982
Days alive
12,419
🇺🇸Hank Thompson
deceased
American baseball player; Negro League Baseball Player; 1925-1969 · 1925–1969
Days lived
16,002
🇩🇪Hans Dietrich Disselhoff
deceased
German anthropologist and art historian (1899-1975) · 1899–1975
Days lived
27,766
🇩🇪Helmut Markwort
German journalist and editor · b. 1936
Days alive
29,220
🇩🇪Herbert Schwamborn
Zimbabwean musician · b. 1973
Days alive
15,706
🇬🇧Hope Powell
football player · b. 1966
Days alive
18,263
🇰🇷Hyun Jae-myung
deceased
South Korean composer · 1902–1960
Days lived
21,132
🇺🇸Jack Rowe
deceased
Major League Baseball player (1856-1911) · 1856–1911
Days lived
19,860
🇺🇸James Thurber
deceased
American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright (1894–1961) · 1894–1961
Days lived
24,435
🇺🇸Jim Morrison
deceased
actor · 1943–1971
Days lived
10,069
🇦🇹Jura Soyfer
deceased
journalist · 1912–1939
Days lived
9,566
🇺🇦Kateryna Yushchenko
deceased
scientist · 1919–2001
Days lived
29,836
🇯🇵Kotono Mitsuishi
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
17,898
Lee J. Cobb
deceased
Actor · 1911–1976
Days lived
23,441
🇬🇧Lucian Freud
deceased
artist · 1922–2011
Days lived
32,366
🇦🇹Margot Werner
deceased
Austrian ballet dancer, singer and actor (1937–2012) · 1937–2012
Days lived
27,234
🇵🇱Marian Jankowski
deceased
Polish sportsperson and weightlifter · 1931–2017
Days lived
31,138
🇩🇪Markku Slawyk
field hockey player · b. 1962
Days alive
19,724
Maximilian Schell
deceased
Oscar Winners · 1930–2014
Days lived
30,371
🇩🇪Michael Naumann
German journalist and politician · b. 1941
Days alive
27,394
🇲🇦Mohamed Horani
Moroccan engineer · b. 1953
Days alive
23,011
Nicki Minaj
Music · b. 1982
Days alive
12,419
🇬🇧Pauline Green
British Labour politician, MEP, DBE, President of the International Co-operative Alliance (born 1948) · b. 1948
Days alive
24,837
Reece James
association football player · b. 1999
Days alive
6,210
🇩🇪Richard David Precht
journalist · b. 1964
Days alive
18,993
🇺🇸Sammy Davis Jr.
deceased
American entertainer (1925–1990) · 1925–1990
Days lived
23,535
🇫🇷Sébastien Chabal
French rugby union player · b. 1977
Days alive
14,245
🇨🇦Serena Ryder
Canadian singer and musician · b. 1982
Days alive
12,419
🇮🇪Sinéad O'Connor
deceased
singer-songwriter · 1966–2023
Days lived
20,684
Stan Shih
Taiwanese businessman, Chairman Emeritus of Acer Incorporated (born 1944) · b. 1944
Days alive
26,298
🇺🇸Vernon Wells
American baseball player · b. 1978
Days alive
13,880
🇫🇮Ville Kantee
singer · b. 1978
Days alive
13,880
🇩🇪Walter Heitz
deceased
German general (1878–1944) · 1878–1944
Days lived
23,803
🇯🇵Yui Yokoyama
Japanese idol, former member of AKB48 · b. 1992
Days alive
8,766

Died on This Day

Aleksandr Konstantinovich Larev
deceased
journalist · 1930–2015
Days lived
31,381
🇦🇹Alma Seidler
deceased
actor · 1899–1977
Days lived
28,830

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
59,876
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
48,554

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
67,547
🇺🇸Koko
deceased
Western lowland gorilla · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,152

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,720
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,417

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
670,927
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
150,441

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
28,370
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,792

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🇧🇷Antônio Carlos Jobim

deceased

Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist (1927–1994) · 1927–1994

Days lived

24,789

🇩🇪Carl Watzinger

German classical archaeologist (1877-1948) · 1877–1948

Days lived

26,114

🇫🇷Claude Cahun

artist · 1894–1954

Days lived

21,958

🇺🇸Edith Jacobson

American German-born MD & psychoanalyst · 1897–1978

Days lived

29,673

🇺🇸Evelyn Berezin

American computer scientist (1925–2018) · 1925–2018

Days lived

34,208

🇩🇪Fritz Arndt

chemist · 1885–1969

Days lived

30,835

🇨🇱Germán Riesco

politician · 1854–1916

Days lived

22,839

Jack Cohn

Actor · 1889–1956

Days lived

24,513

🇬🇧John Lennon

actor · 1940–1980

Days lived

14,670

Juice WRLD

rapper · 1998–2019

Days lived

7,676

🇨🇦Kenneth Moore

Canadian ice hockey player · 1910–1981

Days lived

26,227

🇯🇵Masato Harada

Japanese film director, critic, and actor · 1949–2025

Days lived

27,917

🇺🇸Mattiwilda Dobbs

American coloratura soprano singer · 1925–2015

Days lived

33,022

🇩🇪Max Grundig

entrepreneur · 1908–1989

Days lived

29,800

🇦🇹Paul Ferdinand Schilder

Austrian neurologist and pychiatrist (1886–1940) · 1886–1940

Days lived

20,019

🇩🇪Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia

military person · 1883–1942

Days lived

21,703

🇮🇳Sayed Yusuf

Indian field hockey player (1895–1979) · 1895–1979

Days lived

31,021

🇺🇸Walter Haeussermann

scientist · 1914–2010

Days lived

35,345

🇺🇸William Dieterle

German/American actor, film director and art collector (1893–1972) · 1893–1972

Days lived

29,000

🇩🇪Willy Reichert

German comic and actor (1896–1973) · 1896–1973

Days lived

28,223

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

45,902

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

45,565

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

43,440

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

42,345

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

42,345

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,345

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

42,345

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

42,345

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,345

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

42,345

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,345

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,345

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

42,345

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,345

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

41,250

🇷🇺Barys Kit

scientist · 1910–2018

Days lived

39,383

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

38,410

🇯🇵Toko Shinoda

Japanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021

Days lived

39,420

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

13,190

🇺🇸Tilikum

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

🇺🇸Stubbs

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

🇺🇸April

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,762

🇺🇸Boo

Pomeranian · 2006–2019

Days lived

4,691

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

3,486

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

64,990

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

55,432

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

54,398

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

54,032

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

51,476

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

50,128

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

74,459

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

55,128

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

33,480

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

31,023

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

28,933

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

26,910

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

16,330

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

15,147

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

14,442

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,755

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,712

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

13,491