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April 14 2017

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Events on This Day

Acted in 'Sandy Wexler'
Allan Katz
milestone

Born on This Day

🇨🇦A. C. Newman
rapper · b. 1968
Days alive
17,897
Abel Muzorewa
deceased
first and only prime minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979-80) · 1925–2010
Days lived
31,040
🇺🇸Abigail Breslin
Actor

Died on This Day

Bernard Madoff
deceased
Notable Trials · 1938–2021
Days lived
30,301
🇬🇧Bob Evans
deceased
Welsh rugby union player (1921-2003) · 1921–2003
Days lived
30,007

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
60,003
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
48,681

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
67,674
🇺🇸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
65,847
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,544

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
671,054
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
150,568

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
28,497
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,919

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· b. 1996

Days alive

7,670

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

Oscar Winners · b. 1973

Days alive

16,071

Álvaro d'Ors

🇪🇸Álvaro d'Ors

Spanish jurist and academic · 1915–2004

Days lived

32,435

Anton Reinthaller

🇦🇹Anton Reinthaller

Austrian member of the Nazi party (1895–1958) · 1895–1958

Days lived

22,971

Arnold J. Toynbee

🇬🇧Arnold J. Toynbee

British historian (1889–1975) · 1889–1975

Days lived

31,601

Artūras Rimkevičius

🇱🇹Artūras Rimkevičius

Lithuanian footballer (1983-2019) · 1983–2019

Days lived

13,311

B. R. Ambedkar

🇮🇳B. R. Ambedkar

Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956) · 1891–1956

Days lived

23,977

🇳🇿Bryce Williams

New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1980

Days alive

13,514

Catherine Opie

🇺🇸Catherine Opie

American photographer (born 1961) · b. 1961

Days alive

20,454

🇬🇧Chris Langham

Comedian · 1949–2026

Days lived

28,195

Cynthia Cooper-Dyke

🇺🇸Cynthia Cooper-Dyke

American basketball player and coach · b. 1963

Days alive

19,724

David Shiffman

🇮🇱David Shiffman

Israeli politician · 1923–1982

Days lived

21,737

Edith Peters

🇺🇸Edith Peters

American singer and actress (1926-2000) · 1926–2000

Days lived

27,226

Efi Arazi

🇮🇱Efi Arazi

Israeli technology entrepreneur (1937–2013) · 1937–2013

Days lived

27,759

Erich von Däniken

Erich von Däniken

Notable Trials · 1935–2026

Days lived

33,144

Erwin Hoffer

🇦🇹Erwin Hoffer

Austrian footballer · b. 1987

Days alive

10,958

🇩🇪Georg Buschan

German anthropologist (1863-1942) · 1863–1942

Days lived

29,060

🇫🇷Guy-Marie Bagnard

former French Roman Catholic Bishop · b. 1937

Days alive

29,220

Herbert Sandberg

🇵🇱Herbert Sandberg

German artist and caricaturist (1908–1991) · 1908–1991

Days lived

30,288

🇺🇸Jim Grabb

US tennis player · b. 1964

Days alive

19,358

John Shea

🇺🇸John Shea

actor · b. 1949

Days alive

24,837

Julian Lloyd Webber

🇬🇧Julian Lloyd Webber

British solo cellist and conductor · b. 1951

Days alive

24,107

Kim Si-woo

🇰🇷Kim Si-woo

Actor · b. 2014

Days alive

1,096

Kurt Ranke

🇩🇪Kurt Ranke

German ethnologist (1908–1985) · 1908–1985

Days lived

28,177

Landolf Scherzer

🇩🇪Landolf Scherzer

German journalist · b. 1941

Days alive

27,759

Laura Tonke

🇩🇪Laura Tonke

actor · b. 1974

Days alive

15,706

Mani

Mani

Notable Trials · 216–274

Days lived

21,141

Mattéo Guendouzi

Mattéo Guendouzi

association football player · b. 1999

Days alive

6,575

Matthias Frings

🇩🇪Matthias Frings

German journalist, writer and television presenter · b. 1953

Days alive

23,376

Milan Jesih

🇸🇮Milan Jesih

Slovene poet, playwright and translator · b. 1950

Days alive

24,472

Moritz Schlick

🇩🇪Moritz Schlick

philosopher · 1882–1936

Days lived

19,792

Peter Behrens

🇩🇪Peter Behrens

German architect and designer (1868-1940) · 1868–1940

Days lived

26,250

Rainald Grebe

🇩🇪Rainald Grebe

German song poet, actor and entertainer · b. 1971

Days alive

16,802

Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger

Oscar Winners · 1925–2002

Days lived

28,210

Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi

Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi

Prime Minister of Samoa from 1998 to 2021 · b. 1945

Days alive

26,298

Udo Voigt

🇩🇪Udo Voigt

politician · 1952–2025

Days lived

26,757

Viktor Vekselberg

Viktor Vekselberg

entrepreneur · b. 1957

Days alive

21,915

Yukihiro Matsumoto

🇯🇵Yukihiro Matsumoto

Japanese computer scientist who created the Ruby programming language · b. 1965

Days alive

18,993

Carlos Víctor Aramayo

🇫🇷Carlos Víctor Aramayo

deceased

entrepreneur · 1889–1981

Days lived

33,426

Colin Davis

Colin Davis

conductor · 1927–2013

Days lived

31,248

Efi Arazi

🇮🇱Efi Arazi

Israeli technology entrepreneur (1937–2013) · 1937–2013

Days lived

27,759

Fredric March

Fredric March

Oscar Winners · 1897–1975

Days lived

28,349

John Singer Sargent

🇺🇸John Singer Sargent

artist · 1856–1925

Days lived

25,294

L. L. Zamenhof

🇵🇱L. L. Zamenhof

Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917) · 1859–1917

Days lived

20,939

Mark Sheehan

🇮🇪Mark Sheehan

singer · 1976–2023

Days lived

16,968

🇪🇸Matilde Muñoz Sampedro

actor · 1900–1969

Days lived

25,245

Ned Hanlon

🇺🇸Ned Hanlon

film director · 1857–1937

Days lived

29,089

Nina Dumbadze

🇺🇦Nina Dumbadze

athlete · 1919–1983

Days lived

23,457

Olivier Maurault

🇨🇦Olivier Maurault

Canadian historian (1886-1968) · 1886–1968

Days lived

30,053

Rachel Carson

🇺🇸Rachel Carson

American marine biologist and conservationist (1907-1964) · 1907–1964

Days lived

20,777

Simone de Beauvoir

🇫🇷Simone de Beauvoir

writer · 1908–1986

Days lived

28,585

Vladimir Mayakovsky

Vladimir Mayakovsky

Russian and Soviet poet (1893–1930) · 1893–1930

Days lived

13,417

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

46,029

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

45,692

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

43,567

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,472

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

42,472

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

42,472

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

42,472

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,472

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

42,472

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,472

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,472

Shrikrishna Raut

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

42,472

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

42,472

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,472

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

41,377

Barys Kit

🇷🇺Barys Kit

scientist · 1910–2018

Days lived

39,383

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

38,537

Toko Shinoda

🇯🇵Toko Shinoda

Japanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021

Days lived

39,420

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

13,317

🇺🇸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

3,613

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

2,604

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

65,117

HSBC

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

55,559

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

54,525

Goldman Sachs

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

54,159

Eli Lilly

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

51,603

Chevron

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

50,255

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

74,586

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

55,255

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

33,607

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

31,150

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

29,060

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

27,037

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

16,457

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

15,274

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

14,569

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,882

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,839

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

13,618