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May 26 2017

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Historical Events

Vijana simameni
culture
spoken-word performance by Teardrops, performed on the Churchill show on 26 May 2017

Born on This Day

🇦🇹Adolf Krischanitz
architect · b. 1946
Days alive
25,934
🇺🇸Al Jolson
deceased
Lithuanian-born American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886–1950) · 1886–1950
Days lived
23,526
Aldrich Ames

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Ajita Wilson
deceased
American actress (1950–1987) · 1950–1987
Days lived
13,649
🇬🇧Alan White
deceased
English rock drummer (1949–2022) · 1949–2022
Days lived
26,645

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
60,046
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
48,724

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
67,717
🇺🇸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
65,890
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
65,587

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
671,097
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
150,611

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
28,540
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
21,962

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deceased

Former CIA Officer · 1941–2026

Days lived

30,906

Alexander Nuno Alvaro

🇩🇪Alexander Nuno Alvaro

German politician · b. 1975

Days alive

15,342

Anna von Palen

Anna von Palen

actress (1875-1939) · 1875–1939

Days lived

23,257

Benji Gregory

🇺🇸Benji Gregory

Actor · 1978–2024

Days lived

16,821

Camille Huysmans

🇧🇪Camille Huysmans

politician · 1871–1968

Days lived

35,339

Chris Dold

🇨🇦Chris Dold

Canadian yacht racer · b. 1987

Days alive

10,959

Chris Rooney

🇺🇸Chris Rooney

American ice hockey official · b. 1975

Days alive

15,342

Christian Graf von Krockow

🇩🇪Christian Graf von Krockow

German writer and political scientist (1927–2002) · 1927–2002

Days lived

27,325

Dorothea Lange

🇺🇸Dorothea Lange

artist · 1895–1965

Days lived

25,706

Doug Hutchison

🇺🇸Doug Hutchison

Actor · b. 1960

Days alive

20,820

Ewa Klamt

🇩🇪Ewa Klamt

German politician · b. 1950

Days alive

24,473

Francisco Medina Luna

🇪🇸Francisco Medina Luna

Spanish footballer · b. 1981

Days alive

13,150

Friedrich Weidig

🇩🇪Friedrich Weidig

German painter (1859-1933) · 1859–1933

Days lived

27,154

George Formby

🇬🇧George Formby

English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian (1904–1961) · 1904–1961

Days lived

20,739

Hans Ludendorff

Hans Ludendorff

astronomer and astrophysicist from Germany · 1873–1941

Days lived

24,868

Heinrich Biltz

🇩🇪Heinrich Biltz

chemist · 1865–1943

Days lived

28,645

Heinrich Unverhau

🇩🇪Heinrich Unverhau

musician · 1911–1983

Days lived

26,359

Horst Tappert

🇩🇪Horst Tappert

German actor (1923–2008) · 1923–2008

Days lived

31,249

Inge Borkh

🇩🇪Inge Borkh

German soprano (1921–2018) · 1917–2018

Days lived

36,983

Isadora Duncan

🇺🇸Isadora Duncan

Dancer · 1877–1927

Days lived

18,373

Jack Kevorkian

Jack Kevorkian

Notable Trials · 1928–2011

Days lived

30,324

Jaki Liebezeit

🇩🇪Jaki Liebezeit

German musician (1938–2017) · 1938–2017

Days lived

28,732

John Hamburg

John Hamburg

Actor · b. 1970

Days alive

17,168

John Wayne

John Wayne

Oscar Winners · 1907–1979

Days lived

26,315

Joseph Urban

🇺🇸Joseph Urban

Austrian-American architect (1872-1933) · 1872–1933

Days lived

22,325

Lauryn Hill

🇺🇸Lauryn Hill

singer · b. 1975

Days alive

15,342

Lenny Kravitz

🇺🇸Lenny Kravitz

singer-songwriter · b. 1964

Days alive

19,359

Levka

🇩🇪Levka

German actress · b. 1942

Days alive

27,395

Luis Felipe Martínez

🇨🇺Luis Felipe Martínez

Cuban boxer · b. 1955

Days alive

22,647

Lyudmila Petrushevskaya

🇷🇺Lyudmila Petrushevskaya

Russian writer · b. 1938

Days alive

28,856

Mamie Smith

🇺🇸Mamie Smith

American vaudeville singer (1891–1946) · 1891–1946

Days lived

20,171

Matt Stone

🇺🇸Matt Stone

American actor, animator and filmmaker (born 1971) · b. 1971

Days alive

16,803

Miles Davis

🇺🇸Miles Davis

musician · 1926–1991

Days lived

23,867

Moondog

🇺🇸Moondog

American composer (1916–1999) · 1916–1999

Days lived

30,421

Oleg Saitov

🇷🇺Oleg Saitov

boxer · b. 1974

Days alive

15,707

Oneli Pérez

🇲🇽Oneli Pérez

film director · b. 1983

Days alive

12,420

Pam Grier

Pam Grier

film actor · b. 1949

Days alive

24,838

Paul Lukas

Paul Lukas

Oscar Winners · 1894–1971

Days lived

28,205

Pentti Kirstilä

🇫🇮Pentti Kirstilä

Finnish writer · 1948–2021

Days lived

26,632

Pieter Menten

🇳🇱Pieter Menten

Dutch war criminal, art collector and businessman (1899–1987) · 1899–1987

Days lived

32,314

Revaz Lashkhi

Revaz Lashkhi

athlete · b. 1988

Days alive

10,593

Ruprecht Polenz

🇩🇪Ruprecht Polenz

German politician · b. 1946

Days alive

25,934

Sally Ride

🇺🇸Sally Ride

Physicist · 1951–2012

Days lived

22,340

Stevie Nicks

🇺🇸Stevie Nicks

Singer · b. 1948

Days alive

25,203

Tooji

🇳🇴Tooji

Norwegian singer · b. 1987

Days alive

10,959

Wilhelm Koep

🇩🇪Wilhelm Koep

German architect (1905–1999) · 1905–1999

Days lived

34,364

Yang Joon-hyuk

🇰🇷Yang Joon-hyuk

film director · b. 1969

Days alive

17,533

Albert Leo Schlageter

🇩🇪Albert Leo Schlageter

deceased

military person · 1894–1923

Days lived

10,514

Anne Anderson

🇬🇧Anne Anderson

Scottish children's book illustrator (1874-1952) · 1874–1952

Days lived

28,635

Baselios Thoma Didymos I

🇮🇳Baselios Thoma Didymos I

20th Malankara Metropolitan and 7th Catholicos of the East in Malankara · 1921–2014

Days lived

33,813

Eddie Albert

🇺🇸Eddie Albert

American actor (1906–2005) · 1906–2005

Days lived

36,195

🇩🇪Franz Pfemfert

German journalist (1879-1954) · 1879–1954

Days lived

27,216

Helen Aitchison

🇬🇧Helen Aitchison

British tennis player (1881–1947) · 1881–1947

Days lived

23,912

Hella Tornegg

🇩🇪Hella Tornegg

German actress · 1878–1946

Days lived

24,618

Karl Rapp

🇩🇪Karl Rapp

entrepreneur · 1882–1962

Days lived

29,099

Laura Biagiotti

🇮🇹Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer (1943–2017) · 1943–2017

Days lived

26,960

Ludolf von Krehl

🇩🇪Ludolf von Krehl

German physician (1861-1937) · 1861–1937

Days lived

27,545

Martin Heidegger

🇩🇪Martin Heidegger

philosopher · 1889–1976

Days lived

31,654

Michel Jobert

🇫🇷Michel Jobert

writer · 1921–2002

Days lived

29,478

Pavle Zablatnik

🇦🇹Pavle Zablatnik

Austrian priest (1912-1993) · 1912–1993

Days lived

29,394

Rudolf Heinze

🇩🇪Rudolf Heinze

German politician (1865-1928) · 1865–1928

Days lived

22,954

Steen Due

🇩🇰Steen Due

Danish field hockey player (1898–1974) · 1898–1974

Days lived

27,847

Sydney Pollack

🇺🇸Sydney Pollack

American film director, producer and actor (1934-2008) · 1934–2008

Days lived

26,994

Ted Schroeder

🇺🇸Ted Schroeder

US tennis player (1921-2006) · 1921–2006

Days lived

30,992

Theodor Morell

🇩🇪Theodor Morell

politician · 1886–1948

Days lived

22,589

Zygmunt Chmielewski

🇵🇱Zygmunt Chmielewski

actor (1894-1978) · 1894–1978

Days lived

30,691

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

46,072

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

45,735

George Polley

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

43,610

Clifford Swann

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

42,515

Diane Pozefsky

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,515

Shrikrishna Raut

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

42,515

Keith Padgett

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

42,515

Shaherose Charania

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

42,515

Rebecca W. Keller

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,515

Fee Plumley

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,515

Giovanny Ramos

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

42,515

David Segal

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,515

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

42,515

Eduardo Hernández Martínez

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

42,515

Pete Briggs

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

41,420

Barys Kit

🇷🇺Barys Kit

scientist · 1910–2018

Days lived

39,384

Henk Vissers

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

38,580

Toko Shinoda

🇯🇵Toko Shinoda

Japanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021

Days lived

39,421

Kanzi

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

13,360

Stubbs

🇺🇸Stubbs

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,406

April

🇺🇸April

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,763

Boo

🇺🇸Boo

Pomeranian · 2006–2019

Days lived

4,692

Maru

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

3,656

Jiffpom

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

2,647

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

65,160

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

55,602

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

54,568

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

54,202

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

51,646

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

50,298

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

74,629

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

55,298

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

33,650

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

31,193

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

29,103

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

27,080

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

16,500

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

15,317

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

14,612

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,925

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,882

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

13,661