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August 16 2019

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Events on This Day

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Heather Locklear
legal

Born on This Day

🇫🇷Abdoulaye Keita
football player · b. 1990
Days alive
10,593
🇺🇸Amos Alonzo Stagg
deceased
film director · 1862–1965
Days lived
37,469
🇺🇸Arden Cho
Singer-songwriter

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Aretha Franklin
deceased
American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018) · 1942–2018
Days lived
27,904
🇭🇺Bela Lugosi
deceased
actor · 1882–1956
Days lived
26,964

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
60,858
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
49,536

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
68,529
🇺🇸Kanzi
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
14,172

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
66,702
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
66,399

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
671,909
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
151,423

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
29,352
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
22,774

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Days alive

10,593

Arvind Kejriwal

🇮🇳Arvind Kejriwal

politician · b. 1968

Days alive

18,628

Attila Abonyi

🇭🇺Attila Abonyi

athlete · 1946–2023

Days lived

28,084

Aziz Akhannouch

Aziz Akhannouch

entrepreneur · b. 1961

Days alive

21,185

B. Y. Raghavendra

🇮🇳B. Y. Raghavendra

politician · b. 1973

Days alive

16,802

Brian Gordon

🇺🇸Brian Gordon

film director · b. 1978

Days alive

14,976

Caroline Grothgar

🇦🇹Caroline Grothgar

actor · b. 1968

Days alive

18,628

Céline Roscheck

🇦🇹Céline Roscheck

musician · b. 1983

Days alive

13,150

Charli Baltimore

🇺🇸Charli Baltimore

singer-songwriter · b. 1974

Days alive

16,437

Christina Hammer

🇩🇪Christina Hammer

German boxer · b. 1990

Days alive

10,593

Christos Papadimitriou

🇺🇸Christos Papadimitriou

musician · b. 1949

Days alive

25,568

David Bergman

🇳🇱David Bergman

Dutch baseball player · b. 1981

Days alive

13,880

Denis Gremelmayr

🇩🇪Denis Gremelmayr

German tennis player · b. 1981

Days alive

13,880

Edith Mill

🇦🇹Edith Mill

actor · 1925–2007

Days lived

30,037

Ernst Jan Beeuwkes

🇳🇱Ernst Jan Beeuwkes

Dutch fashion designer (1931-1998) · 1931–1998

Days lived

24,317

Evanna Lynch

🇮🇪Evanna Lynch

singer · b. 1991

Days alive

10,228

Eydie Gormé

🇺🇸Eydie Gormé

American pop singer, chanteuse, comic actress (1928-2013) · 1928–2013

Days lived

31,041

Gabriel Urpi

🇪🇸Gabriel Urpi

tennis player · b. 1961

Days alive

21,185

Gadjo

🇩🇪Gadjo

rapper · b. 1972

Days alive

17,167

Hans Jenny

🇨🇭Hans Jenny

scientist · 1904–1972

Days lived

24,785

Hans Koch

🇩🇪Hans Koch

German resistance fighter (1893–1945) · 1893–1945

Days lived

18,879

Hugo Flink

🇦🇹Hugo Flink

actor · 1879–1947

Days lived

24,731

James Cameron

🇨🇦James Cameron

actor · b. 1954

Days alive

23,742

James Michel

James Michel

politician · b. 1944

Days alive

27,394

Jannik Sinner

Jannik Sinner

tennis player · b. 2001

Days alive

6,575

Joaquín Reyes Cano

🇪🇸Joaquín Reyes Cano

Spanish actor, comedian and cartoonist · b. 1974

Days alive

16,437

Julia Schruff

🇩🇪Julia Schruff

German tennis player · b. 1982

Days alive

13,515

Karl-Heinz Vosgerau

🇩🇪Karl-Heinz Vosgerau

German actor (1928-2021) · 1928–2021

Days lived

33,745

Kevin Schmidt

🇺🇸Kevin Schmidt

actor · b. 1988

Days alive

11,323

Koray Günter

Koray Günter

football player · b. 1994

Days alive

9,132

Kraudn Sepp

🇩🇪Kraudn Sepp

German musician (1896–1977) · 1896–1977

Days lived

29,448

Lois Nettleton

🇺🇸Lois Nettleton

actress (1927-2008) · 1927–2008

Days lived

29,376

Madonna

Madonna

singer · b. 1958

Days alive

22,281

Magnus Betnér

🇸🇪Magnus Betnér

actor · b. 1974

Days alive

16,437

Mariusz Jędra

🇵🇱Mariusz Jędra

Polish weightlifter · b. 1973

Days alive

16,802

Pierre Richard

🇫🇷Pierre Richard

French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian · b. 1934

Days alive

31,047

Ralf Bendix

🇩🇪Ralf Bendix

rapper · 1924–2014

Days lived

32,889

Reiner Kunze

🇩🇪Reiner Kunze

German poet, writer, translator, and GDR dissident (born 1933) · b. 1933

Days alive

31,412

Ri Myong-jun

🇰🇵Ri Myong-jun

North Korean footballer · b. 1990

Days alive

10,593

Ryan Longwell

🇺🇸Ryan Longwell

player of American football · b. 1974

Days alive

16,437

Sheila

🇫🇷Sheila

French recording artist and yé-yé singer · b. 1945

Days alive

27,029

Steve Carell

🇺🇸Steve Carell

American actor and comedian (born 1962) · b. 1962

Days alive

20,820

Sylvia Stolz

🇩🇪Sylvia Stolz

German Holocaust denier and former lawyer · b. 1963

Days alive

20,455

Tony Trabert

🇺🇸Tony Trabert

basketball player · 1930–2021

Days lived

33,045

Ulla Weigerstorfer

🇦🇹Ulla Weigerstorfer

entrepreneur · b. 1967

Days alive

18,994

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

🇳🇬Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

President of Nigeria (1951-2010) · 1951–2010

Days lived

21,448

Young Thug

🇺🇸Young Thug

Artist · b. 1991

Days alive

10,228

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

deceased

film actor · 1935–1977

Days lived

15,562

Felix Maria Davídek

🇨🇿Felix Maria Davídek

bishop of the Roman Catholic Church (1921–1988) · 1921–1988

Days lived

24,689

Friedrich Sämisch

🇩🇪Friedrich Sämisch

German chess player (1896-1975) · 1896–1975

Days lived

28,819

Georges Oltramare

🇨🇭Georges Oltramare

Swiss writer, journalist and fascist politician (1896-1960) · 1896–1960

Days lived

23,497

Ivan Hlinka

🇨🇿Ivan Hlinka

athlete · 1950–2004

Days lived

19,927

John Pemberton

John Pemberton

Actor · 1831–1888

Days lived

20,860

Karl Storch

🇩🇪Karl Storch

German hammer thrower (1913-1992) · 1913–1992

Days lived

28,851

Mamie Smith

🇺🇸Mamie Smith

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

Days lived

20,171

Michael Murach

Michael Murach

boxer (1911-1941) · 1911–1941

Days lived

11,155

Narayan Gangaram Surve

🇮🇳Narayan Gangaram Surve

Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India · 1926–2010

Days lived

30,622

Paul Weinstein

🇩🇪Paul Weinstein

German high jumper (1878-1964) · 1878–1964

Days lived

31,545

Peter Scholl-Latour

🇫🇷Peter Scholl-Latour

YouTube personality · 1924–2014

Days lived

33,033

Pippo Baudo

🇮🇹Pippo Baudo

Italian television presenter (1936–2025) · 1936–2025

Days lived

32,578

Renée Stobrawa

🇩🇪Renée Stobrawa

actor · 1897–1971

Days lived

26,970

Robert Johnson

🇺🇸Robert Johnson

singer-songwriter · 1911–1938

Days lived

9,963

Robert Quiroga

🇺🇸Robert Quiroga

American boxer · 1969–2004

Days lived

12,730

Vladimir Kuts

Vladimir Kuts

Soviet Ukrainian athletics competitor (1927–1975) · 1927–1975

Days lived

17,723

Wilhelm Morgner

Wilhelm Morgner

German painter (1891-1917) · 1891–1917

Days lived

9,698

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

46,884

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

46,547

George Polley

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

44,422

Clifford Swann

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

43,327

Shrikrishna Raut

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

43,327

David Segal

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

43,327

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

43,327

Eduardo Hernández Martínez

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

43,327

Rebecca W. Keller

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

43,327

Shaherose Charania

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

43,327

Giovanny Ramos

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

43,327

Keith Padgett

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

43,327

Diane Pozefsky

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

43,327

Fee Plumley

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

43,327

Pete Briggs

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

42,232

Henk Vissers

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

39,392

Toko Shinoda

🇯🇵Toko Shinoda

Japanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021

Days lived

39,421

Magdolna Tóth

🇭🇺Magdolna Tóth

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

38,579

🇺🇸April

deceased

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,763

Maru

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

4,468

Jiffpom

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

3,459

Fiona

🇺🇸Fiona

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

935

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

65,972

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

56,414

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

55,380

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

55,014

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

52,458

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

51,110

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

75,441

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

56,110

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

34,462

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

32,005

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

29,915

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

27,892

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

17,312

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

16,129

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

15,424

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

14,737

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

14,694

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

14,473