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December 8 2020

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Events on This Day

Champions League Debut
Youssoufa Moukoko
career

Born on This Day

🇹🇷Abdullah Ercan
Turkish association football player (born 1971) · b. 1971
Days alive
17,899
🇩🇪Abi Wallenstein
German musician · b. 1945
Days alive
27,395
🇲🇽Alfredo Aceves
film director

Died on This Day

Aleksandr Konstantinovich Larev
deceased
journalist · 1930–2015
Days lived
31,382
🇦🇹Alma Seidler
deceased
actor · 1899–1977
Days lived
28,831

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
61,338
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
50,016

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
69,009
🇺🇸Kanzi
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
14,652

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
67,182
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
66,879

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
672,389
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
151,903

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
29,832
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
23,254

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· b. 1982

Days alive

13,881

Andrius Kubilius

🇱🇹Andrius Kubilius

Lithuanian politician (born 1956) · b. 1956

Days alive

23,377

Anne-Marie Colchen

🇫🇷Anne-Marie Colchen

French basketball player and athletics competitor (1925-2017) · 1925–2017

Days lived

33,288

Anton Pointner

🇦🇹Anton Pointner

actor · 1884–1949

Days lived

23,650

Bob Brown

🇺🇸Bob Brown

American football player (1941–2023) · 1941–2023

Days lived

29,776

Camille Claudel

🇫🇷Camille Claudel

artist · 1864–1943

Days lived

28,804

Chrisette Michele

🇺🇸Chrisette Michele

American singer · b. 1982

Days alive

13,881

Dipu Moni

🇧🇩Dipu Moni

Bangladeshi politician · b. 1965

Days alive

20,090

Dustin Brown

🇩🇪Dustin Brown

German tennis player · b. 1984

Days alive

13,150

Dwight Howard

🇺🇸Dwight Howard

actor · b. 1985

Days alive

12,785

Eduard Rothauser

🇩🇪Eduard Rothauser

German actor (1876-1956) · 1876–1956

Days lived

28,901

Ermis Lafazanovski

🇷🇴Ermis Lafazanovski

YouTube personality · b. 1961

Days alive

21,551

Ernst Moro

🇩🇪Ernst Moro

Austrian physician (1874–1951) · 1874–1951

Days lived

27,889

Felipe Gozon

🇵🇭Felipe Gozon

Filipino television executive (b. 1939) · b. 1939

Days alive

29,587

Franz Breithaupt

🇩🇪Franz Breithaupt

German SS general (1880–1945) · 1880–1945

Days lived

23,518

Gudrun Okras

🇩🇪Gudrun Okras

German actress (1929-2009) · 1929–2009

Days lived

29,083

Hamit Altıntop

Hamit Altıntop

Turkish association football player (born 1982) · b. 1982

Days alive

13,881

Hank Thompson

🇺🇸Hank Thompson

American baseball player; Negro League Baseball Player; 1925-1969 · 1925–1969

Days lived

16,003

Hans Dietrich Disselhoff

🇩🇪Hans Dietrich Disselhoff

German anthropologist and art historian (1899-1975) · 1899–1975

Days lived

27,767

Helmut Markwort

🇩🇪Helmut Markwort

German journalist and editor · b. 1936

Days alive

30,682

Herbert Schwamborn

🇩🇪Herbert Schwamborn

Zimbabwean musician · b. 1973

Days alive

17,168

Hope Powell

🇬🇧Hope Powell

football player · b. 1966

Days alive

19,725

Hyun Jae-myung

🇰🇷Hyun Jae-myung

South Korean composer · 1902–1960

Days lived

21,133

Jack Rowe

🇺🇸Jack Rowe

Major League Baseball player (1856-1911) · 1856–1911

Days lived

19,861

James Thurber

🇺🇸James Thurber

American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright (1894–1961) · 1894–1961

Days lived

24,436

Jim Morrison

🇺🇸Jim Morrison

actor · 1943–1971

Days lived

10,070

Jura Soyfer

🇦🇹Jura Soyfer

journalist · 1912–1939

Days lived

9,567

Kateryna Yushchenko

🇺🇦Kateryna Yushchenko

scientist · 1919–2001

Days lived

29,837

Kotono Mitsuishi

🇯🇵Kotono Mitsuishi

actor · b. 1967

Days alive

19,360

Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

Actor · 1911–1976

Days lived

23,442

Lucian Freud

🇬🇧Lucian Freud

artist · 1922–2011

Days lived

32,367

Margot Werner

🇦🇹Margot Werner

Austrian ballet dancer, singer and actor (1937–2012) · 1937–2012

Days lived

27,235

Marian Jankowski

🇵🇱Marian Jankowski

Polish sportsperson and weightlifter · 1931–2017

Days lived

31,139

Markku Slawyk

🇩🇪Markku Slawyk

field hockey player · b. 1962

Days alive

21,186

Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell

Oscar Winners · 1930–2014

Days lived

30,372

Michael Naumann

🇩🇪Michael Naumann

German journalist and politician · b. 1941

Days alive

28,856

Mohamed Horani

🇲🇦Mohamed Horani

Moroccan engineer · b. 1953

Days alive

24,473

Nicki Minaj

Music · b. 1982

Days alive

13,881

Pauline Green

🇬🇧Pauline Green

British Labour politician, MEP, DBE, President of the International Co-operative Alliance (born 1948) · b. 1948

Days alive

26,299

Reece James

Reece James

association football player · b. 1999

Days alive

7,672

Richard David Precht

🇩🇪Richard David Precht

journalist · b. 1964

Days alive

20,455

Sammy Davis Jr.

🇺🇸Sammy Davis Jr.

American entertainer (1925–1990) · 1925–1990

Days lived

23,536

Sébastien Chabal

🇫🇷Sébastien Chabal

French rugby union player · b. 1977

Days alive

15,707

Serena Ryder

🇨🇦Serena Ryder

Canadian singer and musician · b. 1982

Days alive

13,881

Sinéad O'Connor

🇮🇪Sinéad O'Connor

singer-songwriter · 1966–2023

Days lived

20,685

Stan Shih

Stan Shih

Taiwanese businessman, Chairman Emeritus of Acer Incorporated (born 1944) · b. 1944

Days alive

27,760

Vernon Wells

🇺🇸Vernon Wells

American baseball player · b. 1978

Days alive

15,342

Ville Kantee

🇫🇮Ville Kantee

singer · b. 1978

Days alive

15,342

Walter Heitz

🇩🇪Walter Heitz

German general (1878–1944) · 1878–1944

Days lived

23,804

Yui Yokoyama

🇯🇵Yui Yokoyama

Japanese idol, former member of AKB48 · b. 1992

Days alive

10,228

Antônio Carlos Jobim

🇧🇷Antônio Carlos Jobim

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

Days lived

24,790

Carl Watzinger

🇩🇪Carl Watzinger

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

Days lived

26,115

Claude Cahun

🇫🇷Claude Cahun

artist · 1894–1954

Days lived

21,959

Edith Jacobson

🇺🇸Edith Jacobson

American German-born MD & psychoanalyst · 1897–1978

Days lived

29,674

Evelyn Berezin

🇺🇸Evelyn Berezin

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

Days lived

34,209

Fritz Arndt

🇩🇪Fritz Arndt

chemist · 1885–1969

Days lived

30,836

Germán Riesco

🇨🇱Germán Riesco

politician · 1854–1916

Days lived

22,840

Jack Cohn

Jack Cohn

Actor · 1889–1956

Days lived

24,514

John Lennon

🇬🇧John Lennon

actor · 1940–1980

Days lived

14,671

Juice WRLD

Juice WRLD

rapper · 1998–2019

Days lived

7,677

Kenneth Moore

🇨🇦Kenneth Moore

Canadian ice hockey player · 1910–1981

Days lived

26,228

Masato Harada

🇯🇵Masato Harada

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

Days lived

27,918

Mattiwilda Dobbs

🇺🇸Mattiwilda Dobbs

American coloratura soprano singer · 1925–2015

Days lived

33,023

Max Grundig

🇩🇪Max Grundig

entrepreneur · 1908–1989

Days lived

29,801

Paul Ferdinand Schilder

🇦🇹Paul Ferdinand Schilder

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

Days lived

20,020

Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia

🇩🇪Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia

military person · 1883–1942

Days lived

21,704

Sayed Yusuf

🇮🇳Sayed Yusuf

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

Days lived

31,022

Walter Haeussermann

🇺🇸Walter Haeussermann

scientist · 1914–2010

Days lived

35,346

William Dieterle

🇺🇸William Dieterle

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

Days lived

29,001

Willy Reichert

🇩🇪Willy Reichert

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

Days lived

28,224

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

47,364

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

47,027

George Polley

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

44,902

Shaherose Charania

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

43,807

Shrikrishna Raut

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

43,807

Eduardo Hernández Martínez

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

43,807

Clifford Swann

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

43,807

David Segal

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

43,807

Giovanny Ramos

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

43,807

Rebecca W. Keller

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

43,807

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

43,807

Fee Plumley

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

43,807

Diane Pozefsky

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

43,807

Keith Padgett

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

43,807

Pete Briggs

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

42,712

Henk Vissers

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

39,872

Toko Shinoda

🇯🇵Toko Shinoda

Japanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021

Days lived

39,421

Magdolna Tóth

🇭🇺Magdolna Tóth

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

39,059

🇺🇸April

deceased

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,763

Maru

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

4,948

Jiffpom

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

3,939

Fiona

🇺🇸Fiona

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

1,415

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

66,452

HSBC

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

56,894

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

55,860

Goldman Sachs

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

55,494

Eli Lilly

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

52,938

Chevron

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

51,590

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

75,921

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

56,590

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

34,942

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

32,485

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

30,395

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

28,372

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

17,792

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

16,609

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

15,904

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

15,217

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

15,174

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

14,953