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December 29 2021

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Events on This Day

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Yoon Seung-ah
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Born on This Day

Albert Pike
deceased
lawyer · 1809–1891
Days lived
29,680
🇩🇪Alfred Vohrer
deceased
Film director, Actor (1914–1986) · 1914–1986
Days lived
25,970

Died on This Day

🇮🇹Andrei Tarkovsky
deceased
actor · 1932–1986
Days lived
19,993
🇬🇧Bob Gould
deceased
Welsh rugby union player (1863-1931) · 1863–1931
Days lived
25,018

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
61,724
Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
50,402

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
69,395
🇺🇸Kanzi
Bonobo · b. 1980
Days alive
15,038

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
67,568
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
67,265

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
672,775
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
152,289

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
30,218
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
23,640

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Ann Demeulemeester

🇧🇪Ann Demeulemeester

Belgian fashion designer (born 1959) · b. 1959

Days alive

22,647

Arthur Daniel Healey

🇺🇸Arthur Daniel Healey

United States federal judge (1889-1948) · 1889–1948

Days lived

21,446

Brendan Venter

🇿🇦Brendan Venter

South African rugby union footballer and coach · b. 1969

Days alive

18,994

Brice Salobert

🇫🇷Brice Salobert

rugby union player · b. 1980

Days alive

14,976

Bruce Beutler

🇺🇸Bruce Beutler

scientist · b. 1957

Days alive

23,377

Charlotte Riley

🇬🇧Charlotte Riley

Actor · b. 1981

Days alive

14,611

Chris Barnes

🇺🇸Chris Barnes

American death metal vocalist · b. 1966

Days alive

20,090

Christian Kracht

🇨🇭Christian Kracht

Swiss novelist and journalist (born 1966) · b. 1966

Days alive

20,090

Cordula Trantow

🇩🇪Cordula Trantow

German film director · b. 1942

Days alive

28,856

Danny McBride

🇺🇸Danny McBride

American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter · b. 1976

Days alive

16,437

Derek Chisora

🇬🇧Derek Chisora

Boxer · b. 1983

Days alive

13,881

Dina Merrill

🇺🇸Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017) · 1923–2017

Days lived

34,114

Eddy Tiel

🇳🇱Eddy Tiel

field hockey player (1926–1993) · 1926–1993

Days lived

24,162

Else von Möllendorff

🇩🇪Else von Möllendorff

German actress (1913-1982) · 1913–1982

Days lived

25,049

Graciano Rocchigiani

🇩🇪Graciano Rocchigiani

German boxer (1963–2018) · 1963–2018

Days lived

20,001

Helmut Gollwitzer

🇩🇪Helmut Gollwitzer

German Protestant (Lutheran) theologian and author (1908–1993) · 1908–1993

Days lived

30,974

Holger Apfel

🇩🇪Holger Apfel

German politician · b. 1970

Days alive

18,629

Jack Wilson

🇺🇸Jack Wilson

film director · b. 1977

Days alive

16,072

Jari Europaeus

🇫🇮Jari Europaeus

Finnish footballer · b. 1962

Days alive

21,551

John Hutchinson

John Hutchinson

Maltese association football player and manager · b. 1979

Days alive

15,342

Jon Voight

Jon Voight

Oscar Winners · b. 1938

Days alive

30,317

Josef Beran

🇨🇿Josef Beran

Czech cardinal, professor and theologist (1888–1969) · 1888–1969

Days lived

29,359

Keshav Dutt

🇮🇳Keshav Dutt

Indian Field hockey player (1925–2021) · 1925–2021

Days lived

34,890

Kevin Granata

🇺🇸Kevin Granata

professor and researcher (1961-2007) · 1961–2007

Days lived

16,545

King Size Dick

🇩🇪King Size Dick

singer · b. 1942

Days alive

28,856

Klaus Fuchs

Klaus Fuchs

Notable Trials · 1911–1988

Days lived

27,790

Lionel Giles

🇬🇧Lionel Giles

philosopher · 1875–1958

Days lived

29,975

Marvic Leonen

🇵🇭Marvic Leonen

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines · b. 1962

Days alive

21,551

Mary Tyler Moore

🇺🇸Mary Tyler Moore

actor · 1936–2017

Days lived

29,248

Matthias Platzeck

🇩🇪Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD) · b. 1953

Days alive

24,838

Natalia Jiménez

🇪🇸Natalia Jiménez

singer · b. 1981

Days alive

14,611

Neil Giraldo

🇺🇸Neil Giraldo

Songwriter · b. 1955

Days alive

24,108

Patrice Verchère

🇫🇷Patrice Verchère

member of the National Assembly of France · b. 1973

Days alive

17,533

Philip Ridley

🇬🇧Philip Ridley

British artist and author · b. 1964

Days alive

20,820

Romina Becks

🇩🇪Romina Becks

German actress and television presenter · b. 1987

Days alive

12,420

Sana (Minatozaki Sana)

🇯🇵Sana (Minatozaki Sana)

K-pop Idol (TWICE) · b. 1996

Days alive

9,132

Susie Garrett

🇺🇸Susie Garrett

American actress (1929–2002) · 1929–2002

Days lived

26,445

Victor Osimhen

Victor Osimhen

association football player · b. 1998

Days alive

8,402

🇨🇭Wynton Rufer

New Zealand association football player · b. 1962

Days alive

21,551

David Levine

🇺🇸David Levine

deceased

artist · 1926–2009

Days lived

30,326

🇨🇦Endel Ruberg

artist · 1917–1989

Days lived

26,521

Frederick Wolters

🇺🇸Frederick Wolters

American field hockey player (1904–1990) · 1904–1990

Days lived

31,610

Grete Mosheim

🇩🇪Grete Mosheim

actor · 1905–1986

Days lived

29,941

Henning Wolff

🇩🇪Henning Wolff

German journalist and publisher · 1929–2006

Days lived

28,225

Hermann Baumann

🇩🇪Hermann Baumann

musician · 1934–2023

Days lived

32,658

Hermann Regner

🇩🇪Hermann Regner

musician · 1928–2008

Days lived

29,452

Horst Lechner

🇦🇹Horst Lechner

Austrian architect · 1959–2014

Days lived

20,283

Jimmy Carter

🇺🇸Jimmy Carter

writer · 1924–2024

Days lived

36,615

José Cláudio dos Reis

🇧🇷José Cláudio dos Reis

athlete · 1939–1999

Days lived

22,201

Julius Axelrod

🇺🇸Julius Axelrod

scientist · 1912–2004

Days lived

33,817

Karl Meixner

🇦🇹Karl Meixner

actor · 1903–1976

Days lived

26,984

Kurt Richter

🇩🇪Kurt Richter

German chess player (1900–1969) · 1900–1969

Days lived

25,238

Lita Grey

🇺🇸Lita Grey

actor · 1908–1995

Days lived

32,035

Lothar Bolz

Lothar Bolz

German politician (1903-1986) · 1903–1986

Days lived

30,434

Nicholas Prokopievich Miholaps

🇧🇾Nicholas Prokopievich Miholaps

Soviet ceramic artist, director of the National Art Museum of Belarus (1886-1979) · 1886–1979

Days lived

34,213

Pelé

🇧🇷Pelé

actor · 1940–2022

Days lived

30,018

Reinhard Süring

🇩🇪Reinhard Süring

scientist · 1866–1950

Days lived

30,909

Ted Lapidus

🇫🇷Ted Lapidus

French fashion designer (1929-2008) · 1929–2008

Days lived

29,045

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

47,750

Lajos Perley

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

47,413

George Polley

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

45,288

Fee Plumley

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,193

David Segal

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,193

Rebecca W. Keller

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,193

Shrikrishna Raut

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

44,193

Eduardo Hernández Martínez

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

44,193

Keith Padgett

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

44,193

Giovanny Ramos

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

44,193

Diane Pozefsky

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,193

Clifford Swann

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

44,193

Shaherose Charania

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

44,193

Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

44,193

Pete Briggs

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

43,098

Henk Vissers

🇳🇱Henk Vissers

Dutch baseball player · b. 1911

Days alive

40,258

Magdolna Tóth

🇭🇺Magdolna Tóth

athlete · b. 1914

Days alive

39,445

Andor András Balázs

🇭🇺Andor András Balázs

athlete · b. 1918

Days alive

37,722

🇯🇵Maru

Scottish Fold cat · b. 2007

Days alive

5,334

Jiffpom

🇺🇸Jiffpom

Pomeranian · b. 2010

Days alive

4,325

Fiona

🇺🇸Fiona

Nile hippopotamus · b. 2017

Days alive

1,801

Berkshire Hathaway

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

66,838

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

57,280

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

56,246

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

55,880

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

53,324

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

51,976

Pride and Prejudice

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

76,307

Crime and Punishment

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

56,976

The Great Gatsby

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

35,328

Brave New World

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

32,871

The Hobbit

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

30,781

The Little Prince

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

28,758

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

18,178

Jaws

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

16,995

Star Wars: A New Hope

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

16,290

Mad Max

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

15,603

Alien

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

15,560

The Shining

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

15,339