On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
November 1 2023
Events on This Day
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The Sandman Season 2
Joely Richardson
Born on This Day
Adam Sowell
baseball player (1979-) · b. 1979
Days alive
16,071
Ahmed Khan🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player (1912–1967) · 1912–1967
Days lived
19,855
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan🇮🇳
actor · b. 1973
Days alive
18,262
Aldo Fabrizi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian actor and cinema and theatre director (1905-1990) · 1905–1990
Days lived
30,833
Alfred Wegener🇩🇪
deceasedGerman climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930) · 1880–1930
Days lived
18,261
Andreas Paul Weber🇩🇪
deceasedGerman lithographer, draftsman and painter (1893-1980) · 1893–1980
Days lived
31,784
Anne Donovan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player and coach (1961–2018) · 1961–2018
Days lived
20,678
Barbara Becker🇩🇪
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
20,819
Ben Roberts-Smith🇦🇺
Military personnel · b. 1978
Days alive
16,436
Benedikt Kautsky🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian politician (1894-1960) · 1894–1960
Days lived
23,892
Bid McPhee🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player, manager (1859–1943) · 1859–1943
Days lived
30,378
Caroline Ellison
Former CEO · b. 1994
Days alive
10,592
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Charles Koch
businessperson · b. 1935
Days alive
32,142
Coco Crisp🇺🇸
American baseball player · b. 1979
Days alive
16,071
David Foster🇨🇦
rapper · b. 1949
Days alive
27,028
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Edward Said🇺🇸
deceasedPalestinian-American professor (1935–2003) · 1935–2003
Days lived
24,799
Erich Rudorffer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman World War II fighter pilot (1917–2016) · 1917–2016
Days lived
35,953
Frida Richard🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1873–1946
Days lived
26,612
Gaby Albrecht🇩🇪
musician · b. 1956
Days alive
24,471
Gillian Sewell🇨🇦
former Irish Canadian field hockey player · b. 1972
Days alive
18,627
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Günter de Bruyn🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1926–2020
Days lived
34,306
Harald Quandt🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1921–1967
Days lived
16,761
Hermann Broch🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian writer (1886-1951) · 1886–1951
Days lived
23,585
Jeongyeon (Yoo Jeong-yeon)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (TWICE) · b. 1996
Days alive
9,861
Julia Mächtig🇩🇪
German heptathlete · b. 1986
Days alive
13,514
Karl Ehn🇦🇹
deceasedarchitect (1884–1959) · 1884–1959
Days lived
27,294
Karl Tilleman🇨🇦
Canadian basketball player · b. 1960
Days alive
23,010
Katja Riemann🇩🇪
writer · b. 1963
Days alive
21,915
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Klaus Ernst🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1954
Days alive
25,202
Kurt von Morgen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman military officer (1858-1928) · 1858–1928
Days lived
25,307
Ludwig Struve🇺🇸
deceasedBaltic German astronomer (1858-1920) · 1858–1920
Days lived
22,648
Manuel Cisneros Sánchez🇵🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1904–1971
Days lived
24,423
Maria Semyonova🇷🇺
Russian writer, translator, and science fiction author · b. 1958
Days alive
23,741
Mario Barth🇩🇪
German comedian · b. 1972
Days alive
18,627
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Patrice Bouédibéla🇩🇪
German television presenter and actor · b. 1974
Days alive
17,897
Rachel Yankey🇬🇧
football player · b. 1979
Days alive
16,071
Raphael Eduard Liesegang🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1869–1947
Days lived
28,500
Sidney Wood🇺🇸
deceasedUS tennis player (1911–2009) · 1911–2009
Days lived
35,500
Sonja Lang🇨🇦
writer · b. 1978
Days alive
16,436
Tim Cook🇺🇸
Businessperson · b. 1960
Days alive
23,010
Ulf Timmermann🇩🇪
East German shot putter · b. 1962
Days alive
22,280
Vesselin Stoykov🇩🇪
musician · b. 1973
Days alive
18,262
Victor Aronstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-Jewish doctor (1896-1945) · 1896–1945
Days lived
17,604
Wilfrid Morin🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian abbé, professor and essayist · 1900–1941
Days lived
14,820
Yūko Ogura🇯🇵
Japanese idol, model · b. 1983
Days alive
14,610
Died on This Day
Alfred Jarry🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1873–1907
Days lived
12,471
Alfred Wegener🇩🇪
deceasedGerman climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930) · 1880–1930
Days lived
18,261
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Andrey Sheptytsky🇵🇱
deceasedMetropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1865-1944) · 1865–1944
Days lived
28,949
Carl Selmer🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and coach · 1925–2020
Days lived
34,840
Clemente Rebora🇮🇹
deceasedItalian poet (1885–1957) · 1885–1957
Days lived
26,596
Fred Keenor🇬🇧
deceasedfootball player · 1894–1972
Days lived
28,582
Fred Thompson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician and actor (1942–2015) · 1942–2015
Days lived
26,737
Fritz Greiner🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1879–1933
Days lived
20,027
Gertrud von Le Fort🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1876–1971
Days lived
34,718
Günter Schabowski
deceasedNotable Trials · 1929–2015
Days lived
31,712
Guy Fischer🇫🇷
deceasedmember of the Senate of France (1944-2014) · 1944–2014
Days lived
25,861
Harry Halm🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1901–1980
Days lived
29,143
Hoimar von Ditfurth🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and journalist (1921–1989) · 1921–1989
Days lived
24,854
James Joseph Dresnok🇺🇸
deceasedmilitary person · 1941–2016
Days lived
27,371
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Jan Louwers🇳🇱
deceasedfootball player · 1930–2012
Days lived
30,072
Jim Sullivan🇬🇧
deceasedfilm director · 1903–1977
Days lived
26,999
Johannes Schaaf🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1933–2019
Days lived
31,619
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King Vidor🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director, film producer, and screenwriter (1894-1982) · 1894–1982
Days lived
32,407
Mamie Eisenhower🇺🇸
deceasedDancer · 1896–1979
Days lived
30,301
Otto Rasch
deceasedNazi Holocaust perpetrator (1891–1948) · 1891–1948
Days lived
20,783
Pat Martino🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz guitarist and composer (1944–2021) · 1944–2021
Days lived
28,192
Richard Krautheimer🇺🇸
deceasedGerman art historian (1897–1994) · 1897–1994
Days lived
35,546
Sibylle Bergemann🇩🇪
deceasedphotographer (1941–2010) · 1941–2010
Days lived
25,266
Theodor Hoffmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman admiral (1935-2018) · 1935–2018
Days lived
30,563
Traudl Stark🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,467
Wayne Static🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1965–2014) · 1965–2014
Days lived
17,894
Wilhelm Pfannenstiel🇩🇪
deceasedPhysician and SS-Standartenführer (1890-1982) · 1890–1982
Days lived
33,864
Wolfgang Abel🇦🇹
deceasedanthropologist (1905-1997) · 1905–1997
Days lived
33,775
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
62,395
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
51,073
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
48,421
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
48,084
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
45,959
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
44,864
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,864
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
44,864
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
44,864
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,864
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,864
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
44,864
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
44,864
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,864
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,864
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
44,864
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
43,769
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
40,929
Magdolna Tóth🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1914
Days alive
40,116
Andor András Balázs🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1918
Days alive
38,393
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
68,239
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
67,936
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
67,509
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
57,951
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
56,917
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
56,551
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
53,995
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
52,647
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
673,446
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
152,960
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
76,978
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
57,647
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
35,999
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
33,542
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
31,452
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
29,429
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
30,889
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
24,311
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
18,849
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
17,666
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
16,961
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,274
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,231
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
16,010