On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
November 8 2023
Events on This Day
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Observed Parachute Drill
Kim Ju Ae - milestone
The Buccaneers
Daisy Head
Born on This Day
Aaron Swartz
deceasedActivist · 1986–2013
Days lived
9,561
Alain Delon🇫🇷
deceasedScreenwriter · 1935–2024
Days lived
32,426
Alfred Guillaume🇬🇧
deceasedBritish Hebrew and Islamic scholar (1888–1965) · 1888–1965
Days lived
28,145
Bojan Vručina🇭🇷
Croatian association football player · b. 1984
Days alive
14,244
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Bonnie Raitt🇺🇸
American musician (born 1949) · b. 1949
Days alive
27,028
Charles T. Kowal🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican astronomer (1940-2011) · 1940–2011
Days lived
25,952
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Christophe Vincent🇫🇷
football player · b. 1992
Days alive
11,322
Cristina Iovu
Moldovan–born Azerbaijani-Romanian weightlifter · b. 1992
Days alive
11,322
Darwin Barney🇺🇸
American baseball player · b. 1985
Days alive
13,879
Evert-Jan 't Hoen
Dutch baseball player · b. 1975
Days alive
17,532
Geraldo Alves🇵🇹
Portuguese association footballer · b. 1980
Days alive
15,705
Håkan Buskhe🇸🇪
Swedish businessman · b. 1963
Days alive
21,915
Hakan Vural Koçaslan
Turkish association football player (born 1986) · b. 1986
Days alive
13,514
Hermann Zapf🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1918–2015
Days lived
35,272
Jamie Roberts🇬🇧
Welsh rugby union footballer and physician · b. 1986
Days alive
13,514
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José Manuel Pinto🇪🇸
football player · b. 1975
Days alive
17,532
Kazuo Ishiguro🇬🇧
Novelist · b. 1954
Days alive
25,202
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
aristocrat · b. 2003
Days alive
7,305
Lars Andersen
Danish archer and artist · b. 1964
Days alive
21,549
Lauren Oliver🇺🇸
writer · b. 1982
Days alive
14,975
Lonnie Gordon🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1965
Days alive
21,184
Louis Bernacchi🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1876–1942
Days lived
23,907
Maja Marijana🇷🇸
singer · b. 1972
Days alive
18,627
Markus Schleinzer🇦🇹
Austrian actor · b. 1971
Days alive
18,993
Masashi Kishimoto🇯🇵
artist · b. 1974
Days alive
17,897
Nick Punto🇺🇸
film director · b. 1977
Days alive
16,801
Oskar von Niedermayer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1885-1948) · 1885–1948
Days lived
22,966
Patti Page🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1927–2013
Days lived
31,101
Peter Weiss🇸🇪
deceasedYouTube personality · 1916–1982
Days lived
23,924
Richard Li🇨🇦
Chairman of Pacific Century CyberWorks · b. 1966
Days alive
20,819
Rickie Lee Jones🇺🇸
American singer (born 1954) · b. 1954
Days alive
25,202
Shabban Shahab-ud-Din🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player (1909–1983) · 1909–1983
Days lived
26,722
Stéphane Audran🇫🇷
deceasedactor · 1932–2018
Days lived
31,185
Stevan Luketić
deceasedartist · 1925–2002
Days lived
28,086
Sylvia Karres
field hockey player · b. 1976
Days alive
17,166
Ted DiBiase Jr.🇺🇸
actor · b. 1982
Days alive
14,975
Víctor Marté🇩🇴
film director · b. 1980
Days alive
15,705
Walter Bosshard🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss photographer, teacher, explorer, botanist, botanical collector (1892-1975) · 1892–1975
Days lived
30,324
Died on This Day
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Adolfo Lozano Sidro🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish author (1872-1935) · 1872–1935
Days lived
23,321
Alex Trebek
deceasedtelevision presenter · 1940–2020
Days lived
29,329
Bernhard Zondek🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-Israeli endocrinologist · 1891–1966
Days lived
27,495
Carola Höhn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1910–2005) · 1910–2005
Days lived
34,981
Cornel Lucas🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish photographer (1920–2012) · 1920–2012
Days lived
33,660
Ernie Vandeweghe🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian-born American basketball player · 1928–2014
Days lived
31,468
Frederick H. Rohr🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chief executive officer · 1896–1965
Days lived
25,383
Gyula Ágost Lopussny
deceasedHungarian parson, canons · 1855–1921
Days lived
24,053
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Ivan Bunin🇫🇷
deceasedRussian writer and poet (1870–1953) · 1870–1953
Days lived
30,332
Ivory Joe Hunter🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1911–1974
Days lived
23,039
Karl-Heinz Irmer🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1903-1975) · 1903–1975
Days lived
26,407
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King Kelly🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1857–1894
Days lived
13,461
Konrāds Kalējs🇺🇸
deceasedLatvian war criminal and Holocaust perpetrator (1913–2001) · 1913–2001
Days lived
32,264
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Li Moran🇨🇳
deceasedactor · 1927–2012
Days lived
31,358
Maurice Karnaugh🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican physicist (1924–2022) · 1924–2022
Days lived
35,829
Michael Osipovich Barshch🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet architect and educator (1904–1976) · 1904–1976
Days lived
26,582
Peter Mohr Dam
deceasedFaroe Islands politician (1898-1968) · 1898–1968
Days lived
25,656
Rainer Erler🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1933–2023
Days lived
32,946
Sabine Bethmann🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1931–2021
Days lived
32,887
Vitaly Ginzburg🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1916–2009
Days lived
34,003
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
62,402
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
51,080
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
48,428
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
48,091
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
45,966
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
44,871
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,871
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
44,871
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
44,871
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
44,871
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,871
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,871
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,871
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
44,871
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,871
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
44,871
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
43,776
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
40,936
Magdolna Tóth🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1914
Days alive
40,123
Andor András Balázs🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1918
Days alive
38,400
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
68,246
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
67,943
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
67,516
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
57,958
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
56,924
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
56,558
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
54,002
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
52,654
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
673,453
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
152,967
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
76,985
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
57,654
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
36,006
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
33,549
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
31,459
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
29,436
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
30,896
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
24,318
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
18,856
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
17,673
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
16,968
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,281
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,238
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
16,017