Count In Days
Because Every Day Counts
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Today Happens to be Exactly...
| 293000 days since | St. Francis of Assisi assembles the first Nativity scene. (December 25th, 1223)   |
| 284000 days since | The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.) (August 15th, 1248) |
| 262000 days since | Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher died. (November 8th, 1308) |
| 214000 days since | Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark. (April 9th, 1440) |
| 194000 days since | Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (b. 1428) died. (January 11th, 1495) |
| 159000 days since | George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) died. (November 18th, 1590) |
| 129000 days since | 1st Duke of Chandos, English aristocrat, eponym of Handel's Chandos Anthems (d. 1744) was born. (January 6th, 1673) |
| 121000 days since | William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771) was born. (December 2nd, 1694) |
| 121000 days since | Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (b. 1622) died. (December 2nd, 1694) |
| 113000 days since | Stephen Fox, British politician (b. 1627) died. (October 28th, 1716) |
| 108000 days since | Olivier Levasseur, French pirate died. (July 7th, 1730) |
| 105000 days since | Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (b. 1668) died. (September 23th, 1738) |
| 85000 days since | Gilbert White, English ornithologist (b. 1720) died. (June 26th, 1793) |
| 73000 days since | Empress Eugenie of France, wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920) was born. (May 5th, 1826) |
| 72000 days since | Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (b. 1755) died. (January 29th, 1829) |
| 69000 days since | J. P. Morgan, American financier (d. 1913) was born. (April 17th, 1837) |
| 66000 days since | Near Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau embarks on a two-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond (see Walden). (July 4th, 1845) |
| 66000 days since | Thomas Barnardo, Irish humanitarian (d. 1905) was born. (July 4th, 1845) |
| 63000 days since | Rama V, King of Thailand (d. 1910) was born. (September 20th, 1853) |
| 59000 days since | American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city. (September 2nd, 1864) |
| 57000 days since | In the United States, post-Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union. (February 23th, 1870) |
| 53000 days since | Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (b. 1795) died. (February 5th, 1881) |
| 52000 days since | Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, cardinal and archbishop of Quebec (d. 1947) was born. (November 2nd, 1883) |
| 50000 days since | Stafford Cripps, British politician (d. 1952) was born. (April 24th, 1889) |
| 50000 days since | Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924) was born. (April 24th, 1889) |
| 49000 days since | Ólafur Thors, Icelandic politician (d. 1964) was born. (January 19th, 1892) |
| 48000 days since | The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying. (October 15th, 1894) |
| 48000 days since | Moshe Sharett, second Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1965) was born. (October 15th, 1894) |
| 47000 days since | Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies. (July 11th, 1897) |
| 47000 days since | Bull Connor, American law enforcement official (d. 1973) was born. (July 11th, 1897) |
| 44000 days since | Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005) was born. (September 28th, 1905) |
| 43000 days since | Hugo Distler, German composer (d. 1942) was born. (June 24th, 1908) |
| 43000 days since | Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (d. 1987) was born. (June 24th, 1908) |
| 43000 days since | Alfons Rebane, Estonian military officer (d. 1976) was born. (June 24th, 1908) |
| 43000 days since | Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (b. 1837) died. (June 24th, 1908) |
| 41000 days since | Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. (December 15th, 1913) |
| 41000 days since | Roger Gaudry, French Canadian chemist, businessman and corporate director (d. 2001) was born. (December 15th, 1913) |
| 41000 days since | Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (d. 1980) was born. (December 15th, 1913) |
| 39000 days since | Sette giugno: Riot in Malta; four are killed. (June 7th, 1919) |
| 38000 days since | Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002) was born. (March 3rd, 1922) |
| 37000 days since | In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held. (November 27th, 1924) |
| 36000 days since | David Ireland, Australian author was born. (August 24th, 1927) |
| 36000 days since | Harry Markowitz, American economist, Nobel laureate was born. (August 24th, 1927) |
| 35000 days since | Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach was born. (May 20th, 1930) |
| 34000 days since | Paul Biya, Cameroon politician was born. (February 13th, 1933) |
| 34000 days since | Caroline Blakiston, British actress was born. (February 13th, 1933) |
| 34000 days since | Costa Gavras, Greek-French filmmaker was born. (February 13th, 1933) |
| 34000 days since | Patrick Godfrey, British actor was born. (February 13th, 1933) |
| 34000 days since | Kim Novak, American actress was born. (February 13th, 1933) |
| 34000 days since | Emanuel Ungaro, French fashion designer was born. (February 13th, 1933) |
| 33333 days since | Miguel de la Madrid, President of Mexico was born. (December 12th, 1934) |
| 33333 days since | Thorleif Haug, Norwegian Nordic skier (b. 1894) died. (December 12th, 1934) |
| 33000 days since | Igor Dmitrievich Novikov, Russian astrophysicist was born. (November 10th, 1935) |
| 33000 days since | Bernard Babior, American biochemist was born. (November 10th, 1935) |
| 32000 days since | Paul Bartel, American actor (d. 2000) was born. (August 6th, 1938) |
| 32000 days since | Peter Bonerz, American actor was born. (August 6th, 1938) |
| 31000 days since | Clay Carroll, American baseball player was born. (May 2nd, 1941) |
| 30000 days since | World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted. (January 27th, 1944) |
| 30000 days since | Peter Akinola, Nigerian religious leader was born. (January 27th, 1944) |
| 30000 days since | Mairéad Corrigan, Irish activist, Nobel laureate was born. (January 27th, 1944) |
| 30000 days since | Nick Mason, English drummer (Pink Floyd) was born. (January 27th, 1944) |
| 29000 days since | The United Nations General Assembly convened for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City. (October 23th, 1946) |
| 29000 days since | Mel Martinez, American politician was born. (October 23th, 1946) |
| 28000 days since | Ivar Kants, Australian actor was born. (July 19th, 1949) |
| 27000 days since | Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish sportsman was born. (April 14th, 1952) |
| 26000 days since | Michiko Kakutani, American literary critic was born. (January 9th, 1955) |
| 26000 days since | J. K. Simmons, American actor was born. (January 9th, 1955) |
| 25000 days since | Mark Geragos, American attorney was born. (October 5th, 1957) |
| 25000 days since | Lee Thompson, English saxophonist (Madness), vocalist was born. (October 5th, 1957) |
| 25000 days since | Bernie Mac, American comedian (d. 2008) was born. (October 5th, 1957) |
| 24000 days since | Independence of Somalia. (July 1st, 1960) |
| 24000 days since | Ghana becomes a Republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom ceases to be the Head of state. (July 1st, 1960) |
| 24000 days since | Evelyn King, American singer was born. (July 1st, 1960) |
| 22222 days since | Eoin Colfer, Irish writer was born. (May 14th, 1965) |
| 22000 days since | In the United Kingdom, a 70mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time. Previously, there had been no speed limit. (December 22th, 1965) |
| 22000 days since | Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1913) died. (December 22th, 1965) |
| 21000 days since | Anastacia, American singer was born. (September 17th, 1968) |
| 21000 days since | Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece was born. (September 17th, 1968) |
| 20000 days since | Bruce Bowen, American basketball player was born. (June 14th, 1971) |
| 20000 days since | Ramon Vega, former Swiss footballer was born. (June 14th, 1971) |
| 19000 days since | Cristián de la Fuente, Chilean model and actor was born. (March 10th, 1974) |
| 18000 days since | Amie Comeaux, American singer (d. 1997) was born. (December 4th, 1976) |
| 18000 days since | Ysabella Brave, American singer was born. (December 4th, 1976) |
| 18000 days since | Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater was born. (December 4th, 1976) |
| 18000 days since | Tommy Bolin, American guitarist (b. 1951) died. (December 4th, 1976) |
| 18000 days since | Benjamin Britten, English composer (b. 1913) died. (December 4th, 1976) |
| 18000 days since | W. F. McCoy, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886) died. (December 4th, 1976) |
| 17000 days since | Clay Hensley, American baseball player was born. (August 31th, 1979) |
| 17000 days since | Mickie James, American professional wrestler was born. (August 31th, 1979) |
| 17000 days since | Mark Johnston, Canadian swimmer was born. (August 31th, 1979) |
| 17000 days since | Simon Neil, Scottish musician (Biffy Clyro) was born. (August 31th, 1979) |
| 17000 days since | Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian film music composer was born. (August 31th, 1979) |
| 17000 days since | Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player was born. (August 31th, 1979) |
| 17000 days since | Sally Rand, American dancer and actress (b. 1904) died. (August 31th, 1979) |
| 17000 days since | Tiger Smith, England cricketer (b. 1886) died. (August 31th, 1979) |
| 15000 days since | Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player was born. (February 20th, 1985) |
| 15000 days since | Yulia Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.) was born. (February 20th, 1985) |
| 15000 days since | Clarence "Ducky" Nash, American voice actor (b. 1904) died. (February 20th, 1985) |
| 14000 days since | Kat DeLuna, American singer was born. (November 17th, 1987) |
| 14000 days since | Paul Derringer, baseball player (b. 1906) died. (November 17th, 1987) |
| 12000 days since | Ryosuke Yamada, Japanese actor and singer was born. (May 9th, 1993) |
| 12000 days since | Jacques Dextraze, French Canadian military officer (b. 1919) died. (May 9th, 1993) |
| 11111 days since | Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1976) died. (October 15th, 1995) |
| 11000 days since | The Lijiang earthquake in Lijiang, Yunnan, China. (February 3rd, 1996) |
| 9000 days since | Rex Barber, American WWII aviator (b. 1917) died. (July 26th, 2001) |
| 9000 days since | Peter von Zahn, German journalist (b. 1913) died. (July 26th, 2001) |
| 8000 days since | Mary McGrory, American journalist (b. 1918) died. (April 21th, 2004) |
| 7000 days since | Ron Carey, American actor (b. 1935) died. (January 16th, 2007) |
| 7000 days since | Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and commentator (b. 1941) died. (January 16th, 2007) |