Count In Days
Because Every Day Counts
Today
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Today Happens to be Exactly...
| 592000 days since | Arsacius, intruding archbishop of Constantinople died. (November 11th, 405)   |
| 227000 days since | King John II of Castile (d. 1454) was born. (March 6th, 1405) |
| 193000 days since | King Charles VIII of France (b. 1470) died. (April 7th, 1498) |
| 152000 days since | Michelangelo Merisi, Italian artist (b. 1573) died. (July 18th, 1610) |
| 124000 days since | Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Queen consort in Prussia (d. 1757) was born. (March 16th, 1687) |
| 116000 days since | François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (b. 1664) died. (February 9th, 1709) |
| 97000 days since | Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804) was born. (February 16th, 1761) |
| 92000 days since | The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (October 26th, 1774) |
| 77777 days since | Tecumseh, Shawnee leader (b. 1768) died. (October 5th, 1813) |
| 63000 days since | Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer (d. 1924) was born. (March 21th, 1854) |
| 61000 days since | Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian writer (d. 1905) was born. (September 11th, 1859) |
| 60000 days since | The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade. (June 7th, 1862) |
| 60000 days since | Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1947) was born. (June 7th, 1862) |
| 59000 days since | The U.S. Congress authorizes the formation of the Freedmen's Bureau. (March 3rd, 1865) |
| 59000 days since | Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group. (March 3rd, 1865) |
| 57000 days since | The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion. (August 24th, 1870) |
| 56000 days since | Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets. (May 20th, 1873) |
| 56000 days since | Sir George-Étienne Cartier, French-Canadian statesman (b. 1814) died. (May 20th, 1873) |
| 55000 days since | Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray. (February 14th, 1876) |
| 54000 days since | Cy Morgan, American baseball player (d. 1962) was born. (November 10th, 1878) |
| 53000 days since | Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961) was born. (August 6th, 1881) |
| 53000 days since | Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1955) was born. (August 6th, 1881) |
| 53000 days since | Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (d. 1972) was born. (August 6th, 1881) |
| 53000 days since | James White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821) died. (August 6th, 1881) |
| 49000 days since | Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1957) was born. (July 19th, 1892) |
| 48000 days since | Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards player (d. 1980) was born. (April 15th, 1895) |
| 47000 days since | Vilma Bánky, Hungarian actress (d. 1991) was born. (January 9th, 1898) |
| 47000 days since | Gracie Fields, English music hall performer (d. 1979) was born. (January 9th, 1898) |
| 47000 days since | Wally Baker, American supercentenarian was born. (January 9th, 1898) |
| 46000 days since | Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961) was born. (October 6th, 1900) |
| 45000 days since | Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992) was born. (July 3rd, 1903) |
| 44444 days since | According to the Julian Calendar which was used at the time, Russian workers stage a march on the Winter Palace that ends in the massacre by Tsarist troops known as Bloody Sunday, setting off the Russian Revolution of 1905. (January 9th, 1905) |
| 44000 days since | E. Power Biggs American concert organist (d. 1977) was born. (March 29th, 1906) |
| 44000 days since | Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878) died. (March 29th, 1906) |
| 43000 days since | Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born, Canadian portrait photographer (d. 2002) was born. (December 23th, 1908) |
| 42000 days since | Sir William Golding, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993) was born. (September 19th, 1911) |
| 41000 days since | Yuri Andropov, Soviet politician (d. 1984) was born. (June 15th, 1914) |
| 41000 days since | Saul Steinberg, Romanian/American cartoonist (d. 1999) was born. (June 15th, 1914) |
| 41000 days since | Hilda Terry, American Cartoonist (d. 2006) was born. (June 15th, 1914) |
| 40000 days since | World War I: Baghdad falls to the Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude. (March 11th, 1917) |
| 39000 days since | Paul de Man, Belgian literary critic (d. 1983) was born. (December 6th, 1919) |
| 38000 days since | Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007) was born. (September 1st, 1922) |
| 38000 days since | Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (d. 2000) was born. (September 1st, 1922) |
| 37000 days since | Bülent Ecevit, Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2006) was born. (May 28th, 1925) |
| 37000 days since | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone was born. (May 28th, 1925) |
| 36000 days since | Paul Dooley, American actor was born. (February 22th, 1928) |
| 36000 days since | Bruce Forsyth, British entertainer was born. (February 22th, 1928) |
| 36000 days since | Clarence 13X, American religious leader (d. 1969) was born. (February 22th, 1928) |
| 36000 days since | Axel Strøbye, Danish actor (d. 2005) was born. (February 22th, 1928) |
| 35000 days since | Soka Kyoiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Soka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda. (November 18th, 1930) |
| 34000 days since | Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn. It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970 km²). (August 14th, 1933) |
| 34000 days since | Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate was born. (August 14th, 1933) |
| 33333 days since | Chaco War ends: a truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932. (June 12th, 1935) |
| 33000 days since | Gary Owens, American actor and announcer was born. (May 10th, 1936) |
| 31000 days since | After 14 years of work, drilling is completed on Mount Rushmore. (October 31th, 1941) |
| 31000 days since | World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 United States Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII. (October 31th, 1941) |
| 31000 days since | A fire in a clothing factory in Huddersfield, England kills 49 (October 31th, 1941) |
| 31000 days since | Dan Alderson, American scientist was born. (October 31th, 1941) |
| 31000 days since | Derek Bell, British racing driver was born. (October 31th, 1941) |
| 31000 days since | Werner Krieglstein, Czech-American philosopher was born. (October 31th, 1941) |
| 30000 days since | Tony Capstick, English comedian (d. 2003) was born. (July 27th, 1944) |
| 30000 days since | Jean-Marie Leblanc, French cyclist was born. (July 27th, 1944) |
| 30000 days since | Bobbie Gentry, American singer and songwriter was born. (July 27th, 1944) |
| 29000 days since | Glenn Cornick, British musician (Jethro Tull) was born. (April 23th, 1947) |
| 29000 days since | Bernadette Devlin, Irish politician was born. (April 23th, 1947) |
| 28000 days since | The Great Brinks Robbery - 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car Company's offices in Boston, Massachusetts. (January 17th, 1950) |
| 28000 days since | Luis López Nieves, Latin American writer was born. (January 17th, 1950) |
| 27000 days since | John Lone, Hong Kong actor was born. (October 13th, 1952) |
| 25000 days since | Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time. (April 5th, 1958) |
| 25000 days since | Johan Kriek, South African born tennis player was born. (April 5th, 1958) |
| 24000 days since | Farthing ceases to be legal tender in the UK. (December 30th, 1960) |
| 23000 days since | Lysette Anthony, English actress was born. (September 26th, 1963) |
| 22222 days since | Lex Lang, American voice actor was born. (November 12th, 1965) |
| 22222 days since | Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra Spiritual Leader (b. 1888) died. (November 12th, 1965) |
| 22000 days since | Schooly D, American rapper was born. (June 22th, 1966) |
| 22000 days since | Michael Park, WRC co-pilot (d. 2005) was born. (June 22th, 1966) |
| 22000 days since | Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress was born. (June 22th, 1966) |
| 21000 days since | Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukrainian chess player was born. (March 18th, 1969) |
| 21000 days since | Andy Cutting, English folk musician and composer was born. (March 18th, 1969) |
| 21000 days since | J. David Shapiro, American screenwriter, actor and director was born. (March 18th, 1969) |
| 21000 days since | Shaun Udal, English cricketer was born. (March 18th, 1969) |
| 21000 days since | Barbara Bates, American film actress (b. 1925) died. (March 18th, 1969) |
| 19000 days since | Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office. (September 8th, 1974) |
| 19000 days since | Braulio Luna, Mexican footballer was born. (September 8th, 1974) |
| 19000 days since | Tanaz Eshaghian, Iranian-born American documentarian was born. (September 8th, 1974) |
| 18000 days since | Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer was born. (June 4th, 1977) |
| 18000 days since | Berglind Icey, Icelandic actor was born. (June 4th, 1977) |
| 18000 days since | Quinten Hann, Australian former snooker player was born. (June 4th, 1977) |
| 18000 days since | Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer was born. (June 4th, 1977) |
| 17000 days since | Gordie Howe of the then Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal. (February 29th, 1980) |
| 17000 days since | Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player was born. (February 29th, 1980) |
| 17000 days since | Taylor Twellman, American soccer player was born. (February 29th, 1980) |
| 17000 days since | Clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby league footballer was born. (February 29th, 1980) |
| 17000 days since | Chris Conley, American musician was born. (February 29th, 1980) |
| 17000 days since | Ruben Plaza, Spanish cyclist was born. (February 29th, 1980) |
| 17000 days since | Michail Mouroutsos, Greek Olympic taekwondo gold medalist was born. (February 29th, 1980) |
| 17000 days since | Gil Elvgren, American artist (b. 1914) died. (February 29th, 1980) |
| 16000 days since | The Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day Fire destroys an entire city block, including the Northwestern National Bank building and the recently closed Donaldson's Department Store. (November 25th, 1982) |
| 15000 days since | Melissa M, French singer was born. (August 21th, 1985) |
| 14000 days since | Nikki Reed, American actress was born. (May 17th, 1988) |
| 13000 days since | UNPO, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, forms in The Hague, Netherlands. (February 11th, 1991) |
| 13000 days since | NeverShoutNever!, American pop artist, real name Christofer Ingle was born. (February 11th, 1991) |
| 13000 days since | Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1922) died. (February 11th, 1991) |
| 11000 days since | General William F. Garrison accepted responsibility for the outcome of the 1993 raid in Somalia, and he retired from military service. (August 3rd, 1996) |
| 10000 days since | Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the total members to 10. (April 30th, 1999) |
| 9000 days since | American journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan. (January 24th, 2002) |
| 9000 days since | Peter Gzowski, Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter (b. 1934) died. (January 24th, 2002) |
| 9000 days since | Elie Hobeika, Lebanese Forces militia commander (b. 1956) died. (January 24th, 2002) |
| 8000 days since | Anthony Hecht, American poet (b. 1923) died. (October 20th, 2004) |
| 8000 days since | Chuck Hiller, American baseball player (b. 1934) died. (October 20th, 2004) |
| 7000 days since | TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas) Flight 3054 crashes upon landing during rain in São Paulo. This is Brazil's deadliest aviation accident to date with an estimated 199 deaths. (July 17th, 2007) |
| 7000 days since | Júlio Redecker, Brazilian Politician (b. 1956) died. (July 17th, 2007) |