Count In Days
Because Every Day Counts
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Today Happens to be Exactly...
| 941000 days since | Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479 BC) was born. (September 28th, -551)   |
| 312000 days since | Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (b. 1108) died. (November 8th, 1171) |
| 254000 days since | Sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286) died. (August 25th, 1330) |
| 226000 days since | Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326) died. (April 23th, 1407) |
| 157000 days since | René Descartes, French mathematician (d. 1650) was born. (March 31th, 1596) |
| 152000 days since | The Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room, the second public library in Europe. (December 8th, 1609) |
| 148000 days since | Peregrine White, first English child born in the Plymouth Colony (d. 1704) was born. (November 20th, 1620) |
| 138000 days since | John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (d. 1721) was born. (April 7th, 1648) |
| 125000 days since | George II of Great Britain (d. 1760) was born. (November 10th, 1683) |
| 121000 days since | American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec. (October 23th, 1694) |
| 111000 days since | John Toland, Irish philosopher (b. 1670) died. (March 11th, 1722) |
| 74000 days since | Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Indian industrialist (d. 1901) was born. (June 30th, 1823) |
| 67000 days since | Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War. (August 29th, 1842) |
| 67000 days since | Alfred Shaw, English cricketer (d. 1907) was born. (August 29th, 1842) |
| 66666 days since | Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901) was born. (July 29th, 1843) |
| 66000 days since | Lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1883) was born. (May 25th, 1845) |
| 61000 days since | Victor Herbert, Irish composer (d. 1924) was born. (February 1st, 1859) |
| 59000 days since | American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown - Confederate General Jubal Anderson Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley. (July 24th, 1864) |
| 59000 days since | Frank Wedekind, German writer (d. 1918) was born. (July 24th, 1864) |
| 57000 days since | Sir George Pearce, Australian politician (d. 1952) was born. (January 14th, 1870) |
| 56000 days since | William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State (b. 1801) died. (October 10th, 1872) |
| 49000 days since | Harold Alexander, British Army Field Marshal, first Earl of Tunis (d. 1969) was born. (December 10th, 1891) |
| 49000 days since | Nelly Sachs, German-born writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1970) was born. (December 10th, 1891) |
| 46000 days since | Fritz Wiessner, American mountaineer of German descent (d. 1988) was born. (February 26th, 1900) |
| 45000 days since | Aaron Bank, American OSS officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces (d. 2004) was born. (November 23th, 1902) |
| 45000 days since | Victor Jory, Canadian actor (d. 1982) was born. (November 23th, 1902) |
| 45000 days since | Walter Reed, American bacteriologist (b. 1851) died. (November 23th, 1902) |
| 42000 days since | William Darby, American World War II Army officer (d. 1945) was born. (February 9th, 1911) |
| 41000 days since | King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III. (November 5th, 1913) |
| 41000 days since | Vivien Leigh, English actress (d. 1967) was born. (November 5th, 1913) |
| 40000 days since | Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (d. 2000) was born. (August 1st, 1916) |
| 38000 days since | Howard Moss, American poet, dramatist, and critic (d. 1987) was born. (January 22th, 1922) |
| 38000 days since | Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1837) died. (January 22th, 1922) |
| 38000 days since | Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854) died. (January 22th, 1922) |
| 38000 days since | Camille Jordan, French mathematician (b. 1838) died. (January 22th, 1922) |
| 37000 days since | Hugh Allan "Buddy" MacMaster, Canadian musician was born. (October 18th, 1924) |
| 36000 days since | Massacre of July 15, 1927: 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna. (July 15th, 1927) |
| 35000 days since | Claude Bolling, French jazz composer and pianist was born. (April 10th, 1930) |
| 35000 days since | Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actor and comedian (d. 2006) was born. (April 10th, 1930) |
| 35000 days since | Dolores Huerta, American labor activist was born. (April 10th, 1930) |
| 35000 days since | Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian (d. 2001) was born. (April 10th, 1930) |
| 34000 days since | Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia. was born. (January 4th, 1933) |
| 33333 days since | Bill Gothard, American speaker was born. (November 2nd, 1934) |
| 33333 days since | Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player was born. (November 2nd, 1934) |
| 33000 days since | Dame Julie Andrews, British actress and singer was born. (October 1st, 1935) |
| 32000 days since | Tommy Cannon, British comedian was born. (June 27th, 1938) |
| 32000 days since | Shirley Anne Field, British actress was born. (June 27th, 1938) |
| 32000 days since | Kathryn Beaumont, British voice actress was born. (June 27th, 1938) |
| 31000 days since | Jim Trelease, American educator and children's literature author was born. (March 23th, 1941) |
| 30000 days since | Keith Richards, English guitarist (The Rolling Stones) was born. (December 18th, 1943) |
| 30000 days since | Alan Rudolph, American film director and screenwriter was born. (December 18th, 1943) |
| 29000 days since | Frank Marshall, American film producer was born. (September 13th, 1946) |
| 29000 days since | Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter (b. 1875) died. (September 13th, 1946) |
| 29000 days since | Amon Göth, commandant of Nazi concentration camp (b. 1908) died. (September 13th, 1946) |
| 27000 days since | Alan Clark, English keyboardist (Dire Straits) was born. (March 5th, 1952) |
| 26000 days since | In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space. (November 30th, 1954) |
| 26000 days since | Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian Actress (The Godfather) was born. (November 30th, 1954) |
| 26000 days since | Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (b. 1886) died. (November 30th, 1954) |
| 25000 days since | The USSR announces the successful test of an ICBM - a "super long distance intercontinental multistage ballistic rocket ... a few days ago," according to the Soviet news agency, ITAR-TASS. (August 26th, 1957) |
| 25000 days since | Dr. Alban, Nigerian-Swedish singer was born. (August 26th, 1957) |
| 25000 days since | Rick Hansen, Canadian paraplegic athlete was born. (August 26th, 1957) |
| 24000 days since | An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. (May 22th, 1960) |
| 24000 days since | Hideaki Anno, Japanese director was born. (May 22th, 1960) |
| 23000 days since | Dave Lombardo, Cuban-born drummer (Slayer) was born. (February 16th, 1963) |
| 23000 days since | Dano Halsall, Swiss swimmer was born. (February 16th, 1963) |
| 22222 days since | The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft plane is unveiled. (April 4th, 1965) |
| 22222 days since | Robert Downey Jr., American actor was born. (April 4th, 1965) |
| 22000 days since | Lex Lang, American voice actor was born. (November 12th, 1965) |
| 22000 days since | Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra Spiritual Leader (b. 1888) died. (November 12th, 1965) |
| 21000 days since | Juro Wada successfully performs Japan's first heart transplant. (August 8th, 1968) |
| 21000 days since | Abey Kuruvilla, Indian cricketer was born. (August 8th, 1968) |
| 20000 days since | Mike Redmond, American baseball player was born. (May 5th, 1971) |
| 20000 days since | Harold Miner, American basketball player was born. (May 5th, 1971) |
| 20000 days since | David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (d. 2005) was born. (May 5th, 1971) |
| 20000 days since | Gary Johnson, British Record Producer was born. (May 5th, 1971) |
| 20000 days since | Violet Jessop, Titanic survivor (b. 1887) died. (May 5th, 1971) |
| 18000 days since | Steve Jones, Irish footballer was born. (October 25th, 1976) |
| 18000 days since | Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist (b. 1903) died. (October 25th, 1976) |
| 17000 days since | Lucas Luhr, German racing driver was born. (July 22th, 1979) |
| 17000 days since | Yadel Martí, Cuban baseball player was born. (July 22th, 1979) |
| 17000 days since | James Mason, British professional wrestler was born. (July 22th, 1979) |
| 17000 days since | Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929) died. (July 22th, 1979) |
| 16000 days since | Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. (April 17th, 1982) |
| 16000 days since | Lee Jun Ki, South Korean actor and model was born. (April 17th, 1982) |
| 16000 days since | Brad Boyes, Canadian hockey player was born. (April 17th, 1982) |
| 15000 days since | Rie fu, Japanese singer was born. (January 11th, 1985) |
| 15000 days since | Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese racing driver was born. (January 11th, 1985) |
| 15000 days since | Newton Faulkner, British singer was born. (January 11th, 1985) |
| 15000 days since | Sir William McKell, Premier of New South Wales, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891) died. (January 11th, 1985) |
| 14000 days since | Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress was born. (October 8th, 1987) |
| 14000 days since | Konstantinos Tsatsos, 2nd President of Greece (b. 1899) died. (October 8th, 1987) |
| 11000 days since | Dean Martin, American singer (b. 1917) died. (December 25th, 1995) |
| 11000 days since | Emmanuel Levinas, French Philosopher (b. 1906) died. (December 25th, 1995) |
| 10000 days since | Baltimore Orioles third baseman Cal Ripken, Jr. chooses to sit out the Orioles' game against the New York Yankees, ending his record streak for consecutive Major League Baseball games played at 2,632. (September 20th, 1998) |
| 8000 days since | A President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its national assembly for the first time in the nation's history. (March 12th, 2004) |
| 7000 days since | A tornado struck Kensal Green, North West London, seriously damaging around 150 properties. (December 7th, 2006) |
| 7000 days since | Jeane Kirkpatrick, American diplomat (b. 1926) died. (December 7th, 2006) |
| 7000 days since | Jay McShann, American musician (b. 1910) died. (December 7th, 2006) |