On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 18 1967
Born on This Day
Alejandro Balde
association football player · b. 2003
Anneli Ute Gabanyi🇩🇪
Romanian-born German political scientist, literary critic, journalist, and philologist · b. 1942
Days alive
9,131
Axelle Lemaire🇨🇦
politician · b. 1974
Baraguru Ramachandrappa🇮🇳
Indian Kannada writer, thinker and filmmaker (born 1947) · b. 1946
Days alive
7,670
Beatrice Helen Worsley🇨🇦
deceasedfirst female computer scientist in Canada (1922-1972) · 1921–1972
Days lived
18,465
Brittney Griner
WNBA Athlete · b. 1990
Bruno Grusnick🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1900–1992
Days lived
33,528
César Giron🇫🇷
French business manager · b. 1961
Days alive
2,191
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Chuck Berry
deceasedNotable Trials · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,024
D. T. Suzuki🇯🇵
deceasedphilosopher · 1870–1966
Days lived
34,935
Daniel Farabello🇮🇹
Argentine basketball player · b. 1973
Dietrich Keller🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1943
Days alive
8,766
Eileen Sheridan🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish racing cyclist (1923–2023) · 1923–2023
Days lived
36,278
Eric Stuart🇺🇸
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
0
Erik Niedling🇩🇪
German artist · b. 1973
Esperanza Spalding
music educator · b. 1984
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Freida Pinto🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1984
George C. Scott
deceasedOscar Winners · 1927–1999
Days lived
26,272
Helmut Nonn🇩🇪
deceasedWest German field hockey player (1933–2024) · 1933–2024
Days lived
33,263
Henri Bergson🇫🇷
deceasedphilosopher · 1859–1941
Days lived
29,663
Huell Howser🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision presenter · 1945–2013
Days lived
24,553
Jang Sung-ho🇰🇷
film director · b. 1977
Jim Ratcliffe🇬🇧
British chemical engineer turned financier and industrialist · b. 1952
Days alive
5,478
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Josef Černý🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1939–2025
Days lived
31,326
Jyothika🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1982
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Klaus Kinski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1926–1991) · 1926–1991
Days lived
23,777
Lindsey Vonn🇺🇸
writer · b. 1984
Lotte Lenya🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian singer and actress (1898-1981) · 1898–1981
Days lived
30,355
Marco Hofschneider🇩🇪
German film actor, famous for his work in World War II film ''Europa Europa'' · b. 1969
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Mauricio Funes
deceasedNotable Trials · 1959–2025
Days lived
23,837
Max Gerson🇺🇸
deceasedGerman physician, originator of Gerson Therapy (1881-1959) · 1881–1959
Days lived
28,264
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Michael Lesch🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1956
Days alive
4,017
Michael Stich🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1968
Mike Ditka🇺🇸
film director · b. 1939
Days alive
10,227
Mohd Hassan Marican🇹🇼
entrepreneur · b. 1952
Days alive
5,478
Ne-Yo
singer · b. 1979
Nerijus Astrauskas🇱🇹
Lithuanian footballer · b. 1980
Orlando Drummond🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian actor (1919–2021) · 1919–2021
Days lived
37,173
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Pierre Trudeau🇨🇦
deceasedwriter · 1919–2000
Days lived
29,566
Ryan Nelsen🇳🇿
football player · b. 1977
Sergey Bezrukov🇷🇺
Russian actor and singer (born 1973) · b. 1973
Suriya🇩🇰
Singer · b. 1979
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Svetlana Loboda🇺🇦
singer · b. 1982
Terrell McIntyre🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1977
Tim Gill🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1953
Days alive
5,113
Volker Neumüller🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1969
Werner von Melle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1853-1937) · 1853–1937
Days lived
30,438
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Yoenis Céspedes🇨🇺
Cuban baseball player · b. 1985
Yoram Gross🇦🇺
deceasedPolish-Australian animation producer and director (1926–2005) · 1926–2015
Days lived
32,480
Zac Efron
actor · b. 1987
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Zohran Mamdani🇺🇬
Politics · b. 1991
Zoran Matković
athlete · b. 1961
Days alive
2,191
Died on This Day
Brigitte Xander🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian television presenter (1942–2008) · 1942–2008
Days lived
24,281
David Shiffman🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician · 1923–1982
Days lived
21,737
Eberhard Feik🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1943-1994) · 1943–1994
Days lived
18,592
Eugen Neufeld🇦🇹
deceasedactor (1882-1950) · 1882–1950
Days lived
24,787
Giorgos Tzavellas🇬🇷
deceasedGreek film director (1916-1976) · 1916–1976
Days lived
21,984
Godfrey Dewey🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican sports executive (1887–1977) · 1887–1977
Days lived
32,917
Hanns Martin Schleyer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman manager and president of industry association, former SS officer and Nazi party member; kidnapped by terrorist group RAF in 1977 to force release of imprisoned terrorists, subsequently murdered · 1915–1977
Days lived
22,816
Hans Ehard🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1887–1980) · 1887–1980
Days lived
33,945
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Jack Angel🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican voice actor (1930–2021) · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,232
Jan Studnicka🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian association footballer (1883-1967) · 1883–1967
Days lived
30,686
Jon-Erik Hexum🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision actor · 1957–1984
Days lived
9,844
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José Ortega y Gasset🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish liberal philosopher and essayist (1883-1955) · 1883–1955
Days lived
26,459
Josef Maria Eder🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian chemist and photographer (1855-1944) · 1855–1944
Days lived
32,723
Koloman Moser🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian artist and designer (1868–1918) · 1868–1918
Days lived
18,463
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Mark Hurd🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman, philanthropist and CEO of Oracle (1957–2019) · 1957–2019
Days lived
22,935
Martin Gusinde🇦🇹
deceasedGerman-Austrian priest and ethnologist (1886-1969) · 1886–1969
Days lived
30,304
Phil Chess🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican record executive (1921–2016) · 1921–2016
Days lived
34,904
Philip Levine🇺🇸
deceasedRussian-American hematologist · 1900–1987
Days lived
31,845
Rudolf von Tavel🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss journalist and writer (1866-1934) · 1866–1934
Days lived
24,772
Thomas Edison🇺🇸
deceasedEngineer · 1847–1931
Days lived
30,929
Walther von Brauchitsch🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1881–1948
Days lived
24,485
Wilhelm Boden🇩🇪
deceasedGerman lawyer, civil servant and politician (1890-1961) · 1890–1961
Days lived
26,159
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
41,927
Annette Kolb🇫🇷
deceasedGerman writer (1870-1967) · 1870–1967
Days lived
35,731
Gertrude W. Hoffmann🇩🇪
deceasedcharacter actress (1871-1968) · 1871–1968
Days lived
35,335
Camille Huysmans🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1871–1968
Days lived
35,338
Bertrand Russell🇬🇧
deceasedYouTube personality · 1872–1970
Days lived
35,688
Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1873–1969
Days lived
34,997
Charles Foulkes🇬🇧
deceasedBritish general and field hockey player (1875–1969) · 1875–1969
Days lived
34,427
Henry Hallett Dale🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish pharmacologist, Nobel laureate · 1875–1968
Days lived
34,012
Gertrud von Le Fort🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1876–1971
Days lived
34,718
Natalie Clifford Barney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972) · 1876–1972
Days lived
34,791
Edward Roberts
deceasedBritish priest · 1877–1968
Days lived
33,236
Rudolph Dirks🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1877–1968
Days lived
33,290
Lillian Moller Gilbreth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972
Days lived
34,190
E. M. Forster🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970
Days lived
33,394
Margarete Bieber🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978
Days lived
36,003
Adolf Strauss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Wehrmacht general (1879–1973) · 1879–1973
Days lived
34,163
Kenneth Edgeworth🇮🇪
deceasedIrish astronomer, economist and engineer (1880-1972) · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,829
Arthur Mallwitz🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
Helen Keller🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
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Emma P. Carr🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,404
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Harriet🇦🇺
deceasedGalápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
Jonathan🇸🇭
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
49,598
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Lin Wang🇹🇼
deceasedAsian elephant · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,467
Sergeant Reckless🇺🇸
deceasedMongolian mare · 1948–1968
Days lived
7,438
Ham🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1957–1983
Days lived
9,333
Shamu🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1962–1971
Days lived
3,521
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,771
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,468
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,041
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,483
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,449
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,083
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,527
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,179
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
652,978
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,492
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,510
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,179
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,531
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,074
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
10,984
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
8,961
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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