On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 3 1968
Born on This Day
Ana Gonçalves
Angolan basketball player · b. 1993
Andreas🇩🇪
artist · b. 1951
Days alive
6,209
Antonio Estévez🇻🇪
deceasedVenezuelan composer, conductor and oboist (1916-1988) · 1916–1988
Days lived
26,626
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Archie Taiaroa🇳🇿
deceasedpolitician · 1937–2010
Days lived
26,924
August Macke
deceasedGerman painter of the expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (1887–1914) · 1887–1914
Days lived
10,127
Cheryl Miller🇺🇸
American basketball player and coach (born 1964) · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Dabney Coleman🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1932–2024
Days lived
33,737
David Gobejishvili🇬🇪
athlete · b. 1963
Days alive
1,826
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Deni Avdija🇮🇱
Basketball player · b. 2001
Dorothea Wieck🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1908–1986
Days lived
28,537
Eeles Landström🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish athlete and politician (1932–2022) · 1932–2022
Days lived
33,050
Eli Manning🇺🇸
American football player (born 1981) · b. 1981
Erik Husted
deceasedDanish field hockey player (1900-1988) · 1900–1988
Days lived
32,330
Ernst Silva Tarouca
deceasedCzech member of Czech council (1860-1936) · 1860–1936
Days lived
27,983
Eugeniusz Gaczkowski🇵🇱
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1965
Days alive
1,095
Ewald Schuldt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman prehistorian (1914-1987) · 1914–1987
Days lived
26,812
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Franck Riester🇫🇷
French politician · b. 1974
Gavin Hastings🇬🇧
Rugby union player from Scotland · b. 1962
Days alive
2,191
George Martin🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish record producer (1926–2016) · 1926–2016
Days lived
32,937
Gianfranco Fini🇮🇹
journalist · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
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Gordon Moore
deceasedentrepreneur · 1929–2023
Days lived
34,413
Hank Stram🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and coach (1923-2005) · 1923–2005
Days lived
30,133
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Heiko Schaffartzik🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1984
Hu Weidong🇨🇳
Chinese basketball player · b. 1970
Ikechi Anya🇬🇧
football player · b. 1988
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Isidor Behrens🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish sports administrator (1868–1951) · 1868–1951
Days lived
30,597
J. R. R. Tolkien
deceasedlinguist · 1892–1973
Days lived
29,827
Jaipal Singh🇮🇳
deceasedField Hockey player and political leader (1903-1970) · 1903–1970
Days lived
24,548
Jisoo🇰🇷
Singer · b. 1995
John Paul Jones🇬🇧
British bassist · b. 1946
Days alive
8,035
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Jonny Evans🇮🇪
football player · b. 1988
Josephine Hull🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican stage and film actress (1877-1957) · 1877–1957
Days lived
29,287
Kim Jisoo🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (BLACKPINK) · b. 1995
Kim Min-jae🇰🇷
deceasedfilm director · 1973–2026
Days lived
19,369
Klaas🇩🇪
DJ and producer · b. 1981
Linh Nga🇺🇸
American-Vietnamese film director, film producer, actress, screenwriter and news anchor · b. 1982
Meinhard von Gerkan🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1935–2022) · 1935–2022
Days lived
32,108
Mel Gibson
film producer · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Melfried Comenencia
Dutch baseball player · b. 1975
Merab Gagunashvili🇬🇪
Georgian chess player · b. 1985
Michael Stange
Actor · b. 1980
Mohamed Waheed Hassan
politician · b. 1953
Days alive
5,478
Noelle Quinn🇺🇸
American basketball player and coach · b. 1985
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Oto Bihalji-Merin🇷🇸
deceasedYugoslav writer and art historian (1904–1993) · 1904–1993
Days lived
32,861
Otto Beisheim🇨🇭
deceasedentrepreneur · 1924–2013
Days lived
32,554
Pavel Kotsur🇰🇿
Kazakhstani chess grandmaster · b. 1974
Preston Jackson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz trombonist (1902-1983) · 1902–1983
Days lived
29,898
Ray Milland
deceasedOscar Winners · 1907–1986
Days lived
28,921
Rory Stewart🇬🇧
athlete · b. 1973
Rudolf Koppitz🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian photographer (1884–1936) · 1884–1936
Days lived
19,179
Sakamoto Ryōma
deceasedNotable Trials · 1836–1867
Days lived
11,664
Sergio Leone🇮🇹
deceasedItalian filmmaker (1929–1989) · 1929–1989
Days lived
22,032
W. Michael Blumenthal🇺🇸
former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury · b. 1926
Days alive
15,340
Yashawant Dinkar Phadke🇮🇳
deceasedwriter · 1931–2008
Days lived
28,132
Died on This Day
Ady Berber🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1913–1966
Days lived
19,326
Alexander Munro🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1870–1934
Days lived
23,044
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Alfred Braun🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and director (1888–1978) · 1888–1978
Days lived
32,751
Alfred Proksch🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian thrower (1908-2011) · 1908–2011
Days lived
37,278
Bid McPhee🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player, manager (1859–1943) · 1859–1943
Days lived
30,378
Carl Gustav Witt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1866–1946) · 1866–1946
Days lived
28,920
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1894–1998) · 1894–1998
Days lived
37,799
Choi Yo-sam🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean boxer (1973–2008) · 1973–2008
Days lived
12,497
Eva Strittmatter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman poet (1930-2011) · 1930–2011
Days lived
29,549
Gabriel Anton🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian neurologist and psychiatrist (1858–1933) · 1858–1933
Days lived
27,156
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Gaston Eyskens🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1905–1988
Days lived
30,227
George Bălan🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1929–2022
Days lived
33,901
Günther Fielmann🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1939–2024
Days lived
30,789
Hans Reinowski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1900-1977) · 1900–1977
Days lived
28,098
Henk de Looper🇳🇱
deceasedfield hockey player (1912-2006) · 1912–2006
Days lived
33,976
Iosif Langbard
deceasedSoviet Belarus architect (1882–1951) · 1882–1951
Days lived
25,186
Jaroslav Hašek🇨🇿
deceasedwriter · 1883–1923
Days lived
14,492
Jeff Baena🇺🇸
deceasedScreenwriter · 1977–2025
Days lived
17,355
Joseph Wirth🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1879–1956
Days lived
27,877
Liffa Gregoriussen
deceasedDanish fashion designer · 1904–1992
Days lived
31,974
Mary Daly🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican feminist philosopher and theologian (1928–2010) · 1928–2010
Days lived
29,664
Peter Naur🇩🇰
deceasedDanish computer scientist (1928–2016) · 1928–2016
Days lived
31,846
Rolf Crummenauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist and university professor (1925–1999) · 1925–1999
Days lived
26,856
Rose Ausländer🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1901–1988
Days lived
31,648
Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman psychiatrist (1853-1931) · 1853–1931
Days lived
28,467
Sven Simon🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1941–1980) · 1941–1980
Days lived
14,209
Ulf G. Lindén🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish businessman (1937-2009) · 1937–2009
Days lived
25,954
Victor Sjöström🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish film director, screenwriter and actor (1879-1960) · 1879–1960
Days lived
29,324
Walter Cunningham🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1932–2023
Days lived
33,165
Wilhelm Schäperclaus🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1899–1995
Days lived
34,875
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
42,004
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
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
Paul Hausser🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,677
Fritz Achterberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1880-1971) · 1880–1971
Days lived
33,215
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
49,675
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
47,848
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,545
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,118
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,560
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,526
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,160
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,604
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,256
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,055
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,569
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,587
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,256
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,608
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,151
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,061
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,038
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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