On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 6 1968
Born on This Day
A. R. Rahman🇮🇳
composer and musician · b. 1966
Days alive
730
Adriano Celentano🇮🇹
singer-songwriter · b. 1938
Days alive
10,957
Alan Stivell🇫🇷
singer · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Andy Carroll
Notable Trials · b. 1989
Autry Inman🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1929–1988
Days lived
21,793
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Babrak Karmal
deceased3rd General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (1929–1996) · 1929–1996
Days lived
24,803
Brian Bass🇺🇸
film director · b. 1982
Bubba Franks🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1978
Carl Sandburg
deceasedpoet · 1878–1967
Days lived
32,703
Chung Shin-Cho🇰🇷
South Korean boxer · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
Clemente Rebora🇮🇹
deceasedItalian poet (1885–1957) · 1885–1957
Days lived
26,596
Constanze Engelbrecht🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1950-2000) · 1950–2000
Days lived
18,459
Cuco Valoy🇩🇴
singer · b. 1937
Days alive
11,322
Darlene Hard🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1936–2021) · 1936–2021
Days lived
31,377
Eddie Redmayne🇬🇧
Oscar Winners · b. 1982
Éric Tibusch🇫🇷
fashion designer · b. 1972
Fan S. Noli🇺🇸
deceasedAlbanian politician (1882-1965) · 1882–1965
Days lived
30,381
Ferenc Szálasi🇸🇰
deceasedNotable Trials · 1897–1946
Days lived
17,961
Fritz Richard🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1870–1933
Days lived
23,044
Gustav Bauer🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1870–1944
Days lived
27,271
Heinrich Nordhoff🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1899–1968
Days lived
25,298
Heinrich Vollmer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman firearm designer (1885–1961) · 1885–1961
Days lived
27,759
Heinz Berggruen🇺🇸
deceasedart dealer, author (1914-2007) · 1914–2007
Days lived
34,016
Helmut Poppendick🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician, Chief of the Personal Staff of the Reichsarzt SS und Polizei (1902-1994) · 1902–1994
Days lived
33,608
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Henry Maske🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Hetty Blok🇳🇱
deceasedactor · 1920–2012
Days lived
33,908
Hilmar Kabas🇦🇹
Austrian politician · b. 1942
Days alive
9,496
Inge Vermeulen🇺🇸
deceasedfield hockey player (1985–2015) · 1985–2015
Days lived
10,963
James Goodnight🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1943
Days alive
9,131
Judith Rakers🇩🇪
journalist · b. 1976
Justin Welby🇬🇧
Archbishop of Canterbury (2013–2025) · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Kahlil Gibran
deceasedphilosopher · 1883–1931
Days lived
17,625
Kim Dae-jung
deceasedNotable Trials · 1924–2009
Days lived
31,271
Larry Donald🇺🇸
American boxer · b. 1967
Days alive
365
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Lou Holtz🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player · 1937–2026
Days lived
32,564
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Ludwig Berger🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1892–1969
Days lived
28,256
Malcolm Young🇦🇺
deceasedmusician · 1953–2017
Days lived
23,692
Margrete Auken🇩🇰
Danish politician · b. 1945
Days alive
8,400
Maria Zemankova🇺🇸
computer scientist · b. 1951
Days alive
6,209
Max Simon🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1899–1961
Days lived
22,671
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Max Streibl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1932-1998) · 1932–1998
Days lived
24,446
Max Théret🇫🇷
deceasedFrench businessman (1913–2009) · 1913–2009
Days lived
35,113
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Mithra Jin🇰🇷
singer · b. 1983
Ndamukong Suh🇺🇸
American football player (born 1987) · b. 1987
Nek🇮🇹
singer · b. 1972
Nicky Romero
Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer · b. 1989
Nigella Lawson🇬🇧
Journalist · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Olivier Chaplain🇫🇷
French rugby union player · b. 1982
Paolo Conte🇮🇹
singer-songwriter · b. 1937
Days alive
11,322
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Paul McShane🇮🇪
Irish association football player · b. 1986
PraY🇰🇷
South korean electronic sports player · b. 1994
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Raoul Gunsbourg🇷🇴
deceasedopera director, impresario, composer and writer (1859–1955) · 1860–1955
Days lived
34,843
Richard A. Muller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Richard Norton🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1950–2025
Days lived
27,448
Rochus Gliese🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film director and actor (1891-1978) · 1891–1978
Days lived
32,126
Rowan Atkinson🇬🇧
actor · b. 1955
Days alive
4,748
Shuhua (Yeh Shu-hua)🇹🇼
K-pop Idol ((G)I-DLE) · b. 2000
Steed Malbranque🇧🇪
football player · b. 1980
Stephan Harlander🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1969
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Syd Barrett🇬🇧
deceasedsinger · 1946–2006
Days lived
22,097
Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar🇬🇧
deceasedentrepreneur · 1864–1930
Days lived
24,201
Ulrike Mai🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
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Victor Horta🇧🇪
deceasedBelgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau (1861–1947) · 1861–1947
Days lived
31,655
Vijay Tendulkar🇮🇳
deceasedIndian writer · 1928–2008
Days lived
29,354
Waldemar Kamer🇳🇱
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
730
Walter Sedlmayr🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1926–1990) · 1926–1990
Days lived
23,565
Walther Schücking🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1875-1935) · 1875–1935
Days lived
22,145
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Zhantoro Satybaldiyev
Kyrgyz politician · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Zygmunt Kiszkurno🇵🇱
deceasedPolish Olympic shooter · 1921–2012
Days lived
33,468
Died on This Day
Albrecht Brandi🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1914–1966
Days lived
18,828
Bob Falkenburg🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1926–2022
Days lived
35,041
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Dick Savitt🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1927–2023) · 1927–2023
Days lived
35,007
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Dizzy Gillespie🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1917–1993
Days lived
27,471
Eduard Schulte🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1891–1966
Days lived
27,395
Ernst Grissemann🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1934–2023
Days lived
32,464
Ethel Grey Terry🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1882–1931
Days lived
17,627
Frank Tuttle🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director (1892–1963) · 1892–1963
Days lived
25,719
Franz Hessel
deceasedwriter · 1880–1941
Days lived
21,960
Fred Taylor🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1924–2002
Days lived
28,158
Gad Granach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer · 1915–2011
Days lived
34,982
Gertrud Eysoldt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1870–1950) · 1870–1955
Days lived
30,717
Gustav Andreas Tammann🇩🇪
deceasedSwiss astonomer (1932-2019) · 1932–2019
Days lived
31,577
Hans Jaray🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1906–1990
Days lived
30,512
Horst Seemann🇩🇪
deceasedFilm directorScreenwriter (1937–2000) · 1937–2000
Days lived
22,915
Ian Charleson🇬🇧
deceasedStage actor · 1949–1990
Days lived
14,758
Ingeborg Wellmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and voice actress (1924–2015) · 1924–2015
Days lived
33,118
Jan Halle🇳🇱
deceasedDutch football player (1903-1986) · 1903–1986
Days lived
30,274
Kurt Schmücker🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1919–1996) · 1919–1996
Days lived
27,816
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Lev Urusov🇷🇺
deceasedRussian diplomat and athlete, member of International Olympic Committee (1877–1933) · 1877–1933
Days lived
20,094
Peter Altenberg🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian writer and poet (1859–1919) · 1859–1919
Days lived
21,852
Peter Bogdanovich
deceasedactor · 1939–2022
Days lived
30,111
Shabban Shahab-ud-Din🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player (1909–1983) · 1909–1983
Days lived
26,722
Sidney Poitier🇺🇸
deceasedOscar Winners · 1927–2022
Days lived
34,654
Theodor Liebknecht🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1870-1948) · 1870–1948
Days lived
28,385
Theodore Roosevelt🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1858–1919
Days lived
21,985
Tibor Pettkó-Szandtner🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1886–1961
Days lived
27,228
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Werner Kempf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1886–1964) · 1886–1964
Days lived
28,426
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
42,007
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
49,678
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
47,851
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,548
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,121
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,563
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,529
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,163
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,607
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,259
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,058
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,572
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,590
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,259
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,611
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,154
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,064
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,041
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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