On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 7 1968
Born on This Day
Abdul Hamid
deceasedPakistani field hockey player (1927–2019) · 1927–2019
Days lived
33,788
Adrian Schinoff🇦🇷
musician · b. 1972
Aleksandr Konstantinovich Larev
deceasedjournalist · 1930–2015
Days lived
31,381
Alexander Dugin🇷🇺
Propagandist · b. 1962
Days alive
2,191
Alexander Kühl🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1973
Alfonso Soriano🇩🇴
film director · b. 1976
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Aloe Blacc🇺🇸
singer · b. 1979
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Ania Dąbrowska🇵🇱
Polish singer · b. 1981
Arnold Ridley🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish playwright and actor (1896–1984) · 1896–1984
Days lived
32,206
August Zirner🇺🇸
actor · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
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Blue Ivy Carter🇺🇸
Vocalist, Dancer, Cultural Figure · b. 2012
Carl-Johan Alm🇸🇪
athlete · b. 1969
Carlos Corporán🇺🇸
Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher · b. 1984
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy🇺🇸
deceasedWife · 1966–1999
Days lived
12,243
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Christian Lindner🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1979
Christian Louboutin🇫🇷
French fashion designer (born 1964) · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Denis Inkin🇷🇺
Russian boxer · b. 1978
DJ Ötzi🇦🇹
singer · b. 1971
Dustin Diamond🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1977–2021
Days lived
16,096
Edi Kurniawan🇮🇩
Olympic weightlifter · b. 1988
Edward Gonzalez Carroll🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican bishop (1910–2000) · 1910–2000
Days lived
32,866
Elena Ceaușescu
deceasedNotable Trials · 1916–1989
Days lived
27,016
Elene Gedevanishvili🇬🇪
Georgian figure skater · b. 1990
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Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1901–1986) · 1901–1986
Days lived
31,341
Ferenc Levente Hervay🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian historian, librarian (1919-2016) · 1919–2016
Days lived
35,461
Ichirō Mizuki🇯🇵
deceasedactor · 1948–2022
Days lived
27,362
Ivan Glasenberg🇨🇭
entrepreneur · b. 1957
Days alive
4,017
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Jeremy Renner🇺🇸
musician · b. 1971
Jonna Tervomaa🇫🇮
singer · b. 1973
Joubert Araújo Martins🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1975
K. Bhagyaraj🇮🇳
deceasedActor · 1953–2026
Days lived
26,834
Katie Couric🇺🇸
Journalist, TV Host, Author · b. 1957
Days alive
4,017
Kurt Hielscher🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1881-1948) · 1881–1948
Days lived
24,655
Leonard Lansink🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Mark Allen Shepherd🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1961
Days alive
2,556
Markus Naewie🇩🇪
tennis player · b. 1970
Mu Shuangshuang🇨🇳
Chinese weightlifter · b. 1984
Nicolas Cage
Oscar Winners · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
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Raila A Odinga🇰🇪
deceasedPrime Minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013 · 1945–2025
Days lived
29,501
Reinhold Heinen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and publisher · 1894–1969
Days lived
27,590
Stephen R. Bourne🇬🇧
British computer scientist · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Uwe Ochsenknecht🇩🇪
German actor and singer · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Vasily Alekseyev🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet weightlifter (1942-2011) · 1942–2011
Days lived
25,524
Wolfgang Reichmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1932-1991) · 1932–1991
Days lived
21,670
Died on This Day
Bertold Paul Wiesner🇦🇹
deceasedscientist · 1901–1972
Days lived
25,734
Bill Johnson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and coach (1926-2011) · 1926–2011
Days lived
30,858
Bimal Roy🇮🇳
deceasedIndian film director (1909–1966) · 1909–1966
Days lived
20,633
Carlos Rasch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1932-2021) · 1932–2021
Days lived
32,418
Dorothea Douglass🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish tennis and badminton player (1878–1960) · 1878–1960
Days lived
29,710
Eberhard Zeidler🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian architect (1926–2022) · 1926–2022
Days lived
35,060
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Emma P. Carr🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,404
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France Gall🇫🇷
deceasedFrench singer · 1947–2018
Days lived
25,658
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Franz Beckenbauer🇩🇪
deceasedfootball player · 1945–2024
Days lived
28,607
Heinrich Harrer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006) · 1912–2006
Days lived
34,153
Heinrich Vollmer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman firearm designer (1885–1961) · 1885–1961
Days lived
27,759
Hirohito🇯🇵
deceasedmilitary person · 1901–1989
Days lived
32,030
Huell Howser🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision presenter · 1945–2013
Days lived
24,553
Jean-Baptiste Chabot🇫🇷
deceasedFrench catholic priest and scholar (1860–1948) · 1860–1948
Days lived
32,101
Jean-Marie Le Pen
deceasedNotable Trials · 1928–2025
Days lived
35,265
Kep Enderby🇦🇺
deceasedpolitician · 1926–2015
Days lived
32,338
Mick Werup🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1958-2011) · 1958–2011
Days lived
19,045
Neil Peart🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian-American drummer (1952–2020) · 1952–2020
Days lived
24,588
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Philip Agee🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1935–2008
Days lived
26,470
Slava Metreveli
deceasedathlete · 1936–1998
Days lived
22,502
Susanne Cramer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1936-1969) · 1936–1969
Days lived
11,723
Vittorio Mezzogiorno🇮🇹
deceasedactor · 1941–1994
Days lived
19,025
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
42,008
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
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
49,679
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
47,852
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,549
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,122
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,564
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,530
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,164
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,608
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,260
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,059
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,573
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,591
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,260
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,612
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,155
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,065
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,042
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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