On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 10 1968
Born on This Day
Anatoly Pisarenko🇺🇦
Soviet weightlifter, Ukrainian politician · b. 1958
Days alive
3,652
Ariane Friedrich🇩🇪
German high jumper · b. 1984
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Barbara Hepworth🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1903–1975
Days lived
26,428
Carolina Benvenga🇮🇹
Italian actress · b. 1990
Claudia Losch🇩🇪
German shot putter · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
DeShaun Foster🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1980
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Donald Knuth🇺🇸
writer · b. 1938
Days alive
10,957
Douglas Carey
deceasedAnglican Priest · 1876–1947
Days lived
25,924
Eugène Joseph Delporte🇧🇪
deceasedBelgian astronomer (1882–1955) · 1882–1955
Days lived
26,944
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Fran Walsh🇳🇿
New Zealand screenwriter and producer · b. 1959
Days alive
3,287
Frauke Ludowig🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Gary Rath🇺🇸
film director · b. 1973
Georgi Glouchkov🇮🇹
basketball player · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Gerhard Schöne🇩🇪
singer-songwriter · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Gordon Pearce🇦🇺
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1934
Days alive
12,418
Gur Shelef🇮🇱
basketball player · b. 1974
Hannelore Schroth🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1922–1987) · 1922–1987
Days lived
23,919
Henning von Tresckow🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1901–1944
Days lived
15,898
Henryk Julian Gay🇵🇱
deceasedPolish architect (1875-1936) · 1875–1936
Days lived
22,546
Herbert Matthews🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1900–1977
Days lived
28,325
Hrithik Roshan🇮🇳
Film actor · b. 1974
Ingeborg Drewitz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1923-1986) · 1923–1986
Days lived
23,331
Jack Kyle🇬🇧
deceasedIrish rugby union footballer (1926–2014) · 1926–2014
Days lived
32,464
Jared Kushner🇺🇸
Financier · b. 1981
Jeffrey Catherine Jones🇺🇸
deceasedartist (1944-2011) · 1944–2011
Days lived
24,601
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Jemaine Clement🇳🇿
New Zealand actor and musician · b. 1974
Joan Filbá🇪🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1955–1981
Days lived
9,770
John Grinder🇺🇸
American linguist, developer of neuro-linguistic programming · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
Kaitlyn Maher
actor · b. 2004
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Katharine Burr Blodgett🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican physicist (1898-1979) · 1898–1979
Days lived
29,859
Kenneth Vermeer🇳🇱
Dutch association football player · b. 1986
Ludwig Aschoff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician/pathologist (1866–1942) · 1866–1942
Days lived
27,923
Manfred Salzgeber🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1943-1994) · 1943–1994
Days lived
18,842
Mario Castañeda🇺🇸
American actor, singer, and voiceover artist · b. 1973
Marouane Chamakh🇫🇷
football player · b. 1984
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Marvin Martin🇫🇷
football player · b. 1988
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Mason Mount
association football player · b. 1999
Matthew Barber🇨🇦
singer-songwriter · b. 1977
Menendez Brothers
Public Figures · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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Michael Schenker🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1955
Days alive
4,748
Michel Ney
deceasedNotable Trials · 1769–1815
Days lived
17,131
Nicolas Jaar🇺🇸
American composer, musician and record producer · b. 1990
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Pat Benatar🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1953
Days alive
5,478
Paul Henreid🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian-American actor and film director · 1908–1992
Days lived
30,760
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Rachel Williams🇬🇧
football player · b. 1988
Roberto de Assis Moreira🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1971
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Rod Stewart🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1945
Days alive
8,400
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Sabrina Setlur🇩🇪
German rapper · b. 1974
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Sebastian Hülk
Actor · b. 1975
Simon Schwarz🇦🇹
Austrian actor · b. 1971
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Sun Dong-yol🇰🇷
film director · b. 1963
Days alive
1,826
Tavoris Cloud🇺🇸
American boxer · b. 1982
Theuns Jordaan🇿🇦
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1971–2021
Days lived
18,574
Tiit Vähi🇪🇪
Estonian politician and entrepreneur (born 1947) · b. 1947
Days alive
7,670
Ursula von Kardorff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1911–1988) · 1911–1988
Days lived
28,139
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Walter Hill
Actor · b. 1942
Days alive
9,496
Wee Cho Yaw
deceasedFormer Chairman, UOB · 1929–2024
Days lived
34,722
Werner Andreas Albert🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1935–2019
Days lived
30,985
Wu Jingbiao🇨🇳
Chinese weightlifter · b. 1989
Yuh Myung-woo🇰🇷
South Korean boxer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Died on This Day
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Coco Chanel
deceasedActor · 1883–1971
Days lived
31,920
Daan van Golden
deceasedDutch painter (1936-2017) · 1936–2017
Days lived
29,561
Dave Brown🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican cornerback in the National Football League (1953-2006) · 1953–2006
Days lived
19,352
David Bowie🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1947–2016
Days lived
25,204
Emil Johansson🇸🇪
deceasedOlympic tug of war competitor (1885-1972) · 1885–1972
Days lived
31,772
Erich von Däniken
deceasedNotable Trials · 1935–2026
Days lived
33,144
Francesco Rosi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1922–2015) · 1922–2015
Days lived
33,659
Franz Planer🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American cinematographer (1894-1963) · 1894–1963
Days lived
25,123
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Friedrich Kurrent🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1931–2022) · 1931–2022
Days lived
32,995
Georgi Fingov
deceasedBulgarian architect · 1874–1944
Days lived
25,443
Günther Stoll🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1924-1977) · 1924–1977
Days lived
19,138
Helmut Losch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman weightlifter (1947–2005) · 1947–2005
Days lived
20,910
Herbert Achternbusch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer, painter and filmmaker (1938–2022) · 1938–2022
Days lived
30,364
Howlin' Wolf🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1910–1976
Days lived
23,955
Jaroslav Seifert
deceasedCzechoslovak poet, Nobel prize laureate (1901–1986) · 1901–1986
Days lived
30,790
Jeff Beck🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish guitarist (1944–2023) · 1944–2023
Days lived
28,689
Johann M. Baur🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer · 1930–2007
Days lived
28,133
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Joseph Schmidlin
deceasedGerman priest (1876-1944) · 1876–1944
Days lived
24,757
Marinus van der Lubbe
deceasedNotable Trials · 1909–1934
Days lived
9,128
Pál Magyary🇭🇺
deceasedmodel · 1857–1937
Days lived
29,070
Roman Herzog🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1934–2017
Days lived
30,231
Sidney Wood🇺🇸
deceasedUS tennis player (1911–2009) · 1911–2009
Days lived
35,500
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Sinclair Lewis🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer and playwright (1885–1951) · 1885–1951
Days lived
24,077
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
42,011
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
49,682
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
47,855
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,552
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,125
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,567
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,533
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,167
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,611
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,263
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,062
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,576
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,594
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,263
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,615
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,158
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,068
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,045
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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