On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 11 1968
Born on This Day
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Albert Dupontel🇫🇷
French actor, comedian, film director and screenwriter · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Alexander von Branca🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1919–2011) · 1919–2011
Days lived
33,672
Ali Haji-Sheikh🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1961
Days alive
2,556
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Amrapali Dubey🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1987
Barry Flanagan🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1941–2009
Days lived
25,069
Beatriz Ramo
Dutch architect · b. 1979
Benjamin List🇩🇪
scientist · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Brian Moore🇬🇧
English rugby union footballer, referee and commentator · b. 1962
Days alive
2,191
Cai Yuanpei
deceasedpolitician · 1868–1940
Days lived
26,351
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Chris Bryant🇬🇧
British politician and MP (born 1962) · b. 1962
Days alive
2,191
Christine Kaufmann🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1945–2017
Days lived
26,374
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Claire Rafferty🇬🇧
football player · b. 1989
Clarence Clemons🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1942–2011
Days lived
25,360
Cody Simpson🇦🇺
Australian singer · b. 1997
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Dani Carvajal🇪🇸
Spanish association football player · b. 1992
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Diana Gabaldon🇺🇸
American author (born 1952) · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Eberhard Zeidler🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian architect (1926–2022) · 1926–2022
Days lived
35,060
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Eduardo Mendoza Garriga🇪🇸
Spanish writer · b. 1943
Days alive
9,131
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Emilio Kovačić🇭🇷
basketball player · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Ernst Nolte🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1923–2016
Days lived
34,188
Eva Hesse🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1936–1970
Days lived
12,557
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Gabriele Galateri di Genola🇮🇹
Chairman of the Board of Telecom Italia · b. 1947
Days alive
7,670
Gregg Clark🇿🇦
South African field hockey player · b. 1971
Helga Anders🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian television actress (1948–1986) · 1948–1986
Days lived
13,958
Herbert Baddeley🇬🇧
deceasedtennis and badminton player (1872–1931) · 1872–1931
Days lived
21,739
Jaak Aaviksoo🇪🇪
Estonian politician, physicist, basketball player and sportsperson (born 1954) · b. 1954
Days alive
5,113
Jack Gifford
deceasedActor · 1941–2009
Days lived
24,837
Jan Wayne🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1974
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Jesse Hibbs🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and film director (1906-1985) · 1906–1985
Days lived
28,879
Johannes Franz Hartmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1865–1936) · 1865–1936
Days lived
26,177
Liu Hongyu🇨🇳
Chinese racewalker · b. 1975
Lotte Lang🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1900–1985
Days lived
31,079
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Luna Schweiger🇩🇪
German child actress · b. 1997
Manuel Onwu🇪🇸
Spanish footballer · b. 1988
Mark Forster🇩🇪
singer-songwriter · b. 1983
Mark Yeates🇮🇪
football player · b. 1985
Mary J. Blige🇺🇸
American singer and actor (born 1971) · b. 1971
Michael Kohlmann🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1974
Mohammad-Reza Rahimi🇮🇷
Iranian politician · b. 1949
Days alive
6,939
Paddy Driscoll🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1896–1968
Days lived
26,467
Paddy Mayne🇬🇧
deceasedBritish Soldier (1915-1955) · 1915–1955
Days lived
14,947
Petra Nadolny🇩🇪
actor · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Rainer Simon🇩🇪
German film director and screenwriter · b. 1941
Days alive
9,861
Robin Lindsay🇬🇧
deceasedfield hockey player (1914–2011) · 1914–2011
Days lived
35,514
Rod Thomas🇬🇧
deceasedfootball player · 1947–2025
Days lived
28,798
Roman Camenzind🇨🇭
singer · b. 1976
Timbuktu🇸🇪
singer · b. 1975
Titus Corlățean🇷🇴
Romanian politician (born 1968) · b. 1968
Days alive
0
William Turnbull🇬🇧
deceasedScottish artist (1922-2012) · 1922–2012
Days lived
33,181
Died on This Day
Aaron Swartz
deceasedActivist · 1986–2013
Days lived
9,561
Alexander Mar Thoma🇮🇳
deceasedIndian bishop (1913–2000) · 1913–2000
Days lived
31,687
Ariel Sharon
deceasedNotable Trials · 1928–2014
Days lived
31,366
Artur Berger🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian film architect and set designer (1892–1981) · 1892–1981
Days lived
32,370
Bruno Visintin🇮🇹
deceasedboxer (1932–2015) · 1932–2015
Days lived
29,999
Charles White🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and coach (born 1958) · 1958–2023
Days lived
23,730
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1884–1979
Days lived
34,532
David Khakhaleishvili🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1971–2021
Days lived
18,215
Emanuel Lasker
deceasedphilosopher · 1868–1941
Days lived
26,315
Emilio De Bono
deceasedNotable Trials · 1866–1944
Days lived
28,421
Éric Rohmer🇫🇷
deceasedactor · 1920–2010
Days lived
32,803
Fabrizio De André🇮🇹
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1940–1999
Days lived
21,512
Francisco Benkö🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-Argentine chess player (1910-2010) · 1910–2010
Days lived
36,361
Helmut Poppendick🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician, Chief of the Personal Staff of the Reichsarzt SS und Polizei (1902-1994) · 1902–1994
Days lived
33,608
Henri Verneuil🇫🇷
deceasedFrench-Armenian playwright and filmmaker (1920-2002) · 1920–2002
Days lived
29,673
Jack Gifford
deceasedActor · 1941–2009
Days lived
24,837
Josef Jarno🇭🇺
deceasedactor · 1866–1932
Days lived
23,880
Louis Krages🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1949–2001
Days lived
18,780
Mariangela Melato🇮🇹
deceasedItalian theatre, film and television actress (1941–2013) · 1941–2013
Days lived
26,047
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Miep Gies🇦🇹
deceasedwriter · 1909–2010
Days lived
36,855
Oliver Gurney🇬🇧
deceasedscientist · 1911–2001
Days lived
32,856
Paul Wilhelm Hubert Wagner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1899-1970) · 1899–1970
Days lived
25,707
Pete Candoli🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz trumpeter (1923-2008) · 1923–2008
Days lived
30,878
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Pierre-Louis🇨🇭
deceasedactor and film director (1917–1987) · 1917–1987
Days lived
25,413
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Sheldon Adelson
deceasedentrepreneur · 1933–2021
Days lived
31,937
Václav Hlavatý🇺🇸
deceasedCzech politician and mathematician (*1894 – †1969) · 1894–1969
Days lived
27,377
Yashawant Dinkar Phadke🇮🇳
deceasedwriter · 1931–2008
Days lived
28,132
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
42,012
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
49,683
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
47,856
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,553
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,126
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,568
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,534
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,168
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,612
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,264
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,063
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,577
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,595
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,264
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,616
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,159
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,069
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,046
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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