On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 13 1968
Born on This Day
Aaron Links🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1981
Alfred Rammelmeyer🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1910–1995
Days lived
31,108
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Anass Achahbar🇳🇱
football player · b. 1994

Andy Jassy
Actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Bernard Hopkins🇪🇸
basketball player · b. 1973
Bohumír Matal🇨🇿
deceasedCzech painter (1922-1988) · 1922–1988
Days lived
24,282

Chaïm Soutine🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1893–1943
Days lived
18,469

Clément Darbo🇫🇷
French rugby union player · b. 1986

Daniel Scioli🇦🇷
athlete · b. 1957
Days alive
4,017

Dinah Pfizenmaier🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1992
Emil Johansson🇸🇪
deceasedOlympic tug of war competitor (1885-1972) · 1885–1972
Days lived
31,772
Feo Aladag🇦🇹
Austrian actress, film director and screenwriter · b. 1972
Friedrich Waldow🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1915–2013
Days lived
35,813
George Gurdjieff🇦🇲
deceasedphilosopher, mystic, and writer (c. 1866–1877 – 1949) · 1866–1949
Days lived
30,604

Glenn Whelan🇮🇪
Irish footballer · b. 1984

Gloria Siebert🇩🇪
East German hurdler · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Günther Brennecke🇩🇪
deceasedWest German field hockey player (1927–2014) · 1927–2014
Days lived
31,820

Hansi Lang🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1955–2008
Days lived
19,582

Jānis Akuraters🇱🇻
deceasedpolitician · 1876–1937
Days lived
22,473

John Lees🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1947
Days alive
7,670
José Capellán🇩🇴
deceasedfilm director · 1981–2015
Days lived
12,502
José Núñez🇩🇴
film director · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922

Josefine Preuß🇩🇪
actor · b. 1986

Joseph Rock🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian-American scientist-explorer (1884-1962) · 1884–1962
Days lived
28,815

Julio Baghy🇭🇺
deceasedactor · 1891–1967
Days lived
27,822
Kenji Endō🇯🇵
deceasedsinger · 1947–2017
Days lived
25,853

Kim Do-kyun🇰🇷
South Korean footballer (born 1977) · b. 1977
Kim Seong-jip🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean weightlifter (1919-2016) · 1919–2016
Days lived
35,467

Lal Shah Bokhari🇵🇰
deceasedfield hockey player (1906–1959) · 1906–1959
Days lived
19,548

László Csákányi🇭🇺
deceasedsinger · 1921–1992
Days lived
26,227
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Lev Kuleshov
deceasedSoviet filmmaker and film theorist (1899–1970) · 1899–1970
Days lived
26,007

Liam Hemsworth🇦🇺
actor · b. 1990
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Luis Díaz
association football player · b. 1997

Marinus van der Lubbe
deceasedNotable Trials · 1909–1934
Days lived
9,128
Markus Bott🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1962
Days alive
2,191
Meinhard Nehmer🇩🇪
East German bobsledder · b. 1941
Days alive
9,861

Melba Liston🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer (1926–1999) · 1926–1999
Days lived
26,763

Michael Bond🇬🇧
deceasedBritish writer (1926–2017) · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,403
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Miguel Pro🇲🇽
deceasedMexican Jesuit priest and martyr (1891–1927) · 1891–1927
Days lived
13,462
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Orlando Bloom🇬🇧
actor · b. 1977
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Oskar Minkowski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1858-1931) · 1858–1931
Days lived
26,818
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Ronny Turiaf🇫🇷
basketball player · b. 1983

Steve Brown🇺🇸
deceasedjazz musician best known for his work on string bass (1890-1965) · 1890–1965
Days lived
27,638

Tim Matavž🇸🇮
football player · b. 1989
Tom Gaebel🇩🇪
German musician · b. 1975
Uta Albanese🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1973

Walter Schmitt🇩🇪
deceasedSS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS (1879-1945) · 1879–1945
Days lived
24,354

Walther Bensemann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer (1873–1934) · 1873–1934
Days lived
22,549
Wilhelm Worringer🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1881–1965
Days lived
30,755

Winnie Byanyima
entrepreneur · b. 1959
Days alive
3,287
Wolfgang Boos🇩🇪
German ice hockey and tennis player · b. 1946
Days alive
8,035
Yassin El-Azzouzi🇫🇷
Moroccan and French footballer · b. 1983
Died on This Day

Alfred Lichtwark🇩🇪
deceasedGerman art historian (1852–1914) · 1852–1914
Days lived
22,644

Bernd Kannenberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman athletics competitor (1942–2021) · 1942–2021
Days lived
28,636

Bertha Zillessen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer and painter (1872-1936) · 1872–1936
Days lived
23,097
Emmett Johns🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian clergy · 1928–2018
Days lived
32,792

Eugeniusz Geppert🇵🇱
deceasedpainter (1890-1979) · 1890–1979
Days lived
32,272
Evelyne Kraft🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss actress (1951-2009) · 1951–2009
Days lived
20,933

Felix Bryk🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian-Swedish entomologist and anthropologist (1882-1957) · 1882–1957
Days lived
27,385

Giorgos Vasiliou🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1931–2026
Days lived
34,572

Harold Shipman
deceasedNotable Trials · 1946–2004
Days lived
21,183
Helmut Weiss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film director (1907-1969) · 1907–1969
Days lived
22,634

James Joyce🇮🇪
deceasedwriter · 1882–1941
Days lived
21,529

Joe McCarthy🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1887–1978
Days lived
33,139
José María Sánchez-Silva🇪🇸
deceasedwriter · 1911–2002
Days lived
32,936
Ludwig Ferdinand Clauss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman racial theorist and anthropologist (1892–1974) · 1892–1974
Days lived
29,924

Lyonel Feininger🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1871–1956
Days lived
30,890

Marian Woyna-Orlewicz🇵🇱
deceasedathlete · 1913–2011
Days lived
35,529

Peter Duesberg🇺🇸
deceasedchemist · 1936–2026
Days lived
32,549
Phil Masinga🇿🇦
deceasedSouth African footballer (1969-2019) · 1969–2019
Days lived
18,096

Salvador Novo🇲🇽
deceasedjournalist · 1904–1974
Days lived
25,369

Sergei Utochkin🇺🇦
deceasedathlete · 1876–1916
Days lived
14,428

Sophie Taeuber-Arp🇨🇭
deceasedartist · 1889–1943
Days lived
19,716

Victor Aronstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-Jewish doctor (1896-1945) · 1896–1945
Days lived
17,604

Xavier Martínez🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican artist (1869-1943) · 1869–1943
Days lived
27,002
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
42,014

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
49,685
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
47,858
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,555
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,128
HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,570
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,536
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,170
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,614
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,266
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,065
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,579
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,597
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,266
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,618
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,161
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,071
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,048
Already Released
Films already out by this date.