On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 15 1968
Born on This Day
Alexander Fritz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1857–1932) · 1857–1932
Days lived
27,490
Artem Zabelin🇷🇺
basketball player · b. 1988
Artyom Kozlov🇷🇺
football player · b. 1993
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Bu Tao🇨🇳
film director · b. 1983
Chad Lowe🇺🇸
Film producer · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Christian Anders🇦🇹
musician · b. 1945
Days alive
8,400
Christiane Soeder🇦🇹
Austrian cyclist · b. 1975
Dan Ar Braz🇫🇷
singer · b. 1949
Days alive
6,939
Daniel Caligiuri🇩🇪
Italian footballer · b. 1988
Dina Gralla🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1905–1994
Days lived
32,807
Don Cooper🇺🇸
American baseball player and coach · b. 1957
Days alive
4,017
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Drew Brees🇺🇸
American football player and television analyst (born 1979) · b. 1979
Eddie Hall🇬🇧
British strongman · b. 1988
Erling Kagge🇳🇴
athlete · b. 1963
Days alive
1,826
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Ernest Thesiger🇬🇧
deceasedactor (1879-1961) · 1879–1961
Days lived
29,949
Fernando Forestieri🇦🇷
football player · b. 1990
Flux Pavilion🇬🇧
rapper · b. 1989
Georg Ratzinger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman musician and Catholic priest (1924-2020) · 1924–2020
Days lived
35,232
Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony🇩🇪
deceasedLast Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saxony (1893–1943) · 1893–1943
Days lived
18,380
Götz Kauffmann🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1949–2010
Days lived
22,291
Graham Moodie🇬🇧
British field hockey player · b. 1981
Günter Maschke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and writer · 1943–2022
Days lived
28,878
Hartmut Geerken🇩🇪
deceasedGerman musician, writer and filmmaker (1939–2021) · 1939–2021
Days lived
30,230
Horst Lichter🇩🇪
German television cook, cookbook author and presenter · b. 1962
Days alive
2,191
István Zádor🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian painter (1882-1963) · 1882–1963
Days lived
29,712
Jefri Nichol🇮🇩
Actor · b. 1999
Jordi Bertomeu🇪🇸
President, Chairman, and CEO of Euroleague Basketball Company · b. 1959
Days alive
3,287
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Juli Gudehus🇩🇪
artist · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Jürgen Roters🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1949
Days alive
6,939
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Kenny Easley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1959–2025) · 1959–2025
Days lived
24,410
Lajos Berszán
model · b. 1943
Days alive
9,131
Mario Van Peebles🇺🇸
American actor and producer · b. 1957
Days alive
4,017
Márk Lakatos🇭🇺
Hungarian stylist, fashion journalist, costume designer · b. 1975
Martin Luther King Jr.🇺🇸
deceasedCivil rights leader and minister · 1929–1968
Days lived
14,324
Martin Petrov
football player · b. 1979
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Meret Becker🇩🇪
singer · b. 1969
Michael Hayden🇨🇦
Sculptor in Light (born 1943) · b. 1943
Days alive
9,131
Michael Schanze🇩🇪
German singer and television presenter · b. 1947
Days alive
7,670
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Paolo Quinteros🇮🇹
Argentine basketball player · b. 1979
Pitbull🇺🇸
American rapper (born 1981) · b. 1981
Regina King🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1971
Sascha Göpel🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1979
Skrillex🇺🇸
Producer & DJ · b. 1988
Song Soon-chun🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean boxer (1934-2019) · 1934–2019
Days lived
31,319
Walter Stöhrer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1937-2000) · 1937–2000
Days lived
23,096
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Wilhelm Marx🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1863–1946) · 1863–1946
Days lived
30,517
Ze’ev Levy🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli philosopher · 1921–2010
Days lived
32,567
Zenita Komad🇦🇹
artist · b. 1980
Zhao Chaojun🇨🇳
Olympic weightlifter · b. 1988
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Died on This Day
Bob Stirling🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish rugby union footballer (1919-1991) · 1919–1991
Days lived
26,066
Bruno Nettl🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican ethnomusicologist (1930–2020) · 1930–2020
Days lived
32,814
Dan Haggerty🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1942–2016) · 1942–2016
Days lived
26,720
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Dolores O'Riordan🇮🇪
deceasedSinger-songwriter · 1971–2018
Days lived
16,933
Eduardo Hontiveros🇵🇭
deceasedFilipino musician · 1923–2008
Days lived
30,707
Erwin Obermair🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian amateur astronomer (1946-2017) · 1946–2017
Days lived
25,707
Frigyes Hollósi🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1905–1979
Days lived
26,811
Georg Michael Anton Kerschensteiner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman educational theorist (1854-1932) · 1854–1932
Days lived
28,293
Johannes Baader🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1875–1955
Days lived
29,061
Karel Salomon🇮🇱
deceasedsinger · 1897–1974
Days lived
27,821
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Karl Liebknecht
deceasedNotable Trials · 1871–1919
Days lived
17,321
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Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1882–1955
Days lived
26,613
Nagisa Ōshima🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese film director and screenwriter (1932–2013) · 1932–2013
Days lived
29,510
Nino Cerruti🇮🇹
deceasedCouturier (1930–2022) · 1930–2022
Days lived
33,350
Paul Séjourné🇫🇷
deceasedscientist · 1851–1939
Days lived
31,801
Rosa Luxemburg🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1871–1919
Days lived
17,482
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Walter Ernsting🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1920–2005) · 1920–2005
Days lived
30,897
Werner Freyberg🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1902-1973) · 1902–1973
Days lived
25,738
Werner Lesser🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1932–2005
Days lived
26,444
William Boyd Dawkins🇬🇧
deceasedGeologist · 1837–1929
Days lived
33,257
Yves Mariot🇫🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1948–2000
Days lived
18,821
Željko Ražnatović
deceasedNotable Trials · 1952–2000
Days lived
17,439
Zeno Saltini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest (1900–1981) · 1900–1981
Days lived
29,358
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
42,016
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
49,687
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
47,860
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,557
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,130
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,572
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,538
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,172
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,616
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,268
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,067
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,581
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,599
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,268
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,620
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,163
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,073
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,050
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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