On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 17 1968
Born on This Day
Abdou Traoré🇲🇱
football player · b. 1988
Alain Badiou🇫🇷
French writer and philosopher · b. 1937
Days alive
11,322
Alev Lenz🇩🇪
singer-songwriter · b. 1982
Anacleto Angelini🇨🇱
deceasedItalian-born Chilean businessman (1912-2007) · 1912–2007
Days lived
34,922
Andrea Clausen🇩🇪
actor · b. 1959
Days alive
3,287
Andy Kaufman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican entertainer (1949–1984) · 1949–1984
Days lived
12,903
Anita Borg🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1949-2003) · 1949–2003
Days lived
19,802
Audronius Ažubalis🇱🇹
journalist · b. 1958
Days alive
3,652
Ayo Dosunmu🇺🇸
Basketball player · b. 2000
Betty White🇺🇸
deceasedComedian · 1922–2021
Days lived
36,508
Boris Nikiforovich Zolotych🇷🇺
deceasedRussian technician, specialist in electrophysical methods of metalworkers, publications in the field · 1920–2008
Days lived
32,234
Calvin Harris
DJ, producer and songwriter · b. 1984
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Carl Laemmle🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1867–1939
Days lived
26,547
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Charles A. Baird🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican athletic director (1870-1944) · 1870–1944
Days lived
27,345
Constantine Stanislavsky🇷🇺
deceasedactor · 1863–1938
Days lived
27,595
Cuauhtémoc Blanco🇲🇽
football player · b. 1973
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Dalida🇪🇬
deceasedFilm actor · 1933–1987
Days lived
19,829
Dwyane Wade🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1982
Eartha Kitt🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1927–2008
Days lived
29,928
Edgar André🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1894-1936) · 1894–1936
Days lived
15,631
Emmy Hennings🇩🇪
deceasedGerman poet, editor (1885–1948) · 1885–1948
Days lived
23,215
Enzo Fernández
association football player · b. 2001
François Damiens🇧🇪
Belgian actor · b. 1973
Françoise Hardy🇫🇷
deceasedsinger · 1944–2024
Days lived
29,366
Gaby Appel🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1958
Days alive
3,652
Harry Halm🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1901–1980
Days lived
29,143
Henryk Średnicki🇵🇱
deceasedAmateur boxer from Poland (1955-2016) · 1955–2016
Days lived
22,364
Jacob Pins🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1917–2005
Days lived
32,463
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Jake Paul
YouTuber · b. 1997
Jan Baas
deceasedDutch baseball player (1915–2001) · 1915–2001
Days lived
31,645
Jan Guillou
Notable Trials · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Jim Carrey🇨🇦
actor · b. 1962
Days alive
2,191
Johannes Herber🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1983
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Joshua Malina🇺🇸
American actor (born 1966) · b. 1966
Days alive
730
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Jürgen Schmidhuber🇩🇪
German computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher · b. 1963
Days alive
1,826
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Kai Hansen🇩🇪
German guitarist and singer · b. 1963
Days alive
1,826
Ken Hirai🇯🇵
singer-songwriter · b. 1972
Kid Rock🇺🇸
American musician (born 1971) · b. 1971
Kōjirō Matsukata🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese businessman (1865–1950) · 1865–1950
Days lived
31,203
Louis Couturat🇫🇷
deceasedphilosopher · 1868–1914
Days lived
16,999
Mack Sennett🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian-American actor, producer and director (1880–1960) · 1880–1960
Days lived
29,512
Maia Chiburdanidze🇬🇪
athlete · b. 1961
Days alive
2,556
Matt Bouldin🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1988
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Maximilian Daublebsky von Eichhain🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian military personnel · 1865–1939
Days lived
27,250
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Michelle Obama🇺🇸
lawyer and former First Lady of the United States (2009-2017) President Barack Obama · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Muhammad Ali🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer (1942–2016) · 1942–2016
Days lived
27,166
O Jong-ae
North Korean weightlifter · b. 1984
Peggy Gilbert🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1905–2007) · 1905–2007
Days lived
37,281
Roberto Mangas🇲🇽
deceasedMexican alpinist · 1914–1982
Days lived
24,862
Sadie Soverall🇬🇧
Actor · b. 2002
Salome Kammer🇩🇪
German actress, vocal soloist, singer and cellist · b. 1959
Days alive
3,287
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Sammy Angott🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer (1915-1980) · 1915–1980
Days lived
24,020
Sebastian Bogner🇩🇪
German chess player · b. 1991
Sonja Sutter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1931–2017) · 1931–2017
Days lived
31,547
Stefan Petzner🇦🇹
Austrian politician · b. 1981
Steve Harvey
stand-up comedian · b. 1957
Days alive
4,017
Susanne Uhlen🇩🇪
German actress and director (1955-) · b. 1955
Days alive
4,748
Tabaré Vázquez🇺🇾
deceasedpolitician · 1940–2020
Days lived
29,544
Tiësto🇳🇱
disc jockey · b. 1969
Tomislav Zubčić🇭🇷
basketball player · b. 1990
Vidal Sassoon🇺🇸
deceasedBritish hairstylist (1928–2012) · 1928–2012
Days lived
30,794
Wolfgang Volz🇩🇪
German photographer (born 1948) · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Yelda Reynaud🇦🇹
Turkish-Austrian actress · b. 1972
Yelle🇫🇷
French singer · b. 1983
Zoltán Illés🇭🇺
chemist · b. 1961
Days alive
2,556
Died on This Day
Abdur Rahman Chughtai🇵🇰
deceasedpainter (1894-1975) · 1894–1975
Days lived
29,337
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Bobby Fischer🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chess player (1943–2008) · 1943–2008
Days lived
23,690
Camilo José Cela🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish writer (1916–2002) · 1916–2002
Days lived
31,297
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Einar Dahl🇸🇪
deceasedwriter · 1904–1979
Days lived
27,350
Eric Crockford🇬🇧
deceasedfield hockey player (1888-1958) · 1888–1958
Days lived
25,297
Helen Stephens🇺🇸
deceasedathletics competitor (1918–1994) · 1918–1994
Days lived
27,742
Herbert Henck🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1948–2025
Days lived
27,932
Jakob Arjouni🇩🇪
deceasedGerman author, born 1964 (1964–2013) · 1964–2013
Days lived
17,633
Jean-Pierre Zola🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1916–1979
Days lived
22,992
Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo🇲🇽
deceasedMexican saint (1886–1927) · 1886–1927
Days lived
14,729
Lothar Rendulic🇦🇹
deceasedmilitary person · 1887–1971
Days lived
30,401
Matthias Rath🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician, alternative medicine practitioner, AIDS denier, and conspiracy theorist · 1955–2026
Days lived
25,949
Miguel Torga🇵🇹
deceasedPortuguese writer (1907-1995) · 1907–1995
Days lived
31,935
Origa🇯🇵
deceasedRussian singer · 1970–2015
Days lived
16,168
Sammy Nestico🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican composer and arranger (1924–2021) · 1924–2021
Days lived
35,410
Tom Kilburn🇬🇧
deceasedBritish electrical engineer (1921–2001) · 1921–2001
Days lived
29,014
Uwe Nettelbeck🇩🇪
deceasedrapper · 1940–2007
Days lived
24,269
Walter von Reichenau
deceasedNotable Trials · 1884–1942
Days lived
20,919
Yvette Mimieux🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1942–2022) · 1942–2022
Days lived
29,229
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
42,018
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
49,689
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
47,862
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,559
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,132
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,574
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,540
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,174
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,618
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,270
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,069
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,583
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,601
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,270
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,622
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,165
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,075
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,052
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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