On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 18 1968
Born on This Day
A. A. Milne🇬🇧
deceasedBritish author known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh (1882-1956) · 1882–1956
Days lived
27,040
Aitana Bonmatí
association football player · b. 1998
Aleksandra Ekster🇵🇱
deceasedartist · 1882–1949
Days lived
24,529
Alexander Khalifman🇷🇺
Russian chess player · b. 1966
Days alive
730
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Angelique Kerber🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1988
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Cary Grant🇺🇸
deceasedBritish-American actor (1904–1986) · 1904–1986
Days lived
30,266
Chris Snee🇺🇸
American football player (born 1982) · b. 1982
Chuck Neinas🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican conference commissioner · 1932–2025
Days lived
34,301
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Chun Doo-hwan🇰🇷
deceased11th and 12th President of the Republic of Korea (1931~2021) · 1931–2021
Days lived
33,182
Constantin Gastmann🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1990
Corinna Lingnau🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Danny Kaye🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1911–1987
Days lived
27,803
Dave Bautista🇺🇸
actor · b. 1969
Éder Militão
association football player · b. 1998
Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1866–1939
Days lived
26,843
Francis Xavier Morgan🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish-British Roman Catholic priest (1857-1935) · 1857–1935
Days lived
28,632
Friedrich Franz Bauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer and Nazi propagandist (1903–1972) · 1903–1972
Days lived
25,185
George Pinner🇬🇧
England & GB Field hockey player · b. 1987
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Hans Goldschmidt🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1861–1923
Days lived
22,767
Heinrich Friedjung🇦🇹
deceasedhistorian and journalist (1851–1920) · 1851–1920
Days lived
25,379
Iosif Langbard
deceasedSoviet Belarus architect (1882–1951) · 1882–1951
Days lived
25,186
Irene Kral🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer (1932-1978) · 1932–1978
Days lived
17,011
Irina Kuhnt🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Ivan Zverev🇷🇺
deceasedRussian scientist · 1918–2001
Days lived
30,492
Jan Smidt
deceasedDutch baseball player (1929-2019) · 1929–2019
Days lived
32,856
Jason Segel🇺🇸
American actor (born 1980) · b. 1980
John Boorman🇬🇧
British film director, producer and screenwriter · b. 1933
Days alive
12,783
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Jorge Guillén🇪🇸
deceasedwriter · 1893–1984
Days lived
33,251
José Luis García Cobos🇲🇽
deceasedMexican association football player (1924-2015) · 1924–2015
Days lived
33,507
Karan Aujla🇮🇳
Singer · b. 1997
Kevin Costner🇺🇸
actor · b. 1955
Days alive
4,748
Lisandro Martínez
association football player · b. 1998
Lumi Pollack🇺🇸
Actor · b. 2009
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Makoto Hasebe🇯🇵
Japanese association football player · b. 1984
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Maria Antonia of Austria🌍
deceasedAristocrat · 1669–1692
Days lived
8,741
Mikhail Pavlovich Shishkin🇨🇭
Russian-Swiss writer · b. 1961
Days alive
2,556
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Myron Charles Taylor🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican diplomat (1874–1959) · 1874–1959
Days lived
31,152
Oliver Hardy🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy (1892–1957) · 1892–1957
Days lived
23,942
Oscar Troplowitz
deceasedGerman pharmacist (1863-1918) · 1863–1918
Days lived
20,187
Otto Maximilian Umbehr🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1902–1980
Days lived
28,605
Pep Guardiola🇪🇸
Spanish association football player and manager (born 1971) · b. 1971
Reino Kuuskoski🇫🇮
deceasedPrime Minister of Finland (1907-1965) · 1907–1965
Days lived
21,194
Roepie Kruize
deceasedfield hockey player (1925-1992) · 1925–1992
Days lived
24,498
Sebastian Machowski🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1972
Takeshi Kitano🇯🇵
actor · b. 1947
Days alive
7,670
Yannick Cahuzac🇫🇷
football player · b. 1985
Died on This Day
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Adolf Butenandt🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1903–1995
Days lived
33,538
Arthur Goldberg🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican lawyer, politician and civil servant (1908-1990) · 1908–1990
Days lived
29,748
Franz Michel Willam🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian priest, theologian and author (1894–1981) · 1894–1981
Days lived
31,629
Goose Tatum🇺🇸
deceasedAfrican American professional basketball and baseball player; Negro League Baseball player (1921-1967) · 1921–1967
Days lived
16,668
Günter Strack🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1929–1999) · 1929–1999
Days lived
25,430
Harivansh Rai Bachchan🇮🇳
deceasedwriter · 1907–2003
Days lived
34,751
Heinz Tesar🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1939-2024) · 1939–2024
Days lived
30,897
Huang Xianfan🇨🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1899–1982
Days lived
30,016
Jan Twardowski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish poet, Catholic priest (1915–2006) · 1915–2006
Days lived
33,104
Kate McGarrigle🇨🇦
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1946–2010
Days lived
23,357
Leopold Potesil🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian boxer (1933–2023) · 1933–2023
Days lived
32,757
Lois Nettleton🇺🇸
deceasedactress (1927-2008) · 1927–2008
Days lived
29,375
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1897–2000) · 1897–2000
Days lived
37,614
Nora Stanton Blatch Barney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican civil engineer, architect and suffragist (1883–1971) · 1883–1971
Days lived
31,886
Rudyard Kipling🇬🇧
deceasedjournalist · 1865–1936
Days lived
25,585
Ugo Pirro🇮🇹
deceasedjournalist · 1920–2008
Days lived
32,043
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
42,019
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
49,690
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
47,863
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,560
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,133
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,575
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,541
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,175
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,619
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,271
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,070
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,584
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,602
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,271
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,623
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,166
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,076
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,053
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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