On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 20 1968
Born on This Day
Achim Benning🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and theatre director (1935–2024) · 1935–2024
Days lived
32,517
Andor Gábor🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian writer · 1884–1953
Days lived
25,203
Andreas Heldrich🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1935–2007
Days lived
26,582
Armando Guebuza
military person · b. 1943
Days alive
9,131
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Benjamin Biolay🇫🇷
singer-songwriter · b. 1973
Bill Maher🇺🇸
actor · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
C. W. Ceram🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1915–1972
Days lived
20,902
Calum Chambers🇬🇧
English association football player · b. 1995
Charles III of Spain🇪🇸
deceasedRuler · 1716–1788
Days lived
26,627
David Baszucki
entrepreneur · b. 1963
Days alive
1,826
David Lynch🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1946–2025
Days lived
28,851
DeForest Kelley🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1920–1999
Days lived
28,997
Ehsan Hadadi🇮🇷
Iranian discus thrower · b. 1985
Ernst E. Hirsch
deceasedTurkish-German judge (1902–1985) · 1902–1985
Days lived
30,384
Evan Peters🇺🇸
Television actor · b. 1987
Federico Fellini🇮🇹
deceasedwriter · 1920–1993
Days lived
26,948
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Felicitas Woll🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1980
Francis Bécard🇫🇷
chief executive officer · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Günther Maleuda🇩🇪
deceasedEast German politician, Communist leader (1931-2012) · 1931–2012
Days lived
29,765
Helena Araújo🇨🇭
deceasedColombian writer (1934–2015) · 1934–2015
Days lived
29,598
Ian Hill🇬🇧
British bassist, member of Judas Priest · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Irénée Beaubien🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian Jesuit priest · 1916–2017
Days lived
37,006
Jan Hijzelendoorn
Dutch baseball player · b. 1957
Days alive
4,017
Jason Richardson🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1981
Jeffrey Epstein🇺🇸
deceasedFinancier, Convicted Sex Offender · 1953–2019
Days lived
24,308
Johannes V. Jensen
deceasedDanish author (1873-1950) · 1873–1950
Days lived
28,432
Joyce Currie Little🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist · 1934–2023
Days lived
32,488
Jung Soo-keun🇰🇷
film director · b. 1977
Klas Olofsson🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish film producer · 1943–2024
Days lived
29,879
Leonard O'Brien🇺🇸
deceasedfield hockey player (1904–1939) · 1904–1939
Days lived
12,853
Lucas Piazón🇮🇹
Brazilian footballer · b. 1994
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Lucinda Creighton🇮🇪
Irish politician · b. 1980
Mladen Muše🇩🇪
German chess player · b. 1963
Days alive
1,826
Momčilo Krajišnik🇧🇦
deceasedBosnian Serb former politician (1945–2020) · 1945–2020
Days lived
27,632
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Nicola White🇬🇧
British field hockey player · b. 1988
Nikki Haley🇺🇸
writer · b. 1972
Nora Brockstedt🇳🇴
deceasedNorwegian singer and musician (1923-2015) · 1923–2015
Days lived
33,892
Oscar Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1921–2003) · 1921–2003
Days lived
30,144
Otto Gerdes🇩🇪
deceasedrapper · 1920–1989
Days lived
25,349
Ozzie Guillén🇻🇪
Venezuelan Major League Baseball player, coach, manager · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Rob Bourdon🇺🇸
musician · b. 1979
Samuel Finzi🇩🇪
Bulgarian-German actor · b. 1966
Days alive
730
Sid Wilson🇺🇸
Disc jockey · b. 1977
Stein Bagger🇩🇰
Danish convicted criminal and former entrepreneur · b. 1967
Days alive
365
Stepan Krichinskiy
deceasedRussian architect (1874-1923) · 1874–1923
Days lived
18,097
Steve Bloomer🇬🇧
deceasedfilm director · 1874–1938
Days lived
23,461
Tim Schrick🇩🇪
German racing driver and television presenter · b. 1976
Tom Biss🇳🇿
football player · b. 1993
Tryggve Gran🇳🇴
deceasedfootball player · 1888–1980
Days lived
33,590
Wigald Boning🇩🇪
German comedian and television presenter · b. 1967
Days alive
365
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Xaver Terofal
deceasedactor · 1862–1940
Days lived
28,563
Died on This Day
Albin Eser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge (1935–2023) · 1935–2023
Days lived
32,136
Audrey Hepburn
deceasedstage actor · 1929–1993
Days lived
23,272
Barbara Stanwyck🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1907–1990) · 1907–1990
Days lived
30,139
Claudio Abbado🇮🇹
deceasedconductor · 1933–2014
Days lived
29,428
Dante Lavelli🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1923-2009) · 1923–2009
Days lived
31,378
Don Abney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1923-2000) · 1923–2000
Days lived
28,075
Duilio Loi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian boxer (1929–2008) · 1929–2008
Days lived
28,765
Etta James🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1938–2012
Days lived
27,023
Eudoxia Woodward🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican artist and researcher (1919–2008) · 1919–2008
Days lived
32,362
Garrincha🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian association football player (1933–1983) · 1933–1983
Days lived
17,981
Hermann Giesler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1898-1987) · 1898–1987
Days lived
32,312
Hermann Heemsoth🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1909-2006) · 1909–2006
Days lived
35,094
Ilse Thouret🇩🇪
deceasedGerman motorcycle racer (1897–1969) · 1897–1969
Days lived
26,086
Izabella Yurieva🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet singer (1899-2000) · 1899–2000
Days lived
36,659
Jiří Raška🇨🇿
deceasedCzechoslovak skijumpers and skijumpers (1941–2012) · 1941–2012
Days lived
25,917
Joseph Gredt🇱🇺
deceasedphilosopher · 1863–1940
Days lived
27,932
Joseph Hannesschläger🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1962–2020
Days lived
21,051
Louis Nerz🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1866–1938
Days lived
26,271
Lukas Koch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television presenter · 1980–2025
Days lived
16,092
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Meat Loaf🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1947–2022
Days lived
27,144
Paolo Ettorre🇮🇹
deceasedItalian chief executive officer (1946-2007) · 1946–2007
Days lived
22,052
Rudolf Metzmacher🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1906–2004
Days lived
35,654
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Sexy Cora🇩🇪
deceasedGerman pornographic actress (1987–2011) · 1987–2011
Days lived
8,664
William Roberts🇬🇧
deceasedBritish painter (1895-1980) · 1895–1980
Days lived
30,909
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
42,021
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
49,692
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
47,865
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,562
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,135
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,577
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,543
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,177
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,621
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,273
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,072
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,586
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,604
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,273
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,625
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,168
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,078
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,055
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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