On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
January 26 1968
Born on This Day
Albin Eser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge (1935–2023) · 1935–2023
Days lived
32,136
Barbara Simons🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1941
Days alive
9,861
Bernhard Minetti🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1905–1998
Days lived
34,227
Bob Lazar🇺🇸
American businessman and ufologist · b. 1959
Days alive
3,287
Bob Uecker🇺🇸
deceasedBaseball player · 1934–2025
Days lived
33,228
Brad Fleming🇳🇿
New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1976
Brian Spillane🇮🇪
Irish rugby union player · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Bubba Bean🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1954
Days alive
5,113
Damaris
singer · b. 1986
Denise Klecker🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1972
Edward Sapir🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican linguist and anthropologist (1884-1939) · 1884–1939
Days lived
20,097
Ellen DeGeneres
actor · b. 1958
Days alive
3,652
Eric Davis🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Ester Expósito🇪🇸
Actor · b. 2000
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Florian Thauvin🇫🇷
French footballer (born 1993) · b. 1993
Giles Greenwood🇬🇧
Olympic weightlifter · b. 1971
Guri Berg🇳🇴
Norwegian artist and sculptor (born 1963) · b. 1963
Days alive
1,826
Heinz Kessler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman military officer, Armeegeneral in the former National People's Army of East Germany (1920-2017) · 1920–2017
Days lived
35,526
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Henry Jordan🇺🇸
deceasedPlayer of American football (1935-1977) · 1935–1977
Days lived
15,367
Huey "Piano" Smith🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican R&B pianist (1934–2023) · 1934–2023
Days lived
32,525
Ivan Hlinka🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1950–2004
Days lived
19,926
Jarmila Kratochvílová🇨🇿
Czechoslovak runner · b. 1951
Days alive
6,209
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José Mourinho🇵🇹
Portuguese association football manager and former player (born 1963) · b. 1963
Days alive
1,826
Kim Bum-soo🇰🇷
singer · b. 1979
Kim Jae-joong🇰🇷
singer · b. 1986
Lee Naylor🇦🇺
Australian sprinter · b. 1971
Lucinda Williams
singer-songwriter · b. 1953
Days alive
5,478
Maria von Trapp🇺🇸
deceasedmatriarch of the Trapp Family Singers (1905–1987) · 1905–1987
Days lived
30,011
Nicolae Ceaușescu
deceasedNotable Trials · 1918–1989
Days lived
26,266
Oldo Hlaváček🇸🇰
deceasedactor · 1934–2025
Days lived
33,441
Paul Newman🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision actor · 1925–2008
Days lived
30,559
Rick Kavanian🇩🇪
German actor and comedian · b. 1971
Rodolphe Pires🇫🇷
journalist · b. 1973
Rudolf Alexander Schröder🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer, translator, poet, architect, and painter (1878-1962) · 1878–1962
Days lived
30,888
Rupprecht Geiger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1908–2009) · 1908–2009
Days lived
37,205
Scott Glenn🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1941
Days alive
9,861
Victor Mees🇧🇪
deceasedfootball player · 1927–2012
Days lived
31,336
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Vince Carter🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1977
Died on This Day
Ales Adamovich
deceasedSoviet Belarusian writer (1927–1994) · 1927–1994
Days lived
24,252
Alfred James Wilmott🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1888–1950
Days lived
22,305
Anne-Marie Colchen🇫🇷
deceasedFrench basketball player and athletics competitor (1925-2017) · 1925–2017
Days lived
33,287
Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1919–1993
Days lived
26,945
Bear Bryant🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican college football coach (1913–1983) · 1913–1983
Days lived
25,339
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Dietrich von Hildebrand🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1889–1977
Days lived
31,882
Don Budge🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1915-2000) · 1915–2000
Days lived
30,908
Götz Kauffmann🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1949–2010
Days lived
22,291
Ian Abercrombie
deceasedActor · 1934–2012
Days lived
28,261
Joe Benjamin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1919–1974) · 1919–1974
Days lived
19,807
José Ferrer
deceasedOscar Winners · 1912–1992
Days lived
29,238
Kobe Bryant🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1978–2020
Days lived
15,131
László Katus🇭🇺
deceasedphilosopher · 1927–2015
Days lived
31,974
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Lucky Luciano
deceasedNotable Trials · 1897–1962
Days lived
23,438
Michel Legrand🇫🇷
deceasedComposer, conductor, jazz pianist, singer · 1932–2019
Days lived
31,748
Nelson Rockefeller🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1908–1979
Days lived
25,769
Otto Benkner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player · 1909–1996
Days lived
31,707
Stanisław Łapiński🇵🇱
deceasedactor (1895-1972) · 1895–1972
Days lived
27,881
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
42,027
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
49,698
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
47,871
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,568
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,141
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,583
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,549
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,183
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,627
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,279
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,078
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,592
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,610
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,279
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,631
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,174
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,084
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,061
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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