On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
February 1 1968
Born on This Day
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Alfreð Finnbogason🇮🇸
football player · b. 1989
Alonso Zamora Vicente🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish philologist, lexicographer and writer (1916-2006) · 1916–2006
Days lived
32,914
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Anna-Lena Friedsam🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1994
Ari Brown🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Aroon Tikekar🇮🇳
deceasedIndian scholar and journalist (1944–2016) · 1944–2016
Days lived
26,285
Bahman Ghobadi🇮🇷
actor · b. 1969
Charles Foulkes🇬🇧
deceasedBritish general and field hockey player (1875–1969) · 1875–1969
Days lived
34,427
Christopher Abbott🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1986
Clark Gable
deceasedOscar Winners · 1901–1960
Days lived
21,838
Dan Gosling🇬🇧
English association football player · b. 1990
Davi Santos
Actor · b. 1990
Deuter🇩🇪
musician · b. 1945
Days alive
8,400
Doyoung (Kim Dong-young)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (NCT) · b. 1996
Eli Ohana🇮🇱
Israeli former association footballer and manager · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Eric Mobley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player (1970–2021) · 1970–2021
Days lived
18,749
Eric Wolf🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican anthropologist (1923-1999) · 1923–1999
Days lived
27,792
Gene Barth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football official · 1930–1991
Days lived
22,532
Gilles Servat🇫🇷
singer · b. 1945
Days alive
8,400
Günter Eich🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1907–1972
Days lived
24,064
Hamed Afagh🇮🇷
basketball player · b. 1983
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Harry Styles
songwriter · b. 1994
Héctor Luna🇩🇴
film director · b. 1980
Hugo von Hofmannsthal🇦🇹
deceasedYouTube personality · 1874–1929
Days lived
20,252
Jihyo (Park Ji-hyo)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (TWICE) · b. 1997
John Ford🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director (1894–1973) · 1894–1973
Days lived
29,065
Kate Craig-Wood🇬🇧
deceasedBritish entrepreneur and trans activist · 1977–2020
Days lived
15,939
Kiril Metkov🇧🇬
Bulgarian association football player · b. 1965
Days alive
1,095
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Langston Hughes🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer and social activist (1901-1933) · 1901–1967
Days lived
24,216
Lauren Conrad🇺🇸
American television personality, author, and fashion designer · b. 1986
Luther Blissett🇬🇧
football player · b. 1958
Days alive
3,652
Malik Sealy🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1970–2000
Days lived
11,066
Meldric Daluz🇮🇳
deceasedIndian Olympic field hockey player (1921–2011) · 1921–2011
Days lived
33,054
Michael Murach
deceasedboxer (1911-1941) · 1911–1941
Days lived
11,154
Mike Horan🇺🇸
former professional American football punter · b. 1959
Days alive
3,287
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Nick Thorpe🇬🇧
Journalist · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Nino Salukvadze🇬🇪
Georgian sport shooter · b. 1969
Ottmar Liebert🇩🇪
German guitarist · b. 1959
Days alive
3,287
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Park Ji-hyo
singer · b. 1997
Pavel Dobrý🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1976
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Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
singer · b. 1965
Days alive
1,095
Rick James
deceasedNotable Trials · 1948–2004
Days lived
20,641
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Ronda Rousey🇺🇸
American former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, professional wrestler, and judoka · b. 1987
Shamna Kasim🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1989
Takashi Murakami
Artist · b. 1962
Days alive
2,191
Ulrich Klaes🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1946
Days alive
8,035
Volker Fried🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1961
Days alive
2,556
Zao Wou-Ki🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1920–2013
Days lived
34,036
Zlatko Zahovič🇸🇮
football player · b. 1971
Died on This Day
Alessandro Blasetti🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director, screenwriter and film editor (1900–1987) · 1900–1987
Days lived
31,624
Álvaro d'Ors🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish jurist and academic · 1915–2004
Days lived
32,435
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Anne Frank
deceasedwriter · 1929–1945
Days lived
5,713
Antonio María Javierre Ortas🇪🇸
deceasedCatholic cardinal, Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (1921-2007) · 1921–2007
Days lived
31,391
Barys Kit🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1910–2018
Days lived
39,383
Buddy Stewart🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician · 1922–1950
Days lived
10,258
Buster Keaton🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor, comedian, and director (1895–1966) · 1895–1966
Days lived
25,687
Carl Hilpert🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1888–1947
Days lived
21,325
Dustin Diamond🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1977–2021
Days lived
16,096
Eddie Townsend🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxing trainer (1914-1988) · 1914–1988
Days lived
26,782
Ernst Troeltsch🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1865–1923
Days lived
21,167
Frank Gardner🇺🇸
deceasedPolitician · 1872–1937
Days lived
23,644
Franz Kutschera🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian policeman and war criminal (1904-1944) · 1904–1944
Days lived
14,589
Győző Veres🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian weightlifter (1936-2011) · 1936–2011
Days lived
27,261
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Hans Bethge🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1876–1946
Days lived
25,590
Hildegard Knef🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress, singer and writer (1925-2002) · 1925–2002
Days lived
27,794
Horst Köhler🇵🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1943–2025
Days lived
29,930
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Hughie Jennings🇺🇸
deceasedMajor League Baseball player and manager (1869-1928) · 1869–1928
Days lived
21,488
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Ilie Bărbulescu🇷🇴
deceasedRomanian footballer (1957-2020) · 1957–2020
Days lived
22,867
Ingeborg Schäffler-Wolf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist · 1928–2015
Days lived
31,808
Ladislav Heller
deceasedathlete · 1938–1970
Days lived
11,432
Lars-Erik Berenett🇸🇪
deceasedactor · 1942–2017
Days lived
27,069
Lorenz Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman zoologist (1868–1953) · 1868–1953
Days lived
31,029
Max Simon🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1899–1961
Days lived
22,671
Maximilian Schell
deceasedOscar Winners · 1930–2014
Days lived
30,371
Raoul Hausmann🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian photographer and sculptor (1886–1971) · 1886–1971
Days lived
30,884
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Ray Berres🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1907-2007) · 1907–2007
Days lived
36,314
Rudolf Püngeler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman entomologist (1857–1927) · 1857–1927
Days lived
25,552
Shintarō Ishihara🇯🇵
deceasedactor · 1932–2022
Days lived
32,631
Thomas Homewood🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1881–1945
Days lived
23,139
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Wisława Szymborska🇵🇱
deceasedYouTube personality · 1923–2012
Days lived
32,356
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
42,033
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
49,704
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
47,877
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,574
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,147
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,589
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,555
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,189
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,633
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,285
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,084
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,598
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,616
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,285
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,637
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,180
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,090
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,067
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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