On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
February 3 1968
Born on This Day
Alexander Grant Dexter🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian journalist (1896-1961) · 1896–1961
Days lived
24,053
Alvar Aalto🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish architect and designer (1898–1976) · 1898–1976
Days lived
28,586
Annette Kolb🇫🇷
deceasedGerman writer (1870-1967) · 1870–1967
Days lived
35,731
Arthur von Bylandt-Rheidt🇨🇿
deceasedCzech servant (1854-1915) · 1854–1915
Days lived
22,432
Blaise Compaoré
politician · b. 1951
Days alive
6,209
Bob Griese🇺🇸
American football player and commentator · b. 1945
Days alive
8,400
Brad Thorn🇳🇿
New Zealand-Australian rugby league footballer, and rugby union footballer and coach · b. 1975
Bruno Quadros🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1977
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Carl Theodor Dreyer🇩🇰
deceasedDanish film director (1889–1968) · 1889–1968
Days lived
28,899
Casey Weldon🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1969
Elizabeth Holmes
Entrepreneur · b. 1984
Emile Griffith🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer (1938–2013) · 1938–2013
Days lived
27,564
Erik Kynard🇺🇸
American high jumper · b. 1991
Ernst Arndt🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1861–1942
Days lived
29,551
Ferzan Özpetek🇮🇹
Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1959) · b. 1959
Days alive
3,287
Fred Lynn🇺🇸
film director · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
George Horine🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1890–1948
Days lived
21,482
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina🌍
deceasedComposer · 1525–1594
Days lived
25,201
Hans Sennholz🇩🇪
deceasedAustrian School economist (1922-2007) · 1922–2007
Days lived
31,186
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Heino Kleiminger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman football player (1939-2015) · 1939–2015
Days lived
27,831
Helen Stephens🇺🇸
deceasedathletics competitor (1918–1994) · 1918–1994
Days lived
27,742
Henry Heimlich🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1920–2016
Days lived
35,382
James Clark McReynolds🇺🇸
deceasedUnited States federal judge and Supreme Court Justice (1862-1946) · 1862–1946
Days lived
30,882
James DeGale🇬🇧
British boxer · b. 1986
Joachim Löw🇩🇪
football player · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Joey Bishop🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican entertainer (1918–2007) · 1918–2007
Days lived
32,763
Johannes Heil🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1978
John Fiedler
deceasedActor · 1925–2005
Days lived
29,362
Kim Dong-ju🇰🇷
film director · b. 1976
Lucas Duda🇺🇸
American baseball player · b. 1986
Markus Schulz🇺🇸
rapper · b. 1975
Marlis Petersen🇩🇪
musician · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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Maura Tierney
Actor · b. 1965
Days alive
1,095
Melanie🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1947–2024
Days lived
28,113
Patrick Cramer🇩🇪
scientist · b. 1969
Paul Auster🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024) · 1947–2024
Days lived
28,211
Pêr Denez🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1921–2011
Days lived
33,049
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Philipp Marx🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1982
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1924–2010
Days lived
31,637
Rei (Naoi Rei)🇯🇵
K-pop Idol (IVE) · b. 2004
Robert Schlienz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer (1924-1995) · 1924–1995
Days lived
26,068
Ron Williamson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1953-2004) · 1953–2004
Days lived
18,932
Rui Santos🇵🇹
athlete · b. 1967
Days alive
365
Sean Kingston🇺🇸
singer · b. 1990
Søren Malling
Danish actor · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Tatiana Melamed🇩🇪
German chess player · b. 1974
Tim Heidecker🇺🇸
Screenwriter · b. 1976
Timon Wloka🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1993
Tony Marshall🇩🇪
deceasedGerman pop singer (1938–2023) · 1938–2023
Days lived
31,059
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Vania King🇺🇸
American female tennis player · b. 1989
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Vlade Divac🇷🇸
basketball player · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Died on This Day
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Alfred Vohrer🇩🇪
deceasedFilm director, Actor (1914–1986) · 1914–1986
Days lived
25,969
August Horch🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1868–1951
Days lived
30,063
Berthold von Deimling🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1853-1944) · 1853–1944
Days lived
33,190
Bettina Heltberg
deceasedjournalist · 1942–2025
Days lived
30,079
Buddy Holly🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1936–1959
Days lived
8,184
Ernst Mayr🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1904–2005
Days lived
36,738
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Fréhel🇫🇷
deceasedFrench singer and actress (1891-1951) · 1891–1951
Days lived
21,754
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Fulgencio Berdugo🇨🇴
deceasedfootball player · 1918–2003
Days lived
30,915
György Schirilla🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1939–1999
Days lived
21,816
Ilaryon Ihnatsyenka🇧🇾
deceasedBelarusian scientist · 1919–2002
Days lived
29,988
João César Monteiro🇵🇹
deceasedPortuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic (1939–2003) · 1934–2003
Days lived
25,203
John Cassavetes🇺🇸
deceasedGreek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter (1929–1989) · 1929–1989
Days lived
21,606
Josef Ettlinger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1869-1912) · 1869–1912
Days lived
15,443
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Julie Adams🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1926–2019
Days lived
33,712
Jürgen Schmude🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician of the SPD (1936–2025) · 1936–2025
Days lived
32,381
Lee Hills🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican journalist · 1906–2000
Days lived
34,219
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Louise Brough🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1923–2014) · 1923–2014
Days lived
33,202
Mel McGaha🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player and manager (1926–2002) · 1926–2002
Days lived
27,433
Militsa Zyornova🇬🇪
deceaseda Doctor of Medicine, dentist, religious figure (1899–1994) · 1899–1994
Days lived
34,503
Olle Berggrund
deceasedchief executive officer · 1926–2000
Days lived
26,904
Paco Rabanne🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish-French fashion designer (1934-2023) · 1934–2023
Days lived
32,492
Richard Kauffmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-Israeli architect and town planner (1887–1958) · 1887–1958
Days lived
25,795
Roland Freisler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman jurist and politician (1893–1945) · 1893–1945
Days lived
18,723
Rolf Biese🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish table tennis player and tennis player (1918–2000) · 1918–2000
Days lived
29,939
Rudolf Wanzl🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1924–2011
Days lived
31,569
Tilo Medek🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1940–2006
Days lived
24,119
Tony Trabert🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,044
Umm Kulthum🌍
deceasedSinger · 1898–1975
Days lived
27,792
Vladimer Ugrekhelidze🇷🇺
deceasedathlete · 1939–2009
Days lived
25,372
Wee Cho Yaw
deceasedFormer Chairman, UOB · 1929–2024
Days lived
34,722
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Werner Kissling🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer ethnographer (1895–1988) · 1895–1988
Days lived
33,900
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Wolfgang Abraham🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer (1942-2013) · 1942–2013
Days lived
25,944
Woodrow Wilson🇺🇸
deceasedpresident of the United States from 1913 to 1921 · 1856–1924
Days lived
24,507
Yoshio Yoshida🇯🇵
deceasedfilm director · 1933–2025
Days lived
33,430
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
42,035
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
49,706
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
47,879
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,576
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,149
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,591
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,557
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,191
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,635
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,287
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,086
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,600
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,618
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,287
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,639
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,182
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,092
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,069
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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