On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
February 21 1968
Born on This Day
Alan Rickman🇬🇧
deceasedActor, director · 1946–2016
Days lived
25,529
Alan Trammell🇺🇸
American Hall of Fame baseball player, coach and manager · b. 1958
Days alive
3,652
Alyaksandar Lukhvich🇧🇾
football player · b. 1970
Anaïs Nin🇨🇺
deceasedWriter · 1903–1977
Days lived
26,991
Andrew Ellis🇳🇿
New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1984
Antonio María Javierre Ortas🇪🇸
deceasedCatholic cardinal, Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (1921-2007) · 1921–2007
Days lived
31,391
Armin Rosin🇩🇪
musician · b. 1939
Days alive
10,592
August von Wassermann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman bacteriologist (1866-1925) · 1866–1925
Days lived
21,572
Benoît Lesoimier🇫🇷
French footballer · b. 1983
Brendan Sexton III🇺🇸
actor · b. 1980
Corbin Bleu🇺🇸
singer · b. 1989
Cosimo Damiano Fonseca🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest and medievalist (1932-2025) · 1932–2025
Days lived
33,986
Daniel Ek🇫🇷
CEO of Spotify · b. 1983
Daniel Fehlow🇩🇪
actor · b. 1975
Donizete Oliveira🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Elsie Attenhofer🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss entertainer (1909-1999) · 1909–1999
Days lived
32,987
Eniola Aluko🇬🇧
football player · b. 1987
Floor Jansen
Dutch singer · b. 1981
Garra Dembélé🇫🇷
Malian and French footballer · b. 1986
Georg Lippold🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1885-1954) · 1885–1954
Days lived
25,353
Greg Dayman🇳🇿
field hockey player · b. 1947
Days alive
7,670
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Hannah Fry🇬🇧
Science communicator · b. 1984
Hans Ertl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman mountaineer and cinematographer (1908–2000) · 1908–2000
Days lived
33,848
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Heinz Zednik🇦🇹
Austrian tenor · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
Isaac Julien🇬🇧
British artist and film director (born 1960) · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
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Jennifer Love Hewitt🇺🇸
singer · b. 1979
Jordan Peele
Actor · b. 1979
José Miguel Antúnez🇪🇸
Spanish basketball player · b. 1967
Days alive
365
Julius Viel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and torturer · 1918–2002
Days lived
30,685
Kelsey Grammer🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1955
Days alive
4,748
Larry Pennell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican television and film actor (1928–2013) · 1928–2013
Days lived
31,235
Leeseo (Lee Hyun-seo)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (IVE) · b. 2007
Margarethe von Trotta🇩🇪
German film director (born 1942) · b. 1942
Days alive
9,496
Marian Anderson
deceasedopera singer · 1897–1993
Days lived
35,109
Max von Thun🇦🇹
German-Austrian actor (born 1977) · b. 1977
Mykolas Sleževičius🇱🇹
deceasedjournalist · 1882–1939
Days lived
21,081
Nina Simone🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1933–2003
Days lived
25,626
Olympia Snowe🇺🇸
politician · b. 1947
Days alive
7,670
Otto Kittel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman officer and fighter pilot during World War II (1917–1945) · 1917–1945
Days lived
10,220
Peter Lee Lawrence
deceasedGerman actor (1944-1974) · 1944–1974
Days lived
11,015
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Ralf Bartels🇩🇪
German shot putter · b. 1978
Randy Lerner🇺🇸
American sports team owner · b. 1962
Days alive
2,191
Robert Mugabe
deceasedpolitician · 1924–2019
Days lived
34,896
Rue McClanahan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress and comedian (1934-2010) · 1934–2010
Days lived
27,861
Sam Peckinpah🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1925–1984
Days lived
21,860
Steven Palazzo🇺🇸
U.S. Representative from Mississippi · b. 1970
Thelma Estrin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist and engineer · 1924–2014
Days lived
32,867
Tuomas Ketola🇫🇮
Finnish tennis player · b. 1975
Urs Schönenberger🇨🇭
Swiss football manager · b. 1959
Days alive
3,287
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Victor Schiff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1895-1953) · 1895–1953
Days lived
21,297
Wendy (Son Seung-wan)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (Red Velvet) · b. 1994
Will Best🌍
Television presenter · b. 1985
Wolfgang Frank🇩🇪
deceasedGerman football player and manager (1951–2013) · 1951–2013
Days lived
22,844
Yannis Skondras🇬🇷
Greek footballer · b. 1990
Died on This Day
Alfred Andersch🇨🇭
deceasedjournalist · 1914–1980
Days lived
24,123
Daniel Boemle🇨🇭
deceasedsinger · 1960–2007
Days lived
16,907
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Eddy Tiel🇳🇱
deceasedfield hockey player (1926–1993) · 1926–1993
Days lived
24,161
Eugen Rex🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor · 1884–1943
Days lived
21,411
Gerhard Dammann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1883–1946) · 1883–1946
Days lived
22,973
Gerő Buzás🇭🇺
deceasedmodel · 1904–1987
Days lived
30,103
Hans Reffert🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1946–2016
Days lived
25,419
Hedwig Lachmann🇬🇧
deceasedGerman author, translator and poet (1865-1918) · 1865–1918
Days lived
19,176
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes🇳🇱
deceasedscientist · 1853–1926
Days lived
26,450
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Henry Jordan🇺🇸
deceasedPlayer of American football (1935-1977) · 1935–1977
Days lived
15,367
Jacques Becker🇫🇷
deceasedFrench screenwriter and film director (1906-1960) · 1906–1960
Days lived
19,517
John Sherman Cooper🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician, jurist, and diplomat (1901–1991) · 1901–1991
Days lived
32,689
Margot Fonteyn🇬🇧
deceasedBritish ballerina · 1919–1991
Days lived
26,212
Mikhail Sholokhov
deceasedjournalist · 1905–1984
Days lived
28,762
Mordechai-Haim Stern🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician (1914–1975) · 1914–1975
Days lived
22,043
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Otto Kraemer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman mechanical engineer and artist (1900–1986) · 1900–1986
Days lived
31,257
Sándor Márai🇭🇺
deceasedjournalist · 1900–1989
Days lived
32,458
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Stanley Donen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director and choreographer (1924-2019) · 1924–2019
Days lived
34,647
Stella Hohenfels🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1854–1920
Days lived
24,051
Wilmer Mizell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1930-1999) · 1930–1999
Days lived
25,029
Wim Geestman🇳🇱
deceasedDutch baseball player (1920-1991) · 1920–1991
Days lived
25,775
Wolfgang Baumgart🇩🇪
deceasedOlympic medalist (1949-2011) · 1949–2011
Days lived
22,401
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
42,053
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
Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra🇵🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1880–1976
Days lived
34,807
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
49,724
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
47,897
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,594
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,167
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,609
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,575
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,209
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,653
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,305
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,104
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,618
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,636
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,305
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,657
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,200
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,110
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,087
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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