On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
February 28 1968
Born on This Day
Alfred Bohrmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1904–2000) · 1904–2000
Days lived
35,009
Ali Traoré🇫🇷
basketball player · b. 1985
Angela Neumann🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Anke Kühn🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1981
Antonello Riva🇮🇹
basketball player · b. 1962
Days alive
2,191
Antonio Candreva🇮🇹
football player · b. 1987
Arthur W. Kopp🇺🇸
deceasedU.S. Representative (1874-1967) · 1874–1967
Days lived
34,061
Barbara Nath-Wiser🇦🇹
Austrian physician · b. 1949
Days alive
6,939
Belmont Cameli🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1998
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Branch Warren🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1975
Bubba Smith🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and actor (1945–2011) · 1945–2011
Days lived
24,262
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Carlos Dunlap🇺🇸
American football player (born 1989) · b. 1989
Christa Decker🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1951
Days alive
6,209
David Khakhaleishvili🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1971–2021
Days lived
18,215
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Dino Zoff🇮🇹
Italian association football player and manager · b. 1942
Days alive
9,496
Doreen Jacobi🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1974
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Emmelie de Forest🇩🇰
Singer · b. 1993
Erika Pluhar🇦🇹
actor · b. 1939
Days alive
10,592
Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek🇦🇹
Austrian politician · b. 1969
Fernand Sanz🇪🇸
deceasedracing cyclist (1881–1925) · 1881–1925
Days lived
16,019
Franz Bäke🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1898–1978
Days lived
29,506
Friedrich Karl Dörner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1911-1992) · 1911–1992
Days lived
29,596
Futabatei Shimei🇯🇵
deceasedwriter · 1864–1909
Days lived
16,507
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Geoffrey Arend🇺🇸
actor · b. 1978
Georges Theunis🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1873–1966
Days lived
33,912
Gustav Thöni🇮🇹
actor · b. 1951
Days alive
6,209
Hans Kundt🇺🇸
deceasedBolivian general (1869-1939) · 1869–1939
Days lived
25,749
Hong Sung-heon🇰🇷
film director · b. 1977
Ice La Fox🇺🇸
actor · b. 1983
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Iskandar Abdul Samad🇹🇼
Malaysian politician · b. 1961
Days alive
2,556
Jason Aldean🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1977
Jelena Janković🇷🇸
Serbian tennis player · b. 1985
Lim Goh Tong🇹🇼
deceasedMalaysian businessman (1918–2007) · 1918–2007
Days lived
32,744
Linus Pauling🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican scientist (1901–1994) · 1901–1994
Days lived
34,140
Luka Dončić
basketball player · b. 1999
Lutz Wadehn🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1961
Days alive
2,556
Markéta Irglová🇨🇿
Pianist · b. 1988
Michael Manasseri🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1974
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Moise Kean
association football player · b. 2000
Octavio Ocampo🇲🇽
Mexican artist · b. 1943
Days alive
9,131
Paul Krugman🇺🇸
American economist (born 1953) · b. 1953
Days alive
5,478
Pierre Clostermann🇫🇷
deceasedmilitary person · 1921–2006
Days lived
31,068
Pierre Dørge🇩🇰
Danish avant-garde jazz guitarist, bandleader and composer · b. 1946
Days alive
8,035
Roberto Trashorras🇪🇸
football player · b. 1981
Sepp Maier🇩🇪
German association football player and coach, goalkeeper (born 1944) · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Szeto Wah🇨🇳
deceasedwriter · 1931–2011
Days lived
29,163
Tariku Bekele🇪🇹
Ethiopian long-distance runner · b. 1987
Vincente Minnelli🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican stage and film director (1903-1986) · 1903–1986
Days lived
30,463
Vsevolod Pudovkin
deceasedSoviet film director, screenwriter and actor (1893–1953) · 1893–1953
Days lived
22,036
Wolfgang Steinitz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman ethnologist (1905-1967) · 1905–1967
Days lived
22,697
Zahir Howaida
deceasedsinger · 1945–2012
Days lived
24,477
Died on This Day
Achim Müller🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1938–2024
Days lived
31,425
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Aziz Nasirzadeh🇮🇷
deceasedMilitary personnel · 1964–2026
Days lived
22,704
Clemens von Pirquet🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian physician (1874-1929) · 1874–1929
Days lived
20,015
Dick Keith🇬🇧
deceasedNorthern Irish footballer (1933-1967) · 1933–1967
Days lived
12,342
Elisabeth Waldheim🇦🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1922–2017
Days lived
34,655
Friedrich Ebert🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1871–1925
Days lived
19,747
Fritz Hakl🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1932–2012
Days lived
29,278
Gustave Gillman🇬🇧
deceasedBritish railway engineer and photographer (1856-1922) · 1856–1922
Days lived
23,998
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John Hardress Lloyd🇬🇧
deceasedmilitary person · 1874–1952
Days lived
28,321
Josef Sablatnig🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1886–1946
Days lived
21,933
María Ignacia Benítez🇨🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1958–2019
Days lived
22,126
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Mohammad Pakpour🇮🇷
deceasedMilitary personnel · 1961–2026
Days lived
23,647
Otto Fahr🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1892–1969
Days lived
27,951
Rudolf Breslauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Jewish photographer and cameraman (1903-1945) · 1903–1945
Days lived
15,215
Theo Bos🇳🇱
deceasedassociation football manager and former player (1965-2013) · 1965–2013
Days lived
17,313
Virgil Koltai🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian translator, poet, and journalist (1857–1907) · 1857–1907
Days lived
18,239
Wally Yonamine🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1925–2011
Days lived
31,295
Walter Schmidt🇩🇪
deceasedfourth Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church · 1891–1981
Days lived
32,576
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
42,060
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
Vladimir Zelenin
deceasedscientist · 1881–1968
Days lived
32,067
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
49,731
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
47,904
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,601
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,174
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,616
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,582
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,216
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,660
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,312
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,111
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,625
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,643
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,312
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,664
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,207
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,117
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,094
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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