On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 1 1968
Born on This Day
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Alan Thicke🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian actor, songwriter, and television host (1947–2016) · 1947–2016
Days lived
25,490
Andreas Ottl🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1985
Angel Ayala🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish cleric and writer (1867-1960) · 1860–1960
Days lived
36,514
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Anne Schäfer🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1987
Archer John Porter Martin🇬🇧
deceasedBritish chemist (1910–2002) · 1910–2002
Days lived
33,752
Asuman Krause🇩🇪
Turkish actor, fashion model and singer (born 1976) · b. 1976
Barrett Deems🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1914–1998) · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,879
Berhan Şimşek
actor · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Calista Cuaca🇮🇩
Socialite, Fashion Influencer & Entrepreneur · b. 1996
Camilla Spira🇩🇪
deceasedactress (1906-1997) · 1906–1997
Days lived
33,415
Carles Benavent🇪🇸
Spanish musician · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
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Carlos Vela🇲🇽
Mexican footballer (born 2024) · b. 1989
Charles Puleri🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1969
Chris Webber🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1973
Chung Min-tae🇰🇷
film director · b. 1970
Dalia Grybauskaitė🇱🇹
President of Lithuania fom 2009 to 2019 · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Daniele Greco🇮🇹
Italian athlete · b. 1989
Daniella Monet🇺🇸
American actress, singer, and entrepreneur · b. 1989
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Darco🇩🇪
Artist · b. 1968
Days alive
0
David Niven
deceasedOscar Winners · 1910–1983
Days lived
26,813
Edna Manley🇬🇧
deceasedJamaican sculptor (1900-1987) · 1900–1987
Days lived
31,749
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Einar Dahl🇸🇪
deceasedwriter · 1904–1979
Days lived
27,350
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Elvin Bethea🇺🇸
American football player (born 1946) · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Erich Cohn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1884-1918) · 1884–1918
Days lived
12,597
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
deceasedNotable Trials · 1899–1972
Days lived
26,670
Ernst Barczewski🇵🇱
deceasedpolitician (1861-1937) · 1861–1937
Days lived
27,952
Fred Scolari🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1922–2002
Days lived
29,450
Georg-Hans Reinhardt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general and war criminal (1887–1963) · 1887–1963
Days lived
28,024
George Genereux🇨🇦
deceasedathlete · 1935–1989
Days lived
19,764
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Gerhard Kleppinger🇩🇪
German football player and manager · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Gil Amelio🇺🇸
American technology executive (born 1943) · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
GOH🇸🇬
DJ, Musician & Founder of Dayze · b. 1991
Götz Heidelberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman engineer · 1923–2017
Days lived
34,386
Günther Bosch🇩🇪
Romanian tennis player · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
Gustl Gstettenbaur🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film and television actor (1914–1996) · 1914–1996
Days lived
30,215
Harry Belafonte🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1927–2023
Days lived
35,119
Hermann Mucke🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian astronomer (1935–2019) · 1935–2019
Days lived
30,692
Jack Clayton🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1921–1995
Days lived
27,025
Jana Bode🇩🇪
German luger · b. 1969
Jonathan Spector🇺🇸
American soccer player · b. 1986
Julien Haggége🇩🇪
German actor and voice actor · b. 1976
Justin Bieber
Music · b. 1994
K. C. Rivers🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1987
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Kesha🇺🇸
actor · b. 1987
Krystyna Feldman🇵🇱
deceasedPolish actress (1916–2007) · 1916–2007
Days lived
33,201
Kunjarani Devi🇮🇳
Indian weightlifter · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Kurt Adler🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1907–1977
Days lived
25,772
Lupita Nyong'o🇲🇽
Film actor · b. 1983
M. K. Stalin🇮🇳
Politician · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Mary Kom🇮🇳
Indian amateur boxer · b. 1982
Mercedes Valdivieso🇨🇱
deceasedwriter · 1924–1993
Days lived
25,357
Michel Carage🇫🇷
deceasedchief executive officer · 1921–2008
Days lived
31,744
Mitch Johnson🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
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Naftali Blumenthal🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician (1922–2022) · 1922–2022
Days lived
36,586
Oskar Kokoschka🇦🇹
deceasedartist · 1886–1980
Days lived
34,325
Patrick Helmes🇩🇪
German football player · b. 1984
Philippe Dauman🇺🇸
American businessman and Former CEO of Viacom · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Ruth Kinna🇬🇧
British political scientist (born 1961) · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Sylvia Löhrmann🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Thomas Anders🇩🇪
singer-songwriter · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
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Tim Daly🇺🇸
Film producer · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
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Tufuga Efi
O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa from 2007 to 2017 · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958
Yang Hee-Seung🇰🇷
basketball player · b. 1974
Zack Snyder🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Died on This Day
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Anthon van Rappard
deceasedDutch painter and draughtsman (1858-1892) · 1858–1892
Days lived
12,345
Bobby Timmons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican pianist (1935-1974) · 1935–1974
Days lived
13,952
Callan Pinckney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican fitness professional (1939-2012) · 1939–2012
Days lived
26,455
Chris Welp🇩🇪
deceasedGerman basketball player (1964–2015) · 1964–2015
Days lived
18,686
Gabriele D'Annunzio
deceasedItalian writer, poet, playwright, soldier and politician (1863-1938) · 1863–1938
Days lived
27,382
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Georges J. F. Köhler🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1946–1995
Days lived
17,850
Gert Prokop🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1932–1994
Days lived
22,543
Gertrud Kolmar🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1894–1943
Days lived
17,612
Giacomo Balla🇮🇹
deceasedItalian artist (1871-1958) · 1871–1958
Days lived
31,637
Hans Robert Jauss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman academic (1921-1997) · 1921–1997
Days lived
27,473
Harold William Henry🇺🇸
deceasedCatholic priest · 1909–1976
Days lived
24,340
Hermann Beckh🇩🇪
deceasedGerman academic (1875–1937) · 1875–1937
Days lived
22,581
Kenzō Awa🇯🇵
deceasedathlete · 1880–1939
Days lived
21,514
Lucio Dalla🇮🇹
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1943–2012
Days lived
25,200
Martyn Lloyd-Jones🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh-English Christian theologian and preacher (1899-1981) · 1899–1981
Days lived
29,656
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Norman Slater🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican rugby union player (1894-1979) · 1894–1979
Days lived
31,082
Peter Weibel🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian artist and theorist (1944–2023) · 1944–2023
Days lived
28,850
Richard Norton🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1950–2025
Days lived
27,448
Richard Wilhelm🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1873–1930
Days lived
20,748
Rudolf Meinert🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1882–1943
Days lived
22,068
Sergey Zhuk🇺🇦
deceasedscientist · 1892–1957
Days lived
23,706
Toko Shinoda🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021
Days lived
39,420
Zlatko Kranjčar🇭🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1956–2021
Days lived
23,482
Zoltán Adrigán🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1937–2003
Days lived
24,111
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
42,062
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
49,733
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
47,906
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,603
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,176
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,618
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,584
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,218
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,662
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,314
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,113
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,627
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,645
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,314
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,666
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,209
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,119
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,096
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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