On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 2 1968
Historical Events
Battle of Hue
war1968 battle of the Vietnam War
Huế
Born on This Day
Abd al-Aziz Boutafliqa
deceasedpolitician · 1937–2021
Days lived
30,880
Adolf Rading🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1888–1957) · 1888–1957
Days lived
25,250
Alessandro Benetton🇮🇹
Italian businessman · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Alexander Geringas🇩🇪
American composer and songwriter · b. 1971
Alexander Oparin
deceasedSoviet biochemist (1894-1980) · 1894–1980
Days lived
31,461
Barbara Tesar🇦🇹
athlete · b. 1982
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Becky G
actor · b. 1997
Bennie Ellender🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and coach (1925-2011) · 1925–2011
Days lived
31,706
Bernard Fornas🇫🇷
French businessman · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Chris Hülsbeck🇩🇪
musician · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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Chris Martin🇬🇧
Musician · b. 1977
Christine Becker🇩🇪
German athlete · b. 1981
Constant Olivier🇫🇷
deceasedmodel · 1862–1919
Days lived
21,106
Daniel Craig🇺🇸
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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Dean Barrow
Prime Minister of Belize from 2008 to 2020 · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Dejan Bodiroga🇷🇸
Serbian basketball player · b. 1973
Elizabeth J. Feinler🇺🇸
American information scientist (born 1931) · b. 1931
Days alive
13,515
Eric Bolling🇺🇸
film director · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Ernst Haas🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican photographer (1921-1986) · 1921–1986
Days lived
23,935
Erwin Lammenett🇩🇪
German writer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Fred Graves🇺🇸
NFL coach · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Jay Gibbons🇺🇸
American baseball player · b. 1977
Jon Bon Jovi🇺🇸
singer · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Joran Klarenbeek
Dutch baseball player · b. 1989
Josef Buchner🇦🇹
Austrian politician · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
Karel Rada🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1971
Karen Carpenter🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1950–1983
Days lived
12,027
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Kevin Curren🇺🇸
South African tennis player · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1886–1974) · 1886–1974
Days lived
32,107
Logona Esau🇬🇧
Tuvaluan weightlifter · b. 1987
Lothar de Maizière🇩🇪
politician · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
Lou Reed
deceasedsinger · 1942–2013
Days lived
26,172
Lyubov Kharlamova🇷🇺
Russian long distance runner · b. 1981
Matilde Muñoz Sampedro🇪🇸
deceasedactor · 1900–1969
Days lived
25,245
Mikhail Gorbachev
deceasedpolitician · 1931–2022
Days lived
33,419
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Monique Schwitter🇨🇭
Swiss actor and writer · b. 1972
Nicola Geuer🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1988
Nikita Mazepin
racing automobile driver · b. 1999
Qiu Hongmei🇨🇳
Chinese weightlifter · b. 1983
Ralf Isau🇩🇪
writer · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
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Rebel Wilson🇦🇺
Australian actress, writer, and producer · b. 1980
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Ricardo Lagos🇨🇱
politician · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958
Rob van den Wildenberg
athlete · b. 1982
Sambou Yatabaré🇫🇷
Malian and French footballer · b. 1989
Sara Mingardo🇮🇹
Italian opera singer · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Shantel🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Shōkō Asahara🇺🇸
deceasedNotable Trials · 1955–2018
Days lived
23,137
Tiger Shroff🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1990
Toby Alderweireld🇧🇪
Belgian association football player (born 1989) · b. 1989
Tom Wolfe🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican author and journalist (1930–2018) · 1930–2018
Days lived
32,215
Uschi Glas🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Vittorio Pozzo🇮🇹
deceasedItalian football player and manager (1886-1968) · 1886–1968
Days lived
30,244
Walter Haeussermann🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1914–2010
Days lived
35,345
Wolfgang Muthspiel🇦🇹
Austrian jazz guitarist and record label owner · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Died on This Day
Bernhard Vogel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician · 1932–2025
Days lived
33,676
D. H. Lawrence🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish writer and poet (1885–1930) · 1885–1930
Days lived
16,242
Dieter Mohrlok🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1938–2010) · 1938–2010
Days lived
26,051
Eduard Dyckhoff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1880–1949) · 1880–1949
Days lived
24,944
Fred Merkle🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1888–1956
Days lived
24,543
Hermann Billing🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1867–1946) · 1867–1946
Days lived
28,877
Johannes-Matthias Hönscheid🇩🇪
deceasedGerman paratrooper and Knight's Cross recipient (1922-2001) · 1922–2001
Days lived
28,721
Mani
deceasedNotable Trials · 216–274
Days lived
21,141
Martin Smith🇬🇧
deceasedBritish musician, born 1946 · 1946–1997
Days lived
18,338
Matt Kilroy🇺🇸
deceasedMajor League Baseball player (1866–1940) · 1866–1940
Days lived
26,917
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Philip K. Dick🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican science fiction author (1928–1982) · 1928–1982
Days lived
19,434
Randolf Kronberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and voice actor (1942–2007) · 1942–2007
Days lived
23,536
Samuel Sachs
deceasedActor · 1851–1935
Days lived
30,532
Serge Gainsbourg🇫🇷
deceasedactor · 1928–1991
Days lived
22,979
Sergei Solovyov🇷🇺
deceasedRussian poet (1885–1942) · 1885–1942
Days lived
20,581
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Stump Weidman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1861–1905) · 1861–1905
Days lived
16,083
Ulay🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1943–2020
Days lived
27,852
Walter Müller🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1911–1969
Days lived
21,120
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
42,063
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
49,734
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
47,907
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,604
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,177
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,619
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,585
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,219
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,663
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,315
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,114
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,628
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,646
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,315
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,667
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,210
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,120
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,097
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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