On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 3 1968
Born on This Day
Aenne Biermann🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1898–1933
Days lived
12,735
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Akiho Yoshizawa🇯🇵
actor · b. 1984
Alain Campbell White🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican botanist and chess composer (1880-1951) · 1880–1951
Days lived
25,982
Alejandra Azcárate🇨🇴
Colombian comedian, model, presenter and actress · b. 1978
Alexander Baerwald🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1877-1930) · 1877–1930
Days lived
19,593
Arthur Antunes Coimbra🇵🇹
Brazilian association football player and manager · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
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Asger Jorn🇫🇷
deceasedDanish artist (1914-1973) · 1914–1973
Days lived
21,609
Ažbe Jug🇸🇮
football player · b. 1992
Benno Sterzenbach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1916-1985) · 1916–1985
Days lived
25,396
Bernd Schramm🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and voice actor (1951–2005) · 1951–2005
Days lived
19,685
Bonzolé Mololo Guylain🇫🇷
French rugby union player · b. 1980
Camila Cabello
singer · b. 1997
Carl Vincent Krogmann🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1889–1978
Days lived
32,445
Carlos Ramírez MacGregor🇻🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1903–1975
Days lived
26,310
Chase G. Woodhouse🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican educator and congresswoman (1890-1984) · 1890–1984
Days lived
34,617
Chuando Tan🇸🇬
Model, Photographer · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Daniel Anderson🇺🇸
American musician and record producer · b. 1986
Dick Adkins🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1920–1955
Days lived
12,976
Florian Marange🇫🇷
football player · b. 1986
Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician of the CDU and Vice President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) (1933-2015) · 1933–2015
Days lived
30,117
Hans Häckermann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1930-1995) · 1930–1995
Days lived
23,938
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Harnaaz Sandhu
model · b. 2000
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Heiner Geißler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1930-2017) · 1930–2017
Days lived
31,970
Inde Navarrette🇺🇸
Actor · b. 2001
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Jessica Biel
film actor · b. 1982
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Johanna Wokalek🇩🇪
German stage and film actress · b. 1975
John Montgomery Ward🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1860–1925
Days lived
23,741
Józef Kondrat🇵🇱
deceasedPolish actor (1902-1974) · 1902–1974
Days lived
26,452
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Julie Bowen🇺🇸
actor · b. 1970
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Julius Malema
Notable Trials · b. 1981
Karl Scharfenberg
deceasedentrepreneur · 1874–1938
Days lived
23,318
Konrad Schaefer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist and graphic designer (1915-1991) · 1915–1991
Days lived
27,936
Lee Radziwill🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican socialite (1933–2019) · 1933–2019
Days lived
31,395
Loki Schmidt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman environmentalist (1919–2010) · 1919–2010
Days lived
33,470
Louis Treumann🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1872–1943
Days lived
25,933
Lys Assia🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss singer (1924-2018) · 1924–2018
Days lived
34,354
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Nándor Hidegkuti🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian football player and manager (1922–2002) · 1922–2002
Days lived
29,203
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Nicole Gibbs🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1993
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Óscar Tabárez🇺🇾
football player · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Pavel Krmaš🇨🇿
Czech footballer · b. 1980
Perry Ellis🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican fashion designer (1940–1986) · 1940–1986
Days lived
16,889
Richard Meinertzhagen🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1878–1967
Days lived
32,612
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Ron Chernow🇺🇸
writer · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
San Yu🇲🇾
deceasedBurmese general (1918–1996) · 1918–1996
Days lived
28,457
Sibel Özkan
Turkish weightlifter (born 1988) · b. 1988
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus🇪🇹
Politician · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Tulsi Chakraborty🇮🇳
deceasedIndian actor (1899-1961) · 1899–1961
Days lived
22,928
Uschi Karnat🇩🇪
German pornographic actress · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Wilhelm Koch🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1877–1950
Days lived
26,666
Died on This Day
Christine Buchegger🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,037
Danny Kaye🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1911–1987
Days lived
27,803
David Ogden Stiers🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1942–2018) · 1942–2018
Days lived
27,517
Dorothy Hansine Andersen🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1901–1963
Days lived
22,572
Dyuis Ivlev
deceasedSoviet scientist · 1930–2013
Days lived
30,129
Ernst Pistulla
deceasedGerman boxer (1906–1945) · 1906–1945
Days lived
13,975
Friedhelm Kemp🇩🇪
deceasedGerman translator and writer (1914-2011) · 1914–2011
Days lived
35,146
Gerhard Herzberg🇨🇦
deceasedchemist · 1904–1999
Days lived
34,401
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Horst Buchholz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1933–2003) · 1933–2003
Days lived
25,291
Howard W. Hunter🇺🇸
deceasedPresident of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · 1907–1995
Days lived
31,886
Iosif Shklovsky🇬🇧
deceasedSoviet astronomer (1916–1985) · 1916–1985
Days lived
25,082
Irena Kwiatkowska🇵🇱
deceasedPolish actress (1912-2011) · 1912–2011
Days lived
35,961
Karel Kryl
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1944–1994
Days lived
18,222
Lou Costello🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1906–1959
Days lived
19,355
Maija Isola🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish textile designer for Marimekko (1927–2001) · 1927–2001
Days lived
27,017
Otto Steinert🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1915-1978) · 1915–1978
Days lived
22,880
Otto Winzer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1902-1975) · 1902–1975
Days lived
26,632
Peter Capell🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1912-1986) · 1912–1986
Days lived
26,844
Raymond Kopa🇵🇱
deceasedFrench footballer (1931–2017) · 1931–2017
Days lived
31,188
Roger Bannister🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1929–2018
Days lived
32,487
Walter Grotrian🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer and astrophysicist (1890-1954) · 1890–1954
Days lived
23,326
Wilhelm Zaisser🇺🇸
deceasedGerman politician (1893-1958) · 1893–1958
Days lived
23,631
Wolfgang Gockel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1945–2005) · 1945–2005
Days lived
21,652
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
42,064
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
49,735
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
47,908
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,605
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,178
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,620
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,586
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,220
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,664
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,316
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,115
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,629
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,647
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,316
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,668
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,211
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,121
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,098
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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