On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 4 1968
Born on This Day
Adrian Nicholas🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1962–2005
Days lived
15,903
Alpha Condé
writer · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958
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Andrea Bowen🇺🇸
actor · b. 1990
Andrei Rybakou🇧🇾
Belarusian weightlifter · b. 1982
Bent Larsen🇫🇷
deceasedDanish chess grandmaster and author (1935–2010) · 1935–2010
Days lived
27,583
Bernhard Kellermann
deceasedYouTube personality · 1879–1951
Days lived
26,524
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Bobby Womack🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer and songwriter (1944–2014) · 1944–2014
Days lived
25,682
Catherine O'Hara🇨🇦
deceasedTelevision actor · 1954–2026
Days lived
26,265
Chris Rea🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish male singer-songwriter and guitarist (1951–2025) · 1951–2025
Days lived
27,322
Curt von Bardeleben🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1861–1924
Days lived
22,977
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Dick Savitt🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1927–2023) · 1927–2023
Days lived
35,007
Ed Colligan🇺🇸
former president and CEO of Palm, Inc · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Ed Roth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican artist, cartoonist and custom car painter (1932-2001) · 1932–2001
Days lived
25,233
Eszter Krutzler🇭🇺
weightlifter · b. 1981
François Fillon
Notable Trials · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
George G. Weston🇬🇧
British businessman · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
George Gamow🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1904–1968
Days lived
23,544
Gil Brandt🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football executive (1932-2023) · 1932–2023
Days lived
33,417
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Giovanni Zarrella🇮🇹
Italian-German singer and television presenter · b. 1978
Hans Hildenbrand🇩🇪
deceased(1870-1957) German photographer (1870–1957) · 1870–1957
Days lived
31,715
Hans Krebs🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1898–1945
Days lived
17,224
Hélène Geoffroy🇫🇷
French politician · b. 1970
Henrik Rödl🇩🇪
German basketball player and coach · b. 1969
ICS Vortex🇳🇴
Norwegian musician · b. 1974
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Jan Garbarek🇳🇴
Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1947) · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Joseph Schmidt🇷🇴
deceasedJewish Romanian opera singer (1904-1942) · 1904–1942
Days lived
14,136
Julius Fromm🇵🇱
deceasedentrepreneur · 1883–1945
Days lived
22,714
Kito Lorenc🇩🇪
deceasedSorbian writer (1938-2017) · 1938–2017
Days lived
29,059
Laila Halme🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish singer (1934–2021) · 1934–2021
Days lived
32,046
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Laura Siegemund🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1988
Leslie Hammond🇦🇺
deceasedfield hockey player · 1905–1955
Days lived
18,376
Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco🇺🇾
deceasedpolitician · 1897–1954
Days lived
21,092
Lucio Dalla🇮🇹
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1943–2012
Days lived
25,200
Margaret Osborne duPont🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1918–2012) · 1918–2012
Days lived
34,568
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Martin Dausch🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1986
Miilkbone🇺🇸
musician · b. 1974
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Miriam Makeba🇿🇦
deceasedsinger · 1932–2008
Days lived
28,009
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Patrick Femerling🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1975
Peter van Dalen
Dutch baseball player · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Piet Bromberg🇳🇱
deceasedfield hockey player (1917–2001) · 1917–2001
Days lived
30,826
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Sabrina Sabrok🇦🇷
singer · b. 1971
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Sam Taylor-Johnson🇬🇧
British film director (born 1967) · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Son Seung-lak🇰🇷
film director · b. 1982
Sòng Měilíng🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1898–2003
Days lived
38,583
Ulrich Roski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman singer songwriter (1944-2003) · 1944–2003
Days lived
21,537
WestBam🇩🇪
writer · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Died on This Day
Aenderli Lebius🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1858–1921) · 1858–1921
Days lived
22,733
Betty Bird🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1901–1998
Days lived
35,323
Chick Halbert🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1919–2013
Days lived
34,339
Édouard Belin🇫🇷
deceasedFrench inventor (1876–1963) · 1876–1963
Days lived
31,774
Franz Marc
deceasedGerman artist (1880–1916) · 1880–1916
Days lived
13,173
Gary Gygax🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1938–2008
Days lived
25,423
Harriet Gessner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1929-2012) · 1929–2012
Days lived
30,223
Heinrich Botho Scheube🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1853–1923) · 1853–1923
Days lived
25,399
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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar🇵🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1920–2020
Days lived
36,570
Jean-Louis Debré🇫🇷
deceasedFrench politician (1944–2025) · 1944–2025
Days lived
29,375
Johannes Baptista Sproll🇩🇪
deceasedGerman bishop (1870-1949) · 1870–1949
Days lived
28,642
John Candy🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian actor (1950–1994) · 1950–1994
Days lived
15,830
John Montgomery Ward🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1860–1925
Days lived
23,741
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Lou Holtz🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player · 1937–2026
Days lived
32,564
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1887–1977
Days lived
32,701
Mikhail Tikhonravov
deceasedscientist · 1900–1974
Days lived
26,881
Oleg Gordievsky🇷🇺
deceasedDefector · 1938–2025
Days lived
31,557
Raimund Abraham🇺🇸
deceasedArchitect (1933-2010) · 1933–2010
Days lived
27,983
Robert Shavlakadze🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1933–2020
Days lived
31,749
Rudolf Pöch🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian doctor, anthropologist and ethnologist (1870–1921) · 1870–1921
Days lived
18,583
Willy Busch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer (1907–1982) · 1907–1982
Days lived
27,453
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Willy Prager🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1877-1956) · 1877–1956
Days lived
28,774
Wolfgang Weber🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1902–1985) · 1902–1985
Days lived
30,211
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
42,065
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
49,736
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
47,909
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,606
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,179
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,621
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,587
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,221
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,665
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,317
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,116
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,630
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,648
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,317
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,669
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,212
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,122
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,099
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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