On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 6 1968
Born on This Day
Alexandra Freund🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television presenter (1967-2001) · 1967–2001
Days lived
12,526
Andre Gurode🇺🇸
American football player, offensive lineman, center · b. 1978
Arnaud Maire🇫🇷
football player · b. 1979
Arthur Leighton🇬🇧
deceasedfield hockey player (1889-1939) · 1889–1939
Days lived
18,362
Bob Egerton🇦🇺
Australian rugby union player · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Cédric Barbosa🇫🇷
French footballer · b. 1976
Choummaly Sayasone
politician · b. 1936
Days alive
11,688
Cristhian Martínez🇩🇴
film director · b. 1982
David Gilmour🇬🇧
English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946) · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Dick Fosbury🇺🇸
deceasedathlete · 1947–2023
Days lived
27,765
Dorothea Kleine🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1928-2010) · 1928–2010
Days lived
29,894
Dwight Buycks🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1989
Edgar Julius Jung🇩🇪
deceasedGerman jurist and essayist (1894–1934) · 1894–1934
Days lived
14,726
Enid Mumford🇬🇧
deceasedscientist · 1924–2006
Days lived
29,982
Fabrício Mafra🇧🇷
Brazilian weightlifter · b. 1982
Francisco Cervelli🇮🇹
film director · b. 1986
Franz Wessel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge (1903–1958) · 1903–1958
Days lived
20,277
Friedbert Pflüger🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Gabriel García Márquez🇨🇴
deceasedColombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014) · 1927–2014
Days lived
31,819
Georgy Artemyevich Zedgenidze🇬🇪
deceasedscientist · 1902–1994
Days lived
33,772
Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi
deceasedscientist · 1889–1929
Days lived
14,621
Horst-Ulrich Hänel🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Jimmy Conzelman🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1898–1970
Days lived
26,444
Johannes Peter Meyer-Mendez🇩🇪
deceasedarchbishop (1909–1976) · 1909–1976
Days lived
24,461
Joseph Berchtold🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1897–1962
Days lived
23,910
Joseph Deniker🇫🇷
deceasedRussian-French naturalist, librarian and anthropologist (1852-1918) · 1852–1918
Days lived
24,117
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Karl Platen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1877–1952) · 1877–1952
Days lived
27,513
Lou Costello🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1906–1959
Days lived
19,355
Marcel Stutter🇩🇪
German association football player · b. 1988
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Maurice Williamson🇳🇿
politician · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Milo Manheim🇺🇸
Actor · b. 2001
Ödön Tersztyánszky🇭🇺
deceasedmilitary person · 1890–1929
Days lived
14,351
Otto Bachof🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge (1914–2006) · 1914–2006
Days lived
33,559
Richard Corliss🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1944–2015
Days lived
25,980
Rob Reiner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican filmmaker and actor (1947–2025) · 1947–2025
Days lived
28,773
Romain Élie🇫🇷
football player · b. 1985
Sam Bankman-Fried
Founder of FTX · b. 1992
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Shaquille O'Neal🇺🇸
singer · b. 1972
Smudo🇩🇪
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Thomas Godoj🇵🇱
singer · b. 1978
Toni Schumacher🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Tyler Gillett
Actor · b. 1982
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Tyler, the Creator🇺🇸
singer · b. 1991
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Wes Montgomery🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz guitarist (1923–1968) · 1923–1968
Days lived
16,538
Willy Schäfer🇩🇪
deceasedtelevision actor (1933-2011) · 1933–2011
Days lived
28,550
Zlatan Muslimović🇧🇦
football player · b. 1981
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Zoltan Mesko🇺🇸
American football player (born 1986) · b. 1986
Died on This Day
Alvin Lee🇬🇧
deceasedsinger · 1944–2013
Days lived
24,914
Ambrogio Valsecchi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian presbyter and theologian (1930–1983) · 1930–1983
Days lived
19,073
Anton Reinthaller🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian member of the Nazi party (1895–1958) · 1895–1958
Days lived
22,971
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Ayn Rand🇺🇸
deceasedRussian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982) · 1905–1982
Days lived
28,156
Dick Ricketts🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1933–1988) · 1933–1988
Days lived
19,816
Eric Wolf🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican anthropologist (1923-1999) · 1923–1999
Days lived
27,792
Erivan Haub🇩🇪
deceasedGerman businessman (1932–2018) · 1932–2018
Days lived
31,204
Georg Loos🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1943–2016
Days lived
26,556
George Formby🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish actor, singer-songwriter and comedian (1904–1961) · 1904–1961
Days lived
20,738
Jan Dawidziuk🇺🇸
deceasedPolish-American "Polish National Catholic Church" bishop · 1937–2012
Days lived
27,108
Jennifer Runyon🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1960–2026
Days lived
24,080
Joe Sewell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1898-1990) · 1898–1990
Days lived
33,385
Lowell Fulson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician · 1921–1999
Days lived
28,464
Luděk Pachman🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1924–2003
Days lived
28,788
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva🇵🇹
deceasedartist · 1908–1992
Days lived
30,582
McCoy Tyner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz pianist (1938–2020) · 1938–2020
Days lived
29,671
Simon Ungers🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1957–2006) · 1957–2006
Days lived
17,834
Sonja Graf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-born American chess player · 1908–1965
Days lived
20,534
Traute Lafrenz🇩🇪
deceasedanti-Nazi resistance fighter (1919–2023) · 1919–2023
Days lived
37,928
Yefim Kopelyan
deceasedSoviet actor (1912-1975) · 1912–1975
Days lived
22,973
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
42,067
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
49,738
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
47,911
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,608
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,181
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,623
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,589
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,223
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,667
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,319
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,118
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,632
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,650
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,319
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,671
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,214
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,124
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,101
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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