On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 7 1968
Born on This Day
Agnes Bernelle🇩🇪
deceasedWorld War II Allied propagandist; singer (1923-1999) · 1923–1999
Days lived
27,739
Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
entrepreneur · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Amanda Gorman
poet · b. 1998
Amanda Somerville🇺🇸
singer · b. 1979
Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1857–1935
Days lived
28,495
Audrey Arno🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1942–2012
Days lived
25,662
Brandon T. Jackson
Actor · b. 1984
Brett Deacon🇬🇧
English rugby union footballer · b. 1982
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Bryan Cranston🇺🇸
actor · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Carl August Brückner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman priest (1872–1949) · 1872–1949
Days lived
28,155
Dieter Glawischnig🇦🇹
Austrian composer, pianist and music educator · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958
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E. L. James🇬🇧
writer · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Eduardo Paolozzi🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1924–2005
Days lived
29,631
Emir Bajrami🇸🇪
Swedish footballer · b. 1988
Ferdinand Käs🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian soldier (1914–1988) · 1914–1988
Days lived
27,194
Franz Mack🇩🇪
deceasedGerman entrepreneur (1921–2010) · 1921–2010
Days lived
32,717
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Greta Lee🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1983
Hannah Wilke🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1940–1993
Days lived
19,320
Hatem Ben Arfa🇫🇷
football player · b. 1987
Heinz Rühmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1902–1994) · 1902–1994
Days lived
33,813
Igor Zotikov🇷🇺
deceasedRussian glaciologist (1926–2010) · 1926–2010
Days lived
30,850
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Jacques Chaban-Delmas🇫🇷
deceased82nd Prime Minister of France (1915–2000) · 1915–2000
Days lived
31,295
Jeong Dong-ho🇰🇷
South Korean association football player · b. 1990
Julius Wagner-Jauregg🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist (1857–1940) · 1857–1940
Days lived
30,519
Kanga Akalé🇫🇷
Ivorian and French footballer · b. 1981
Karl von den Steinen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician, ethnologist, explorer, ancient Americanist and writer (1855-1929) · 1855–1929
Days lived
27,270
Lynn Swann🇺🇸
American football player and politician (born 1952) · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
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Marc Planus🇫🇷
football player · b. 1982
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Martin Spahn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician and historian (1875–1945) · 1875–1945
Days lived
25,633
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Matthew Vaughn🇬🇧
British film producer, director and screenwriter · b. 1971
Michael Eisner🇺🇸
American business executive · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
Michel Mercier🇫🇷
French politician · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan🇫🇷
French politician (born 1961) · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
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Nikki Rodriguez🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1992
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
Founder of Kingdom Holding · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Pyt Kramer
politician · b. 1936
Days alive
11,688
Rachel Weisz🇬🇧
Television actor · b. 1970
Richard Vernon🇬🇧
deceasedFilm, television actor (1925-1997) · 1925–1997
Days lived
26,570
Rob Roy MacGregor
deceasedNotable Trials · 1671–1734
Days lived
23,306
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Ronaldo araujo
association football player · b. 1999
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Rudi Dutschke🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1940–1979
Days lived
14,536
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Sanae Takaichi🇯🇵
News presenter · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Tammy Faye Messner🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1942–2007
Days lived
23,876
Taylor Dayne🇺🇸
singer · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Terrico White🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1990
Wanda Sykes
Actor · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Willem Jacob Luyten🇺🇸
deceasedDutch-American astronomer (1899–1994) · 1899–1994
Days lived
34,957
Wolfgang Reitzle🇩🇪
German businessman · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Died on This Day
Adelheid Popp🇦🇹
deceasedjournalist · 1869–1939
Days lived
25,590
Adolf Bartels🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1862–1945) · 1862–1945
Days lived
30,062
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Arkady Fiedler🇵🇱
deceasedPolish writer, journalist and adventurer (1894-1985) · 1894–1985
Days lived
32,971
Arnold Schering🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1877–1941
Days lived
23,349
Arsen Mekokishvili
deceasedathlete · 1912–1972
Days lived
21,879
Carl Ludwig Schleich🇩🇪
deceasedGerman surgeon (1859-1922) · 1859–1922
Days lived
22,876
Claude King🇺🇸
deceasedUS country singer and songwriter (1923-2013) · 1923–2013
Days lived
32,903
Cool Papa Bell🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1903–1991
Days lived
32,071
Damiano Damiani🇮🇹
deceasedItalian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer (1922–2013) · 1922–2013
Days lived
33,100
Eduard Kainberger🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian footballer (1911-1974) · 1911–1974
Days lived
22,753
Erich Abraham🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1895–1971
Days lived
27,738
Gordon Parks🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican photographer, musician, writer and film director (1912–2006) · 1912–2006
Days lived
34,065
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Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-Danish tennis player · 1908–1981
Days lived
26,644
Howard Jackson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer (1951-2006) · 1951–2006
Days lived
19,977
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Josef Albert Meisinger🇩🇪
deceasedGestapo and SS officer (1899-1947) · 1899–1947
Days lived
17,340
Jürgen Piepenburg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer and manager · 1941–2025
Days lived
30,586
Karl Korschann🇩🇪
deceasedsculptor and engraver (1872–1943) · 1872–1943
Days lived
25,793
Lady Baldwin🇺🇸
deceasedMajor League Baseball player (1859–1937) · 1859–1937
Days lived
28,457
Lupu Pick🇩🇪
deceasedactor, film director (1886–1931) · 1886–1931
Days lived
16,499
Mikhail Bakhtin
deceasedRussian intellectual and philosopher · 1895–1975
Days lived
28,964
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Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
deceasedPakistani judge and activist (1929–2022) · 1929–2022
Days lived
33,728
Oskar Marmorek
deceasedAustria-Hungarian architect and Zionist (1863-1905/9) · 1863–1905
Days lived
15,307
Otto Diels🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1876–1954
Days lived
28,532
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Stanley Kubrick🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1928–1999
Days lived
25,791
Tony Campise🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1943–2010) · 1943–2010
Days lived
24,516
Werner Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1907–1990) · 1907–1990
Days lived
30,240
Wilhelm Koch🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1877–1950
Days lived
26,666
William Arce🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball coach (1925–2016) · 1925–2016
Days lived
33,128
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
42,068
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
49,739
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
47,912
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,609
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,182
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,624
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,590
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,224
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,668
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,320
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,119
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,633
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,651
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,320
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,672
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,215
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,125
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,102
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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