On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 8 1968
Born on This Day
Andreas Becker🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1970
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Andreas Maurer🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Anselm Kiefer🇦🇹
artist · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Arno Arthur Wachmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1902–1990) · 1902–1990
Days lived
32,280
Asier Illarramendi🇪🇸
Spanish association football player · b. 1990
Benny Blanco🇺🇸
Record producer · b. 1988
Carl Mannich🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1877–1947
Days lived
25,500
Cyd Charisse🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1921–2008
Days lived
31,877
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Danton Jobim🇧🇷
deceasedwriter · 1906–1978
Days lived
26,288
David Cryer🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1936
Days alive
11,688
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David Wilcock🇳🇱
deceasedWriter · 1973–2026
Days lived
19,401
Drew Allar🇺🇸
American football player · b. 2004
Eddie Kelliher🇮🇪
deceasedIrish Olympic sailor · 1920–2017
Days lived
35,514
Elena Baturina🇷🇺
Russian businesswoman · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Fátima Lopes🇵🇹
Portuguese fashion designer (born 1965) · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
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Freddie Prinze Jr.🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1976
Georg Lindemann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1884–1963) · 1884–1963
Days lived
29,054
Guyi Shen🇨🇳
businessperson · b. 1979
Hebe Camargo🇧🇷
deceasedsinger · 1929–2012
Days lived
30,521
Herbert Otto Gille🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1897–1966
Days lived
25,494
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Hermann Mückler🇦🇹
Anthropologist from Austria · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Hines Ward🇺🇸
film director · b. 1976
Jaime Levy🇺🇸
American interface designer and user experience strategists · b. 1966
Days alive
731
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Johnny Ruffo🇦🇺
deceasedsinger · 1988–2023
Days lived
13,030
Joyce K. Reynolds🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1952 – 2015) · 1952–2015
Days lived
23,305
Kit Connor🇬🇧
Film actor · b. 2004
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Klaus Perwas🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1971
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
27,758
Laura Osswald🇩🇪
actor · b. 1982
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Laura Unsworth🇬🇧
British field hockey player · b. 1988
Marieke Veenhoven-Mattheussens🇳🇱
field hockey player · b. 1984
Mariska Hulscher🇳🇱
Dutch presenter and columnist · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Marjorie Estiano🇧🇷
Actor · b. 1982
Marloes Horst🇮🇳
writer · b. 1989
Max Barskih🇺🇦
Ukrainian singer-songwriter · b. 1990
Michael S. Hart🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1947–2011
Days lived
23,558
Paco Campos🇪🇸
deceasedfootball player · 1916–1995
Days lived
29,038
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Paul Lytton🇬🇧
British musician · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Quincy Detenamo
Nauruan weightlifter · b. 1979
Ralph H. Baer🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1922–2014
Days lived
33,876
Ryan Freel🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1976–2012) · 1976–2012
Days lived
13,438
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Sif Eddine
businessperson · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Simon Webster🇬🇧
Scottish rugby union player · b. 1981
Warren Zaïre-Emery
association football player · b. 2006
Win Remmerswaal🇳🇱
deceasedbaseball player (1954–2022) · 1954–2022
Days lived
24,975
Zhou Peishun🇨🇳
Chinese weightlifter · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Died on This Day
Alfred Keller🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian painter and architect (1875-1945) · 1875–1945
Days lived
25,466
Anton Räderscheidt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1892-1970) · 1892–1970
Days lived
28,271
Brigitte Mira🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and singer (1910–2005) · 1910–2005
Days lived
34,656
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Dick Esser
deceasedfield hockey player (1918-1979) · 1918–1979
Days lived
22,157
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
deceasedNotable Trials · 1899–1972
Days lived
26,670
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin🇩🇪
deceasedGerman resistance member (1922–2013) · 1922–2013
Days lived
33,114
Francis Wolff🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican record producer · 1907–1971
Days lived
23,347
George Martin🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish record producer (1926–2016) · 1926–2016
Days lived
32,937
George Stevens🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer (1904–1975) · 1904–1975
Days lived
25,647
Hans Müller-Einigen🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian author (1882–1950) · 1882–1950
Days lived
24,605
Harold Lloyd🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor and comedian (1893–1971) · 1893–1971
Days lived
28,445
Jack Lummus🇺🇸
deceasedUnited States Marine Corps officer (1915-1945) · 1915–1945
Days lived
10,730
José Ignacio Rivero🇨🇺
deceasedCuban journalist (1920–2011) · 1920–2011
Days lived
33,003
José Ignacio Tellechea Idígoras🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish theologian (1928-2008) · 1928–2008
Days lived
29,184
Justus Pfaue🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,097
Karl Harbacher🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1879–1943
Days lived
23,136
Ken Johnson🇬🇧
deceasedBritish jazz band-leader and dancer (1914–1941) · 1914–1941
Days lived
9,676
Lyudmila Frolova
deceasedSoviet field hockey player · 1953–2013
Days lived
21,772
Max Gerson🇺🇸
deceasedGerman physician, originator of Gerson Therapy (1881-1959) · 1881–1959
Days lived
28,264
Otto Wolff von Amerongen🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1918–2007
Days lived
32,356
Paul Hymans🇧🇪
deceasedBelgian politician (1865–1941) · 1865–1941
Days lived
27,743
Sergei Mandreko🇦🇹
deceasedRussian footballer (1971–2022) · 1971–2022
Days lived
18,482
Walter Kolm-Veltée🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1910–1999
Days lived
32,213
William Howard Taft🇺🇸
deceasedpresident of the United States from 1909 to 1913 · 1857–1930
Days lived
26,471
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
42,069
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
49,740
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
47,913
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,610
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,183
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,625
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,591
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,225
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,669
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,321
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,120
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,634
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,652
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,321
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,673
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,216
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,126
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,103
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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