On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 9 1968
Born on This Day

Agnes Miegel🇩🇪
deceasedfascist German writer and poet (1879-1964) · 1879–1964
Days lived
31,277

Alfred Berkeley
deceasedBishop of Barbados and of the Windward Islands; Anglican bishop (1862-1938) · 1862–1938
Days lived
27,825

Bernd Hölzenbein🇩🇪
deceasedfootball player · 1946–2024
Days lived
28,527
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Bobby Fischer🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chess player (1943–2008) · 1943–2008
Days lived
23,690

Bow Wow
rapper · b. 1987
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Carl H. Eigenmann🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American ichthyologist (1863–1927) · 1863–1927
Days lived
23,421

Carlos Ghosn
Automotive Executive · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114

Catalina Parot🇨🇱
entrepreneur · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383

Chingy🇺🇸
American rapper · b. 1980
Chris Nathaniel
British sports agent · b. 1982
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Daley Blind🇳🇱
Dutch association football player (born 1990) · b. 1990
Daniar Usenov
Kyrgyz banker and politician · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
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Daniel Hudson🇺🇸
American former baseball player · b. 1987
David Prinosil🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1973
Dietrich Lohmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman cinematographer (1943–1997) · 1943–1997
Days lived
19,974
Edward Lewis Tullis
deceasedAmerican Methodist bishop · 1917–2005
Days lived
32,353

Émile Warré🇫🇷
deceasedFrench beekeeper · 1867–1951
Days lived
30,722
Franz Crass🇩🇪
deceasedGerman opera singer (1928–2012) · 1928–2012
Days lived
30,787

Franz Wilhelm Seiwert🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1894-1933) · 1894–1933
Days lived
14,360
Franz-Josef Ulm🇩🇪
scientist · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Fritz Lenz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman geneticist and professor (1887–1976) · 1887–1976
Days lived
32,626
Goran Rubil🇫🇷
Croatian and French footballer · b. 1981
Ismael Serrano🇪🇸
singer · b. 1974

Jef Raskin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer interface expert (1943-2005) · 1943–2005
Days lived
22,635

Jeffrey Osborne🇺🇸
American singer · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305

John Cale🇬🇧
actor · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497

Juan Sebastián Verón🇦🇷
Argentine footballer · b. 1975

Juliette Binoche🇫🇷
Film actor · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461

Katja Ebstein🇩🇪
actor · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Kevin Roovers
Dutch baseball player · b. 1984

Khaby Lame🇮🇹
Social media personality, content creator · b. 2000

Lajos Alföldi🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian bacteriologist, researcher, professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1927-2021) · 1927–2021
Days lived
34,570
Leonid Kmit🇷🇺
deceasedactor · 1908–1982
Days lived
27,030

Luke Charteris🇬🇧
rugby union player · b. 1983

María Moncha Suárez🇦🇷
Argentinian actress · b. 1992
Martin Krampen🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1928–2015
Days lived
31,877

Min Yoongi (Suga)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (BTS) · b. 1993
Moritz von Leonhardi🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1856-1910) · 1856–1910
Days lived
19,954

Peter Altenberg🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian writer and poet (1859–1919) · 1859–1919
Days lived
21,852

Peter Scholl-Latour🇫🇷
deceasedYouTube personality · 1924–2014
Days lived
33,032

Taeyeon (Kim Tae-yeon)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (Solo Artist / Girls' Generation) · b. 1989
Till Fellner🇦🇹
musician · b. 1972
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Werner Kempf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1886–1964) · 1886–1964
Days lived
28,426
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Yuri Gagarin🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1934–1968
Days lived
12,437

Zakir Hussain🇮🇳
deceasedIndian tabla player, musical producer, film actor, and composer (1951–2024) · 1951–2024
Days lived
26,945

Zillur Rahman
deceasedpolitician · 1929–2013
Days lived
30,692
Died on This Day

Andreo Cseh🇭🇺
deceasedwriter · 1895–1979
Days lived
30,493
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Brad Delp🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1951–2007
Days lived
20,359

Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr.🇺🇸
deceasedchemist · 1915–1974
Days lived
21,295
Eduard Bornträger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film actor (1888–1958) · 1888–1958
Days lived
25,461

Edward Henry Potthast🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican artist (1857–1927) · 1857–1927
Days lived
25,473
Elizabeth T. Spira🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian documentary filmmaker, television presenter (1942–2019) · 1942–2019
Days lived
27,834
Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1912–1954) · 1912–1954
Days lived
15,185
F. Ritter Shumway🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican figure skating official · 1906–1992
Days lived
31,394

Felix Schlag🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1891–1974
Days lived
30,045

Fernando Rey🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish actor (1917–1994) · 1917–1994
Days lived
27,929

Frank Wedekind🇩🇪
deceasedGerman playwright (1864-1918) · 1864–1918
Days lived
19,585

Hans-Jürgen Stumpff🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1889–1968
Days lived
28,756
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Harry Seidler🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian-born Australian architect · 1923–2006
Days lived
30,208

Heinz Linge🇩🇪
deceasedSS officer; valet for German dictator Adolf Hitler (1913–1980) · 1913–1980
Days lived
24,458

Hugo Bernatzik🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian anthropologist, photographer and art collector (1897-1953) · 1897–1953
Days lived
20,436
Jack Ernst🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1899-1968) · 1899–1968
Days lived
24,932
Jeanette Schmid🇨🇿
deceasedCzech musician · 1924–2005
Days lived
29,343
John Paskin Taylor🇬🇧
deceasedfield hockey player (1928-2015) · 1928–2015
Days lived
31,767

John Polkinghorne🇬🇧
deceasedphysicist, theologian and anglican priest (1930–2021) · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,017
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Kurt Georg Kiesinger🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1904–1988
Days lived
30,653

Lawrence Spivak🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican journalist and Meet the Press host (1900-1994) · 1900–1994
Days lived
34,239
Lia Eibenschütz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1899-1985) · 1899–1985
Days lived
31,401

Marian Jankowski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish sportsperson and weightlifter · 1931–2017
Days lived
31,138

Otto Puchstein
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1856-1911) · 1856–1911
Days lived
19,968

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1870–1964
Days lived
34,322

The Notorious B.I.G.🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican rapper (1972–1997) · 1972–1997
Days lived
9,058
Tommy DeCarlo🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1965–2026
Days lived
22,235
Trygve Hirsch🇳🇴
deceasedNorwegian barrister and writer (1912-1992) · 1912–1992
Days lived
28,978
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
42,070

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
49,741
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
47,914
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,611
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,184
HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,626
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,592
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,226
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,670
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,322
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,121
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,635
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,653
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,322
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,674
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,217
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,127
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,104
Already Released
Films already out by this date.