On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 13 1968
Born on This Day
Aldo Ossola🇮🇹
Italian basketball player · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Andreas Beck🇩🇪
German association football player · b. 1987
Arthur Lilienthal🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge (1899–1942) · 1899–1942
Days lived
15,634
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Axel Berg von Linde🇸🇪
deceasedathlete · 1883–1969
Days lived
31,649
Chris Roberts🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Schlager singer and actor (1944–2017) · 1944–2017
Days lived
26,774
Christian Bassemir🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
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Coco Gauff
tennis player · b. 2004
Danny Masterson
Actor · b. 1976
David Draiman🇺🇸
singer · b. 1973
Davor Slamnig🇭🇷
writer · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Dénes Birkás🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian field hockey player (1907-1996) · 1907–1996
Days lived
32,627
Edson Rodrigues🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Ela Weber🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Eugen Ritter von Schobert🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1883–1941
Days lived
21,367
Gert Haucke🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1929–2008
Days lived
28,933
Helge Hansen🇩🇪
German army general · b. 1936
Days alive
11,688
Hervé Jaubert🇫🇷
French naval officer · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
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Home Run Baker🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1886–1963
Days lived
28,230
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Joesi Prokopetz🇦🇹
singer · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Joseph Rosemeyer🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1872–1919
Days lived
17,428
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Kaya Scodelario🇬🇧
Television actor · b. 1992
Landry Shamet🇺🇸
Basketball player · b. 1997
Ludwig Biermann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1907-1986) · 1907–1986
Days lived
28,795
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Mahmoud Darwish🇵🇸
deceasedPoet · 1941–2008
Days lived
24,621
Manuel Pasqual🇮🇹
Italian association football player · b. 1982
Michele Borghetti🇮🇹
Italian grandmaster of international, Italian, and English draughts (born 1973) · b. 1973
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Mikaela Shiffrin🇺🇸
Alpine skier · b. 1995
Myrtle Bachelder🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist and Women's Army Corps officer (1908–1997) · 1908–1997
Days lived
32,577
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Neil Sedaka🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1939–2026
Days lived
31,763
Oscar Blumenthal🇩🇪
deceasedGerman playwright and drama critic (1852–1917) · 1852–1917
Days lived
23,782
Oskar Loerke
deceasedwriter · 1884–1941
Days lived
20,801
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Otto Hönigschmid🇦🇹
deceasedchemist · 1878–1945
Days lived
24,686
Paul Mattick🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-American Marxist political writer and social revolutionary (1904-1981) · 1904–1981
Days lived
28,090
Paul Morand🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1888–1976
Days lived
32,273
Phyllis Fox🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican mathematician and computer scientist (1923-2017) · 1923–2017
Days lived
34,405
Richard Hildebrandt
deceasedSS General (1897-1952) · 1897–1951
Days lived
19,719
Rick Lazio🇺🇸
American politician · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Theodor Haag🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1901–1956) · 1901–1956
Days lived
20,256
Tom Danielson🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1978
William Butler Yeats
deceasedIrish poet and playwright (1865–1939) · 1865–1939
Days lived
26,983
William H. Macy🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Wolfgang Rihm🇩🇪
deceasedYouTube personality · 1952–2024
Days lived
26,434
Yoshihiko Takahashi🇯🇵
film director · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Died on This Day
Ahmed Khan🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player (1912–1967) · 1912–1967
Days lived
19,855
Alexandre Léonard🇫🇷
deceaseddesigner born in Paris · 1890–1946
Days lived
20,195
Alois Purgathofer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian Astronomer (1925–1984) · 1925–1984
Days lived
21,573
Bernhard Grzimek🇩🇪
deceasedGerman zoo director and author (1909–1987) · 1909–1987
Days lived
28,447
Christiane Schmidtmer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor-model (1939-2003) · 1939–2003
Days lived
23,090
Dana Zátopková🇨🇿
deceasedCzech javelin thrower · 1922–2020
Days lived
35,605
Ernst Goldenbaum🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1898-1990) · 1898–1990
Days lived
33,325
Ernst Jan Beeuwkes🇳🇱
deceasedDutch fashion designer (1931-1998) · 1931–1998
Days lived
24,316
Fan S. Noli🇺🇸
deceasedAlbanian politician (1882-1965) · 1882–1965
Days lived
30,381
Franz Kaiser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1891–1962) · 1891–1962
Days lived
25,889
Friedrich Lahrs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1880–1964) · 1880–1964
Days lived
30,560
Hilary Putnam🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican philosopher · 1926–2016
Days lived
32,733
Ivo Andrić
deceasedYugoslav novelist (1892–1975) · 1892–1975
Days lived
30,103
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Jean Ferrat🇫🇷
deceasedsinger · 1930–2010
Days lived
28,932
John Attenborough🌍
deceasedNotable Person · 1666–1710
Days lived
15,960
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Jutta Rüdiger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman psychologist (1910-2001) · 1910–2001
Days lived
33,145
Krzysztof Kieślowski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish film director and screenwriter (1941–1996) · 1941–1996
Days lived
19,983
La Jana🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1905–1940
Days lived
12,801
László Szabó🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1934–2013
Days lived
28,673
Otto Gebühr🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1877-1954) · 1877–1954
Days lived
28,046
Otto Rahn
deceasedGerman SS officer and writer (1904–1939) · 1904–1939
Days lived
12,807
Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1934–2017
Days lived
30,086
Steno🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer (1917–1988) · 1917–1988
Days lived
25,986
Werner Lorenz
deceasedGerman general (1891-1974) · 1891–1974
Days lived
30,112
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William Hurt
deceasedOscar Winners · 1950–2022
Days lived
26,291
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
42,074
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
49,745
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
47,918
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,615
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,188
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,630
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,596
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,230
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,674
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,326
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,125
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,639
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,657
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,326
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,678
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,221
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,131
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,108
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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