On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 19 1968
Born on This Day

Abelardo Fernández🇪🇸
Spanish footballer · b. 1970

Adolf Eichmann
deceasedNotable Trials · 1906–1962
Days lived
20,527

Adolf Galland🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1912–1996
Days lived
30,642

Albert Speer
deceasedNotable Trials · 1905–1981
Days lived
27,925

Aleksandr Kokorin
Notable Trials · b. 1991

Anja Rupel🇸🇮
journalist · b. 1966
Days alive
731
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Anne-Marie Giørtz🇳🇴
Norwegian jazz vocalist and composer · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653

Barbara Morgenstern🇩🇪
German electronic musician · b. 1971
Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson🇮🇸
Icelandic businessman · b. 1967
Days alive
366

Brann Dailor🇺🇸
musician · b. 1975

Brant Bjork🇺🇸
rapper · b. 1973

Bruce Willis🇺🇸
actor · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749

Chung Mong-koo🇰🇷
South Korean businessman · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958

Connor Trinneer
Actor · b. 1969

Eduardo Saverin
entrepreneur · b. 1982

Egon Krenz
Notable Trials · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323

Eliane Elias🇧🇷
Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, arranger and songwriter (born 1960) · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922

Emilio De Bono
deceasedNotable Trials · 1866–1944
Days lived
28,421

Franz Joseph Emil Fischer🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1877–1947
Days lived
25,823
Fritz Schmidt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player (1943–2024) · 1943–2024
Days lived
29,732

Hans Mayer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman literary scholar (1907–2001) · 1907–2001
Days lived
34,395

Harvey Weinstein🇺🇸
Former Producer · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
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Herman José🇵🇹
actor · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
James Handy🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision actor · 1945–2026
Days lived
29,661
Jay Berwanger🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player, halfback, Heisman Trophy winner (1914-2002) · 1914–2002
Days lived
32,241
José Cláudio dos Reis🇧🇷
deceasedathlete · 1939–1999
Days lived
22,200

Josef Albers🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1888–1976
Days lived
32,147

Josef Fuchsloch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman military personnel (1896–1973) · 1896–1973
Days lived
28,046

Josef Wirmer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman jurist and resistance fighter against the Nazi régime (1901-1944) · 1901–1944
Days lived
15,879

József Bezdán🇭🇺
deceasedmodel · 1866–1932
Days lived
24,067
Lia Eibenschütz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1899-1985) · 1899–1985
Days lived
31,401
Lucas Dupont🇫🇷
French rugby union player · b. 1990
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Maria Cavaco Silva🇵🇹
First Lady of Portugal · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958

Mario Molina🇺🇸
deceasedMexican chemical engineer (1943–2020) · 1943–2020
Days lived
28,327

Max Kruse🇩🇪
German association football player · b. 1988
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Miloš Teodosić🇷🇸
Serbian basketball player · b. 1987
Nely el Arma Secreta🇺🇸
rapper · b. 1987

Otto John🇩🇪
deceasedGerman resistance member (1909-1997) · 1909–1997
Days lived
32,149

Peretz Naftali🇩🇪
deceasedIsraeli politician (1888-1961) · 1888–1961
Days lived
26,704

Philipp Johann Heinrich Fauth
deceasedGerman selenographer (1867–1941) · 1867–1941
Days lived
26,954

Princess Mathilde of Saxony🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1863–1933
Days lived
25,575

Richie Ashburn🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1927–1997
Days lived
25,742
Rudolf Paszek🇵🇱
deceasedPolish teacher, national activist, community organizer and politician (1894-1969) · 1894–1969
Days lived
27,648

Rūta Meilutytė
swimmer · b. 1997
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Ruth Eweler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1913–1947) · 1913–1947
Days lived
12,595

Sakura (Miyawaki Sakura)🇯🇵
K-pop Idol (LE SSERAFIM) · b. 1998
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Tanushree Dutta🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1984

Tige Andrews🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1920-2007) · 1920–2007
Days lived
31,725
Tom McKillop🇬🇧
Chemist, businessman, banker · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132

Valerio Zurlini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director and screenwriter (1926–1982) · 1926–1982
Days lived
20,675
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Valery Leontiev🇺🇸
actor · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940

Vivian Hsu
Taiwanese actress and singer · b. 1975

Wolfgang Ambros🇦🇹
Austrian singer-songwriter · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844

Zhou Lulu🇨🇳
Olympic weightlifter · b. 1988
Died on This Day

Alfred Baeumler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Nazi philosopher (1887-1968) · 1887–1968
Days lived
29,340
Anne Klein🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican fashion designer (1923–1974) · 1923–1974
Days lived
18,491

Carl Duisberg🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1861–1935
Days lived
26,833

Emil Wiechert
deceasedGerman geophysicist and seismologist (1861-1928) · 1861–1928
Days lived
24,548

Ernst Krieck🇩🇪
deceasedTheorist and propagandist of Nazi educational theory and cultural policy (1882–1947) · 1882–1947
Days lived
23,631
Erwin Franzkowiak🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1894–1984) · 1894–1984
Days lived
32,617
Georg Wiarda🇩🇪
deceasedGerman mathematician and chess player (1889–1971) · 1889–1971
Days lived
29,925
Giuseppe De Luca🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest and publisher (1898–1962) · 1898–1962
Days lived
23,195
Gloria Pascoe🇦🇺
deceasedAustralian Paralympic athlete (1919-2004) · 1919–2004
Days lived
31,075
Ida Rolf🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican biochemist, creator of Rolfing (1896–1979) · 1896–1979
Days lived
30,253
Karen Dalton🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1937-1993) · 1937–1993
Days lived
20,332

Klaus Havenstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1922–1998) · 1922–1998
Days lived
27,740
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Michał Górski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish cross-country skier · 1911–1985
Days lived
26,849

Paul Scofield
deceasedOscar Winners · 1922–2008
Days lived
31,469
Rainer Grenkowitz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1955–2024) · 1955–2024
Days lived
24,953

Robert Guérin🇫🇷
deceasedPresident of FIFA (1876-1952) · 1876–1952
Days lived
27,657
Virginia Henderson🇺🇸
deceasednurse, researcher, theorist and author (1897–1996) · 1897–1996
Days lived
35,903
Zdeněk Matouš🇨🇿
deceasedsinger · 1931–2006
Days lived
27,359
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
42,080

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
49,751
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
47,924
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,621
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,194
HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,636
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,602
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,236
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,680
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,332
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,131
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,645
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,663
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,332
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,684
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,227
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,137
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,114
Already Released
Films already out by this date.