On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 20 1968
Born on This Day
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Alexandre Ramagem🇧🇷
Police officer · b. 1972
Brian Robinson🇬🇧
Northern Irish rugby union footballer · b. 1966
Days alive
731
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Carl Reiner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor · 1922–2020
Days lived
35,896
Chester Bennington🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1976–2017
Days lived
15,097
Cosimo Aldo Cannone🇮🇹
athlete · b. 1984
Dora Kallmus🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian photographer (1881-1963) · 1881–1963
Days lived
30,173
Erwin Neher🇩🇪
chemist · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Evelyn Fox Keller🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican physicist, author and feminist · 1936–2023
Days lived
31,962
Fernando Torres🇪🇸
football player · b. 1984
Fred Rogers🇺🇸
deceasedChristian minister · 1928–2003
Days lived
27,372
Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1891-1971) · 1891–1971
Days lived
29,298
Hans Langsdorff🇳🇴
deceasedRecipient of the Iron Cross (1894–1939) · 1894–1939
Days lived
16,709
Hartog Hamburger🇳🇱
deceasedDutch baseball player (1887-1924) · 1887–1924
Days lived
13,718
Harvey Gumbs
Dutch baseball player · b. 1973
Hermine Sterler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1894-1982) · 1894–1982
Days lived
32,207
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Hubertus Hoffmann🇩🇪
German businessman · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Hyunjin (Hwang Hyun-jin)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (Stray Kids) · b. 2000
Janine Kunze🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1974
John Barnhill🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player (1938–2013) · 1938–2013
Days lived
27,629
Julia Zwehl🇩🇪
German hockey player · b. 1976
Lady Gaga
Music/Film · b. 1986
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Lee "Scratch" Perry
deceasedJamaican reggae producer (1936–2021) · 1936–2021
Days lived
31,208
Márcio Miranda Freitas Rocha da Silva🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1981
Marian McPartland🇺🇸
deceasedBritish pianist, composer, writer and radio host (1918–2013) · 1918–2013
Days lived
34,852
Markus Rill🇩🇪
singer-songwriter · b. 1970
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Maud Menten🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian physician and chemist (1879–1960) · 1879–1960
Days lived
29,713
Michael Rapaport🇺🇸
American actor (born 1970) · b. 1970
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Paul Schebesta🇩🇪
deceasedGerman priest (1887–1968) · 1887–1967
Days lived
29,400
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1870–1964
Days lived
34,322
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Peter Berling🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and writer (1934–2017) · 1934–2017
Days lived
30,562
Ralph Giordano🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer and publicist (1923-2014) · 1923–2014
Days lived
33,503
Ruby Rose🇦🇺
Television presenter · b. 1986
Rudolf Kirchschläger🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian diplomat, politician, judge, and eighth President of Austria (1915–2000) · 1915–2000
Days lived
31,057
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican gospel musician (1915–1973) · 1915–1973
Days lived
21,388
Sloane Stephens🇺🇸
US American tennis player · b. 1993
Spike Lee🇺🇸
American filmmaker (born 1957) · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Sviatoslav Richter
deceasedpianist · 1915–1997
Days lived
30,085
Takeuchi Meitarō🇯🇵
deceasedentrepreneur · 1860–1928
Days lived
24,839
Tibor Weißenborn🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1981
Tommy Hunter🇨🇦
deceasedSinger · 1937–2026
Days lived
32,611
Tony Bloom🇬🇧
British poker player · b. 1970
Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene
Mongoliian boxer · b. 1982
Walther Kittel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general and physician (1887-1971) · 1887–1971
Days lived
30,916
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William Hurt
deceasedOscar Winners · 1950–2022
Days lived
26,291
Yvette Cooper🇬🇧
Economist · b. 1969
Died on This Day
Adolf Strauss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Wehrmacht general (1879–1973) · 1879–1973
Days lived
34,163
Alfred Ploetz
deceasedGerman physician (1860–1940) · 1860–1940
Days lived
29,064
Arthur Weinberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chemist (1860–1943) · 1860–1943
Days lived
30,170
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Carl Theodor Dreyer🇩🇰
deceasedDanish film director (1889–1968) · 1889–1968
Days lived
28,899
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David Rockefeller🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1915–2017
Days lived
37,172
Erwin Lehn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman jazz composer, bandleader and musician (1919–2010) · 1919–2010
Days lived
33,158
Gustav Diessl🇦🇹
deceasedactor (1899-1948) · 1899–1948
Days lived
17,612
Henning Holst🇩🇰
deceasedDanish field hockey player (1891-1975) · 1891–1975
Days lived
30,461
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Hermann Müller🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1876–1931
Days lived
20,028
Jaipal Singh🇮🇳
deceasedField Hockey player and political leader (1903-1970) · 1903–1970
Days lived
24,548
John Francis🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1924–2012
Days lived
32,176
Kenny Rogers🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican country singer (1938–2020) · 1938–2020
Days lived
29,797
Naseer Bunda🇵🇰
deceasedfield hockey player (1932–1993) · 1932–1993
Days lived
22,224
Ottomar Rosenbach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1851–1907) · 1851–1907
Days lived
20,528
Peter George Peterson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman, investment banker, philanthropist, and author (1926-2018) · 1926–2018
Days lived
33,526
Pierre Sévigny🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian politician (1917-2004) · 1917–2004
Days lived
31,601
Stan Coveleski🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1889–1984
Days lived
34,583
Zillur Rahman
deceasedpolitician · 1929–2013
Days lived
30,692
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
42,081
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
49,752
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
47,925
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,622
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,195
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,637
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,603
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,237
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,681
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,333
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,132
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,646
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,664
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,333
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,685
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,228
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,138
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,115
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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