On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 21 1968
Born on This Day
Adrian Peterson🇺🇸
American football player (born 1985) · b. 1985
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Aleksandrs Vanags🇱🇻
deceasedLatvian footballer (1919-1986) · 1919–1986
Days lived
24,750
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Ali Abdullah Saleh
deceasedNotable Trials · 1947–2017
Days lived
25,826
Ali Daei🇮🇷
Iranian football player · b. 1969
Andrea Maria Schenkel🇩🇪
German writer · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Arthur Milchhöfer
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1852–1903) · 1852–1903
Days lived
18,887
Bernd Rumpf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and voice actor (1947–2019) · 1947–2019
Days lived
26,492
Berthold von Deimling🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1853-1944) · 1853–1944
Days lived
33,190
Brian Clough🇬🇧
deceasedfootball player · 1935–2004
Days lived
25,386
Bryan Bulaga🇺🇸
American football player (born 1989) · b. 1989
Carl Jaffe🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1902-1974) · 1902–1974
Days lived
26,320
Cenk Uygur🇺🇸
politician · b. 1970
Charles Morillon
Actor · b. 1985
Christian Ludwig Mayer🇩🇪
pianist · b. 1974
Christopher Ricketts🇵🇭
deceasedFilipino martial artist · 1955–2010
Days lived
20,287
Deryck Whibley🇨🇦
singer · b. 1980
Dirk Frimout🇧🇪
Belgian astronaut · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Éric Rohmer🇫🇷
deceasedactor · 1920–2010
Days lived
32,803
Erica Skinger🇺🇸
World Cup alpine skier · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Erich Mendelsohn🇺🇸
deceasedJewish-German architect (1887–1953) · 1887–1953
Days lived
24,284
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Fritz Pleitgen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and author (1938-2022) · 1938–2022
Days lived
30,859
Fritz Wittmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1933-2018) · 1933–2018
Days lived
31,256
Gary Oldman🇬🇧
Oscar Winners · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Gavriil Agarkov
deceasedSoviet aeronautical engineer and industrial manager (1905-1992) · 1905–1992
Days lived
31,708
Heinrich Bär🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Luftwaffe flying ace (1913–1957) · 1913–1957
Days lived
16,109
Heinrich Waentig
deceasedGerman politician and economist (1870–1943) · 1870–1943
Days lived
26,938
Igor Khenkin🇩🇪
German chess grandmaster · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Jair Bolsonaro🇧🇷
Politician · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Jill Schoelen🇺🇸
American actress · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Josef Steinbach🇦🇹
deceasedOlympic weightlifter (1879–1937) · 1879–1937
Days lived
21,109
Kenshin Sumitaku🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese poet · 1961–1987
Days lived
9,454
Kevin Federline🇺🇸
singer · b. 1978
Lara Naszinsky🇩🇪
German actress and musicologist · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Large Professor🇺🇸
singer · b. 1973
Lars Lunde
Danish footballer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Ludwig Beisiegel🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1912–1999) · 1912–1999
Days lived
31,990
Luigi Magni🇮🇹
deceasedItalian screenwriter and film director (1928–2013) · 1928–2013
Days lived
31,266
Luigi Tenco🇮🇹
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1938–1967
Days lived
10,539
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Mandy Capristo🇩🇪
singer · b. 1990
Manuel Steitz🇩🇪
actor · b. 1994
Margarete Steffin🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and writer (1908–1941) · 1908–1941
Days lived
12,128
Mario Cecchi Gori🇮🇹
deceasedfilm producer (1920–1993) · 1920–1993
Days lived
26,892
Matthew Broderick🇺🇸
singer · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
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Outsider🇰🇷
singer · b. 1983
Peter Brook🇫🇷
deceasedEnglish theatre and film director (1925–2022) · 1925–2022
Days lived
35,532
Peter Hacks🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1928–2003) · 1928–2003
Days lived
27,553
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Rainer Schütterle🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Rebecca Pitcher🇺🇸
American actress · b. 1972
Ronaldinho🇪🇸
football player · b. 1980
Rosie O'Donnell🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Scott E. Fahlman🇺🇸
Computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Solomon Burke🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1940–2010
Days lived
25,770
Steve Furber🇬🇧
British computer scientist (born 1953) · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Stewart Butterfield🇨🇦
Canadian entrepreneur and businessman · b. 1973
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Tini roba novio
actor · b. 1997
Vera Grabocka🇦🇱
actor · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Walter Schreiber🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and general (1893-1970) · 1893–1970
Days lived
28,291
Weronika Książkiewicz🇵🇱
actress · b. 1981
Died on This Day
Alexander von Branca🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1919–2011) · 1919–2011
Days lived
33,672
Alfred Einhorn🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1856–1917
Days lived
22,302
Andrew Grove🇭🇺
deceasedscientist · 1936–2016
Days lived
29,055
Arthur Nebe🇩🇪
deceasedGerman police officer (1894-1945) · 1894–1945
Days lived
18,390
Âşık Veysel
deceasedTurkish poet (1894–1973) · 1894–1973
Days lived
28,636
August Frank🇩🇪
deceasedGerman SS functionary and convict at the Nuremberg trials (1898-1984) · 1898–1984
Days lived
31,396
Basilea Schlink🇩🇪
deceasedGerman religious leader (1904-2001) · 1904–2001
Days lived
35,215
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Chinua Achebe🇳🇬
deceasedNigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic (1930-2013) · 1930–2013
Days lived
30,076
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Eva Ingeborg Scholz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1928–2022) · 1928–2022
Days lived
34,367
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Francesco Maselli🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director and screenwriter (1930–2023) · 1930–2023
Days lived
33,705
Galina Ulanova🇷🇺
deceasedactor · 1910–1998
Days lived
32,214
James Rebhorn
deceasedActor · 1948–2014
Days lived
23,942
Jeong Ju-yung🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean businessman (1915–2001) · 1915–2001
Days lived
31,163
Martin McGuinness🇮🇪
deceasedSinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017) · 1950–2017
Days lived
24,409
Pietro Mennea🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1952–2013
Days lived
22,181
Sayed Jaffar
deceasedfield hockey player (1911–1937) · 1911–1937
Days lived
9,576
Valery Zinovyev
deceasedSoviet folklorist (1942-1983) · 1942–1983
Days lived
14,847
Wolfgang Wagner🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1919–2010
Days lived
33,076
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
42,082
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
49,753
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
47,926
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,623
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,196
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,638
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,604
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,238
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,682
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,334
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,133
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,647
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,665
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,334
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,686
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,229
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,139
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,116
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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