On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 25 1968
Born on This Day
Abdalaati Iguider
Moroccan runner · b. 1987
Adrianna Nicole🇺🇸
actor · b. 1977
Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1905–1944
Days lived
14,363
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Amy Pascal🇺🇸
American film producer and business executive (born 1958) · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Aretha Franklin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018) · 1942–2018
Days lived
27,903
Arturo Toscanini🇮🇹
deceasedmusician · 1867–1957
Days lived
32,804
Ashleigh Ball🇬🇧
British field hockey player · b. 1986
Béla Bartók🇭🇺
deceasedmusician · 1881–1945
Days lived
23,560
Brenda Strong🇺🇸
actor · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Christian Savoie🇨🇦
Canadian strongman · b. 1976
David Lean🇬🇧
deceasedBritish film director (1908–1991) · 1908–1991
Days lived
30,337
Demna Gvasalia🇬🇪
Creative Director · b. 1981
Derek Lam🇺🇸
American fashion designer (born 1966) · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Ed Begley
deceasedActor · 1901–1970
Days lived
25,236
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Elke Winkens🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1970
Elton John
singer · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Frank Ordenewitz🇩🇪
German association football player · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1870-1964) · 1870–1964
Days lived
34,267
Gavin Hume🇿🇦
South African rugby union player · b. 1980
Gerald Lewis🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1971
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Giuseppe Marotta🇮🇹
Italian football executive who is currently the chairman and CEO of Inter · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
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Gloria Steinem🇺🇸
deceasedJournalist · 1934–2026
Days lived
33,764
Gunnar Nielsen🇩🇰
deceasedathlete · 1928–1985
Days lived
20,884
Hanno Koffler🇩🇪
actor · b. 1980
Hoyt Axton🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1938–1999
Days lived
22,495
Hyun-jin Ryu🇰🇷
film director · b. 1987
Ihor Razoronov🇺🇦
Ukrainian weightlifter · b. 1970
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Jadon Sancho
association football player · b. 2000
Jeb Corliss🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1976
Jim Lovell🇺🇸
deceasedNaval officer · 1928–2025
Days lived
35,564
Karl Kranzkowski🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
László Papp🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian boxer (1926–2003) · 1926–2003
Days lived
28,329
Lawrence Moten🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player · 1972–2025
Days lived
19,547
Leslie Claudius🇮🇳
deceasedOlympic field hockey player (1927–2012) · 1927–2012
Days lived
31,317
Lewis Elton🇬🇧
deceasedBritish academic (1923–2018) · 1923–2018
Days lived
34,887
Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo
deceasedpolitician · 1958–2020
Days lived
22,638
Markus Maria Profitlich🇩🇪
German comedian · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Matthew Garber🇬🇧
deceasedFilm actor · 1956–1977
Days lived
7,750
Melanie Blatt🇬🇧
singer · b. 1975
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Mikey Madison
television actor · b. 1999
Mitchell Watt🇦🇺
Australian track and field athlete · b. 1988
Otto Krebs🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1873–1941
Days lived
24,837
Paul Leder🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor and film director (1926-1996) · 1926–1996
Days lived
25,583
Peter Ehrlich🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1933-2015) · 1933–2015
Days lived
30,073
Reimar Lüst🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astrophysicist (1923-2020) · 1923–2020
Days lived
35,436
Riz Ortolani🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film composer (1926-2014) · 1926–2014
Days lived
32,081
Seychelle Gabriel🇺🇸
American actress · b. 1991
Sheryl Swoopes🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1971
Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy🇮🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1942–2025
Days lived
30,466
Vesna Pusić🇭🇷
philosopher · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
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William Franklyn-Miller🇬🇧
Actor / Model · b. 2004
Wladimir Klitschko🇺🇦
athlete · b. 1976
Yeshayahu Foerder🇩🇪
deceasedIsraeli politician (1901-1970) · 1901–1970
Days lived
25,278
Died on This Day
Alesia Graf🇩🇪
deceasedBelarusian-born German boxer (1980-2024) · 1980–2024
Days lived
15,868
Allen Sheppard🇬🇧
deceasedpolitician · 1932–2015
Days lived
30,040
Anton Kochs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman priest (1902–1984) · 1902–1984
Days lived
29,805
Chris Trickle🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican stock car racing driver (1973-1998) · 1973–1998
Days lived
9,065
Donald Piper🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player (1911–1963) · 1911–1963
Days lived
19,013
Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1916–2010
Days lived
34,064
Franz Oppenhoff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman lawyer and politician (1902-1945) · 1902–1945
Days lived
15,560
Georgy Skhirtladze
deceasedathlete · 1932–2008
Days lived
27,530
Gertrud Bäumer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1873–1954) · 1873–1954
Days lived
29,413
Gustav Adolf Scheel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1907-1979) · 1907–1979
Days lived
26,056
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Hanna Ralph🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1888–1978
Days lived
32,687
Josef Albers🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1888–1976
Days lived
32,147
Karl Brown🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican cinematographer (1896-1990) · 1896–1990
Days lived
34,056
Ladislao Vajda🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian-Spanish film director (1906–1965) · 1906–1965
Days lived
21,404
Manoj Bharathiraja🇮🇳
deceasedActor · 1976–2025
Days lived
17,727
Paul Nitsche
deceasedGerman psychiatrist (1876-1948) · 1876–1948
Days lived
26,052
Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia🇩🇪
deceasedGerman prince and high ranking Nazi (1887-1949) · 1887–1949
Days lived
22,700
Reginald Le Borg🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian film director (1902–1989) · 1902–1989
Days lived
31,516
Rocío Dúrcal🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish singer and actress (1944–2006) · 1944–2006
Days lived
22,452
Steven Schiff🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician (1947-1998) · 1947–1998
Days lived
18,635
Wolfgang Müller-Wiener🇩🇪
deceasedarchitectural historian (1923–1991) · 1923–1991
Days lived
24,784
Zoltán Mechlovits🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1891–1951
Days lived
21,997
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
42,086
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
49,757
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
47,930
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,627
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,200
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,642
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,608
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,242
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,686
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,338
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,137
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,651
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,669
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,338
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,690
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,233
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,143
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,120
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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