On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 27 1968
Born on This Day
Agata Korc🇵🇱
athlete · b. 1986
Agnes Windeck🇩🇪
deceasedactress (1888–1975) · 1888–1975
Days lived
31,960
Alberto Bayo🇪🇸
deceasedwriter · 1892–1967
Days lived
27,522
Brenda Song🇺🇸
American actress and model (born 1988) · b. 1988
Carl Barks🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1901–2000
Days lived
36,311
Carolin van Bergen🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1964–1990
Days lived
9,709
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Clemens Holzmeister🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect and stage designer (1886–1983) · 1886–1983
Days lived
35,505
David Coulthard🇬🇧
Racing automobile driver · b. 1971
Didier de Radiguès🇧🇪
motorcycle racer, auto racer · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Dubravka Ugrešić🇭🇷
deceasedartist · 1949–2023
Days lived
27,018
Erich Abraham🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1895–1971
Days lived
27,738
Erich Heller🇬🇧
deceasedBritish scholar of German literature and philosophy · 1911–1990
Days lived
29,078
F. Ritter Shumway🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican figure skating official · 1906–1992
Days lived
31,394
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Fergie🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1975
Gisela Forster🇩🇪
artist · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Glenn Dubin🇺🇸
Hedge Fund Manager & Investor · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
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Golo Mann🇨🇭
deceasedYouTube personality · 1909–1994
Days lived
31,057
Heinrich Mann🇩🇪
deceasedYouTube personality · 1871–1950
Days lived
28,838
Ipke Wachsmuth🇩🇪
German computer scientist · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Ivan Gašparovič🇸🇰
politician · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
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James Callaghan🇬🇧
deceasedpolitician · 1912–2005
Days lived
33,967
Jay Kim🇺🇸
American politician · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
Jef Wishaupt🇳🇱
Dutch sculptor (born 1940) · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
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Jessie J🇬🇧
singer · b. 1988
JJ Lin
Artist & Investor · b. 1981
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Josef Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1898–1979) · 1898–1979
Days lived
29,753
Joselu🇪🇸
Spanish association football player · b. 1990
Jutta Limbach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge and politician (SPD),President of the Federal Constitutional Court · 1934–2016
Days lived
30,118
Kevin Corrigan🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1969
Kurt Felix🇮🇹
deceasedSwiss television presenter, entertainer and journalist (1941-2012) · 1941–2012
Days lived
25,983
Lisa
singer-songwriter · b. 1997
Lisa (Lalisa Manobal)🇹🇭
K-pop Idol (BLACKPINK) · b. 1997
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe🇺🇸
deceasedGerman architect (1886–1969) · 1886–1969
Days lived
30,458
Maka Mary🇫🇷
Malian and French footballer · b. 1989
Manfred Freyberger🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1930–1980
Days lived
18,436
Manuel Neuer🇩🇪
German association football player · b. 1986
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Marcell Salzer
deceasedactor · 1873–1930
Days lived
20,808
Mariah Carey
singer · b. 1969
Mariano Rajoy🇪🇸
politician · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Mauro Goicoechea🇮🇹
football player · b. 1988
Maxim Sakaschansky🇺🇦
deceasedRussian actor (1885-1952) · 1885–1952
Days lived
24,574
Mikhail Scherbakov🇷🇺
Russian bard · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Miller Huggins🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1878–1929) · 1878–1929
Days lived
18,809
Nathan Fillion🇨🇦
Actor · b. 1971
Otmar Issing🇩🇪
German economist · b. 1936
Days alive
11,688
Phil Chess🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican record executive (1921–2016) · 1921–2016
Days lived
34,904
Quentin Tarantino🇺🇸
actor · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Randall Cunningham🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Renate Delfs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1925-2018) · 1925–2018
Days lived
34,016
Richard Pfeiffer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and bacteriologist (1858–1945) · 1858–1945
Days lived
31,948
Ross Ulbricht
Silk Road Founder · b. 1984
Rüdiger Althaus🇩🇪
German priest · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Rudolf Christoph von Gersdorff🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1905–1980
Days lived
27,334
Silvano Bertini🇮🇹
deceasedboxer (1940–2021) · 1940–2021
Days lived
29,677
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Sophie Nélisse
Actor · b. 2000
Tamás Széchy🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1931–2004
Days lived
26,834
Theadora Van Runkle🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican fashion and costume designer (1928-2011) · 1928–2011
Days lived
30,537
Tobias Schenke🇩🇪
actor · b. 1981
Toni Berger🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1921–2005
Days lived
30,624
Vaibhav Suryavanshi
Sports · b. 2011
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Valerio Fiori🇮🇹
Italian footballer · b. 1969
Wilhelm Busch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman protestant pastor and writer (1897-1966) · 1897–1966
Days lived
25,286
Died on This Day
Billy Wilder🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian-born American filmmaker and screenwriter (1906-2002) · 1906–2002
Days lived
34,977
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Dudley Moore
deceasedactor · 1935–2002
Days lived
24,449
Elsie Eaves🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1898–1983
Days lived
31,006
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Ferry Porsche🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1909–1998
Days lived
32,331
Friedrich Achleitner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian poet and architectural critic (1930-2019) · 1930–2019
Days lived
32,450
Georg-August Zinn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1901–1976) · 1901–1976
Days lived
27,333
Hans Stiebner🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1898–1958
Days lived
21,677
Hans-Josef Klauck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman theologian (1946–2025) · 1946–2025
Days lived
28,786
Heorhiy V. Zaborsky🇧🇾
deceasedBelarusian architect (1909–1999) · 1909–1999
Days lived
32,643
Jaroslav Heyrovský🇨🇿
deceasedscientist · 1890–1967
Days lived
27,855
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Julio González🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish artist (1876–1942) · 1876–1942
Days lived
23,927
K. D. Singh🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player (1922–1978) · 1922–1978
Days lived
20,507
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Lotte Ulbricht🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1903-2002) · 1903–2002
Days lived
36,137
M. C. Escher🇳🇱
deceasedDutch graphic artist (1898–1972) · 1898–1972
Days lived
26,946
Nadija Hordijenko Andrianova🇺🇦
deceasedwriter · 1921–1998
Days lived
27,861
Peter Brogle🇨🇭
deceasedactor (1933-2006) · 1933–2006
Days lived
26,576
Preben Kaas🇩🇰
deceasedDanish actor, screenwriter, recording artist, lyricist · 1930–1981
Days lived
18,625
Princess Mathilde of Saxony🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1863–1933
Days lived
25,575
Rod Hundley🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1934–2015
Days lived
29,372
Stanisław Lem🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1921–2006
Days lived
30,877
Stéphane Audran🇫🇷
deceasedactor · 1932–2018
Days lived
31,185
Vasily Smyslov🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet chess grandmaster (1921–2010) · 1921–2010
Days lived
32,510
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Yuri Gagarin🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1934–1968
Days lived
12,437
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
42,088
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
49,759
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
47,932
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,629
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,202
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,644
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,610
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,244
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,688
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,340
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,139
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,653
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,671
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,340
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,692
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,235
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,145
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,122
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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