On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 28 1968
Born on This Day
Amancio Ortega🇪🇸
Founder of Inditex (Zara), Business Magnate · b. 1936
Days alive
11,688
April Flowers🇺🇸
actor · b. 1978
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Barbora Strýcová🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1986
Claus Jurichs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and voice actor (1935-2005) · 1935–2005
Days lived
25,571
Clinton Clauson🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1895–1959
Days lived
23,652
Conrad Schumann🇩🇪
deceasedEast German soldier (1942-1998) · 1942–1998
Days lived
20,538
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D4vd🇺🇸
Singer · b. 2005
Detlef Musch🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1970
Fiona Watt🇬🇧
British scientist · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Fred Louis Lerch🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1902–1985
Days lived
30,467
Fritz Klatte🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1880–1934
Days lived
19,678
Ilke Wyludda🇩🇪
deceasedGerman discus thrower and shot putter (1969–2024) · 1969–2024
Days lived
20,337
Isaac Larian🇮🇷
American businessman · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Jang Jong-hyun🇰🇷
South Korean field hockey player · b. 1984
Jiří Kučera🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1966
Days alive
731
José Maria Neves
Cape Verdean politician and former prime minister of Cape Verde · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Julia Stiles🇺🇸
Television actor · b. 1981
Konrad Wysocki🇵🇱
German basketball player · b. 1982
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Kurt Vyth🇩🇪
deceasedGerman entrepreneur · 1910–1977
Days lived
24,747
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Laura Chinchilla🇨🇷
politician · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Marcão🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player (1975) · b. 1975
Marina Raskova🇷🇺
deceasedmilitary person · 1912–1943
Days lived
11,239
Mario van der Ende🇳🇱
Dutch football referees · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
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Mario Vargas Llosa🇪🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1936–2025
Days lived
32,523
Maxim Gorky
deceasedwriter · 1868–1936
Days lived
24,918
Mensur Mujdža🇧🇦
football player · b. 1984
Perry Bräutigam🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Rodney Atkins🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1969
Rolf Glasmeier🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1945–2003
Days lived
21,186
Scott Mills🇬🇧
Disc jockey · b. 1974
Sergi Gómez🇪🇸
Spanish footballer · b. 1992
Stan Wawrinka🇨🇭
Tennis player · b. 1985
Steve Mandanda🇫🇷
football player · b. 1985
Theo Albrecht🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1922–2010
Days lived
32,260
Thomas Massamba🇸🇪
Swedish basketball player · b. 1985
Toby Gerhart🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1987
Toko Shinoda🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese artist (1913–2021) · 1913–2021
Days lived
39,420
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Vince Vaughn🇺🇸
American actor (born 1970) · b. 1970
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Vladimir Dimitrijević🇨🇭
deceasedSerbian editor and writer (1934–2011) · 1934–2011
Days lived
28,216
Vyacheslav Ignatyev🇷🇺
Russian scientist · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
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Wenceslas Lauret🇫🇷
French rugby union player · b. 1989
Wilhelm Adam
deceasedGerman politician (1893–1978) · 1893–1978
Days lived
31,286
Zdeněk Svěrák🇨🇿
singer · b. 1936
Days alive
11,688
Died on This Day
Christine Kaufmann🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1945–2017
Days lived
26,374
Dwight D. Eisenhower🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1890–1969
Days lived
28,654
Ernst Hellinger🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1883–1950
Days lived
24,285
Eugène Ionesco🇷🇴
deceasedRomanian-French playwright (1909–1994) · 1909–1994
Days lived
30,803
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Eugene Melnyk🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian sports businessman · 1959–2022
Days lived
22,951
Hanns Joachim Friedrichs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1927-1995) · 1927–1995
Days lived
24,850
Ivan Nanut🇮🇹
deceasedathlete · 1886–1958
Days lived
26,263
Janne Furch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor, screenwriter and writer (1915-1992) · 1915–1992
Days lived
28,086
Johnny Evers🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1881-1947) · 1881–1947
Days lived
23,990
Josef Weninger🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian anthropologist (1886–1959) · 1886–1959
Days lived
26,614
Klaus Croissant🇩🇪
deceasedGerman lawyer (1931–2002) · 1931–2002
Days lived
25,876
Leonhard Schultze🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist and zoologist (1872-1955) · 1872–1955
Days lived
30,253
Maria von Trapp🇺🇸
deceasedmatriarch of the Trapp Family Singers (1905–1987) · 1905–1987
Days lived
30,011
Marian Zazeela🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician, painter and light-artist (1940–2024) · 1940–2024
Days lived
30,663
Peter Ustinov🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actor, writer and director (1921–2004) · 1921–2004
Days lived
30,297
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Robert J. Wilke🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1914–1989
Days lived
27,343
Virginia Woolf🇬🇧
deceasedYouTube personality · 1882–1941
Days lived
21,611
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
42,089
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
49,760
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
47,933
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,630
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,203
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,645
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,611
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,245
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,689
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,341
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,140
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,654
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,672
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,341
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,693
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,236
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,146
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,123
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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