On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 29 1968
Born on This Day
Alfred Lücker🇩🇪
deceasedWest German field hockey player (1931–2008) · 1931–2008
Days lived
28,393
Ann A. Kiessling🇺🇸
American reproductive biologist involved in stem cell research · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
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Anna Rosmus🇩🇪
writer · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Bertha Krupp🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1886–1957
Days lived
26,108
Billy Beane🇺🇸
film director · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Brendan Gleeson🇮🇪
Actor · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Bruno Simma🇩🇪
German judge and legal scholar · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Christopher Lambert🇺🇸
French-American actor · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Cy Young🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1867–1955
Days lived
32,361
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David Stern🇮🇱
deceasedRussia-born Israeli politician and businessman · 1910–2003
Days lived
33,924
De'Angelo Wilson
deceasedActor · 1979–2008
Days lived
10,835
Denny McLain🇺🇸
Major League Baseball pitcher · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
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Dezső Kosztolányi🇭🇺
deceasedYouTube personality · 1885–1936
Days lived
18,846
Diego Gómez🇨🇴
Colombian footballer (born 1972) · b. 1972
Dimitry Sydor🇺🇦
Ukrainian Orthodiox leader · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Dirk Niebel🇩🇪
German politician (FDP) · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Dora Carrington🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1893–1932
Days lived
14,226
Earl Campbell🇺🇸
American football player (born 1955) · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Elle Macpherson🇦🇺
Australian model and actress · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Eric Idle🇬🇧
British comedian, actor and writer (born 1943) · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Eugen Hultsch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman indologist, epigraphist and philologist (1857–1927) · 1857–1927
Days lived
25,494
Frank Kugler🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American sportsman (1879-1952) · 1879–1952
Days lived
26,763
Franz Planer🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American cinematographer (1894-1963) · 1894–1963
Days lived
25,123
Freya von Moltke🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1911–2010
Days lived
36,073
Gad Granach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer · 1915–2011
Days lived
34,982
Gerd Baltus🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1932–2019
Days lived
32,035
Givi Kartozia🇬🇪
deceasedSoviet wrestler (1929–1998) · 1929–1998
Days lived
25,207
Glen Selbo🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player (1926–1995) · 1926–1995
Days lived
25,263
Gottfried Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1901-1949) · 1901–1949
Days lived
17,701
Haider Ackermann🇫🇷
French fashion designer · b. 1971
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Hera Björk🇮🇸
singer · b. 1972
Irene (Bae Joo-hyun)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (Red Velvet) · b. 1991
Iulian Filipescu🇷🇴
football player · b. 1974
Ivan Ukhov🇷🇺
Russian high jumper · b. 1986
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James Tomkins
Notable Trials · b. 1989
Jasmine Crockett🇺🇸
Lawyer · b. 1981
Jay Brannan🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1982
Jennifer Capriati🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1976
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John Major🇬🇧
politician · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
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John McEwen🇦🇺
deceasedpolitician · 1900–1980
Days lived
29,456
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Joseph Schmidlin
deceasedGerman priest (1876-1944) · 1876–1944
Days lived
24,757
Jürgen Dueball🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1945-2002) · 1945–2002
Days lived
21,019
Kamil Běhounek🇩🇪
deceasedCzech accordionist and composer (1916–1983) · 1916–1983
Days lived
24,726
Klaus Bachler🇦🇹
Austrian actor · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Lavrentiy Beria
deceasedNotable Trials · 1899–1953
Days lived
19,812
Lucy Lawless🇳🇿
New Zealand actress · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Luigi Gandini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest (1922–1995) · 1922–1995
Days lived
26,766
Michel Hazanavicius🇫🇷
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
366
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Natalia Avelon🇵🇱
German actress · b. 1980
Perry Mattfeld🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1994
Rainer Bonhof🇩🇪
football player · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Ricardo Martinelli🇮🇹
politician · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Sara Khalifa🇪🇬
Producer · b. 1994
Stephen Street🇬🇧
British record producer, songwriter · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Vangelis🇬🇷
deceasedGreek composer (1943–2022) · 1943–2022
Days lived
28,904
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Warner Baxter
deceasedOscar Winners · 1889–1951
Days lived
22,683
Wilhelm Liebknecht
deceasedNotable Trials · 1826–1900
Days lived
27,159
William Goodsir-Cullen🇦🇺
deceasedfield hockey player · 1907–1994
Days lived
31,855
Willibald Freiherr von Langermann und Erlencamp🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1890–1942
Days lived
19,180
Wolfgang Uhlmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1935-2020) · 1935–2020
Days lived
31,195
Died on This Day
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Carl Junker🇦🇹
deceasedjournalist · 1864–1928
Days lived
23,241
Eberhard Wächter🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian baritone (1929–1992) · 1929–1992
Days lived
22,909
Ernst E. Hirsch
deceasedTurkish-German judge (1902–1985) · 1902–1985
Days lived
30,384
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Fatty George🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian musician (1927–1982) · 1927–1982
Days lived
20,063
Ferdinand Schladen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman shot putter (1939–2021) · 1939–2021
Days lived
29,895
Fritz Schäffer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1888-1967) · 1888–1967
Days lived
28,809
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Georges Seurat🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter (1859-1891) · 1859–1891
Days lived
11,440
Jazz Gillum🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican blues harmonica player (1904–1966) · 1904–1966
Days lived
22,479
Karl Sapper🇩🇪
deceasedGerman traveller, explorer, antiquarian and linguist (1866–1945) · 1866–1945
Days lived
28,905
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Lev Kuleshov
deceasedSoviet filmmaker and film theorist (1899–1970) · 1899–1970
Days lived
26,007
Max Amann🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1891–1957
Days lived
23,866
Ned Haig🇬🇧
deceasedInventor of rugby sevens (1858–1939) · 1858–1939
Days lived
29,331
Otto Willi Gail🇩🇪
deceasedGerman science journalist and author (1896–1956) · 1896–1956
Days lived
21,803
Patty Duke
deceasedtelevision actor · 1946–2016
Days lived
25,308
Paul Henreid🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian-American actor and film director · 1908–1992
Days lived
30,760
Rudy Bond
deceasedActor · 1912–1982
Days lived
25,372
Vivan Sundaram🇮🇳
deceasedIndian artist (1943–2023) · 1943–2023
Days lived
29,160
Wilhelm Worringer🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1881–1965
Days lived
30,755
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William Edward White🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1860–1937
Days lived
27,937
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
42,090
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
49,761
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
47,934
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,631
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,204
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,646
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,612
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,246
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,690
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,342
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,141
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,655
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,673
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,342
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,694
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,237
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,147
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,124
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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