On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
March 31 1968
Born on This Day
Al Gore🇺🇸
politician · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Alexander Waske🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1975
Alyn Camara🇩🇪
Olympic long jumper · b. 1989
Angus Young🇦🇺
Guitarist · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Armond Hill🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Brody Eldridge🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1987
Bruce Clark🇺🇸
All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive lineman, defensive end · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
César Sampaio🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Christopher Walken🇺🇸
Film actor · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
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Connor Wickham🇬🇧
English association football player (born 1993) · b. 1993
Dejan Koturović🇮🇹
basketball player · b. 1972
Dick Bird
deceasedBritish priest (1933-2010) · 1933–2010
Days lived
28,187
Edmar Castañeda🇨🇴
Colombian musician · b. 1978
Edo Buma🇳🇱
Dutch field hockey player · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Ewan McGregor🇺🇸
Scottish actor · b. 1971
F.C. Krarup
deceasedDanish theologian · 1852–1931
Days lived
29,124
Heinz Gerischer🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1919–1994
Days lived
27,561
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Henri Laaksonen🇫🇮
Swiss-Finnish tennis player · b. 1992
Hermann Höcherl🇩🇪
deceasedFederal Minister of the Interior of Germany (1912-1989) · 1912–1989
Days lived
28,172
Jack Antonoff🇺🇸
singer · b. 1984
Jack Johnson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer (1878–1946) · 1878–1946
Days lived
24,907
Jamie Brown🇺🇸
film director · b. 1977
Johann Wilhelm Ernst Sommer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Methodist missionary (1881–1952) · 1881–1952
Days lived
26,130
John Fowles🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish novelist (1926–2005) · 1926–2005
Days lived
29,074
Kent Beck🇺🇸
American software engineer · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Lowell Fulson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician · 1921–1999
Days lived
28,464
Ľubomír Luhový🇸🇰
Slovak footballer (born 1967) · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Lutz Kayser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman space engineer (1939–2017) · 1939–2017
Days lived
28,723
Marc McClure
Actor · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Maximilian Schwedler🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1853–1940
Days lived
31,701
Mick Ralphs🇬🇧
deceasedBritish guitarist · 1944–2025
Days lived
29,669
Nagisa Ōshima🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese film director and screenwriter (1932–2013) · 1932–2013
Days lived
29,510
Noh Hong-chul🇰🇷
entrepreneur · b. 1979
Octavio Paz🇲🇽
deceasedphilosopher · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,700
Oleksandr Turchynov🇺🇦
politician · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Omar Bliadze🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1942–2022
Days lived
29,484
Otto von Knobelsdorff🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1886–1966
Days lived
29,423
Ove Johansson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1948–2023) · 1948–2023
Days lived
27,576
Patrick Leahy🇺🇸
politician · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
Robert Brasillach🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1909–1945
Days lived
13,096
Rolf Becker🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1935–2025
Days lived
33,129
Sophie Hunger🇨🇭
Swiss singer-songwriter · b. 1983
Sylvester Groth🇩🇪
German actor and tenor · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Thomas Batuello🇺🇸
American actor and musician · b. 1994
Tõnno Lepmets🇷🇺
deceasedEstonian basketball player (1938–2005) · 1938–2005
Days lived
24,559
Victoria Smurfit🇮🇪
Irish actress · b. 1974
Viktar Ilyin🇧🇾
deceasedSoviet and Belarusian scientist, rector of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (1973-2000) · 1930–2023
Days lived
34,143
Yanin Vismitananda🇹🇭
Thai actress and martial artist · b. 1984
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Ze Frank🇺🇸
artist · b. 1972
Died on This Day
Albert Friedrich Speer🇩🇪
deceasedarchitect (1863–1947) · 1863–1947
Days lived
30,644
Christian Morgenstern🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1871–1914
Days lived
15,669
Claus Jurichs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and voice actor (1935-2005) · 1935–2005
Days lived
25,571
Eleanor Marx
deceasedEnglish-born activist and daughter of Karl Marx (1855–1898) · 1855–1898
Days lived
15,780
Emil von Behring
deceasedGerman physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin · 1854–1917
Days lived
23,026
Friedrich Hund🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1896–1997
Days lived
36,945
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Hans Fischer🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1881–1945
Days lived
23,257
Hector Hodler🇨🇭
deceasedjournalist · 1887–1920
Days lived
11,869
Hedwig Schlichter🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actress (1898-1984) · 1898–1984
Days lived
31,232
Imre Kertész🇭🇺
deceasedjournalist · 1929–2016
Days lived
31,554
John Donne🌍
deceasedPoet
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Klaus Tschira🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1940–2015
Days lived
27,142
Magda Watts🇭🇺
deceasedartist · 1929–2019
Days lived
32,885
Pablo Escandón🇲🇽
deceasedmilitary person · 1856–1926
Days lived
25,532
Reimar Lüst🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astrophysicist (1923-2020) · 1923–2020
Days lived
35,436
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Rob Stolk
deceasedartist · 1946–2001
Days lived
20,156
Selena🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1971–1995
Days lived
8,750
Tonny van Lierop
deceasedfield hockey player (1910–1982) · 1910–1982
Days lived
26,126
Walter Schellenberg🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1910–1952
Days lived
15,415
Zaha Hadid🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1950–2016
Days lived
23,893
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
42,092
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
49,763
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
47,936
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,633
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,206
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,648
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,614
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,248
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,692
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,344
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,143
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,657
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,675
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,344
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,696
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,239
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,149
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,126
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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