On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 4 1968
Events on This Day
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Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr.
Born on This Day
Aiden McGeady🇬🇧
football player · b. 1986
Alison Bales🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1985
Andrei Tarkovsky🇮🇹
deceasedactor · 1932–1986
Days lived
19,992
Angelica Domröse🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Armin Rohde🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Azim Isabekov
Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Bassam Tibi🇩🇪
Syrian-German social and political scientist and university lecturer · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Bill Tarmey🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1941–2012
Days lived
26,152
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Bruno Lechowski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish-born painter and musician · 1887–1941
Days lived
19,918
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César Keiser🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss actor (1925-2007) · 1925–2007
Days lived
29,912
Christian Danner🇩🇪
German race car driver · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Clint Didier🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Clive Davis🇺🇸
Music Executive · b. 1932
Days alive
13,149
Craig T. Nelson🇺🇸
American actor and comedian (born 1944) · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Eberhard von Gemmingen🇩🇪
Radio executive · b. 1936
Days alive
11,688
Ernst Dernburg🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1887–1960
Days lived
26,754
Francesco De Gregori🇮🇹
singer-songwriter · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Gary Moore🇬🇧
deceasedNorthern Irish musician (1952–2011) · 1952–2011
Days lived
21,492
Gil Hodges🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1924–1972
Days lived
17,530
Graham Norton🇮🇪
journalist · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Greg Garcia🇺🇸
American television writer, producer and director (born 1970) · b. 1970
Guy Teissier🇫🇷
politician · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Hanns Klemm🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1885–1961
Days lived
27,784
Heath Ledger🇦🇺
deceasedactor · 1979–2008
Days lived
10,520
Hugo Weaving🇬🇧
British actor · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Iñigo Larrinaga🇪🇸
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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Jack Del Rio🇺🇸
American football player and coach (born 1963) · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
James Roday Rodriguez🇺🇸
actor · b. 1976
Jamie Lynn Spears🇺🇸
singer · b. 1991
Jeff Parker🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Jerzy Kluger🇵🇱
deceasedPolish Jewish businessman (1921–2011) · 1921–2011
Days lived
33,143
Jörg Moukaddam🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1967
Days alive
366
József Bolla🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1943–2006
Days lived
23,214
Karl Obermayr🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1931–1985
Days lived
19,784
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1892–1979) · 1892–1979
Days lived
31,807
Kenzō Awa🇯🇵
deceasedathlete · 1880–1939
Days lived
21,514
Larry Miller🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player · 1946–2025
Days lived
28,892
Mathias Goeritz🇲🇽
deceasedMexican artist (1915-1990) · 1915–1990
Days lived
27,516
Max Bock🇩🇪
deceasedBaltic German judge and politician (1885-1948) · 1885–1948
Days lived
22,916
Maya Angelou🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1928–2014
Days lived
31,465
Michael Ruetz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1940–2024) · 1940–2024
Days lived
30,923
Muddy Waters🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1913–1983
Days lived
25,593
Otto Pünter🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss journalist (1900-1988) · 1900–1988
Days lived
32,334
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Robert Downey Jr.🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
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Rosemarie Ackermann🇩🇪
German former high jumper · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Samuel Wilson🇨🇳
football player · b. 1983
Sándor Mikó🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian artist · 1927–2014
Days lived
31,757
Sergey Zhuk🇺🇦
deceasedscientist · 1892–1957
Days lived
23,706
Shing-Tung Yau🇺🇸
American mathematician from Hong Kong · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Simone Thomaschinski🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1970
Tomislav Kiš🇭🇷
football player · b. 1994
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Václav Čtvrtek🇨🇿
deceasedCzech poet and writer (1911–1976) · 1911–1976
Days lived
23,958
Wolfgang Hünnekens🇩🇪
German television presenter and businessman · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Xenia Seeberg🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Died on This Day
Anja Niedringhaus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photojournalist (1965–2014) · 1965–2014
Days lived
17,706
Assis Chateaubriand🇧🇷
deceasedentrepreneur · 1892–1968
Days lived
27,575
C. R. Smith🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican airline executive and deputy commander of the Air Transport Command during World War II (1899–1990) · 1899–1990
Days lived
33,079
Donald Baechler🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican painter and sculptor (1956–2022) · 1956–2022
Days lived
23,874
Eckhard Dagge🇩🇪
deceasedAmerican boxer (1948–2006) · 1948–2006
Days lived
21,221
Ed Roth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican artist, cartoonist and custom car painter (1932-2001) · 1932–2001
Days lived
25,233
Eldred G. Smith🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican Leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1907-2013) · 1907–2013
Days lived
38,802
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George Wood🇺🇸
deceasedprofessional baseball player (1858-1924) · 1858–1924
Days lived
23,887
Guy Chamberlin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and coach (1894-1967) · 1894–1967
Days lived
26,740
Hansi Niese🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1875–1934
Days lived
21,329
Héctor Scarone🇺🇾
deceasedUruguayan footballer (1898-1967) · 1898–1967
Days lived
24,965
Jumabek Ibraimov
deceasedKyrgyz politician (1944-1999) · 1944–1999
Days lived
20,182
Jürgen Thorwald🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1915-2006) · 1915–2006
Days lived
33,033
Karen Spärck Jones🇬🇧
deceasedBritish computer scientist (1935–2007) · 1935–2007
Days lived
26,154
Kate Bosse-Griffiths🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh-German Egyptologist (1910–1998) · 1910–1998
Days lived
32,039
Martin Luther King Jr.🇺🇸
deceasedCivil rights leader and minister · 1929–1968
Days lived
14,324
Maximilian Fretter-Pico🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1892–1984
Days lived
33,660
Roger Ebert🇺🇸
deceasedScreenwriter · 1942–2013
Days lived
25,858
Roy Smeck🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican virtuoso guitarist, banjoist and ukulele player (1900–1994) · 1900–1994
Days lived
34,390
Victoria of Baden🇸🇪
deceasedQueen consort of Sweden (1907-1930) · 1862–1930
Days lived
24,711
Wilhelm Dörr🇩🇪
deceasedGerman discus thrower (1881-1955) · 1881–1955
Days lived
26,780
Wilhelm Ostwald🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1853–1932
Days lived
28,703
Woody Crumbo🇺🇸
deceasedPotawatomi artist from Oklahoma (1912-1989) · 1912–1989
Days lived
28,198
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Xaver Terofal
deceasedactor · 1862–1940
Days lived
28,563
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
deceasedNotable Trials · 1928–1979
Days lived
18,717
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
42,096
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
49,767
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
47,940
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,637
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,210
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,652
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,618
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,252
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,696
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,348
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,147
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,661
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,679
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,348
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,700
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,243
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,153
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,130
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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