On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 6 1968
Born on This Day
Alexi Amarista🇻🇪
film director · b. 1989
Andrew Weatherall🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish DJ, record producer, and remixer (1963-2020) · 1963–2020
Days lived
20,771
Anita Pallenberg🇮🇹
deceasedGerman-Italian actress, model and muse of the Rolling Stones · 1942–2017
Days lived
27,462
Anthony Fokker🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1890–1939
Days lived
18,157
Barys Kit🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1910–2018
Days lived
39,383
Beatrice Capra🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1992
Black Francis🇺🇸
singer · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Bruce Reihana🇳🇿
New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1976
Carlos Rasch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1932-2021) · 1932–2021
Days lived
32,418
Carlton Mitchell🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1988
Craig Barron🇺🇸
artist · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
David Einhorn🇺🇸
Hedge Fund Manager & Investor · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Dean L. May🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican academic and filmmaker (1938-2003) · 1938–2003
Days lived
23,771
DJ Robin Clark🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1982
Emil Jellinek🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1853–1918
Days lived
23,665
Erich Mühsam🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1878–1934
Days lived
20,548
Ferenc Ottó Lakatos🇭🇺
deceasedmodel · 1865–1942
Days lived
28,172
Francis Wolff🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican record producer · 1907–1971
Days lived
23,347
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
28,124
Fritz Kocher🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss cross-country skier · 1928–2011
Days lived
30,403
Fyodor Druzhinin🇷🇺
deceasedRussian composer and musician (1932–2007) · 1932–2007
Days lived
27,479
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Gerry Mulligan
deceasedcomposer · 1927–1996
Days lived
25,125
Hal Willner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican record producer (1957–2020) · 1956–2020
Days lived
23,377
Heinz Schimmelpfennig🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1919–2010) and radio drama director · 1919–2010
Days lived
33,507
Hermann Dessau🇩🇪
deceasedGerman ancient historian and epigrapher (1856–1931) · 1856–1931
Days lived
27,398
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James Watson🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1928–2025
Days lived
35,643
Jo Leinen🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
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Joël Kiassumbua🇨🇭
football player · b. 1992
John Sculley
Actor · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
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Karsten Heine🇩🇪
German footballer and manager · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
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Kurt Georg Kiesinger🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1904–1988
Days lived
30,653
Lamont Hamilton🇺🇸
American professional basketball player · b. 1984
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Lee Ji-sun🇰🇷
South Korean model · b. 1983
Leonora Carrington🇲🇽
deceasedartist · 1917–2011
Days lived
34,382
Lu Ying-chi
Taiwanese weightlifter · b. 1985
Luis del Sol🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish footballer (1935-2021) · 1935–2021
Days lived
31,487
Markku Lappalainen🇫🇮
musician · b. 1973
Matthias Schloo🇩🇪
actor · b. 1977
Merle Haggard🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1937–2016
Days lived
28,855
Mingyu (Kim Min-gyu)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (SEVENTEEN) · b. 1997
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Myha'la Herrold🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1996
Myleene Klass🇬🇧
singer · b. 1978
Nahuel Molina
association football player · b. 1998
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Oscar Piastri
racing driver · b. 2001
Pablo Rosenberg🇦🇷
Argentinian-born Israeli musician · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Patrick Hernandez🇫🇷
singer-songwriter · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Pedro César Ansa Araiz🇪🇸
basketball player · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Peter Adolf Thiessen🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1899–1990
Days lived
33,205
Petra Kusch-Lück🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Rafael Correa🇪🇨
politician · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Robin Byrd🇺🇸
Pornographic actor · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Robin Swinkels
Dutch chess player · b. 1989
Sandra Lombardi🇮🇹
writer · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Tina Engel🇩🇪
actor · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Trevor Milton
Founder · b. 1982
Udo Dirkschneider🇩🇪
German heavy metal singer · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Valentinas Mikelėnas🇱🇹
Lithuanian lawyer · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Virginia Hall
deceasedOSS Officer · 1906–1982
Days lived
27,852
Washington Rodríguez🇺🇾
deceasedboxer · 1944–2014
Days lived
25,836
Zach Braff🇺🇸
American actor and filmmaker (born 1975) · b. 1975
Died on This Day
Anita Borg🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1949-2003) · 1949–2003
Days lived
19,802
Don Rickles🇺🇸
deceasedStand-up comedian · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,206
Eduard Schönecker🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian athlete (1885-1964) · 1885–1963
Days lived
28,563
Edwin Q. Cannon🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician · 1918–2005
Days lived
31,747
Erich Ohser
deceasedGerman caricaturist and cartoonist (1903–1944) · 1903–1944
Days lived
14,995
Ermenegildo Nucci🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest, historian and art historian (1881–1950) · 1881–1950
Days lived
25,126
Friedrich Ohmann🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect and university educator (1858-1927) · 1858–1927
Days lived
24,942
Hans-Joachim Mack🇩🇪
deceasedGerman army general (1928–2008) · 1928–2008
Days lived
29,227
Heinrich Bulle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1867–1945) · 1867–1945
Days lived
28,240
Heinrich Lübke🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1894–1972
Days lived
28,298
Isaac Asimov🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1920–1992
Days lived
26,393
Károly Ecser🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian weightlifter (1931–2005) · 1931–2005
Days lived
26,830
Luigi Comencini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1916-2007) · 1916–2007
Days lived
33,174
Merle Haggard🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1937–2016
Days lived
28,855
Mickey Rooney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1920–2014) · 1920–2014
Days lived
34,163
Robin Lindsay🇬🇧
deceasedfield hockey player (1914–2011) · 1914–2011
Days lived
35,514
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
42,098
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
49,769
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
47,942
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,639
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,212
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,654
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,620
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,254
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,698
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,350
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,149
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,663
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,681
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,350
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,702
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,245
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,155
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,132
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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