On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 10 1968
Born on This Day
Alexander Mar Thoma🇮🇳
deceasedIndian bishop (1913–2000) · 1913–2000
Days lived
31,687
Aliko Dangote
businessperson · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Aziza🇷🇺
Uzbek–Russian singer-songwriter · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
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Bobby Dixon🇺🇸
Turkish-American basketball player (born 1983) · b. 1983
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Carole Goble🇬🇧
British computer scientist · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Daisy Ridley🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1992
Daniel Goudineau🇫🇷
chief executive officer · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
David Harbour
Actor · b. 1975
Dominick Guinn🇺🇸
American boxer · b. 1975
Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1892-1965) · 1892–1965
Days lived
26,916
Fredi Lerch🇨🇭
Swiss journalist · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
George Arliss
deceasedOscar Winners · 1868–1946
Days lived
28,424
Georgi Kandelaki🇬🇪
athlete · b. 1974
Hans-Hermann Tiedje🇩🇪
German journalist and television presenter · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Henning Wehn🇩🇪
German comedian · b. 1974
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Hsu Ming-chieh🇹🇼
film director · b. 1985
Jean-Pierre Rabatel🇫🇷
French draughts player · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Jean-Pol Martin🇫🇷
writer · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Katrina Leskanich🇺🇸
singer · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Kornél Sámuel
deceasedHungarian sculptor (1883–1914) · 1883–1914
Days lived
11,497
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Mandy Moore🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1984
Marco da Silva🇵🇹
French and Portuguese footballer · b. 1992
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Maren Morris🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1990
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Mark Oliver Everett🇺🇸
singer · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Michael Mayr🇦🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1864–1922
Days lived
21,224
Percy Liza
association football player · b. 2000
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Piero Tosi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian costume designer (1927—2019) · 1927–2019
Days lived
33,725
Q-Tip🇺🇸
rapper · b. 1970
Richard Wagner🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1952–2023
Days lived
25,905
Sophie Ellis-Bextor🇬🇧
singer · b. 1979
Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss🇦🇹
communication scholar · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Stephanie Gehrlein🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1982
Steven Seagal🇺🇸
musician · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Thomas Heurtel🇫🇷
French basketball player · b. 1989
Tropf🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1976
Vladimir Lenin
deceasedNotable Trials · 1870–1924
Days lived
19,643
Werner Kubitzki🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1915-1994) · 1915–1994
Days lived
29,040
Died on This Day
Adolf Wallenberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman neurologist (1862–1949) · 1862–1949
Days lived
31,562
Alfred Goldscheider🇩🇪
deceasedGerman neurologist (1858–1935) · 1858–1935
Days lived
28,007
Bringfried Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman association football player (1931-2016) · 1931–2016
Days lived
31,119
Francis Jones
deceasedBritish physicist · 1914–1988
Days lived
27,113
Franco Valle🇮🇹
deceasedboxer (1940-2003) · 1940–2003
Days lived
23,065
George Genereux🇨🇦
deceasedathlete · 1935–1989
Days lived
19,764
Gerhard Schrader🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1903–1990
Days lived
31,821
Gloria Dickson🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1917–1945
Days lived
10,102
Henryk Średnicki🇵🇱
deceasedAmateur boxer from Poland (1955-2016) · 1955–2016
Days lived
22,364
Hermann Eppenhoff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer and manager (1919–1992) · 1919–1992
Days lived
26,625
Judith Malina🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1926–2015
Days lived
32,452
Kahlil Gibran
deceasedphilosopher · 1883–1931
Days lived
17,625
Karl Bitter🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1867–1920
Days lived
19,118
Kevin Peter Hall🇺🇸
deceasedathlete · 1955–1991
Days lived
13,120
Lech Kaczyński🇵🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1949–2010
Days lived
22,211
Linda Hopkins🇺🇸
deceasedAfrican American actress and blues and gospel singer (1924-2017) · 1924–2017
Days lived
33,720
Martin Schwarzschild🇺🇸
deceasedGerman astronomer (1912-1997) · 1912–1997
Days lived
30,995
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Michael Curtiz🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian-American director (1886–1962) · 1886–1962
Days lived
27,499
O. J. Simpson
deceasedNotable Trials · 1947–2024
Days lived
28,035
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin🇫🇷
deceasedFrench philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist · 1881–1955
Days lived
27,006
Przemysław Gosiewski🇵🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1964–2010
Days lived
16,769
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Roland Rainer🇦🇹
deceasedarchitect from Austria (1910-2004) · 1910–2004
Days lived
34,313
Rudolf Bergander
deceasedGerman artist (1909–1970) · 1909–1970
Days lived
22,238
Stuart Sutcliffe🇬🇧
deceasedScottish painter and musician better known as the original bass guitarist of the English rock band the Beatles (1940–1962) · 1940–1962
Days lived
7,961
Walter Stöhrer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1937-2000) · 1937–2000
Days lived
23,096
Wilhelm Franz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman businessman (1913-1971) · 1913–1971
Days lived
21,084
Wilhelm Külz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1875-1948) · 1875–1948
Days lived
26,714
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
42,102
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
49,773
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
47,946
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,643
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,216
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,658
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,624
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,258
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,702
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,354
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,153
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,667
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,685
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,354
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,706
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,249
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,159
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,136
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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