On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 12 1968
Born on This Day
Alexander Ulyanov
deceasedNotable Trials · 1866–1887
Days lived
7,708
Armin Mohler🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss far-right political philosopher (1920–2003) · 1920–2003
Days lived
30,398
Arsen Mekokishvili
deceasedathlete · 1912–1972
Days lived
21,879
August Endell🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1871–1925
Days lived
19,726
Benjamín González🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish middle-distance runner (1958-2011) · 1958–2011
Days lived
19,413
Blerim Destani🇩🇪
actor · b. 1981
Cam Sinclair🇦🇺
Australian motocross rider · b. 1984
Claudia Jung🇩🇪
singer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
David L. Beck🇺🇸
General Authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
David Letterman
television presenter · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Ed O'Neill🇺🇸
American actor (born 1946) · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Emil Vorster🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1910–1976
Days lived
24,135
Erik Mongrain🇨🇦
Canadian composer and guitarist · b. 1980
Ernest Borneman🇦🇹
deceased(1915-1995) German crime writer, filmmaker, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, psychoanalyst, sexologist, communist agitator, jazz musician and critic · 1915–1995
Days lived
29,273
Evelyn Berezin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1925–2018) · 1925–2018
Days lived
34,208
Frankie Masters🇺🇸
deceasedbig band leader (1904-1991) · 1904–1991
Days lived
31,703
Franklin Gene Bissell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football coach (1926-2016) · 1926–2016
Days lived
32,798
Frida Schuhmacher🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1892–1964) · 1892–1964
Days lived
26,430
Fritz Arlt🇩🇪
deceasedNazi military personnel (1912-2004) · 1912–2004
Days lived
33,612
Georg Wiarda🇩🇪
deceasedGerman mathematician and chess player (1889–1971) · 1889–1971
Days lived
29,925
Gérard Herter🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1920–2007
Days lived
31,711
Gregory Russ🇳🇿
New Zealand field hockey player · b. 1971
Hans Rothfels🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1891–1976
Days lived
31,117
Harel Moyal🇮🇱
singer · b. 1981
Harold Lockwood🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1887–1918) · 1887–1918
Days lived
11,512
Herbie Hancock🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
Hermann Hoth
deceasedNotable Trials · 1885–1971
Days lived
31,333
Imogen Cunningham🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1883–1976
Days lived
34,040
Isabel Marant🇫🇷
French designer (born 1967) · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Jacob Zuma
politician · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
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John Kay🇺🇸
American rock musician · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
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Joschka Fischer🇩🇪
politician · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Joyce Banda
4th President of Malawi · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Karel Kryl
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1944–1994
Days lived
18,222
Lisa Gerrard🇦🇺
singer · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Marcello Lippi🇮🇹
football player · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Montserrat Caballé
deceasedNotable Trials · 1933–2018
Days lived
31,223
Movita Castaneda🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1916–2015) · 1916–2015
Days lived
36,100
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Nils-Olav Johansen🇳🇴
singer · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Princess Viktoria of Prussia🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1866–1929
Days lived
23,225
Rafael Albuquerque🇧🇷
Brazilian comic book creator · b. 1981
Raymond Barre🇫🇷
deceased85th Prime Minister of France (1924-2007) · 1924–2007
Days lived
30,450
Robert Delaunay🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter (1885–1941) · 1885–1941
Days lived
20,649
Roman Dzeneladze🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1933–1966
Days lived
12,052
Rudolf Ramek🇦🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1881–1941
Days lived
22,017
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Salam Fayyad🇺🇸
Palestinian politician, Former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority under President Abbas · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Sehun (Oh Se-hun)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (EXO) · b. 1994
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Shintaro Fujinami🇯🇵
film director · b. 1994
Stephan Baeck🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Suzanna von Nathusius🇵🇱
Polish child TV actress · b. 2000
Theodore Wharton🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director (1875-1931) · 1875–1931
Days lived
20,683
Tim Walberg🇺🇸
American politician (born 1951) · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Toby Gad🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Yannick Sagbo🇫🇷
football player · b. 1988
Yefim Kopelyan
deceasedSoviet actor (1912-1975) · 1912–1975
Days lived
22,973
Died on This Day
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Adolfo Hohenstein🇩🇪
deceasedpainter and decorative artist (1854-1928) · 1854–1928
Days lived
27,053
Alberts Šeibelis🇱🇻
deceasedfootball player · 1906–1972
Days lived
23,849
Alois Musil
deceasedCzech theologian, orientalist and explorer (1868–1944) · 1868–1944
Days lived
27,679
August Rodenberg🇺🇸
deceasedathlete · 1873–1933
Days lived
21,810
Avtandil Koridze🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1935–1966
Days lived
11,320
C. W. Ceram🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1915–1972
Days lived
20,902
Carl Jaffe🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1902-1974) · 1902–1974
Days lived
26,320
Clemens Wilmenrod🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1906–1967
Days lived
22,177
Dieter Eppler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1927–2008) · 1927–2008
Days lived
29,646
Dominic Frimpong🇬🇭
deceasedAssociation football player · 2005–2026
Days lived
7,532
Doug Turnbull🇺🇸
deceasedlacrosse player (1903–1993) · 1903–1993
Days lived
32,771
Edvard Magnus Rodhe🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish bishop (1878-1954) · 1878–1954
Days lived
27,509
Feodor Chaliapin🇺🇸
deceasedRussian opera singer and actor (1873-1938) · 1873–1938
Days lived
23,798
Franz Pfeffer von Salomon🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1888–1968
Days lived
29,272
Heinrich Nordhoff🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1899–1968
Days lived
25,298
Hermann Dessau🇩🇪
deceasedGerman ancient historian and epigrapher (1856–1931) · 1856–1931
Days lived
27,398
Josephine Baker🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1906–1975
Days lived
25,150
Lionel Logue🇦🇺
deceasedscientist · 1880–1953
Days lived
26,708
Michael Scott
deceasedActor · 1945–2025
Days lived
29,280
Miroslav Tichý🇨🇿
deceasedCzech photographer and painter (1926-2011) · 1926–2011
Days lived
30,824
Nathaniel Peffer🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1890–1964
Days lived
26,949
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Olga Fikotová🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1932–2024
Days lived
33,388
Otto Neumann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman sprinter (1902-1990) · 1902–1990
Days lived
32,004
Sascha Hupmann🇩🇪
deceasedbasketball player · 1970–2020
Days lived
18,254
Sitara Achakzai🇩🇪
deceasedAfghan women's rights activist (1957–2009) · 1957–2009
Days lived
19,094
Sugar Ray Robinson
deceasedboxer · 1921–1989
Days lived
24,816
Tim Brooke-Taylor🇬🇧
deceasedActor · 1940–2020
Days lived
29,124
Werner Schroeter🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1945–2010
Days lived
23,746
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
42,104
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
49,775
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
47,948
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,645
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,218
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,660
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,626
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,260
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,704
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,356
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,155
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,669
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,687
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,356
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,708
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,251
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,161
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,138
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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