On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 18 1968
Born on This Day
Abd-ru-shin
deceasedwriter · 1875–1941
Days lived
24,338
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Alia Shawkat🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1989
Alina Margolis-Edelman🇵🇱
deceasedPolish physician (1922-2008) · 1922–2008
Days lived
31,386
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Álvaro Rubio🇪🇸
football player · b. 1979
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Audrey Tang🇹🇼
politician · b. 1981
Brian Buscher🇺🇸
film director · b. 1981
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Christian Menefee🇺🇸
Politician · b. 1988
Conan O'Brien🇺🇸
Television presenter · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Derrick Brooks🇺🇸
American football player and executive (born 1973) · b. 1973
Eli Roth🇺🇸
Film producer · b. 1972
Erwin Gehrts🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1890-1943) · 1890–1943
Days lived
19,290
Esther Schweins🇩🇪
actor · b. 1970
Friedrich von Thiersch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1852-1921) · 1852–1921
Days lived
25,449
GoonRock🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1975
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia🇷🇺
deceasedartist · 1890–1958
Days lived
25,075
Günter Meisner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1926–1994) · 1926–1994
Days lived
25,068
Hartmut Griesmayr🇩🇪
German film director and screenwriter · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Ivan Ljavinec
deceasedCatholic bishop (1923–2012) · 1923–2012
Days lived
32,743
Jeff Dunham🇺🇸
American ventriloquist and comedian · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
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Jerzy Stuhr🇵🇱
deceasedPolish film and theater actor and screenwriter (1947–2024) · 1947–2024
Days lived
28,207
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Jessica Lu🇺🇸
American actress · b. 1985
Johanna Loisinger🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1865–1951
Days lived
31,503
Karim Abdul Razak🇬🇭
Ghanaian football manager and former player · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Karl Färber🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1888-1979) · 1888–1979
Days lived
33,223
Kourtney Kardashian
model · b. 1979
Ludwig Levy
deceasedGerman Jewish architect (1854-1907) whose wife Flora was killed in the Theresienstadt concentration camp · 1854–1907
Days lived
19,583
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Łukasz Fabiański🇵🇱
football player · b. 1985
Michael D. Higgins🇮🇪
politician · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Michael Felke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman furniture manufacturer (1895-1977) · 1895–1977
Days lived
29,940
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Milan Jovanović🇷🇸
football player · b. 1981
Neo Rauch🇩🇪
German painter (born 1960) · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Oldřich Machač🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1946–2011
Days lived
23,855
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Olivier Besancenot🇫🇷
French politician · b. 1974
Robert Hanssen
deceasedFormer FBI Agent · 1944–2023
Days lived
28,902
Robert Kelker-Kelly🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1964–2026
Days lived
22,813
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley🇬🇧
Model · b. 1987
Ruth Ogbeifo🇳🇬
Nigerian weightlifter · b. 1972
Tadeusz Mazowiecki🇵🇱
deceasedPolish politician and prime minister (1927-2013) · 1927–2013
Days lived
31,605
Teddy Sadaoui🇫🇷
French rugby league footballer · b. 1983
Thomas Haffa🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Wend von Wietersheim🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1900–1975
Days lived
27,547
Zazie🇫🇷
singer-songwriter · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Zeki Alasya
deceasedTurkish actor and director (1943–2015) · 1943–2015
Days lived
26,318
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Died on This Day
Albert Einstein🇩🇪
deceasedTheoretical physicist · 1879–1955
Days lived
27,793
Arthur Böckenhauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician and judge (1899-1953) · 1899–1953
Days lived
19,575
Benny Hill🇬🇧
deceasedBritish comedian and actor (1924–1992) · 1924–1992
Days lived
24,925
Boris Nikiforovich Zolotych🇷🇺
deceasedRussian technician, specialist in electrophysical methods of metalworkers, publications in the field · 1920–2008
Days lived
32,234
Dick Clark
deceasedactor · 1929–2012
Days lived
30,090
Ernie Pyle🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1900–1945
Days lived
16,329
Frank Dostal🇩🇪
deceasedrapper · 1945–2017
Days lived
26,056
Gert Schramm🇩🇪
deceasedBlack German concentration camp survivor; the only black prisoner at Buchenwald concentration camp (1928–2016) · 1928–2016
Days lived
31,918
Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock🇩🇪
deceasedGerman World War II U-boat captain (1911-1986) · 1911–1986
Days lived
27,157
Heinz Radzikowski🇩🇪
deceasedWest German field hockey player (1925-2017) · 1925–2017
Days lived
33,461
John M. Oesterreicher🇦🇹
deceasedCatholic priest, academic and author (1904–1993) · 1904–1993
Days lived
32,583
Jozef Tiso🇭🇺
deceasedSlovak politician, priest and president of the Slovak Republic from 1939 to 1945 · 1887–1947
Days lived
21,736
József Kő
deceasedmodel · 1902–1956
Days lived
19,828
Ken Jones🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh sprinter and rugby union footballer (1921-2006) · 1921–2006
Days lived
30,790
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Max von Gallwitz🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1852–1937
Days lived
31,031
Pierre Desproges🇫🇷
deceasedjournalist · 1939–1988
Days lived
17,877
Wahoo McDaniel🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and professional wrestler (1938-2002) · 1938–2002
Days lived
23,314
Werner Schumacher🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1921-2004) · 1921–2004
Days lived
30,300
William, Prince of Albania
deceasedmilitary person · 1876–1945
Days lived
25,224
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
42,110
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
49,781
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
47,954
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,651
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,224
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,666
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,632
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,266
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,710
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,362
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,161
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,675
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,693
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,362
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,714
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,257
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,167
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,144
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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