On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 19 1968
Born on This Day
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Ali Khamenei🇮🇷
politician · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
Bram Lomans
field hockey player · b. 1975
Brett J. Gladman🇨🇦
Canadian astronomer · b. 1966
Days alive
731
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Candace Parker🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1986
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Carmen Lúcia🇧🇷
Brazilian judge (1954) · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Claus Theo Gärtner🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Django Asül
Turkish-German actor and comedian (born 1972) · b. 1972
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Dudley Moore
deceasedactor · 1935–2002
Days lived
24,449
Duilio Loi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian boxer (1929–2008) · 1929–2008
Days lived
28,765
Filip Jícha🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1982
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Frank Elstner🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
Gad Elmaleh🇨🇦
Moroccan-Canadian comedian and actor · b. 1971
Giorgi Vazagashvili🇬🇪
Georgian judoka · b. 1974
Glenn T. Seaborg🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist (1912–1999) · 1912–1999
Days lived
31,723
Gustavo Petro
Notable Trials · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
James Franco🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1978
Jeff Wilkins🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1972
Jing Boran🇨🇳
Actor · b. 1989
Joachim Sauer🇩🇪
chemist · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Jürgen Serke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and writer (1938–2024) · 1938–2024
Days lived
31,406
Jutta Koether🇩🇪
musician · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Kate Hudson🇺🇸
singer · b. 1979
Klaus Thunemann🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1937–2025
Days lived
32,274
Kobbie Mainoo
association football player · b. 2005
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Lotte Ulbricht🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1903-2002) · 1903–2002
Days lived
36,137
Maria Sharapova🇷🇺
Russian tennis player · b. 1987
Midde Hamrin🇸🇪
Swedish long-distance runner · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Mika Kojonkoski🇫🇮
Finnish ski jumper and coach · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
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Mswati III
King of Eswatini · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Mukesh Ambani
Chairman of Reliance Industries · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Nicolas Maurice-Belay🇫🇷
football player · b. 1985
Oliver Welke🇩🇪
German television presenter and comedian · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Patrycia Ziółkowska🇩🇪
Polish German actress · b. 1979
Reinhard Bonnke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Pentecostal evangelist (1940–2019) · 1940–2019
Days lived
29,086
Róbert Horling🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1931–1992
Days lived
22,397
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Roberto Carlos🇧🇷
Singer · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Sara Simeoni🇮🇹
Italian high jumper · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
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Suge Knight🇺🇸
American record producer and music executive · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Susan Polgar🇭🇺
writer · b. 1969
Theodor Liebknecht🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1870-1948) · 1870–1948
Days lived
28,385
Tim Curry🇺🇸
singer · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Vicente López
deceasedNicaraguan baseball player (1945-2010) · 1945–2010
Days lived
23,915
Yoshiaki Numata🇯🇵
former world Junior Lightweight boxing champion · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Died on This Day
Aaron Hernandez🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican convicted murderer and football player (1989-2017) · 1989–2017
Days lived
10,026
Allan Travers🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1892–1968) · 1892–1968
Days lived
27,740
Dave Mason🇬🇧
deceasedSinger-songwriter · 1946–2026
Days lived
29,199
Ernest Lewis🇬🇧
deceasedBritish tennis player (1867-1930) · 1867–1930
Days lived
23,024
Gustav Scheck🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1901–1984
Days lived
30,130
Hans Kelsen🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian lawyer (1881–1973) · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,427
Hugo Winckler
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1863–1913) · 1863–1913
Days lived
18,186
József Révay🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1902–1945
Days lived
15,522
Karl Weule🇩🇪
deceasedGerman geographer and ethnologist (1864–1926) · 1864–1926
Days lived
22,694
Konrad Adenauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU · 1876–1967
Days lived
33,341
Norberto Font y Sagué🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish geologist (1873–1910) · 1873–1910
Days lived
13,362
Octavio Paz🇲🇽
deceasedphilosopher · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,700
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Patricio Aylwin🇨🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1918–2016
Days lived
35,574
Peter Lee Lawrence
deceasedGerman actor (1944-1974) · 1944–1974
Days lived
11,015
Rudolf Wacker🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian painter (1893-1939) · 1893–1939
Days lived
16,853
Szaniszló Kühn🇭🇺
deceased(1895–1970) · 1895–1970
Days lived
27,464
Tilahun Gessesse🇪🇹
deceasedEthiopian musician (1940-2009) · 1940–2009
Days lived
25,039
Väinö Tanner🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland (1881–1966) · 1881–1966
Days lived
31,083
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
42,111
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
49,782
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
47,955
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,652
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,225
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,667
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,633
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,267
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,711
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,363
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,162
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,676
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,694
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,363
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,715
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,258
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,168
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,145
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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