On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 26 1968
Born on This Day
Andreas Elsholz🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1972
Bernhard Kontarsky🇩🇪
musician · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
Blutonium Boy🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1970
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Bruno Grougi🇫🇷
football player · b. 1983
Carl Einstein🇪🇸
deceasedGerman art historian (1885-1940) · 1885–1940
Days lived
20,158
Carol Burnett🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1933
Days alive
12,784
Casey Legler🇫🇷
artist · b. 1977
Channing Tatum
actor · b. 1980
Christoph Silber🇩🇪
German screenwriter, film producer and film director · b. 1971
Cristina do Rego🇧🇷
German-Brazilian actress · b. 1986
Debra Wilson
Actor · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Dietmar Hopp🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
Eddie Eagan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer and bobsledder (1897-1967) · 1897–1967
Days lived
25,615
Ernst Udet🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1896–1941
Days lived
16,640
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Eva Löbau🇩🇪
actor · b. 1972
Frank Steketee🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player · 1900–1951
Days lived
18,871
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Giancarlo Esposito🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
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Giorgia🇮🇹
Italian singer-songwriter · b. 1971
Grazjyna Engelbrecht🇿🇦
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1982
Henry Morgenthau🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1856–1946
Days lived
33,084
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I. M. Pei🇺🇸
deceasedChinese-American architect (1917–2019) · 1917–2019
Days lived
37,275
Irena Skwierczyńska🇵🇱
deceasedactress (1897-1984) · 1897–1984
Days lived
31,795
Jackie Robinson🇺🇸
deceasedBasketball player · 1927–2022
Days lived
34,622
Jean Vigo🇫🇷
deceasedFrench film director (1905–1934) · 1905–1934
Days lived
10,754
Jet Li🇸🇬
athlete · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
John Isner🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1985
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Jonathan dos Santos🇪🇸
football player · b. 1990
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Kane🇺🇸
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Kevin James🇺🇸
actor · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Kiyooki Nakanishi🇯🇵
Japanese baseball player · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Kosuke Fukudome🇯🇵
film director · b. 1977
Kubanychbek Jumaliyev
former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Manfred Korfmann🇩🇪
deceasedTurkish-German archaeologist (1942–2005) · 1942–2005
Days lived
23,118
Marga Höffgen🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1921–1995
Days lived
27,100
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Maria Kulle🇸🇪
actor · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
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Marlon King🇬🇧
football player · b. 1980
Melania Trump🇾🇺
Model · b. 1970
Michael Hermanussen🇩🇪
German anthropologist · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Olaf Henriksen🇺🇸
deceasedDanish-American baseball player (1888-1962) · 1888–1962
Days lived
27,201
Otto zur Linde🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1873–1938) · 1873–1938
Days lived
23,671
Ours🇫🇷
French singer · b. 1978
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Pablo Schreiber🇨🇦
actor · b. 1978
Paul Verner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1911-1986) · 1911–1986
Days lived
27,624
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Renate Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1906–1937) · 1906–1937
Days lived
11,487
Rudolf Hess
deceasedNotable Trials · 1894–1987
Days lived
34,080
Sean Rodriguez🇺🇸
American professional baseball player · b. 1985
Sigrid Hunke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer and SS personnel (1913–1999) · 1913–1999
Days lived
31,461
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Stone Johnson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican sprinter and football player (1940-1963) · 1940–1963
Days lived
8,535
Ugo Pirro🇮🇹
deceasedjournalist · 1920–2008
Days lived
32,043
Ulli Wegner🇩🇪
German boxer and sports coach · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
Vlado Kalember🇭🇷
singer · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Yuliya Zaripova🇷🇺
Russian middle-distance runner · b. 1986
Died on This Day
Broderick Crawford
deceasedOscar Winners · 1911–1986
Days lived
27,167
Carl Bosch🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1874–1940
Days lived
23,983
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Count Basie🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz musician and composer (1904–1984) · 1904–1984
Days lived
29,103
Doris Stauffer🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss artist (1934-2017) · 1934–2017
Days lived
30,230
Dragotin Kette
deceasedwriter · 1876–1899
Days lived
8,498
Hans Kehrl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Nazi economic functionary and convicted war criminal (1900-1984) · 1900–1984
Days lived
30,546
Harry Warner Frantz🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1891–1982
Days lived
33,044
Hasil Adkins🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1937-2005) · 1937–2005
Days lived
24,834
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Hermann von Keyserling🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1880–1946
Days lived
24,020
Jonathan Demme🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1944–2017
Days lived
26,727
Kang Gyeong-ae
deceasedKorean writer, novelist and poet (1906–1944) · 1907–1944
Days lived
13,521
Lucille Ball🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1911–1989) · 1911–1989
Days lived
28,388
Moïse Brou Apanga🇨🇮
deceasedGabonese footballer (1982-2017) · 1982–2017
Days lived
12,865
Ronald Cecil Gates🇦🇺
deceasedwriter · 1923–2018
Days lived
34,807
Ruth Hellberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1906–2001) · 1906–2001
Days lived
34,509
Sandro Lopopolo🇮🇹
deceasedItalian boxer (1939–2014) · 1939–2014
Days lived
27,158
Sigmund Rascher🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Schutzstaffel doctor (1909–1945) · 1909–1945
Days lived
13,222
Walter Curt Behrendt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-American architect · 1884–1945
Days lived
22,045
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
42,118
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
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
Wang Zi-Ping🇨🇳
deceasedathlete · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,602
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
49,789
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
47,962
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,659
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,232
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,674
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,640
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,274
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,718
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,370
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,169
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,683
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,701
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,370
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,722
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,265
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,175
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,152
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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