On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
April 28 1968
Born on This Day
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Alfonso Montemayor🇲🇽
deceasedMexican footballer (1922-2012) · 1922–2012
Days lived
33,082
Andrew Mehrtens🇿🇦
New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1973
Armin Schweizer🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss actor (1892-1968) · 1892–1968
Days lived
27,921
Audrius Stonys🇱🇹
Lithuanian documentary filmmaker · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Baron Omar Rolf von Ehrenfels🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian anthropologist (1901–1980) · 1901–1980
Days lived
28,774
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Bruno Apitz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1900-1979) · 1900–1979
Days lived
28,833
Bruno Kirby
deceasedActor · 1949–2006
Days lived
20,927
Chris Kaman🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1982
Custo Dalmau🇪🇸
Spanish fashion designer · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
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David Lindgren🇸🇪
Swedish singer · b. 1982
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Dmitry Zimin🇷🇺
deceasedRussian entrepreneur and researcher (1933–2021) · 1933–2021
Days lived
32,380
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Elena Kagan🇺🇸
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2010 · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Emese Takács🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1978
Frances Hodgkins🇬🇧
deceasedNew Zealand painter (1869–1947) · 1869–1947
Days lived
28,503
Friedrich Weißler
deceasedGerman resistance member (1891–1937) · 1891–1937
Days lived
16,733
Gérard Ernest Schneider🇨🇭
deceasedartist · 1896–1986
Days lived
32,942
Günter Wolf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman military personnel (1926-2013) · 1926–2013
Days lived
31,717
Hans Peter Richter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman author (1925–1993) · 1925–1999
Days lived
27,233
Hans Zehetmayer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian boxer (1909–2000) · 1909–1945
Days lived
13,159
Harry Shum🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1982
Hertha Ayrton🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1854–1923
Days lived
25,318
Howard Donald🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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Ian Murdock🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015) · 1973–2015
Days lived
15,584
Iyeoka Okoawo🇺🇸
American Nigerian singer · b. 1975
Jacques Dutronc🇫🇷
singer-songwriter · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Jakub Klášterka🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1994
Jay Leno🇺🇸
American television host and comedian (born 1950) · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Jennifer Braun🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1991
Jessica Alba
Actress/Founder · b. 1981
Karl Kraus🇦🇹
deceasedYouTube personality · 1874–1936
Days lived
22,690
Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1918–2001) · 1918–2001
Days lived
30,461
Katariina Tuohimaa🇫🇮
Finnish female tennis player · b. 1988
Kim Il-yeop🇰🇷
deceasedjournalist · 1896–1971
Days lived
27,302
Kurt Gödel🇺🇸
deceasedphilosopher · 1906–1978
Days lived
26,194
Larry Yáñez
football player · b. 1981
Lionel Barrymore
deceasedOscar Winners · 1878–1954
Days lived
27,959
Lucas Jakubczyk🇩🇪
German athlete · b. 1985
Markus Beyer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman boxer (1971–2018) · 1971–2018
Days lived
17,386
Melanie Martinez🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1995
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Melissa Fahn🇺🇸
singer · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1976
Nicholas Prokopievich Miholaps🇧🇾
deceasedSoviet ceramic artist, director of the National Art Museum of Belarus (1886-1979) · 1886–1979
Days lived
34,212
Nicola Romeo
deceasedItalian businessman (1876-1938) · 1876–1938
Days lived
22,753
Oskar Schindler
deceasedentrepreneur · 1908–1974
Days lived
24,270
Paul Moerman
Dutch baseball player · b. 1971
Penélope Cruz🇪🇸
actor · b. 1974
Remigiusz Mielcarek🇵🇱
deceasedPolish botanist (1957-2012) · 1957–2012
Days lived
20,293
Rolf Wollner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player (1906–1988) · 1906–1988
Days lived
30,020
Ryokan Kobayashi🇯🇵
film director · b. 1979
Saddam Hussein
deceasedNotable Trials · 1937–2006
Days lived
25,448
Scott Fujita🇺🇸
American football player (born 1979) · b. 1979
Stuart Gillard
Actor · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Theodor Meron🇺🇸
Israeli judge and lawyer · b. 1930
Days alive
13,880
Thomas Jarzombek🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1973
Too Short🇺🇸
American rapper · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Vasant Narhar Phene🇮🇳
deceasedwriter · 1926–2018
Days lived
33,486
Vencelas Dabaya🇫🇷
French weightlifter · b. 1981
Vijessna Ferkic🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1987
Yves Klein🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1928–1962
Days lived
12,457
Died on This Day
Adrian Hoven🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1922–1981
Days lived
21,530
Benito Mussolini
deceasedpolitician · 1883–1945
Days lived
22,553
Brandon Burlsworth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1976-1999) · 1976–1999
Days lived
8,255
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physicist (1912–2007) · 1912–2007
Days lived
34,637
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo🇨🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1877–1960
Days lived
30,126
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Christa Tordy🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1904–1945
Days lived
14,912
Ed Begley
deceasedActor · 1901–1970
Days lived
25,236
Eugen Roth🇩🇪
deceasedGerman poet (1895–1976) · 1895–1976
Days lived
29,679
Francis Bacon🇮🇪
deceasedartist · 1909–1992
Days lived
30,133
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Gavrilo Princip
deceasedNotable Trials · 1894–1918
Days lived
8,677
Heinrich Bär🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Luftwaffe flying ace (1913–1957) · 1913–1957
Days lived
16,109
Heinz Drossel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Righteous Among the Nations (1916–2008) · 1916–2008
Days lived
33,457
Herbert Krenchel🇩🇰
deceasedscientist · 1922–2014
Days lived
33,615
Hermann Fegelein
deceasedmilitary person · 1906–1945
Days lived
14,060
Ilhami Emin
deceasedMacedonian-Turkish poet, translator · 1931–2020
Days lived
32,406
Jacques Maritain🇫🇷
deceasedphilosopher · 1882–1973
Days lived
33,033
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Michael Collins🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican astronaut (1930–2021) · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,052
Nikolay Serafimovich Zefirov🇷🇺
deceasedresearcher (1935–2017) · 1935–2017
Days lived
29,813
Olov Hartman🇸🇪
deceasedhymnwriter (1906–1982) · 1906–1982
Days lived
27,750
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Piet Kraak
deceasedfootball player · 1921–1984
Days lived
23,084
Siri Derkert🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish artist (1888–1973) · 1888–1973
Days lived
30,921
Tatiana Yacovleff🇫🇷
deceasedFrench fashion designer · 1906–1991
Days lived
31,067
Valeria Peter Predescu🇷🇴
deceasedRomanian singer (1947-2009) · 1947–2009
Days lived
22,467
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
42,120
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
49,791
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
47,964
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,661
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,234
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,676
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,642
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,276
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,720
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,372
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,171
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,685
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,703
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,372
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,724
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,267
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,177
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,154
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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