On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 1 1968
Born on This Day
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A. J. Hackett🇳🇿
New Zealand businessman · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Ainsley Howard🇬🇧
actor · b. 1983
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Aleksandr Braverman🇷🇺
Russian economist · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Alfons Fryland🇦🇹
deceasedactor (1888-1953) · 1888–1953
Days lived
23,952
Ambrose Akinmusire🇺🇸
American jazz composer and trumpeter · b. 1982
Charli D'Amelio
influencer · b. 2004
Chastin West🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1987
Christiane Hammacher🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
Costa Cordalis🇩🇪
deceasedGreek-German singer (1944–2019) · 1944–2019
Days lived
27,455
Emil Augsburg🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1904–1981
Days lived
28,004
Friedrich von Moltke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1852–1927) · 1852–1927
Days lived
27,615
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Gary Clark🇺🇸
American football player (born 1962) · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Gholam-Hossein Banan🇮🇷
deceasedsinger · 1911–1986
Days lived
27,331
Ghulam Rasul
deceasedOlympic field hockey player (1931–1991) · 1931–1991
Days lived
22,152
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Günther Pancke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1899-1973) · 1899–1973
Days lived
27,136
Han Moo🇰🇷
South Korean comedian · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
Hanns Martin Schleyer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman manager and president of industry association, former SS officer and Nazi party member; kidnapped by terrorist group RAF in 1977 to force release of imprisoned terrorists, subsequently murdered · 1915–1977
Days lived
22,816
Harold Cohen🇺🇸
deceasedEnglish painter and computer artist, active in the United States (1928–2016) · 1928–2016
Days lived
32,138
Herbert Backe🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1896-1947) · 1896–1947
Days lived
18,600
Ho Ching🇸🇬
Business Executive · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Ivan Nanut🇮🇹
deceasedathlete · 1886–1958
Days lived
26,263
J. Allen Hynek🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1910–1986
Days lived
27,755
James Cusati-Moyer
Actor · b. 1989
Jiří Kovanda🇨🇿
Czech artist (born 1953) · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Joan Guzmán🇩🇴
Dominican professional boxer · b. 1976
Johannes Berenz🇩🇪
German actor and voice actor · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
John Beradino🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican infielder in Major League Baseball and an actor (1917-1996) · 1917–1996
Days lived
28,873
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Judit Reigl🇭🇺
deceasedFrench-Hungarian painter (1923-2020) · 1923–2020
Days lived
35,528
Judy Collins🇺🇸
American singer · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
Kazuhiro Yamauchi🇯🇵
deceasedfilm director · 1932–2009
Days lived
28,036
Kurt Wagner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1953–2023) · 1953–2023
Days lived
25,808
Leonardo Bonucci🇮🇹
football player · b. 1987
Liya Zivelchinskaya🇱🇹
deceasedliterary scholar (1894-1985) · 1894–1985
Days lived
33,117
Ludwig Schunk🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1884–1947
Days lived
23,018
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Manny Acosta
film director · b. 1981
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Marcel Bezençon🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss broadcasting executive (1907-1981) · 1907–1981
Days lived
26,956
Masaharu Yamada🇯🇵
Japanese weightlifter · b. 1980
Matěj Vydra🇨🇿
football player · b. 1992
Niklas Meinert🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1981
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Patrice Talon🇧🇯
Politician · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Peter Noever🇦🇹
Austrian curator · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
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Philipp Schwethelm🇩🇪
German basketball player · b. 1989
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin🇫🇷
deceasedFrench philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist · 1881–1955
Days lived
27,006
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Roland Rainer🇦🇹
deceasedarchitect from Austria (1910-2004) · 1910–2004
Days lived
34,313
Santiago Ramón y Cajal🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish scientist (1852-1934) · 1852–1934
Days lived
30,118
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Shirley Horn🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer (1934–2005) · 1934–2005
Days lived
26,105
Theodor Oberländer🇩🇪
deceasedMinister for Expellees, Ostforscher, Probable war criminal (not convicted) (1905-1998) · 1905–1998
Days lived
33,971
Timna Brauer🇦🇹
Austrian singer · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Walter Cramer🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1886–1944
Days lived
21,381
Wes Welker🇺🇸
American football player and coach (born 1981) · b. 1981
Zaz🇫🇷
singer · b. 1980
Died on This Day
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Asger Jorn🇫🇷
deceasedDanish artist (1914-1973) · 1914–1973
Days lived
21,609
Bernard Archard🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actor (1916-2008) · 1916–2008
Days lived
33,492
Bill Johnston🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1894–1946) · 1894–1946
Days lived
18,807
Einhard Bezzel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman ornithologist · 1934–2022
Days lived
32,025
Engelbert Hundertpfund🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian cross-country skier · 1918–1999
Days lived
29,653
Ettore Romagnoli🇮🇹
deceasedItalian hellenist (1871-1938) · 1871–1938
Days lived
24,430
Franz Jantsch🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian theologian and author (1909–2006) · 1909–2006
Days lived
35,314
Georg Spillner🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1908–1998
Days lived
32,798
Hans Krebs🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1898–1945
Days lived
17,224
Helen Murray Free🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist and educator (1923–2021) · 1923–2021
Days lived
35,865
Herman Frasch🇺🇸
deceasedchemist · 1851–1914
Days lived
22,772
Jüri Lossmann🇸🇪
deceasedEstonian athletics competitor and association football player (1891–1984) · 1891–1984
Days lived
34,054
Magda Goebbels🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1901–1945
Days lived
15,877
Moshe Landau🇩🇪
deceasedIsraeli judge (1912–2011) · 1912–2011
Days lived
36,161
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Naftali Blumenthal🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician (1922–2022) · 1922–2022
Days lived
36,586
Per Åhlin🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish artist (1931–2023) · 1931–2023
Days lived
33,505
Philipp von Boeselager🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler (1917–2008) · 1917–2008
Days lived
33,358
Rudolf Walther-Fein🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1875–1933
Days lived
20,981
Samuel Cornut🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer (1861-1918) · 1861–1918
Days lived
20,760
Werner Ostendorff🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1903–1945
Days lived
15,235
Wilhelm Normann
deceasedchemist · 1870–1939
Days lived
25,306
Wolfgang Stammberger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1920-1982) · 1920–1982
Days lived
22,571
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
42,123
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
49,794
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
47,967
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,664
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,237
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,679
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,645
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,279
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,723
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,375
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,174
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,688
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,706
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,375
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,727
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,270
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,180
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,157
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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