On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 2 1968
Born on This Day
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Ahmed Hassan🇪🇬
football player · b. 1975
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Alejandro Lanari🇦🇷
football player · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Alfons Schuhbeck🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Annemarie Eilfeld🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1990
Bogusław Kaczyński🇵🇱
deceasedPolish classical music journalist (1942–2016) · 1942–2016
Days lived
26,927
Carlos Henrique dos Santos Souza🇧🇷
football player · b. 1983
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Christa Rigozzi🇨🇭
Swiss model · b. 1983
Christian Georg Schmorl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman pathologist (1861–1932) · 1861–1932
Days lived
26,036
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Christoph Franz🇨🇭
entrepreneur · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
David Beckham
association football player · b. 1975
Donatella Versace🇮🇹
Italian fashion designer · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Dwayne Johnson
professional wrestler · b. 1972
Eddie Collins🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1887–1951
Days lived
23,336
Eddie Logan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican shoeshiner · 1910–2009
Days lived
36,069
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Édouard Balladur🇫🇷
91st Prime Minister of France · b. 1929
Days alive
14,245
Ellie Kemper🇺🇸
American actress · b. 1980
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Elsbeth Juda🇬🇧
deceasedBritish photographer (1911–2014) · 1911–2014
Days lived
37,685
Félix José🇩🇴
film director · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
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Gemma McCaw🇳🇿
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1990
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Gjorge Ivanov
politician · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Gottfried Benn🇩🇪
deceasedYouTube personality · 1886–1956
Days lived
25,603
Holger Franke🇩🇪
German actor, born 1955 · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Hurl Beechum🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1973
James Dyson🇮🇹
Inventor & Industrial Designer · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Jarrod Saltalamacchia🇺🇸
film director · b. 1985
José Ascanio🇻🇪
baseball player · b. 1985
Karl Nessler🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1872–1951
Days lived
28,753
Kléber Laube Pinheiro🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1990
Kumail Nanjiani🇵🇰
Actor · b. 1978
Lily Allen🇬🇧
British singer and actress · b. 1985
Link Wray🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican guitarist (1929–2005) · 1929–2005
Days lived
27,946
Maalik Wayns🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1991
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Marco Pannella🇮🇹
deceasedjournalist · 1930–2016
Days lived
31,429
Maria Barroso🇵🇹
deceasedPortuguese actress (1925-2015) · 1925–2015
Days lived
32,938
Matt Gerald
Actor · b. 1970
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Max von Gallwitz🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1852–1937
Days lived
31,031
Micaela Cocks🇳🇿
New Zealand basketball player · b. 1986
Nana Kitade🇯🇵
singer-songwriter · b. 1987
Oh Land🇩🇰
Danish singer-songwriter and record producer · b. 1985
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Otto Weidt🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1883–1947
Days lived
23,609
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Princess Charlotte of Wales
schoolchild · b. 2015
Ray Barrett🇦🇺
deceasedsinger · 1927–2009
Days lived
30,080
Ricki Osterthun🇩🇪
West German tennis player · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Russ Grimm🇺🇸
American football player and coach · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
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Sander de Wijn
Dutch field hockey player · b. 1990
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Satyajit Ray🇮🇳
deceasedwriter · 1921–1992
Days lived
25,924
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Sexy Cora🇩🇪
deceasedGerman pornographic actress (1987–2011) · 1987–2011
Days lived
8,664
Sunmi (Lee Sun-mi)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (Solo Artist) · b. 1992
Teddy Stauffer🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss bandleader (1909-1991) · 1909–1991
Days lived
30,067
Theodor Herzl🇭🇺
deceasedjournalist · 1860–1904
Days lived
16,132
Tim Borowski🇩🇪
German footballer (born 1980) · b. 1980
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Ulrich Bettac🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1897–1959
Days lived
22,632
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Willi Bredel🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1901–1964
Days lived
23,189
Wilm Hosenfeld
deceasedmilitary person · 1895–1952
Days lived
20,922
Wolfgang Abendroth🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1906–1985
Days lived
28,991
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Died on This Day
A. R. Penck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1939–2017) · 1939–2017
Days lived
28,334
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Arthur Mahler🇨🇿
deceasedAustrian archeologist and sionist politician (1871-1944) murdered in Holocaust · 1871–1916
Days lived
16,345
Augusto Boal🇧🇷
deceasedscientist · 1931–2009
Days lived
28,537
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Bohumil Němeček
deceasedathlete · 1938–2010
Days lived
26,418
Clara Immerwahr🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chemist (1870-1915) · 1870–1915
Days lived
16,385
George Digby🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball scout and executive (1917-2014) · 1917–2014
Days lived
35,308
Gustav Landauer🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1870–1919
Days lived
17,921
Harold C. Ostertag🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician (1896-1985) · 1896–1985
Days lived
32,455
Heinz Ellenberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman botanist (1913–1997) · 1913–1997
Days lived
30,590
Heinz Kessler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman military officer, Armeegeneral in the former National People's Army of East Germany (1920-2017) · 1920–2017
Days lived
35,526
Hide🇯🇵
deceasedsinger · 1964–1998
Days lived
12,193
Hugo Flink🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1879–1947
Days lived
24,730
Jack Kemp🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and politician (1935–2009) · 1935–2009
Days lived
26,957
Josef Mayer🇦🇹
deceasedCzech member of Czech council and manager (1877-1938) · 1877–1938
Days lived
22,302
Josef Wagner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman nazi politician (1899-1945) · 1899–1945
Days lived
16,911
Ludwig Stumpfegger🇩🇪
deceasedSS physician (1910-1945) · 1910–1945
Days lived
12,714
Martin Bormann
deceasedNotable Trials · 1900–1945
Days lived
16,390
Max de Crinis🇦🇹
deceasedGerman psychiatrist (1889–1945) · 1889–1945
Days lived
20,426
Norm Van Brocklin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player, coach, executive (1926-1983) · 1926–1983
Days lived
20,867
Paul L. Stein🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian film director (1892–1951) · 1892–1951
Days lived
21,636
Peter Högl🇩🇪
deceasedSS officer (1897-1945) · 1897–1945
Days lived
17,422
Robert Michels🇩🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1876–1936
Days lived
22,028
Viktor Lutze
deceasedSA Stabschef (1890-1943) · 1890–1943
Days lived
19,117
Walther Hewel🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1904–1945
Days lived
15,096
Werner Veigel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1928–1995) · 1928–1995
Days lived
24,280
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Wilhelm von Opel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman industrialist and Nazi party member (1871-1948) · 1871–1948
Days lived
28,111
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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
42,124
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
Vladimir Zelenin
deceasedscientist · 1881–1968
Days lived
32,067
Wang Zi-Ping🇨🇳
deceasedathlete · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,602
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
49,795
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
47,968
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,665
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,238
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,680
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,646
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,280
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,724
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,376
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,175
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,689
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,707
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,376
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,728
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,271
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,181
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,158
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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