On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 5 1968
Born on This Day
Abid Surti🇮🇳
writer · b. 1935
Days alive
12,054
Adele
Music · b. 1988
Alice Faye🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress and singer (1915–1998) · 1915–1998
Days lived
30,320
Andor Lilienthal🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian chess player (1911–2010) · 1911–2010
Days lived
36,163
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Arnold Meijer🇳🇱
deceasedDutch fascist politician (1905–1965) · 1905–1965
Days lived
21,958
Artyom Kondrashkin🇷🇺
Russian footballer · b. 1991
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Aryna Sabalenka
tennis player · b. 1998
Axel Fischer🇩🇪
politician · b. 1966
Days alive
731
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Bill Ward🇬🇧
English drummer (born 1948) · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Blind Willie McTell🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1898–1959
Days lived
22,385
Boban Babunski🇲🇰
Macedonian association football player · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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Carles Cardó🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish priest, writer and poet · 1884–1958
Days lived
26,985
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Carlos Alcaraz
tennis player · b. 2003
Chris Brown🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1989
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Craig David🇬🇧
British singer (born 1981) · b. 1981
Dieter Zetsche🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Don Warren🇺🇸
American football player and scout · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Dudu Tucci🇧🇷
Brazilian musician · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Elsie Eaves🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1898–1983
Days lived
31,006
Georgios Papadopoulos
deceasedNotable Trials · 1919–1999
Days lived
29,273
Glenn Simpson🇦🇺
Australian male field hockey player · b. 1987
Hayim Baltsan🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli journalist (1910–2002) · 1910–2002
Days lived
33,704
Hideki Irabu🇯🇵
deceasedfilm director · 1969–2011
Days lived
15,420
Hugh Neilson🇬🇧
deceasedScottish field hockey player (1884-1930) · 1884–1930
Days lived
16,964
Ingeborg Wellmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and voice actress (1924–2015) · 1924–2015
Days lived
33,118
Jerzy Skolimowski🇵🇱
Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958
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Jessica Schwarz🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1977
Jessie Cave🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1987
Joanna Semmelrogge🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1990
John Maxton🇬🇧
deceasedBritish politician (1936 - 2025) · 1936–2025
Days lived
32,706
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John Rhys-Davies🇬🇧
actor · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Joseph Almogi🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician (1910-1991) · 1910–1991
Days lived
29,766
Justin Kluivert
association football player · b. 1999
Lai Runming🇨🇳
weightlifter · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Leon Czolgosz
deceasedNotable Trials · 1873–1901
Days lived
10,403
Maggie MacNeal
Dutch singer · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Mark Keller🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
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Markus Kuhn🇩🇪
American football player from Germany · b. 1986
Michael Green🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1972
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Michael Palin🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Neelesh Misra🇮🇳
Author · b. 1973
Paul Barbarin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1899–1969) · 1899–1969
Days lived
25,483
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Rachel Unitt🇬🇧
football player · b. 1982
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Richard E. Grant🇬🇧
Explorer · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
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Roman Protasevich🇧🇾
Notable Trials · b. 1995
Sebastian Hess🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1971–2021
Days lived
18,382
Susanne Wollschläger🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Tony Canadeo🇺🇸
deceasedPlayer of American football (1919-2003) · 1919–2003
Days lived
30,889
Vitor Faverani🇪🇸
basketball player · b. 1988
Died on This Day
Allene Ray🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1901–1979
Days lived
28,612
Diran Manoukian🇫🇷
deceasedOlympic field hockey player (1919-2020) · 1919–2020
Days lived
36,935
Dudley DeGroot🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football, basketball, rugby union footballer, American football, basketball, and baseball coach (1899-1970) · 1899–1970
Days lived
25,743
Heinz Mellmann🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1913–1945
Days lived
11,499
Herbert Felix🇸🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1908–1973
Days lived
23,676
Irmgard Keun🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1905-1982) · 1905–1982
Days lived
28,212
John Flynn🇦🇺
deceasedAustralian Presbyterian minister and founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (1880-1951) · 1880–1951
Days lived
25,727
Ludwig Erhard🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1897–1977
Days lived
29,309
Montagu C. Butler🇬🇧
deceasedmusician · 1884–1970
Days lived
31,511
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Myron Charles Taylor🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican diplomat (1874–1959) · 1874–1959
Days lived
31,152
Park Kyung-ni🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean writer (1926-2008) · 1926–2008
Days lived
29,775
Philipose Mar Chrysostom🇮🇳
deceasedMetropolitan Emeritus of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of India · 1918–2021
Days lived
37,629
Reverend Gary Davis🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican blues and gospel singer and guitarist (1896–1972) · 1896–1972
Days lived
27,763
shajimon🇮🇳
deceasedFilm producer
Thorvald Eigenbrod🇩🇰
deceasedDanish field hockey player (1892-1977) · 1892–1977
Days lived
30,834
Trimbak Bapuji Thombre
deceasedIndian Marathi poet (1890–1918) · 1890–1918
Days lived
10,126
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua🇳🇬
deceasedPresident of Nigeria (1951-2010) · 1951–2010
Days lived
21,447
Willi Schlage🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess master (1888–1940) · 1888–1940
Days lived
18,759
Wolfgang Neuss🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1923–1989
Days lived
23,875
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
42,127
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
49,798
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
47,971
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,668
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,241
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,683
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,649
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,283
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,727
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,379
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,178
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,692
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,710
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,379
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,731
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,274
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,184
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,161
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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