On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 8 1968
Born on This Day
6ix9ine🇺🇸
Rapper, songwriter · b. 1996
Akebono Tarō🇯🇵
deceasedathlete · 1969–2024
Days lived
20,052
Aloysius Stepinac
deceasedNotable Trials · 1898–1960
Days lived
22,557
Bernd Krauss🇦🇹
Austrian footballer and manager · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Bill de Blasio
politician · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Bob Guiney🇺🇸
American television personality, singer, football player, and insurance carrier · b. 1971
David Attenborough🇬🇧
Biologist · b. 1926
Days alive
15,341
David Hurst🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1926-2019) · 1926–2019
Days lived
34,098
Dieter Vieweger🇩🇪
German archaeologist · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Don Rickles🇺🇸
deceasedStand-up comedian · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,206
Doug Atkins🇺🇸
deceasedplayer of American football (1930-2015) · 1930–2015
Days lived
31,282
Enrique Iglesias🇪🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1975
Erik Bettermann🇩🇪
German journalist · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Fernandel🇫🇷
deceasedFrench actor and singer (1903-1971) · 1903–1971
Days lived
24,766
Frank Gardner🇺🇸
deceasedPolitician · 1872–1937
Days lived
23,644
Fulton J. Sheen🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision presenter · 1895–1979
Days lived
30,895
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Harry S. Truman🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1884–1972
Days lived
32,373
Hertha Thiele🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1908-1984) · 1908–1984
Days lived
27,848
Hiromu Arakawa🇯🇵
artist · b. 1973
Jack Bogle🇺🇸
deceasedInvestor & Vanguard Founder · 1929–2019
Days lived
32,760
James Traficant🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician (1941–2014) · 1941–2014
Days lived
26,805
Jin Kab-yong🇰🇷
film director · b. 1974
John Michael Talbot🇺🇸
singer · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Katy B🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1989
Kemba Walker🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1990
Lars Renström🇸🇪
Swedish industrialist · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Luis Enrique🇪🇸
Association football player · b. 1970
Manfred Gerlach🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1928–2011
Days lived
30,477
Micah Sloat🇺🇸
musician · b. 1981
Michel Gondry🇫🇷
French film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1963) · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Nora Nova🇩🇪
deceasedBulgarian singer (1928–2022) · 1928–2022
Days lived
34,245
Pat Barker🇬🇧
British writer · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Pierre Claverie🇫🇷
deceasedAlgerian bishop (1938–1996) · 1938–1996
Days lived
21,270
Robert Johnson🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1911–1938
Days lived
9,962
Roberto Rossellini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1906–1977) · 1906–1977
Days lived
25,959
Sandro Tonali
Notable Trials · b. 2000
Simon Ungers🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1957–2006) · 1957–2006
Days lived
17,834
Sonny Liston🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer (c. 1930–1970) · 1932–1970
Days lived
14,115
Thomas Pynchon🇺🇸
YouTube personality · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
Tola Mankiewiczówna🇵🇱
deceasedPolish singer and actress (1900–1985) · 1900–1985
Days lived
31,218
Vicky McClure🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1983
Died on This Day
Andor Lilienthal🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian chess player (1911–2010) · 1911–2010
Days lived
36,163
Antonio Salazar🇲🇽
deceasedfootball player · 1989–2022
Days lived
12,143
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Avery Brundage🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1887–1975
Days lived
31,998
Beatrice Helen Worsley🇨🇦
deceasedfirst female computer scientist in Canada (1922-1972) · 1921–1972
Days lived
18,465
Bernhard Rust🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Holocaust perpetrator (1883-1945) · 1883–1945
Days lived
22,500
Betty Broderick🇺🇸
deceasedNotable Person · 1947–2026
Days lived
28,672
Emil Kübler🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1909–1981
Days lived
26,320
Erna Lendvai-Dircksen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1883-1962) · 1883–1962
Days lived
28,831
Fritz Schenk🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1930-2006) · 1930–2006
Days lived
27,818
Georg Groscurth
deceasedGerman physician (1904-1944) · 1904–1944
Days lived
14,377
Gustl Berauer🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1912–1986
Days lived
26,847
Hans Zehetmayer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian boxer (1909–2000) · 1909–1945
Days lived
13,159
Helmut Jahn🇺🇸
deceasedGerman architect (1940-2021) · 1940–2021
Days lived
29,710
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Horst Grund🇩🇪
deceasedGerman cinematographer and photographer (1915-2001) · 1915–2001
Days lived
31,330
Josef Marchet🇮🇹
deceasedmodel · 1902–1966
Days lived
23,300
Kai-Uwe von Hassel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1913–1997) · 1913–1997
Days lived
30,698
Kim Chi-ha🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean writer (1941-2022) · 1941–2022
Days lived
29,678
Maurice Sendak🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican illustrator and writer of children's books (1928-2012) · 1928–2012
Days lived
30,648
Oswald Spengler🇩🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1880–1936
Days lived
20,432
Paul Strähle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman flying ace and photographer (1893-1985) · 1893–1985
Days lived
33,590
Peer Schmidt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and voice actor (1926–2010) · 1926–2010
Days lived
30,739
Robert A. Heinlein🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican author and aeronautical engineer (1907–1988) · 1907–1988
Days lived
29,526
Roider Jackl🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1906–1975
Days lived
25,162
Rudolf von Sebottendorf
deceasedGerman antisemite, freemason and founder of the Thule Society (1875-1945) · 1875–1945
Days lived
25,382
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Sprent Dabwido
deceasedpresident of Nauru (1972-2019) · 1972–2019
Days lived
17,035
Tilly Lauenstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and voice actress (1916–2002) · 1916–2002
Days lived
31,330
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Truganini🇦🇺
deceasedGuide · 1812–1876
Days lived
23,504
Walter Roderer🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss actor (1920-2012) · 1920–2012
Days lived
33,547
William Fox
deceasedActor · 1879–1952
Days lived
26,790
Xatar🇩🇪
deceasedKurdish German rapper · 1981–2025
Days lived
15,841
Zeki Alasya
deceasedTurkish actor and director (1943–2015) · 1943–2015
Days lived
26,318
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
42,130
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
49,801
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
47,974
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,671
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,244
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,686
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,652
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,286
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,730
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,382
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,181
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,695
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,713
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,382
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,734
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,277
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,187
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,164
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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