On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 18 1968
Born on This Day
Adrian Hoven🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1922–1981
Days lived
21,530
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Ai Weiwei🇨🇳
artist · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Albert von Schrenck-Notzing🇩🇪
deceasedGerman parapsychologist & psychotherapist (1862-1929) · 1862–1929
Days lived
24,376
Alina Zagitova
figure skater · b. 2002
Anthony Epstein🇬🇧
deceasedBritish pathologist and academic (1921–2024) · 1921–2024
Days lived
37,519
Barbara Wachowicz🇵🇱
deceasedPolish writer (1937–2018) · 1937–2018
Days lived
29,605
Behramji Malabari
deceasedjournalist · 1853–1912
Days lived
21,604
Bertrand Russell🇬🇧
deceasedYouTube personality · 1872–1970
Days lived
35,688
Brian Thomas🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh rugby union footballer and coach (1940-2012) · 1940–2012
Days lived
26,350
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Charles Trenet🇫🇷
deceasedsinger · 1913–2001
Days lived
32,054
Chow Yun-fat🇨🇳
Hong Kong actor · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Christian Paul🇨🇦
Canadian actor · b. 1973
Daniel Rosin🇩🇪
football player · b. 1980
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David Mattingly🇬🇧
British archaeologist · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Don L. Lind🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican astronaut (1930–2022) · 1930–2022
Days lived
33,707
E. J. Rowland🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1983
Ekkehardt Belle🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1954–2022
Days lived
24,730
Ernst Wiechert
deceasedGerman writer (1887-1950) · 1887–1950
Days lived
23,108
Feliks Chmurkowski🇵🇱
deceasedactor (1896-1971) · 1896–1971
Days lived
27,360
Flozell Adams🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1975
Frank Capra🇺🇸
deceasedmilitary person · 1897–1991
Days lived
34,440
Franz von Bayros🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian artist, illustrator, and painter (1866–1924) · 1866–1924
Days lived
21,138
Franziska zu Reventlow🇺🇸
deceasedGerman writer, artist and translator (1871-1918) · 1871–1918
Days lived
17,235
Frederick Merriman🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1873–1940
Days lived
24,511
Hark Bohm🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1939–2025
Days lived
31,592
Heinz Raack🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1917–2002) · 1917–2002
Days lived
31,268
Herbert Bauch🇩🇪
East German boxer · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
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Hermann Müller🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1876–1931
Days lived
20,028
John Paul II🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1920–2005
Days lived
31,000
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Jörg Guido Hülsmann🇩🇪
German writer and economist · b. 1966
Days alive
731
José Lello🇵🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1944–2016
Days lived
26,447
Kozlov Evgeny Valerianovich🇷🇺
Russian writer and poet · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
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Kris Peeters🇧🇪
Flemish minister president · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Ludwig Draxler🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian politician, minister of finance (1896-1972) · 1896–1972
Days lived
27,952
Mahamadou Diarra🇲🇱
football player · b. 1981
Margot Fonteyn🇬🇧
deceasedBritish ballerina · 1919–1991
Days lived
26,212
Michael Cretu🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Michael Rockefeller🇺🇸
deceasedAnthropologist · 1938–1961
Days lived
8,586
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Paul Baysse🇫🇷
French professional footballer · b. 1988
Pierre Balmain🇫🇷
deceasedFrench fashion designer (1914–1982) · 1914–1982
Days lived
24,879
Pippo Pollina🇮🇹
singer-songwriter · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
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Robert J. Wilke🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1914–1989
Days lived
27,343
Roderick Weusthof🇳🇱
Dutch hockey player · b. 1982
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Sandra🇫🇷
German singer · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Scott Baker🇺🇸
film director · b. 1970
Shivangi Joshi
actor · b. 1998
Tim Gidal🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-Israeli photographer (1909–1996) · 1909–1996
Days lived
31,916
Tina Fey🇺🇸
actor · b. 1970
Vincent du Vigneaud🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican biochemist (1901–1978) · 1901–1978
Days lived
28,331
Warren Rudman🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1930–2012
Days lived
30,136
Wolfgang Behrendt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television presenter and news presenter · 1919–2001
Days lived
29,962
Wolfgang Heinz🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1900–1984
Days lived
30,846
Died on This Day
Claude Lavoie Richer🇨🇦
deceasedcross-country skier · 1929–2014
Days lived
30,828
Eli Cohen
deceasedNotable Trials · 1924–1965
Days lived
14,773
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Franco Battiato🇮🇹
deceasedsinger · 1945–2021
Days lived
27,815
Hans-Dieter Lange🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1926-2012) · 1926–2012
Days lived
31,379
Harald Andersson🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish discus thrower (1907–1985) · 1907–1985
Days lived
28,536
Hedley Bull🇬🇧
deceasedAustralian academic (1932-1985) · 1932–1985
Days lived
19,335
Hermann Höcherl🇩🇪
deceasedFederal Minister of the Interior of Germany (1912-1989) · 1912–1989
Days lived
28,172
Horst Lippmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman musician (1927–1997) · 1927–1997
Days lived
25,630
Hugó Payr🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1888–1976
Days lived
32,043
Ian Curtis🇬🇧
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1956–1980
Days lived
8,708
Karl Hellmer🇦🇹
deceasedactor (1896–1974) · 1896–1974
Days lived
28,556
Lothar Schmid🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1928–2013) · 1928–2013
Days lived
31,054
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Ludwig Berger🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1892–1969
Days lived
28,256
Manfred Burgsmüller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer (1949-2019) · 1949–2019
Days lived
25,349
Max Obal🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor, screenwriter, and film director (1881–1949) · 1881–1949
Days lived
24,727
Tony O'Reilly🇮🇪
deceasedIrish businessman and rugby union player (1936-2024) · 1936–2024
Days lived
32,153
William Saroyan🇺🇸
deceasedWriter · 1908–1981
Days lived
26,558
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
42,140
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
49,811
Lonesome George🇪🇨
deceasedPinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012
Days lived
37,430
Lin Wang🇹🇼
deceasedAsian elephant · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,467
Ham🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1957–1983
Days lived
9,333
Shamu🇺🇸
deceasedOrca · 1962–1971
Days lived
3,521
Washoe🇺🇸
deceasedChimpanzee · 1965–2007
Days lived
15,399
Digit🇷🇼
deceasedMountain gorilla · 1967–1977
Days lived
4,017
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,984
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,681
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,254
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,696
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,662
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,296
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,740
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,392
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,191
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,705
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,723
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,392
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,744
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,287
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,197
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,174
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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