On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 24 1968
Born on This Day
Adrian Frutiger🇨🇭
deceasedartist · 1928–2015
Days lived
31,885
Andreas Schenk🇩🇪
German chess player · b. 1982
Anthony Nunn🇬🇧
deceasedBritish field hockey player · 1927–2025
Days lived
35,778
August Landmesser
deceasedNotable Trials · 1910–1944
Days lived
12,565
Bärbel Bohley🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist and politician (1945-2010) · 1945–2010
Days lived
23,851
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Bob Dylan🇺🇸
actor · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
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Bryan Greenberg🇺🇸
American actor and musician · b. 1978
Charles I. D. Looff
deceasedentrepreneur · 1852–1918
Days lived
24,143
Charly Antolini🇨🇭
Swiss musician · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
Choi Dong-won🇰🇷
deceasedfilm director · 1958–2011
Days lived
19,471
Damián Petkoff🇦🇷
Argentine footballer · b. 1990
Dean L. Larsen🇺🇸
deceasedMormon leader · 1927–2019
Days lived
33,760
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Dominic Saleh-Zaki🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1982
Eric Cantona
Notable Trials · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Ferdinand Schladen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman shot putter (1939–2021) · 1939–2021
Days lived
29,895
Fernando Paternoster🇦🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1903–1967
Days lived
23,389
Francis Luna-Grenier🇨🇦
Olympic weightlifter · b. 1987
George Nakashima🇯🇵
deceasedartist · 1905–1990
Days lived
31,068
Héctor Camacho🇺🇸
deceasedPuerto Rican boxer (1962–2012) · 1962–2012
Days lived
18,447
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Hermann Vallentin🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1872-1945) · 1872–1945
Days lived
26,762
Jan Bernard Szlaga🇵🇱
deceasedPolish bishop (1940–2012) · 1940–2012
Days lived
26,269
Joe Kennedy🇺🇸
deceasedprofessional baseball player (1979–2007) · 1979–2007
Days lived
10,410
Joseph Brodsky🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1940–1996
Days lived
20,337
Klaus Croissant🇩🇪
deceasedGerman lawyer (1931–2002) · 1931–2002
Days lived
25,876
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Laura Thorpe🇫🇷
French tennis player · b. 1987
Lilli Palmer🇨🇭
deceasedGerman actress (1914–1986) · 1914–1986
Days lived
26,181
Lillian Moller Gilbreth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972
Days lived
34,190
Manuel Cortez🇵🇹
German actor · b. 1979
Marie-Cécile Moerdijk
Dutch singer and writer · b. 1929
Days alive
14,245
Martin Winterkorn🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Masahide Kobayashi🇯🇵
film director · b. 1974
Matthias Strauss🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Maxi Biewer🇩🇪
German television presenter and actress · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Mike Daski🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian ice hockey player and basketball player (1929–2021) · 1929–2021
Days lived
33,816
Mikhail Sholokhov
deceasedjournalist · 1905–1984
Days lived
28,762
Miles Jackson-Lipkin🇬🇧
deceasedHong Kong judge and criminal (1924–2012) · 1924–2012
Days lived
32,046
Nikolaus Riehl🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1901–1990
Days lived
32,577
Olivier Vannucci🇫🇷
football player · b. 1991
Otto Reche🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1879-1966) · 1879–1966
Days lived
31,714
Patti LaBelle🇺🇸
actor · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
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Penny Taylor🇬🇧
Australian basketball player · b. 1981
Prince Louis of Battenberg🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1854–1921
Days lived
24,581
Priscilla Presley🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
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Raed Arafat🇷🇴
politician · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Rainald Goetz🇩🇪
German writer · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Rodrigo Bueno🇦🇷
deceasedArgentine singer (1973-2000) · 1973–2000
Days lived
9,893
Rolf Köhler🇩🇪
deceasedrapper · 1951–2007
Days lived
20,569
Rudolf Kippenhahn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astrophysicist (1926–2020) · 1926–2020
Days lived
34,509
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Ruslana Lyzhychko🇺🇦
Ukrainian singer · b. 1973
Rustam Khamdamov🇷🇺
Russian film director · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Terry Callier🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1945–2012
Days lived
24,628
Ute Meta Bauer🇩🇪
artist · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Ville Liukko🇫🇮
Finnish tennis player · b. 1974
Walter Moers🇩🇪
writer · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Will Sasso🇨🇦
Canadian actor and comedian · b. 1975
Willi Daume🇩🇪
deceasedbasketball player · 1913–1996
Days lived
30,312
Died on This Day
Adolf Hoch🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1910-1992) · 1910–1992
Days lived
29,927
Anne Marie Nzié
deceasedsinger · 1932–2016
Days lived
30,825
Anneliese Rothenberger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman operatic soprano · 1924–2010
Days lived
31,385
Carl Amery🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1922–2005
Days lived
30,361
Duke Ellington🇺🇸
deceasedrapper · 1899–1974
Days lived
27,418
František Lorenz🇧🇷
deceasedphilosopher · 1872–1957
Days lived
30,831
Grete Reinwald🇩🇪
deceasedactress (1902-1983) · 1902–1983
Days lived
29,584
Jacques Feyder🇧🇪
deceasedBelgian-French film director (1885-1948) · 1885–1948
Days lived
22,952
Jürg Weibel🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer (1944–2006) · 1944–2006
Days lived
22,558
Lee Won-woo🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean basketball player (1958–2004) · 1958–2004
Days lived
16,715
Susie Garrett🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1929–2002) · 1929–2002
Days lived
26,444
Tina Turner🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1939–2023
Days lived
30,495
Victor Sadler🇬🇧
deceasedBritish-born Dutch Esperantist · 1937–2020
Days lived
30,459
Wolfgang Bächler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and writer (1925-2007) · 1925–2007
Days lived
30,013
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
42,146
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
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
Hans Reiter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Nazi physician (1881–1969) · 1881–1969
Days lived
32,413
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
49,817
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
47,990
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,687
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,260
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,702
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,668
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,302
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,746
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,398
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,197
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,711
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,729
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,398
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,750
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,293
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,203
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,180
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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