On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 28 1968
Born on This Day
Aleksandr Anatolʹevich Ilʹin🇷🇺
deceasedRussian scientist (1952-2019) · 1952–2019
Days lived
24,623
Alexandre Lacazette🇫🇷
football player · b. 1991
Bruno Boche🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1897–1972) · 1897–1972
Days lived
27,336
Cameron Boyce
deceaseddancer · 1999–2019
Days lived
7,344
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Carey Mulligan🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1985
Claudia Koreck🇩🇪
singer-songwriter · b. 1986
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Colbie Caillat🇺🇸
American singer · b. 1985
Dahyun (Kim Da-hyun)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (TWICE) · b. 1998
Ernst Cassirer🇸🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1874–1945
Days lived
25,887
Frank Schätzing🇩🇪
German writer and DJ producer (born 1957) · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
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Fritz Hochwälder🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1911–1986
Days lived
27,540
Germán Riesco🇨🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1854–1916
Days lived
22,839
Heinz G. Konsalik🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1921–1999
Days lived
28,616
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Heinz Reincke🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1925–2011
Days lived
31,457
Helmut Träbert🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1920–1974
Days lived
19,853
Hermann Jansen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1869-1945) · 1869–1945
Days lived
27,661
Isabelle Antena🇫🇷
French jazz singer · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
István Avar🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian footballer (1905–1977) · 1905–1977
Days lived
26,436
Jang Mi-in-ae🇰🇷
actor · b. 1984
Jürgen Fassbender🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Karl Jansen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman weightlifter (1908–1961) · 1908–1961
Days lived
19,528
Kylie Minogue🇦🇺
singer · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Lee Hills🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican journalist · 1906–2000
Days lived
34,219
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Leonardo Favio🇦🇷
deceasedactor · 1938–2012
Days lived
27,190
Leonhard Schultze🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist and zoologist (1872-1955) · 1872–1955
Days lived
30,253
Louis Mustillo🇺🇸
actor · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Manfred Bock🇩🇪
deceasedbasketball player · 1941–2010
Days lived
25,358
Marie-Luise Jahn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman resistance fighter; active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group · 1918–2010
Days lived
33,628
Mark Sanford🇺🇸
politician · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Martin Elsaesser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1884–1957) · 1884–1957
Days lived
26,731
Mary Beth Barone🌍
Actor · b. 1991
Michał Kądzioła🇵🇱
Polish sportsperson · b. 1989
Milutin Milanković
deceasedSerbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958) · 1879–1958
Days lived
29,052
NaVorro Bowman🇺🇸
American football player, linebacker · b. 1988
Park Hon-young
deceasedNotable Trials · 1900–1955
Days lived
20,292
Percy Harvin🇺🇸
American football player, wide receiver · b. 1988
Phil Foden
association football player · b. 2000
Phil Vassar🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Rudy Giuliani🇺🇸
Lawyer · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Ruzena Bajcsy🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1933
Days alive
12,784
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Sebastian Urzendowsky🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1985
Sepp Dietrich
deceasedNotable Trials · 1892–1966
Days lived
26,991
Sheba Deireragea
Nauruan weightlifter · b. 1986
Sibylle Tafel🇩🇪
German film director · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Siegfried Czapski
deceasedGerman physicist (1861-1907) · 1861–1907
Days lived
16,822
Tetsu Nagasawa🇯🇵
Japanese association football player and manager · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Thomas Moore🌍
deceasedPoet · 1779–1852
Days lived
26,570
Tilson Brito🇩🇴
film director · b. 1972
Toby Hemingway
Actor · b. 1983
Vivan Sundaram🇮🇳
deceasedIndian artist (1943–2023) · 1943–2023
Days lived
29,160
Werner Schwier🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1921–1982
Days lived
22,255
Died on This Day
Alexei Kondratiev🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican folklorist (1949-2010) · 1949–2010
Days lived
22,382
Arnold Kohlschütter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1883-1969) · 1883–1969
Days lived
31,372
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Bertha Pappenheim🇦🇹
deceasedjournalist · 1859–1936
Days lived
28,214
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Bujar Nishani
deceasedAlbanian politician (1966–2022) · 1966–2022
Days lived
20,330
Eduard Krebsbach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and SS doctor in the Nazi concentration camp in Mauthausen (1894-1947) · 1894–1947
Days lived
19,285
Franz Kurowski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman author (1923–2011) · 1923–2011
Days lived
31,969
Friedrich W. Bauschulte🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1923-2003) · 1923–2003
Days lived
29,292
Gary Coleman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1968–2010) · 1968–2010
Days lived
15,450
George E. Smith🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1930–2025
Days lived
34,717
Grete Freund🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1885–1982
Days lived
35,392
Hildegard Maria Rauchfuß🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1918–2000) · 1918–2000
Days lived
30,046
Jörg Immendorff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1945–2007) · 1945–2007
Days lived
22,628
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Josefine Dora🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actress (1867-1944) · 1867–1944
Days lived
27,955
María Dolores Pradera🇪🇸
deceasedactor · 1924–2018
Days lived
34,240
Maya Angelou🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1928–2014
Days lived
31,465
Oskar Kanehl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1888-1929) · 1888–1929
Days lived
14,844
Suzanne Roquette🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1942–2020
Days lived
28,395
Theodor Siebs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman linguist (1862–1941) · 1862–1941
Days lived
28,764
Uladzimir Karoĺ
deceasedBelarusian and soviet architect (1912—1980) · 1912–1980
Days lived
24,624
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
42,150
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
Vladimir Zelenin
deceasedscientist · 1881–1968
Days lived
32,067
Wang Zi-Ping🇨🇳
deceasedathlete · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,602
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
49,821
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
47,994
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,691
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,264
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,706
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,672
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,306
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,750
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,402
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,201
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,715
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,733
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,402
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,754
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,297
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,207
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,184
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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