On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
May 30 1968
Born on This Day
Alen Hodzovic🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1977
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Andry Rajoelina🇫🇷
politician · b. 1974
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Ann Hampton Callaway🇺🇸
American singer · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Benny Goodman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909–1986) · 1909–1986
Days lived
28,138
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Brian Kobilka🇺🇸
American physiologist · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Briana Corrigan🇬🇧
Singer · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Bruno Lancelle🇫🇷
French rugby union player · b. 1986
CeeLo Green🇺🇸
actor · b. 1975
Charles Richard Crews🇺🇸
American racing driver · b. 1988
Charlie Bauerfeind🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Chris Trickle🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican stock car racing driver (1973-1998) · 1973–1998
Days lived
9,065
Christine Jorgensen🇺🇸
deceasedfirst American to become widely known for having sex reassignment surgery (1926–1989) · 1926–1989
Days lived
22,984
David Gigliotti🇫🇷
French association footballer · b. 1985
Devendra Banhart🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1981
Eddy Halman
Dutch baseball player · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Fabian Ernst🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1979
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Franklin J. Schaffner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director (1920–1989) · 1921–1989
Days lived
24,870
Frédéric Hantz🇫🇷
French football manager · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Gábor Török🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1936–2004
Days lived
24,690
Gale Sayers🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican professional football player (1943-2020) · 1943–2020
Days lived
28,241
Georg von Küchler
deceasedNotable Trials · 1881–1968
Days lived
31,771
Giorgio de Santillana🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican historian and philosopher · 1902–1974
Days lived
26,307
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Gustav Leonhardt🇳🇱
deceasedmusician · 1928–2012
Days lived
30,546
Hannes Alfvén🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and science fiction author (1908–1995), winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Physics · 1908–1995
Days lived
31,718
Hans-Georg Stephan🇩🇪
German archaeologist · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
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Harrison Barnes🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1992
Heribert Faßbender🇩🇪
journalist · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Howard Hawks🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director, producer and screenwriter (1896–1977) · 1896–1977
Days lived
29,794
Hyomin🇰🇷
South Korean singer and actress, member of girl group T-ara · b. 1989
Jack Elway🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player, coach, scout and executive (1931-2001) · 1931–2001
Days lived
25,523
Jelly d'Arányi🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian-born British violinist (1893–1966) · 1895–1966
Days lived
25,871
Johan Martial🇫🇷
football player · b. 1991
José Sulaimán🇲🇽
deceasedMexican businessman (1931-2014) · 1931–2014
Days lived
30,182
Julius Axelrod🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1912–2004
Days lived
33,816
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Konrad Krauss🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958
Kostja Ullmann🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1984
Laura del Colle🇦🇷
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1983
Manny Ramirez🇩🇴
film director · b. 1972
Marissa Mayer
Tech CEOs · b. 1975
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Mathis Landwehr🇩🇪
actor · b. 1980
Maurice Stuckey🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1990
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Miriam Cani🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1985
Oliver Uschmann🇩🇪
German journalist · b. 1977
Prince Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach🇩🇪
deceasedRuler of Lithuania from 11 July to 2 November 1918 (1864–1928) · 1864–1928
Days lived
23,308
Rechelle Hawkes🇦🇺
Australian field hockey player · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Remigijus Žemaitaitis🇱🇹
politician · b. 1982
Rie Kugimiya🇯🇵
singer · b. 1979
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Ruja Ignatova
Notable Trials · b. 1980
Ryu Jae-kuk🇰🇷
film director · b. 1983
Slava Metreveli
deceasedathlete · 1936–1998
Days lived
22,502
Tonya Pinkins🇺🇸
actor · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Vanessa Bell🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1879–1961
Days lived
29,897
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Willi Reinfrank🇩🇪
deceasedGerman weightlifter (1903–1943) · 1903–1943
Days lived
14,461
Zack Hemsey🇺🇸
singer · b. 1983
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Zdravko Čolić🇷🇸
singer · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Zhou Guanyu
Formula Two driver · b. 1999
Died on This Day
Boris Pasternak🇷🇺
deceasedRussian writer (1890–1960) · 1890–1960
Days lived
25,676
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Carl Neuberg🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1877–1956
Days lived
28,794
Claire Goll🇫🇷
deceasedwriter and journalist (1890–1977) · 1891–1977
Days lived
31,259
Drew Gordon🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1990–2024
Days lived
12,376
Friedrich Salomon Krauss🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian-Jewish sexologist · 1859–1938
Days lived
28,724
Gert Haucke🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1929–2008
Days lived
28,933
Glenn Burke🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1952–1995
Days lived
15,535
Günter Pfitzmann🇩🇪
deceasedactor (1924-2003) · 1924–2003
Days lived
28,906
Heinz Eckner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television actor, actor and television presenter (1925–2012) · 1925–2012
Days lived
31,803
Hermann Broch🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian writer (1886-1951) · 1886–1951
Days lived
23,585
Joan Lorring🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1926–2014
Days lived
32,185
Juan Carlos Onetti🇪🇸
deceasedwriter · 1909–1994
Days lived
31,014
Karl Carstens🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1914–1992
Days lived
28,292
Klaus Eschen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge and lawyer · 1939–2025
Days lived
31,313
Leó Szilárd🇭🇺
deceasedscientist · 1898–1964
Days lived
24,214
Perry Ellis🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican fashion designer (1940–1986) · 1940–1986
Days lived
16,889
Rituparno Ghosh🇮🇳
deceasedactor · 1963–2013
Days lived
18,170
Tillmann Uhrmacher🇩🇪
deceasedrapper · 1967–2011
Days lived
16,087
Valaida Snow🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1904-1956) · 1904–1956
Days lived
18,990
Wilfrid Morin🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian abbé, professor and essayist · 1900–1941
Days lived
14,820
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
42,152
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
49,823
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
47,996
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,693
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,266
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,708
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,674
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,308
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,752
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,404
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,203
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,717
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,735
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,404
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,756
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,299
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,209
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,186
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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