On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 1 1968
Born on This Day
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Abel Balbo🇦🇷
Argentine footballer and manager · b. 1966
Days alive
731
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Alanis Morissette🇨🇦
singer-songwriter · b. 1974
Alexander Zhukov🇷🇺
Russian economist and politician · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Alphadi🇬🇧
African fashion designer · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Andy Griffith🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer (1926–2012) · 1926–2012
Days lived
31,444
Angelika Nussberger🇩🇪
German judge and slavist · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Anna Thalbach🇩🇪
actor · b. 1973
Antonietta Di Martino🇮🇹
Italian high jumper · b. 1978
Askil Holm🇳🇴
Norwegian singer and musician · b. 1980
Brandi Carlile🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1981
Brian Cox🇬🇧
actor · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Bryan Konietzko🇺🇸
musician · b. 1975
Casper de Vries🇿🇦
South African entertainer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Dominique Nachury🇫🇷
French politician · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Duke Friedrich, Hereditary Duke of Württemberg🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1961–2018
Days lived
20,796
Ella-Maria Gollmer🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1994
Emjay Anthony
Actor · b. 2003
Felice Rix-Ueno🇦🇹
deceasedartist · 1893–1967
Days lived
27,163
Friedrich Wilhelm Schindler🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1856–1920
Days lived
23,546
Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue🇫🇷
French golfer · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
Gunhild Haugen🇳🇴
athlete · b. 1972
György Hámos🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian film director (1910–1976) · 1910–1976
Days lived
23,963
Heidi Klum🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1973
Hermann auf der Heide🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Olympian in field hockey · 1911–1984
Days lived
26,802
Hermann Vogel🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter (1856-1918) · 1856–1918
Days lived
22,782
Hugo Münsterberg🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1863–1916
Days lived
19,221
Jan Twardowski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish poet, Catholic priest (1915–2006) · 1915–2006
Days lived
33,104
Jang Jae-in🇰🇷
singer · b. 1991
Jason Donovan🇦🇺
Singer · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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Javier Hernández🇲🇽
Mexican association football player (b. 1988) · b. 1988
Jenniffer Kae🇩🇪
singer-songwriter · b. 1987
Justine Henin🇧🇪
Belgian tennis player (born 1982) · b. 1982
Karanam Malleswari🇮🇳
Indian weightlifter · b. 1975
Katja Ebbinghaus🇩🇪
West German tennis player · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Kira Plastinina🇷🇺
Russian fashion designer · b. 1992
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Konstantin Wecker🇩🇪
actor · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Marilyn Monroe🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1926–1962
Days lived
13,213
Mary Calvi🇺🇸
journalist · b. 1969
Mathias Rust
Notable Trials · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Morgan Freeman
film producer · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
Nami Tamaki🇯🇵
Japanese pop singer · b. 1988
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Nikki Glaser🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1984
Oliver James🇬🇧
singer · b. 1980
Percy Adlon🇩🇪
deceasedGerman documentary filmmaker and film producer (1935-2024) · 1935–2024
Days lived
32,425
Peter de Mendelssohn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-British writer, historian and essayist (1908–1982) · 1908–1982
Days lived
27,098
Peter Groeger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1933–2018) · 1933–2018
Days lived
30,910
Raban Bieling🇩🇪
actor · b. 1993
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Raffaëla Paton🇳🇱
singer · b. 1983
Rajat Patidar🇮🇳
Cricketer · b. 1993
Ronnie Wood🇬🇧
singer · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Saburo Ohmura🇯🇵
film director · b. 1976
Sharankumar Limbale🇮🇳
Marathi language author, poet and literary critic · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Siegfried Balke🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1902–1984
Days lived
29,961
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Sophie Rois🇦🇹
actor · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Stefan Böger🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Tirunesh Dibaba🇪🇹
Ethiopian long distance track athlete · b. 1985
Yarisley Silva🇨🇺
Cuban pole vaulter · b. 1987
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Yevgeny Prigozhin
deceasedNotable Trials · 1961–2023
Days lived
22,728
Youssef En-Nesyri
association football player · b. 1997
Died on This Day
Alton Kelley🇺🇸
deceasedartist (1940–2008) · 1940–2008
Days lived
24,821
Annibale Maria di Francia
deceasedfounder of the Roagationist Fathers (1851–1927) · 1851–1927
Days lived
27,724
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Anthony Head🇬🇧
deceasedActor · 1954–2026
Days lived
26,399
Eddie Kelliher🇮🇪
deceasedIrish Olympic sailor · 1920–2017
Days lived
35,514
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Eduard Bloch🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian physician (1872-1945) · 1872–1945
Days lived
26,785
Erich Cuntz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player (1916–1975) · 1916–1975
Days lived
21,344
Ernst Müller-Meiningen🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician (1866-1944) · 1866–1944
Days lived
28,418
Ewald Schuldt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman prehistorian (1914-1987) · 1914–1987
Days lived
26,812
George Mikan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player, coach, commissioner · 1924–2005
Days lived
29,568
Hans Berger🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1873–1941
Days lived
24,847
Hans Wolff🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1911–1979
Days lived
24,714
Helen Keller🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
Ion Antonescu
deceasedNotable Trials · 1882–1946
Days lived
23,374
Karl Siegfried Döhring🇩🇪
deceasedGerman hellenist scholar, architect and author (1879–1941) · 1879–1941
Days lived
22,571
Margit Carstensen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1940–2023) · 1940–2023
Days lived
30,408
Marion Barber III🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1983–2022) · 1983–2022
Days lived
14,236
Max Kramer🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1903–1986
Days lived
30,217
Ruth-Maria Kubitschek🇨🇭
deceasedGerman actress (1931–2024) · 1931–2024
Days lived
33,907
Sonja Sutter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1931–2017) · 1931–2017
Days lived
31,547
Vera Neszmélyi🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1937–2003
Days lived
24,097
Werner Forssmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician, Nobel prize winner (1904-1979) · 1904–1979
Days lived
27,304
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
42,154
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
49,825
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
47,998
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,695
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,268
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,710
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,676
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,310
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,754
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,406
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,205
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,719
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,737
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,406
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,758
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,301
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,211
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,188
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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