On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 2 1968
Born on This Day
Alessandro Cagliostro
deceasedNotable Trials · 1743–1795
Days lived
19,078
Ana Cristina Cesar🇧🇷
deceasedwriter · 1952–1983
Days lived
11,471
Barry Michael🇦🇺
Australian boxer · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Brad Mika🇳🇿
New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1981
Bruno Schleinstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and musician (1932-2010) · 1932–2010
Days lived
28,559
Carlo Scarpa🇮🇹
deceasedItalian architect and designer (1906–1978) · 1906–1978
Days lived
26,477
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Darin Zanyar🇸🇪
singer · b. 1987
Darren Tulett🇬🇧
journalist · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Dr. Ring-Ding🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1970
Earl Boykins🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1976
František Plánička🇨🇿
deceasedfootball player · 1904–1996
Days lived
33,651
Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster🇩🇪
deceasedGerman academic, philosopher, editor and pacifist (1869-1966) · 1869–1966
Days lived
35,284
Giuseppe Lepori🇨🇭
deceasedmember of the Swiss Federal Council (1902-1968) · 1902–1968
Days lived
24,203
Graham Bonney🇬🇧
actor · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
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Hannes Ringlstetter🇩🇪
musician · b. 1970
Ion Antonescu
deceasedNotable Trials · 1882–1946
Days lived
23,374
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Irène Schweizer🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss jazz pianist (1941–2024) · 1941–2024
Days lived
30,360
Jack Lowden🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1990
James Ransone🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1979–2025
Days lived
17,002
Jared Burton🇺🇸
film director · b. 1981
Jeanine Pirro🇺🇸
Lawyer · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Jo Vandeurzen🇧🇪
politician · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Joseph Hannesschläger🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1962–2020
Days lived
21,051
Julius Tafel🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1862–1918
Days lived
20,545
Kai Nürnberger🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Karl Erckert🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1894–1955
Days lived
22,475
Klaus-Michael Kühne🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
Konrad Theodor Preuss
deceasedGerman ethnologist (1869–1938) · 1869–1938
Days lived
25,207
Kuo Yi-hang
Taiwanese weightlifter · b. 1975
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Lydia Lunch🇺🇸
American singer, author and actress · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Makai Lemon🌍
American football player · b. 2004
Marcel Reich-Ranicki🇵🇱
deceasedjournalist · 1920–2013
Days lived
34,076
Margarethe Noé von Nordberg🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1905–1995
Days lived
33,052
Margot Trooger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1923-1994) · 1923–1994
Days lived
25,894
Marquis de Sade
deceasedNotable Trials · 1740–1814
Days lived
27,210
Max Rubner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physiologist and hygienist (1854–1932) · 1854–1932
Days lived
28,453
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Miyuki Sawashiro🇯🇵
actor · b. 1985
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Mohammad Pakpour🇮🇷
deceasedMilitary personnel · 1961–2026
Days lived
23,647
Pavel Korchagin🇷🇺
football player · b. 1990
Piero Ottaviano🇮🇹
deceasedItalian presbyter (1938-2005) · 1938–2005
Days lived
24,561
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, 7th Prince of Wied🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1931–2000
Days lived
25,290
Richard Long🇬🇧
British sculptor (born 1945) · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Roberto Petagine🇻🇪
film director · b. 1971
Ryan Lindley🇺🇸
American football quarterback · b. 1989
Sergio Agüero🇦🇷
Argentine association football player · b. 1988
Sibylle Berg🇨🇭
German-Swiss writer (born 1962) · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Valaida Snow🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1904-1956) · 1904–1956
Days lived
18,990
Vlada Vukoičić🇷🇸
Serbian basketball coach · b. 1973
Walter Andreas Schwarz🇩🇪
deceasedsinger, author, Kabarettist, author of radio dramas and translator (1913-1992) · 1913–1992
Days lived
28,793
Willy Moon🇳🇿
singer · b. 1989
Yoshihiro Ito🇯🇵
deceasedfilm director · 1982–2025
Days lived
15,832
Yuliia Dovhal🇺🇦
Ukrainian Olympic weightlifter · b. 1983
Died on This Day
Anthony de Mello🇮🇳
deceasedIndian writer (1931-1987) · 1931–1987
Days lived
20,360
Arthur W. Kopp🇺🇸
deceasedU.S. Representative (1874-1967) · 1874–1967
Days lived
34,061
August Hirt🇨🇭
deceasedGerman anatomist and SS officer (1898-1945) · 1898–1945
Days lived
17,200
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Bo Diddley🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1928–2008
Days lived
29,009
Dick Bird
deceasedBritish priest (1933-2010) · 1933–2010
Days lived
28,187
Edward Brown Glass🇬🇧
deceasedAnglican Archdeacon · 1913–1995
Days lived
29,921
Eric Mobley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player (1970–2021) · 1970–2021
Days lived
18,749
George S. Kaufman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer (1889-1961) · 1889–1961
Days lived
26,130
Guido Seeber🇩🇪
deceasedGerman cinematographer (1879-1940) · 1879–1940
Days lived
22,260
Helen Jacobs🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1908–1997) · 1908–1997
Days lived
32,442
Herbert Quandt🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1910–1982
Days lived
26,278
Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt🇦🇹
deceasedscientist · 1928–2018
Days lived
32,859
Joachim Mrugowsky🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician, SS officer, Chief of Hygiene Institute of the Waffen-SS and convicted war criminal (1905-1948) · 1905–1948
Days lived
15,632
Karl Brandt🇺🇸
deceasedNotable Trials · 1904–1948
Days lived
16,217
Karl Gebhardt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and convicted war criminal (1897–1948) · 1897–1948
Days lived
18,453
Kitione Lave🌍
deceasedBoxer · 1934–2006
Days lived
26,345
Larry Allen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football guard (1971–2024) · 1971–2024
Days lived
19,181
Lou Gehrig🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1903–1941
Days lived
13,863
Louis de Wohl🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1903–1961
Days lived
21,314
Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis🇩🇪
deceasedGerman prince (1862-1885) · 1862–1885
Days lived
8,379
Nile Kinnick🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player · 1918–1943
Days lived
9,094
Peabo Bryson🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1951–2026
Days lived
27,444
Raj Kapoor🇮🇳
deceasedIndian film actor, producer and director · 1924–1988
Days lived
23,181
Rex Harrison
deceasedOscar Winners · 1908–1990
Days lived
30,039
Richard Norris Williams🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1891-1968) · 1891–1968
Days lived
28,248
Viktor Brack🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1904–1948
Days lived
15,911
Waldemar Hoven🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician, SS officer and convicted war criminal (1903-1948) · 1903–1948
Days lived
16,549
Willem Duys🇺🇸
deceasedrapper · 1928–2011
Days lived
30,239
Wolfgang Hilbig🇩🇪
deceasedGerman novelist (1941–2007) · 1941–2007
Days lived
24,016
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
42,155
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
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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
Rudolf Pannwitz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer and philosopher (1881–1969) · 1881–1969
Days lived
32,076
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
49,826
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
47,999
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,696
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,269
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,711
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,677
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,311
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,755
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,407
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,206
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,720
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,738
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,407
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,759
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,302
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,212
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,189
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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