On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 4 1968
Born on This Day
Abel Kirui🇰🇪
Kenyan long-distance runner · b. 1982
Adib Jatene🇧🇷
deceasedscientist · 1929–2014
Days lived
31,209
Alex Manninger🇦🇹
deceasedAssociation football player · 1977–2026
Days lived
17,848
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Alexei Navalny
deceasedNotable Trials · 1976–2024
Days lived
17,423
Alice Treff🇩🇪
deceasedactress (1906-2003) · 1906–2003
Days lived
35,313
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Angelina Jolie🇺🇸
actor · b. 1975
Anil Ambani🇮🇳
entrepreneur · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
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Anna-Lena Grönefeld🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1985
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Arthur Korn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1891–1978) · 1891–1978
Days lived
31,939
Corinne Hofmann🇩🇪
Swiss writer · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
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Dagmar Krause🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Darshan Ranganathan🇮🇳
deceasedIndian chemist (1941–2001) · 1941–2001
Days lived
21,915
Denny Beljaards
Dutch baseball player · b. 1983
Eduard Ivanyan🇷🇺
deceasedRussian scientist · 1931–2012
Days lived
29,661
Eldar Qasımov🇦🇿
singer · b. 1989
Ernő Schubert🇭🇺
deceasedBulgarian sprinter and long jumper · 1881–1931
Days lived
18,147
Faizon Love🇺🇸
Cuban-American actor and comedian · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Giordano Frosini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest and writer (1927–2019) · 1927–2019
Days lived
33,692
Grit Hammer🇩🇪
German shot putter · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Günter Strack🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1929–1999) · 1929–1999
Days lived
25,430
Gwendolyn von Ambesser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress · 1949–2025
Days lived
27,873
Hans-Josef Klauck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman theologian (1946–2025) · 1946–2025
Days lived
28,786
Hansi Gnad🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
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Harri Heliövaara🇫🇮
Finnish tennis player · b. 1989
Heinrich Wieland🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1877–1957
Days lived
29,281
Heinz Westphal🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1924-1998) · 1924–1998
Days lived
27,176
Hiroyuki Kobayashi🇯🇵
film director · b. 1978
Imre Kozma🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian catholic priest, activist (1940–2024) · 1940–2024
Days lived
30,816
Joseph Kabila
politician · b. 1971
Judith Malina🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1926–2015
Days lived
32,452
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Karl Valentin🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1882–1948
Days lived
23,990
Karolos Papoulias🇬🇷
deceasedpolitician · 1929–2021
Days lived
33,808
Kuku Kohli🇮🇳
deceasedAuthor · 1949–2026
Days lived
28,206
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Lukas Podolski🇵🇱
German association football player (born 1985) · b. 1985
Mehmet Bozdoğan🇩🇪
Turkish-German actor (born 1977) · b. 1977
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Noah Wyle🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1971
Olha Saladukha🇺🇦
politician · b. 1983
Peter Houtman🇳🇱
Dutch footballer · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Rainie Yang
Taiwanese actress and singer · b. 1984
Richard Allen🇮🇳
deceasedIndian field hockey player · 1902–1969
Days lived
24,318
Rob Huebel🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1969
Romaric🇨🇮
Ivorian footballer · b. 1983
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Rosario Luchetti🇦🇷
Argentine field hockey player · b. 1984
Russell Brand
Comedian/Content Creator · b. 1975
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Ruth Westheimer🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American sex therapist · 1928–2024
Days lived
35,102
Stefano Pessina🇮🇹
Italian businessman and CEO of Walgreens · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Takefusa Kubo
association football player · b. 2001
Theo Rossi🇺🇸
actor · b. 1975
Viktor Gyökeres
association football player · b. 1998
Władysław Walter🇵🇱
deceasedPolish actor (1887–1959) · 1887–1959
Days lived
26,450
Yaak Karsunke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer, lyricist, playwright and actor (1934–2025) · 1934–2025
Days lived
33,216
Yu Hai🇨🇳
football player · b. 1987
Died on This Day
Adriaan Katte🇳🇱
deceasedfield hockey player (1900-1991) · 1900–1991
Days lived
33,217
Darshan Ranganathan🇮🇳
deceasedIndian chemist (1941–2001) · 1941–2001
Days lived
21,915
Ernest Borneman🇦🇹
deceased(1915-1995) German crime writer, filmmaker, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, psychoanalyst, sexologist, communist agitator, jazz musician and critic · 1915–1995
Days lived
29,273
Evi Nemeth🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1940–2013
Days lived
26,660
Georg Kaiser🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1878–1945
Days lived
24,297
Heinrich Albers-Schönberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman radiologist (1865-1921) · 1865–1921
Days lived
20,587
Hermann Zapf🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1918–2015
Days lived
35,272
Ludwig Knorr🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1859–1921
Days lived
22,464
Margarete Steffin🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and writer (1908–1941) · 1908–1941
Days lived
12,128
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Marjane Satrapi🇮🇷
deceasedFilm director · 1969–2026
Days lived
20,648
Massimo Troisi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian actor, film director, and poet (1953–1994) · 1953–1994
Days lived
15,080
Nino Manfredi🇮🇹
deceasedsinger · 1921–2004
Days lived
30,390
Paul Van Grembergen🇧🇪
deceasedFlemish former minister (1937-2016) · 1937–2016
Days lived
28,749
Thomas Addis🇺🇸
deceased(1881-1949) British physician, scientist and nephrologist · 1881–1949
Days lived
24,783
Wilhelm II🇩🇪
deceasedas last King of Prussia German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941) · 1859–1941
Days lived
30,078
Wolfgang Strödter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player (1948–2021) · 1948–2021
Days lived
26,723
Zeke Clements🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1911–1994
Days lived
30,222
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
42,157
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
49,828
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
48,001
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,698
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,271
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,713
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,679
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,313
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,757
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,409
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,208
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,722
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,740
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,409
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,761
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,304
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,214
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,191
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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