On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 10 1968
Born on This Day
Alexandra Stan🇷🇴
singer · b. 1989
Anita Berber🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress, dancer and writer (1899–1928) · 1899–1928
Days lived
10,745
Anton Barnabas Fink🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian priest, politician and economist (1867-1947) · 1867–1947
Days lived
29,321
Bobby Cox🌍
Basketball player · b. 1985
Charlie Cox🇦🇺
Australian racing driver · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Dirk Hillbrecht🇩🇪
software developer and a former leader of the Pirate Party Germany · b. 1972
Donald W. Davis🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman (1921-2010) · 1921–2010
Days lived
32,600
Edward Henry Potthast🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican artist (1857–1927) · 1857–1927
Days lived
25,473
Eliot Spitzer🇺🇸
politician · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Elizabeth Hurley🇬🇧
English actress and model (born 1965) · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Gaston Geens🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1931–2002
Days lived
25,928
Hattie McDaniel🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1895-1952) · 1893–1952
Days lived
21,687
Hedley Bull🇬🇧
deceasedAustralian academic (1932-1985) · 1932–1985
Days lived
19,335
Henning von Berg🇩🇪
German photographer · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Howlin' Wolf🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1910–1976
Days lived
23,955
Ítalo Perea🇪🇨
boxer · b. 1993
James Oyebola🇬🇧
deceasedBritish boxer (1961–2007) · 1961–2007
Days lived
16,848
Jeanne Tripplehorn🇺🇸
American actress · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
João Gilberto🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian musician, pioneer of bossa nova (1931–2019) · 1931–2019
Days lived
32,168
Jonathan Moore🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1982
Judy Garland
deceasedtelevision actor · 1922–1969
Days lived
17,179
Jun (Wen Junhui)🇨🇳
K-pop Idol (SEVENTEEN) · b. 1996
Jürgen Piepenburg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer and manager · 1941–2025
Days lived
30,586
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Jürgen Prochnow🇺🇸
German actor · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
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MakSim🇷🇺
Russian singer · b. 1983
Marion Barber III🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1983–2022) · 1983–2022
Days lived
14,236
Maurice Sendak🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican illustrator and writer of children's books (1928-2012) · 1928–2012
Days lived
30,648
Oliver Korn🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1984
Paul Schultze-Naumburg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1869-1949) · 1869–1949
Days lived
29,197
Phil Edwards🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958
Rafael Leão
association football player · b. 1999
Robert Maxwell🇬🇧
deceasedMedia Mogul, Politician, Fraudster · 1923–1991
Days lived
24,985
Roxanne Seeman🇺🇸
American songwriter and lyricist · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
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Sally Walton🇬🇧
football player · b. 1981
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Saul Bellow🇺🇸
deceasedCanadian-American writer · 1915–2005
Days lived
32,807
Silvia Wadhwa🇩🇪
German journalist · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Sundar Pichai
Tech CEOs · b. 1972
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Susanne Albers🇩🇪
German theoretical computer scientist · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Theo Lingen🇩🇪
deceasedactor, film director, screenwriter (1903–1978) · 1903–1978
Days lived
27,547
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Theo Sommer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1930–2022) · 1930–2022
Days lived
33,676
Uvis Helmanis🇱🇻
basketball player · b. 1972
Vera Neszmélyi🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1937–2003
Days lived
24,097
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Violetta Villas🇵🇱
deceasedPolish cabaret star, singer, actress, composer, songwriter (1938-2011) · 1938–2011
Days lived
26,841
Vladimir Smirnov🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1887–1974
Days lived
31,657
Waldemar Petersen🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1880–1946
Days lived
24,002
Wilhelm Ernst I, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach🇩🇪
deceasedGrand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach · 1876–1923
Days lived
17,118
Yanga R. Fernández🇨🇦
American astronomer · b. 1971
Ze'ev Friedman🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli weightlifter · 1944–1972
Days lived
10,315
Died on This Day
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Antoni Gaudí🇪🇸
deceasedCatalan architect (1852–1926) · 1852–1926
Days lived
27,012
Bharathiraja🌍
deceasedFilm director · 1941–2026
Days lived
31,009
Ed Samples🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican stock car racing driver · 1921–1991
Days lived
25,697
Gustav Giemsa🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1867–1948
Days lived
29,422
Jack Johnson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer (1878–1946) · 1878–1946
Days lived
24,907
Jean-Pierre Mourer🇫🇷
deceasedFrench politician (1897-1947) · 1897–1947
Days lived
18,191
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John Gotti
deceasedNotable Trials · 1940–2002
Days lived
22,506
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Josep Tarradellas i Joan🇪🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1899–1988
Days lived
32,649
Nat Pierce🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1925–1992) · 1925–1992
Days lived
24,436
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
deceasedactor · 1945–1982
Days lived
13,524
Ray Charles🇺🇸
deceasedPianist · 1930–2004
Days lived
26,924
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Richard Voß
deceasedGerman dramatist and novelist (1851–1918) · 1851–1918
Days lived
24,387
Spencer Tracy🇬🇧
deceasedOscar Winners · 1900–1967
Days lived
24,537
Sudono Salim🇮🇩
deceasedIndonesian businessman (1916–2012) · 1916–2012
Days lived
35,028
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Ted Kaczynski
deceasedNotable Trials · 1942–2023
Days lived
29,604
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
42,163
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
49,834
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
48,007
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,704
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,277
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,719
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,685
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,319
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,763
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,415
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,214
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,728
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,746
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,415
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,767
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,310
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,220
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,197
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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