On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 11 1968
Born on This Day
Adrienne Barbeau🇺🇸
American actress · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Anne Kasprik🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
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Anote Tong🇦🇪
politician · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Antoni Grabowski
deceasedwriter · 1857–1921
Days lived
23,398
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Benedetta Porcaroli🇮🇹
Actor · b. 1998
Bob Gordon🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1928–1955) · 1928–1955
Days lived
9,939
Bryan Young🇬🇧
Irish rugby union player · b. 1981
Claire Holt🇺🇸
actor · b. 1988
Dan Davis🇩🇪
German painter · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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Diana Taurasi🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1982
Earl C. Tingey
American bishop · b. 1934
Days alive
12,419
Eduardo Guadamud🇪🇨
Olympic weightlifter · b. 1986
Emil Riebeck🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1853–1885
Days lived
11,699
Eric de Bruin
Dutch baseball player · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Eric Fraser🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1902–1983
Days lived
29,742
Ernie Nevers🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1902–1976
Days lived
26,990
Ettore Romagnoli🇮🇹
deceasedItalian hellenist (1871-1938) · 1871–1938
Days lived
24,430
Ezequiel Carrera🇻🇪
Venezuelan baseball player · b. 1987
Frank Beard🇺🇸
deceasedComposer · 1949–2026
Days lived
28,191
Gene Wilder🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1933–2016) · 1933–2016
Days lived
30,395
Gert Prokop🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1932–1994
Days lived
22,543
Gonzalo Castro🇪🇸
football player · b. 1987
Hans Adalbert Schlettow🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1887–1945
Days lived
21,142
Hermann Baranowski🇩🇪
deceasedSS general (1884-1940) · 1884–1940
Days lived
20,326
Hermann Kaufmann🇦🇹
Austrian architect · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Hugh Laurie🇬🇧
actor · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Jackie Stewart🇬🇧
entrepreneur · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
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Jacques Cousteau🇫🇷
deceasedFrench naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997) · 1910–1997
Days lived
31,791
Jane Goldman🇬🇧
actor · b. 1970
Jesús Castillo🇵🇪
association football player · b. 2001
JoAnne Stubbe🇺🇸
American chemist · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
João Bosco Burnier🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian priest (1917–1976) · 1917–1976
Days lived
21,673
Joe Montana🇺🇸
American football player (born 1956) · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
John O'Malley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican Jesuit priest and professor of theology (1927–2022) · 1927–2022
Days lived
34,791
José Bové🇫🇷
politician · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Kai Havertz
association football player · b. 1999
Kamel Chafni🇫🇷
Moroccan and French footballer · b. 1982
Karl Hein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman hammer thrower (1908–1982) · 1908–1982
Days lived
27,057
Keith Seaman🇦🇺
deceasedGovernor of South Australia (1977-82) · 1920–2013
Days lived
33,987
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Notable Trials · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Lawrence Spivak🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican journalist and Meet the Press host (1900-1994) · 1900–1994
Days lived
34,239
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Leena Nair
Actor · b. 1969
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Mano Menezes🇧🇷
Brazilian football manager · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
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María Barranco🇪🇸
Spanish actress · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Matthias Maucksch🇩🇪
German footballer and manager · b. 1969
Otto Deßloch🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1889–1977
Days lived
32,112
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Paul Kalkbrenner🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1977
Richard Strauss🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1864–1949
Days lived
31,134
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Roger Bresnahan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1879–1944) · 1879–1944
Days lived
23,917
Sebastian Bayer🇩🇪
German long jumper · b. 1986
Shia LaBeouf🇺🇸
Film director · b. 1986
Steve Cohen🇺🇸
Hedge Fund Manager & Investor · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Unai Simón
association football player · b. 1997
Wynand Olivier🇿🇦
South African rugby union footballer · b. 1983
Yasunari Kawabata🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese novelist (1899–1972) · 1899–1972
Days lived
26,607
Died on This Day
Alexandra Kluge🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and physician (1937–2017) · 1937–2017
Days lived
29,290
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August von Hayek🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian botanist (1871-1928) · 1871–1928
Days lived
20,633
Bernard Bresslaw🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actor · 1934–1993
Days lived
21,656
Brian Wilson
deceasedsinger · 1942–2025
Days lived
30,307
Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian ethnologist (1909–1995) · 1909–1995
Days lived
31,400
DeForest Kelley🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1920–1999
Days lived
28,997
Ernest Tursunov
deceasedpoet and translator (1935–2014) · 1935–2014
Days lived
28,781
Francis Xavier Morgan🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish-British Roman Catholic priest (1857-1935) · 1857–1935
Days lived
28,632
Françoise Hardy🇫🇷
deceasedsinger · 1944–2024
Days lived
29,366
Franz Egenieff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman opera singer and actor (1874–1949) · 1874–1949
Days lived
27,404
Friedl Hardt🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1919–1991
Days lived
26,432
Georg Groddeck
deceasedYouTube personality · 1866–1934
Days lived
24,712
Giuseppe Saragat🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1898–1988
Days lived
32,772
Hermann Kobold🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1858-1942) · 1858–1942
Days lived
30,625
John Wayne
deceasedOscar Winners · 1907–1979
Days lived
26,314
Miroslav Dvořák🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1951–2008
Days lived
20,698
Pandurang Sadashiv Sane🇮🇳
deceasedMarathi author, teacher, social activist, and freedom fighter from Maharashtra, India · 1899–1950
Days lived
18,431
Pavel Kondratyev🇷🇺
deceasedRussian chess player and coach (1924-1984) · 1924–1984
Days lived
22,070
Rafael Orozco Maestre🇨🇴
deceasedSinger · 1954–1992
Days lived
13,959
Siegfried Balke🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1902–1984
Days lived
29,961
Timothy McVeigh
deceasedNotable Trials · 1968–2001
Days lived
12,102
Wilhelm Sievers🇩🇪
deceasedGerman geologist (1860-1921) · 1860–1921
Days lived
22,104
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
42,164
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
49,835
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
48,008
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,705
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,278
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,720
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,686
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,320
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,764
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,416
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,215
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,729
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,747
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,416
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,768
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,311
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,221
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,198
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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