On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 13 1968
Born on This Day
Aaron Taylor-Johnson🇬🇧
actor · b. 1990
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Ally Sheedy🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Ann Druyan🇺🇸
journalist · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Antje Möldner-Schmidt🇩🇪
German middle distance runner · b. 1984
Antonio Neves Braga🇧🇷
athlete · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Attila Zoller🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian Jazz guitarist (1927-1998) · 1927–1998
Days lived
25,794
Audrey Niffenegger🇺🇸
artist · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Aurimas Didžbalis🇱🇹
Lithuanian weightlifter · b. 1991
Ban Ki-moon🇰🇷
writer · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Benny Greb🇩🇪
German drummer · b. 1980
Bettina Bunge🇩🇪
West German tennis player · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
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Boyko Borissov
Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2009–2013; 2014–2017; 2017–2021) · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Bruno Frank🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1887–1945
Days lived
21,191
Carl Selmer🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and coach · 1925–2020
Days lived
34,840
Caterina Fake🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1969
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Cezary Pazura🇵🇱
singer · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Chris Evans🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1981
Christopher Kas🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1980
Clément Haeyen🇧🇪
deceasedBelgian weightlifter (1927-2012) · 1927–2012
Days lived
30,974
Don Budge🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1915-2000) · 1915–2000
Days lived
30,908
Doreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon🇬🇧
deceasedBritish politician (1933–2014) · 1933–2014
Days lived
29,593
Dorothy L. Sayers🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer (1893-1957) · 1893–1957
Days lived
23,562
Emil Görlitz🇵🇱
deceasedGerman association football player (1903-1990) · 1903–1987
Days lived
30,668
Florent Malouda🇫🇷
football player · b. 1980
Friedrich Katz🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian-born anthropologist and historian · 1927–2010
Days lived
30,441
Gerald Gardner🇬🇧
deceasedBritish Wiccan leader (1884–1964) · 1884–1964
Days lived
29,097
Grand Duke Dimitri Constantinovich of Russia
deceasedmilitary person · 1860–1919
Days lived
21,412
Győző Veres🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian weightlifter (1936-2011) · 1936–2011
Days lived
27,261
Helmut Lent
deceasedmilitary person · 1918–1944
Days lived
9,613
Jan Nuck🇩🇪
Sorbian politician, chairman of the Domowina · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Javier Aguirre🇪🇸
deceasedFilm director · 1935–2019
Days lived
30,855
Johannes Grenzfurthner🇦🇹
actor · b. 1975
Karl Herrligkoffer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and mountaineer (1916–1991) · 1916–1991
Days lived
27,481
Kathy Burke🇬🇧
British actress · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Klaus Höhne🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1927-2006) · 1927–2006
Days lived
28,924
Larry Aldrich🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican fashion designer, art collector, and founder of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (1906-2001) · 1906–2001
Days lived
34,834
Leo Kanner🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1894–1981
Days lived
31,705
Leopoldo Lugones🇦🇷
deceasedArgentine poet · 1874–1938
Days lived
23,260
Li Ka-shing
entrepreneur · b. 1928
Days alive
14,610
Magdolna Balogh🇭🇺
Hungarian basketball player (1939–) · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
Małgorzata Drozd🇵🇱
Polish actress · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Måns Zelmerlöw🇸🇪
Singer · b. 1986
Mar Aprem Mooken🇮🇳
deceasedAssyrian Church of the East Metropolitan of India · 1940–2025
Days lived
31,070
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva🇵🇹
deceasedartist · 1908–1992
Days lived
30,582
Markus Münch🇩🇪
Athlete · b. 1986
Markus Zohner🇨🇭
Swiss actor and theatre director · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Mary Wickes🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1910–1995) · 1910–1995
Days lived
31,177
Mary-Kate Olsen🇺🇸
American businesswoman and actress (born 1986) · b. 1986
Mohamed Sheikh🇬🇧
deceasedentrepreneur · 1941–2022
Days lived
29,686
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Natalie Alison🇦🇹
actor · b. 1978
Nino Maisuradze🇫🇷
athlete · b. 1982
Otto Wanz🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1943–2017
Days lived
27,122
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Pheline Roggan🇩🇪
actor · b. 1981
Raymond Boyer🇫🇷
deceasedFrench archaeologist (1925–2011) · 1925–2011
Days lived
31,396
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Ricardo van Rhijn🇳🇱
football player · b. 1991
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Sarah Connor🇩🇪
German singer (born 1980) · b. 1980
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Scott Coolbaugh🇺🇸
film director · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Selma Björnsdóttir🇮🇸
singer · b. 1974
Sunny Balwani
Former COO · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Tillman Thomas
Grenadian Prime Minister · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Tim Allen🇺🇸
American actor and comedian · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Utz Aichinger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman hockey player (1938–2023) · 1938–2023
Days lived
31,012
Věra Suková
deceasedathlete · 1931–1982
Days lived
18,597
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Walter Ernsting🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1920–2005) · 1920–2005
Days lived
30,897
Will Claye🇺🇸
American triple jumper and long jumper · b. 1991
Zizi Roberts
football player · b. 1979
Died on This Day
Anita Pallenberg🇮🇹
deceasedGerman-Italian actress, model and muse of the Rolling Stones · 1942–2017
Days lived
27,462
Anne Donovan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player and coach (1961–2018) · 1961–2018
Days lived
20,678
Ben Chifley🇦🇺
deceasedpolitician · 1885–1951
Days lived
24,004
Benji Gregory🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1978–2024
Days lived
16,820
Benny Goodman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909–1986) · 1909–1986
Days lived
28,138
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Billy Nelson
deceasedActor · 1903–1979
Days lived
27,723
Dean Reed🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1938–1986
Days lived
17,431
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Ernő Verebes🇭🇺
deceasedsinger · 1902–1971
Days lived
25,026
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Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian politician (1926-2008) · 1926–2008
Days lived
30,000
Hannes Lintl🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1924–2003) · 1924–2003
Days lived
28,835
Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1905–1985) · 1905–1985
Days lived
29,255
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Harold Anderson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator (1902-1967) · 1902–1967
Days lived
23,651
Henri Mouton🇫🇷
deceasedscientist · 1869–1935
Days lived
24,021
Matthew Garber🇬🇧
deceasedFilm actor · 1956–1977
Days lived
7,750
Ned Beatty🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1937–2021
Days lived
30,658
Otto Herbig🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1889-1971) · 1889–1971
Days lived
29,748
Pralhad Keshav Atre🇮🇳
deceasedIndian writer (1898-1969) · 1898–1969
Days lived
25,871
Pran Nath🇮🇳
deceasedIndian singer (1918–1996) · 1918–1996
Days lived
28,347
Rick Tuten🇺🇸
deceasedPlayer of American football (1965-2017) · 1965–2017
Days lived
19,152
Roger Garaudy🇫🇷
deceasedNotable Trials · 1913–2012
Days lived
36,126
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Thomas Campbell Clark🇺🇸
deceasedAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1899-1977) · 1899–1977
Days lived
28,387
Wilhelm Keppler🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1882–1960
Days lived
28,305
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
42,166
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
49,837
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
48,010
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,707
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,280
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,722
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,688
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,322
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,766
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,418
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,217
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,731
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,749
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,418
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,770
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,313
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,223
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,200
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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