On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 15 1968
Born on This Day
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Alberto Sordi🇮🇹
deceasedactor · 1920–2003
Days lived
30,204
Ana Castillo🇺🇸
novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Andon Nikolov🇧🇬
Bulgarian weightlifter · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Andy Pettitte🇺🇸
film director · b. 1972
Anna Mahler🇦🇹
deceasedartist · 1904–1988
Days lived
30,669
Arthur Mallwitz🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
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Billy Martin🇺🇸
American guitarist · b. 1981
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Courteney Cox🇺🇸
American actress and producer (born 1964) · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
David A. Bednar🇺🇸
Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
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Demond Greene🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1979
Erik Kratz🇺🇸
film director · b. 1980
Esteban Powell🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1976
Franz Baader🇩🇪
German computer scientist · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Graeme Reid🇦🇺
Australian field hockey player · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Gudrun Wagner🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1944–2007
Days lived
23,176
Gustave Gillman🇬🇧
deceasedBritish railway engineer and photographer (1856-1922) · 1856–1922
Days lived
23,998
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1889–1968
Days lived
28,756
Herbert Feuerstein🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian-born German journalist, comedian and entertainer (1937–2020) · 1937–2020
Days lived
30,429
Hoshi (Kwon Soon-young)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (SEVENTEEN) · b. 1996
Ice Cube
rapper · b. 1969
Ingrid van Bergen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress · 1931–2025
Days lived
34,500
Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt🇦🇹
deceasedscientist · 1928–2018
Days lived
32,859
Jim Belushi🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Jim Varney🇺🇸
deceasedStand-up comedian · 1949–2000
Days lived
18,502
John Gottowt🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1881–1942
Days lived
22,352
John Lawry🇺🇸
musician · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Johnny Hallyday🇫🇷
deceasedsinger · 1943–2017
Days lived
27,202
Josef Hegenbarth🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1884–1962
Days lived
28,530
Katie Chapman🇬🇧
football player · b. 1982
Lakshmi Mittal
businessperson · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
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Lee Jin-young🇰🇷
film director · b. 1980
Maud Barger-Wallach🇺🇸
deceasedUS tennis player (1870-1959) · 1870–1959
Days lived
32,432
Milly Steger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman sculptor (1881–1948) · 1881–1948
Days lived
24,609
Nancy King🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1940–2025
Days lived
31,097
Neil Patrick Harris🇺🇸
Television actor · b. 1973
Rob van Kreeveld🇳🇱
deceasedDutch pianist (1941–2023) · 1941–2023
Days lived
30,135
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Robert Sarah🇺🇸
Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (1945-) · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Sándor Bokor
deceasedmodel · 1915–1972
Days lived
20,654
Sergio Endrigo🇮🇹
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1933–2005
Days lived
26,382
Stjepan Hauser🇭🇷
Cellist, Musician, Performer · b. 1986
Tim Lincecum🇺🇸
film director · b. 1984
Tony Dorsey🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1970
V. P. Kalairajan🇮🇳
politician · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Vincent Lange🇩🇪
German actor, producer, sports manager, volleyball player and coach · b. 1974
Waylon Jennings🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican country musician (1937–2002) · 1937–2002
Days lived
23,619
Wilhelm Koppe🇩🇪
deceasedSS and Police Leader (Nazi Germany); German general (1896-1975) · 1896–1975
Days lived
28,870
Xi Jinping🇨🇳
politician · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Yeosang (Kang Yeo-sang)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (ATEEZ) · b. 1999
Zlatan Alomerović🇩🇪
football player · b. 1991
Died on This Day
Arthur Francis🇳🇿
deceasedNew Zealand rugby union footballer and coach, and rugby league footballer (1882-1957) · 1882–1957
Days lived
27,400
Arthur Leighton🇬🇧
deceasedfield hockey player (1889-1939) · 1889–1939
Days lived
18,362
Brett Whiteley🇦🇺
deceasedartist · 1939–1992
Days lived
19,428
Casey Kasem🇺🇸
deceasedVoice actor · 1932–2014
Days lived
29,999
Ella Fitzgerald🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1917–1996
Days lived
28,906
Federico Deflorian🇮🇹
deceasedItalian cross-country skier · 1921–2003
Days lived
29,956
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Franco Zeffirelli🇮🇹
deceasedItalian director and politician (1923-2019) · 1923–2019
Days lived
35,187
George Nakashima🇯🇵
deceasedartist · 1905–1990
Days lived
31,068
Harry Prime🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1920–2017
Days lived
35,531
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Heidi Kabel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1914–2010) · 1914–2010
Days lived
34,991
João Batista Becker🇧🇷
deceasedCatholic archbishop · 1870–1946
Days lived
27,869
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Kazimierz Bein🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1872–1959
Days lived
31,882
Otto Gerdes🇩🇪
deceasedrapper · 1920–1989
Days lived
25,349
Paul Leroy🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter (1860-1942) · 1860–1942
Days lived
29,754
Sigrid Hunke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer and SS personnel (1913–1999) · 1913–1999
Days lived
31,461
Tauno Timoska🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish bandy player (1932–2022) · 1932–2022
Days lived
32,943
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Wes Montgomery🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz guitarist (1923–1968) · 1923–1968
Days lived
16,538
William Goodsir-Cullen🇦🇺
deceasedfield hockey player · 1907–1994
Days lived
31,855
William Jennings Gardner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach, college athletics administrator, law-enforcement agent (1884-1965) · 1884–1965
Days lived
29,728
William Renwick🇬🇧
deceasedScottish rugby union player (1914–1944) · 1914–1944
Days lived
10,791
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
42,168
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
49,839
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
48,012
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,709
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,282
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,724
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,690
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,324
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,768
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,420
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,219
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,733
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,751
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,420
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,772
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,315
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,225
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,202
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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