On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 18 1968
Born on This Day
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Alireza Firouzja
chess player · b. 2003
Baburam Bhattarai
writer · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Betty Bird🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1901–1998
Days lived
35,323
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Blake Shelton🇺🇸
American country music singer and television personality · b. 1976
Christian Taylor🇺🇸
American track and field athlete · b. 1990
Christophe Guilloteau🇫🇷
member of the National Assembly of France · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
David Giuntoli🇺🇸
actor · b. 1980
David Kipiani🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1951–2001
Days lived
18,354
Dizzy Reed🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
E. G. Marshall
deceasedActor · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,748
Emil Knoevenagel🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1865–1921
Days lived
20,507
Félix Heredia🇩🇴
baseball player · b. 1975
Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels
deceasedscientist · 1865–1913
Days lived
17,603
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Gabriel Martinelli
association football player · b. 2001
George Mikan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player, coach, commissioner · 1924–2005
Days lived
29,568
Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl🇩🇪
chemist · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Granger Hall🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Han Soo-ann🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean boxer (1926-1998) · 1926–1998
Days lived
26,133
Hanns Zischler🇩🇪
writer · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Hans-Josef Becker🇩🇪
philosopher · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Idriss Déby
deceasedpolitician · 1952–2021
Days lived
25,143
Itziar Ituño🇪🇸
actor · b. 1974
Jamel Debbouze🇫🇷
Moroccan Amazigh -French comedian and actor · b. 1975
Jüri Järvet🇪🇪
deceasedathlete · 1919–1995
Days lived
27,776
Jurriaan Lobbezoo
Dutch baseball player · b. 1977
Kane Parsons🇺🇸
YouTuber · b. 2005
Kathleen Aerts🇧🇪
singer and actress · b. 1978
Lech Kaczyński🇵🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1949–2010
Days lived
22,211
Lee Jong-wook🇰🇷
film director · b. 1980
Lee Soo-man🇰🇷
South Korean businessman and record producer · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
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Marco Borriello🇮🇹
Italian footballer · b. 1982
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Marco Streller🇨🇭
Swiss footballer · b. 1981
Martin Scheringer🇨🇭
German-Swiss chemist and author · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Mat Mathews🇳🇱
deceasedDutch musician (1924-2009) · 1924–2009
Days lived
30,920
Norman Ascot🇩🇪
musician · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Nossrat Peseschkian🇩🇪
deceasedGerman psychiatrist, founder of Positive Psychotherapy (1933–2010) · 1933–2010
Days lived
28,072
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Oleksii Reznikov🇺🇦
Lawyer · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Otto Immisch🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1862–1936
Days lived
27,161
Paul McCartney🇬🇧
Guitarist · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
Peter Altmaier🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Philipp Poisel🇩🇪
singer-songwriter · b. 1983
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang🇪🇸
football player · b. 1989
Roger Ebert🇺🇸
deceasedScreenwriter · 1942–2013
Days lived
25,858
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Romeo Crennel🇺🇸
American football player and coach · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
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Rumen Radev🇧🇬
Politician · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
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Scooter Braun🇺🇸
Talent agent · b. 1981
Stanisław Marusarz🇵🇱
deceasedathlete · 1913–1993
Days lived
29,353
Stanley Knowles🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian politician (1908–1997) · 1908–1997
Days lived
32,498
Steve Cishek🇺🇸
film director · b. 1986
Uday Hussein
deceasedNotable Trials · 1964–2003
Days lived
14,278
Veronica Carstens🇩🇪
deceasedGerman First Lady (1923-2012) · 1923–2012
Days lived
32,363
Died on This Day
Agustín Edwards Mac-Clure🇨🇱
deceasedentrepreneur · 1878–1941
Days lived
23,011
Al Nichols🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1852–1936
Days lived
30,805
Bleick Max Bleicken🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1869–1959
Days lived
32,893
Clarence Clemons🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1942–2011
Days lived
25,360
Curd Jürgens🇦🇹
deceasedGerman actor (1915–1982) · 1915–1982
Days lived
24,294
Efim Bogoljubov🇩🇪
deceasedRussian chess player (1889–1952) · 1889–1952
Days lived
23,076
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Erika Dannhoff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1909-1996) · 1909–1996
Days lived
31,610
George Buck Flower
deceasedActor · 1937–2004
Days lived
24,340
Glenmor🇫🇷
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1931–1996
Days lived
23,735
Hans Joachim Sewering🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1916-2010) · 1916–2010
Days lived
34,473
Hermann Glaser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman cultural historian and opinion journalist (1928–2018) · 1928–2018
Days lived
32,801
José Saramago🇵🇹
deceasedYouTube personality · 1922–2010
Days lived
31,991
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Leon Allen White🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1955–2018
Days lived
23,046
Martin Krampen🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1928–2015
Days lived
31,877
Max Immelmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman flying ace (1890–1916) · 1890–1916
Days lived
9,401
Maxim Gorky
deceasedwriter · 1868–1936
Days lived
24,918
Michael Hastings🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1980–2013
Days lived
12,195
Milton L. Humason🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican astronomer (1891–1972) · 1891–1972
Days lived
29,523
Nína Tryggvadóttir
deceasedIcelandic Abstract expressionist artist (1913–1968) · 1913–1968
Days lived
20,183
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Oskar Minkowski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1858-1931) · 1858–1931
Days lived
26,818
Otto Baum🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1911–1998
Days lived
31,627
Paul Karrer🇨🇭
deceasedchemist · 1889–1971
Days lived
30,007
Roald Amundsen🇳🇴
deceasedwriter · 1872–1928
Days lived
20,425
Robert Schlienz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer (1924-1995) · 1924–1995
Days lived
26,068
Stephanie L. Kwolek🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist, inventor of Kevlar (1923–2014) · 1923–2014
Days lived
33,195
XXXTentacion🇺🇸
deceasedRapper · 1998–2018
Days lived
7,451
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XXXTentacion
deceasedrapper · 1998–2018
Days lived
7,451
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
42,171
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
49,842
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
48,015
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,712
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,285
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,727
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,693
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,327
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,771
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,423
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,222
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,736
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,754
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,423
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,775
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,318
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,228
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,205
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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