On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 19 1968
Born on This Day
Ahmad Heryawan🇮🇩
politician · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Aleksandar Stojanović
Yugoslav/Serbian footballer · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Alfred Hugenberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1865-1951) · 1865–1951
Days lived
31,311
Anneliese Rothenberger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman operatic soprano · 1924–2010
Days lived
31,385
Atticus Shaffer🇺🇸
actor · b. 1998
Aung San Suu Kyi🇲🇾
former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Benno von Arent🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician and SS officer (1898-1956) · 1898–1956
Days lived
21,301
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Boris Johnson🇺🇸
Journalist · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Charles Nicholl🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh rugby union player · 1870–1939
Days lived
25,221
Christian Kahrmann🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1972
Christian Wulff🇩🇪
politician · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish physical chemist (1897-1967) · 1897–1967
Days lived
25,678
Dirk Nowitzki🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1978
Earl W. Bascom🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican artist (1906-1995) · 1906–1995
Days lived
32,577
Eija Krogerus🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish bowler (1932–2018) · 1932–2018
Days lived
31,521
Elisabeth Axmann🇩🇪
deceasedwriter (1926–2015) · 1926–2015
Days lived
32,448
Erich Koch🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1896–1986
Days lived
33,017
Frank Horwill🇬🇧
deceasedrunning coach · 1927–2012
Days lived
30,877
František Mysliveček🇨🇿
Czech association football player · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Gyula Halasy🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1891–1970
Days lived
29,038
Hans Baur🇩🇪
deceasedGerman military aviator (1897–1993) · 1897–1993
Days lived
34,941
Heinrich Rondi🇩🇪
deceasedGerman weightlifter · 1877–1948
Days lived
26,076
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Henri Kontinen🇫🇮
Finnish tennis player · b. 1990
Hermann Friedrich Graebe🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1900–1986
Days lived
31,348
Hippolyt Freiherr Poschinger von Frauenau🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1908–1990
Days lived
29,981
Horst Lechner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect · 1959–2014
Days lived
20,282
Isao Harimoto🇯🇵
film director · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
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Jean Dujardin
Oscar Winners · b. 1972
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John Hollenbeck🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1968
Days alive
0
José Rizal
deceasedNotable Trials · 1861–1896
Days lived
12,978
K. H. Scheer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1928–1991) · 1928–1991
Days lived
23,098
Karl Moik🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1938–2015
Days lived
28,039
Liffa Gregoriussen
deceasedDanish fashion designer · 1904–1992
Days lived
31,974
Lou Gehrig🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1903–1941
Days lived
13,863
Ludwik Lawiński🇵🇱
deceasedactor (1887-1971) · 1887–1971
Days lived
30,768
Macklemore🇺🇸
Rapper · b. 1983
Marina Fernandez🇭🇷
actor · b. 1981
Michael Burry🇺🇸
Investor & Hedge Fund Manager · b. 1971
Milka Loff Fernandes🇩🇪
German actress and television presenter · b. 1980
Nick Drake🇬🇧
deceasedsinger · 1948–1974
Days lived
9,655
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Nuno Mendes
association football player · b. 2002
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Paula Abdul🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Quincy Watts🇺🇸
Athletics competitor, sprinter, 400 metres runner · b. 1970
Radovan Karadžić
Notable Trials · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Rahul Gandhi🇮🇳
politician · b. 1970
Robert Wartenberg🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican neurologist (1886–1956) · 1886–1956
Days lived
25,717
Rolf Hachmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman prehistorian and archaeologist (1917–2014) · 1917–2014
Days lived
35,415
Sabine Braun🇩🇪
German heptathlete · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Salman Rushdie🇺🇸
actor · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Sándor Szathmári🇭🇺
deceasedwriter · 1897–1974
Days lived
28,223
Sarah Kay🇺🇸
American poet · b. 1988
Sean Anders🇺🇸
American film director, screenwriter, actor · b. 1969
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Václav Klaus🇨🇿
politician · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Wahoo McDaniel🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and professional wrestler (1938-2002) · 1938–2002
Days lived
23,314
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Walter Rauff🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1906–1984
Days lived
28,454
Yasuhiko Yabuta🇯🇵
film director · b. 1973
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Zoe Saldaña
Actor · b. 1978
Zózimo🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian footballer (1932-1977) · 1932–1977
Days lived
16,464
Died on This Day
Anton Yelchin🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1989–2016
Days lived
9,962
Coluche🇫🇷
deceasedactor · 1944–1986
Days lived
15,209
Dalibor Brozović🇭🇷
deceasedpolitician · 1927–2009
Days lived
29,912
Freimut Börngen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1930–2021) · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,118
Gabriele Schnaut🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1951–2023
Days lived
26,413
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Gerry Goffin🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1939–2014
Days lived
27,522
Ian Holm
deceasedActor · 1931–2020
Days lived
32,423
Jagatjit Singh I of Kapurthala🇮🇳
deceasedKing of Kapurthala (1872-1949) · 1872–1949
Days lived
27,965
James Collip🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian biochemist, part of group that isolated insulin (1892–1965) · 1892–1965
Days lived
26,508
Jasmin Feige🇩🇪
deceasedGerman long and high jumper (1959-1988) · 1959–1988
Days lived
10,592
Jörg Hube🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and director (1943–2009) · 1943–2009
Days lived
23,951
Klausjürgen Wussow🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1929-2007) · 1929–2007
Days lived
28,539
Lee Krasner🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1908–1984
Days lived
27,629
Luca Trevisan🇮🇹
deceasedItalian computer scientist (1971–2024) · 1971–2024
Days lived
19,327
Manute Bol
deceasedSudanese-American basketball player · 1962–2010
Days lived
17,413
Mario Soldati🇮🇹
deceasedwriter · 1906–1999
Days lived
33,817
Siegfried Czapski
deceasedGerman physicist (1861-1907) · 1861–1907
Days lived
16,822
Ursula Thiess🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1924-2010) · 1924–2010
Days lived
31,446
Vladimir A. Obruchev
deceasedscientist · 1863–1956
Days lived
33,855
Voltairine de Cleyre🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican anarchist writer and feminist · 1866–1912
Days lived
16,650
Weiß Ferdl🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1883–1949
Days lived
24,097
William Golding🇬🇧
deceasedBritish novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1911–1993) · 1911–1993
Days lived
29,859
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
42,172
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
49,843
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
48,016
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,713
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,286
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,728
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,694
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,328
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,772
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,424
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,223
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,737
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,755
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,424
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,776
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,319
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,229
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,206
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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