On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 20 1968
Born on This Day
Ádám Iváncsik🇭🇺
Hungarian handball player · b. 1990
Agustín Mazzilli🇦🇷
Argentine field hockey player · b. 1989
Albrecht Brandi🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1914–1966
Days lived
18,828
Alec Chamberlain🇬🇧
football player · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Alois Kottmann🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1929–2021
Days lived
33,770
Anthony Garcy🇺🇸
American weightlifter · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
Brian Wilson
deceasedsinger · 1942–2025
Days lived
30,307
Candy Clark🇺🇸
actor · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Chet Atkins🇺🇸
deceasedrapper · 1924–2001
Days lived
28,134
Claire Tomalin🇬🇧
English biographer and journalist · b. 1933
Days alive
12,784
Danny Aiello
deceasedActor · 1933–2019
Days lived
31,586
Donata Wenders🇩🇪
German photographer · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Doris Hart🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1925–2015) · 1925–2015
Days lived
32,850
Ermenegildo Nucci🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest, historian and art historian (1881–1950) · 1881–1950
Days lived
25,126
Errol Flynn🇺🇸
deceasedAustralian actor (1909–1959) · 1909–1959
Days lived
18,378
Eugen Drewermann🇩🇪
writer · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
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Ferry Radax🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian filmmaker (1932–2021) · 1932–2021
Days lived
32,588
Frank Lampard🇬🇧
football player · b. 1978
Friedrich Gundolf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman poet (1880–1931) · 1880–1931
Days lived
18,648
Georges Dufrénoy🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter (1870-1943) · 1870–1943
Days lived
26,834
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Gérard Collomb🇫🇷
deceasedFrench politician (1947–2023) · 1947–2023
Days lived
27,917
Gonçalo Ramos
association football player · b. 2001
Hans-Dieter Lange🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1926-2012) · 1926–2012
Days lived
31,379
Itumeleng Khune🇿🇦
South African footballer · b. 1987
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James Tolkan
deceasedActor · 1931–2026
Days lived
34,613
Jasmin Feige🇩🇪
deceasedGerman long and high jumper (1959-1988) · 1959–1988
Days lived
10,592
Jean-Marie Le Pen
deceasedNotable Trials · 1928–2025
Days lived
35,265
Jens Blauert🇩🇪
scientist · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958
John Goodman🇺🇸
singer · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Jon Glaser
Actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Josh Lucas🇺🇸
American actor (born 1971) · b. 1971
Juan Gabriel Castro🇲🇽
film director · b. 1972
Juli Sánchez
Andorran footballer · b. 1978
Kurt Schwerdtfeger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman sculptor (1897-1966) · 1897–1966
Days lived
25,250
Kurt Schwitters🇳🇴
deceasedartist · 1887–1948
Days lived
22,116
Lionel Richie🇺🇸
singer · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Magdalena Abakanowicz🇵🇱
deceasedartist · 1930–2017
Days lived
31,716
MaliVai Washington🇺🇸
US tennis player · b. 1969
Maria Paudler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1903–1990) · 1903–1990
Days lived
31,835
Mary L. Good🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist (1931–2019) · 1931–2019
Days lived
32,295
Matt Anger🇺🇸
US tennis player · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Michael Vitzthum🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1992
Mike Birbiglia
Actor · b. 1978
Nicole Kidman🇺🇸
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Nouri al-Maliki
Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014 · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Pancho Segura🇺🇸
deceasedEcuadorian tennis player (1921-2017) · 1921–2017
Days lived
35,215
Pauline Newman🇺🇸
American judge · b. 1927
Days alive
14,976
Paulo Bento🇵🇹
Portuguese football manager and former footballer · b. 1969
Peter Bos🇳🇱
actor · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Ralf Sträßer🇩🇪
German footballer and manager · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Richard Kauffmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-Israeli architect and town planner (1887–1958) · 1887–1958
Days lived
25,795
Richard Riemerschmid🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect, painter, designer, and city planner (1868-1957) · 1868–1957
Days lived
32,438
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Robert Rodriguez🇺🇸
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Robert Stieglitz🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1981
Sead Kolašinac🇩🇪
Bosnian-German association football player (born 1993) · b. 1993
Seo Jong-ho🇰🇷
South Korean field hockey player · b. 1980
Souleymane Mamam🇧🇪
footballer · b. 1985
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Stephen Frears🇬🇧
British film director and producer (born 1941) · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Tibor Pettkó-Szandtner🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1886–1961
Days lived
27,228
Ulrich Mühe🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1953–2007) · 1953–2007
Days lived
19,755
Wilhelm Zaisser🇺🇸
deceasedGerman politician (1893-1958) · 1893–1958
Days lived
23,631
Xanana Gusmão🇵🇹
writer · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Died on This Day
Arthur Heß🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician and judge (1891-1959) · 1891–1959
Days lived
24,808
Bruno Frank🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1887–1945
Days lived
21,191
Conrad Schumann🇩🇪
deceasedEast German soldier (1942-1998) · 1942–1998
Days lived
20,538
Eddie Hopson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer · 1971–2022
Days lived
18,618
Emil Cioran🇷🇴
deceasedRomanian-French philosopher and essayist (1911–1995) · 1911–1995
Days lived
30,754
Erich Hintzsche🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss physician (1900–1975) · 1900–1975
Days lived
27,326
Günter Seibold🇩🇪
deceasedGerman football player (1936-2013) · 1936–2013
Days lived
27,950
Heinz Ditgens🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer and manager (1914-1998) · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,668
Ivar Giæver🇳🇴
deceasedscientist · 1929–2025
Days lived
35,140
Kurt Alder🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1902–1958
Days lived
20,434
Ludwig Gattermann🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1860–1920
Days lived
21,975
Luis del Sol🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish footballer (1935-2021) · 1935–2021
Days lived
31,487
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Michael Westphal🇩🇪
deceasedWest German tennis player (1965–1991) · 1965–1991
Days lived
9,617
Paul Carell🇩🇪
deceasedSS officer, German writer and politician (1911-1997) · 1911–1997
Days lived
31,277
Princess Marie of Battenberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman noble (1852-1923) · 1852–1923
Days lived
26,057
Richard Byrd🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1892–1958
Days lived
24,140
Rolf Uesseler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and writer (1943–2012) · 1943–2012
Days lived
25,373
Rudolf Schwarzkogler🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian artist (1940-1969) · 1940–1969
Days lived
10,446
Shaaban Robert
deceasedTanzanian writer (1909–1962) · 1909–1962
Days lived
19,528
Wibke Bruhns🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and news presenter (1938–2019) · 1938–2019
Days lived
29,505
Wilhelm Busch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman protestant pastor and writer (1897-1966) · 1897–1966
Days lived
25,286
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
42,173
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
49,844
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
48,017
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,714
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,287
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,729
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,695
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,329
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,773
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,425
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,224
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,738
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,756
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,425
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,777
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,320
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,230
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,207
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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