On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 22 1968
Born on This Day
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Abbas Kiarostami🇮🇷
deceasedIranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer (1940-2016) · 1940–2016
Days lived
27,771
Ada Yonath🇮🇱
scientist · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
Alan Osmond🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1949–2026
Days lived
28,061
Albert Renger-Patzsch🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1897–1966
Days lived
25,267
Andoni Iraola🇪🇸
Spanish association football player and manager · b. 1982
Benedict Gross🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican mathematician (1950–2025) · 1950–2025
Days lived
27,556
Bill Blass🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican fashion designer (1922-2002) · 1922–2002
Days lived
29,210
Billy Wilder🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian-born American filmmaker and screenwriter (1906-2002) · 1906–2002
Days lived
34,977
Bobby Todd🇩🇪
deceasedactor (1904-1980) · 1904–1980
Days lived
27,836
Bruno Lom🇫🇷
French rugby union player · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Buddy Adler🇺🇸
deceasedfilm producer (1909-1960) · 1909–1960
Days lived
18,648
C. Joseph Vijay🇮🇳
Politician · b. 1974
Carsten Jacobson🇩🇪
German Army officer · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Cédric Mongongu🇨🇩
football player · b. 1989
Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian ethnologist (1909–1995) · 1909–1995
Days lived
31,400
Cyndi Lauper🇺🇸
singer · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
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Dan Brown🇺🇸
writer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Djakaridja Koné🇨🇮
Ivorian footballer · b. 1986
Eduard Bornträger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film actor (1888–1958) · 1888–1958
Days lived
25,461
Ehrhart Körting🇩🇪
German judge and politician · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
Esteban Yan🇩🇴
film director · b. 1975
Esther Rantzen🇬🇧
deceasedJournalist · 1940–2026
Days lived
31,511
Farkhad Zeynalov
deceasedSoviet turkologist (1929-1984) · 1929–1984
Days lived
20,205
Franciszek Smuda🇵🇱
deceasedfootball player · 1948–2024
Days lived
27,816
Frands Faber🇩🇰
deceasedfield hockey player (1897-1933) · 1897–1933
Days lived
13,149
Friedrich Sarre🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1865-1945) · 1865–1945
Days lived
29,197
Georg Loos🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1943–2016
Days lived
26,556
Guido Seeber🇩🇪
deceasedGerman cinematographer (1879-1940) · 1879–1940
Days lived
22,260
Halina Mlynkova🇵🇱
actor · b. 1977
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Han Urbanus🇳🇱
deceasedDutch baseball player (1927-2021) · 1927–2021
Days lived
34,197
Harold C. Ostertag🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician (1896-1985) · 1896–1985
Days lived
32,455
Henryk Dobrzański🇵🇱
deceasedathlete · 1897–1940
Days lived
15,652
Herbert Quandt🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1910–1982
Days lived
26,278
Ingeborg Lüscher🇨🇭
actor · b. 1936
Days alive
11,688
J. J. Cohen
Actor · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Jakob Gartner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1861-1921) · 1861–1921
Days lived
21,846
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Jerry Rawlings🇬🇭
deceasedmilitary person · 1947–2020
Days lived
26,807
Johannes Baader🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1875–1955
Days lived
29,061
John Phelan🇺🇸
Entrepreneur · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Jonathan Schmid🇫🇷
football player · b. 1990
Julian Huxley🇬🇧
deceasedBritish evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author (1887–1975) · 1887–1975
Days lived
32,013
Kang Joon-Ho🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean boxer (1928–1990) · 1928–1990
Days lived
22,739
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Klaus Maria Brandauer🇦🇹
musician · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
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Konrad Zuse🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1910–1995
Days lived
31,225
Kris Kristofferson🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1936–2024
Days lived
32,240
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Laura Bartlett🇬🇧
Scottish field hockey player · b. 1988
Mamitha Baiju🇮🇳
Actor · b. 2001
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Meryl Streep🇺🇸
actor · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Oskar Fischinger🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1900–1967
Days lived
24,329
Pape Alioune Diouf🇸🇳
Senegalese footballer · b. 1989
Peter Brogle🇨🇭
deceasedactor (1933-2006) · 1933–2006
Days lived
26,576
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Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy🇮🇹
Head of the House of Savoy (2024) · b. 1972
Randy Couture🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Sandra Klösel🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1979
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Sonya Kraus🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1973
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Stephen Chow🇨🇳
Hong Kong actor, comedian and filmmaker (born 1962) · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Sun Jun🇨🇳
basketball player · b. 1969
Travis Walker🇺🇸
American boxer · b. 1979
Walter Bonatti🇮🇹
deceasedItalian mountaineer (1930–2011) · 1930–2011
Days lived
29,668
Walter Friedrich Otto🇩🇪
deceasedGerman classical philologist (1874-1958) · 1874–1958
Days lived
30,773
Zuri Lawrence🇺🇸
American boxer · b. 1970
Died on This Day
Andreas Rumpf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1890-1966) · 1890–1966
Days lived
27,594
David O. Selznick🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1902–1965
Days lived
23,054
Dezső Dercsényi🇭🇺
deceasedjournalist · 1910–1987
Days lived
28,099
Dorothea Orem🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1914–2007
Days lived
33,945
Emil Riebeck🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1853–1885
Days lived
11,699
Fred Astaire🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican dancer, actor, and singer (1899–1987) · 1899–1987
Days lived
32,184
Fritz Schaudinn
deceasedGerman zoologist (1871–1906) · 1871–1906
Days lived
12,694
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George Carlin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican stand-up comedian (1937–2008) · 1937–2008
Days lived
25,974
Gerardo Chávez
deceasedartist · 1937–2025
Days lived
31,995
Hans Rothfels🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1891–1976
Days lived
31,117
Johannes Kopp🇩🇪
deceasedGerman priest (1927–2016) · 1927–2016
Days lived
32,680
Jonny Nilsson🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish ice speed skater (1943–2022) · 1943–2022
Days lived
28,988
Judy Garland
deceasedtelevision actor · 1922–1969
Days lived
17,179
Karl Pirich🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect · 1875–1956
Days lived
29,641
Marie-Luise Jahn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman resistance fighter; active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group · 1918–2010
Days lived
33,628
Moritz Schlick🇩🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1882–1936
Days lived
19,792
Paul Oppenheim🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1885–1977
Days lived
33,607
Peter Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman boxer (1927-1992) · 1927–1992
Days lived
23,860
Pierre Delaire🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1919–1985
Days lived
23,916
Pierre Grelot🇫🇷
deceasedFrench priest and theologian (1917-2009) · 1917–2009
Days lived
33,739
Svein Finnerud🇳🇴
deceasedVisual artist and jazz pianist (1945-2000) · 1945–2000
Days lived
20,017
Thomas Gold🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian astrophysicist (1920-2004) · 1920–2004
Days lived
30,712
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
42,175
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
49,846
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
48,019
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,716
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,289
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,731
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,697
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,331
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,775
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,427
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,226
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,740
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,758
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,427
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,779
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,322
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,232
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,209
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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