On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 26 1968
Born on This Day
Alex Arthur🇬🇧
British boxer · b. 1978
Almuth Link🇩🇪
German journalist · b. 1935
Days alive
12,054
Ariana Grande
singer · b. 1993
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Aubrey Plaza🇺🇸
American actress, producer, comedian, Juli's wife (born 1984) · b. 1984
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican golfer and athlete · 1911–1956
Days lived
16,530
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Bram Moszkowicz🇳🇱
Dutch lawyer · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Brent Adams🇺🇸
American football offensive tackle (born 1952) · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
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Chad Clifton🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1976
Chris O'Donnell🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1970
Claudio Abbado🇮🇹
deceasedconductor · 1933–2014
Days lived
29,428
Garou🇨🇦
actor · b. 1972
Gaye Porteous🇨🇦
Canadian field hockey player · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Gyula Takács🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1970
Inga Likšaitė🇱🇹
Lithuanian artist · b. 1972
Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman folklore scientist (1918–1993) · 1918–1993
Days lived
27,380
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Jacob Elordi
actor · b. 1997
Janus Friis🇩🇰
entrepreneur · b. 1976
Jason Schwartzman🇺🇸
American actor and musician · b. 1980
Jennette McCurdy🇺🇸
actor · b. 1992
Josep Llorens i Artigas🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish ceramic artist (1892–1980) · 1892–1980
Days lived
32,309
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Jürgen Rüttgers🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
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Katrin Heß🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1985
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Leander Haußmann🇩🇪
German film director · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Loh Kean Yew
Athlete · b. 1997
Ludwig Streicher🇦🇹
deceasedmusician · 1920–2003
Days lived
30,208
Manon Bannerman🇨🇭
Singer · b. 2002
Michael Vick🇺🇸
American football player (born 1980) · b. 1980
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Notable Trials · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Nadine Krüger🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1977
Natalya Antyukh🇷🇺
Russian female Olympic 400m hurdler · b. 1981
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Paul Thomas Anderson🇺🇸
American filmmaker (born 1970) · b. 1970
Pavel Fořt🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1983
Percy Irausquin
deceasedAruban fashion designer (1969-2008) · 1969–2008
Days lived
14,294
Peter Lorre🇺🇸
deceasedFilm actor · 1904–1964
Days lived
21,820
Peter Sloterdijk🇩🇪
philosopher · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Rémy Vercoutre🇫🇷
football player · b. 1980
Salvador Allende🇨🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1908–1973
Days lived
23,818
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Sam Abal
Papua New Guinean politician · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Samir Nasri🇫🇷
football player · b. 1987
Scott Farrar🇺🇸
artist · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Sławomir Mrożek🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1930–2013
Days lived
30,366
Stanislav Ledinek🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film actor (1920-1969) · 1920–1969
Days lived
17,809
Stefan Andres🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1906–1970
Days lived
23,379
Tomáš Pospíchal
deceasedathlete · 1936–2003
Days lived
24,588
Umberto Smaila🇮🇹
Italian actor · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
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Vegar Eggen Hedenstad🇳🇴
Norwegian association football player · b. 1991
Verna Lee Booker Hightower🇺🇸
deceasedAfrican American rodeo competitor and civil rights activist (1930-1970) · 1930–1970
Days lived
14,672
Wilhelm Heckmann🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1897–1995
Days lived
35,685
Wolfgang Unzicker🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess grandmaster (1925-2006) · 1925–2006
Days lived
29,518
Zachary Breaux🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz guitarist (1960–1997) · 1960–1997
Days lived
13,388
Died on This Day
Alexander Mitscherlich🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1908–1982
Days lived
26,942
Arthur Haggai Oder
deceasedUgandan judge (1938-2006) · 1938–2006
Days lived
24,746
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle🇫🇷
deceasedComposer · 1760–1836
Days lived
27,805
Denis Thatcher🇬🇧
deceasedentrepreneur · 1915–2003
Days lived
32,189
Emil Ernst
deceasedGerman astronomer (1889–1942) · 1889–1942
Days lived
19,377
Engelbert Zaschka🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1895–1955
Days lived
21,847
Ernst Scholz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1874-1932) · 1874–1932
Days lived
21,238
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Franz-Josef Röder🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1909–1979) · 1909–1979
Days lived
25,541
Hans Ludendorff
deceasedastronomer and astrophysicist from Germany · 1873–1941
Days lived
24,867
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1959–1997
Days lived
13,917
J. C. R. Licklider🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican psychologist and computer scientist (1915–1990) · 1915–1990
Days lived
27,501
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Jacques Corrèze🇫🇷
deceasedFrench politician and businessman (1912-1991) · 1912–1991
Days lived
28,990
Jay Berwanger🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player, halfback, Heisman Trophy winner (1914-2002) · 1914–2002
Days lived
32,241
Johannes Frießner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1892-1971) · 1892–1971
Days lived
28,949
John Louis Nuelsen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican bishop (1867-1946) · 1867–1946
Days lived
29,012
Karl Friedrich Kurz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1878–1962) · 1878–1962
Days lived
30,591
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Lalo Schifrin
deceasedcomposer · 1932–2025
Days lived
33,973
Lavrentiy Beria
deceasedNotable Trials · 1899–1953
Days lived
19,812
Leslie Hammond🇦🇺
deceasedfield hockey player · 1905–1955
Days lived
18,376
Margot Ebert🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1926-2009) · 1926–2009
Days lived
30,334
Max Wright🇺🇸
deceasedStage actor · 1943–2019
Days lived
27,722
Nora Ephron🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director and writer (1941–2012) · 1941–2012
Days lived
25,971
Peter Armbruster🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1931–2024
Days lived
33,940
Tõnno Lepmets🇷🇺
deceasedEstonian basketball player (1938–2005) · 1938–2005
Days lived
24,559
Walther Arndt
deceasedGerman zoologist (1891–1944) executed by the Nazis · 1891–1944
Days lived
19,527
Yaşar Yakış
deceasedTurkish diplomat (1938–2024) · 1938–2024
Days lived
31,376
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
42,179
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
49,850
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
48,023
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,720
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,293
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,735
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,701
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,335
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,779
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,431
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,230
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,744
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,762
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,431
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,783
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,326
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,236
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,213
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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