On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 27 1968
Born on This Day
Adolf Wagner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman weightlifter · 1911–1984
Days lived
26,585
Ahmad Vahidi🇮🇷
military person · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
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Alsou🇸🇺
Singer · b. 1983
Arthur Dinter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer, botanist and Nazi politician (1876–1948) · 1876–1948
Days lived
26,260
Arun Sadhu🇮🇳
deceasedwriter and freelance journalist from Maharashtra, India · 1941–2017
Days lived
27,849
August Schmölzer🇦🇹
actor · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
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Bogusław Linda🇵🇱
Polish actor, director · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Brad Childress🇺🇸
American football player and coach · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Christina von Braun🇩🇪
German historian of religion · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Cor Wilders🇳🇱
deceasedDutch football player (1914-1998) · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,527
Cynthia Dwork🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Dario Edoardo Viganò🇮🇹
Italian writer · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Drake Bell🇺🇸
American actor (born 1986) · b. 1986
E. H. Calvert🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1863–1941
Days lived
28,589
Emel Heinreich🇦🇹
actor · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Emma D'Arcy🇬🇧
Stage actor · b. 1992
Emma Goldman🇱🇹
deceasedNotable Trials · 1869–1940
Days lived
25,888
Frédéric Bonnaud🇫🇷
French actor, film critic, journalist and radio host · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Givi Chokheli
deceasedSoviet footballer (1937-1994) · 1937–1994
Days lived
20,697
Guimarães Rosa🇧🇷
deceasedwriter · 1908–1967
Days lived
21,694
Hans Spemann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman embryologist (1869–1941) · 1869–1941
Days lived
26,374
Hans-Oiseau Kalkmann🇩🇪
German sculptor · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
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Harry Gibson🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1915–1991
Days lived
27,704
Heiner Dopp🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Helen Keller🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1880–1968
Days lived
32,115
Howard Jackson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer (1951-2006) · 1951–2006
Days lived
19,977
Jordi Calafat
Olympic Gold Medalists · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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José Holebas🇬🇷
Greek association football player · b. 1984
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Jose Miguel Arroyo🇵🇭
First Gentleman of the Philippines · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
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Juan Trippe🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1899–1981
Days lived
29,865
Jürgen Wohlers🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Kelly Ayotte🇺🇸
politician · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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Kem Sokha🇰🇭
Politician · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Khloé Kardashian🇺🇸
American media personality, influencer, and businesswoman (born 1984) · b. 1984
Kristin Meyer🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1974
Krzysztof Kieślowski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish film director and screenwriter (1941–1996) · 1941–1996
Days lived
19,983
Len Ceglarski🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican ice hockey player and coach (1926–2017) · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,410
Ollanta Humala🇵🇪
politician · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Peter Bayliss🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actor and film actor (1922-2002) · 1922–2002
Days lived
29,252
Rahul Dev Burman🇮🇳
deceasedComposer · 1939–1994
Days lived
19,915
Raúl🇪🇸
football player · b. 1977
Ross Perot
deceasednaval officer · 1930–2019
Days lived
32,519
Sina Tkotsch🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1990
Sistine Stallone
Actor · b. 1998
Temistocle Popa🇷🇴
deceasedactor · 1921–2013
Days lived
33,755
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Tony Sbarbaro🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz drummer (1897-1969) · 1897–1969
Days lived
26,422
Tron Øgrim🇳🇴
deceasedwriter · 1947–2007
Days lived
21,880
Vera Wang🇺🇸
Fashion Designer · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Volker Vogeler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film director and screenwriter (1930-2005) · 1930–2005
Days lived
27,322
Wagner Moura🇧🇷
Actor · b. 1976
Walter Schenk🇩🇪
deceasedGerman military personnel · 1891–2000
Days lived
39,634
Died on This Day
A. J. Ayer🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish philosopher · 1910–1989
Days lived
28,731
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Bobby Womack🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer and songwriter (1944–2014) · 1944–2014
Days lived
25,682
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David Golomb🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician · 1933–2019
Days lived
31,554
Ernst Barkmann🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1919–2009
Days lived
32,814
Fort Calata🇿🇦
deceasedPolitical activist · 1956–1985
Days lived
10,461
Freddy Cole🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz singer and pianist · 1931–2020
Days lived
32,398
Frederick Merriman🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1873–1940
Days lived
24,511
Georgios Papadopoulos
deceasedNotable Trials · 1919–1999
Days lived
29,273
Giovanni Pastrone🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician (1883-1959) · 1883–1959
Days lived
27,680
Hugh Nicol🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1858–1921) · 1858–1921
Days lived
23,187
Jack Lemmon
deceasedOscar Winners · 1925–2001
Days lived
27,898
Joan Sims🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish actress (1930-2001) · 1930–2001
Days lived
25,982
John Entwistle🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish musician; bassist for The Who (1944–2002) · 1944–2002
Days lived
21,080
John T. Walton🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican war veteran; son of Walmart founder Sam Walton (1946–2005) · 1946–2005
Days lived
21,447
Juan Antonio Rios🇨🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1888–1946
Days lived
21,047
K. Bhagyaraj🇮🇳
deceasedActor · 1953–2026
Days lived
26,834
Karl Günther🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actor (1885-1951) · 1885–1951
Days lived
23,964
Kinky Friedman🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1944–2024
Days lived
29,094
Landry Nguémo🇫🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1985–2024
Days lived
14,091
Lottie Dod🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish tennis player (1871-1960) · 1871–1960
Days lived
32,418
Marion Motley🇺🇸
deceasedPlayer of American football (1920-1999) · 1920–1999
Days lived
28,876
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Mary Anderson🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1866–1953
Days lived
31,904
Matthew Goniwe🇿🇦
deceasedHuman rights defender · 1947–1985
Days lived
13,697
Michael Bond🇬🇧
deceasedBritish writer (1926–2017) · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,403
Mikhail Tal🇱🇻
deceasedSoviet-Latvian chess player (1936-1992) · 1936–1992
Days lived
20,319
Sicelo Mhlauli🌍
deceasedPolitical activist · 1949–1985
Days lived
13,182
Silvano Bertini🇮🇹
deceasedboxer (1940–2021) · 1940–2021
Days lived
29,677
Sparrow Mkonto🌍
deceasedPolitical activist · 1951–1985
Days lived
12,239
Udo Proksch🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1934–2001
Days lived
24,501
Walter Dornberger🇺🇸
deceasedGerman general (1895–1980) · 1895–1980
Days lived
30,975
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
42,180
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
49,851
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
48,024
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,721
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,294
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,736
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,702
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,336
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,780
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,432
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,231
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,745
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,763
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,432
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,784
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,327
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,237
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,214
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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