On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
June 28 1968
Born on This Day
Ahmed Kantari🇫🇷
Moroccan and French footballer · b. 1985
Aldo Ferrabino🇮🇹
deceasedHistorian · 1892–1972
Days lived
29,343
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Alfons von Czibulka🇦🇹
deceasedCzech painter and writer (1888-1969) · 1888–1969
Days lived
29,700
Aloïse Corbaz🇨🇭
deceasedartist · 1886–1964
Days lived
28,405
Anna Braun🇦🇹
athlete · b. 1984
Anselmo Moreno
Panamanian professional boxer · b. 1985
Aribert Heim
deceasedNotable Trials · 1914–1992
Days lived
28,533
Brice Monzeglio🇫🇷
rugby union player · b. 1983
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physicist (1912–2007) · 1912–2007
Days lived
34,637
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Carmen Cartellieri🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1891–1953
Days lived
22,756
Christian Blunck🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1968
Days alive
0
DJ Quicksilver
rapper · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Domenico Canalella🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest (1914–1978) · 1914–1978
Days lived
23,408
Elon Musk🇿🇦
Entrepreneur · b. 1971
Fuad Aslanov
boxer · b. 1976
Georgi Parvanov
politician · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
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Ha Ji-won🇰🇷
actor · b. 1978
Hans Sarpei
Ghanaian footballer · b. 1976
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Helene Grass🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1974
Henrik Pap🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian painter (1864-1910) · 1864–1910
Days lived
16,806
Henry VIII of England🌍
deceasedMonarch · 1491–1547
Days lived
20,302
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Hilde Crevits🇧🇪
politician · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Howard Drew🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican sprinter (1890–1957) · 1890–1957
Days lived
24,342
Jack Kid Berg🇬🇧
deceasedBritish boxer · 1909–1991
Days lived
29,883
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Jay Schroeder🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
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Jerry Calà🇮🇹
Italian film actor · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
John Elway🇺🇸
film director · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
John Renshaw Carson🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1886–1940
Days lived
19,848
Jürg Federspiel🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer (1931-2007) · 1931–2007
Days lived
27,592
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Keith R. Kernspecht🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1945–2024
Days lived
29,005
Kellie Pickler🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1986
Louis King🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1898–1962
Days lived
23,446
Luigi Pirandello
deceasedwriter · 1867–1936
Days lived
25,367
Maria Goeppert Mayer🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1906–1972
Days lived
23,978
Marius Besson🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss priest and historian (1876-1945) · 1876–1945
Days lived
25,077
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Markéta Vondroušová
tennis player · b. 1999
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Marlene Streeruwitz🇦🇹
actor · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Mauro Bolognini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1922–2001) · 1922–2001
Days lived
28,810
Mel Brooks🇺🇸
American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (born 1926) · b. 1926
Days alive
15,341
Mike Lindell🇺🇸
Entrepreneur · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Oliver Hartmann🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1970
Pete Candoli🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz trumpeter (1923-2008) · 1923–2008
Days lived
30,878
Phil Masinga🇿🇦
deceasedSouth African footballer (1969-2019) · 1969–2019
Days lived
18,096
Pierre Laval
deceasedNotable Trials · 1883–1945
Days lived
22,754
Pietro Mennea🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1952–2013
Days lived
22,181
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Richard Bright
deceasedActor · 1937–2006
Days lived
25,072
Robert Guérin🇫🇷
deceasedPresident of FIFA (1876-1952) · 1876–1952
Days lived
27,657
Rolf Milser🇩🇪
German weightlifter · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Samuel Cornut🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer (1861-1918) · 1861–1918
Days lived
20,760
Sean Dyche🇬🇧
football player · b. 1971
Silvo Lahtela🇩🇪
German writer and chess player · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Stanley Druckenmiller🇺🇸
Hedge Fund Manager & Investor · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Theodor Reuss🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1855–1923
Days lived
24,958
Vitaly A. Tolkachev🇧🇾
Belarusian scientist · b. 1934
Days alive
12,419
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Walter Oesau
deceasedmilitary person · 1913–1944
Days lived
11,275
Weiß Ferdl🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1883–1949
Days lived
24,097
Died on This Day
Alexander Berkman
deceasedNotable Trials · 1870–1936
Days lived
23,960
Billy Mays🇺🇸
deceasedEuropean-American salesperson (1958–2009) · 1958–2009
Days lived
18,606
Burton Greene🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1937-2021) · 1937–2021
Days lived
30,695
Dave Parker🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1951–2025
Days lived
27,048
Erich Kahler🇩🇪
deceasedLiterary critic, public intellectual (1885–1970) · 1885–1970
Days lived
30,937
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Friedrich Dollmann🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1882–1944
Days lived
22,791
Hans Hass🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1946–2009
Days lived
22,944
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Home Run Baker🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1886–1963
Days lived
28,230
Italo Balbo
deceasedpolitician · 1896–1940
Days lived
16,092
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Lisa Martinek🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1972–2019
Days lived
17,304
Miguel Ara Torrell🇪🇸
deceasedathlete · 1921–2010
Days lived
32,685
Mohammad Beheshti🇮🇷
deceasedIranian cleric, one of the leading figures of the 1979 Iranian Revolution (1928–1981) · 1928–1981
Days lived
19,240
Orlando Cepeda🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1937–2024
Days lived
31,696
Oskar Maria Graf🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1894–1967
Days lived
26,638
Theodora🌍
deceasedDancer
Velimir Khlebnikov
deceasedRussian writer (1885–1922) · 1885–1922
Days lived
13,379
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Vladimir Dimitrijević🇨🇭
deceasedSerbian editor and writer (1934–2011) · 1934–2011
Days lived
28,216
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Yanka Kupala
deceasedwriter · 1882–1942
Days lived
21,905
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
42,181
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
49,852
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
48,025
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,722
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,295
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,737
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,703
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,337
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,781
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,433
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,232
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,746
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,764
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,433
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,785
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,328
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,238
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,215
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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