On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
July 3 1968
Born on This Day
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A. Harry Moore🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician, and three-term Governor of New Jersey (1877-1952) · 1877–1952
Days lived
27,531
Alberto Lleras Camargo🇨🇴
deceasedpolitician · 1906–1990
Days lived
30,501
Aleš Ušeničnik
deceasedSlovenian academic · 1868–1952
Days lived
30,585
Alessandro Blasetti🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director, screenwriter and film editor (1900–1987) · 1900–1987
Days lived
31,624
Andreas Wisniewski🇩🇪
actor · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
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Ariane Sherine🇬🇧
British writer · b. 1980
Audomar Scheuermann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Catholic theologian and canonist (1908–2000) · 1908–2000
Days lived
33,545
Bo Xilai🇨🇳
politician · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Breno Caldas🇧🇷
deceasedjournalist · 1910–1989
Days lived
28,924
Chris Pyatt🇬🇧
British boxer · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Claudia Acuña🇨🇱
Chilean jazz singer · b. 1971
Denis Fahey🇮🇪
deceasedIrish Catholic priest (1883-1954) · 1883–1954
Days lived
25,769
Elemér Schulek🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian chemist, pharmacist, professor (1893–1964) · 1893–1964
Days lived
26,035
Fajah Lourens🇳🇱
Dutch actress · b. 1981
Franz Kafka🇨🇿
deceasedwriter · 1883–1924
Days lived
14,945
Fritz Hartjenstein
deceasedmilitary person · 1905–1954
Days lived
18,006
Gedeon Burkhard🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1969
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Greg Vaughn🇺🇸
film director · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Grete Freund🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1885–1982
Days lived
35,392
Günter Schneider🇩🇪
deceasedGerman association football player (1924-2000) · 1924–2000
Days lived
27,908
Hans Kumpfmüller🇦🇹
Austrian writer · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Harbhajan Singh🇮🇳
actor · b. 1980
Harrison Schmitt🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1935
Days alive
12,054
Heinz Ditgens🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer and manager (1914-1998) · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,668
Herbert Hainer🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Howie Schultz🇺🇸
deceasedMajor League Baseball player; National Basketball Association player (1922–2009) · 1922–2009
Days lived
31,896
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Jan Louwers🇳🇱
deceasedfootball player · 1930–2012
Days lived
30,072
Jan Philipp Rabente🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1987
Jean Armel Kana Biyik🇫🇷
football player · b. 1989
Jerzy Buzek🇵🇱
Prime Minister of Poland (r. 1997–2001); President of the European Parliament (r. 2009–2012) · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
Julian Assange
Founder of WikiLeaks · b. 1971
Ken Russell🇬🇧
deceasedBritish film director (1927–2011) · 1927–2011
Days lived
30,828
Kurt Elshot🇸🇷
Dutch footballer · b. 1977
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Li Keqiang🇨🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1955–2023
Days lived
24,953
Ludwig Guttmann🇬🇧
deceasedGerman-British neurologist who created the Paralympic Games (1899-1980) · 1899–1980
Days lived
29,478
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Masato Harada🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese film director, critic, and actor · 1949–2025
Days lived
27,917
Molly Sandén🇸🇪
singer · b. 1992
Natalia Goncharova🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1881–1962
Days lived
29,690
Natascha Keller🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1977
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Ola Toivonen🇸🇪
football player · b. 1986
Rafael Heliodoro Valle🇭🇳
deceasedwriter · 1896–1959
Days lived
23,035
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Ralph Barton Perry🇺🇸
deceasedphilosopher · 1876–1957
Days lived
29,422
Rod Moore🌍
American football player · b. 2003
Ryan Kurosaki🇺🇸
film director · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Tom Cruise🇺🇸
Film actor · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Top Topham🇬🇧
deceasedBritish musician (1947–2023) · 1947–2023
Days lived
27,598
Tracey Emin🇬🇧
artist · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Vsevolod Konkin🇷🇺
football player · b. 1993
Walter Roderer🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss actor (1920-2012) · 1920–2012
Days lived
33,547
Died on This Day
Alberto Lattuada🇮🇹
deceasedwriter · 1914–2005
Days lived
33,105
Andy Griffith🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer (1926–2012) · 1926–2012
Days lived
31,444
Annabelle Lee🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1922–2008
Days lived
31,574
Danielle Bunten Berry🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican game designer and programmer (1949-1998) · 1949–1998
Days lived
18,031
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Erwin Jaenecke🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1890–1960
Days lived
25,639
Franz Wilhelm Seiwert🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1894-1933) · 1894–1933
Days lived
14,360
Fritz Kocher🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss cross-country skier · 1928–2011
Days lived
30,403
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Georg Karl Tänzler🇺🇸
deceased(1877-1952) German-born American radiology technologist and erotomaniac · 1877–1952
Days lived
27,538
Gertrude Abercrombie🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1909–1977
Days lived
24,973
Heinrich Hoerle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman constructivist artist (1895–1936) · 1895–1936
Days lived
14,915
Heinrich Kreutz
deceasedGerman astronomer (1854–1907) · 1854–1907
Days lived
19,290
Jacques Berndorf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman novelist and journalist (1936–2022) · 1936–2022
Days lived
31,300
Jim Morrison🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1943–1971
Days lived
10,069
Johannes Andenæs🇳🇴
deceasedpolitician · 1912–2003
Days lived
33,171
Pancho Gonzales🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1928–1995) · 1928–1995
Days lived
24,526
Sat-Okh🇵🇱
deceasedchildren's author and soldier in the Polish Resistance during World War II · 1920–2003
Days lived
30,394
Theodor Herzl🇭🇺
deceasedjournalist · 1860–1904
Days lived
16,132
Walter Ladengast🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1899–1980
Days lived
29,584
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
42,186
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
49,857
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
48,030
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,727
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,300
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,742
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,708
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,342
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,786
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,438
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,237
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,751
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,769
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,438
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,790
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,333
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,243
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,220
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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