On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
July 4 1968
Born on This Day
Alberto Vaquina
Mozambique politician · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Alfred Rust🇩🇪
deceasedarchaeologist (1900-1983) · 1900–1983
Days lived
30,356
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Alfredo Di Stéfano🇪🇸
deceasedArgentine-Spanish association football player (1926–2014) · 1926–2014
Days lived
32,145
Alp Gün🇩🇪
Turkish-German rapper (born 1980) · b. 1980
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Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Notable Trials · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Bettina Böttinger🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Brian Vizard🇺🇸
American rugby union player · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Carmen Cincotti🇺🇸
American competitive eater · b. 1992
Chen Qiuqi🇨🇳
field hockey player · b. 1980
Christian Schliemann🇩🇪
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Conny Bauer🇩🇪
German musician · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Derek Loville🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Dimitris Mavroeidis🇬🇷
Greek professional basketball player · b. 1985
Elie Saab🇱🇧
Lebanese fashion designer (born 1964) · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Emile Zuckerkandl🇺🇸
deceasedmolecular biologist (1922-2013) · 1922–2013
Days lived
33,366
Ernst Otto Beckmann🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1853–1923
Days lived
25,574
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Eva Marie Saint🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision actor · 1924–2026
Days lived
37,349
Fede Vico🇪🇸
Spanish footballer · b. 1994
Francesco Fuschini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest and writer · 1914–2006
Days lived
33,779
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Francisco Cruceta🇩🇴
film director · b. 1981
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GACKT🇯🇵
actor · b. 1973
Hannah Harper🇬🇧
English pornographic actress and director · b. 1982
Harvey Brooks🇺🇸
American bass guitarist · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Heide Simonis🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1943–2023) · 1943–2023
Days lived
29,228
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Heinrich Zöllner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman composer and conductor (1854–1941) · 1854–1941
Days lived
31,715
Hugo Winckler
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1863–1913) · 1863–1913
Days lived
18,186
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Jessica Mathews🇺🇸
President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
John Paul Getty III🇺🇸
deceasedEntrepreneur · 1956–2011
Days lived
19,939
Julius Gehl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1869-1945) · 1869–1945
Days lived
27,920
Katharina Scholz🇩🇪
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1983
Nina Badrić🇭🇷
singer-songwriter · b. 1972
Pam Shriver🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Rudolf Breslauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Jewish photographer and cameraman (1903-1945) · 1903–1945
Days lived
15,215
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Rufus R. Jones🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1933–1993
Days lived
22,047
Schaggi Streuli🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss film actor (1899-1980) · 1899–1980
Days lived
29,707
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Slavenka Drakulić🇭🇷
Croatian journalist and novelist (born 1949) · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Tomaž Šalamun🇸🇮
deceasedwriter · 1941–2014
Days lived
26,839
Ute Lemper🇩🇪
German singer and actress (born 1963) · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
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Victoria Abril🇪🇸
Television actor · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Walter Ladengast🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1899–1980
Days lived
29,584
Wolf von Lojewski🇩🇪
German journalist and author · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
Died 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
Antoni Grabowski
deceasedwriter · 1857–1921
Days lived
23,398
Armin Mohler🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss far-right political philosopher (1920–2003) · 1920–2003
Days lived
30,398
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Barry White🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1944–2003
Days lived
21,479
Bukichi Miki🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese politician (1884-1956) · 1884–1956
Days lived
26,255
Cláudio Hummes🇧🇷
deceasedCatholic cardinal (1934–2022) · 1934–2022
Days lived
32,107
Donald Clifford Gray
deceasedBritish priest · 1930–2025
Days lived
34,883
Ernst Dernburg🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1887–1960
Days lived
26,754
Friedrich Tamms🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1904–1980) · 1904–1980
Days lived
27,636
Hank Stram🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and coach (1923-2005) · 1923–2005
Days lived
30,133
Henrik Pap🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian painter (1864-1910) · 1864–1910
Days lived
16,806
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Karl Platen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1877–1952) · 1877–1952
Days lived
27,513
Leon Kossoff🇬🇧
deceasedpainter (1926-2019) · 1926–2019
Days lived
33,812
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Marie Curie🇫🇷
deceasedPolish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934) · 1867–1934
Days lived
24,345
Nedzhmi Mekhmeti
deceasedjournalist · 1945–2005
Days lived
22,099
Nicolaus Sombart🇩🇪
deceasedGerman sociologist (1923-2008) · 1923–2008
Days lived
31,102
Otto Bauer🇦🇹
deceasedwriter · 1881–1938
Days lived
20,755
Sammi Fajarowicz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player · 1908–1940
Days lived
11,717
Steve McNair🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1973–2009) · 1973–2009
Days lived
13,289
Swami Vivekananda🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1863–1902
Days lived
14,417
Winfried Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician · 1932–2022
Days lived
32,725
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
42,187
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
49,858
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
48,031
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,728
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,301
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,743
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,709
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,343
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,787
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,439
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,238
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,752
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,770
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,439
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,791
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,334
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,244
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,221
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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