On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
July 5 1968
Born on This Day
Alexander Dimitrenko🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1982
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André Rienzo🇧🇷
baseball player · b. 1988
Annibale Maria di Francia
deceasedfounder of the Roagationist Fathers (1851–1927) · 1851–1927
Days lived
27,724
Avigdor Lieberman
Notable Trials · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Bernardus Johannes Alfrink
deceasedDutch cardinal (1900-1987) · 1900–1987
Days lived
31,941
Blu Mankuma🇺🇸
Canadian actor · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Carsten Sträßer🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1980
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Caryn Navy🇺🇸
American mathematician and computer scientist · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Cecil John Rhodes
deceasedentrepreneur · 1853–1902
Days lived
17,795
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Chiara Scholl🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1992
Christian Doermer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1935-) · 1935–2022
Days lived
31,786
Claudia Demarmels🇨🇭
Swiss actress · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
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Claudia Wells🇺🇸
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
731
David Arigbabu🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1975
Dwight Filley Davis Sr.🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican politician and tennis player (1879–1945) · 1879–1945
Days lived
24,252
Eduardo Herrera Bueno🇪🇸
deceasedfootball player · 1914–1991
Days lived
28,165
Elke Neidhardt🇩🇪
deceasedactress, director (1941-2013) · 1941–2013
Days lived
26,441
Erich Gallwitz🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian cross-country skier · 1910–1981
Days lived
26,021
Ernst Mayr🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1904–2005
Days lived
36,738
Eugen Fischer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1874-1967) · 1874–1967
Days lived
33,971
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Georges Pompidou🇫🇷
deceasedpolitician · 1911–1974
Days lived
22,917
Gianfranco Zola🇮🇹
football player · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Hedi Slimane🇫🇷
Designer · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Hernán Crespo🇮🇹
Argentine footballer · b. 1975
Huey Lewis
Actor · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
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Ish Smith🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1988
Jean Cocteau🇫🇷
deceasedFrench writer and filmmaker (1889–1963) · 1889–1963
Days lived
27,125
John Howard Northrop🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1891–1987
Days lived
35,024
Jonás Gutiérrez🇦🇷
football player · b. 1983
Leri Khabelov🇬🇪
Olympic wrestler · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
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Marcel Arland🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1899–1986
Days lived
31,602
Michael Sadler🇬🇧
singer · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Michael Stuhlbarg
Actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Park In-chon🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean businessman (1901–1984) · 1901–1984
Days lived
30,297
Pasquale Foresi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian presbyter and theologian (1929-2015) · 1929–2015
Days lived
31,390
Piet Gunning
deceasedfield hockey player (1913–1967) · 1913–1967
Days lived
19,680
Robbie Robertson🇨🇦
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1943–2023
Days lived
29,255
Róisín Murphy🇮🇪
Irish singer-songwriter · b. 1973
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RZA🇺🇸
rapper · b. 1969
Shohei Ohtani🇺🇸
Sports · b. 1994
Sombr🇺🇸
Singer · b. 2005
Steffen Wink🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Susan Wojcicki
deceasedTech CEOs · 1968–2024
Days lived
20,489
Tim Worrell🇺🇸
film director · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Willem Drees🇳🇱
deceasedDutch politician (1886–1988) · 1886–1988
Days lived
37,203
Yuki Karakawa🇯🇵
film director · b. 1989
Yves Mariot🇫🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1948–2000
Days lived
18,821
Died on This Day
Albrecht Kossel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics · 1853–1927
Days lived
26,954
Arthur Bispo do Rosário🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian artist (1911–1989) · 1911–1989
Days lived
28,546
Berthold Wolpe🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1905–1989
Days lived
30,565
Carl Einstein🇪🇸
deceasedGerman art historian (1885-1940) · 1885–1940
Days lived
20,158
Cy Twombly🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1928–2011
Days lived
30,386
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Elsbeth Juda🇬🇧
deceasedBritish photographer (1911–2014) · 1911–2014
Days lived
37,685
Friedrich Robert von Beringe
deceasedGerman Army officer (1865-1940) · 1865–1940
Days lived
27,315
George de Hevesy🇭🇺
deceasedchemist · 1885–1966
Days lived
29,557
Hans-Ulrich Wehler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman historian (1931–2014) · 1931–2014
Days lived
30,248
Harald Philipp🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1921–1999
Days lived
28,561
John Curtin🇦🇺
deceasedpolitician · 1885–1945
Days lived
22,092
Julius Dorpmüller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician and railway manager (1869-1945) · 1869–1945
Days lived
27,739
Jüri Järvet🇪🇪
deceasedathlete · 1919–1995
Days lived
27,776
Lothar Kreyssig🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge, founder of Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (1898–1986) · 1898–1986
Days lived
32,024
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Ludwig Hussak🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian footballer (1883-1965) · 1883–1965
Days lived
29,924
Max Klinger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman painter, sculptor, printmaker, and writer (1857–1920) · 1857–1920
Days lived
23,153
Nǃxau
deceasedBush farmer, actor · 1944–2003
Days lived
21,385
Robert Bouvard🇫🇷
deceasedFrench politician (1901–1992) · 1901–1992
Days lived
33,180
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Sid Luckman🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1916–1998
Days lived
29,811
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Ted Williams🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1918–2002
Days lived
30,625
Ugo Gregoretti🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film, television and stage director, actor, screenwriter, author and television host (1930–2019) · 1930–2019
Days lived
32,422
Vic Seixas🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1923–2024) · 1923–2024
Days lived
36,835
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
42,188
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
49,859
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
48,032
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,729
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,302
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,744
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,710
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,344
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,788
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,440
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,239
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,753
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,771
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,440
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,792
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,335
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,245
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,222
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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