On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
July 9 1968
Born on This Day
Adam Muraszko🇵🇱
singer-songwriter · b. 1976
Amanda Knox
Author & Activist · b. 1987
Andrea Philipp🇩🇪
German sprinter · b. 1971
Antoine Cason🇺🇸
American football player (born 1986) · b. 1986
Ashley Young🇬🇧
football player · b. 1985
Bo Leuf🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish politician and writer (1952-2009) · 1952–2009
Days lived
20,743
Brian Williams🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh rugby union player, born 1960 · 1962–2007
Days lived
16,284
Courtney Love🇺🇸
Guitarist · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
David Gillick🇮🇪
Irish sprinter, soccer player and motivational speaker · b. 1983
David Hockney🇬🇧
artist · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
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Dick Esser
deceasedfield hockey player (1918-1979) · 1918–1979
Days lived
22,157
Dr. Motte🇩🇪
musician · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Eberhard Wächter🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian baritone (1929–1992) · 1929–1992
Days lived
22,909
Eduardo Fentanes🇲🇽
Mexican football manager · b. 1977
Eva Brumby🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1922-2002) · 1922–2002
Days lived
29,164
Eve Jobs🇺🇸
Model and equestrian (show jumper) · b. 1998
Florian Trimpl🇩🇪
strongman · b. 1979
Franz Boas🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American anthropologist · 1858–1942
Days lived
30,845
Friedrich Adler🇦🇹
deceasedNotable Trials · 1879–1960
Days lived
29,396
Gary Chaw🇹🇼
singer-songwriter · b. 1979
Gustav Noske🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1868–1946
Days lived
28,632
Hanna R. Hall🇺🇸
actor · b. 1984
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Hassan II🇲🇦
deceasedentrepreneur · 1929–1999
Days lived
25,581
Herbert Felix🇸🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1908–1973
Days lived
23,676
Ida Ehre🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1900–1989
Days lived
32,364
Jake Vargas🇵🇭
singer · b. 1992
Jim Kerr🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Jimmy Smits🇺🇸
American actor (born 1955) · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Jiří Holík🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Joan Tompkins🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1915-2005) · 1915–2005
Days lived
32,712
João Paulo🇧🇷
Brazilian footballer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Jordan Belfort
Notable Trials · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Kathleen Booth🇬🇧
deceasedBritish computer scientist (1922–2022) · 1922–2022
Days lived
36,607
Kevin Nash🇺🇸
American professional wrestler (born 1959) · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Konrad Alberti🇵🇱
deceasedGerman journalist (1862–1918) · 1862–1918
Days lived
20,438
Konrāds Kalējs🇺🇸
deceasedLatvian war criminal and Holocaust perpetrator (1913–2001) · 1913–2001
Days lived
32,264
Liam Rosenior🇬🇧
Association football player · b. 1984
Lindsey Graham🇺🇸
politician · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Manfred Eicher🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Mark Medlock🇩🇪
German pop singer · b. 1978
Mercedes Sosa🇦🇷
deceasedsinger · 1935–2009
Days lived
27,116
Mervyn Peake🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1911–1968
Days lived
20,951
Miguel Montero🇻🇪
Baseball player from Venezuela · b. 1983
Mitchel Musso
Notable Trials · b. 1991
Nile Kinnick🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player · 1918–1943
Days lived
9,094
O. J. Simpson
deceasedNotable Trials · 1947–2024
Days lived
28,035
Ousmane Coulibaly🇫🇷
Malian and French association football player · b. 1989
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Pamela Adlon
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
731
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Paolo Di Canio🇮🇹
Italian football player and manager · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Patrice Bart-Williams🇩🇪
German musician · b. 1979
Paul Westermeier🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1892–1972) · 1892–1972
Days lived
29,319
Piia Suomalainen🇫🇮
Finnish female tennis player · b. 1984
Richard Roundtree🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor and singer (1942–2023) · 1942–2023
Days lived
29,692
Scott Grimes🇺🇸
actor, voice actor, singer-songwriter · b. 1971
Sebastian Sylvester🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1980
Tom Hanks🇺🇸
Film actor · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Tommy Hottovy🇺🇸
American baseball player · b. 1981
Trent Green🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1970
Viktor Hamburger🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1900–2001
Days lived
36,863
Viktor Yanukovych
Notable Trials · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Vladimír Kadlec🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Willi Stoph
deceasedpolitician · 1914–1999
Days lived
30,959
Died on This Day
Antonio Krastev
deceasedBulgarian weightlifter · 1961–2020
Days lived
21,457
Barbara Thompson🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer (1944–2022) · 1944–2022
Days lived
28,471
Brian Thomas🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh rugby union footballer and coach (1940-2012) · 1940–2012
Days lived
26,350
Charles Nicholl🇬🇧
deceasedWelsh rugby union player · 1870–1939
Days lived
25,221
Christian Audigier🇫🇷
deceasedFrench fashion designer (1958–2015) · 1958–2015
Days lived
20,868
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David Azrieli🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian-Israeli businessman · 1922–2014
Days lived
33,663
Eugen Fischer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician (1874-1967) · 1874–1967
Days lived
33,971
Friedrich Wegener🇩🇪
deceasedGerman pathologist (1907–1990) · 1907–1990
Days lived
30,505
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Han Hollander🇳🇱
deceasedsinger · 1886–1943
Days lived
20,730
Hans Günter Winkler🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1926–2018
Days lived
33,588
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Jerzy Stuhr🇵🇱
deceasedPolish film and theater actor and screenwriter (1947–2024) · 1947–2024
Days lived
28,207
Jorge Délano Frederick🇨🇱
deceasedjournalist · 1895–1980
Days lived
30,898
Martin Schempp🇩🇪
deceasedGerman engineer (1905–1984) · 1905–1984
Days lived
28,963
Max Clarenbach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman painter (1880-1952) · 1880–1952
Days lived
26,348
Maxine Singer🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican molecular biologist (1931–2024) · 1931–2024
Days lived
34,113
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Osvaldo Sáez🇨🇱
deceasedfootball player · 1923–1959
Days lived
13,114
Park Won-soon🇰🇷
deceasedpolitician · 1956–2020
Days lived
23,481
Randolph Mantooth🌍
deceasedActor · 1945–2026
Days lived
29,513
Rod Steiger
deceasedOscar Winners · 1925–2002
Days lived
28,210
Ross Perot
deceasednaval officer · 1930–2019
Days lived
32,519
Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
deceasedSaudi royal and foreign minister (1940–2015) · 1940–2015
Days lived
27,582
Sergey Kuryokhin🇷🇺
deceasedRussian musician (1954–1996) · 1954–1996
Days lived
15,364
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
42,192
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
49,863
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
48,036
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,733
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,306
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,748
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,714
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,348
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,792
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,444
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,243
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,757
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,775
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,444
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,796
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,339
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,249
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,226
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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