On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
July 11 1968
Born on This Day
Alfred Edward Green🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director (1889-1960) · 1889–1960
Days lived
25,987
André Ooijer🇳🇱
football player · b. 1974
Ángel García🇺🇸
Puerto Rican basketball player · b. 1988
Carolyn Genzkow🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1992
Cheb Mami
Algerian raï musician and singer-songwriter · b. 1966
Days alive
731
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Corentin Martins🇵🇹
football player · b. 1969
Daphne Marlatt🇨🇦
Canadian poet · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
David Henrie🇺🇸
American actor · b. 1989
Dorothee von Windheim🇩🇪
German artist and university teacher (born 1945) · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Efrain Valdez🇩🇴
film director · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Eliezer Shulman🇮🇱
deceasedRomanian theologian · 1923–2006
Days lived
30,481
Ernst Jacobi🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1933–2022) · 1933–2022
Days lived
32,489
Friedrich Lahrs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1880–1964) · 1880–1964
Days lived
30,560
George Sabra
president of the Syrian National Council · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Giorgio Armani
deceasedentrepreneur · 1934–2025
Days lived
33,293
Gough Whitlam🇦🇺
deceasedpolitician · 1916–2014
Days lived
35,896
Harold William Henry🇺🇸
deceasedCatholic priest · 1909–1976
Days lived
24,340
Heini Salonen🇫🇮
Finnish female tennis player · b. 1993
Helmut Krausser🇩🇪
German writer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Henrique Capriles Radonski🇻🇪
politician · b. 1972
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Herbert Blomstedt🇸🇪
Swedish conductor · b. 1927
Days alive
14,976
Hermann Prey🇩🇪
deceasedGerman lyric baritone singer (1929–1998) · 1929–1998
Days lived
25,213
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Hou Fenglian🇨🇳
film director · b. 1980
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Ilse Werner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1921-2005) · 1921–2005
Days lived
30,709
Jafar Panahi🇮🇷
actor · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Justin Chambers🇺🇸
actor · b. 1970
Karl-Josef Laumann🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Lebo M.🇿🇦
singer-songwriter · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
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Leonard Nelson🇩🇪
deceasedGerman mathematician and philosopher (1882-1927) · 1882–1927
Days lived
16,545
Ludwig Stumpfegger🇩🇪
deceasedSS physician (1910-1945) · 1910–1945
Days lived
12,714
Marie Serneholt🇸🇪
Swedish singer and television presenter · b. 1983
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Martin Kližan🇸🇰
Slovak professional tennis player · b. 1989
Mattiwilda Dobbs🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican coloratura soprano singer · 1925–2015
Days lived
33,022
Max Levchin🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1975
Maximilian Müller🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1987
Michael DenDekker🇺🇸
Politician · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
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Mindy Sterling
Actor · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
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Mona Barthel🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1990
Monika Olejnik🇵🇱
journalist · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Park Kyung-oan🇰🇷
film director · b. 1972
Riona Hazuki🇯🇵
actor · b. 1975
Robert Sigl🇩🇪
German film director and writer · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Roberto Román Triguero🇪🇸
football player · b. 1985
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Rudolf Abel
deceasedNotable Trials · 1903–1971
Days lived
24,964
Sophie Boissard🇫🇷
French manager · b. 1970
Stephen Lang
Actor · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Sven Schultze🇩🇪
German basketball player · b. 1978
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Tobias Moretti🇦🇹
Austrian actor · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Tobias Sana🇸🇪
Swedish footballer · b. 1989
Tom Holland🇬🇧
Film · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Yul Brynner
deceasedOscar Winners · 1920–1985
Days lived
23,832
Died on This Day
Abdul Hamid
deceasedPakistani field hockey player (1927–2019) · 1927–2019
Days lived
33,788
Charlie Haden🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician and educator (1937–2014) · 1937–2014
Days lived
28,098
Franz Weidenreich🇯🇵
deceasedGerman anatomist (1873–1948) · 1873–1948
Days lived
27,427
George Gershwin🇺🇸
deceasedComposer · 1898–1937
Days lived
14,167
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Gunnar Björling🇫🇮
deceasedSwedish-speaking Finnish poet (1887-1960) · 1887–1960
Days lived
26,704
Henry Gravrand🇫🇷
deceasedFrench anthropologist (1921–2003) · 1921–2003
Days lived
29,848
Horst Fuchs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman teleshopping promoter (1946–2023) · 1946–2023
Days lived
28,202
Hugo Henneberg🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian photographer (1863-1918) · 1863–1918
Days lived
20,072
Jana Thiel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television presenter and journalist (1971-2016) · 1971–2016
Days lived
16,339
Joe Gold🇺🇸
deceasedfounder of Gold's Gym and World Gym · 1922–2004
Days lived
30,074
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John Gregg Utterback🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1872–1955
Days lived
30,313
Kurt Pinthus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1886–1975) · 1886–1975
Days lived
32,579
Laurence Olivier🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish actor and director (1907–1989) · 1907–1989
Days lived
30,001
Michael Chevalier🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and voice actor (1933–2011) · 1933–2011
Days lived
28,547
Milan Kundera🇫🇷
deceasedFranco-Czech poet and novelist (1929–2023) · 1929–2023
Days lived
34,434
Pär Lagerkvist🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish writer (1891–1974) · 1891–1974
Days lived
30,364
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Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1944–1977
Days lived
12,008
S. Janaki🌍
deceasedActor · 1938–2026
Days lived
32,221
Walter Krüger🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1892–1973
Days lived
29,694
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
42,194
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
Wang Zi-Ping🇨🇳
deceasedathlete · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,602
Vladimir Zelenin
deceasedscientist · 1881–1968
Days lived
32,067
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
49,865
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
48,038
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,735
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,308
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,750
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,716
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,350
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,794
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,446
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,245
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,759
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,777
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,446
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,798
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,341
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,251
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,228
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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