On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
July 12 1968
Born on This Day
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Abigail Spears🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1981
Andre Begemann🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1984
Antonio Cassano🇮🇹
Italian footballer · b. 1982
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Austin Wells🇺🇸
Baseball player · b. 1999
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Bill Cosby
television actor · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
Bimal Roy🇮🇳
deceasedIndian film director (1909–1966) · 1909–1966
Days lived
20,633
Brock Lesnar🇨🇦
American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and football player (born 1977) · b. 1977
Buckminster Fuller🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1895–1983
Days lived
32,130
Christian Wunderlich🇩🇪
German actor-singer · b. 1979
Drew Gordon🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1990–2024
Days lived
12,376
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Eric Carr🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican drummer, member of the rock band Kiss (1950–1991) · 1950–1991
Days lived
15,110
Eridadi Mukwanga
deceasedUgandan boxer · 1943–1998
Days lived
19,897
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Ernie Anastos🇺🇸
deceasedNews presenter · 1943–2026
Days lived
30,194
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Günther Anders🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1902–1992
Days lived
33,031
Isaak Babel🇺🇦
deceasedmilitary person · 1894–1940
Days lived
16,634
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Johanna Klum🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1980
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John Gregg Utterback🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1872–1955
Days lived
30,313
John Petrucci🇺🇸
singer · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Kalman Sántha🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian physician (1903-1956) · 1903–1956
Days lived
19,512
Lady Saw🇫🇷
singer · b. 1969
Luca Princiotta🇮🇹
Musician · b. 1982
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani children's education activist · b. 1997
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Max Jacob🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1876–1944
Days lived
24,707
Michelle Rodriguez
Actor · b. 1978
Neya Zorkaya🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet and Russian literary and film critic and historian (1924–2006) · 1924–2006
Days lived
30,046
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Nico Williams
association football player · b. 2002
Otto Steinert🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1915-1978) · 1915–1978
Days lived
22,880
Pablo Neruda🇨🇱
deceasedChilean poet and politician (1904–1973) · 1904–1973
Days lived
25,275
Rafał Bigus🇵🇱
basketball player · b. 1976
Raoul Hausmann🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian photographer and sculptor (1886–1971) · 1886–1971
Days lived
30,884
Richard Simmons🇺🇸
deceasedProfessional fitness coach · 1948–2024
Days lived
27,760
Ronny Rockel🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1972
Sabine Hack🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1969
Sergei Utochkin🇺🇦
deceasedathlete · 1876–1916
Days lived
14,428
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
basketball player · b. 1998
Shalva Chikhladze🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1912–1997
Days lived
30,867
Silke Nowitzki🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1974
Timothy Garton Ash🇬🇧
British historian and author · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Tod Browning🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1880–1962
Days lived
30,035
Topher Grace
Actor · b. 1978
Vinícius Júnior
association football player · b. 2000
Werner Kaessmann🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Werner Maser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman historian (1922–2007) · 1922–2007
Days lived
30,948
Died on This Day
Allan Schulman🇸🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1919–2003
Days lived
30,616
Behramji Malabari
deceasedjournalist · 1853–1912
Days lived
21,604
Bill Viola🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican video and installation artist (1951–2024) · 1951–2024
Days lived
26,832
Buddy Adler🇺🇸
deceasedfilm producer (1909-1960) · 1909–1960
Days lived
18,648
Chris Wood🇬🇧
deceasedsinger · 1944–1983
Days lived
14,262
Ernst Otto Beckmann🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1853–1923
Days lived
25,574
Friedrich Gundolf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman poet (1880–1931) · 1880–1931
Days lived
18,648
Günter Behnisch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect, submarine commander in World War II (1922–2010) · 1922–2010
Days lived
32,172
Heide Simonis🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1943–2023) · 1943–2023
Days lived
29,228
Kurt Kreuger🇺🇸
deceasedactor (1916–2006) · 1916–2006
Days lived
32,861
Otto Nagel
deceasedGerman artist (1894-1967) · 1894–1967
Days lived
26,585
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Ruth Westheimer🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American sex therapist · 1928–2024
Days lived
35,102
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
42,195
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
49,866
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
48,039
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,736
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,309
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,751
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,717
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,351
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,795
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,447
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,246
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,760
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,778
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,447
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,799
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,342
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,252
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,229
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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