On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
July 18 1968
Born on This Day
Anna Fischer🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1986
Arthur Heß🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician and judge (1891-1959) · 1891–1959
Days lived
24,808
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Axel Honneth🇩🇪
philosopher · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Bam Adebayo🇺🇸
Basketball player · b. 1997
Benedict Friedlaender🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer and sexuologist (1866–1908) · 1866–1908
Days lived
15,313
Bjørn Kjos🇳🇴
entrepreneur · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Bob Casey🇮🇪
Irish rugby union player · b. 1978
Bruno Löwe🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1981
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Buschi Niebergall🇩🇪
deceasedGerman musician (1938-1990) · 1938–1990
Days lived
18,803
Carmen Anderson🇦🇺
Norfolk Islander lawn bowls player · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Charlton Brosius🇺🇸
deceasedUnited States Army officer and Olympic tug of war competitor of the United States · 1876–1956
Days lived
29,291
Elio Di Rupo🇧🇪
politician · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Elisabeth Müller🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss actress (1926-2006) · 1926–2006
Days lived
29,366
Eric Pohlmann🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actor (1913–1979) · 1913–1979
Days lived
24,113
Esther Vergeer
Dutch wheelchair tennis player · b. 1981
Florian Wünsche🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1991
Frank Farian🇮🇹
deceasedrapper · 1941–2024
Days lived
30,139
Friedrich Zimmermann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1925-2012) · 1925–2012
Days lived
31,837
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Gaël Angoula🇫🇷
French-Cameroonian football referee · b. 1982
Georg Kreisler🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1922–2011
Days lived
32,634
Georgina Oliva🇪🇸
Spanish field hockey player · b. 1990
Giacomo Balla🇮🇹
deceasedItalian artist (1871-1958) · 1871–1958
Days lived
31,637
Grete Weil🇩🇪
deceasedGerman translator, autobiographer and writer (1906–1999) · 1906–1999
Days lived
33,903
Hartmut Michel🇩🇪
chemist · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Henri Salvador🇫🇷
deceasedFrench Caribbean recording artist; singer, songwriter (1917–2008) · 1917–2008
Days lived
33,082
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Ian Stewart🇬🇧
deceasedBritish keyboardist (1938–1985) · 1938–1985
Days lived
17,314
Jacek Fedorowicz🇵🇱
Polish satirist and actor · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
James Lavadour🇺🇸
Walla Walla painter and printmaker (born 1951) · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
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Jan Stanisław Skorupski🇵🇱
writer · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958
Jean Dufay🇫🇷
deceasedFrench astronomer (1896-1967) · 1896–1967
Days lived
26,042
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Karl von Wogau🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Kelly Reilly🇬🇧
Stage actor · b. 1977
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Laurence Fournier Beaudry🇨🇦
Ice dancer · b. 1992
Lee Taemin🇰🇷
South Korean singer, model, dancer and actor · b. 1993
Luis Ibarra Landete🇪🇸
deceasedmayor of Vitòria (1917-1983) · 1917–1983
Days lived
24,037
Luis Moncada🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1977
M.I.A.🇬🇧
British singer and rapper (born 1975) · b. 1975
Martha Reeves🇺🇸
singer · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
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Mats Rits🇧🇪
Belgian footballer · b. 1993
Nelson Mandela🇿🇦
deceasedAnti-apartheid leader and statesman · 1918–2013
Days lived
34,839
Noah Lyles
athletics competitor · b. 1997
Otto Willi Gail🇩🇪
deceasedGerman science journalist and author (1896–1956) · 1896–1956
Days lived
21,803
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Per Petterson🇳🇴
Norwegian novelist · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Poornima Bhagyaraj🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Priyanka Chopra🇮🇳
Indian actress (born 1982) · b. 1982
Ricarda Huch🇨🇭
deceasedwriter · 1864–1947
Days lived
30,436
Robert Garrison🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1872–1930) · 1872–1930
Days lived
20,989
Rudolf Fleck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1924-1999) · 1924–1999
Days lived
27,277
Stefanie Dimmeler🇩🇪
scientist · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Victor Gruen🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1903-1980) · 1903–1980
Days lived
27,970
Vidkun Quisling
deceasedNotable Trials · 1887–1945
Days lived
21,282
Vin Diesel
film actor · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Walter Kreye🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
Wendy Williams
radio personality · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Willy Rosen🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1894–1944
Days lived
18,337
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Yung Lean🇸🇪
Rapper · b. 1996
Died on This Day
Alex Rocco
deceasedActor · 1936–2015
Days lived
28,994
Ali Latif
deceasedpainter (1944-2009) · 1944–2009
Days lived
23,758
Beatrice von Dovsky🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1866–1923
Days lived
20,699
David Hedison🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1927-2019) · 1927–2019
Days lived
33,662
Dietmar Schönherr🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian actor (1926-2014) · 1926–2014
Days lived
32,204
Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1866–1939
Days lived
26,843
Günther Maleuda🇩🇪
deceasedEast German politician, Communist leader (1931-2012) · 1931–2012
Days lived
29,765
Jack Hawkins🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1910–1973
Days lived
22,953
Jennifer Finch🇺🇸
deceasedMusician · 1966–2026
Days lived
21,897
Joan Abril i Guanyabens🇪🇸
deceasedarchitect (1852–1939) · 1852–1939
Days lived
31,974
Keith Sonnier🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican visual artist (1941–2020) · 1941–2020
Days lived
28,842
Marie of Romania🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1875–1938
Days lived
22,907
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Mite Kremnitz
deceasedwriter · 1852–1916
Days lived
23,571
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Nico🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1938–1988
Days lived
18,173
Percy Barnevik🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish businessman · 1941–2025
Days lived
30,836
Robert Kurz🇩🇪
deceasedMarxist philosopher, social critic and journalist (1943–2012) · 1943–2012
Days lived
25,044
Roman Jakobson🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1896–1982
Days lived
31,326
Sergei Schilkin🇷🇺
deceasedGerman entrepreneur (1915–2007) · 1915–2007
Days lived
33,441
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
42,201
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
49,872
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
48,045
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,742
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,315
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,757
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,723
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,357
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,801
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,453
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,252
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,766
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,784
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,453
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,805
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,348
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,258
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,235
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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