On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
July 21 1968
Born on This Day
Américo Amorim🇵🇹
deceasedPortuguese entrepreneur (1934–2017) · 1934–2017
Days lived
30,308
Beppe Grillo🇮🇹
actor · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Betty Gilpin🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1986
Bill Pertwee🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish actor and comedian (1926–2013) · 1926–2013
Days lived
31,722
Carl Paul Goerz
deceasedentrepreneur · 1854–1923
Days lived
25,000
Cat Stevens🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Chioma Igwe🇺🇸
American soccer player · b. 1986
Daniel Thioune🇩🇪
German footballer and manager · b. 1974
DeAndre Jordan🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1988
Doris Stauffer🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss artist (1934-2017) · 1934–2017
Days lived
30,230
Edmund Heines🇩🇪
deceasedSA-Obergruppenführer (1897-1934) · 1897–1934
Days lived
13,492
Eduard Dietl
deceasedmilitary person · 1890–1944
Days lived
19,695
Endrick Quispe Mamani
association football player · b. 2006
Erling Haaland
association football player · b. 2000
Ernest Hemingway🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1899–1961
Days lived
22,626
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Hamish Fulton🇬🇧
British photographer (born 1946) · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Heinrich von Siebold🇩🇪
deceasedAustrian collector, antiquary, japanologist (1852–1908) · 1852–1908
Days lived
20,474
Herkko Pöllänen🇫🇮
Finnish tennis player · b. 1994
Jacques Feyder🇧🇪
deceasedBelgian-French film director (1885-1948) · 1885–1948
Days lived
22,952
James Cooke Brown🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1921–2000
Days lived
28,696
James Gentle🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican soccer player (1904-1986) · 1904–1986
Days lived
29,890
Jim Clyburn🇺🇸
American politician (born 1940) · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
Johnny Evers🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1881-1947) · 1881–1947
Days lived
23,990
Jon Lovitz🇺🇸
American actor and comedian · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Jonathan Ayité🇫🇷
football player · b. 1985
Josh Hartnett🇺🇸
Television actor · b. 1978
Josh Hartnett🇺🇸
Television actor · b. 1978
Juno Temple🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1989
Kazimierz Moczarski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish writer and journalist (1907–1975) · 1907–1975
Days lived
24,905
Ken Starr🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican judge and educational administrator (1946–2022) · 1946–2022
Days lived
27,813
Lee Aaron🇨🇦
Canadian rock singer (born 1962) · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Luca Trevisan🇮🇹
deceasedItalian computer scientist (1971–2024) · 1971–2024
Days lived
19,327
Marcelo Bielsa🇦🇷
football player · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Marshall McLuhan🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian educator, philosopher, and scholar (1911–1980) · 1911–1980
Days lived
25,366
Michael Dierks🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1970
Miss Li🇸🇪
singer-songwriter · b. 1982
Paul Davis🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1984
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Robin Williams🇺🇸
deceasedStand-up comedian · 1951–2014
Days lived
23,032
Ronnie Burrell🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1983
Samuli Edelmann
Actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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Saskia Valencia🇩🇪
German actress and television presenter · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Taco🇮🇩
actor · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Tamika Catchings🇺🇸
American Hall of Fame basketball player · b. 1979
Tore Meinecke🇩🇪
West German tennis player · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Ubaldo Fillol🇦🇷
Argentine association football player · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Died on This Day
Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1905–1944
Days lived
14,363
Alice Everett🇬🇧
deceasedBritish astronomer and engineer (1865–1949) · 1865–1949
Days lived
30,747
Anton Staus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1872–1955) · 1872–1955
Days lived
30,268
Constanze Engelbrecht🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1950-2000) · 1950–2000
Days lived
18,459
Dennis Green🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football coach (1949–2016) · 1949–2016
Days lived
24,626
Det de Beus🇳🇱
deceasedDutch field hockey player (1958–2013) · 1958–2013
Days lived
20,242
Evelyn Thomas🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1953–2024) · 1953–2024
Days lived
25,901
Günter Fronius🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1907–2015
Days lived
39,334
Heinrich Schmieder🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1970–2010
Days lived
14,767
Henning von Tresckow🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1901–1944
Days lived
15,898
Jimmie Foxx🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1907–1967
Days lived
21,822
Kaylee Hottle🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 2008–2026
Days lived
6,700
Ludwig Renn🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1889–1979
Days lived
32,961
Maike Schrader🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player (1971-2004) · 1971–2004
Days lived
12,088
Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʻī
deceasedwriter · 1933–2001
Days lived
25,038
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Ralph Houk🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1919–2010) · 1919–2010
Days lived
33,219
Robert Burns🌍
deceasedSongwriter · 1759–1796
Days lived
13,692
Tony Bennett🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer (1926–2023) · 1926–2023
Days lived
35,416
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Uwe Seeler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman association football player (1936–2022) · 1936–2022
Days lived
31,304
Werner von Haeften🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1908–1944
Days lived
13,069
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
42,204
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
49,875
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
48,048
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,745
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,318
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,760
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,726
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,360
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,804
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,456
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,255
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,769
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,787
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,456
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,808
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,351
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,261
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,238
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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