On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
July 31 1968
Born on This Day
Abdullah Avcı🇹🇷
Turkish association football player and coach (born 1963) · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Albert Grünwedel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman explorer, tibetologist (1856-1935) · 1856–1935
Days lived
28,942
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Andreas Stadler🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian weightlifter (1898–1941) · 1898–1941
Days lived
15,538
Antonio Conte🇮🇹
Italian association football player and manager · b. 1969
Barry De Vorzon🇺🇸
American singer, songwriter, producer, and composer (born 1934l · b. 1934
Days alive
12,419
Bogdan Bacanu🇦🇹
musician · b. 1975
C. C. Catch🇩🇪
singer-songwriter · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1884–1945
Days lived
22,100
Dean Cain🇺🇸
American actor (born 1966) · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Deval Patrick🇺🇸
politician · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Edita Piekha🇵🇱
French, Soviet and Russian singer and actress · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
Elivélton Alves Rufino🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1971
Emil Hirschfeld🇵🇱
deceasedGerman shot and discus thrower (1903-1968) · 1903–1968
Days lived
23,583
François Marque🇫🇷
football player · b. 1983
Fred Keenor🇬🇧
deceasedfootball player · 1894–1972
Days lived
28,582
Frederik Paulsen Sr🇸🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1909–1997
Days lived
32,084
Gabe Kapler🇺🇸
American former professional baseball player and manager · b. 1975
Guido Bodländer🇵🇱
deceasedchemist · 1855–1904
Days lived
18,044
Hilary Putnam🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican philosopher · 1926–2016
Days lived
32,733
Hilde Meisel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman socialist and journalist (1914-1945) · 1914–1945
Days lived
11,218
Igor Golban🇷🇺
football player · b. 1990
J.K. Rowling
Author · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
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Jean Dubuffet🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1901–1985
Days lived
30,601
Jonathan Ogden🇺🇸
American football Hall of Fame lineman · b. 1974
Kavinsky🇫🇷
deceasedDisc jockey · 1975–2026
Days lived
18,625
Keith Sonnier🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican visual artist (1941–2020) · 1941–2020
Days lived
28,842
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Kiara Advani🇮🇳
Film actor · b. 1991
Leon Black🇺🇸
Private Equity Investor · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Louis de Funès🇫🇷
deceasedactor · 1914–1983
Days lived
25,017
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Ludwig Hussak🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian footballer (1883-1965) · 1883–1965
Days lived
29,924
Margarete Bieber🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978
Days lived
36,003
Mario Bava🇮🇹
deceasedItalian director, screenwriter, special effects artist and cinematographer (1914–1980) · 1914–1980
Days lived
24,010
Mark Cuban
Investor & Entrepreneur · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Martin Mosebach🇩🇪
YouTube personality · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
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Michael Bradley🇺🇸
football player · b. 1987
Milan Jovanić🇷🇸
football player · b. 1985
Oliver Broumis🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Paula Morelenbaum🇧🇷
Brazilian singer focussing on bossa nova and latin jazz · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Primo Levi🇮🇹
deceasedItalian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987) · 1919–1987
Days lived
24,726
Rina Aiuchi🇯🇵
Japanese singer · b. 1980
Robert Kennedy🇮🇪
deceasedIrish field hockey player (1880–1963) · 1880–1963
Days lived
30,214
Rose Stradner🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1913–1958
Days lived
16,494
Rudolf Martin🇩🇪
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Shannon Curfman🇺🇸
American rock musician · b. 1985
Stephanie L. Kwolek🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist, inventor of Kevlar (1923–2014) · 1923–2014
Days lived
33,195
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Victoria Azarenka🇧🇾
Belarusian tennis player · b. 1989
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Wesley Snipes
Notable Trials · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Xiangzhong Yang🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1959–2009
Days lived
18,087
Died on This Day
Alexander von Falkenhausen🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1878–1966
Days lived
32,051
Aloys Wobben🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1952–2021
Days lived
25,393
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1900–1944
Days lived
16,103
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Bill Russell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player (1934–2022) · 1934–2022
Days lived
32,311
Clara Viebig🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1860–1952) · 1860–1952
Days lived
33,616
Dorothy Reed Mendenhall🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican pediatrician (1874–1964) · 1874–1964
Days lived
32,819
Erwin Keller🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player · 1905–1971
Days lived
24,220
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Gore Vidal🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer (1925–2012) · 1925–2012
Days lived
31,713
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István Gulyás🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian tennis player (1931–2000) · 1931–2000
Days lived
25,129
Jean Jaurès🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1859–1914
Days lived
20,054
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Jeanne Moreau🇫🇷
deceasedmusician · 1928–2017
Days lived
32,697
Jimmy Conzelman🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1898–1970
Days lived
26,444
Léopold Gernaey🇧🇪
deceasedfootball player · 1927–2005
Days lived
28,646
Martin Segitz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1853-1927) · 1853–1927
Days lived
27,032
Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg🇩🇪
deceasedBulgarian prince (1861–1924) · 1861–1924
Days lived
22,955
Roddy Piper🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian professional wrestler (1954–2015) · 1954–2015
Days lived
22,385
Yi Chong-jun🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean writer (1939–2008) · 1939–2008
Days lived
25,194
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
42,214
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
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
Hans Kelsen🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian lawyer (1881–1973) · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,427
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
49,885
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
48,058
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,755
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,328
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,770
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,736
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,370
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,814
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,466
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,265
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,779
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,797
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,466
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,818
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,361
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,271
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,248
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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