On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 1 1968
Born on This Day
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
deceasedpolitician · 1924–2015
Days lived
33,047
Albert Höfer🇦🇹
deceasedtheologian (1932–2022) · 1932–2022
Days lived
32,700
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Álex Abrines🇪🇸
Spanish basketball player · b. 1993
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Arthur Mahler🇨🇿
deceasedAustrian archeologist and sionist politician (1871-1944) murdered in Holocaust · 1871–1916
Days lived
16,345
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Axel Milberg🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Bastian Schweinsteiger🇩🇪
German association football player · b. 1984
Carlos Alexandre Souza Silva🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1986
Carmen Stephan🇩🇪
German journalist and novelist · b. 1974
Charles Winslow🇿🇦
deceasedSouth African tennis player (1888–1963) · 1888–1963
Days lived
27,437
Chris Iwelumo🇬🇧
football player · b. 1978
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Christoph Baumgartner
association football player · b. 1999
Dan Donegan🇺🇸
musician · b. 1968
Days alive
0
David James🇬🇧
football player · b. 1970
Dennis Lawrence
football player · b. 1974
Ernst Jandl🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian poet, dramatic and writer (1925–2000) · 1925–2000
Days lived
27,341
Frank Livingstone🇳🇿
deceasedNew Zealand lawn bowls competitor · 1886–1966
Days lived
29,235
Gaston Castel🇫🇷
deceasedFrench architect (1886-1971) · 1886–1971
Days lived
30,872
Gene Chen🇨🇳
deceasedAmerican martial artist (1938-2001) · 1938–2001
Days lived
22,954
George de Hevesy🇭🇺
deceasedchemist · 1885–1966
Days lived
29,557
Grant Schubert🇦🇺
field hockey player · b. 1980
Hafizullah Amin
deceasedAfghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher (1929–1979) · 1929–1979
Days lived
18,410
Hajo Herrmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman bomber pilot (1913–2010) · 1913–2010
Days lived
35,525
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Héctor Méndez🇦🇷
deceasedboxer · 1897–1977
Days lived
29,353
Heinz Ellenberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman botanist (1913–1997) · 1913–1997
Days lived
30,590
Hermann Baumann🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1934–2023
Days lived
32,657
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iago Aspas🇪🇸
Spanish association football player · b. 1987
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İdil Üner🇩🇪
German-Turkish actress · b. 1971
Jack Kramer🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1921–2009) · 1921–2009
Days lived
32,184
James Gleick🇺🇸
American author and historian of science (born 1954) · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
James Mourilyan Tanner🇬🇧
deceasedscientist · 1920–2010
Days lived
32,882
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Jason Momoa🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1979
Jean-Pierre Torrell🇫🇷
deceasedFrench theologian · 1927–2025
Days lived
35,822
Jörn Schlönvoigt🇩🇪
German actor and singer · b. 1986
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Karen Carney🇬🇧
football player · b. 1987
Kim Chaewon🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (LE SSERAFIM) · b. 2000
Marcel Schlutt🇩🇪
journalist · b. 1977
María Ignacia Benítez🇨🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1958–2019
Days lived
22,126
Masaichi Kaneda🇯🇵
deceasedfilm director · 1933–2019
Days lived
31,477
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Mike Wallace🇺🇸
American football player (born 1986) · b. 1985
Oona Laurence
Actor · b. 2002
Otto Kästner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman boxer · 1909–2002
Days lived
33,756
Reinhold Wulle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1882-1950) · 1882–1950
Days lived
24,820
Selina Cadell🇬🇧
British actress · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Sergei Mandreko🇦🇹
deceasedRussian footballer (1971–2022) · 1971–2022
Days lived
18,482
Tendai Mtawarira🇿🇼
South African rugby union footballer · b. 1985
Tiffany Young🇺🇸
K-pop Idol (Solo Artist / Girls' Generation) · b. 1989
Tina Bachmann🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1978
Uri Cohen-Mintz🇮🇱
basketball player · b. 1973
Walter Gerlach🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1889–1979
Days lived
32,880
Yaşar Yakış
deceasedTurkish diplomat (1938–2024) · 1938–2024
Days lived
31,376
Zhang Yang🇨🇳
deceasedChinese general of the People's Liberation Army (1951-2017) · 1951–2017
Days lived
24,221
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Died on This Day
Alex Dupont🇫🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1954–2020
Days lived
24,139
Anton Pfrogner🇦🇹
deceasedCzechoslovak senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and German nation politician (1886-1961) · 1886–1961
Days lived
27,335
Ascan Lutteroth🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge · 1874–1960
Days lived
31,284
Corazon Aquino🇵🇭
deceasedpolitician · 1933–2009
Days lived
27,947
Fakir Musafar🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican body piercer, photographer and BDSM figure · 1930–2018
Days lived
32,133
Francis Gary Powers
deceasedNotable Trials · 1929–1977
Days lived
17,516
Gertrude Welcker🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1896-1988) · 1896–1988
Days lived
33,618
Israel Zangwill🇬🇧
deceasedBritish Zionist author (1864–1926) · 1864–1926
Days lived
22,837
Joseph Schacht🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1902–1969
Days lived
24,611
Kevin Lynch🇮🇪
deceasedIrish hunger striker (1956-1981) · 1956–1981
Days lived
9,199
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Lidia Zamenhof🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1904–1942
Days lived
14,064
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Manuel L. Quezon🇵🇭
deceasedpolitician · 1878–1944
Days lived
24,088
Otto Bayer🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1902–1982
Days lived
29,125
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Otto Heinrich Warburg🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1883–1970
Days lived
31,708
Paul Hirsch
deceasedGerman politician (1868-1940) · 1868–1940
Days lived
26,189
Pierre Claverie🇫🇷
deceasedAlgerian bishop (1938–1996) · 1938–1996
Days lived
21,270
Rainer Brandt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1936–2024) · 1936–2024
Days lived
32,337
Sándor Szabó🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1948–2018
Days lived
25,584
Sviatoslav Richter
deceasedpianist · 1915–1997
Days lived
30,085
Tadeusz Reichstein🇵🇱
deceasedscientist · 1897–1996
Days lived
36,171
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Vincent Pastore🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1946–2026
Days lived
29,238
Walter Ulbricht🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1893–1973
Days lived
29,251
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
42,215
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
49,886
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
48,059
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,756
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,329
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,771
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,737
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,371
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,815
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,467
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,266
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,780
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,798
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,467
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,819
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,362
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,272
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,249
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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