On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 5 1968
Born on This Day
Angry Anderson🇦🇺
deceasedSinger · 1947–2026
Days lived
28,902
Brian Sandoval🇺🇸
29th Governor of Nevada and former United States District Judge · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
C. J. Spiller🇺🇸
American football player and coach (born 1987) · b. 1987
Carl Harries🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1866–1923
Days lived
20,908
Chen Ding🇨🇳
Chinese racewalker · b. 1992
Dennis Schmidt-Foß🇩🇪
German actor and voice actor · b. 1970
Eduardo Ribeiro dos Santos🇧🇷
football player · b. 1980
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Gavi
association football player · b. 2004
Giel ten Bosch
Dutch journalist and baseball player · b. 1974
Grégory Sertic🇫🇷
football player · b. 1989
Hayo Vierck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1939–1989) · 1939–1989
Days lived
18,121
Hermann Kobold🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1858-1942) · 1858–1942
Days lived
30,625
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Hun Sen
Prime Minister of Cambodia (1985–1993; 1998–2023) · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Jennifer Finch🇺🇸
deceasedMusician · 1966–2026
Days lived
21,897
Jesse Williams🇺🇸
actor · b. 1981
Joachim Schubart🇩🇪
German astronomer · b. 1928
Days alive
14,610
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Johan Kappelhof🇳🇱
Dutch footballer · b. 1990
John Huston🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director, screenwriter, and actor (1906–1987) · 1906–1987
Days lived
29,608
Joseph Merrick
deceasedartist · 1862–1890
Days lived
10,111
Josie Totah🇺🇸
Film actor · b. 2001
Justin Marshall🇳🇿
New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1973
Kō Shibasaki🇯🇵
Japanese actor and singer · b. 1981
Korey Hall🇺🇸
American professional football player · b. 1983
Lance Berwald🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Lorri Bagley
Actor · b. 1973
Lucy Everest Boole
deceasedBritish chemist and pharmacist (1862-1904) · 1862–1904
Days lived
15,462
Mahima Makwana🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1999
Marians Pahars🇱🇻
football player · b. 1976
Marine Le Pen
Notable Trials · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Mathieu Gorgelin🇫🇷
football player · b. 1990
Patrick Ewing🇺🇸
Jamaican-American basketball player · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Reid Hoffman🇺🇸
Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist · b. 1967
Days alive
366
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Salomon Kalou
Ivorian association football player · b. 1985
Scheila Gonzalez🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1971
Sef Vergoossen
Dutch association football player and manager · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Thomas Lang🇦🇹
rapper · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Tobias Regner🇩🇪
German singer and guitarist · b. 1982
Toni Doblas🇪🇸
football player · b. 1980
Uri Sagi🇮🇱
Israeli military officer · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
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Valdis Dombrovskis🇱🇻
11th Prime Minister of Latvia · b. 1971
Walter Bluhm🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1904-1976) · 1904–1976
Days lived
26,416
Died on This Day
Alec Guinness
deceasedOscar Winners · 1914–2000
Days lived
31,537
Angéla Németh🇭🇺
deceasedathletics competitor · 1946–2014
Days lived
25,005
Bruno Dallansky🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1928–2008
Days lived
29,175
Carmen Miranda🇵🇹
deceasedBrazilian singer (1909–1955) · 1909–1955
Days lived
16,978
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Charles Quigley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1906-1964) · 1906–1964
Days lived
21,359
Christine Böhm🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1954–1979
Days lived
9,298
Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1873–1969
Days lived
34,997
Dutch Clark🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and coach (1906–1978) · 1906–1978
Days lived
26,231
Gustav von Wangenheim🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1895-1975) · 1895–1975
Days lived
29,387
Hanns Seidel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1901–1961) · 1901–1961
Days lived
21,847
Heinrich Wieland🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1877–1957
Days lived
29,281
Hertha Thiele🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1908-1984) · 1908–1984
Days lived
27,848
Issey Miyake🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese fashion designer (1938−2022) · 1938–2022
Days lived
30,786
Martin Elsaesser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1884–1957) · 1884–1957
Days lived
26,731
Massimiliano Capuzzoni🇮🇹
deceasedItalian rugby union player (1969-1995) · 1969–1995
Days lived
9,606
Nancy King🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1940–2025
Days lived
31,097
Richard Burton
deceasedfilm actor · 1925–1984
Days lived
21,453
Royal Rife🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1888–1971
Days lived
30,395
Rudolf Hagelstange🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1912–1984) · 1912–1984
Days lived
26,502
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Todor Zhivkov
deceasedformer General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party · 1911–1998
Days lived
31,744
Toni Morrison🇺🇸
deceasedAfrican American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019) · 1931–2019
Days lived
32,310
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Wilhelm Marx🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1863–1946) · 1863–1946
Days lived
30,517
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
42,219
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
Vladimir Zelenin
deceasedscientist · 1881–1968
Days lived
32,067
Wang Zi-Ping🇨🇳
deceasedathlete · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,602
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
49,890
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
48,063
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,760
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,333
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,775
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,741
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,375
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,819
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,471
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,270
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,784
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,802
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,471
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,823
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,366
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,276
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,253
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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