On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 7 1968
Born on This Day
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Abbie Cornish
Actor · b. 1982
Alberto Salazar🇺🇸
athlete · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Amangeldy Muraliyev
Kyrgyz politician · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Andrew Bishop🇬🇧
Welsh rugby union player · b. 1985
Ángeles Balbiani🇦🇷
Argentine actress · b. 1981
Anna Elisabet Weirauch🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1887–1970
Days lived
30,451
Anthony Frederick🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player (1964–2003) · 1964–2003
Days lived
14,174
Bruce Dickinson🇬🇧
Screenwriter · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
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Caroline Aaron
Actor · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Charlize Theron🇺🇸
South African and American actress (born 1975) · b. 1975
Dana Dawson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress, singer (1974-2010) · 1974–2010
Days lived
13,152
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David Cairns🇬🇧
deceasedpolitician · 1966–2011
Days lived
16,346
Edgar Rentería🇨🇴
film director · b. 1975
Emerik Blum🇧🇦
deceasedBosnian Jewish businessman and politician · 1911–1984
Days lived
26,620
Franco Columbu🇺🇸
deceasedItalian bodybuilder and actor (1941–2019) · 1941–2019
Days lived
28,512
Friedhelm Ptok🇩🇪
German actor and voice actor · b. 1933
Days alive
12,784
Fritz Wendhausen🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1890–1962
Days lived
26,083
Garrison Keillor🇺🇸
American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
Gesine Lötzsch🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Hanoch Albeck🇮🇱
deceasedAustrian/Israeli Professor of Talmud (1890–1972) · 1890–1972
Days lived
29,739
Harry Arnold🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish jazz saxophonist and bandleader (1920–1971) · 1920–1971
Days lived
18,450
Helen Vita🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss actor and singer (1928-2001) · 1928–2001
Days lived
26,491
Hubert Eisner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian politician · 1897–2000
Days lived
37,401
Jack Good🇬🇧
deceasedBritish producer (1931-2017) · 1931–2017
Days lived
31,460
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Jean-Luc Dehaene🇧🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1940–2014
Days lived
26,944
Jimmy Wales🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Kessai Note
former President of the Marshall Islands · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Kim Se-hyun🇰🇷
film director · b. 1987
Kirk Nieuwenhuis🇺🇸
baseball player · b. 1987
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Kyler Murray🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1997
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Louis Leakey🇰🇪
deceasedkenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist · 1903–1972
Days lived
25,258
Ludwig Valentin Angerer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect, painter, sculptor and author (*1938) · 1938–2025
Days lived
31,559
Marlies Askamp🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1970
Mata Hari
deceasedNotable Trials · 1876–1917
Days lived
15,043
Michael Schnitzler🇦🇹
musician · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Michael Shannon🇺🇸
musician · b. 1974
Per Åhlin🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish artist (1931–2023) · 1931–2023
Days lived
33,505
Sofia Rotaru🇺🇦
actor · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Tom McGrath🇺🇸
American voice actor, animator and film director · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Uwe Nettelbeck🇩🇪
deceasedrapper · 1940–2007
Days lived
24,269
Victoria of Baden🇸🇪
deceasedQueen consort of Sweden (1907-1930) · 1862–1930
Days lived
24,711
Viktor Medvedchuk
politician · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Wolfram Eilenberger🇫🇮
German journalist and philosopher · b. 1972
Zheng Wu🇨🇳
basketball player · b. 1967
Days alive
366
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Died on This Day
Anton Ziegenaus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman priest and theologian · 1936–2024
Days lived
32,287
Constantine Stanislavsky🇷🇺
deceasedactor · 1863–1938
Days lived
27,595
Esther Phillips🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer (1935–1984) · 1935–1984
Days lived
17,760
Gebhard Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1900-1990) · 1900–1990
Days lived
32,984
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Gerd Kaminski🇦🇹
deceasedscientist · 1942–2022
Days lived
29,091
Hung Liu🇺🇸
deceasedPainter · 1948–2021
Days lived
26,835
Jim Lovell🇺🇸
deceasedNaval officer · 1928–2025
Days lived
35,564
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Judit Reigl🇭🇺
deceasedFrench-Hungarian painter (1923-2020) · 1923–2020
Days lived
35,528
Oliver Hardy🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy (1892–1957) · 1892–1957
Days lived
23,942
Otto von Stetten🇩🇪
deceasedGerman soldier and officer (1862-1937) · 1862–1937
Days lived
27,537
Rabindranath Tagore🇮🇳
deceasedactor · 1861–1941
Days lived
29,311
Roy Budd🇬🇧
deceasedBritish jazz musician and composer (1947-1993) · 1947–1993
Days lived
16,948
Salvatore Ferragamo🇮🇹
deceasedItalian shoe designer (1898-1960) · 1898–1960
Days lived
22,708
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Semen Zonshain🇵🇱
deceasedSoviet scientist in aeronautics and university teacher (1898-1978) · 1898–1978
Days lived
29,160
Stan Mikita🇨🇦
deceasedathlete · 1940–2018
Days lived
28,568
Tamás Cseh🇭🇺
deceasedsinger · 1943–2009
Days lived
24,304
Virchand Gandhi
deceasedphilosopher · 1864–1901
Days lived
13,495
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Wally Albright🇺🇸
deceasedathlete · 1925–1999
Days lived
27,001
Wilhelm Liebknecht
deceasedNotable Trials · 1826–1900
Days lived
27,159
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William Friedkin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican director and producer (1935–2023) · 1935–2023
Days lived
32,120
Yi U🇰🇷
deceasedmilitary person · 1912–1945
Days lived
11,953
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
42,221
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
49,892
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
48,065
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,762
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,335
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,777
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,743
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,377
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,821
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,473
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,272
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,786
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,804
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,473
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,825
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,368
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,278
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,255
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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