On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 8 1968
Born on This Day
A'ja Wilson🇺🇸
Basketball player · b. 1996
Alberto Granado🇨🇴
deceasedArgentine-Cuban biochemistry doctor, writer, scientist and traveling companion of Che Guevara (1922-2011) · 1922–2011
Days lived
32,351
Alysa Liu🇺🇸
Figure skater · b. 2005
Anita Włodarczyk🇵🇱
Polish hammer thrower · b. 1985
Anton Fig🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Arthur Goldberg🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican lawyer, politician and civil servant (1908-1990) · 1908–1990
Days lived
29,748
Arturo D'Onofrio🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest (1914–2006) · 1914–2006
Days lived
33,690
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Arvid Lindblad🇬🇧
Racing driver · b. 2007
Bastian Knittel🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1983
Bianca Kappler🇩🇪
German long jumper · b. 1977
Boris Béthéry🇫🇷
rugby union player · b. 1983
Brett Ratliff🇺🇸
American football quarterback · b. 1985
Bruce Matthews🇺🇸
American football player and coach (born 1961) · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Carsten Peter Thiede🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1952–2004) · 1952–2004
Days lived
19,121
Chris Eubank🇬🇧
British former professional boxer · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Cláudio Hummes🇧🇷
deceasedCatholic cardinal (1934–2022) · 1934–2022
Days lived
32,107
Connie Stevens🇺🇸
American actress and singer · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958
Danilo Gallinari🇮🇹
basketball player · b. 1988
David Deutsch🇺🇸
American painter (born 1943) · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
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Dillon Thieneman🌍
American football player · b. 2004
Dustin Hoffman🇺🇸
Oscar Winners · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
Eduard Krebsbach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and SS doctor in the Nazi concentration camp in Mauthausen (1894-1947) · 1894–1947
Days lived
19,285
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Esmail Ghaani🌍
Army officer · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Éverton Lopes🇧🇷
Brazilian amateur boxer · b. 1988
Göran Collert🇸🇪
chief executive officer · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
Helene Jarmer🇦🇹
Austrian politician · b. 1971
Herbert Jankuhn🇩🇪
deceasedSS Officer (1905-1990) · 1905–1990
Days lived
30,946
Ilhami Emin
deceasedMacedonian-Turkish poet, translator · 1931–2020
Days lived
32,406
Jan Josef Liefers🇩🇪
singer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
JC Chasez🇺🇸
American singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, and occasional actor · b. 1976
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Jostein Gaarder🇳🇴
Norwegian author (born 1952) · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Kaplan Burović🇨🇭
deceasedYugoslavian and Albanian writer (1934–2022) · 1934–2022
Days lived
32,145
Klaus Ebner🇦🇹
Austrian writer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Louis van Gaal🇳🇱
football player · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Lucky Millinder🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican bandleader (1910–1966) · 1910–1966
Days lived
20,505
Marion Mitterhammer🇦🇹
Austrian actress · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Michael Leutert🇩🇪
politician · b. 1974
Mohamed Morsi🇪🇬
deceasedpolitician · 1951–2019
Days lived
24,785
Paul Dirac🇬🇧
deceasedscientist · 1902–1984
Days lived
30,024
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1881–1954
Days lived
26,759
Petra Thorén🇫🇮
Finnish tennis player · b. 1969
Ralf König🇩🇪
German comic book creator · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Rashard Lewis🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1979
Ray Dalio🇺🇸
Hedge Fund Manager & Investor · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Ray Dalio
Founder of Bridgewater · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Renate Blank🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1941-2021) · 1941–2021
Days lived
29,167
Robert Siodmak🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1900–1973
Days lived
26,512
Roger Federer🇨🇭
Swiss tennis player · b. 1981
Roger Penrose🇬🇧
English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher · b. 1931
Days alive
13,515
Ronald Weigel🇩🇪
East German athlete · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
S.Coups (Choi Seung-cheol)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (SEVENTEEN) · b. 1995
Serikbay Temirbayev
Kazakhstani chess player · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Shawn Mendes
singer · b. 1998
Stjepan Đureković🇬🇧
deceasedCroatian businessman (1926–1983) · 1926–1983
Days lived
20,808
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Taryll Jackson🇺🇸
singer · b. 1975
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Tatjana Maria🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1987
Thierry Mariani🇫🇷
French politician · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Vanessa Amorosi🇦🇺
Australian singer-songwriter · b. 1981
Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly
deceasedIndian Catholic priest (1876-1929) · 1876–1929
Days lived
19,415
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Vladimír Darida🇨🇿
Czech footballer · b. 1990
Werner Riess🇩🇪
scientist · b. 1970
Died on This Day
Adele Filene🇩🇪
deceasedGerman fashion designer (1909–2010) · 1909–2010
Days lived
36,945
Anna J. Harrison🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican organic chemist (1912–1998) · 1912–1998
Days lived
31,274
Arnold Angenendt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Roman Catholic theologian, priest and church historian (1934–2021) · 1934–2021
Days lived
31,773
August Gissler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1857-1935) · 1857–1935
Days lived
28,456
Cannonball Adderley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz saxophonist (1928–1975) · 1928–1975
Days lived
17,128
Christopher Loeak
deceasedMarshallese politician, president of the Marshall Islands (2012–2016) · 1952–2025
Days lived
26,568
Erich Hoepner
deceasedNotable Trials · 1886–1944
Days lived
21,147
Erwin von Witzleben🇵🇱
deceasedmilitary person · 1881–1944
Days lived
22,892
Fenwick Henri Watkins🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican athlete and coach · 1887–1943
Days lived
20,312
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Gesina Lechte-Siemer🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1911–2007
Days lived
35,283
Glen Campbell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1936–2017) · 1936–2017
Days lived
29,693
Hans R. Camenzind🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1934–2012
Days lived
28,709
Horst Fischer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and camp doctor in the Auschwitz III Monowitz concentration camp (1912–1966) · 1912–1966
Days lived
19,578
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Ilse Werner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1921-2005) · 1921–2005
Days lived
30,709
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Issa Hayatou
deceasedCameroonian basketball player and football executive · 1946–2024
Days lived
28,489
Ivan Poddubny🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1871–1949
Days lived
28,428
Joseph Maria Olbrich
deceasedAustrian architect (1867–1908) · 1867–1908
Days lived
14,839
Jozef Tomko🇸🇰
deceasedSlovak cardinal and Roman Catholic archbishop · 1924–2022
Days lived
35,944
Kurt Schwerdtfeger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman sculptor (1897-1966) · 1897–1966
Days lived
25,250
Michael Wittmann
deceasedmilitary person · 1914–1944
Days lived
11,066
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Olivia Newton-John🇬🇧
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1948–2022
Days lived
26,979
Paul von Hase🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1885–1944
Days lived
21,564
Wilbert Robinson🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1863–1934
Days lived
25,972
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
42,222
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
49,893
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
48,066
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,763
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,336
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,778
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,744
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,378
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,822
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,474
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,273
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,787
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,805
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,474
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,826
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,369
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,279
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,256
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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