On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 9 1968
Born on This Day
Adam von Trott zu Solz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman noble and diplomat (1909-1944) · 1909–1944
Days lived
12,801
Anna Kendrick🇺🇸
American actress (born 1985) · b. 1985
Anthony Castonzo🇺🇸
American football player (born 1988) · b. 1988
Bill Forester🇺🇸
deceasedNFL player (1932-2007) · 1932–2007
Days lived
27,289
Christian Vargas
football player · b. 1983
Cléo🇧🇷
football player · b. 1985
David A. Huffman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1925–1999) · 1925–1999
Days lived
27,087
Derek Fisher🇺🇸
American basketball player and coach · b. 1974
Dillianne van den Boogaard
field hockey player · b. 1974
Domingo Quiñones🇺🇸
Puerto Rican singer · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Eric Bana🇦🇺
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Erich Hückel🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1896–1980
Days lived
30,505
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Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer, geophysicist and seismologist (1861–1895) · 1861–1895
Days lived
12,473
Filippo Inzaghi🇮🇹
Italian footballer and manager · b. 1973
Frans van Anraat
War criminal · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
Franz Exner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian criminologist (1881–1947) · 1881–1947
Days lived
24,158
Gerd Ruge🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1928–2021) · 1928–2021
Days lived
34,035
Gillian Anderson🇺🇸
Television actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Harold Johnson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer (1928-2015) · 1928–2015
Days lived
31,605
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Helge Payer🇦🇹
journalist · b. 1979
Hunter Smith🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1977
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Issa Hayatou
deceasedCameroonian basketball player and football executive · 1946–2024
Days lived
28,489
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Jason Heyward🇺🇸
American baseball player (born 1989) · b. 1989
Jessica Capshaw🇺🇸
actor · b. 1976
Joanna S. Fowler🇺🇸
American chemist · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
Josef Kirschner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian journalist, presenter and writer (1931–2016) · 1931–2016
Days lived
30,932
Juanes🇨🇴
singer · b. 1972
Jürgen Gehb🇩🇪
German judge, politician, jurist and lawyer · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Kazuha (Nakamura Kazuha)🇯🇵
K-pop Idol (LE SSERAFIM) · b. 2003
King Von🇺🇸
deceasedRapper · 1994–2020
Days lived
9,586
Marie-Luise Marjan🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1940
Days alive
10,227
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Marvin Minsky🇺🇸
deceasedComputer Scientist, AI Pioneer · 1927–2016
Days lived
32,310
Mathews Mar Barnabas🇮🇳
deceasedIndian bishop (1924–2012) · 1924–2012
Days lived
32,264
Michael Kors🇺🇸
American fashion designer · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Mikhail Kostyukov🇷🇺
football player · b. 1991
Mingi (Song Min-gi)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (ATEEZ) · b. 1999
Nariyasu Yasuhara🇯🇵
Japanese association football player · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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Paul Lindblad🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1941–2006) · 1941–2006
Days lived
23,521
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Ralph Houk🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1919–2010) · 1919–2010
Days lived
33,219
Reinhold Conrad Muschler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman botanist and author (1883-1957) · 1883–1957
Days lived
27,151
Rod Laver🇦🇺
Australian tennis player · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958
Sabrina Starke🇸🇷
Dutch singer · b. 1979
Senta Auth🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1974
Shyra Ely🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1983
Udo Beyer🇩🇪
East German athlete · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Virginia Giuffre🇺🇸
Sex Trafficking Survivor, Advocate · b. 1983
Vivek Ramaswamy
entrepreneur · b. 1985
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Whitney Houston🇺🇸
deceasedSinger · 1963–2012
Days lived
17,718
William Alfred Fowler🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican nuclear physicist (1911-1995) · 1911–1995
Days lived
30,533
Yi Chong-jun🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean writer (1939–2008) · 1939–2008
Days lived
25,194
Zain Bhikha🇿🇦
singer · b. 1974
Died on This Day
Chaïm Soutine🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1893–1943
Days lived
18,469
Charles Sands🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican golfer, tennis and real tennis player (1865–1945) · 1865–1945
Days lived
29,084
Cheryl Hall🇬🇧
deceasedActor · 1950–2026
Days lived
27,776
Ernst von Salomon🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer and right-wing Freikorps member (1902–1972) · 1902–1972
Days lived
25,521
Fips Asmussen🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1938–2020
Days lived
30,052
Gerhard C. Kallevig🇳🇴
deceasedNorwegian businessman (1880-1964) · 1880–1964
Days lived
30,693
Hermann Hesse🇨🇭
deceasedphilosopher · 1877–1962
Days lived
31,083
Hermine Schröder🇩🇪
deceasedGerman athletics competitor · 1911–1978
Days lived
24,650
Jacqueline Cochran🇺🇸
deceasedpolitician · 1906–1980
Days lived
27,119
John Henry Holland🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1929–2015
Days lived
31,599
Karl Bögelein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman football goalkeeper and coach (1927-2016) · 1927–2016
Days lived
32,701
Leo Frobenius🇩🇪
deceasedGerman ethnologist and archaeologist (1873–1938) · 1873–1938
Days lived
23,781
Lily Braun🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer, editor (1865–1916) · 1865–1916
Days lived
18,665
Lionel Emmett🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player (1913–1996) · 1913–1996
Days lived
30,529
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Mahmoud Darwish🇵🇸
deceasedPoet · 1941–2008
Days lived
24,621
Marco Cavagna🇮🇹
deceasedItalian astronomer (1958-2005) · 1958–2005
Days lived
17,387
Raymond-Émile Waydelich🇫🇷
deceasedFrench sculptor (1938–2024) · 1938–2024
Days lived
31,376
Robbie Robertson🇨🇦
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1943–2023
Days lived
29,255
Robert Boehringer🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1884–1974
Days lived
33,092
Stepan Krichinskiy
deceasedRussian architect (1874-1923) · 1874–1923
Days lived
18,097
Susan Wojcicki
deceasedTech CEOs · 1968–2024
Days lived
20,489
Suzanne Gabriello🇫🇷
deceasedFrench singer (1932-1992) · 1932–1992
Days lived
22,113
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Ulrich Plenzdorf🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1934–2007
Days lived
26,585
Wilhelm Ehm🇩🇪
deceasedGerman admiral (1918–2009) · 1918–2009
Days lived
33,217
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
42,223
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
49,894
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
48,067
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,764
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,337
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,779
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,745
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,379
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,823
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,475
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,274
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,788
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,806
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,475
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,827
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,370
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,280
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,257
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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