On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 13 1968
Born on This Day
Alex Wilkinson🇦🇺
Australian association football player · b. 1984
Alfred Hitchcock🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1899–1980
Days lived
29,479
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1907–1967
Days lived
21,901
Anja Veterova🇲🇰
Macedonian singer · b. 1999
Arthur Eichengrün🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1867–1949
Days lived
30,082
C. R. W. Nevinson🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1889–1946
Days lived
20,873
Claude Meisch🇱🇺
Biologist · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Dan Fogelberg🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1951–2007
Days lived
20,579
Dennis Eagan🇬🇧
deceasedfield hockey player (1926-2012) · 1926–2012
Days lived
31,369
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Domenico Dolce🇮🇹
Italian fashion designer (born 1958) · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Dwight Smith🇺🇸
American football player, defensive back, safety · b. 1978
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Fidel Castro🇨🇺
deceasedpolitician · 1926–2016
Days lived
32,977
Gil Ofarim🇩🇪
musician · b. 1982
Gloria Dickson🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1917–1945
Days lived
10,102
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Heike Makatsch🇩🇪
German actress and singer · b. 1971
Henning Voscherau🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1941-2016) · 1941–2016
Days lived
27,404
Hissène Habré
deceasedNotable Trials · 1942–2021
Days lived
28,866
Jaemin (Na Jae-min)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (NCT) · b. 2000
Julio Gómez González🇲🇽
Mexican footballer · b. 1994
Justus Scharowsky🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1980
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Karl Liebknecht
deceasedNotable Trials · 1871–1919
Days lived
17,321
Leandro Lessa Azevedo🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1980
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Lee Raymond
deceasedActor · 1938–2026
Days lived
32,074
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Manuel Valls🇪🇸
politician · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Marian Woronin🇵🇱
Polish athlete · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Mariya Savinova🇷🇺
Russian female 800m Olympic sprinter · b. 1985
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Moritz Bleibtreu🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1971
Niko Kranjčar🇦🇹
Croatian footballer · b. 1984
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Osvaldo Sáez🇨🇱
deceasedfootball player · 1923–1959
Days lived
13,114
Paul Briggs🇦🇺
Australian boxer · b. 1975
Pralhad Keshav Atre🇮🇳
deceasedIndian writer (1898-1969) · 1898–1969
Days lived
25,871
Quinn Cummings🇺🇸
American writer, inventor and former child actress · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Richard Willstätter🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1872–1942
Days lived
25,556
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Riqui Puig
association football player · b. 1999
Román Colón🇩🇴
film director · b. 1979
Rudolf Schmundt
deceasedmilitary person · 1896–1944
Days lived
17,580
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Scott Elbert🇺🇸
film director · b. 1985
Tony Garnier🇫🇷
deceasedFrench architect (1869–1948) · 1869–1948
Days lived
28,647
Trimbak Bapuji Thombre
deceasedIndian Marathi poet (1890–1918) · 1890–1918
Days lived
10,126
Werner Keller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist, non-fiction writer, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter (1909–1980) · 1909–1980
Days lived
25,767
Werner Otto🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1909–2011
Days lived
37,385
Wilmer Mizell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1930-1999) · 1930–1999
Days lived
25,029
Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni🇭🇷
singer-songwriter · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Died on This Day
Annelise Kretschmer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1903–1987) · 1903–1987
Days lived
30,864
Eduard Buchner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chemist (1907 Nobel Prize) · 1860–1917
Days lived
20,903
Edward Frossard
deceasedAnglican Priest · 1887–1948
Days lived
22,452
Gerd Briese🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1897–1957) · 1897–1957
Days lived
21,781
H. G. Wells🇬🇧
deceasedjournalist · 1866–1946
Days lived
29,180
Hans Lange🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1884–1960
Days lived
27,936
J. Willard Marriott🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican hotel founder (1900–1985) · 1900–1985
Days lived
31,011
Johnny Pesky🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1919–2012
Days lived
34,136
Jorge Cuesta🇲🇽
deceasedchemist · 1903–1942
Days lived
14,204
Julia Child🇺🇸
deceasedWriter · 1912–2004
Days lived
33,601
Manfred Wörner🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1934–1994
Days lived
21,873
Mickey Mantle🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1931–1995
Days lived
23,308
Róbert Horling🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1931–1992
Days lived
22,397
Tigran Petrosian🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1929–1984
Days lived
20,146
Wilhelm Kreis🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1873-1955) · 1873–1955
Days lived
30,098
Wilm Hosenfeld
deceasedmilitary person · 1895–1952
Days lived
20,922
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
42,227
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
49,898
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
48,071
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,768
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,341
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,783
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,749
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,383
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,827
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,479
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,278
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,792
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,810
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,479
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,831
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,374
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,284
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,261
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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