On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 22 1968
Born on This Day
Aleksandar Obradović🇷🇸
deceasedmusician · 1927–2001
Days lived
26,886
Alfred Ploetz
deceasedGerman physician (1860–1940) · 1860–1940
Days lived
29,064
Almir Velagić🇩🇪
German weightlifter · b. 1981
Alun Michael🇬🇧
politician · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
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Bill Parcells🇺🇸
American football coach (born 1941) · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Bruno Pontecorvo🇮🇹
deceasedscientist · 1913–1993
Days lived
29,253
Chan Wing Chun
actor · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Clinton Manges🇺🇸
deceasedTexas businessman · 1923–2010
Days lived
31,809
Courtney Gains
Actor · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
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Deng Xiaoping🇨🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1904–1997
Days lived
33,784
Denton Cooley🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1920–2016
Days lived
35,152
Dorothy Parker🇺🇸
deceasedColumnist · 1893–1967
Days lived
26,951
Ebewa-Yam Mimbala🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1986
Ernst Waldow🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1893–1964
Days lived
25,824
Erwin Kramer
deceasedGerman politician (1902-1979) · 1902–1979
Days lived
28,204
Evelyn Thomas🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1953–2024) · 1953–2024
Days lived
25,901
Federico Macheda🇮🇹
football player · b. 1991
Ferenc Olgyay🇭🇺
deceasedpainter (1872–1939) · 1872–1939
Days lived
24,284
Gaston Kaanen🇧🇪
deceasedfencer · 1892–1970
Days lived
28,378
Gianluca Ramazzotti🇮🇹
Italian actor · b. 1970
Gorch Fock
deceasedLow German writer (1880–1916) · 1880–1916
Days lived
13,065
Harold Gomes🇺🇸
American boxer · b. 1933
Days alive
12,784
Heiðar Helguson
football player · b. 1977
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Irmtraud Morgner🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1933–1990
Days lived
20,711
James Corden
Former Late Night Host · b. 1978
James McNerney
Actor · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
James Rumbaugh🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
John Lee Hooker🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1917–2001
Days lived
30,619
Jörg Bode🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1969
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Lautaro Martínez
association football player · b. 1997
Leni Riefenstahl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman filmmaker (1902–2003) · 1902–2003
Days lived
36,907
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1887–1977
Days lived
32,701
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Mark Williams🇬🇧
English actor, comedian, screenwriter and presenter · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Markus Rehm🇩🇪
German Paralympic long jumper · b. 1988
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Mats Wilander🇸🇪
Swedish tennis player · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Max Scheler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman philosopher (1874-1928) · 1874–1928
Days lived
19,628
Maxx Crosby🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1997
Michael von Albrecht🇩🇪
writer · b. 1933
Days alive
12,784
Miloš Kopecký🇨🇿
deceasedCzech actor (1922-1996) · 1922–1996
Days lived
26,841
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Mischa Zverev🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1987
Monika Lundi🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress · 1942–2025
Days lived
30,139
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Ned Hanlon🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1857–1937
Days lived
29,089
Ricco Groß🇩🇪
German biathlete · b. 1970
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Richard Semon🇩🇪
deceasedGerman zoologist (1859-1918) · 1859–1918
Days lived
21,676
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Ron Dante🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Thomas Hoeren🇩🇪
German jurisprudent (Information and Media Law) · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
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Tori Amos🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Walter Rilla🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1894–1980
Days lived
31,502
Werner Lesser🇩🇪
deceasedathlete · 1932–2005
Days lived
26,444
Willem Arondeus
deceasedDutch painter, writer and member of the Dutch anti-Nazi resistance (1894-1943) · 1894–1943
Days lived
17,844
Wolfdietrich Schnurre🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1920–1989) · 1920–1989
Days lived
25,128
Yannis Gagaloudis🇬🇷
Greek professional basketball player · b. 1978
Yukiko Okada🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese pop singer (1967-1986) · 1967–1986
Days lived
6,804
Died on This Day
Butch van Breda Kolff🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1922–2007
Days lived
30,979
Flavio Ambrosetti🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss jazz saxophonist (1919–2012) · 1919–2012
Days lived
33,922
Gabriel Gonzáles Videla🇨🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1898–1980
Days lived
29,858
Georgy Artemyevich Zedgenidze🇬🇪
deceasedscientist · 1902–1994
Days lived
33,772
Gerald O'Collins🇦🇺
deceasedAustralian Jesuit priest, theologian and philosopher (1932–2024) · 1931–2024
Days lived
34,020
Glauber Rocha🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian film director, actor and writer (1939–1981) · 1938–1981
Days lived
15,867
Gregory Goodwin Pincus🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican biochemist (1903–1967) · 1903–1967
Days lived
23,511
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Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1866-1965) · 1866–1965
Days lived
36,104
Hiranuma Kiichirō
deceasedNotable Trials · 1867–1952
Days lived
31,009
Loriot🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1923–2011
Days lived
32,060
Paul Peter Ewald🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1888–1985
Days lived
35,640
Rudolf Alexander Schröder🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer, translator, poet, architect, and painter (1878-1962) · 1878–1962
Days lived
30,888
Rudolph Schindler🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican architect (1887–1953) · 1887–1953
Days lived
24,092
Shelley Fabares🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1944–2026
Days lived
30,166
Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy🇮🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1942–2025
Days lived
30,466
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Theo Sommer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1930–2022) · 1930–2022
Days lived
33,676
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Theodor Scheimpflug🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian photographer (1865-1911) · 1865–1911
Days lived
16,754
Toto Cutugno🇮🇹
deceasedSinger · 1943–2023
Days lived
29,266
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
42,236
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
Wang Zi-Ping🇨🇳
deceasedathlete · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,602
Vladimir Zelenin
deceasedscientist · 1881–1968
Days lived
32,067
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
49,907
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
48,080
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,777
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,350
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,792
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,758
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,392
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,836
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,488
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,287
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,801
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,819
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,488
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,840
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,383
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,293
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,270
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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