On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 28 1968
Born on This Day
Arkady Strugatsky🇬🇪
deceasedwriter · 1925–1991
Days lived
24,151
Armie Hammer
Former Actor · b. 1986
Augustin Souchy🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anarchist (1892–1984) · 1892–1984
Days lived
33,362
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Ayase Ueda
association football player · b. 1998
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Daniel Šmejkal🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1970
Dirk Wagner🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1971
Dominic Frimpong🇬🇭
deceasedAssociation football player · 2005–2026
Days lived
7,532
Eugene Byrd
Actor · b. 1975
Fousséni Diawara🇫🇷
football player · b. 1980
François-Noël Buffet🇫🇷
member of the Senate of France · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Gabriel Anton🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian neurologist and psychiatrist (1858–1933) · 1858–1933
Days lived
27,156
Ghenadie Lisoconi
Moldovan sports shooter · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Gry Johansen🇩🇰
singer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Hermann Glaser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman cultural historian and opinion journalist (1928–2018) · 1928–2018
Days lived
32,801
Ivo Josipović🇭🇷
politician · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Jack Black🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1969
José Eduardo dos Santos🇦🇴
deceasedpolitician · 1942–2022
Days lived
29,169
Kaori Mizuhashi🇯🇵
actor · b. 1974
LeAnn Rimes🇺🇸
American singer and actress (born 1982) · b. 1982
Leo Tolstoy
deceasedNotable Trials · 1828–1910
Days lived
30,020
Matthew John Armstrong🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1973
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Michael Craig-Martin🇮🇪
Irish painter (born 1941) · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
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Oliver Glasner🇦🇹
Association football player · b. 1974
Otto Neumann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman sprinter (1902-1990) · 1902–1990
Days lived
32,004
Peter Assmann🇦🇹
Austrian writer · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Peter Mygind🇩🇰
Danish actor · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
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Shania Twain🇨🇦
singer-songwriter · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
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Stefan Arndt🇩🇪
German film producer · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Vladimir Shukhov
deceasedRussian engineer-polymath, scientist and architect (1853-1939) · 1853–1939
Days lived
31,203
Walid Atta🇪🇹
Swedish football player · b. 1986
Wendelin Wiedeking🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
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Weston McKennie
association football player · b. 1998
Died on This Day
Anacleto Angelini🇨🇱
deceasedItalian-born Chilean businessman (1912-2007) · 1912–2007
Days lived
34,922
Antonio Puerta🇪🇸
deceasedfootball player · 1984–2007
Days lived
8,311
Bob Gordon🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1928–1955) · 1928–1955
Days lived
9,939
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Bruce Smith🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1920-1967) · 1920–1967
Days lived
17,368
Cal Langford🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian bobsledder · 1959–2025
Days lived
24,270
Charles Sheaffer🇺🇸
deceasedfield hockey player (1904–1989) · 1904–1989
Days lived
30,946
Curt Lincoln🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish race driver and tennis player (1918–2005) · 1918–2005
Days lived
31,736
DJ AM🇺🇸
deceasedMusician · 1973–2009
Days lived
13,300
Doug Maitland🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian football player (1922–2006) · 1922–2006
Days lived
30,745
Earl W. Bascom🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican artist (1906-1995) · 1906–1995
Days lived
32,577
Edmond Privat🇨🇭
deceasedwriter · 1889–1962
Days lived
26,671
Erich Cohn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1884-1918) · 1884–1918
Days lived
12,597
Hannah Chaplin🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish stage and musical actress (1866–1928) · 1865–1928
Days lived
23,032
Jean-Pierre Torrell🇫🇷
deceasedFrench theologian · 1927–2025
Days lived
35,822
John Huston🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film director, screenwriter, and actor (1906–1987) · 1906–1987
Days lived
29,608
Konstantin Simonov🇷🇺
deceasedjournalist · 1915–1979
Days lived
23,284
Larry Pennell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican television and film actor (1928–2013) · 1928–2013
Days lived
31,235
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Maximilian Daublebsky von Eichhain🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian military personnel · 1865–1939
Days lived
27,250
Michel Constantin🇫🇷
deceasedjournalist · 1924–2003
Days lived
28,900
Minnie Maria Dronke🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1904–1987
Days lived
30,357
Peter Gatter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman television presenter, journalist and radio host (1943–1997) · 1943–1997
Days lived
19,677
Peter Hacks🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1928–2003) · 1928–2003
Days lived
27,553
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, 7th Prince of Wied🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1931–2000
Days lived
25,290
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
42,242
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
49,913
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
48,086
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,783
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,356
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,798
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,764
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,398
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,842
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,494
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,293
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,807
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,825
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,494
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,846
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,389
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,299
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,276
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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