On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 29 1968
Born on This Day
Aurelio Galleppini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian comics artist and illustrator (1917–1994) · 1917–1994
Days lived
27,952
Azzido Da Bass🇩🇪
German musician · b. 1971
Billy Myles🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1924–2005
Days lived
29,626
Bob Beamon🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Carlos Delfino🇮🇹
basketball player · b. 1982
Carsten Fischer🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Charlie Parker🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1920–1955
Days lived
12,613
Christina Cruickshank Miller🇬🇧
deceasedScottish chemist · 1899–2001
Days lived
37,211
Courtney Stodden🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1994
Craig R. Barrett
Actor · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
Dado Polumenta
singer-songwriter · b. 1982
Devean George🇺🇸
professional basketball player · b. 1977
Dimitris Christofias
deceasedpolitician · 1946–2019
Days lived
26,594
Emil Aaltonen🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish industrialist · 1869–1949
Days lived
29,328
Erwin Obermair🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian amateur astronomer (1946-2017) · 1946–2017
Days lived
25,707
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Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1897–1947
Days lived
18,160
Gerry Gratton🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian weightlifter (1927–1963) · 1927–1963
Days lived
13,117
Gottfried John🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1942-2014) · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,301
Hans Vonmetz🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian painter and sculptor (1905-1975) · 1905–1975
Days lived
25,327
Herbert Meier🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss author (1928-2018) · 1928–2018
Days lived
32,895
Idar Kreutzer🇳🇴
Norwegian businessman · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Illya Chychkan🇺🇦
Ukrainian artist · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Imre Csepregi🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian Roman Catholic priest (1876-1954) · 1876–1954
Days lived
28,292
Ingrid Bergman🇸🇪
deceasedactor · 1915–1982
Days lived
24,472
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Jo Weil🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1977
John McCain🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1936–2018
Days lived
29,946
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner🇳🇴
Icelandic businessman · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Lea Michele
actor · b. 1986
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Lucero🇲🇽
singer · b. 1969
Major Dhyan Chand Singh🇮🇳
deceasedIndian field hockey player (1905–1979) · 1905–1979
Days lived
27,124
María Dolores Pradera🇪🇸
deceasedactor · 1924–2018
Days lived
34,240
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Mateusz Ponitka🇵🇱
Polish basketball player · b. 1993
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Meshell Ndegeocello🇺🇸
American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist (born 1968) · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Michael Chekhov🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1891–1955
Days lived
23,407
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Michael Jackson🇺🇸
deceasedSinger-songwriter · 1958–2009
Days lived
18,563
Mick Harvey🇦🇺
singer · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Mike Phillips🇬🇧
Welsh rugby union footballer · b. 1982
Miki Malör🇦🇹
actor · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Neno Ašćerić🇦🇹
basketball player · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Philipp Moog🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
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René Depestre🇫🇷
writer · b. 1926
Days alive
15,341
Richard Attenborough🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1923–2014
Days lived
33,233
Richard Blackwell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican journalist and fashion critic (1922-2008) · 1922–2008
Days lived
31,463
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Roy Oswalt🇺🇸
film director · b. 1977
Rudolf Wanzl🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1924–2011
Days lived
31,569
Sibylle Bergemann🇩🇪
deceasedphotographer (1941–2010) · 1941–2010
Days lived
25,266
Tony MacAlpine🇺🇸
American musician and composer (born 1960) · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Valery Larbaud🇫🇷
deceasedFrench writer and poet (1881-1957) · 1881–1957
Days lived
27,550
Werner Forssmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician, Nobel prize winner (1904-1979) · 1904–1979
Days lived
27,304
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William Friedkin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican director and producer (1935–2023) · 1935–2023
Days lived
32,120
Died on This Day
Anton Piëch
deceasedActor · 1894–1952
Days lived
21,161
Arthur Brauss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor · 1936–2025
Days lived
32,543
Brasse Brännström🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish actor and comedian (1945-2014) · 1945–2014
Days lived
25,385
Ed Asner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1929–2021) · 1929–2021
Days lived
33,525
Erich Lessing🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian photographer (1923-2018) · 1923–2018
Days lived
34,746
Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels
deceasedscientist · 1865–1913
Days lived
17,603
Gene Wilder🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1933–2016) · 1933–2016
Days lived
30,395
Georg Marco🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian chess player (1863-1923) · 1863–1923
Days lived
21,822
Hans-Christian Ströbele🇩🇪
deceasedGerman lawyer and politician (1939–2022) · 1939–2022
Days lived
30,399
Ingrid Bergman🇸🇪
deceasedactor · 1915–1982
Days lived
24,472
Klaus Thunemann🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1937–2025
Days lived
32,274
Lale Andersen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman singer and actress (1905–1972) · 1905–1972
Days lived
24,631
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Lee "Scratch" Perry
deceasedJamaican reggae producer (1936–2021) · 1936–2021
Days lived
31,208
Lee Marvin
deceasedOscar Winners · 1924–1987
Days lived
23,202
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Nikolai Ilʹin
deceasedSoviet rocket scientist · 1901–1937
Days lived
13,308
Sayyid Qutb
deceasedNotable Trials · 1906–1966
Days lived
21,874
Vicki Baum🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1888–1960
Days lived
26,515
Youenn Gwernig🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1925–2006
Days lived
29,548
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
42,243
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
49,914
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
48,087
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,784
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,357
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,799
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,765
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,399
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,843
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,495
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,294
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,808
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,826
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,495
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,847
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,390
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,300
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,277
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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