On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
August 30 1968
Born on This Day
Abel Laudonio🇦🇷
deceasedArgentine actor and Olympic boxer · 1938–2014
Days lived
27,741
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Alexander Lukashenko🇧🇾
politician · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Andy Roddick🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1982
Angel Coulby🇬🇧
English actress · b. 1980
Antony Gormley🇬🇧
British sculptor (born 1950) · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Artyom Kozikhin🇷🇺
football player · b. 1991
Bernd Helfrich🇩🇪
actor · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Bianka Lamade🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1982
Björn Werner🇩🇪
German-American football player · b. 1990
Cameron Diaz🇺🇸
actor · b. 1972
Costantino Ciervo🇮🇹
Italian artist · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Delyth Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin🇬🇧
British politician (born 1961) · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Doris Jannausch🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1925–2017
Days lived
33,705
Ernest Rutherford🇳🇿
deceasedpolitician · 1871–1937
Days lived
24,156
Félix Sánchez🇺🇸
Dominican track and field athlete · b. 1977
Geoffrey Beene🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican fashion designer (1927–2004) · 1927–2004
Days lived
28,154
Gilles Cresto
athlete · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani🇶🇦
Qatari politician; prime minister and foreign minister · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Hans Georg Rupp🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge (1907-1989) · 1907–1989
Days lived
29,966
Harald Deilmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1920–2008) · 1920–2008
Days lived
31,900
Heinz Neumann🇦🇹
Austrian architect · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Helge Schneider🇩🇪
German entertainer · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
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Jamie Moses🇬🇧
English singer and guitarist · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Jean-Claude Killy🇫🇷
actor · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Johanna Braddy🇺🇸
actor · b. 1987
Juan Ramón Fernández🇪🇸
basketball player · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Kasia Nosowska🇵🇱
singer-songwriter · b. 1971
Kemal Tunçeri🇹🇷
basketball player · b. 1974
Leon Boyd🇨🇦
Dutch baseball player · b. 1983
Lewis Black🇺🇸
American comedian and actor · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Maksim Shatskikh🇺🇿
Uzbekistani footballer · b. 1978
Mehdi Mostefa🇫🇷
Algerian and French footballer · b. 1983
Pavel Nedvěd🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1972
Robert Parish🇺🇸
American former basketball player (born 1953) · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Robert Sahakyants🇦🇿
deceasedanimator (1950–2009) · 1950–2009
Days lived
21,575
Roger Pierre🇫🇷
deceasedFrench comedic actor (1923-2010) · 1923–2010
Days lived
31,558
Ruby Hirose🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican biochemist and bacteriologist · 1904–1960
Days lived
20,492
Saida Gunba🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1959–2018
Days lived
21,636
Siri Derkert🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish artist (1888–1973) · 1888–1973
Days lived
30,921
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Ted Williams🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1918–2002
Days lived
30,625
Theodor Svedberg🇸🇪
deceasedartist · 1884–1971
Days lived
31,589
Tim Ohlbrecht🇩🇪
German basketball player · b. 1988
Tomasz Majewski🇵🇱
Polish shot putter · b. 1981
Tug McGraw🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1944-2004) · 1944–2004
Days lived
21,677
Vic Seixas🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1923–2024) · 1923–2024
Days lived
36,835
Warren Buffett🇺🇸
Investor & CEO · b. 1930
Days alive
13,880
Wilhelm Ehm🇩🇪
deceasedGerman admiral (1918–2009) · 1918–2009
Days lived
33,217
William Sullivan🇬🇧
deceasedIndian field hockey player (1909–1981) · 1909–1981
Days lived
26,057
Willy Reichert🇩🇪
deceasedGerman comic and actor (1896–1973) · 1896–1973
Days lived
28,223
Wolfgang Wagner🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1919–2010
Days lived
33,076
Zarina Bhimji🇬🇧
artist · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Zeno Saltini🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest (1900–1981) · 1900–1981
Days lived
29,358
Died on This Day
Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general and resistance fighter (1886–1944) · 1886–1944
Days lived
21,424
Charles Bronson🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1921–2003
Days lived
29,885
Don L. Lind🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican astronaut (1930–2022) · 1930–2022
Days lived
33,707
Ernst Zinner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1886-1970) · 1886–1970
Days lived
30,889
Francisco Varallo🇦🇷
deceasedfootball player · 1910–2010
Days lived
36,731
Franco Columbu🇺🇸
deceasedItalian bodybuilder and actor (1941–2019) · 1941–2019
Days lived
28,512
Franz Stuck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman painter, sculptor, printmaker, and architect (1863–1928) · 1863–1928
Days lived
23,929
George Mikes🇭🇺
deceasedwriter · 1912–1987
Days lived
27,590
Gerd Strantzen🇩🇪
deceasedfield hockey player (1897-1958) · 1897–1958
Days lived
22,175
Hans Kundt🇺🇸
deceasedBolivian general (1869-1939) · 1869–1939
Days lived
25,749
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Henri Barbusse🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1873–1935
Days lived
22,749
Hugo Rasmussen
deceasedDanish musician (1941–2015) · 1941–2015
Days lived
27,189
Jean Delorme🇫🇷
deceasedFrench Bible scholar (1920-2005) · 1920–2005
Days lived
31,120
K. P. H. Notoprojo🇮🇩
deceasedIndonesian musician (1909–2007) · 1909–2007
Days lived
35,960
Maggie Mae🇩🇪
deceasedGerman singer and actress (1960–2021) · 1960–2021
Days lived
22,389
Marie von Bülow🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1857–1941
Days lived
30,879
Mikhail Gorbachev
deceasedpolitician · 1931–2022
Days lived
33,419
Naguib Mahfouz🇪🇬
deceasedwriter · 1911–2006
Days lived
34,596
Natty Dominique🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1896–1982) · 1896–1982
Days lived
31,438
Piero Ottaviano🇮🇹
deceasedItalian presbyter (1938-2005) · 1938–2005
Days lived
24,561
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Seamus Heaney🇮🇪
deceasedIrish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013) · 1939–2013
Days lived
27,168
Shigezaburō Miyazaki🇯🇵
deceasedmilitary person · 1892–1965
Days lived
26,901
Theodor Lessing🇩🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1872–1933
Days lived
22,483
Věra Čáslavská🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1942–2016
Days lived
27,148
Ward Howell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chief executive officer (1910-1980) · 1910–1980
Days lived
25,783
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
42,244
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
49,915
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
48,088
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,785
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,358
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,800
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,766
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,400
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,844
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,496
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,295
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,809
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,827
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,496
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,848
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,391
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,301
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,278
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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