On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 3 1968
Born on This Day
Ales Adamovich
deceasedSoviet Belarusian writer (1927–1994) · 1927–1994
Days lived
24,252
Alexander Klaws🇩🇪
singer · b. 1983
Arjan Bajwa🇮🇳
actor · b. 1977
Benoît Potier🇫🇷
entrepreneur · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Boniface N'Dong🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1977
Bracha van Doesburgh🇳🇱
Dutch actress · b. 1981
Chamath Palihapitiya🇱🇰
Venture Investor & Fund Manager · b. 1976
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Dominic Thiem🇦🇹
Austrian male tennis player · b. 1993
Donald Fisher🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman (1928–2009) · 1928–2009
Days lived
29,609
Dorothea Douglass🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish tennis and badminton player (1878–1960) · 1878–1960
Days lived
29,710
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Eduardo Galeano🇪🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1940–2015
Days lived
27,250
Eileen Gu🇨🇳
Freestyle skier · b. 2003
Emil Stehle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman bishop and theologian (1926–2017) · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,128
Ferdinand Porsche🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1875–1951
Days lived
27,542
Fritz Pregl🇦🇹
deceasedSlovene-Austrian Nobel prize laureate and scientist (1869-1930) · 1869–1930
Days lived
22,380
Gareth Southgate🇬🇧
English professional football manager and former player (born 1970) · b. 1970
Godfrey Dewey🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican sports executive (1887–1977) · 1887–1977
Days lived
32,917
Hans Hass🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1946–2009
Days lived
22,944
Hubert Fournier🇫🇷
French association football manager and former player · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Jack Dylan Grazer
actor · b. 2003
Jean Jaurès🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1859–1914
Days lived
20,054
Jim Sieval
deceasedDutch baseball player (1952-2009) · 1952–2009
Days lived
20,838
Joy (Park Soo-young)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (Red Velvet) · b. 1996
Kaia Gerber🇺🇸
Supermodel, Actress · b. 2001
León Ferrari🇦🇷
deceasedArgentine artist (1920-2013) · 1920–2013
Days lived
33,928
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Lothar Bolz
deceasedGerman politician (1903-1986) · 1903–1986
Days lived
30,433
Marianne Kiefer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1928-2008) · 1928–2008
Days lived
28,977
Martin Straka🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1972
Mary Parker Follett🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican academic (1868-1933) · 1868–1933
Days lived
23,846
Max Brauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1887-1973) · 1887–1973
Days lived
31,198
Peter Capell🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1912-1986) · 1912–1986
Days lived
26,844
Peter Fox🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1971
Peter-Jürgen Boock🇩🇪
German terrorist · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Petr Čáslava🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1979
Pierre Malet🇫🇷
French actor · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Redfoo🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1975
Rob Page🇬🇧
football player · b. 1974
Sakmara Ilyenko🇷🇺
deceasedRussian philologist (1923-2019) · 1923–2019
Days lived
34,827
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Shakti Kapoor🇮🇳
Indian film actor · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
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Shaun White
actor · b. 1986
Stefan Dohr🇩🇪
musician · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Susi Nicoletti🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1918–2005
Days lived
31,687
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Wally Albright🇺🇸
deceasedathlete · 1925–1999
Days lived
27,001
Died on This Day
Andrzej Nartowski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish basketball player (1931–2003) · 1931–2003
Days lived
26,226
Buddy Blattner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1920–2009) · 1920–2009
Days lived
32,715
Daniel Elmen
deceasedentrepreneur · 1885–1932
Days lived
17,050
Ekkehard Schall🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1930–2005
Days lived
27,491
Frank Capra🇺🇸
deceasedmilitary person · 1897–1991
Days lived
34,440
Gaspard II de Coligny
deceasedNotable Trials · 1519–1572
Days lived
19,548
Géo Voumard🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss musician (1920–2008) · 1920–2008
Days lived
32,052
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Hermann Breith🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1892–1964
Days lived
26,416
Jo Jones🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz drummer (1911–1985) · 1911–1985
Days lived
26,995
John Ashbery🇺🇸
deceasedjournalist · 1927–2017
Days lived
32,910
Max Bodenstein🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1871–1942
Days lived
25,982
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Piet Ouderland🇳🇱
deceasedDutch football player (1933–2017) · 1933–2017
Days lived
30,851
Rüdiger Rainer Minor🇩🇪
deceasedGerman bishop (1939–2017) · 1939–2017
Days lived
28,683
Sugar Ramos🇲🇽
deceasedMexican boxer (1941–2017) · 1941–2017
Days lived
27,669
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
42,248
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
49,919
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
48,092
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,789
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,362
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,804
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,770
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,404
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,848
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,500
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,299
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,813
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,831
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,500
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,852
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,395
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,305
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,282
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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