On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 9 1968
Born on This Day
Adam Sandler
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Alexander Vasilevich Ulyanov🇷🇺
journalist · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Alisher Usmanov
businessperson · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
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Andrea Petkovic🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1987
Anton Moisin🇷🇴
deceasedRomanian priest and historian · 1944–2022
Days lived
28,559
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
deceasedpolitician · 1585–1642
Days lived
20,905
August Gissler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1857-1935) · 1857–1935
Days lived
28,456
Berta Singerman🇦🇷
deceasedArgentinian actor (1901-1998) · 1901–1998
Days lived
35,521
Brendan Reidy🇳🇿
New Zealand-Samoan rugby union footballer · b. 1972
Brian Smith🇦🇺
Australian rugby union footballer and coach, and rugby league footballer · b. 1966
Days alive
731
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Brittney Reese🇺🇸
American female Olympic athlete · b. 1986
C. R. Smith🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican airline executive and deputy commander of the Air Transport Command during World War II (1899–1990) · 1899–1990
Days lived
33,079
Carl Mengewein
deceasedmusician · 1852–1908
Days lived
20,298
Cengiz Koç🇩🇪
German boxer · b. 1977
Cesare Pavese🇮🇹
deceasedwriter · 1908–1950
Days lived
15,327
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Cliff Robertson
deceasedOscar Winners · 1923–2011
Days lived
32,143
Curt Smith🇨🇼
Dutch baseball player · b. 1986
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek
deceasedNotable Trials · 1923–2008
Days lived
31,141
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Dara🇧🇬
Singer-songwriter · b. 1998
Emma de Caunes🇫🇷
French actress · b. 1976
Erik Oese🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1987
Félix Rodríguez🇩🇴
film director · b. 1972
Feroze Khan🇮🇳
deceasedfield hockey player (1904–2005) · 1904–2005
Days lived
36,748
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Fiona Erdmann🇩🇪
actor · b. 1988
Georges Florovsky🇺🇸
deceasedRussian Christian theologian and historian (1893–1979) · 1893–1979
Days lived
31,381
Hannes Schmidhauser🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss footballer and actor (1926-2000) · 1926–2000
Days lived
26,805
Harry Thompson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1889–1951) · 1889–1951
Days lived
22,437
Houston Stewart Chamberlain
deceasedwriter · 1855–1927
Days lived
26,054
Isha Rikhi🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1993
Ivar Ugi🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1930–2005
Days lived
27,414
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Jigme Thinley
Prime Minister of Bhutan · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
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Joe Theismann🇺🇸
film director · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Joseph Epes Brown🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican scholar of Native American traditions · 1920–2000
Days lived
29,230
King Dunlap🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1985
Kyle Davies
Crypto Trader & Investor · b. 1983
Lance Blanks🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player · 1966–2023
Days lived
20,690
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Lila Downs🇺🇸
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Louis Lingg
deceasedwriter · 1864–1887
Days lived
8,462
Marcel Jacques Boulenger🇫🇷
deceasedjournalist · 1873–1932
Days lived
21,438
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1918–2012
Days lived
34,110
Otis Redding
deceasedsinger · 1941–1967
Days lived
9,588
Pamela Des Barres🇺🇸
writer · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Roberto Noble🇦🇷
deceasedjournalist · 1902–1969
Days lived
24,232
Rolf Wenkhaus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1917–1942) · 1917–1942
Days lived
8,910
Ruth Pfau🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-Pakistani physician and member of a religious order (1929-2017) · 1929–2017
Days lived
32,112
Sascha Paeth🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1970
Senta Söneland
deceasedGerman actress (1882-1934) · 1882–1934
Days lived
18,941
Silvio Kuhnert🇩🇪
singer · b. 1969
Soňa Červená🇨🇿
deceasedCzech operatic mezzo-soprano (1925–2023) · 1925–2023
Days lived
35,669
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono🇮🇩
military person · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Teemu Rannikko🇫🇮
Finnish basketball player · b. 1980
Ulrike Arnold🇩🇪
artist · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Waite Hoyt🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1899–1984
Days lived
31,031
Died on This Day
Alan Minter🇬🇧
deceasedMiddleweight boxer champion of the world (1951–2020) · 1951–2020
Days lived
25,226
Arnold Schottländer
deceasedGerman chess player (1854-1909) · 1854–1909
Days lived
20,248
Bent Larsen🇫🇷
deceasedDanish chess grandmaster and author (1935–2010) · 1935–2010
Days lived
27,583
Bill Monroe🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1911–1996
Days lived
31,043
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Daniel Küblböck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman singer (1985–2018) · 1985–2018
Days lived
12,066
David S. Baxter
deceasedMormon leader · 1955–2025
Days lived
25,782
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Ferry Radax🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian filmmaker (1932–2021) · 1932–2021
Days lived
32,588
Helen Humes🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz and blues singer (1913–1981) · 1913–1981
Days lived
24,915
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter and illustrator (1864–1901) · 1864–1901
Days lived
13,437
Karl Herrligkoffer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and mountaineer (1916–1991) · 1916–1991
Days lived
27,481
Lissy Gröner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1954-2019) · 1954–2019
Days lived
23,842
Mao Zedong🇨🇳
deceasedpolitician · 1893–1976
Days lived
30,207
Richie Ashburn🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1927–1997
Days lived
25,742
Ruth Roman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1922-1999) · 1922–1999
Days lived
28,020
Shere Hite🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1942–2020
Days lived
28,436
Willy Schürmann-Horster🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1900–1943
Days lived
15,785
Yılmaz Güney🇹🇷
deceasedTurkish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor (1937-1984) · 1937–1984
Days lived
17,328
Zinaida Gippius🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1869–1945
Days lived
27,686
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
42,254
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
49,925
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
48,098
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,795
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,368
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,810
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,776
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,410
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,854
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,506
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,305
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,819
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,837
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,506
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,858
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,401
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,311
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,288
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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