On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 10 1968
Born on This Day
Al St. John🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film actor (1892–1963) · 1892–1963
Days lived
25,699
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Alexa Glatch🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1989
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Andreas Herzog🇦🇹
Austrian association football player and manager · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Andrew Brown🇺🇸
American professional baseball infielder and outfielder · b. 1984
Anthony Swarzak🇺🇸
film director · b. 1985
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Ao Tanaka
association football player · b. 1998
Arnold Palmer🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican golfer (1929–2016) · 1929–2016
Days lived
31,792
Bill Stevenson🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Boom Jinx🇳🇴
Norwegian musician · b. 1974
Carmine Gallone🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director, screenwriter, and film producer (1885-1973) · 1885–1973
Days lived
31,958
Charles Simonyi
space tourist · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Charlie Waters🇺🇸
American football safety · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Christiane Nielsen🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1936–2007
Days lived
25,777
Colin Firth
Oscar Winners · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Edith Jacobson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican German-born MD & psychoanalyst · 1897–1978
Days lived
29,673
Elsa Schiaparelli🇮🇹
deceasedItalian fashion designer and couturier (1890-1973) · 1890–1973
Days lived
30,379
Emīlija Benjamiņa🇱🇻
deceasedjournalist · 1881–1941
Days lived
21,927
Franz Werfel🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1890–1945
Days lived
20,073
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Friedrich Kurrent🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1931–2022) · 1931–2022
Days lived
32,995
G. Jason Bergenske🇺🇸
President & CEO of Bergenske Enterprises, Inc. · b. 1985
Gerhard Jahn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1927-1998) · 1927–1998
Days lived
25,973
Giovanni Gronchi🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1887–1978
Days lived
33,274
Harald Krassnitzer🇦🇹
actor · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Hardy Hard🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1974
Hilde Hildebrand🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1897–1976
Days lived
28,748
Jack Ma
entrepreneur · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Jeffrey Arends
Dutch baseball player · b. 1986
Jérémy Toulalan🇫🇷
football player · b. 1983
Jim Hines🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican sprinter and football player (1946–2023) · 1946–2023
Days lived
28,025
João Carlos dos Santos🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1972
José Feliciano🇺🇸
Puerto Rican musician · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Karl Lagerfeld🇩🇪
deceasedCreative Director · 1933–2019
Days lived
31,208
Karl Wien🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1906–1937
Days lived
11,235
Ken Johnson🇬🇧
deceasedBritish jazz band-leader and dancer (1914–1941) · 1914–1941
Days lived
9,676
King Levinsky🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer (1910-1991) · 1910–1991
Days lived
29,605
Klaus Granzow🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1927–1988) · 1927–1986
Days lived
21,398
Laurent Koscielny🇫🇷
football player · b. 1985
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Lutz Hachmeister🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1959–2024
Days lived
23,727
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Matt Morgan🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1976
Oleksandr Dovzhenko
deceasedSoviet Ukrainian screenwriter, film producer and director (1894–1956) · 1894–1956
Days lived
22,721
Pepe Laso🇪🇸
basketball player · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958
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Péter Forgács🇭🇺
artist · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Randy Johnson🇺🇸
film director · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Renate Sommer🇩🇪
German politician · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Shabtai Shikhman🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician (1915–1987) · 1915–1987
Days lived
26,054
Tala Birell🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1907–1958
Days lived
18,423
Tanja Langer🇩🇪
German specialist in literature, writer and director · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Torsten May🇩🇪
boxer · b. 1969
Zarbeg Beriashvili🇬🇪
deceasedGeorgian wrestler (1939-2020) · 1939–2020
Days lived
29,445
Died on This Day
Adrian Frutiger🇨🇭
deceasedartist · 1928–2015
Days lived
31,885
Augustus Devitt Vanech🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican attorney (1906–1967) · 1906–1967
Days lived
22,448
Breno Caldas🇧🇷
deceasedjournalist · 1910–1989
Days lived
28,924
Charlie Kirk🇺🇸
deceasedConservative Activist, Media Personality, TPUSA Founder · 1993–2025
Days lived
11,654
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Cliff Robertson
deceasedOscar Winners · 1923–2011
Days lived
32,143
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Diana Rigg🌍
deceasedTelevision actor · 1938–2020
Days lived
30,003
Ernest Payne🇬🇧
deceasedfootball player · 1884–1961
Days lived
28,019
Ernst Öpik🇬🇧
deceasedEstonian astronomer and astrophysicist (1893-1985) · 1893–1985
Days lived
33,560
Frank Mundus🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican fisherman (1925-2008) · 1925–2008
Days lived
30,275
Franz Wessel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge (1903–1958) · 1903–1958
Days lived
20,277
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Friedrich Hoßbach🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1894–1980
Days lived
31,338
Gabor Varga🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish aviator (1961-2006) · 1961–2006
Days lived
16,615
Hans Gugelot🇩🇪
deceasedIndonesia-born German industrial designer (1920–1965) · 1920–1965
Days lived
16,598
Jane Wyman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1917–2007) · 1917–2007
Days lived
33,120
Jutta Limbach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge and politician (SPD),President of the Federal Constitutional Court · 1934–2016
Days lived
30,118
Peter Vladimirov
deceasedjournalist · 1905–1953
Days lived
17,784
Rudolf Petersen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1878-1962) · 1878–1962
Days lived
30,569
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Yosef Shofman🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli diplomat (1903–1978) · 1903–1978
Days lived
27,484
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
42,255
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
Vladimir Zelenin
deceasedscientist · 1881–1968
Days lived
32,067
Wang Zi-Ping🇨🇳
deceasedathlete · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,602
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
49,926
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
48,099
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,796
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,369
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,811
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,777
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,411
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,855
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,507
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,306
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,820
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,838
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,507
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,859
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,402
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,312
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,289
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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