On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 11 1968
Born on This Day
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Amy Madigan🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Andreas Birnbacher🇩🇪
military person · b. 1981
Andreas Menger🇩🇪
German footballer (born 1972) · b. 1972
Anja Knapp🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1988
Bashar al-Assad
Notable Trials · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Bear Bryant🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican college football coach (1913–1983) · 1913–1983
Days lived
25,339
D. H. Lawrence🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish writer and poet (1885–1930) · 1885–1930
Days lived
16,242
Daniel Jocelyn🇳🇿
athlete · b. 1970
David Tepper🇺🇸
Hedge Fund Manager & Investor · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
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Dwayne Jarrett🇺🇸
American football player, wide receiver · b. 1986
Eric Abidal🇫🇷
football player · b. 1979
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Erich von Falkenhayn🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1861–1922
Days lived
22,123
Felipe Saad🇧🇷
football player · b. 1983
Ferdinand Marcos
deceasedNotable Trials · 1917–1989
Days lived
26,315
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Franz Beckenbauer🇩🇪
deceasedfootball player · 1945–2024
Days lived
28,607
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Gernot Rumpold🇦🇹
Austrian politician · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
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Gherman Titov🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1935–2000
Days lived
23,751
Hans-Ulrich Wehler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman historian (1931–2014) · 1931–2014
Days lived
30,248
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Harold Anderson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator (1902-1967) · 1902–1967
Days lived
23,651
Ian Abercrombie
deceasedActor · 1934–2012
Days lived
28,261
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In-Grid🇮🇹
singer-songwriter · b. 1978
Jacques Peirotes🇫🇷
deceasedFrench politician (1869–1935) · 1869–1935
Days lived
24,098
Jazz Gillum🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican blues harmonica player (1904–1966) · 1904–1966
Days lived
22,479
Krunoslav Lovrek🇭🇷
Croatian footballer (born 1979) · b. 1979
László Szabó🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1934–2013
Days lived
28,673
Ludacris🇺🇸
American rapper and actor (born 1977) · b. 1977
Manoj Bharathiraja🇮🇳
deceasedActor · 1976–2025
Days lived
17,727
Marcel Saibert🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1977
Mats Levén🇸🇪
singer · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
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Michel Jobert🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1921–2002
Days lived
29,477
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Moby🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
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Neelix🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1975
O. Henry
deceasedNotable Trials · 1862–1910
Days lived
17,433
Olga Kardopoltseva🇧🇾
Belarusian racewalker · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Philipp Bouhler🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1899–1945
Days lived
16,686
Rudolf Kassner🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian writer, essayist, translator and cultural philosopher (1873–1959) · 1873–1959
Days lived
31,247
Semyon Lavochkin
deceasedscientist · 1900–1960
Days lived
21,821
Serge Haroche🇫🇷
scientist · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Tobias Hauke🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1987
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Tyler Hoechlin🇺🇸
film director · b. 1987
Vinoba Bhave🇮🇳
deceasedwriter · 1895–1982
Days lived
31,841
Vivian Cheruiyot🇰🇪
Kenyan long-distance runner · b. 1983
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1891–1948) · 1891–1948
Days lived
20,685
Died on This Day
Abimael Guzmán
deceasedNotable Trials · 1934–2021
Days lived
31,694
Alberto Fujimori
deceasedNotable Trials · 1938–2024
Days lived
31,459
Bärbel Bohley🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist and politician (1945-2010) · 1945–2010
Days lived
23,851
Carl Carls🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1880–1958) · 1880–1958
Days lived
28,483
Curt Goetz🇨🇭
deceasedGerman actor and writer (1888-1960) · 1888–1960
Days lived
26,230
Donald W. Davis🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman (1921-2010) · 1921–2010
Days lived
32,600
Ellen Richter🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1891–1969
Days lived
28,534
Ernst Barczewski🇵🇱
deceasedpolitician (1861-1937) · 1861–1937
Days lived
27,952
Eva Justin🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1909–1966) · 1909–1966
Days lived
20,838
Hans Grundig🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1901-1958) · 1901–1958
Days lived
21,023
Ian Porterfield🇬🇧
deceasedfootball player · 1946–2007
Days lived
22,492
Joachim Fuchsberger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and television host (1927–2014) · 1927–2014
Days lived
31,961
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Joe Schmidt🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and coach (1932-2024) · 1932–2024
Days lived
33,839
Joe Zawinul🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian jazz keyboardist and composer (1932–2007) · 1932–2007
Days lived
27,459
John O'Malley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican Jesuit priest and professor of theology (1927–2022) · 1927–2022
Days lived
34,791
Kim Hunter🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress (1922-2002) · 1922–2002
Days lived
29,158
Klaus Johann Jacobs🇨🇭
deceasedentrepreneur · 1936–2008
Days lived
26,215
Nikita Khrushchev
deceasedmilitary person · 1894–1971
Days lived
28,272
Prince Louis of Battenberg🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1854–1921
Days lived
24,581
Reinhold Schünzel🇩🇪
deceasedactor and director (1888-1954) · 1886–1954
Days lived
24,779
Roland Reber🇩🇪
deceasedGerman director and writer (1954–2022) · 1954–2022
Days lived
24,868
Rudolph Schoenheimer🇺🇸
deceasedGerman-American biochemist (1898-1941) · 1898–1941
Days lived
15,829
Salvador Allende🇨🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1908–1973
Days lived
23,818
Steve de Shazer🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican psychotherapist · 1940–2005
Days lived
23,819
William Auld🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1924–2006
Days lived
29,894
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
42,256
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
49,927
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
48,100
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,797
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,370
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,812
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,778
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,412
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,856
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,508
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,307
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,821
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,839
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,508
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,860
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,403
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,313
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,290
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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