On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 12 1968
Born on This Day
2 Chainz🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1977
Alexander Riazantsev🇷🇺
chess player · b. 1985
Andreo Cseh🇭🇺
deceasedwriter · 1895–1979
Days lived
30,493
Andrew Luck🇺🇸
American football player (born 1989) · b. 1989
Anousheh Ansari🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1966
Days alive
731
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Barry White🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1944–2003
Days lived
21,479
Billy Gilbert🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican comedian and actor (1894–1971) · 1894–1971
Days lived
28,134
Carl Hilpert🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1888–1947
Days lived
21,325
Conrado Estrella III🇵🇭
entrepreneur · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Cornel Lucas🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish photographer (1920–2012) · 1920–2012
Days lived
33,660
Dan Koppen🇺🇸
American football player (born 1979) · b. 1979
Daniel Núñez🇨🇺
Cuban weightlifter · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Desmond Llewelyn🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1914–1999
Days lived
31,144
Eduard Birgfeld🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess composer (1887–1939) · 1887–1939
Days lived
18,864
Edward Binns
deceasedActor · 1916–1990
Days lived
27,111
Emmy Rossum🇺🇸
actor · b. 1986
Ernie Vandeweghe🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian-born American basketball player · 1928–2014
Days lived
31,468
Ettore Cella🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss actor and film director (1913-2004) · 1913–2004
Days lived
33,165
Fernando César de Souza🇧🇷
football player · b. 1980
François Tavenas🇨🇦
deceasedscientist · 1942–2004
Days lived
22,434
George Chuvalo🇨🇦
deceasedBoxer · 1937–2026
Days lived
32,507
Gertrud Bäumer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1873–1954) · 1873–1954
Days lived
29,413
Grant Cashmore🇳🇿
athlete · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Han Suyin🇬🇧
deceasedwriter · 1916–2012
Days lived
35,115
Hans Zimmer🇩🇪
Film Composer, Music Producer · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Holger Geschwindner🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Ian Holm
deceasedActor · 1931–2020
Days lived
32,423
Irène Joliot-Curie🇫🇷
deceasedpolitician · 1897–1956
Days lived
21,370
Jennifer Hudson🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1981
Jerel Blassingame🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1981
Jerry Sanders
Actor · b. 1936
Days alive
11,688
Jester Naefe🇦🇹
deceasedGerman actress (1924-1967) · 1924–1967
Days lived
15,637
Johan Cavalli🇫🇷
football player · b. 1981
Juanita Jennings
Actor · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Kim Namjoon (RM)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (BTS) · b. 1994
Klaus Grote🇩🇪
archaeologist · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Leonel Manzano🇺🇸
Mexican-American middle-distance track and field athlete · b. 1984
Lore Lorentz🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1920–1994
Days lived
26,826
Louis C.K.🇺🇸
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Luis Castillo🇩🇴
Dominican baseball player · b. 1975
Maurice Chevalier🇫🇷
deceasedActor · 1888–1972
Days lived
30,425
Minnie Bruce Pratt🇺🇸
deceasedYouTube personality · 1946–2023
Days lived
28,052
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Mylène Farmer🇨🇦
singer-songwriter · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Nan Goldin🇺🇸
artist · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Neil Peart🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian-American drummer (1952–2020) · 1952–2020
Days lived
24,588
Oleg Pashinin🇷🇺
Uzbekistani footballer (born 1974) · b. 1974
Oliver Kalkofe🇩🇪
German comedian and actor · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Paul Walker🇺🇸
deceasedFilm actor · 1973–2013
Days lived
14,689
Paulo Portas🇵🇹
Portuguese media and political figure · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Pierre Sévigny🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian politician (1917-2004) · 1917–2004
Days lived
31,601
Ralf Bauer🇩🇪
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Ronald Allen🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1984
Sophus Claussen
deceasedwriter · 1865–1931
Days lived
23,951
Stanisław Lem🇵🇱
deceasedwriter · 1921–2006
Days lived
30,877
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Sydney Sweeney
television actor · b. 1997
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Will Chase🇺🇸
American actor and singer (born 1970) · b. 1970
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Yao Ming🇨🇳
basketball player · b. 1980
Zoran Planinić🇭🇷
Croatian basketball player · b. 1982
Died on This Day
Andrei Chemerkin🇷🇺
deceasedRussian weightlifter · 1972–2025
Days lived
19,566
Dick Adkins🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1920–1955
Days lived
12,976
Don Wendell Holter🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican bishop (1905-1999) · 1905–1999
Days lived
34,505
Ernst Haas🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican photographer (1921-1986) · 1921–1986
Days lived
23,935
Eugen Ritter von Schobert🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1883–1941
Days lived
21,367
Franz Keller🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss psychologist and christian marxist or socialist christian pacifist and editor (1913-1991) · 1913–1991
Days lived
28,605
Frida Richard🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1873–1946
Days lived
26,612
George Chuvalo🇨🇦
deceasedBoxer · 1937–2026
Days lived
32,507
Hans Spemann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman embryologist (1869–1941) · 1869–1941
Days lived
26,374
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Heiner Geißler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1930-2017) · 1930–2017
Days lived
31,970
Heinz Malangré🇩🇪
deceasedGerman manager and writer (1930-2017) · 1930–2017
Days lived
31,826
Herbert Vorgrimler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman theologian (1929–2014) · 1929–2014
Days lived
31,297
Jack Kramer🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1921–2009) · 1921–2009
Days lived
32,184
Joe Alexander🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and coach (1898-1975) · 1898–1975
Days lived
28,287
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Johnny Cash🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1932–2003
Days lived
26,131
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Josef Müller🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1898–1979) · 1898–1979
Days lived
29,753
Paul Kunz🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican physicist, computer scientist and engineer · 1942–2018
Days lived
28,013
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Ruth Eweler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1913–1947) · 1913–1947
Days lived
12,595
Walter Schimana
deceasedGerman Waffen-SS general · 1898–1948
Days lived
18,446
Walther Amelung🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1865–1927) · 1865–1927
Days lived
22,611
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
42,257
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
49,928
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
48,101
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,798
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,371
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,813
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,779
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,413
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,857
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,509
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,308
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,822
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,840
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,509
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,861
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,404
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,314
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,291
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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