On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 13 1968
Born on This Day
Amelie Beese🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1886–1925
Days lived
14,343
Andreas Staier🇩🇪
musician · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Andrew Hore🇳🇿
New Zealand rugby union player · b. 1978
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Anutin Charnvirakul
politician · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Arnold Schoenberg🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1874–1951
Days lived
28,061
Arthur Böckenhauer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician and judge (1899-1953) · 1899–1953
Days lived
19,575
Benjamin Schmid🇦🇹
musician · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Bill Monroe🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1911–1996
Days lived
31,043
Bolko von Richthofen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman prehistorian (1899-1983) · 1899–1983
Days lived
30,501
Bongbong Marcos🇵🇭
Politician · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Brad Johnson🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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Burghart Klaußner🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Chris Hansen🇺🇸
Journalist · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan🇬🇧
British politician and rower (born 1955) · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Dagmar Bremer🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Daisuke Matsuzaka🇯🇵
film director · b. 1980
Dave Mustaine🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Erich Schmidt🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican archaeologist and photographer (1897-1964) · 1897–1964
Days lived
24,491
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Erika Nyström🇫🇮
athlete · b. 1983
Erin Way🇺🇸
actor · b. 1987
Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg🇩🇪
deceasedRegent of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1863-1950) · 1863–1950
Days lived
31,865
Fabio Cannavaro
Notable Trials · b. 1973
Fiona Apple🇺🇸
American musician (born 1977) · b. 1977
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Fraizer Campbell🇬🇧
football player · b. 1987
Frank Cashen🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball executive · 1925–2014
Days lived
32,432
Giovanni Pastrone🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician (1883-1959) · 1883–1959
Days lived
27,680
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Günther Krause🇩🇪
German academic, engineer, politician and businessman · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Guntis Ulmanis🇱🇻
politician · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
Henry Kuprashvili
Georgian swimmer and coach · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Jacques Crickillon🇧🇪
deceasedYouTube personality · 1940–2021
Days lived
29,372
Joel Pohjanpalo🇫🇮
Finnish association football player · b. 1994
Juhani Salakka🇫🇮
deceasedFinnish weightlifter (1950-2015) · 1950–2015
Days lived
23,533
Katharina Müller-Elmau🇩🇪
musician · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Katrin Kauschke🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1971
Keith Andrews🇮🇪
Irish footballer · b. 1980
Lili Reinhart🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1996
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Lina Van de Mars🇩🇪
German TV moderator · b. 1979
Lucas Andersen🇩🇰
Danish footballer · b. 1994
Luke Fitzgerald🇮🇪
Irish rugby union player · b. 1987
M. Manoharan🇹🇼
Malaysian politician · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Maria Furtwängler🇩🇪
musician · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Niall Horan
singer · b. 1993
Nikolay Serafimovich Zefirov🇷🇺
deceasedresearcher (1935–2017) · 1935–2017
Days lived
29,813
Norman Alden
deceasedActor · 1924–2012
Days lived
32,094
Oumar Sissoko🇫🇷
football player · b. 1987
Paul Daimler🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1869–1945
Days lived
27,851
Peter Carstens🇩🇪
deceasedGerman geneticist (1903-1945) · 1903–1945
Days lived
15,086
Peter Cetera🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Peter Hommelhoff🇩🇪
German jurist · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
Ray Bowden🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish footballer (1909-1998) · 1909–1998
Days lived
32,517
Roald Dahl🇳🇴
deceasedBritish writer and poet (1916–1990) · 1916–1990
Days lived
27,099
Robert Indiana🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1928–2018
Days lived
32,755
Robert Robinson🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish chemist (1886-1975) · 1886–1975
Days lived
32,289
Salva Kiir Mayardit
politician · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Sonja Lehmann🇩🇪
Olympic field hockey player · b. 1979
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Stella McCartney🇬🇧
British fashion designer (born 1971) · b. 1971
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Steve Kilbey🇦🇺
singer-songwriter · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
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Thomas Müller🇩🇪
German association football player · b. 1989
Tyler Perry
actor · b. 1969
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Ulrike Kaufmann🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1953–2014
Days lived
22,377
Wilhelm Filchner🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1877–1957
Days lived
29,090
Died on This Day
Austregésilo de Athayde🇧🇷
deceasedwriter · 1898–1993
Days lived
34,686
Benno Sterzenbach🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1916-1985) · 1916–1985
Days lived
25,396
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Berthold Laufer🇺🇸
deceasedGerman academic (1874-1934) · 1874–1934
Days lived
21,886
Edward McKeever🇺🇸
deceasedfootball player · 1910–1974
Days lived
23,395
Fernand Vieilledent🇫🇷
deceasedFrench chief executive officer · 1942–2025
Days lived
30,365
Franck Jotterand🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss journalist, screenwriter and writer (1923-2000) · 1923–2000
Days lived
28,353
Garry Young🇨🇦
deceasedIce Hockey coach and general manager · 1936–1994
Days lived
21,439
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George Wallace🇺🇸
deceased45th Governor of Alabama (1919–1998) · 1919–1998
Days lived
28,874
Gino De Sanctis🇮🇹
deceasedItalian journalist and screenwriter (1912–2001) · 1912–2001
Days lived
32,439
Jean-Luc Godard🇨🇭
deceasedFrench and Swiss film director (1930–2022) · 1930–2022
Days lived
33,522
Johannes Franz Hartmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1865–1936) · 1865–1936
Days lived
26,177
Ken Starr🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican judge and educational administrator (1946–2022) · 1946–2022
Days lived
27,813
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Paul Friedrich Wolfskehl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and mathematician · 1856–1906
Days lived
18,336
Paul Kirchhoff🇲🇽
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1900-1972) · 1900–1972
Days lived
26,325
Peter Tevis🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1937–2006
Days lived
25,417
Richard Hamilton🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1922–2011
Days lived
32,708
Tamás Széchy🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1931–2004
Days lived
26,834
Tupac Shakur🇺🇸
deceasedRapper · 1971–1996
Days lived
9,221
Tupac Shakur🇺🇸
deceasedCultural Icon · 1971–1996
Days lived
9,221
Walter Bonatti🇮🇹
deceasedItalian mountaineer (1930–2011) · 1930–2011
Days lived
29,668
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
42,258
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
49,929
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
48,102
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,799
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,372
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,814
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,780
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,414
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,858
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,510
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,309
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,823
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,841
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,510
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,862
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,405
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,315
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,292
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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