On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 15 1968
Born on This Day
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Agatha Christie🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish mystery and detective writer (1890–1976) · 1890–1976
Days lived
31,164
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Alfredo R. Placencia Jauregui🇪🇸
deceasedpoet · 1875–1930
Days lived
19,965
Allan Schulman🇸🇪
deceasedjournalist · 1919–2003
Days lived
30,616
Andreas Eschbach🇩🇪
writer · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Armin Dassler🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1929–1990
Days lived
22,309
Bodo Ferl🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Cannonball Adderley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz saxophonist (1928–1975) · 1928–1975
Days lived
17,128
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Carlos Dávila🇨🇱
deceasedwriter · 1887–1955
Days lived
24,870
Charles de Foucauld🇫🇷
deceasedFrench Catholic religious man, explorer and scholar (1858–1916) · 1858–1916
Days lived
21,261
Charles Paul Wilp🇩🇪
deceasedartist · 1932–2005
Days lived
26,407
Dan Marino🇺🇸
film director · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Danny Nucci🇺🇸
actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Edmílson dos Santos Silva🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1982
Felix (Lee Felix)🇦🇺
K-pop Idol (Stray Kids) · b. 2000
Gautier Makunda🇫🇷
Paralympic athletes of France · b. 1983
Gaylord Perry🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1938–2022
Days lived
30,758
Giuseppe De Luca🇮🇹
deceasedItalian priest and publisher (1898–1962) · 1898–1962
Days lived
23,195
Graham Taylor🇬🇧
deceasedfootball player · 1944–2017
Days lived
26,417
Hans-Gert Pöttering🇩🇪
politician · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Jacques Becker🇫🇷
deceasedFrench screenwriter and film director (1906-1960) · 1906–1960
Days lived
19,517
Jean Renoir🇫🇷
deceasedactor · 1894–1979
Days lived
30,830
Jolin Tsai
singer · b. 1980
Klaus Abbelen🇩🇪
entrepreneur · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Kurt Daluege🇩🇪
deceasedGerman SS general and Deputy Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia (1897-1946) · 1897–1946
Days lived
17,934
Li Ping🇨🇳
weightlifter · b. 1988
Lothar Warneke🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1936–2005
Days lived
25,100
Mariusz Domaradzki🇵🇱
Polish sportsperson · b. 1980
Marko Pantelić🇷🇸
football player · b. 1978
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Michał Górski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish cross-country skier · 1911–1985
Days lived
26,849
Nehama Ronen🇮🇱
Israeli politician · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Olivier Artus🇫🇷
French Catholic priest · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Patsy O'Connell Sherman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist · 1930–2008
Days lived
28,273
Peter Paul Fernandes🇮🇳
deceasedIndian field hockey player (1916-1981) · 1916–1981
Days lived
23,507
Petra Schürmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress and model (1933–2010) · 1933–2010
Days lived
27,880
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex🇬🇧
Helicopter pilot · b. 1984
Queen Letizia of Spain🇪🇸
Journalist · b. 1972
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Robert Fico🇸🇰
Prime Minister of Slovakia since 2023 · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Ron Shelton🇺🇸
American film director · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Rubem Alves🇧🇷
deceasedBrazilian theologian, philosopher, psychoanalyst (1933-2014) · 1933–2014
Days lived
29,527
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Salah Abdeslam
Notable Trials · b. 1989
Wen Jiabao🇨🇳
politician · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
Wendie Jo Sperber
deceasedActor · 1958–2005
Days lived
17,242
William Howard Taft🇺🇸
deceasedpresident of the United States from 1909 to 1913 · 1857–1930
Days lived
26,471
Yoweri Museveni
politician · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Died on This Day
Barrett Deems🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1914–1998) · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,879
Charles Winslow🇿🇦
deceasedSouth African tennis player (1888–1963) · 1888–1963
Days lived
27,437
Danilo Kotsevski
deceasedMacedonian literary critic, novelist, playwright and poet · 1947–2020
Days lived
26,809
David Hurst🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1926-2019) · 1926–2019
Days lived
34,098
Eduard Strauch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman SS, Security Police and Security Service commander and convicted war criminal · 1906–1955
Days lived
17,926
Erich Mendelsohn🇺🇸
deceasedJewish-German architect (1887–1953) · 1887–1953
Days lived
24,284
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Fritz Pleitgen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist and author (1938-2022) · 1938–2022
Days lived
30,859
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden🇸🇪
deceasedKing of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist · 1882–1973
Days lived
33,180
Harry Dean Stanton🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1926–2017) · 1926–2017
Days lived
33,301
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Héctor Castro🇺🇾
deceasedfootball player · 1904–1960
Days lived
20,379
Hubert Petschnigg🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian architect (1913-1997) · 1913–1997
Days lived
30,635
Jan Krenz🇵🇱
deceasedPolish conductor and composer (1926-2020) · 1926–2020
Days lived
34,397
K. H. Scheer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer (1928–1991) · 1928–1991
Days lived
23,098
Louise Giblin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican chemist (1895-1973) · 1895–1973
Days lived
28,389
Ludwik Lawiński🇵🇱
deceasedactor (1887-1971) · 1887–1971
Days lived
30,768
Momčilo Krajišnik🇧🇦
deceasedBosnian Serb former politician (1945–2020) · 1945–2020
Days lived
27,632
Phil Moorby🇬🇧
deceasedAmerican computer scientist · 1953–2022
Days lived
25,345
Richard Pfeiffer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and bacteriologist (1858–1945) · 1858–1945
Days lived
31,948
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Richard Wright🇬🇧
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1943–2008
Days lived
23,791
Steve Brown🇺🇸
deceasedjazz musician best known for his work on string bass (1890-1965) · 1890–1965
Days lived
27,638
Vladimir Padrta🇨🇿
deceasedbasketball player, Czechoslovakia (1952–2009) · 1952–2009
Days lived
20,797
Vyacheslav Multino🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet tennis player, multiple champion of Soviet Union (1899–1978) · 1899–1978
Days lived
28,980
Wolfgang Abendroth🇩🇪
deceasedscientist · 1906–1985
Days lived
28,991
Wolfgang Wahl🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and voice actor (1925–2006) · 1925–2006
Days lived
29,506
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
42,260
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
49,931
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
48,104
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,801
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,374
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,816
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,782
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,416
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,860
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,512
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,311
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,825
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,843
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,512
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,864
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,407
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,317
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,294
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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