On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 18 1968
Born on This Day
Alain Casanova🇫🇷
French footballer · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Alison Lohman🇺🇸
actor · b. 1979
Anna Netrebko🇸🇺
Opera singer · b. 1971
Arthur Aeschlimann🇨🇭
Swiss judge · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Bahman Nirumand🇩🇪
YouTube personality · b. 1936
Days alive
11,688
Bernard Werber🇫🇷
writer · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Bert Fortell🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1924–1996
Days lived
26,276
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Billy Sims🇺🇸
American football player (born 1955) · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Carl Hinrichs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1907-1967) · 1907–1967
Days lived
21,995
Carrie Kennedy🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican fashion designer (1862–1915) · 1862–1915
Days lived
19,223
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Christian Pulisic
association football player · b. 1998
Corey Lewandowski🇺🇸
Political pundit · b. 1973
Edwin Jackson🇺🇸
French basketball player · b. 1989
Greta Garbo🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1905–1990
Days lived
30,890
Gustav Schwantes🇩🇪
deceasedGerman botanist (1881-1960) · 1881–1960
Days lived
28,914
Hermann Weil🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1868–1927
Days lived
21,563
Hugo Dollheiser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman field hockey player (1927–2017) · 1927–2017
Days lived
32,892
Ilan🇮🇹
football player · b. 1980
Jack Warden
deceasedActor · 1920–2006
Days lived
31,350
Jacob Gary🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli lawyer (1901-1974) · 1901–1974
Days lived
26,754
Jada Pinkett Smith🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1971
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James Scullin🇦🇺
deceasedpolitician · 1876–1953
Days lived
27,890
Jan-Åke Jonsson🇸🇪
Swedish businessman · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
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Jason Sudeikis🇺🇸
actor · b. 1975
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Jerzy Połomski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish actor and singer (1933–2022) · 1933–2022
Days lived
32,564
Luísa Sobral🇵🇹
singer · b. 1987
Maksymilian Więcek🇵🇱
deceasedbasketball player · 1920–2006
Days lived
31,512
Mark Olson🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Mateusz Kostrzewski🇵🇱
Polish basketball player · b. 1989
Michael Kirkman🇺🇸
film director · b. 1986
Najma Akhtar🇬🇧
singer · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Paul Van Grembergen🇧🇪
deceasedFlemish former minister (1937-2016) · 1937–2016
Days lived
28,749
Pete Cashmore🇬🇧
Scottish blogger and businessman · b. 1985
Richard Thurnwald🇩🇪
deceasedAustrian anthropologist (1869-1954) · 1869–1954
Days lived
30,803
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Serge Ibaka🇨🇬
Congolese-Spanish basketball player · b. 1989
Timotheus Höttges🇩🇪
German manager, CEO Deutsche Telekom · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
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Toni Kukoč🇺🇸
Croatian basketball player · b. 1968
Days alive
0
Tudor Casapu
Moldovan weightlifter · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Wolfgang Schäuble🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1942–2023
Days lived
29,684
Xzibit
Actor · b. 1974
Died on This Day
Anni Katharina Laakmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player · 1937–2025
Days lived
32,398
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Anton Saefkow🇩🇪
deceasedGerman resistance fighter and communist (1903-1944) · 1903–1944
Days lived
15,034
Augusto Genina🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director and producer (1892-1957) · 1892–1957
Days lived
23,974
Bob Hayes🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and sprinter (1942–2003) · 1942–2002
Days lived
21,822
Dag Hammarskjöld🇸🇪
deceasedwriter · 1905–1961
Days lived
20,505
Franco Moschino🇮🇹
deceasedItalian fashion designer and artist (1950–1994) · 1950–1994
Days lived
16,274
Imata Kabua
deceasedformer President of the Marshall Islands (1943-2019) · 1943–2019
Days lived
27,880
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Jimi Hendrix🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1942–1970
Days lived
10,157
Karl-Heinz Vorsatz🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1927–1992
Days lived
23,642
Marcel Reich-Ranicki🇵🇱
deceasedjournalist · 1920–2013
Days lived
34,076
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
deceasedjudge · 1933–2020
Days lived
31,964
Sandy Saddler🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer (1926–2001) · 1926–2001
Days lived
27,481
Stephanie Cole🇬🇧
deceasedActor · 1941–2026
Days lived
31,029
Ulrich Beiger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film actor (1918–1996) · 1918–1996
Days lived
28,513
Walter Schmitt🇩🇪
deceasedSS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS (1879-1945) · 1879–1945
Days lived
24,354
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
42,263
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
49,934
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
48,107
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,804
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,377
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,819
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,785
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,419
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,863
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,515
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,314
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,828
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,846
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,515
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,867
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,410
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,320
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,297
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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