On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 19 1968
Born on This Day
Aeden McQueary-Ennis🇬🇧
baseball player (1984-) · b. 1984
Al Oerter🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican athlete (1936-2007) · 1936–2007
Days lived
25,944
Alun Wyn Jones🇬🇧
Welsh rugby union footballer · b. 1985
Andrew Huberman🇺🇸
Neuroscientist & Professor · b. 1975
Angelina Valentine🇺🇸
actor · b. 1986
Antonia Campbell-Hughes🇬🇧
British actress · b. 1982
Apas Jumagulov
former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan · b. 1934
Days alive
12,419
Arvid Lindman🇸🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1862–1936
Days lived
27,109
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Ben Turpin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1869-1940) · 1869–1940
Days lived
25,852
Bohuslav Ebermann
athlete · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
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Brian Epstein🇬🇧
deceasedBritish personal manager and impresario (1934–1967) · 1934–1967
Days lived
12,030
Brian Liebenberg🇫🇷
South-African and French rugby union player · b. 1979
Bruno Dallansky🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1928–2008
Days lived
29,175
Carine Roitfeld🇫🇷
French editor · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Cass Elliot🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1941–1974
Days lived
12,001
Charlie Conerly🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1921-1996) · 1921–1996
Days lived
27,175
Christin Ulrich🇩🇪
German weightlifter · b. 1990
Dana Zátopková🇨🇿
deceasedCzech javelin thrower · 1922–2020
Days lived
35,605
Eddie Croak🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican soccer player (1900-1984) · 1900–1984
Days lived
30,473
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Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge (1930-2019) · 1930–2019
Days lived
32,300
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Felix Kammerer
Actor · b. 1995
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Ferry Porsche🇦🇹
deceasedentrepreneur · 1909–1998
Days lived
32,331
Frank Eugene🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican-German photographer, painter and graphic artist (1865–1936) · 1865–1936
Days lived
26,020
Fritz Schaudinn
deceasedGerman zoologist (1871–1906) · 1871–1906
Days lived
12,694
George McGrath🇬🇧
deceasedBritish field hockey player (1885-1956) · 1885–1956
Days lived
25,888
Gérald Forschelet🇫🇷
Tahitian footballer · b. 1981
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Germán Valdés🇲🇽
deceasedactor · 1915–1973
Days lived
21,103
Giuseppe Saragat🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1898–1988
Days lived
32,772
Hans-Emil Schuster🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer · 1934–2024
Days lived
32,965
Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo🇲🇽
deceasedMexican saint (1886–1927) · 1886–1927
Days lived
14,729
Jeremy Irons
Oscar Winners · b. 1948
Days alive
7,305
Jimmy Fallon🇺🇸
American talk show host and comedian (born 1974) · b. 1974
Jussiê Ferreira Vieira🇫🇷
football player · b. 1983
Kenjiro Nomura🇯🇵
film director · b. 1966
Days alive
731
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Lita Ford🇺🇸
American rock guitarist and singer · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Mariangela Melato🇮🇹
deceasedItalian theatre, film and television actress (1941–2013) · 1941–2013
Days lived
26,047
Marianne Adam🇩🇪
German shot putter · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Markus Imhoof🇨🇭
Film director, Screenwriter · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Michael Hoffmann🇩🇪
German chess player · b. 1970
Mick Bates🇬🇧
deceasedfootball player · 1947–2021
Days lived
26,949
Oleúde José Ribeiro🇧🇷
Brazilian association football player · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Patrick Janssens🇧🇪
Flemish politician; former mayor of Antwerp · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Peter Hinnen🇨🇭
Swiss musician and actor · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Peter Horton🇦🇹
deceasedmusician · 1941–2023
Days lived
29,953
Probal Dasgupta🇮🇳
writer · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
Randolph Mantooth🌍
deceasedActor · 1945–2026
Days lived
29,513
Rezső Maucha🇭🇺
deceasedchemist · 1884–1962
Days lived
28,245
Richard Rogler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman kabarett artist (1949–2024) · 1949–2024
Days lived
27,355
Ryan Succop🇺🇸
American football player (born 1986) · b. 1986
Sally Pearson🇦🇺
Australian short-distance runner and hurdler · b. 1986
Sayoko Yamaguchi🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese model and actress (1949-2007) · 1949–2007
Days lived
21,148
Skepta🇬🇧
British-Nigerian rapper and record producer · b. 1982
Song Joong-ki🇰🇷
Actor · b. 1985
Stefanie Zweig🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1932–2014
Days lived
29,803
Sunita Williams🇺🇸
American astronaut and USN officer · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Takanori Nishikawa🇯🇵
Japanese musician · b. 1970
Theodor Blank🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1905-1972) · 1905–1972
Days lived
24,344
Tonny van Lierop
deceasedfield hockey player (1910–1982) · 1910–1982
Days lived
26,126
Uğur Şahin
German oncologist, developer of COVID-19 vaccine · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
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Umberto Bossi
Notable Trials · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Urszula Sipińska🇵🇱
singer · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Uta Franz🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1935–2012
Days lived
28,092
Victoria Silvstedt🇸🇪
Swedish model, actress, singer, and television personality · b. 1974
William Golding🇬🇧
deceasedBritish novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1911–1993) · 1911–1993
Days lived
29,859
Yaroslava Mahuchikh
athletics competitor · b. 2001
Died on This Day
Bernie Casey🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor, artist, and professional football player (1939–2017) · 1939–2017
Days lived
28,593
Bert Hellinger🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1925–2019
Days lived
34,245
Carl Milles🇸🇪
deceasedSwedish sculptor (1875–1955) · 1875–1955
Days lived
29,307
Eduard Zimmermann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman tv journalist (1929–2009) · 1929–2009
Days lived
29,447
Edward Nower🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian football player · 1921–2006
Days lived
31,136
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Einar Gerhardsen
deceasedNotable Trials · 1897–1987
Days lived
33,003
Fritz Katzmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1906-1957) · 1906–1957
Days lived
18,764
Gram Parsons🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer-songwriter · 1946–1973
Days lived
9,815
Italo Calvino🇮🇹
deceasedItalian journalist and writer (1923-1985) · 1923–1985
Days lived
22,620
Joseph Epes Brown🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican scholar of Native American traditions · 1920–2000
Days lived
29,230
Jules Pirot🇧🇪
deceasedBelgian writer (1877–1955) · 1877–1955
Days lived
28,749
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
deceasedphilosopher · 1857–1935
Days lived
28,490
Patricia Hayes🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actress (1909–1998) · 1909–1998
Days lived
32,413
Paula Maxa🇫🇷
deceasedActor · 1892–1970
Days lived
28,520
Wend von Wietersheim🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1900–1975
Days lived
27,547
Zinaida Serebryakova🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1884–1967
Days lived
30,232
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
42,264
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
49,935
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
48,108
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,805
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,378
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,820
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,786
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,420
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,864
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,516
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,315
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,829
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,847
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,516
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,868
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,411
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,321
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,298
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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