On This Day
Tuesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 24 1968
Born on This Day
Ally McCoist🇬🇧
Scottish association football player and manager (born 1962) · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
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Anna Calvi🇬🇧
English singer-songwriter and guitarist · b. 1980
Blind Lemon Jefferson🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1893–1929
Days lived
13,234
Bobby Brown🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1984
Carl Pulfrich🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physicist (1858–1927) · 1858–1927
Days lived
25,158
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss writer (1878-1947) · 1878–1947
Days lived
25,077
Cristian Daniel Ledesma🇮🇹
Argentine footballer · b. 1982
Eberhard von Mackensen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1889–1969) · 1889–1969
Days lived
29,091
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Eddie George🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1973
Eljif Elmas
association football player · b. 1999
Elsa Triolet🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1896–1970
Days lived
26,927
Erich Feigl🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian documentary producer and genocide denialist · 1931–2007
Days lived
27,519
Franz Xavier de Schmid🇫🇷
deceasedentrepreneur · 1858–1915
Days lived
20,552
Gaeul (Kim Ga-eul)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (IVE) · b. 2002
Glenn Allen, Jr.🇺🇸
American stock car driver · b. 1970
Harald Weinrich🇩🇪
deceasedGerman classical scholar and linguist (1927–2022) · 1927–2022
Days lived
34,489
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Harriet Walter🇬🇧
Stage actor · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Heinrich Hoffmann🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1885–1957
Days lived
26,380
Heinz Hoenig🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Herb Jeffries🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1913–2014
Days lived
36,768
Horst Sachtleben🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1930-2022) · 1930–2022
Days lived
33,478
Ilona Slupianek🇩🇪
East German shot putter · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
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Itzik Kornfein🇮🇱
footballer · b. 1971
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Jack Sock🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1992
Jacques Vallée🇺🇸
Computer Scientist, UFO researcher · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
Jim Henson
deceasedtelevision director · 1936–1990
Days lived
19,592
Joe Greene🇺🇸
American football player and coach · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
John Mackey🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1941-2011) · 1941–2011
Days lived
25,487
Karl Rapp🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1882–1962
Days lived
29,098
Kreayshawn🇺🇸
Music video director, rapper · b. 1989
Larisa Rubalskaya🇷🇺
Russian writer · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Linda McCartney🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1941–1998
Days lived
20,659
Lorenzo Ebecilio
Dutch association football player · b. 1991
Lottie Dod🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish tennis player (1871-1960) · 1871–1960
Days lived
32,418
Manfred Wörner🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1934–1994
Days lived
21,873
Mario Encarnación🇩🇴
deceasedfilm director · 1975–2005
Days lived
10,967
Michaela Neuling🇩🇪
athlete · b. 1984
Nia Vardalos🇨🇦
actor · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Onur Cenik
football player · b. 1992
Otto Günsche🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1917–2003
Days lived
31,419
Philipp Paulitschke
deceasedAustrian geographer and explorer (1854-1899) · 1854–1899
Days lived
16,514
Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg🇩🇪
deceasedBulgarian prince (1861–1924) · 1861–1924
Days lived
22,955
Ruhollah Khomeini🇮🇷
deceasedSupreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989 · 1902–1989
Days lived
31,664
Sibongile Khumalo🇿🇦
deceasedSouth African opera singer (1957–2021) · 1957–2021
Days lived
23,137
Slaven Zambata
deceasedYugoslavian footballer (1940–2020) · 1940–2020
Days lived
29,255
Steve Whitmire🇺🇸
actor · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Tongo
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1957–2023
Days lived
23,908
Vladimir Belyayev🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet weightlifter · 1940–2020
Days lived
28,953
Walter Simons
deceasedGerman politician and judge (1861-1937) · 1861–1937
Days lived
27,686
Died on This Day
Brigitte Rau🇩🇪
deceasedGerman film actress (1933-1979) · 1933–1979
Days lived
16,703
Bruno Pontecorvo🇮🇹
deceasedscientist · 1913–1993
Days lived
29,253
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Carl Laemmle🇺🇸
deceasedentrepreneur · 1867–1939
Days lived
26,547
Edward Conze🇬🇧
deceasedBritish Marxism and Buddhism scholar (1904–1979) · 1904–1979
Days lived
27,583
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Edward Said🇺🇸
deceasedPalestinian-American professor (1935–2003) · 1935–2003
Days lived
24,799
Ellis Kaut🇩🇪
deceasedGerman author of children's books (1920-2015) · 1920–2015
Days lived
34,644
Françoise Sagan
deceasedNotable Trials · 1935–2004
Days lived
25,298
Giovanni Battista Ceirano
deceasedItalian businessman (1860–1912) · 1860–1912
Days lived
18,985
Gottfried Feder🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1883–1941
Days lived
21,424
Gyula Pap🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian artist (1899-1983) · 1899–1983
Days lived
30,633
Hans Geiger🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1882–1945
Days lived
23,004
Hasso von Manteuffel🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1897–1978
Days lived
29,837
Heinz Günther Guderian🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1914–2004
Days lived
32,905
Ida Noddack🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1896–1978
Days lived
30,161
Jack Good🇬🇧
deceasedBritish producer (1931-2017) · 1931–2017
Days lived
31,460
Kang Joon-Ho🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean boxer (1928–1990) · 1928–1990
Days lived
22,739
Kito Lorenc🇩🇪
deceasedSorbian writer (1938-2017) · 1938–2017
Days lived
29,059
Kurt Julius Goldstein🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1914–2007) · 1914–2007
Days lived
33,928
Michael Sladek🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1946–2024
Days lived
28,483
Mushtaq Khan🇮🇳
deceasedActor
Niels Ryberg Finsen
deceasedscientist · 1860–1904
Days lived
15,988
Patricia Crowther🇬🇧
deceasedBritish Wiccan · 1927–2025
Days lived
35,775
Raja Ramanna🇮🇳
deceasedIndian nuclear scientist (1925-2004) · 1925–2004
Days lived
29,094
Robert Sahakyants🇦🇿
deceasedanimator (1950–2009) · 1950–2009
Days lived
21,575
Saigō Takamori
deceasedNotable Trials · 1828–1877
Days lived
18,142
Zeki Müren🇹🇷
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1931–1996
Days lived
24,007
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
42,269
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
49,940
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
48,113
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,810
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,383
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,825
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,791
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,425
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,869
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,521
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,320
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,834
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,852
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,521
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,873
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,416
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,326
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,303
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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