On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 25 1968
Born on This Day
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Annabelle Wallis🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1984
Arthur Haggai Oder
deceasedUgandan judge (1938-2006) · 1938–2006
Days lived
24,746
Austregésilo de Athayde🇧🇷
deceasedwriter · 1898–1993
Days lived
34,686
Barbara Lahr🇩🇪
German musician · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Barbara Walters🇺🇸
deceasedTelevision presenter · 1929–2022
Days lived
34,064
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Bella Ramsey
television actor · b. 2003
Catherine Zeta-Jones🇬🇧
actor · b. 1969
Christer Bjerkhagen🇸🇪
athlete · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
Colin Davis
deceasedconductor · 1927–2013
Days lived
31,248
Dan Mintz🇺🇸
American actor, comedian and writer · b. 1981
Ernst von Salomon🇩🇪
deceasedGerman writer and right-wing Freikorps member (1902–1972) · 1902–1972
Days lived
25,521
Hal Sparks🇺🇸
American actor (born 1969) · b. 1969
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Hanna Ralph🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1888–1978
Days lived
32,687
Hans Matthöfer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (SPD) (1925-2009) · 1925–2009
Days lived
30,731
Harald Ringstorff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1939–2020) · 1939–2020
Days lived
29,641
Heather Locklear
actor · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Jansen Panettiere🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1994–2023
Days lived
10,374
Joel David Moore
Actor · b. 1977
John Lynch🇺🇸
film director · b. 1971
Josef Bican🇦🇹
deceasedathlete · 1913–2001
Days lived
32,220
Justus Pfaue🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1942–2014
Days lived
26,097
Karl Ernstberger🇦🇹
deceasedGerman architect (1887–1972) · 1887–1972
Days lived
31,107
Karl Jatho🇩🇪
deceasedpriest (1851-1913) · 1851–1913
Days lived
22,447
Lu Xun
deceasedwriter · 1881–1936
Days lived
20,112
Marc Benioff🇺🇸
American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Mary Allen Wilkes🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
Matt Battaglia🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
May Sutton🇺🇸
deceasedUS tennis player (1886–1975) · 1886–1975
Days lived
32,515
Michael Douglas
Oscar Winners · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Nino Cerruti🇮🇹
deceasedCouturier (1930–2022) · 1930–2022
Days lived
33,350
Oscar Bonavena🇦🇷
deceasedArgentine boxer · 1942–1976
Days lived
12,293
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Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1897–1975
Days lived
28,578
Pedro Almodóvar🇪🇸
singer · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
Purple Schulz🇩🇪
singer · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
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Ralph Dutli🇨🇭
Swiss poet, translator and writer · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
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Ricardo Gardner🇫🇷
Jamaican footballer · b. 1978
Robert Bresson🇫🇷
deceasedFrench film director (1901–1999) · 1901–1999
Days lived
35,878
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Rosalía🇪🇸
Singer-songwriter · b. 1992
Sandro Pertini🇮🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1896–1990
Days lived
34,119
Sarah Bernhardt🇫🇷
deceasedStage actor · 1844–1923
Days lived
28,667
Sergei Bondarchuk🇷🇺
deceasedSoviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor (1920–1994) · 1920–1994
Days lived
27,053
Shaun Miller🇬🇧
English association football player (born 1987) · b. 1987
Siphiwe Tshabalala🇿🇦
football player · b. 1984
Stanisław Łapiński🇵🇱
deceasedactor (1895-1972) · 1895–1972
Days lived
27,881
Steven Gätjen🇺🇸
German-American host · b. 1972
T.I.
Notable Trials · b. 1980
Thomas Homewood🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1881–1945
Days lived
23,139
Will Smith🇺🇸
television actor · b. 1968
Days alive
0
William Daniel Hillis🇺🇸
entrepreneur · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
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William Faulkner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer (1897-1962) · 1897–1962
Days lived
23,659
Wolfgang Glück🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian filmmaker (1929–2023) · 1929–2023
Days lived
34,412
Zucchero🇮🇹
singer-songwriter · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Died on This Day
Abram Arkhipov
deceasedRussian artist (1862-1930) · 1862–1930
Days lived
24,865
Andy Williams🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1927–2012
Days lived
30,978
Arnold Palmer🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican golfer (1929–2016) · 1929–2016
Days lived
31,792
Arun Sadhu🇮🇳
deceasedwriter and freelance journalist from Maharashtra, India · 1941–2017
Days lived
27,849
Beppo Römer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman resistance member (1892-1944) · 1892–1944
Days lived
18,939
Georg Lindemann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1884–1963) · 1884–1963
Days lived
29,054
Hagen Liebing🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1961–2016
Days lived
20,308
Hans F. K. Günther🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1891–1968
Days lived
28,345
Henning Enoksen
deceasedDanish footballer and coach (1935-2016) · 1935–2016
Days lived
29,585
Klaus Barbie
deceasedNotable Trials · 1913–1991
Days lived
28,459
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Leopold III of Belgium🇧🇪
deceasedking of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983) · 1901–1983
Days lived
29,911
Miller Huggins🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1878–1929) · 1878–1929
Days lived
18,809
Nikolay Semyonov
deceasedSoviet physical chemist (1896-1986) · 1896–1986
Days lived
33,034
Oskar von Niedermayer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1885-1948) · 1885–1948
Days lived
22,966
Rafael Chimishkyan🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1929–2022
Days lived
34,154
Randhir Singh Gentle🇮🇳
deceasedIndian field hockey player (1922–1981) · 1922–1981
Days lived
21,553
Red Faber🇺🇸
deceased(1888-1976) American baseball player and coach · 1888–1976
Days lived
32,160
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Walter Breisky🇦🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1871–1944
Days lived
26,742
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
42,270
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
49,941
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
48,114
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,811
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,384
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,826
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,792
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,426
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,870
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,522
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,321
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,835
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,853
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,522
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,874
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,417
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,327
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,304
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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