On This Day
Saturday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 28 1968
Born on This Day
Alan Davie🇬🇧
deceasedartist · 1920–2014
Days lived
34,157
Albert Rhys Williams🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican journalist, author of memoirs about the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia which he has been both witness and participant · 1883–1962
Days lived
28,641
Anton Pfrogner🇦🇹
deceasedCzechoslovak senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and German nation politician (1886-1961) · 1886–1961
Days lived
27,335
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Avery Brundage🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1887–1975
Days lived
31,998
Ben E. King🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer (1938–2015) · 1938–2015
Days lived
27,973
Bertold Löffler🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian painter, printmaker, and designer (1874-1960) · 1874–1960
Days lived
31,222
Bettina Heltberg
deceasedjournalist · 1942–2025
Days lived
30,079
Braam van Straaten🇿🇦
South African rugby union footballer · b. 1971
Brian Mujati🇿🇦
South African rugby union footballer · b. 1984
Brigitte Bardot🇫🇷
deceasedNotable Trials · 1934–2025
Days lived
33,329
Cecilia Brækhus🇳🇴
Norwegian boxer · b. 1981
Charles Kornegay🇪🇸
American basketball player · b. 1974
Darius Johnson-Odom🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1989
Devan Downey🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1987
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Dominic Waters🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1986
Élisabeth Wierzbicka Wela🇵🇱
Polish painter · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Ellsworth Vines🇺🇸
deceasedUS tennis player (1911–1994) · 1911–1994
Days lived
30,121
Fabrice Ehret🇫🇷
football player · b. 1979
Fırat Arslan
Turkish-German boxer (born 1970) · b. 1970
Gustaf Kossinna
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1858–1931) · 1858–1931
Days lived
26,745
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Helen Shapiro🇬🇧
British singer and actress · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Herbert Haupt🇦🇹
politician · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
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Hilary Duff🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1987
Hiranuma Kiichirō
deceasedNotable Trials · 1867–1952
Days lived
31,009
Hur Jae🇰🇷
basketball player · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Ilona Szabó🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1971
Ingar Skaug🇳🇴
Norwegian businessman · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Janeane Garofalo🇺🇸
actor · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Jeezy
Notable Trials · b. 1977
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Joachim Lemelsen🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1888–1954
Days lived
23,923
Jörn Arnecke🇩🇪
musician · b. 1973
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José Calderón🇪🇸
Spanish basketball player · b. 1981
Károly Varga🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Katarzyna Bujakiewicz🇵🇱
Polish actress · b. 1972
Kelly Cates🇬🇧
Scottish television presenter · b. 1975
Lata Mangeshkar🇮🇳
deceasedSinger · 1929–2022
Days lived
33,734
Lory Del Santo🇮🇹
Italian actress and model · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Maricarmen Marín🇵🇪
Singer · b. 1982
Markus Lotter🇩🇪
German football player and manager · b. 1970
Martyna Wojciechowska🇵🇱
athlete · b. 1974
Mathieu Valbuena🇫🇷
football player · b. 1984
Max Schmeling🇺🇸
deceasedGerman boxer (1905-2005) · 1905–2005
Days lived
36,287
Melody Thornton🇺🇸
singer · b. 1984
Mira Sorvino🇺🇸
singer · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Mychal Kendricks🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1990
Mykolas Alekna
discus thrower · b. 2002
Nick St. Nicholas🇩🇪
musician · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Nino Khurtsidze🇬🇪
deceasedathlete · 1975–2018
Days lived
15,547
Nolwenn Leroy🇫🇷
musician · b. 1982
Ohad Knoller🇮🇱
Israeli actor · b. 1976
Otto Braun🇩🇪
deceasedGerman communist writer (1900–1974) · 1900–1974
Days lived
26,984
Otto Sackur🇵🇱
deceasedchemist · 1880–1914
Days lived
12,194
Paul Achleitner🇦🇹
entrepreneur · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Paul Pleiger🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1899–1985
Days lived
31,343
Paul Tudor Jones🇺🇸
Hedge Fund Manager & Trader · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Peter Finch
deceasedOscar Winners · 1916–1977
Days lived
22,023
Reinhart Fuchs🇩🇪
deceasedGerman chess player (1934-2017) · 1934–2017
Days lived
30,395
René Monse🇩🇪
deceasedGerman boxer (1968–2017) · 1968–2017
Days lived
17,784
Rogério Gaúcho🇧🇷
football player · b. 1979
Rudolf Meinert🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1882–1943
Days lived
22,068
Seymour Cray🇺🇸
deceasedApplied mathematician, computer scientist, and electrical engineer (1925–1996) · 1925–1996
Days lived
25,940
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Sheikh Hasina
Notable Trials · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
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Shimon Bejarno🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli politician (1910-1971) · 1910–1971
Days lived
22,299
Sienna Spiro🇬🇧
Singer-songwriter · b. 2005
Sven Meinhardt🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1971
Tandy Warnow🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Ugo Gregoretti🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film, television and stage director, actor, screenwriter, author and television host (1930–2019) · 1930–2019
Days lived
32,422
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Víctor Jara🇨🇱
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1932–1973
Days lived
14,961
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Yvonne Maria Schäfer🇩🇪
actor · b. 1975
Died on This Day
Agnes Windeck🇩🇪
deceasedactress (1888–1975) · 1888–1975
Days lived
31,960
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Althea Gibson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican tennis player (1927-2003) · 1927–2003
Days lived
27,793
André Breton🇫🇷
deceasedFrench writer and poet, co-founder of Surrealism (1896–1966) · 1896–1966
Days lived
25,788
Andreas Schmidt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor and director (1963-2017) · 1963–2017
Days lived
19,668
Arthur Penn🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican producer and director (1922–2010) · 1922–2010
Days lived
32,143
Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini
deceasedPrime Minister of Swaziland (1942-2018) · 1942–2018
Days lived
27,895
Bernard Boverton Redwood🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1874–1911
Days lived
13,452
Charlton Brosius🇺🇸
deceasedUnited States Army officer and Olympic tug of war competitor of the United States · 1876–1956
Days lived
29,291
Drake Hogestyn🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1953–2024) · 1953–2024
Days lived
25,932
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Edwin Hubble🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican astronomer (1889–1953) · 1889–1953
Days lived
23,322
Elia Kazan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican director and actor (1909–2003) · 1909–2003
Days lived
34,354
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Enric Gensana🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish footballer (1936–2005) · 1936–2005
Days lived
25,319
Enrique Santos Montejo🇨🇴
deceasedpolitician · 1886–1971
Days lived
31,120
Ferdinand Marcos
deceasedNotable Trials · 1917–1989
Days lived
26,315
Friedrich Weidig🇩🇪
deceasedGerman painter (1859-1933) · 1859–1933
Days lived
27,153
Geoffrey Beene🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican fashion designer (1927–2004) · 1927–2004
Days lived
28,154
Gerard Hoffnung🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1925–1959
Days lived
12,608
Harpo Marx🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican comedian · 1888–1964
Days lived
27,702
Josef Friedrich Schmidt
deceasedentrepreneur · 1871–1948
Days lived
28,067
Kris Kristofferson🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1936–2024
Days lived
32,240
Lucky Millinder🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican bandleader (1910–1966) · 1910–1966
Days lived
20,505
Manuel Mondragón🇲🇽
deceasedmilitary person · 1859–1922
Days lived
23,280
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Miles Davis🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1926–1991
Days lived
23,866
Neil Johnston🇺🇸
deceasedfilm director · 1929–1978
Days lived
18,133
Papa French🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician · 1910–1977
Days lived
24,423
Peter Kuiper🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1929–2007
Days lived
28,671
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Pierre Trudeau🇨🇦
deceasedwriter · 1919–2000
Days lived
29,566
Roger Nimier🇫🇷
deceasedFrench novelist (1925–1962) · 1925–1962
Days lived
13,481
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Shimon Peres🇮🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1923–2016
Days lived
34,026
Terry Farrell🇬🇧
deceasedscientist · 1938–2025
Days lived
31,916
Tyko Vylka🇺🇸
deceasedNenets Landscape Artist (1886-1960) · 1886–1960
Days lived
27,241
William Boeing
deceasedActor · 1881–1956
Days lived
27,390
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
42,273
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
49,944
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
48,117
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,814
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,387
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,829
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,795
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,429
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,873
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,525
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,324
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,838
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,856
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,525
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,877
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,420
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,330
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,307
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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