On This Day
Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 29 1968
Born on This Day
Alexander Kanoldt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1881-1939) · 1881–1939
Days lived
20,935
Alexander Volkanovski🇦🇺
Rugby league player · b. 1988
Ali Birra🇪🇹
deceasedsinger · 1950–2022
Days lived
26,336
Andriy Shevchenko🇺🇦
football player · b. 1976
Anne Briggs🇬🇧
British singer · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Ariana Jollee🇺🇸
actor · b. 1982
Audrey Hannah🇩🇪
German singer · b. 1982
Bryan McCann🇺🇸
player of American football · b. 1987
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Bujar Nishani
deceasedAlbanian politician (1966–2022) · 1966–2022
Days lived
20,330
Carl Duisberg🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1861–1935
Days lived
26,833
Carol Welsman🇨🇦
singer · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Carsten Niemitz🇩🇪
German scientist · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
DaShaun Wood🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1985
Dietrich Starck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and biologist (1908-2001) · 1908–2001
Days lived
33,983
Drake Hogestyn🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1953–2024) · 1953–2024
Days lived
25,932
Erivan Haub🇩🇪
deceasedGerman businessman (1932–2018) · 1932–2018
Days lived
31,204
Fikret Abdić🇧🇦
Bosnian Muslim and Croatian war criminal, businessman and politician · b. 1939
Days alive
10,593
Gaitana🇺🇦
singer · b. 1979
Gastón Salvatore🇩🇪
deceasedYouTube personality · 1941–2015
Days lived
27,101
Guo Youhua🇨🇳
film director · b. 1983
Hans-Jürgen Dollheiser🇩🇪
deceasedOlympic field hockey player (1928–1995) · 1928–1995
Days lived
24,438
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Harald Schmid🇩🇪
German track-and-field athlete · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Heinrich Köhler🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1878-1949) · 1878–1949
Days lived
25,697
Jerry Lee Lewis🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1935–2022
Days lived
31,806
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Karl-Heinz Köpcke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman news speaker (1922–1991) · 1922–1991
Days lived
25,200
Ken Norton Jr.🇺🇸
American football player and coach · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Kevin Durant🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1988
Lizabeth Scott🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actress and singer (1921–2015) · 1921–2015
Days lived
34,092
Mackenzie Crook🇬🇧
English actor, director, comedian and writer (born 1971) · b. 1971
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Margot Hielscher🇩🇪
deceasedmusician · 1919–2017
Days lived
35,755
Masoud Pezeshkian🇮🇷
Politician · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Maurice Vellacott🇨🇦
Canadian politician · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
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Michelangelo Antonioni🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director and screenwriter (1912–2007) · 1912–2007
Days lived
34,637
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Michelle Bachelet🇨🇱
politician · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
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Mir-Hossein Mousavi🇮🇷
Iranian architect and politician · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Moses Schönfinkel🇺🇦
deceasedscientist · 1888–1942
Days lived
19,451
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Niklas Moisander🇫🇮
Finnish footballer · b. 1985
Nina Wang🇨🇳
deceasedHong Kong entrepreneur (1937–2007) · 1937–2007
Days lived
25,388
Park Tae-joon🇰🇷
deceasedSouth Korean politician, army general and businessperson (1927-2011) · 1927–2011
Days lived
30,756
Robert Benton🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1932–2025
Days lived
33,827
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Rolf Kühn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman jazz clarinetist, composer and big band leader · 1929–2022
Days lived
33,926
Sibel Tüzün🇹🇷
Turkish singer-songwriter (born 1971) · b. 1971
Tayanna🇺🇦
Actor · b. 1984
Theo Jörgensmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman musician · 1948–2025
Days lived
28,131
Tilahun Gessesse🇪🇹
deceasedEthiopian musician (1940-2009) · 1940–2009
Days lived
25,039
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Tom Buhrow🇩🇪
German intendant & journalist · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Tsai Wen-yee🇹🇼
Taiwanese weightlifter · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
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Wamiqa Gabbi🇮🇳
Actor · b. 1993
Wolfgang Overath🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Yoon Seung-ah🇰🇷
Actor · b. 1983
Zachary Levi🇺🇸
singer · b. 1980
Zsófia Fegyverneky🇭🇺
Hungarian basketball player · b. 1984
Died on This Day
Alfred Krauss🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian general, politician (1862-1938) · 1862–1938
Days lived
27,915
Antonin Cyril Stojan
deceasedCzechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and Czechoslovak politician (1851–1923) · 1851–1923
Days lived
26,427
Bill Shankly🇬🇧
deceasedfootball player · 1913–1981
Days lived
24,864
Frances Yates🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish historian of the Renaissance (1899–1981) · 1899–1981
Days lived
29,890
Francisco Macías Nguema Biyoko
deceasedNotable Trials · 1924–1979
Days lived
20,360
Gerd Bucerius🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician and journalist (1906-1995) · 1906–1995
Days lived
32,640
Hebe Camargo🇧🇷
deceasedsinger · 1929–2012
Days lived
30,521
Heinrich Freese🇩🇪
deceasedGerman entrepreneur (1853-1944) · 1853–1944
Days lived
33,366
Helmut Damerius🇩🇪
deceasedGerman communist, actor, victim of Stalinism (1905-1985) · 1905–1985
Days lived
29,142
Helmut Qualtinger🇦🇹
deceasedjournalist · 1928–1986
Days lived
21,175
Ivar Ugi🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1930–2005
Days lived
27,414
Kathleen Booth🇬🇧
deceasedBritish computer scientist (1922–2022) · 1922–2022
Days lived
36,607
Katsuko Saruhashi🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese geochemist (1920–2007) · 1920–2007
Days lived
31,967
Larry Willis🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz pianist and composer (1942–2019) · 1940–2019
Days lived
28,772
Lewis Elton🇬🇧
deceasedBritish academic (1923–2018) · 1923–2018
Days lived
34,887
Ray Ewry🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican track and field athlete (1873–1937) · 1873–1937
Days lived
23,360
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Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah🇰🇼
deceasedemir of Kuwait (1929–2020) · 1929–2020
Days lived
33,343
Sándor Richnovszky
deceasedathlete · 1947–2013
Days lived
24,378
Thomas S. McMillan🇺🇸
deceasedBaseball player and coach, lawyer, politician (1888-1939) · 1888–1939
Days lived
18,567
Tony Curtis🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1925–2010) · 1925–2010
Days lived
31,164
Vilmos Aba-Novák🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian artist (1894–1941) · 1894–1941
Days lived
17,364
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
42,274
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
49,945
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
48,118
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,815
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,388
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,830
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,796
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,430
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,874
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,526
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,325
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,839
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,857
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,526
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,878
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,421
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,331
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,308
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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