On This Day
Monday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 30 1968
Born on This Day
Alejandro Soler Mur🇪🇸
Spanish politician · b. 1972
Bernhard Rust🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Holocaust perpetrator (1883-1945) · 1883–1945
Days lived
22,500
Brentson Buckner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1971
Buddy Rich🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz drummer and bandleader (1917–1987) · 1917–1987
Days lived
25,386
Crystal Bernard🇺🇸
American singer-songwriter and actress · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Daniele Mastrogiacomo🇨🇭
Italian journalist · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Dave Draijer
Dutch baseball player · b. 1973
David Oistrakh🇺🇦
deceasedconductor · 1908–1974
Days lived
24,130
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Deborah Kerr🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actress (1921–2007) · 1921–2007
Days lived
31,427
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Dorothee Sölle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman theologian (1929–2003) · 1929–2003
Days lived
26,872
Edgardo González
deceasedfootball player · 1936–2007
Days lived
25,958
Edward Meeks "Pope" Gregory🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican priest · 1922–1995
Days lived
26,415
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Ehud Olmert
Notable Trials · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
Elie Wiesel🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1928–2016
Days lived
32,052
Ernst Hellinger🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1883–1950
Days lived
24,285
Ezra Miller
Notable Trials · b. 1992
Frans Fast🇸🇪
deceasedOlympic tug of war competitor (1885-1959) · 1885–1959
Days lived
26,934
Gertrud Höchsmann🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian fashion designer (1902–1990) · 1902–1990
Days lived
31,885
Hans Geiger🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1882–1945
Days lived
23,004
Hans Moser🇩🇪
deceasedGerman pornographer (1944-2016) · 1944–2016
Days lived
26,208
Hermann Sudermann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman dramatist and novelist (1857–1928) · 1857–1928
Days lived
25,984
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Horst Weigang🇩🇪
deceasedEast German footballer (1940–2024) · 1940–2024
Days lived
30,657
Hrishikesh Mukherjee🇮🇳
deceasedIndian film director (1922–2006) · 1922–2006
Days lived
30,647
Ilse Zielstorff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1935-2015) · 1935–2015
Days lived
29,092
Jan Naterop
Dutch baseball player · b. 1977
Jean-Louis Debré🇫🇷
deceasedFrench politician (1944–2025) · 1944–2025
Days lived
29,375
Johann Deisenhofer🇺🇸
chemist · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Johanna Budwig🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1908–2003
Days lived
34,564
José Lima🇩🇴
deceasedfilm director · 1972–2010
Days lived
13,749
Julianna Baggott🇺🇸
YouTube personality · b. 1969
Kristina Barrois🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1981
Kurt Sethe🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Egyptologist (1869–1934) · 1869–1934
Days lived
23,654
Maddie Ziegler
dancer · b. 2002
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Maite Nkoana-Mashabane🇿🇦
South African politician · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
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Marion Cotillard🇫🇷
actor · b. 1975
Max Laeuger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman architect (1864–1952) · 1864–1952
Days lived
32,214
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Max Verstappen
racing automobile driver · b. 1997
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Michael Powell🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish film director (1905-1990) · 1905–1990
Days lived
30,823
Mikhaïl Feodosievich Ivakhnenko🇷🇺
deceasedRussian paleontologist · 1947–2015
Days lived
24,755
Monica Bellucci🇮🇹
Italian actress and model (born 1964) · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Nora Stanton Blatch Barney🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican civil engineer, architect and suffragist (1883–1971) · 1883–1971
Days lived
31,886
Olivier Giroud🇫🇷
football player · b. 1986
Orestis Makris🇬🇷
deceasedGreek actor (1898–1975) · 1898–1975
Days lived
27,879
Otto Wernicke🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1893–1965
Days lived
26,335
Perkz🇭🇷
Professional League of Legends player · b. 1998
Primož Kozmus🇸🇮
Slovenian hammer thrower · b. 1979
Ray Pitts🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican musician (1932–2012) · 1932–2012
Days lived
29,253
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Ricky Sanders🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Rudolf Katz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge and politician (1895-1961) · 1895–1961
Days lived
24,037
Shintarō Ishihara🇯🇵
deceasedactor · 1932–2022
Days lived
32,631
Tony Nwachukwu🇳🇬
artist · b. 1959
Days alive
3,288
Tycho van Meer🇳🇱
field hockey player · b. 1974
Virgil Abloh
deceasedCreative Director · 1980–2021
Days lived
15,034
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Vondie Curtis-Hall🇺🇸
actor · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Wolfgang Schulte🇩🇪
politician · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Yaxel Lendeborg🇺🇸
Basketball player · b. 2002
Yoshinori Higashikawa🇯🇵
Japanese association football player · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Zośka Vieras🇱🇹
deceasedBelarusian writer and poet (1892-1991) · 1892–1991
Days lived
36,166
Died on This Day
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Ali Bozer🇹🇷
deceasedTurkish statesperson (1925–2020) · 1925–2020
Days lived
34,763
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Antje Huber🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1924-2015) · 1924–2015
Days lived
33,367
Bob Deans🇳🇿
deceasedNew Zealand rugby union player · 1884–1908
Days lived
8,989
Dikembe Mutombo🇺🇸
deceasedCongolese-American basketball player (1966–2024) · 1966–2024
Days lived
21,282
Esther Rantzen🇬🇧
deceasedJournalist · 1940–2026
Days lived
31,511
Franz Oppenheimer🇩🇪
deceasedphilosopher · 1864–1943
Days lived
29,037
Hank Thompson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player; Negro League Baseball Player; 1925-1969 · 1925–1969
Days lived
16,002
Hans-Joachim Marseille
deceasedmilitary person · 1919–1942
Days lived
8,327
Heinrich Schneidereit🇩🇪
deceasedGerman weightlifter (1884-1915) · 1884–1915
Days lived
11,237
James Dean🇺🇸
deceasedFilm actor · 1931–1955
Days lived
9,000
King Levinsky🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer (1910-1991) · 1910–1991
Days lived
29,605
Lawrence Moten🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican basketball player · 1972–2025
Days lived
19,547
Michael Chekhov🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1891–1955
Days lived
23,407
Ove Johansson🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1948–2023) · 1948–2023
Days lived
27,576
Rudolf Diesel🇫🇷
deceasedentrepreneur · 1858–1913
Days lived
20,284
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Rudolf Jahn🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1906-1990) · 1906–1990
Days lived
30,646
Samir Khan🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican journalist (1985–2011) · 1985–2011
Days lived
9,410
William Albert Hiltner🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican astronomer (1914–1991) · 1914–1991
Days lived
28,158
William Slade🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1873–1941
Days lived
24,980
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
42,275
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
49,946
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
48,119
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,816
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,389
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,831
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,797
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,431
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,875
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,527
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,326
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,840
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,858
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,527
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,879
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,422
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,332
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,309
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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