On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 3 1968
Born on This Day
A$AP Rocky
Rapper & Fashion Icon · b. 1988
Adair Tishler🇺🇸
American actress · b. 1996
Adrian Mariappa🇬🇧
football player · b. 1986
Alfred Wohl
deceasedchemist · 1863–1939
Days lived
27,841
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Alicia Vikander🇸🇪
Actor · b. 1988
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Anthony Le Tallec🇫🇷
French footballer (born 1984) · b. 1984
Arkady Vorobyov🇷🇺
deceasedathlete · 1924–2012
Days lived
32,222
Ashlee Simpson🇺🇸
singer · b. 1984
Bang Chan🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (Stray Kids) · b. 1997
Danny O'Donoghue🇮🇪
singer · b. 1980
David Painter
Anglican Archdeacon · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Denis Villeneuve🇨🇦
Film Director · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Diego Salazar🇨🇴
Colombian weightlifter · b. 1980
Eddie Cochran🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1938–1960
Days lived
7,867
Emyr Wyn Lewis🇬🇧
Welsh rugby union player · b. 1982
Florian Keller🇩🇪
field hockey player · b. 1981
Fred🇧🇷
Association football player · b. 1983
Gerald Asamoah🇩🇪
German association football player · b. 1978
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Giovanni Comisso🇮🇹
deceasedItalian writer (1895–1969) · 1895–1969
Days lived
26,773
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Gore Vidal🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican writer (1925–2012) · 1925–2012
Days lived
31,713
Gwen Stefani🇺🇸
American singer · b. 1969
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Herman Li🇨🇳
British guitarist · b. 1976
Hermann Struve
deceasedBaltic German astronomer (1854–1920) · 1854–1920
Days lived
24,054
Hermann Thimig🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1890–1982
Days lived
33,514
India.Arie🇺🇸
American singer · b. 1975
Jakob Klatzkin
deceasedGerman philosopher · 1882–1948
Days lived
23,915
James Herriot🇬🇧
deceasedveterinary surgeon and writer (1916-1995) · 1916–1995
Days lived
28,632
John Joseph🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Kathryn D. Sullivan🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
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Louis Aragon🇫🇷
deceasedwriter · 1897–1982
Days lived
31,127
Manny Martínez🇲🇽
film director · b. 1970
Meg🇯🇵
Japanese electropop singer, born 1980 · b. 1980
Mike Johnson🇨🇦
film director · b. 1975
Noah Schnapp
actor · b. 2004
Pierre Bonnard🇫🇷
deceasedartist · 1867–1947
Days lived
28,966
Ralph Morgenstern🇩🇪
German actor and TV host · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Robert Grabarz🇬🇧
British high jumper · b. 1987
Roman Malek🇵🇱
deceasedPolish priest (1951-2019) · 1951–2019
Days lived
24,894
Sergei Yesenin
deceasedRussian poet (1895–1925) · 1895–1925
Days lived
11,043
Siti Zuraina Abdul Majid🇹🇼
Malaysian historian and archaeologist · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Stevie Ray Vaughan🇺🇸
deceasedguitarist · 1954–1990
Days lived
13,112
Viktor Saneyev🇬🇧
deceasedathlete · 1945–2022
Days lived
27,850
Warner Oland🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1879–1938
Days lived
21,491
Wolfgang Großstück🇩🇪
deceasedGerman association football player (1932-2011) · 1932–2011
Days lived
28,729
Xiong Chaozhong🇨🇳
boxer · b. 1982
Yohji Yamamoto🇯🇵
Japanese fashion designer (born 1943) · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Zlatan Ibrahimović🇸🇪
actor · b. 1981
Died on This Day
Alastair G. W. Cameron🇨🇦
deceasedCanadian astrophysicist (1925–2005) · 1925–2005
Days lived
29,324
Alfred Neumann🇺🇸
deceasedGerman writer (1895-1952) · 1895–1952
Days lived
20,807
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Carl August Walbrodt🇳🇱
deceasedGerman chess master (1871–1902) · 1871–1902
Days lived
11,266
David C. Evans🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1924-1998) · 1924–1998
Days lived
27,250
Eddie Shirras
deceasedAnglican Archdeacon · 1937–2020
Days lived
30,479
Erich Schmidt🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican archaeologist and photographer (1897-1964) · 1897–1964
Days lived
24,491
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Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer, geophysicist and seismologist (1861–1895) · 1861–1895
Days lived
12,473
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Florence R. Sabin🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1871–1953
Days lived
29,913
Franz Mack🇩🇪
deceasedGerman entrepreneur (1921–2010) · 1921–2010
Days lived
32,717
Heinz Rühmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1902–1994) · 1902–1994
Days lived
33,813
Henryk Julian Gay🇵🇱
deceasedPolish architect (1875-1936) · 1875–1936
Days lived
22,546
Hermann Krukenberg🇩🇪
deceasedGerman surgeon (1863-1935) · 1863–1935
Days lived
26,401
Hermann Weil🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1868–1927
Days lived
21,563
Hiltrud Grote🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1936–2010
Days lived
26,987
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Jalal Talabani
deceasedpolitician · 1933–2017
Days lived
30,641
Mario Encarnación🇩🇴
deceasedfilm director · 1975–2005
Days lived
10,967
Matthäus Hetzenauer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian sniper (1924–2004) · 1924–2004
Days lived
29,139
Max Wolf🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astrophotography pioneer (1863–1932) · 1863–1932
Days lived
25,306
Peer Augustinski🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1940–2014) · 1940–2014
Days lived
27,128
Peter Klein🇦🇹
deceasedmusician · 1907–1992
Days lived
31,298
Reinhard Mohn🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1921–2009
Days lived
32,238
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Richard Peter
deceasedGerman photographer (1895-1977) · 1895–1977
Days lived
30,096
Robert Kelker-Kelly🇺🇸
deceasedActor · 1964–2026
Days lived
22,813
Viktor Kosenko🌍
deceasedComposer · 1896–1938
Days lived
15,300
Walter Wislicenus🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1859–1905) · 1859–1905
Days lived
16,768
Willibald Freiherr von Langermann und Erlencamp🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1890–1942
Days lived
19,180
Wim van Heel🇳🇱
deceasedfield hockey player (1922–1972) · 1922–1972
Days lived
18,269
Woody Guthrie🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1912–1967
Days lived
20,169
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
42,278
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
49,949
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
48,122
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,819
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,392
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,834
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,800
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,434
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,878
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,530
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,329
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,843
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,861
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,530
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,882
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,425
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,335
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,312
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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