On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 4 1968
Born on This Day
A. C. Green🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Assis Chateaubriand🇧🇷
deceasedentrepreneur · 1892–1968
Days lived
27,575
Bernice Johnson Reagon🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican singer, composer, and activist (1942–2024) · 1942–2024
Days lived
29,871
Bertilo Wennergren🇸🇪
musician · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
Birthe Wolter🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1981
Björn Phau🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1979
Buster Keaton🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor, comedian, and director (1895–1966) · 1895–1966
Days lived
25,687
Charlton Heston
deceasedOscar Winners · 1923–2008
Days lived
30,865
Edward Judd🇬🇧
deceasedBritish actor (1932-2009) · 1932–2009
Days lived
27,902
Engelbert Dollfuss🇦🇹
deceasedpolitician · 1892–1934
Days lived
15,268
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Ernst Kaltenbrunner
deceasedNotable Trials · 1903–1946
Days lived
15,718
Erwin C. Dietrich🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss filmmaker (1930-2018) · 1930–2018
Days lived
31,939
Eugene Kaspersky🇷🇺
writer · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Franz Jonas🇦🇹
deceasedseventh President of Austria (1899–1974) · 1899–1974
Days lived
27,230
Franz Vranitzky🇦🇹
basketball player · b. 1937
Days alive
11,323
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Georg Thilenius🇺🇸
deceasedGerman ethnographer (1868-1937) · 1868–1937
Days lived
25,286
Jeonghan (Yoon Jeong-han)🇰🇷
K-pop Idol (SEVENTEEN) · b. 1995
John F. Burns🇺🇸
journalist · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
John Larch🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican film and television actor (1914–2005) · 1914–2005
Days lived
33,250
Leroy Van Dyke🇺🇸
American singer · b. 1929
Days alive
14,245
M. Ward🇺🇸
singer-songwriter · b. 1973
Mathilde Ludendorff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman psychiatrist (1877-1966) · 1877–1966
Days lived
32,361
Maurice Karnaugh🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican physicist (1924–2022) · 1924–2022
Days lived
35,829
Max Halbe🇵🇱
deceasedGerman dramatist (1865-1944) · 1865–1944
Days lived
28,911
Melissa Benoist🇺🇸
actor · b. 1988
Moussa Wagué
association football player · b. 1998
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Nikola Vlašić
association football player · b. 1997
Richard Sorge
deceasedNotable Trials · 1895–1944
Days lived
17,931
Rocío Dúrcal🇪🇸
deceasedSpanish singer and actress (1944–2006) · 1944–2006
Days lived
22,452
Russell Simmons🇺🇸
American entrepreneur and record executive · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Sam Huff🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player (1934–2021) · 1934–2021
Days lived
31,817
Susan Sarandon🇺🇸
American actress and activist · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
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Tomáš Rosický🇨🇿
football player · b. 1980
Tony La Russa🇺🇸
American baseball player and manager · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
Vicky Krieps🇱🇺
Stage actor · b. 1983
Vitaly Ginzburg🇷🇺
deceasedscientist · 1916–2009
Days lived
34,003
Walther von Brauchitsch🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1881–1948
Days lived
24,485
Wesley John
football player · b. 1976
Died on This Day
Brigitte Hamann🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian-German historian · 1940–2016
Days lived
27,829
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Graham Chapman🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1941–1989
Days lived
17,801
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Günter de Bruyn🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1926–2020
Days lived
34,306
Günther Rall🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1918–2009
Days lived
33,446
Karl Mildenberger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman boxer (1937–2018) · 1937–2018
Days lived
29,535
Kenzō Takada🇯🇵
deceasedJapanese fashion designer (1939-2020) · 1939–2020
Days lived
29,805
May Sutton🇺🇸
deceasedUS tennis player (1886–1975) · 1886–1975
Days lived
32,515
Mercedes Sosa🇦🇷
deceasedsinger · 1935–2009
Days lived
27,116
Oskar Pastior🇩🇪
deceasedGerman poet (1927–2006) · 1927–2006
Days lived
28,839
Otto Ernst Remer🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1912–1997
Days lived
31,093
Ralph Griswold🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican computer scientist (1934–2006) · 1934–2006
Days lived
26,574
Tim Gidal🇩🇪
deceasedGerman-Israeli photographer (1909–1996) · 1909–1996
Days lived
31,916
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Willy Guhl🇨🇭
deceasedartist · 1915–2004
Days lived
32,598
Woody Bledsoe🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican mathematician and computer scientist (1921–1995) · 1921–1995
Days lived
26,989
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
42,279
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
49,950
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
48,123
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,820
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,393
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,835
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,801
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,435
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,879
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,531
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,330
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,844
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,862
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,531
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,883
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,426
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,336
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,313
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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