On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 9 1968
Born on This Day
Alan Nunnelee🇺🇸
deceasedU.S. Representative (1958-2015) · 1958–2015
Days lived
20,574
Bella Hadid🇺🇸
Supermodel, Entrepreneur · b. 1996
Bob Galvin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman (1922–2011) · 1922–2011
Days lived
32,509
Brian Blessed🇬🇧
British actor (born 1936) · b. 1936
Days alive
11,688
Caparezza🇮🇹
singer-songwriter · b. 1973
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Cedrik-Marcel Stebe🇩🇪
tennis player · b. 1990
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David Cameron🇬🇧
politician · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Don Garber🇺🇸
American sports executive; as well as commissioner of the MLS · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
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Don McCullin🇬🇧
British photographer (born 1935) · b. 1935
Days alive
12,054
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Emil Fischer🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1852–1919
Days lived
24,384
Eric Hyman🇺🇸
American football player and coach, college athletics administrator · b. 1950
Days alive
6,575
Fahid Ben Khalfallah🇫🇷
football player · b. 1982
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France Gall🇫🇷
deceasedFrench singer · 1947–2018
Days lived
25,658
George Yury Right🇺🇸
Fantasy and sci-fi writer, anti-sex proponent · b. 1972
Gerald Hay🇨🇦
Australian weightlifter · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Heinz Fischer🇦🇹
politician · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958
Horst Wessel🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1907–1930
Days lived
8,173
Jacques Tati🇫🇷
deceasedFrench filmmaker (1907-1982) · 1907–1982
Days lived
27,420
Jang Mi-ran🇰🇷
South Korean weightlifter · b. 1983
Jim Tatum🇺🇸
film director · b. 1967
Days alive
366
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Jodelle Ferland
Actor · b. 1994
Joe Sewell🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player and coach (1898-1990) · 1898–1990
Days lived
33,385
John Entwistle🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish musician; bassist for The Who (1944–2002) · 1944–2002
Days lived
21,080
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John Lennon🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1940–1980
Days lived
14,670
José Durán🇪🇸
Spanish boxer · b. 1945
Days alive
8,401
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Juninho Afram
singer · b. 1970
Kurt von Tippelskirch🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1891–1957
Days lived
23,954
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Lauren Davis🇺🇸
American tennis player · b. 1993
Lee Wiley🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1908–1975
Days lived
24,534
Leo Schwarz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman priest (1931–2018) · 1931–2018
Days lived
31,825
Lina Loos🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1882–1950
Days lived
24,711
Mia Aegerter🇨🇭
singer-songwriter · b. 1976
Michael Shaw🇬🇧
deceasedpolitician · 1920–2021
Days lived
36,616
Nikolai Bukharin🇷🇺
deceasedRussian revolutionary and politician (1888–1938) · 1888–1938
Days lived
18,053
Pete Docter🇺🇸
American animator and film director · b. 1968
Days alive
0
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PJ Harvey🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1969
Rita Wilden🇩🇪
German sprinter · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Ryszard Rynkowski🇵🇱
Polish musician and actor · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
Sabine von Maydell🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1955
Days alive
4,749
Sayyid Qutb
deceasedNotable Trials · 1906–1966
Days lived
21,874
Sean Lennon🇺🇸
Singer · b. 1975
Sergei Enwerowitsch Tchoban🇩🇪
artist · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Sophie Calle🇫🇷
artist · b. 1953
Days alive
5,479
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Starling Marte🇩🇴
film director · b. 1988
Tatyana Lysenko🇷🇺
Russian hammer thrower · b. 1983
Tina Ruland🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Trent Lott🇺🇸
actor · b. 1941
Days alive
9,862
Victor Klemperer🇵🇱
deceasedpolitician · 1881–1960
Days lived
28,613
Werner von Haeften🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1908–1944
Days lived
13,069
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Wolfgang Knaller🇦🇹
Austrian association football player · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
Zachery Ty Bryan🇺🇸
Actor · b. 1981
Died on This Day
Aileen Wuornos
deceasedNotable Trials · 1956–2002
Days lived
17,024
André Maurois🇫🇷
deceasedFrench author (1885–1967) · 1885–1967
Days lived
30,024
Billy Myles🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1924–2005
Days lived
29,626
Boris Paichadze
deceasedathlete · 1915–1990
Days lived
27,641
Carl W. Ackerman🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1890–1970
Days lived
29,485
Cliff Gallup🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican guitarist (1930–1988) · 1930–1988
Days lived
21,299
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood🇬🇧
deceasedEnglish physical chemist (1897-1967) · 1897–1967
Days lived
25,678
Eddie Harvey🇬🇧
deceasedBritish pianist, music educator and jazz musician (1925-2012) · 1925–2012
Days lived
31,740
Frank Castleman🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican hurdler and coach (1877-1946) · 1877–1946
Days lived
25,407
Hanns Braun
deceasedGerman athlete and sculptor (1886–1918) · 1886–1918
Days lived
11,670
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Jacques Brel🇧🇪
deceasedactor · 1929–1978
Days lived
18,081
József Baló🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian physician (1895–1979) · 1895–1979
Days lived
30,648
Kenny Rollins🇺🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1923–2012
Days lived
32,533
Oskar Schindler
deceasedentrepreneur · 1908–1974
Days lived
24,270
Pieter Zeeman
deceasedDutch physicist (1865–1943) · 1865–1943
Days lived
28,625
Roy Black🇩🇪
deceasedsinger · 1943–1991
Days lived
17,789
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican gospel musician (1915–1973) · 1915–1973
Days lived
21,388
William P. Murphy🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican scientist (1892–1987) · 1892–1987
Days lived
34,943
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
42,284
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
49,955
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
48,128
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,825
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,398
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,840
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,806
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,440
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,884
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,536
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,335
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,849
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,867
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,536
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,888
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,431
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,341
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,318
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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