On This Day
Thursday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 10 1968
Born on This Day
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Ania Niedieck🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1983
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Anna Nowak🇵🇱
actor · b. 1966
Days alive
731
Antonio Krastev
deceasedBulgarian weightlifter · 1961–2020
Days lived
21,457
Artur Bramora🇵🇱
Polish entrepreneur · b. 1972
Balbir Singh, Sr.🇮🇳
deceasedIndian field hockey player (1924–2020) · 1924–2020
Days lived
34,926
Brendan Moon🇦🇺
Australian rugby union player · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Brett Favre🇺🇸
American football player (born 1969) · b. 1969
Brett Romberg🇨🇦
American football player, offensive lineman · b. 1979
Carolyn Bertozzi🇺🇸
American chemist (born 1966) · b. 1966
Days alive
731
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Charles Dance🇬🇧
Television actor · b. 1946
Days alive
8,036
Chris Penn🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican actor (1965–2006) · 1965–2006
Days lived
14,716
Corinna May🇩🇪
musician · b. 1970
Daidō Moriyama🇯🇵
Japanese photographer (born 1938) · b. 1938
Days alive
10,958
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Dirk Heyne🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1957
Days alive
4,018
Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1873–1969
Days lived
34,997
Evgeny Kissin
classical pianist · b. 1971
Fridtjof Nansen🇳🇴
deceasedNorwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930) · 1861–1930
Days lived
25,051
Gabrielle Aplin🇬🇧
singer · b. 1992
Gavin Newsom🇺🇸
Politician · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Geno Smith🇺🇸
American football player (born 1990) · b. 1990
Grant Mitton🇦🇺
Australian field hockey player · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Hans-Jürgen Schatz🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1958
Days alive
3,653
Harold Pinter🇬🇧
deceasedactor · 1930–2008
Days lived
28,565
Harry Edison🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican trumpeter (1915-1999) · 1915–1999
Days lived
30,606
Ivo Andrić
deceasedYugoslav novelist (1892–1975) · 1892–1975
Days lived
30,103
Kim Ji-han🇰🇷
actor · b. 1978
Lauri Kiiski🇫🇮
Finnish tennis player · b. 1980
Lucy Griffiths🇬🇧
actor · b. 1986
Manuel Charr🇱🇧
Syrian boxer · b. 1984
Markus Heitz🇩🇪
German writer · b. 1971
Matthew Pinsent🇬🇧
English rower and broadcaster · b. 1970
Michael Hirte🇩🇪
German musician · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
Milton Vieira🇧🇷
athlete · b. 1978
Oleg Gordievsky🇷🇺
deceasedDefector · 1938–2025
Days lived
31,557
Pavel Durov
computer scientist · b. 1984
Robert Quiroga🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer · 1969–2004
Days lived
12,729
Roman Jakobson🇺🇸
deceasedscientist · 1896–1982
Days lived
31,326
Rudy Bond
deceasedActor · 1912–1982
Days lived
25,372
Salim Kumar🇮🇳
deceasedActor · 1969–2026
Days lived
20,693
Taur Matan Ruak
Prime Minister of East Timor · b. 1956
Days alive
4,383
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Thelonious Monk🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982) · 1917–1982
Days lived
23,506
Trudel Wulle🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actress (1925–2021) · 1925–2021
Days lived
35,100
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Una Healy🇮🇪
Singer · b. 1981
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Vinnie Pasquantino🇺🇸
Professional baseball player · b. 1997
Vladimir A. Obruchev
deceasedscientist · 1863–1956
Days lived
33,855
Walter Anderson🇩🇪
deceasedBaltic German folklorist (1885–1962) · 1885–1962
Days lived
28,075
Wanting Qu🇨🇳
singer-songwriter · b. 1983
Wilhelm Beiglböck🇦🇹
deceasedGerman physician (1905-1963); defendant in the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial · 1905–1963
Days lived
21,227
Yinka Dare🇳🇬
deceasedbasketball player · 1972–2004
Days lived
11,413
Zeynel Doğan
actor · b. 1979
Died on This Day
Abdul Qadeer Khan🇮🇳
deceasedPakistani nuclear engineer (1936–2021) · 1936–2021
Days lived
31,238
Arnošt Muka🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1854–1932
Days lived
28,703
Carlos Thompson🇦🇷
deceasedArgentine actor (1923-1990) · 1923–1990
Days lived
24,597
Édith Piaf🇫🇷
deceasedactor · 1915–1963
Days lived
17,462
Emeric Arus🇷🇴
deceasedRomanian fencer · 1938–2022
Days lived
30,804
Eshel Meir🇫🇷
deceasedIsraeli artist (1964–1993) · 1964–1993
Days lived
10,515
Evelyn Richter🇩🇪
deceasedGerman photographer (1930–2021) · 1930–2021
Days lived
33,490
Hartog Hamburger🇳🇱
deceasedDutch baseball player (1887-1924) · 1887–1924
Days lived
13,718
Herbert Maisch🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1890–1974
Days lived
30,619
Hermann Reinecke🇩🇪
deceasedGerman general (1888-1973) · 1888–1973
Days lived
31,284
Hermann Uhde🇩🇪
deceasedGerman operatic baritone, born 20 July 1910 in Bremen, Germany and died on stage at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen on 10 October 1965 · 1914–1965
Days lived
18,710
Joan Filbá🇪🇸
deceasedbasketball player · 1955–1981
Days lived
9,770
John William Tebbel🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican journalist and media historian (1912-2004) · 1912–2004
Days lived
33,566
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Josef Straßberger🇩🇪
deceasedGerman weightlifter (1894–1950) · 1894–1950
Days lived
20,504
Karl Genzken🇩🇪
deceasedGerman physician and SS general, Chief of the Medical Office of the Waffen-SS, and convicted war criminal 81885-1957) · 1885–1957
Days lived
26,421
Kenneth Edgeworth🇮🇪
deceasedIrish astronomer, economist and engineer (1880-1972) · 1880–1972
Days lived
33,829
Klaus-Peter Thiele🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1940–2011
Days lived
25,867
Konrad Bayer🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian writer and poet (1932–1964) · 1932–1964
Days lived
11,620
Kurt Blome🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1894-1969); high-ranking Nazi scientist; Deputy Reich Health Leader · 1894–1969
Days lived
27,645
Kurt Weinzierl🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1931–2008
Days lived
28,303
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Marie Luise Kaschnitz🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1901–1974
Days lived
26,915
Nils Koppruch🇩🇪
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1965–2012
Days lived
17,152
Orla Bundgård Povlsen🇩🇰
deceasedjournalist · 1918–1982
Days lived
23,547
Orson Welles🇺🇸
deceasedactor · 1915–1985
Days lived
25,725
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Otto Tausig🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian writer, film director, actor (1922–2011) · 1922–2011
Days lived
32,746
Richard von Schaukal🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian poet (1874-1942) · 1874–1942
Days lived
24,972
Solomon Burke🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1940–2010
Days lived
25,770
Stephen Gately🇮🇪
deceasedsinger · 1976–2009
Days lived
12,260
Thomas E. Gaddis🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1908–1984
Days lived
27,785
Vicente López
deceasedNicaraguan baseball player (1945-2010) · 1945–2010
Days lived
23,915
Walther Bensemann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer (1873–1934) · 1873–1934
Days lived
22,549
Wilhelm Müller-Wismar
deceasedGerman ethnographer (1881-1916) · 1881–1916
Days lived
12,926
Yul Brynner
deceasedOscar Winners · 1920–1985
Days lived
23,832
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
42,285
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
49,956
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
48,129
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,826
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,399
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,841
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,807
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,441
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,885
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,537
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,336
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,850
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,868
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,537
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,889
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,432
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,342
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,319
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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