On This Day
Friday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
October 11 1968
Born on This Day
Adam Gottron🇩🇪
deceasedGerman priest (1889–1971) · 1889–1971
Days lived
29,967
Adin Ross
Streamer · b. 2000
Alexander Hacke🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Amitabh Bachchan
film actor · b. 1942
Days alive
9,497
Amr Diab🇪🇬
Egyptian singer, composer and actor · b. 1961
Days alive
2,557
András Orvos🇭🇺
deceasedathlete · 1925–2001
Days lived
27,533
Anne Enright🇮🇪
YouTube personality · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Anton Räderscheidt🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1892-1970) · 1892–1970
Days lived
28,271
Anton Schaller🇨🇭
Swiss journalist and politician · b. 1944
Days alive
8,766
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Berthold Laufer🇺🇸
deceasedGerman academic (1874-1934) · 1874–1934
Days lived
21,886
Cardi B
Music · b. 1992
Christopher McNaughton🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1982
Dutch Clark🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football player and coach (1906–1978) · 1906–1978
Days lived
26,231
Erté🇫🇷
deceasedRussian-born French designer (1892-1990) · 1892–1990
Days lived
35,620
Étienne Barilier🇨🇭
Swiss journalist, translator and writer · b. 1947
Days alive
7,671
Friedrich Bergius🇩🇪
deceasedchemist · 1884–1949
Days lived
23,545
Gertrud von Le Fort🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1876–1971
Days lived
34,718
Hans Kelsen🇺🇸
deceasedAustrian lawyer (1881–1973) · 1881–1973
Days lived
33,427
Hans Söhnker🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1903-1981) · 1903–1981
Days lived
28,316
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
20,820
IImar Reepalu🇸🇪
Estonian-Swedish architect and politician (born 1943) · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Ivory Joe Hunter🇺🇸
deceasedsinger-songwriter · 1911–1974
Days lived
23,039
Jan de Kreek🇳🇱
deceasedfootball player · 1903–1988
Days lived
30,807
Jane Zhang🇨🇳
singer · b. 1984
Jay Grdina🇺🇸
actor · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Jean-Jacques Goldman🇫🇷
singer · b. 1951
Days alive
6,210
John Nettles🇬🇧
actor · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
Kálmán Jeszenszky🇭🇺
deceasedHungarian priest (1873-1946) · 1873–1946
Days lived
26,407
Karl Hofer🇩🇪
deceasedGerman artist (1878–1955) · 1878–1955
Days lived
27,932
Konrad Hungerbühler🇨🇭
Swiss chemist · b. 1952
Days alive
5,844
Marguerite Wildenhain🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1896–1985
Days lived
32,277
Martina Müller🇩🇪
German tennis player · b. 1982
Matthias Witthaus🇩🇪
German field hockey player · b. 1982
Michael Stonebraker🇺🇸
American computer scientist (born 1943) · b. 1943
Days alive
9,132
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Michelle Trachtenberg🇺🇸
deceasedFilm actor · 1985–2025
Days lived
14,383
Miroslav Dvořák🇨🇿
deceasedathlete · 1951–2008
Days lived
20,698
Nesta Carter
Jamaican sprinter · b. 1985
Nyron Nosworthy🇬🇧
football player · b. 1980
Orlando Hernández🇨🇺
film director · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
Otto Schulz🇩🇪
deceasedGerman non-commissioned SS officer and manager of the German Equipment Works in Dachau (1903-?) · 1903–2000
Days lived
35,146
Paula Schramm🇩🇪
German actress · b. 1989
Pavel Černý🇨🇿
football player · b. 1962
Days alive
2,192
Peggy Parnass🇸🇪
deceasedGerman-Swedish journalist, writer and actress · 1927–2025
Days lived
35,582
Peter Thiel
Venture Investor & Entrepreneur · b. 1967
Days alive
366
Ram🇮🇳
Indian film director · b. 1974
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Richard Lugner🇦🇹
deceasedactor · 1932–2024
Days lived
33,543
Sal Khan🇺🇸
American educator (born 1976) · b. 1976
Sascha Hehn🇩🇪
German actor · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
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Séamus Coleman🇮🇪
Irish association football player · b. 1988
Sean Murray🇬🇧
football player · b. 1993
Stan Douglas🇨🇦
artist · b. 1960
Days alive
2,922
Thure Riefenstein🇩🇪
actor · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
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Valerie Niehaus🇩🇪
actor · b. 1974
Wang Mingjuan🇨🇳
Chinese weightlifter · b. 1985
Will White🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican baseball player, pitcher, manager (1854–1911) · 1854–1911
Days lived
20,777
Died on This Day
Anton von Henle
deceasedGerman catholic priest and theologian (1851-1927) · 1851–1927
Days lived
27,900
Bob Galvin🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican businessman (1922–2011) · 1922–2011
Days lived
32,509
Chinmoy Kumar Ghose
deceasedIndian writer and spiritual teacher (1931–2007) · 1931–2007
Days lived
27,804
Dorothea Lange🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1895–1965
Days lived
25,705
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Ernst Lindner🇩🇪
deceasedGerman footballer (1935–2012) · 1935–2012
Days lived
28,339
Gene Barth🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican football official · 1930–1991
Days lived
22,532
Hanns Hörbiger🇦🇹
deceasedAustrian inventor and scientist (1860-1931) · 1860–1931
Days lived
25,882
Jean Cocteau🇫🇷
deceasedFrench writer and filmmaker (1889–1963) · 1889–1963
Days lived
27,125
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Johannes R. Becher🇩🇪
deceasedwriter · 1891–1958
Days lived
24,613
Josef Hopmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1890–1975) · 1890–1975
Days lived
30,973
Reinhard Hesse🇩🇪
deceasedGerman journalist (1956–2004) · 1956–2004
Days lived
17,587
Veronika Neugebauer🇩🇪
deceasedactor · 1968–2009
Days lived
14,928
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
42,286
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
49,957
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
48,130
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,827
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
47,400
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
37,842
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
36,808
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
36,442
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
33,886
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
32,538
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,337
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,851
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
56,869
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
37,538
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
15,890
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
13,433
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
11,343
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
9,320
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
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