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October 16 1968

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Born
Todd Stashwick
milestone

Born on This Day

Alice Pennefather🇸🇬
deceased
Singaporean badminton and tennis player (1903–1983) · 1903–1983
Days lived
28,986
Andréi Chikatilo
deceased
Notable Trials · 1936–1994
Days lived
20,940

Died on This Day

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

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Andres Veiel🇩🇪

film director, screenwriter · b. 1959

Days alive

3,288

Anirudh Ravichander🇮🇳

Composer · b. 1990

Annette Gerlach🇩🇪

German television presenter and journalist · b. 1964

Days alive

1,461

Armin T. Wegner🇩🇪

deceased

German pacifist, writer and poet (1886–1978) · 1886–1978

Days lived

33,450

Bettina Cramer🇩🇪

German television presenter and film producer · b. 1969

Björn Otto🇩🇪

German pole vaulter · b. 1977

Bryce Harper🇺🇸

American professional baseball player · b. 1992

Charles Leclerc

racing automobile driver · b. 1997

Choi Yo-sam🇰🇷

deceased

South Korean boxer (1973–2008) · 1973–2008

Days lived

12,497

Derk Boerrigter

Dutch association football player (born 1986) · b. 1986

Fabinho Soldado🇧🇷

Brazilian association football player · b. 1976

Forbes Cowan🇬🇧

British strength athlete · b. 1964

Days alive

1,461

Franz Ritter von Epp🇩🇪

deceased

politician · 1868–1947

Days lived

28,595

George Barbier🇫🇷

deceased

French artist (1882-1932) · 1882–1932

Days lived

18,048

Gert van den Bergh🇿🇦

deceased

actor · 1920–1968

Days lived

17,289

Goose Goslin🇺🇸

deceased

film director · 1900–1971

Days lived

25,778

Graeme Sharp🇬🇧

Scottish footballer and manager · b. 1960

Days alive

2,922

Günter Grass🇩🇪

deceased

YouTube personality · 1927–2015

Days lived

31,956

Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein🇩🇪

deceased

German actress (1866-1965) · 1866–1965

Days lived

36,104

Helge Lund🇳🇴

Norwegian businessman · b. 1962

Days alive

2,192

Hema Malini🇮🇳

Film actor · b. 1948

Days alive

7,305

Holger Krahmer🇩🇪

German politician · b. 1970

Ike Shorunmu🇳🇬

Nigerian footballer · b. 1967

Days alive

366

Inna🇷🇴

singer · b. 1986

Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir🇩🇰

Icelandic-Danish singer · b. 1990

John Mayer🇺🇸

singer · b. 1977

John Polkinghorne🇬🇧

deceased

physicist, theologian and anglican priest (1930–2021) · 1930–2021

Days lived

33,017

Karen Wetterhahn🇺🇸

deceased

American chemist (1948–1997) · 1948–1997

Days lived

17,767

Kat Walsh🇺🇸

American lawyer; former chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees · b. 1982

Kurt von Kleefeld🇩🇪

deceased

entrepreneur · 1881–1934

Days lived

19,069

Loreen🇸🇪

Singer · b. 1983

Ludwig Schemann🇩🇪

deceased

German translator and race theorist (1852–1938) · 1852–1938

Days lived

31,165

Manute Bol

deceased

Sudanese-American basketball player · 1962–2010

Days lived

17,413

Maria Machado🇫🇷

Actor · b. 1937

Days alive

11,323

Mary Daly🇺🇸

deceased

American feminist philosopher and theologian (1928–2010) · 1928–2010

Days lived

29,664

Mordechai-Haim Stern🇮🇱

deceased

Israeli politician (1914–1975) · 1914–1975

Days lived

22,043

Naomi Osaka

tennis player · b. 1997

Nico🇩🇪

deceased

actor · 1938–1988

Days lived

18,173

Oscar Wilde🇮🇪

deceased

Notable Trials · 1854–1900

Days lived

16,846

Roger Phegley🇺🇸

American basketball player · b. 1956

Days alive

4,383

Sue Bird🇮🇱

American Hall of Fame basketball player (born 1980) · b. 1980

Tim Robbins🇺🇸

American actor · b. 1958

Days alive

3,653

Todd Stashwick

Actor · b. 1968

Days alive

0

Uwe Büschken🇩🇪

German actor and voice actor · b. 1953

Days alive

5,479

Vera Chejkovska🇲🇰

deceased

writer · 1954–2018

Days lived

23,410

Verena Sailer🇩🇪

German sprinter · b. 1985

Villebald József Danczi🇭🇺

deceased

Hungarian benedictine monk, linguist (1910-1977) · 1910–1977

Days lived

24,538

William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn🇬🇧

deceased

British baron (1856-1936) · 1856–1936

Days lived

29,029

Alfred Rosenberg

deceased

Notable Trials · 1893–1946

Days lived

19,634

Barrington Moore, Jr.🇺🇸

deceased

American historian and sociologist · 1913–2005

Days lived

33,760

Bruno Lechowski🇵🇱

deceased

Polish-born painter and musician · 1887–1941

Days lived

19,918

Cäsar Flaischlen🇩🇪

deceased

German poet (1864-1920) · 1864–1920

Days lived

20,610

Charley Burley🇺🇸

deceased

American boxer (1917–1992) · 1917–1992

Days lived

27,434

Deborah Kerr🇬🇧

deceased

British actress (1921–2007) · 1921–2007

Days lived

31,427

Dimitri Salachas🇬🇷

deceased

Greek Eastern Catholic bishop (1939–2023) · 1939–2023

Days lived

30,812

Ed Lauter🇺🇸

deceased

actor · 1938–2013

Days lived

27,380

Ernst Kaltenbrunner

deceased

Notable Trials · 1903–1946

Days lived

15,718

Farkhad Zeynalov

deceased

Soviet turkologist (1929-1984) · 1929–1984

Days lived

20,205

Friedrich Katz🇦🇹

deceased

Austrian-born anthropologist and historian · 1927–2010

Days lived

30,441

Fritz Sauckel

deceased

Notable Trials · 1894–1946

Days lived

18,981

George Marshall🇺🇸

deceased

American army officer and statesman (1880–1959) · 1880–1959

Days lived

28,777

Hans Frank

deceased

Notable Trials · 1900–1946

Days lived

16,947

Hugh Neilson🇬🇧

deceased

Scottish field hockey player (1884-1930) · 1884–1930

Days lived

16,964

Hyun Jae-myung🇰🇷

deceased

South Korean composer · 1902–1960

Days lived

21,132

Jack White🇩🇪

deceased

rapper · 1940–2025

Days lived

31,090

Joachim von Ribbentrop

deceased

Notable Trials · 1893–1946

Days lived

19,526

John Larch🇺🇸

deceased

American film and television actor (1914–2005) · 1914–2005

Days lived

33,250

Joseph Höffner🇩🇪

deceased

German Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal (1906-1987) · 1906–1987

Days lived

29,516

Jules Humbert-Droz🇨🇭

deceased

Swiss communist (1891-1971) · 1891–1971

Days lived

29,242

Julius Streicher

deceased

Notable Trials · 1885–1946

Days lived

22,525

Klaus Doldinger🇩🇪

deceased

German musician, composer, bandleader and saxophonist (1936–2025) · 1936–2025

Days lived

32,664

László Papp🇭🇺

deceased

Hungarian boxer (1926–2003) · 1926–2003

Days lived

28,329

Lukács Árpád Daczó

deceased

(1921–2018) Hungarian Catholic priest and ethnographer · 1921–2018

Days lived

35,582

Navum Trakhtenberg

deceased

Belarusian and Soviet architect (1910-1977) · 1910–1977

Days lived

24,757

Neya Zorkaya🇷🇺

deceased

Soviet and Russian literary and film critic and historian (1924–2006) · 1924–2006

Days lived

30,046

Toše Proeski

deceased

singer-songwriter · 1981–2007

Days lived

9,760

Valdemar Langlet🇸🇪

deceased

Swedish Righteous Among the Nations, publisher and Esperantist (1872-1960) · 1872–1960

Days lived

32,079

Wilhelm Frick

deceased

Notable Trials · 1877–1946

Days lived

25,419

Wilhelm Keitel

deceased

Notable Trials · 1882–1946

Days lived

23,399

Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin🇩🇪

deceased

politician · 1873–1969

Days lived

34,997

Charles Foulkes🇬🇧

deceased

British general and field hockey player (1875–1969) · 1875–1969

Days lived

34,427

Gertrud von Le Fort🇩🇪

deceased

writer · 1876–1971

Days lived

34,718

Natalie Clifford Barney🇺🇸

deceased

American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972) · 1876–1972

Days lived

34,791

Lillian Moller Gilbreth🇺🇸

deceased

American psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972

Days lived

34,190

E. M. Forster🇬🇧

deceased

English novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970

Days lived

33,394

Margarete Bieber🇺🇸

deceased

German-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978

Days lived

36,003

Adolf Strauss🇩🇪

deceased

German Wehrmacht general (1879–1973) · 1879–1973

Days lived

34,163

Kenneth Edgeworth🇮🇪

deceased

Irish astronomer, economist and engineer (1880-1972) · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,829

Emma P. Carr🇺🇸

deceased

scientist · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,404

Paul Hausser🇩🇪

deceased

military person · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,677

Fritz Achterberg🇩🇪

deceased

German actor (1880-1971) · 1880–1971

Days lived

33,215

Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra🇵🇪

deceased

politician · 1880–1976

Days lived

34,807

Wang Zi-Ping🇨🇳

deceased

athlete · 1881–1973

Days lived

33,602

Vladimir Zelenin

deceased

scientist · 1881–1968

Days lived

32,067

Hans Reiter🇩🇪

deceased

German Nazi physician (1881–1969) · 1881–1969

Days lived

32,413

Rudolf Pannwitz🇩🇪

deceased

German writer and philosopher (1881–1969) · 1881–1969

Days lived

32,076

Hans Kelsen🇺🇸

deceased

Austrian lawyer (1881–1973) · 1881–1973

Days lived

33,427

Lonesome George🇪🇨

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,430

Lin Wang🇹🇼

deceased

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,467

Ham🇺🇸

deceased

Chimpanzee · 1957–1983

Days lived

9,333

Shamu🇺🇸

deceased

Orca · 1962–1971

Days lived

3,521

Washoe🇺🇸

deceased

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,399

Digit🇷🇼

deceased

Mountain gorilla · 1967–1977

Days lived

4,017

Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

47,405

HSBC🇬🇧

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

37,847

Tata Group🇮🇳

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

36,813

Goldman Sachs🇺🇸

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

36,447

Eli Lilly🇺🇸

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

33,891

Chevron🇺🇸

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

32,543

Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

56,874

Crime and Punishment🇷🇺

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

37,543

The Great Gatsby🇺🇸

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

15,895

Brave New World🇬🇧

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

13,438

The Hobbit🇬🇧

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

11,348

The Little Prince🇫🇷

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

9,325

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

Alice Pennefather🇸🇬

Andréi Chikatilo

Died on This Day

Adolf Hnatek🇦🇹

Alfred Jodl🇩🇪

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Bertrand Russell🇬🇧

Animals Alive

Harriet🇦🇺

Jonathan🇸🇭

Companies That Existed

Hermes🇫🇷

Procter & Gamble🇺🇸

Already Published

Meditations🇮🇹

Don Quixote🇪🇸

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

12 Angry Men🇺🇸

Andres Veiel🇩🇪

Anirudh Ravichander🇮🇳

Annette Gerlach🇩🇪

Armin T. Wegner🇩🇪

Bettina Cramer🇩🇪

Björn Otto🇩🇪

Bryce Harper🇺🇸

Charles Leclerc

Choi Yo-sam🇰🇷

Derk Boerrigter

Fabinho Soldado🇧🇷

Forbes Cowan🇬🇧

Franz Ritter von Epp🇩🇪

George Barbier🇫🇷

Gert van den Bergh🇿🇦

Goose Goslin🇺🇸

Graeme Sharp🇬🇧

Günter Grass🇩🇪

Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein🇩🇪

Helge Lund🇳🇴

Hema Malini🇮🇳

Holger Krahmer🇩🇪

Ike Shorunmu🇳🇬

Inna🇷🇴

Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir🇩🇰

John Mayer🇺🇸

John Polkinghorne🇬🇧

Karen Wetterhahn🇺🇸

Kat Walsh🇺🇸

Kurt von Kleefeld🇩🇪

Loreen🇸🇪

Ludwig Schemann🇩🇪

Manute Bol

Maria Machado🇫🇷

Mary Daly🇺🇸

Mordechai-Haim Stern🇮🇱

Naomi Osaka

Nico🇩🇪

Oscar Wilde🇮🇪

Roger Phegley🇺🇸

Sue Bird🇮🇱

Tim Robbins🇺🇸

Todd Stashwick

Uwe Büschken🇩🇪

Vera Chejkovska🇲🇰

Verena Sailer🇩🇪

Villebald József Danczi🇭🇺

William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn🇬🇧

Alfred Rosenberg

Barrington Moore, Jr.🇺🇸

Bruno Lechowski🇵🇱

Cäsar Flaischlen🇩🇪

Charley Burley🇺🇸

Deborah Kerr🇬🇧

Dimitri Salachas🇬🇷

Ed Lauter🇺🇸

Ernst Kaltenbrunner