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November 8, 1968

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November 8 1968

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Born on This Day

Aaron Swartz
deceased
Activist · 1986–2013
Days lived
9,561
🇫🇷Alain Delon
deceased
Screenwriter · 1935–2024
Days lived
32,426
🇬🇧Alfred Guillaume
deceased
British Hebrew and Islamic scholar (1888–1965) · 1888–1965
Days lived
28,145
🇭🇷Bojan Vručina
Croatian association football player · b. 1984
🇺🇸Bonnie Raitt
American musician (born 1949) · b. 1949
Days alive
6,940
🇺🇸Charles T. Kowal
deceased
American astronomer (1940-2011) · 1940–2011
Days lived
25,952
🇫🇷Christophe Vincent
football player · b. 1992
Cristina Iovu
Moldovan–born Azerbaijani-Romanian weightlifter · b. 1992
🇺🇸Darwin Barney
American baseball player · b. 1985
Evert-Jan 't Hoen
Dutch baseball player · b. 1975
🇵🇹Geraldo Alves
Portuguese association footballer · b. 1980
🇸🇪Håkan Buskhe
Swedish businessman · b. 1963
Days alive
1,827
Hakan Vural Koçaslan
Turkish association football player (born 1986) · b. 1986
🇩🇪Hermann Zapf
deceased
writer · 1918–2015
Days lived
35,272
🇬🇧Jamie Roberts
Welsh rugby union footballer and physician · b. 1986
🇪🇸José Manuel Pinto
football player · b. 1975
🇬🇧Kazuo Ishiguro
Novelist · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
aristocrat · b. 2003
Lars Andersen
Danish archer and artist · b. 1964
Days alive
1,461
🇺🇸Lauren Oliver
writer · b. 1982
🇺🇸Lonnie Gordon
singer-songwriter · b. 1965
Days alive
1,096
🇧🇪Louis Bernacchi
deceased
politician · 1876–1942
Days lived
23,907
🇷🇸Maja Marijana
singer · b. 1972
🇦🇹Markus Schleinzer
Austrian actor · b. 1971
🇯🇵Masashi Kishimoto
artist · b. 1974
🇺🇸Nick Punto
film director · b. 1977
🇩🇪Oskar von Niedermayer
deceased
German general (1885-1948) · 1885–1948
Days lived
22,966
🇺🇸Patti Page
deceased
singer · 1927–2013
Days lived
31,101
🇸🇪Peter Weiss
deceased
YouTube personality · 1916–1982
Days lived
23,924
🇨🇦Richard Li
Chairman of Pacific Century CyberWorks · b. 1966
Days alive
731
🇺🇸Rickie Lee Jones
American singer (born 1954) · b. 1954
Days alive
5,114
🇮🇳Shabban Shahab-ud-Din
deceased
field hockey player (1909–1983) · 1909–1983
Days lived
26,722
🇫🇷Stéphane Audran
deceased
actor · 1932–2018
Days lived
31,185
Stevan Luketić
deceased
artist · 1925–2002
Days lived
28,086
Sylvia Karres
field hockey player · b. 1976
🇺🇸Ted DiBiase Jr.
actor · b. 1982
🇩🇴Víctor Marté
film director · b. 1980
🇨🇭Walter Bosshard
deceased
Swiss photographer, teacher, explorer, botanist, botanical collector (1892-1975) · 1892–1975
Days lived
30,324

Died on This Day

🇪🇸Adolfo Lozano Sidro
deceased
Spanish author (1872-1935) · 1872–1935
Days lived
23,321
Alex Trebek
deceased
television presenter · 1940–2020
Days lived
29,329

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
42,314
🇬🇧Bertrand Russell
deceased
YouTube personality · 1872–1970
Days lived
35,688

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇦🇺Harriet
deceased
Galápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
49,985

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,158
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,855

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,365
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
132,879

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
10,808
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
4,230

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🇩🇪Bernhard Zondek

deceased

German-Israeli endocrinologist · 1891–1966

Days lived

27,495

🇩🇪Carola Höhn

German actress (1910–2005) · 1910–2005

Days lived

34,981

🇬🇧Cornel Lucas

English photographer (1920–2012) · 1920–2012

Days lived

33,660

🇨🇦Ernie Vandeweghe

Canadian-born American basketball player · 1928–2014

Days lived

31,468

🇺🇸Frederick H. Rohr

American chief executive officer · 1896–1965

Days lived

25,383

Gyula Ágost Lopussny

Hungarian parson, canons · 1855–1921

Days lived

24,053

🇫🇷Ivan Bunin

Russian writer and poet (1870–1953) · 1870–1953

Days lived

30,332

🇺🇸Ivory Joe Hunter

singer-songwriter · 1911–1974

Days lived

23,039

🇩🇪Karl-Heinz Irmer

field hockey player (1903-1975) · 1903–1975

Days lived

26,407

🇺🇸King Kelly

film director · 1857–1894

Days lived

13,461

🇺🇸Konrāds Kalējs

Latvian war criminal and Holocaust perpetrator (1913–2001) · 1913–2001

Days lived

32,264

🇨🇳Li Moran

actor · 1927–2012

Days lived

31,358

🇺🇸Maurice Karnaugh

American physicist (1924–2022) · 1924–2022

Days lived

35,829

🇷🇺Michael Osipovich Barshch

Soviet architect and educator (1904–1976) · 1904–1976

Days lived

26,582

Peter Mohr Dam

Faroe Islands politician (1898-1968) · 1898–1968

Days lived

25,656

🇩🇪Rainer Erler

writer · 1933–2023

Days lived

32,946

🇩🇪Sabine Bethmann

actor · 1931–2021

Days lived

32,887

🇷🇺Vitaly Ginzburg

scientist · 1916–2009

Days lived

34,003

🇩🇪Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

deceased

politician · 1873–1969

Days lived

34,997

🇬🇧Charles Foulkes

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

Days lived

34,427

🇩🇪Gertrud von Le Fort

writer · 1876–1971

Days lived

34,718

🇺🇸Natalie Clifford Barney

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

Days lived

34,791

🇺🇸Lillian Moller Gilbreth

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

Days lived

34,190

🇬🇧E. M. Forster

English novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970

Days lived

33,394

🇺🇸Margarete Bieber

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

Days lived

36,003

🇩🇪Adolf Strauss

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

Days lived

34,163

🇮🇪Kenneth Edgeworth

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

Days lived

33,829

🇺🇸Emma P. Carr

scientist · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,404

🇩🇪Paul Hausser

military person · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,677

🇩🇪Fritz Achterberg

German actor (1880-1971) · 1880–1971

Days lived

33,215

🇵🇪Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra

politician · 1880–1976

Days lived

34,807

🇨🇳Wang Zi-Ping

athlete · 1881–1973

Days lived

33,602

🇩🇪Hans Reiter

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

Days lived

32,413

🇩🇪Rudolf Pannwitz

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

Days lived

32,076

Hans Kelsen

🇺🇸Hans Kelsen

Austrian lawyer (1881–1973) · 1881–1973

Days lived

33,427

🇪🇸Pablo Picasso

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973) · 1881–1973

Days lived

33,402

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,430

🇹🇼Lin Wang

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,467

🇺🇸Ham

Chimpanzee · 1957–1983

Days lived

9,333

🇺🇸Shamu

Orca · 1962–1971

Days lived

3,521

🇺🇸Washoe

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,399

🇷🇼Digit

Mountain gorilla · 1967–1977

Days lived

4,017

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

47,428

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

37,870

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

36,836

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

36,470

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

33,914

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

32,566

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

56,897

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

37,566

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

15,918

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

13,461

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

11,371

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

9,348