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March 31 1969

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Born on This Day

🇺🇸Al Gore
politician · b. 1948
Days alive
7,670
🇩🇪Alexander Waske
German tennis player · b. 1975
🇩🇪Alyn Camara
Olympic long jumper · b. 1989
🇦🇺Angus Young
Guitarist · b. 1955
Days alive
5,114
🇺🇸Armond Hill
basketball player · b. 1953
Days alive
5,844
🇺🇸Brody Eldridge
player of American football · b. 1987
🇺🇸Bruce Clark
All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive lineman, defensive end · b. 1957
Days alive
4,383
🇧🇷César Sampaio
Brazilian association football player · b. 1968
Days alive
365
🇺🇸Christopher Walken
Film actor · b. 1943
Days alive
9,497
🇬🇧Connor Wickham
English association football player (born 1993) · b. 1993
🇮🇹Dejan Koturović
basketball player · b. 1972
Dick Bird
deceased
British priest (1933-2010) · 1933–2010
Days lived
28,187
🇨🇴Edmar Castañeda
Colombian musician · b. 1978
🇳🇱Edo Buma
Dutch field hockey player · b. 1946
Days alive
8,401
🇺🇸Ewan McGregor
Scottish actor · b. 1971
F.C. Krarup
deceased
Danish theologian · 1852–1931
Days lived
29,124
🇩🇪Heinz Gerischer
deceased
chemist · 1919–1994
Days lived
27,561
🇫🇮Henri Laaksonen
Swiss-Finnish tennis player · b. 1992
🇩🇪Hermann Höcherl
deceased
Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany (1912-1989) · 1912–1989
Days lived
28,172
🇺🇸Jack Antonoff
singer · b. 1984
🇺🇸Jack Johnson
deceased
American boxer (1878–1946) · 1878–1946
Days lived
24,907
🇺🇸Jamie Brown
film director · b. 1977
🇩🇪Johann Wilhelm Ernst Sommer
deceased
German Methodist missionary (1881–1952) · 1881–1952
Days lived
26,130
🇬🇧John Fowles
deceased
English novelist (1926–2005) · 1926–2005
Days lived
29,074
🇺🇸Kent Beck
American software engineer · b. 1961
Days alive
2,922
🇺🇸Lowell Fulson
deceased
American musician · 1921–1999
Days lived
28,464
🇸🇰Ľubomír Luhový
Slovak footballer (born 1967) · b. 1967
Days alive
731
🇩🇪Lutz Kayser
deceased
German space engineer (1939–2017) · 1939–2017
Days lived
28,723
Marc McClure
Actor · b. 1957
Days alive
4,383
🇩🇪Maximilian Schwedler
deceased
musician · 1853–1940
Days lived
31,701
🇬🇧Mick Ralphs
deceased
British guitarist · 1944–2025
Days lived
29,669
🇯🇵Nagisa Ōshima
deceased
Japanese film director and screenwriter (1932–2013) · 1932–2013
Days lived
29,510
🇰🇷Noh Hong-chul
entrepreneur · b. 1979
🇲🇽Octavio Paz
deceased
philosopher · 1914–1998
Days lived
30,700
🇺🇦Oleksandr Turchynov
politician · b. 1964
Days alive
1,826
🇬🇪Omar Bliadze
deceased
athlete · 1942–2022
Days lived
29,484
🇩🇪Otto von Knobelsdorff
deceased
military person · 1886–1966
Days lived
29,423
🇺🇸Ove Johansson
deceased
American football player (1948–2023) · 1948–2023
Days lived
27,576
🇺🇸Patrick Leahy
politician · b. 1940
Days alive
10,592
🇫🇷Robert Brasillach
deceased
writer · 1909–1945
Days lived
13,096
🇩🇪Rolf Becker
deceased
actor · 1935–2025
Days lived
33,129
🇨🇭Sophie Hunger
Swiss singer-songwriter · b. 1983
🇩🇪Sylvester Groth
German actor and tenor · b. 1958
Days alive
4,018
🇺🇸Thomas Batuello
American actor and musician · b. 1994
🇷🇺Tõnno Lepmets
deceased
Estonian basketball player (1938–2005) · 1938–2005
Days lived
24,559
🇮🇪Victoria Smurfit
Irish actress · b. 1974
🇧🇾Viktar Ilyin
deceased
Soviet and Belarusian scientist, rector of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (1973-2000) · 1930–2023
Days lived
34,143
🇹🇭Yanin Vismitananda
Thai actress and martial artist · b. 1984
🇺🇸Ze Frank
artist · b. 1972

Died on This Day

🇩🇪Albert Friedrich Speer
deceased
architect (1863–1947) · 1863–1947
Days lived
30,644
🇩🇪Christian Morgenstern
deceased
journalist · 1871–1914
Days lived
15,669

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
42,457
🇬🇧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
50,128

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,301
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
47,998

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,508
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
133,022

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
10,951
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
4,373

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🇩🇪Claus Jurichs

deceased

German actor and voice actor (1935-2005) · 1935–2005

Days lived

25,571

Eleanor Marx

English-born activist and daughter of Karl Marx (1855–1898) · 1855–1898

Days lived

15,780

Emil von Behring

German physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin · 1854–1917

Days lived

23,026

🇩🇪Friedrich Hund

chemist · 1896–1997

Days lived

36,945

🇩🇪Hans Fischer

chemist · 1881–1945

Days lived

23,257

🇨🇭Hector Hodler

journalist · 1887–1920

Days lived

11,869

🇦🇹Hedwig Schlichter

Austrian actress (1898-1984) · 1898–1984

Days lived

31,232

🇭🇺Imre Kertész

journalist · 1929–2016

Days lived

31,554

🌍John Donne

Poet

🇩🇪Klaus Tschira

entrepreneur · 1940–2015

Days lived

27,142

🇭🇺Magda Watts

artist · 1929–2019

Days lived

32,885

🇲🇽Pablo Escandón

military person · 1856–1926

Days lived

25,532

🇩🇪Reimar Lüst

German astrophysicist (1923-2020) · 1923–2020

Days lived

35,436

Rob Stolk

artist · 1946–2001

Days lived

20,156

🇺🇸Selena

actor · 1971–1995

Days lived

8,750

Tonny van Lierop

field hockey player (1910–1982) · 1910–1982

Days lived

26,126

Walter Schellenberg

🇩🇪Walter Schellenberg

writer · 1910–1952

Days lived

15,415

🇬🇧Zaha Hadid

artist · 1950–2016

Days lived

23,893

🇩🇪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

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

🇸🇪Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist · 1882–1973

Days lived

33,180

🇪🇨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

47,571

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

38,013

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

36,979

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

36,613

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

34,057

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

32,709

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

57,040

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

37,709

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

16,061

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

13,604

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

11,514

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

9,491