On This Day
Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.
September 6 2023
Events on This Day
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Attended the Couture Council Luncheon
Eva Andersson-Dubin
Born on This Day
Adam Massinger
deceasedGerman astronomer (1888–1914) · 1888–1914
Days lived
9,540
Adolf Strauss🇩🇪
deceasedGerman Wehrmacht general (1879–1973) · 1879–1973
Days lived
34,163
Alfred Schieske🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1908–1970) · 1908–1970
Days lived
22,591
Amelie Fried🇩🇪
German writer · b. 1958
Days alive
23,741
Anne Cuneo🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss journalist (1936-2015) · 1936–2015
Days lived
28,647
Carlo Cudicini🇮🇹
football player · b. 1973
Days alive
18,262
Charley Burley🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican boxer (1917–1992) · 1917–1992
Days lived
27,434
Chris Christie🇺🇸
55th Governor of New Jersey and former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey · b. 1962
Days alive
22,280
Curse🇩🇪
musician · b. 1978
Days alive
16,436
David Allan Coe🇺🇸
deceasedSinger-songwriter · 1939–2026
Days lived
31,647
DJ Hell🇩🇪
rapper · b. 1962
Days alive
22,280
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Dolores O'Riordan🇮🇪
deceasedSinger-songwriter · 1971–2018
Days lived
16,933
Dominik Graf🇩🇪
German film and television director, screenwriter · b. 1952
Days alive
25,932
Dyuis Ivlev
deceasedSoviet scientist · 1930–2013
Days lived
30,129
Felix Salten🇦🇹
deceasedAustro-Hungarian author and critic in Vienna (1869–1945) · 1869–1945
Days lived
27,790
Flavio Sciolè🇮🇹
actor, director, performance artist, dramatist · b. 1970
Days alive
19,358
Fouad Elmohandes🇪🇬
deceasedEgyptian actor (1924-2006) · 1927–2006
Days lived
28,865
Hans von Obstfelder🇩🇪
deceasedmilitary person · 1886–1976
Days lived
32,977
Henry Tang🇨🇳
politician · b. 1952
Days alive
25,932
Herwig Mitteregger🇦🇹
musician · b. 1953
Days alive
25,567
Idris Elba🇬🇧
Actor · b. 1972
Days alive
18,627
Ilse Schwidetzky🇩🇪
deceasedGerman anthropologist (1907–1997) · 1907–1997
Days lived
32,701
Ivan Hašek🇨🇿
football player · b. 1963
Days alive
21,915
Jessie Willcox Smith🇺🇸
deceasedartist · 1863–1935
Days lived
26,171
John Polson🇦🇺
born 1965; Australian actor and director · b. 1965
Days alive
21,184
Joseph Wirth🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1879–1956
Days lived
27,877
Kaelin Burnett🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1989
Days alive
12,418
Kevin Willis🇺🇸
basketball player · b. 1962
Days alive
22,280
Klaus Eschen🇩🇪
deceasedGerman judge and lawyer · 1939–2025
Days lived
31,313
Klaus Zander🇩🇪
basketball player · b. 1956
Days alive
24,471
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Mantas Kalnietis🇱🇹
Lithuanian basketball player · b. 1986
Days alive
13,514
Martin Jakš🇨🇿
athlete · b. 1986
Days alive
13,514
Mary Amiri🇩🇪
German television presenter · b. 1971
Days alive
18,993
Max Schreck🇩🇪
deceasedGerman actor (1879-1936) · 1879–1936
Days lived
20,620
N.O.R.E.🇺🇸
singer · b. 1977
Days alive
16,801
Nick Stuifbergen🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1980
Days alive
15,705
Otto Nückel🇩🇪
deceasedpainter, graphic designer, illustrator and cartoonist (1888-1955) · 1888–1955
Days lived
24,537
Paul Scharfe🇵🇱
deceasedGerman SS general (1876–1942) · 1876–1942
Days lived
24,066
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Paul Waaktaar-Savoy🇳🇴
Norwegian musician and songwriter · b. 1964
Days alive
21,549
Peter Kent🇩🇪
German singer and music producer · b. 1948
Days alive
27,393
Phil Johnson🇺🇸
American basketball player and coach · b. 1941
Days alive
29,950
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Prince Hisahito of Akishino
aristocrat · b. 2006
Days alive
6,209
Red Faber🇺🇸
deceased(1888-1976) American baseball player and coach · 1888–1976
Days lived
32,160
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Rob Hoffmann🇺🇸
deceasedDutch baseball player (1939–2010) · 1939–2010
Days lived
25,944
Roger Waters🇬🇧
singer-songwriter · b. 1943
Days alive
29,220
Stephan Engels🇩🇪
German footballer · b. 1960
Days alive
23,010
Susumu Tonegawa🇯🇵
scientist · b. 1939
Days alive
30,681
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Temeka Johnson🇺🇸
American basketball player · b. 1982
Days alive
14,975
Walter Dornberger🇺🇸
deceasedGerman general (1895–1980) · 1895–1980
Days lived
30,975
Walter Giger🇨🇭
deceasedSwiss chemist and professor at ETH Zurich · 1943–2025
Days lived
30,012
Willy Astor🇩🇪
musician · b. 1961
Days alive
22,645
Yvonne Keeley🇳🇱
singer · b. 1952
Days alive
25,932
Zeke Clements🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1911–1994
Days lived
30,222
Zurab Khizanishvili🇬🇪
athlete · b. 1981
Days alive
15,340
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Died on This Day
Adolf Dassler🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1900–1978
Days lived
28,431
Akira Kurosawa🇯🇵
deceasedwriter · 1910–1998
Days lived
32,309
Alfred Körte🇩🇪
deceasedGerman classical philologist (1866-1946) · 1866–1946
Days lived
29,220
Autry Inman🇺🇸
deceasedsinger · 1929–1988
Days lived
21,793
B. C. Shekhar🇹🇼
deceasedchemist · 1929–2006
Days lived
28,052
Burt Reynolds
deceasedactor · 1936–2018
Days lived
30,158
Carlyle Tapsell🇦🇺
deceasedfield hockey player (1909–1975) · 1909–1975
Days lived
24,150
Édith Auffray🇫🇷
deceasedFrench painter and journalist (1901-2003) · 1901–2003
Days lived
37,496
Giuliano Montaldo🇮🇹
deceasedItalian film director (1930–2023) · 1930–2023
Days lived
34,164
Giuseppe Lepori🇨🇭
deceasedmember of the Swiss Federal Council (1902-1968) · 1902–1968
Days lived
24,203
Gustav Bauer🇩🇪
deceasedpolitician · 1870–1944
Days lived
27,271
Hanns Eisler🇺🇸
deceasedmusician · 1898–1962
Days lived
23,467
Hans Apel🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (SPD) (1932-2011) · 1932–2011
Days lived
29,048
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Hans Howaldt🇩🇪
deceasedentrepreneur · 1888–1970
Days lived
29,882
Hans Schrader🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1869–1948) · 1869–1948
Days lived
29,057
Herbert Bloch🇩🇪
deceasedGerman archaeologist (1911-2006) · 1911–2006
Days lived
34,718
Hermann Liebmann🇩🇪
deceasedGerman politician (1882-1935) · 1882–1935
Days lived
19,376
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Horst Weigang🇩🇪
deceasedEast German footballer (1940–2024) · 1940–2024
Days lived
30,657
Jan Franciszek Czartoryski🇵🇱
deceasedPolish noble and Dominican (1897-1944) · 1897–1944
Days lived
17,365
Jean-Paul Belmondo🇫🇷
deceasedFilm producer · 1933–2021
Days lived
32,292
Lotfi A. Zadeh🇺🇸
deceasedAmerican electrical engineer and computer scientist (1921–2017) · 1921–2017
Days lived
35,278
Luciano Pavarotti🌍
deceasedOpera singer · 1935–2007
Days lived
26,262
Martin Brendel🇺🇸
deceasedGerman astronomer (1862–1939) · 1862–1939
Days lived
28,148
Maximilian von Herff🇩🇪
deceasedGerman SS general (1893-1945) · 1893–1945
Days lived
19,134
Michael S. Hart🇺🇸
deceasedwriter · 1947–2011
Days lived
23,558
Nicky Hopkins🇬🇧
deceasedsinger · 1944–1994
Days lived
18,457
Nicolae Lupescu🇷🇴
deceasedRomanian footballer (1940-2017) · 1940–2017
Days lived
28,022
Paul Guthnick🇩🇪
deceasedGerman astronomer (1879–1947) · 1879–1947
Days lived
25,073
Robert Mugabe
deceasedpolitician · 1924–2019
Days lived
34,896
Ze'ev Friedman🇮🇱
deceasedIsraeli weightlifter · 1944–1972
Days lived
10,315
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
62,339
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Horst von der Goltz
German spy and actor · b. 1884
Days alive
51,017
Frank J. Skinner🇺🇸
American football player · b. 1891
Days alive
48,365
Lajos Perley
athlete · b. 1892
Days alive
48,028
George Polley🇺🇸
American urban climber · b. 1898
Days alive
45,903
Giovanny Ramos🇻🇪
Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901
Days alive
44,808
Clifford Swann🇦🇺
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901
Days alive
44,808
David Segal🇺🇸
newspaper columnist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,808
Eduardo Hernández Martínez🇸🇻
Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901
Days alive
44,808
Rebecca W. Keller🇺🇸
scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,808
Shrikrishna Raut
Marathi poet · b. 1901
Days alive
44,808
Diane Pozefsky🇺🇸
American computer scientist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,808
Fee Plumley🇬🇧
artist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,808
Keith Padgett🇬🇧
Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901
Days alive
44,808
Shaherose Charania🇨🇦
entrepreneur · b. 1901
Days alive
44,808
Miguel Pérez de los Mozos🇪🇸
Ceo, economist · b. 1901
Days alive
44,808
Pete Briggs🇺🇸
American musician · b. 1904
Days alive
43,713
Henk Vissers🇳🇱
Dutch baseball player · b. 1911
Days alive
40,873
Magdolna Tóth🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1914
Days alive
40,060
Andor András Balázs🇭🇺
athlete · b. 1918
Days alive
38,337
Animals Alive
Notable animals alive on this date.
Companies That Existed
Brands and companies already founded by this date.
Hermes🇫🇷
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
68,183
Procter & Gamble🇺🇸
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
67,880
Berkshire Hathaway🇺🇸
Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839
Days since founding
67,453
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HSBC🇬🇧
Banking · b. 1865
Days since founding
57,895
Tata Group🇮🇳
Conglomerate · b. 1868
Days since founding
56,861
Goldman Sachs🇺🇸
Investment Banking · b. 1869
Days since founding
56,495
Eli Lilly🇺🇸
Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876
Days since founding
53,939
Chevron🇺🇸
Oil & Gas · b. 1879
Days since founding
52,591
Already Published
Notable books already in print.
Meditations🇮🇹
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
673,390
Don Quixote🇪🇸
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
152,904
Pride and Prejudice🇬🇧
Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813
Days in print
76,922
Crime and Punishment🇷🇺
Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866
Days in print
57,591
The Great Gatsby🇺🇸
Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925
Days in print
35,943
Brave New World🇬🇧
Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932
Days in print
33,486
The Hobbit🇬🇧
Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937
Days in print
31,396
The Little Prince🇫🇷
Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943
Days in print
29,373
Already Released
Films already out by this date.
Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
30,833
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12 Angry Men🇺🇸
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
24,255
The Godfather🇺🇸
Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972
Days since release
18,793
Jaws🇺🇸
Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975
Days since release
17,610
Star Wars: A New Hope🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977
Days since release
16,905
Mad Max
Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,218
Alien🇺🇸
Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979
Days since release
16,175
The Shining
Film · b. 1980
Days since release
15,954