12th of December
The December 12 is the 346th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 347th in leap years ), thus remain 19 days by year end.
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events
Politics and world events
- 627: The Byzantines under Emperor Herakleios win the battle of Nineveh over the Sassanids under General Rhazates , who falls in battle. The battle decides the last Roman-Persian War in favor of East Current / Byzantium.
- 1098: In the First Crusade , crusaders conquer the city of Maarat an-Numan, southeast of Antioch . All male residents are massacred , women and children enslaved. Due to the bad supply situation and food shortages among the crusaders, which have persisted for months, cases of cannibalism occur .
- 1574: After the death of Sultan Selim II , his eldest son Murad III moves forward. to the head of the Ottoman Empire . Soon after, the new sultan has his five brothers murdered.
- 1604: The Paulette is introduced in France , a tax that guarantees civil servants the inheritance of their posts.
- 1643: Thirty Years War : The Torstensson War breaks out between Denmark and Sweden . Swedish troops led by Lennart Torstensson unexpectedly attack Danish parts of Holstein .
- 1677: In the Battle of Tobago in the Dutch War , French forces defeat the Dutch defenders, who were able to repel a first attempt by the French to land on the Caribbean island of Tobago in March of that year .
- 1787: Pennsylvania becomes the second US state to ratify the United States Constitution .
- 1793: An army of the French army under the command of François Séverin Marceau defeats an army of 15,000 people at Le Mans who take part in the Vendée uprising.
- 1799: The consulate constitution, commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte after the coup d'état of 18th Brumaire VIII (November 9th 1799) in France , comes into force.
- 1830: The Ottoman Empire recognizes the de facto independence of Serbia , which Miloš Obrenović fought for. In terms of international law, however, the country did not become independent until 1878.
- 1837: King Ernst August I of Hanover dismisses the Göttingen Seven . He accuses the professors of the University of Göttingen , who protested against the repeal of the liberal constitution introduced in the kingdom in 1833, of high treason.
- 1870: Joseph Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first African American in the United States House of Representatives voted.
- 1897: The officially founded Belo Horizonte becomes the capital of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais . The small settlement around a farm has been developed into a metropolis by a city planner on the drawing board .
- 1905: The confiscation of a sugar warehouse and the public flogging of the largest sugar trader Seyed Hashem Ghandi and his son lead to a riot in Tehran and mark the beginning of the Constitutional Revolution in Iran .
- 1911: The British King George V is on the Durbar (court day) in Delhi for Emperor of India proclaimed; it is the only imperial proclamation in India in the presence of the monarch during British colonial rule. As part of the coronation celebrations, he announced the relocation of the capital of British India from Calcutta to the old Mughal capital Delhi, or the newly created government district New Delhi .
- 1914: Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho becomes the new Prime Minister of Portugal .
- 1915: Yuan Shikai , the first President of the Republic of China , proclaims himself Emperor Hongxian . However, the renewed Empire of China only lasts 83 days.
- 1916: Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg offers the Allies peace negotiations during World War I. The peace offer of the Central Powers is rejected on December 30th.
- 1935: In Germany will Lebensborn e. V. founded, a state-sponsored association which, on the basis of the " National Socialist racial hygiene " and health ideology, aims to increase the birth rate to breed a pure, "Aryan elite".
- 1936: The warlord Zhang Xueliang kidnaps the Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek while visiting the troops. The Xi'an incident ends with Chiang's release two weeks later.
- 1937: During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japanese airmen sink the USS Panay , which is trying to evacuate US citizens from Nanjing , and two US oil tankers . Three people are killed in the attack and nearly 50 are wounded. Although Japan subsequently officially apologized and paid more than two million dollars in compensation, the Panay incident changed the image of Japan in the United States forever.
- 1942: Operation Winter Storm , the attempt by the German army during the Russian campaign of World War II in the Stalingrad trapped 6th Army to shock begins. The attack lasted until December 23rd.
- 1946: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi invades the Iranian province of Azerbaijan . The members of the communist Azerbaijani people's government are arrested or flee to the Soviet Union.
- 1948: 13 liberal regional associations of the western zones of occupation merge in Heppenheim to form the FDP .
- 1963: The crown colony of Kenya becomes independent from Great Britain . Jomo Kenyatta becomes the East African state's first Prime Minister.
- 1979: NATO adopts the NATO double resolution , which on the one hand offers the Warsaw Pact negotiations, but at the same time holds out the prospect of installing new US missiles in Western Europe. In the Federal Republic of Germany he triggered protests of the peace movement that lasted for years .
- 1980: Area renovation : In Berlin-Kreuzberg 36 there is the first serious street battle between the squatter scene and the police.
- 1984: In Mauritania , Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla is overthrown by Colonel Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya's military coup.
- 1985: Red-Green coalition in Hesse : With the swearing-in of Joschka Fischer , a Green takes on a ministerial office for the first time in the history of the party . Fischer caused a sensation at the ceremony with his sports shoes.
- 1993: The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation win the first free elections for the re-established Duma in Russia . At the same time, the new constitution presented by Boris Yeltsin is approved by the Russian people in a referendum.
- 1996: Udai Hussein , son of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein , is seriously injured in an assassination attempt.
- 2000: Ethiopia and Eritrea sign the Algiers peace treaty that ends the Eritrea-Ethiopia war .
- 2003: Paul Martin , chairman of the Liberal Party of Canada is the Canadian appointed prime minister.
- 2012: The tax agreement between Germany and Switzerland finally fails in the mediation committee of the Bundestag and Bundesrat.
- 2015: At the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the Paris Agreement is adopted, which aims to significantly reduce CO₂ emissions worldwide.
business
- 1955: Christopher Cockerell reports the first Hovercraft (Hovercraft) for a patent.
- 1967: It becomes known from East Berlin that the local currency Mark of the German Central Bank will be renamed from the beginning of 1968 to Mark of the German Democratic Republic .
- 2004: The first stage of the major railway project Bahn 2000 is introduced in Switzerland .
science and technology
- 1901: Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in creating the first radio bridge across the Atlantic .
- 1915: With the Junkers J 1 , the world's first all-metal aircraft completes its first test flight.
- 1953: Chuck Yeager is the second person to fly the Bell X-1 A more than twice the speed of sound and, with a measured Mach 2.44, surpasses his predecessor Albert Scott Crossfield .
- 1970: With Uhuru , NASA launches the first X-ray astronomical satellite from the coast of Kenya. He is supposed to search space for X-ray sources .
Culture
- 1880: The world premiere of the opera Don Rodrigue by Georges Bizet takes place in Paris .
- 1897: Inspired by Max and Moritz , the cartoon The Katzenjammer Kids by Rudolph Dirks , subsequently one of the longest-running newspaper cartoons, appears for the first time in the New York Journal .
- 1913: Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa appears in Florence, two years after it was stolen from the Louvre in Paris .
- 1927: Darius Milhaud's one-act opera Le pauvre matelot with the libretto by Jean Cocteau is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris .
- 1930: The operetta Les Aventures du Roi Pausole by Arthur Honegger based on a novel by Pierre Louÿs is premiered at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris .
- 1956: The first program of the political cabaret Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft with Ursula Herking , Hans Jürgen Diedrich , Klaus Havenstein and Dieter Hildebrandt premieres.
- 1968: Winnetou and Shatterhand in the Valley of the Dead : the last Karl May film adaptation with Pierre Brice and Lex Barker premieres in the Mathäser-Filmpalast in Munich.
- 1981: Manuel Göttsching records the album E2-E4 in a one-hour session in his Berlin studio , which later developed into a milestone in electronic music.
society
- 1961: In France, Marie Besnard for lack of evidence by the prosecution of twelve times poison murder in the third criminal trial acquitted.
religion
- 1254: Nine cardinals elect Rinaldo dei Conti di Segni to succeed Innocent IV in a conclave in Naples . He takes the name Alexander IV .
- 1531: On the hill Tepeyac in what is now Mexico City , the Virgin Mary appears to the Indio Juan Diego a fourth time, according to his statements, and asks for a church to be built, today's Basilica de Guadalupe, Latin America's most important pilgrimage site .
- 1825: Rabbi Isaak Mannheimer gives the sermon at the laying of the foundation stone for the city temple planned by Joseph Kornhäusel in Vienna. The synagogue , which was completed on April 9 of the following year , became an important center of Jewish life in Vienna .
- 1838: The Ludwig Mission Association is founded in Munich, which supports the Roman Catholic Church in North America and Asia with the support of King Ludwig I.
- 1948: With a mass for the Catholic St. Nicolai parish , church life returns to the Aegidienkirche in Braunschweig. Since 1811 the house of God served other purposes and before that it had been a Protestant church since 1528 .
- 1999: More than 60 years after its closure, the renovated Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow , the largest Catholic church in all of Russia, is restored to its religious function as a place of worship.
Disasters
- 1866: Two explosions in the coal mine "The Oaks Colliery" in Barnsley die total of 361 miners.
- 1917: On the night of December 12th and 13th, a serious railway accident occurred near Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne in the French Alps when a military train coming from Italy derailed due to excessive speed and failed brakes. The extent of the catastrophe (estimated 700 fatalities) is initially kept secret by the military censors because of the First World War .
- 1985 A Douglas DC-8 of Arrow Air crashing on a military charter immediately after the start in Gander from. The plane was supposed to bring soldiers of the Sinai Peacekeeping Force ( MFO ) back from Egypt to the United States. All 256 inmates are killed.
- 1986: On the Aeroflot Flight 892 crashed a Tupolev Tu-134 before landing at the airport Berlin-Schönefeld . Of the 82 inmates, 72 died, including 20 Schwerin students.
- 1992: An earthquake of intensity 7.5 in the region Flores , Indonesia, about 2,500 requests fatalities.
- 1999: The Maltese oil tanker Erika of TotalFina sank off the Brittany coast and triggers the worst oil spill in the history of France from.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 2002: ESPN broadcasts the game “St. Vincent - St. Mary HS vs. Oak Hill Academy "for the first time a high school basketball game nationwide in the USA.
- 2009: The German women's curling team wins the European Curling Championship in Aberdeen .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1298: Albrecht II , Austrian duke
- 1448: John Talbot , English nobleman
- 1519: Nikolaus Varnbuler , legal scholar and diplomat from Württemberg
- 1526: Alvaro de Bazán , Spanish naval commander
- 1557: Anton Varus , German logician and physician
- 1574: Adam Wenzel , Duke of Teschen
- 1574: Anna of Denmark , wife of James I, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland
- 1581: Stephan I. Thököly , Hungarian baron and large landowner
- 1599: Johannes Hornschuch , German philologist and educator
- 1608: Johann Bartholomäus Krüger , German medic
- 1612: Janusz Radziwiłł , Lithuanian general and prince of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1621: Jacques Courtois , Italian battle and history painter
- 1621: Justinian von Welz , Austrian Lutheran theologian and missionary
- 1628: Anna Salome von Manderscheid-Blankenheim , abbess of the Thorn women's monastery and abbess of the Essen monastery
- 1653: Jeremias Süssner , German sculptor
- 1659: Francesco Galli da Bibiena , Italian scenographer and architect, set designer and decorative painter
- 1669: Urban Gottfried Siber , German Protestant theologian
- 1697: Christian von Loß , German cabinet minister
18th century
- 1712: Karl Alexander von Lothringen , Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Field Marshal General and Governor of the Netherlands
- 1715: Gennaro Manna , Italian composer of the Neapolitan school
- 1716: Leopoldine Marie von Anhalt-Dessau , Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt
- 1718: Elisabeth Dorothea von Wiser , countess from the Palatinate, landlady and benefactress of the village of Friedelsheim
- 1721: Christian Gotthelf von Gutschmid , theologian, educator and statesman of the Electorate of Saxony
- 1731: Erasmus Darwin , British poet, scientist and doctor
- 1733: Christian Friedrich Schwan , German publisher and bookseller
- 1740: Kankō Akera , Japanese poet
- 1745: John Jay , American politician
- 1750: Anne Barnard , Scottish writer and artist
- 1753: William Beechey , British painter
- 1760: Thomas Dolliner , Austrian lawyer and university professor
- 1772: Bertrand Clausel , French general and marshal
- 1773: Robert Surcouf , French naval officer and corsair
- 1774: William Henry , English chemist
- 1784: Christian Krafft , German theologian
- 1785: Jacob-Elisée Cellérier , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1786: William L. Marcy , American politician, governor and senator for New York, Secretary of War and Secretary of State
- 1787: David Assur Assing , German physician, poet and editor
- 1791: Marie-Louise von Habsburg , second wife of Napoleon I
- 1792: Alexander Ypsilantis , Greek freedom fighter
- 1797: Lucy Anderson , English pianist
- 1798: Friedrich August Grotefend , German classical philologist
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: Johann von Sachsen , King of Saxony
- 1805: William Lloyd Garrison , American writer and champion for the abolition of slavery in the United States
- 1806: François Blanc , French mathematician and financier
- 1807: Benjamin Wills Newton , British theologian
- 1807: Heinrich Funk , German landscape painter
- 1808: Peter Czakert , Roman Catholic clergyman
- 1812: John Sandfield Macdonald , Canadian politician, Prime Minister of Ontario
- 1814: Constantin Zwenger , German pharmacist
- 1815: Isabella Braun , German author of children's books
- 1816: Barthold Jacob Lintelo de Geer van Jutphaas , Dutch legal scholar, historian, politician and orientalist
- 1818: Paul Octave Hébert , American politician, Governor of Louisiana
- 1821: Gustave Flaubert , French writer
- 1821: Sigmund Lebert , German music teacher
- 1822: Johann Anton Wilhelm von Carstenn , German entrepreneur and town planner
- 1823: Kazimierz Góralczyk , Polish writer, poet and playwright
- 1824: Heinrich Rudolf Genée , German writer
- 1832: Adolf von Arnim-Boitzenburg , German politician, MdR
- 1837: John Richard Green , British priest, historian and geographer
- 1841: Hans von Arnim , Prussian politician, MdL
- 1843: William P. Dillingham , American politician, governor of Vermont, senator
- 1845: Fanny Churberg , Finnish painter
- 1846: Eugen Baumann , German pharmacist and chemist
- 1850: Martin F. Ansel , American politician, governor of South Carolina
1851-1900
- 1856: Wilhelm Baldensperger , French theologian
- 1857: Max Devrient , German actor
- 1858: Karl von Gravenreuth , German officer and explorer
- 1859: Hans von Schubert , German Protestant theologian and historian
- 1860: Jan Kasprowicz , Polish writer
- 1863: Edvard Munch , Norwegian painter and graphic artist
- 1866: Alfred Werner , Swiss chemist. Nobel Prize Winner
- 1869: Clara Mannes , German-American pianist and music teacher
- 1872: Bruno Cassirer , German publisher and gallery owner
- 1872: Karel Hoffmann , Czech violinist and music teacher
- 1872: Heinrich Vogeler , German artist
- 1873: Erik Jonsson , Swedish marksman
- 1875: Gerd von Rundstedt , German Field Marshal General, accused war criminal
- 1880: Johannes Jessen , German Bible translator
- 1880: Hugo Steiner-Prag , Austrian-German book designer, illustrator and educator
- 1882: William N. Doak , American politician, Secretary of Labor
- 1884: Ernesto de Fiori , Italian sculptor and painter
- 1884: John Heijning , Dutch football player
- 1886: Mirko Jelusich , Austrian writer
- 1887: Kurt Atterberg , Swedish composer
- 1887: Guido Ascoli , Italian mathematician
- 1889: Otto Scheff , Austrian freestyle swimmer
- 1889: Willy dancer , German soccer player
- 1890: Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz , Polish philosopher and logician
- 1890: Theodor Neubauer , German sociologist, educator, politician and resistance fighter
- 1892: Liesl Karlstadt , German actress
- 1892: Hugo Kersten , German writer and publicist
- 1892: Joseph Suder , German composer and conductor
- 1893: Edward G. Robinson , American actor
- 1900: Nikolai Sergejewitsch Akulow , Russian physicist
- 1900: Arthur Carron , English opera singer (tenor)
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Howard Koch , American screenwriter
- 1902: Rose Renée Roth , Austrian actress
- 1903: Rosette Anday , Hungarian opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
- 1903: Yasujiro Ozu , Japanese film director and screenwriter
- 1905: Mulk Raj Anand , Indian writer
- 1905: Wassili Semjonowitsch Grossman , Soviet writer and journalist
- 1905: Karl Polak , German lawyer, co-author of the 1948 constitution of the GDR, member of the Council of State
- 1905: Kurt Ferdinand Roesch , German-American painter
- 1905: Manès Sperber , Austro-French writer
- 1905: Pierre Tal-Coat , French painter
- 1906: George William Andrews , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1906: Liselott Baumgarten , German actress
- 1906: Willi Gayler , German forester
- 1906: Pamela Wedekind , German actress and chanson singer
- 1906: Émile Marcelin , French composer
- 1907: Fleurette Beauchamp-Huppé , Canadian pianist, music teacher and singer
- 1907: Ilse Fürstenberg , German actress
- 1907: Stanisław Golachowski , Polish musicologist and teacher
- 1909: Eugen Bjørnstad , Norwegian racing car driver
- 1909: Karen Morley , American actress
- 1909: Elis Wiklund , Swedish cross-country skier, world champion, Olympic champion
- 1910: Henri Challan , French composer
- 1910: René Challan , French composer
- 1910: Friedrich Gerdes , German javelin thrower
- 1910: Helene Mayer , German fencer, world champion, Olympic champion
- 1911: Stanley Bate , English composer
- 1912: Henry Armstrong , American boxer, world champion
- 1912: Heinz Auspurg , German graphic artist and town planner
- 1912: Thorbjørn Egner , Norwegian children's author
- 1913: Ferenc Csík , Hungarian swimmer, Olympic champion
- 1914: Patrick O'Brian , British author
- 1914: Jacques de Senarclens , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1915: Merl Lindsay , American country musician
- 1915: Frank Sinatra , American actor, singer, and entertainer
- 1917: Alan Schneider , American theater and film director
- 1918: Harry Igor Ansoff , Russian-American mathematician and economist
- 1919: Paavo Aaltonen , Finnish gymnast, Olympic champion, world champion
- 1919: Giancarlo De Carlo , Italian architect
- 1919: José Villalonga Llorente , Spanish football coach
- 1919: Fritz Muliar , Austrian actor
- 1919: Hermann Neuberger , German sports official, President of the German Football Association
- 1920: Dick James , British music publisher
- 1921: George Frankl , Austrian psychoanalyst, philosopher and author
- 1922: Vasily Fyodorowitsch Borissow , Soviet sports marksman
- 1922: Július Schubert , Czechoslovak football player
- 1923: Lupita Palomera , Mexican singer and actress
- 1924: Otto Andersen , German architect
- 1924: Edward I. Koch , American politician, Mayor of New York
- 1925: Dodo Marmarosa , American jazz pianist
- 1925: Hans-Günther Wauer , German church musician
1926-1950
- 1926: Elvio Romero , Paraguayan poet
- 1927: Horst Grabert , German politician and diplomat, Member of the Bundestag, head of the Federal Chancellery
- 1927: Dennis Herrold , American rockabilly musician
- 1928: Tschingis Aitmatow , Kyrgyz writer
- 1928: Helen Frankenthaler , American painter, important exponent of color field painting and abstract expressionism
- 1929: Toshiko Akiyoshi , Japanese jazz pianist, composer, arranger and big band leader
- 1929: John James Osborne , English playwright
- 1930: Gwyneth Dunwoody , British politician, MEP
- 1930: Saša Večtomov , Czech cellist
- 1932: Marianne Klussmann , German television, radio and voice actress
- 1932: Bob Pettit , American basketball player
- 1933: Fabio De Agostini , Swiss playwright, film director and documentary filmmaker
- 1933: Manu Dibango , Cameroonian saxophonist
- 1933: Makoto Iwamatsu , Japanese-American actor
- 1933: Christa Stubnick , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1934: Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado , Mexican politician, president
- 1934: Ramón Marsal , Spanish football player
- 1935: Juhani Aaltonen , Finnish jazz musician
- 1935: Jere Beasley , American politician, governor of Alabama
- 1936: Iolanda Balaș , Romanian high jumper
- 1936: James Lee Burke , American crime novel writer
- 1936: Hans Fischer , German motorcycle racer
- 1937: Connie Francis , American singer
- 1937: Judy Tegart , Australian tennis player
- 1938: Luis Artime , Argentine soccer player
- 1940: Dionne Warwick , American singer and television presenter
- 1941: Smaranda Oțeanu-Bunea , Romanian composer
- 1942: Anita Hentschel , German athlete
- 1942: Hannelore Rönsch , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 1943: Dickey Betts , American musician and songwriter
- 1943: Jerzy Husar , Polish pianist and composer
- 1943: Renate Schmidt , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 1943: Grover Washington, Jr. , American musician and songwriter
- 1943: Beate Weber , German politician, MEP, Lord Mayor of Heidelberg
- 1944: Alex Acuña , Peruvian drummer and percussionist
- 1945: Luciano Castellini , Italian football player and coach
- 1945: Ingo Röper , German athlete
- 1945: Portia Simpson-Miller , Jamaican politician, Prime Minister
- 1945: Tony Williams , American musician
- 1946: Bruce Ditmas , American jazz drummer
- 1946: Emerson Fittipaldi , Brazilian racing car driver
- 1946: Renzo Zorzi , Italian Formula 1 driver
- 1947: Hermann Egner , German brass music composer
- 1947: Albert Marcœur , French musician and composer
- 1948: Françoise de Panafieu , French politician
- 1948: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa , Portuguese President
- 1948: Roelof Wunderink , Dutch racing car driver
- 1949: Hans-Henning Adler , German politician, MdL
- 1949: David Abulafia , British historian
- 1949: Franz Fuchs , Austrian letter bomb bomber
- 1949: Bill Nighy , British actor
- 1949: Marc Ravalomanana , Malagasy entrepreneur and politician, President
- 1949: Beat Sterchi , Swiss writer
- 1950: Heiner Flassbeck , German economist
- 1950: Eric S. Maskin , American economist
- 1950: Richard Galliano , French jazz musician and composer
1951-1975
- 1951: Anatoly Nikolajewitsch Aljabjew , Russian biathlete
- 1952: Frank Schwalba-Hoth , German politician
- 1952: Päivi Aaltonen , Finnish archer
- 1952: Peter Haber , Swedish actor
- 1952: Manuel Rosales , Venezuelan politician
- 1952: Sarah Douglas , British actress
- 1953: Bruce Kulick , American rock musician (including KISS )
- 1954: Kader Abdolah , Iranian writer
- 1955: David Atkins , Australian director, producer and choreographer
- 1955: Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki , Greek politician and businesswoman
Tom Gerhardt (* 1956)
- 1956: Tom Gerhardt , German comedian
- 1957: Sheila E. , American singer and drummer
- 1957: Brigitte Karner , Austrian actress
- 1957: Robert Lepage , Canadian film and theater director, screenwriter, and actor
- 1957: Susanna Tamaro , Italian writer
- 1958: Mustafa Reşit Akçay , Turkish football coach
- 1958: Gabriele Löwe , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1958: Sheree J. Wilson , American actress
- 1960: Volker Beck , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1960: Martina Hellmann , German athlete, Olympic champion
- 1960: Nicola Horlick , British fund manager
- 1960: Andreas Knie , German social scientist
- 1960: Lee Kyeong-yeong , South Korean actor
- 1961: Julie Giroux , American composer and arranger
- 1961: Uwe Schulz , German politician
- 1962: Tracy Austin , American tennis player
- 1962: Max Raabe , German singer, co-founder and director of the Palast Orchester
- 1962: Anke Schäferkordt , German manager
- 1963: Salman Ahmad , Pakistani-American rock guitarist
- 1963: Bernd Gummelt , German athlete
- 1964: Karsten Behr , German politician, MdL
- 1964: Terry Brunk , American wrestler
- 1964: Karsten Hilse , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1964: Wolfram Spyra , German sound artist and musician
- 1965: Alessandra Acciai , Italian actress
- 1965: Else Buschheuer , German writer
- 1965: Kay Gottschalk , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1966: Yoshihiro Asai , Japanese wrestler
- 1966: Maurizio Gaudino , German soccer player
- 1966: Ho Yen Chye , Singaporean judoka
- 1966: Philippe Laroche , Canadian freestyle skier
- 1967: Walter Kogler , Austrian soccer player
- 1968: Claudia Nemat , German management consultant and manager
- 1968: Rory Kennedy , American documentary director and producer
- 1969: Christian Meyer , German cyclist
- 1969: Michael Möllenbeck , German athlete
- 1970: Mädchen Amick , American actress
Jennifer Connelly (* 1970)
- 1970: Jennifer Connelly , American actress
- 1970: Wilson Kipketer , Kenyan-Danish athlete
- 1971: Philip Boit , Kenyan cross-country skier
- 1971: Lamine Cissé , Senegalese soccer player
- 1971: Nick Hysong , American pole vaulter
- 1971: Markus Schultze , German moderator
- 1971: Martin Schumacher , German painter and graphic artist
- 1971: Khassaraporn Suta , Thai weightlifter
- 1972: Tim Akers , American author
- 1973: Sven Beuckert , German soccer player
- 1973: Paz Lenchantin , Argentinian rock musician
- 1973: Matthias Reckzeh , German handball player and coach
- 1974: Nolberto Solano , Peruvian soccer player
- 1975: Donald Agu , Nigerian soccer player
- 1975: Mayim Bialik , American actress
- 1975: Stefan Gödde , German moderator
- 1975: Craig Moore , Australian soccer player
- 1975: Ismail Sahin , Turkish-German actor
1976-2000
- 1976: Maren Ade , German director, screenwriter and film producer
- 1976: Jana Ina , Brazilian presenter, actress and model
- 1977: Christina Becker , German cyclist
- 1978: Teryn Ashley , American tennis player
- 1978: Luciano Emilio , Brazilian soccer player
- 1978: Sanibal Orahovac , Montenegrin football player
- 1978: Sebastian Seifert , Swedish handball player
- 1979: Emin Ağalarov , Azerbaijani singer and composer
- 1979: Diego Baldenweg , Australian film music composer
- 1979: Daniel Lins Côrtes , Brazilian-New Zealand soccer player
- 1979: Razundara Tjikuzu , Namibian soccer player
- 1980: Berkant Göktan , Turkish soccer player
- 1980: Jean-Pierre Tcheutchoua , Cameroonian football player
- 1980: Wanda Worch , German actress
- 1981: Stephen Warnock , English football player
- 1982: Heidi Løke , Norwegian handball player
- 1982: Dmitri Tursunow , Russian tennis player
- 1983: Johan Audel , French football player
- 1983: Anna Bader , German cliff diver, European champion
- 1983: Christine Beier , German handball player
- 1983: Michael Haaß , German handball player
- 1983: Jonathan James , American hacker
- 1983: Zerocalcare , Italian comic book artist, author and blogger
- 1984: Daniel Agger , Danish football player
- 1984: Mette Gravholt , Danish handball player
- 1985: Martina Plura , German film director
- 1985: Monika Plura , German camerawoman
- 1986: Sam Cronin , American football player
- 1986: Përparim Hetemaj , Finnish football player
- 1986: Rudolf Rohaczek , Austrian child actor
- 1986: Zhao Jun , Chinese chess player
- 1987: Stephan Andrist , Swiss football player
- 1987: Tim Kalkhof , German actor
- 1988: Hahm Eun-jung , South Korean singer and actress
- 1988: Cecil Remmler , German music producer
- 1990: Polat Kemboi Arıkan , Turkish long-distance runner
- 1991: Jaime Lorente , Spanish actor
- 1994: Besar Halimi , Kosovar-German football player
- 1994: Otto Warmbier , American student imprisoned in North Korea
- 1995: David Kinsombi , German soccer player
- 1996: Martine Veldhuis , Dutch rower
- 1996: Mathéo Tuscher , Swiss racing driver
Died
Before the 16th century
- 627: Rhazates , Sassanid general
- 884: Karlmann , King of West Franconia
- 926: William II , Count of Auvergne and Duke of Aquitaine
- 1112: Tankred of Taranto , subordinate of the First Crusade, Regent of Bethlehem, Prince of Galilee, Regent of the Principality of Antioch and Regent of the County of Edessa
- 1143: Kakuban , Japanese Buddhist monk
- 1154: Vizelin , Bishop of Oldenburg
- 1213: Wilhelm von Lüneburg , Duke of Lüneburg
- 1302: Adolf II , Count of Waldeck and Bishop of Liège
- 1395: Yolande of Flanders , regent of the County of Bar
- 1398: Henry VII , Duke of Liegnitz, diocese administrator of Breslau and Bishop of Leslau in Kujawia
- 1431: Ulrich von Albeck , Bishop of Seckau
- 1446: Mircea II , Prince of Wallachia
- 1454: Jean d'Arces , Archbishop of Tarentaise
- 1467: Jost II von Rosenberg , Bishop of Breslau and highest prior of the Bohemian Johanniter
- 1476: Friedrich I , Elector Palatinate
- 1478: Johannes Mentelin , German printer and bookseller
16th to 18th centuries
- 1543: Maria Salviati , Florentine patrician, member of the Medici family
- 1559: Andreas Aurifaber , German doctor
- 1565: Johann Rantzau , "Three (Danish) Kings Supreme General and Councilor"
- 1574: Selim II , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1586: Stephan Báthory , King of Poland and Prince of Transylvania
- 1622: Bartolomeo Manfredi , Italian painter
- 1631: Johannes Hartmann , German polymath
- 1635: Iwan Sulyma , ataman of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
- 1656: Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna , Swedish statesman
- 1657: Justus Sinold , German legal scholar
- 1659: Guillaume de Lamboy , imperial general
- 1663: Joachim Betke , German Protestant theologian and spiritualist
- 1671: Sibylla Ursula von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
- 1672: Charles Stewart, 6th Duke of Lennox , Scottish nobleman
- 1681: Hermann Conring , polyhistor, personal physician to Queen Christina of Sweden, Danish State Councilor and director of the Bremen-Verdean archive in Stade
- 1686: Charles de Noyelle , 12th general of the Societas Jesu
- 1693: Anna Magdalena von Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler , German noblewoman
- 1702: Olof Rudbeck the Elder , Swedish polymath
- 1705: John Easton , English politician and governor of Rhode Island
- 1707: Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini , Italian architect, graphic artist, set and costume designer
- 1719: Heinrich Papen , German carver and sculptor
- 1721: Joseph Greissing , court architect in Würzburg
- 1730: John Wentworth , British Lieutenant Governor of New Hampshire
- 1744: Christoph Starke , German Protestant theologian
- 1751: Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke , British politician and philosopher
- 1754: Wu Jingzi , Chinese writer
- 1758: Françoise de Graffigny , French writer
- 1764: Christian Klausing , German organ builder
- 1766: Johann Christoph Gottsched , German scholar and writer
- 1770: Johann Ludwig von Dorville , Prussian Minister of Justice
- 1771: Theodor Arnold , German translator, lexicographer, grammarian and teacher
- 1772: Johann Gottfried Seyfert , German composer
- 1776: Anton Maria Stupan von Ehrenstein , Austrian privy councilor
- 1788: Friedrich Heinrich , Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
- 1792: Arthur Lee , American politician and diplomat
19th century
- 1803: Ernst Benjamin Gottlieb Hebenstreit , German medic
- 1807: Giuseppe Antonio Mainoni , French general
- 1812: Carlo Luca Pozzi , Swiss plasterer
- 1812: Stanisław Trembecki , Polish poet
- 1813: Heinrich Grenser , German woodwind instrument maker
- 1840: Jean Étienne Esquirol , French neurologist
- 1842: Robert Haldane , Scottish officer and lay preacher
- 1842: Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy , German pianist, music and culture promoter
- 1843: Wilhelm I , King of the Netherlands
- 1870: August von Voit , German architect
- 1877: José de Alencar , Brazilian writer
- 1881: Florêncio Carlos de Abreu e Silva , Brazilian lawyer, journalist, author and politician
- 1881: Christian Wilhelm Bronisch , Sorbian pastor and linguist
- 1886: Bertha Augusti , German writer
- 1889: Robert Browning , British poet
- 1889: Viktor Jakowlewitsch Bunjakowski , Russian mathematician
- 1892: James J. Faran , American politician
- 1894: John Thompson , Canadian politician
- 1897: Jaroměr Hendrich Imiš , Sorbian clergyman and cultural politician
- 1900: Santo Siorpaes , Italian-Austrian mountaineer
20th century
1901-1950
- 1904: Emanuel Schiffers , Russian chess master
- 1905: William Sharp , British writer from Scotland
- 1910: Georg von Schleinitz , German naval officer
- 1912: August Friedrich Wilhelm Haese , German Baptist pastor
- 1912: Luitpold , Prince Regent of Bavaria
- 1912: Reinhold Persius , German architect and Prussian construction officer
- 1913: Menelik II , ex-King of Shewa and Emperor of Ethiopia
- 1920: Edward Gawler Prior , Canadian politician
- 1922: John Wanamaker , American businessman and politician
- 1923: Raymond Radiguet , French writer
- 1924: Margarete Michaelson , German writer
- 1933: Anita Rée , German painter
- 1934: Thorleif Haug , Norwegian skier
- 1934: Arthur Keller , German medic
- 1937: Alfred Abel , German actor and director
- 1937: Louis Artaud , French politician
- 1938: Theodor Heller , Austrian curative educator
- 1939: Douglas Fairbanks Sr. , US-American actor
- 1940: Ernst Aufseeser , German painter, lithographer, xylograph, graphic designer and university professor
- 1940: Walter von Saint Paul-Illaire , German colonial official
- 1943: Henri Abraham , French physicist
- 1946: Renée Falconetti , French actress
- 1948: Johann Anetseder , German politician
- 1948: Franjo Dugan , Croatian composer
- 1949: Harry T. Burleigh , American composer
- 1950: Robert Krups , German local politician
1951-1975
- 1952: Lawrence Henry Aurie , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1952: Bedřich Hrozný , Czech linguist and orientalist
- 1952: Max Laeuger , German artist
- 1955: Antun Dobronić , Croatian composer
- 1957: Robert Kurka , American composer
- 1957: Ed McGivern , American revolver and art marksman
- 1958: Milutin Milanković , Yugoslav mathematician, astronomer and geophysicist
- 1961: Hauk Aabel , Norwegian actor
- 1962: Felix Aderca , Romanian poet, author and essayist
- 1963: Theodor Heuss , German political scientist, politician, Member of the Bundestag, first Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1963: Yasujiro Ozu , Japanese director
- 1964: Silviu Dimitrovici , Romanian graduate engineer in civil engineering
- 1965: Halvdan Koht , Norwegian historian and politician
- 1966: Wilhelm Königswarter , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1970: John Paddy Carstairs , British writer, film director and screenwriter
- 1971: Max Mell , Austrian playwright and poet
- 1972: Johanna Magerfleisch , German painter
- 1974: Karl Arnstein , Austrian engineer of the zeppelin and impact airship construction
1976-2000
- 1976: Hermann Buddensieg , German writer, editor and translator
- 1976: Jack Cassidy , American actor and singer
- 1981: Leopold Schmidt , Austrian folklorist, cultural scientist and narrative researcher
- 1983: Wilhelm Karl Arnold , German psychologist
- 1985: Anne Baxter , American actress
- 1985: Ian Stewart , British musician
- 1986: Carlos Ramírez , Colombian singer and actor
- 1986: Paul Verner , German politician, deputy. Chairman of the State Council of the GDR
- 1987: Clifton Chenier , American blues and zydeco musician
- 1988: Rudolf Schündler , German actor, cabaret artist and director
- 1989: Helen Creighton , Canadian ethnomusicologist and folk song collector
- 1990: Giorgio Ghezzi , Italian football player
- 1990: Andrea Schorta , Swiss Romance Studies
- 1992: Ali Amini , Persian politician
- 1992: Robert Rex , Niuean politician and Prime Minister
- 1993: József Antall , Hungarian historian and politician
- 1994: Stuart Allen Roosa , American astronaut
- 1995: Roberto Daniel Agramonte y Pichardo , Cuban philosopher, sociologist and politician
- 1997: Alfred Ackermann , Swiss politician and entrepreneur
- 1997: Richard Stanton Avery , American inventor and entrepreneur
- 1999: Joseph Heller , American writer
- 2000: Götz Friedrich , German opera director
- 2000: George Montgomery , American actor
21st century
- 2001: Frieda Apelt , German politician and trade union official
- 2001: Josef Bican , Czechoslovak-Austrian football player
- 2001: Armando T. Hunziker , Argentine botanist
- 2002: Nikolai Michailowitsch Amossow , Russian-Ukrainian cardiac surgeon, designer and author
- 2002: Orlando Villas Bôas , Brazilian researcher
- 2002: Dee Brown , American writer
- 2002: Mary Siragusa , Dominican pianist and music teacher
- 2003: Heydär Äliyev , Russian-Azerbaijani politician
- 2003: Éva Besnyő , Hungarian-Dutch photographer
- 2003: Konrad Gehringer , German organ builder
- 2004: Herbert Dreilich , German rock musician
- 2005: Joseph Eric D'Arcy , Australian Roman Catholic bishop
- 2005: György Sándor , Hungarian-American pianist
- 2005: Gyula Trebitsch , Hungarian film producer
- 2006: Paul Joseph Arizin , American basketball player
- 2006: Oscar Klein , Austrian jazz musician
- 2006: Alan Shugart , American inventor
- 2007: Hans Hansen , German sports official
- 2007: Alfons Maria Stickler , Austrian Curia Cardinal, head of the Vatican library
- 2007: Ike Turner , American musician and producer
- 2008: Tassos Papadopoulos , Greek Cypriot politician
- 2008: Van Johnson , American actor
- 2009: Otto Guggenbichler , German journalist and documentary filmmaker
- 2010: Dan Kurzman , American journalist and non-fiction author
- 2010: Tom Walkinshaw , British race engineer
- 2013: Jang Song-thaek , North Korean politician
- 2015: Kenneth Johnson , British long distance, cross and obstacle runner
- 2015: Rolando Valdés , Cuban band leader
- 2016: Javier Echevarría , Spanish bishop
- 2018: Wilhelm Genazino , German writer
- 2019: Danny Aiello , American actor
- 2019: Peter Snell , New Zealand athlete
- 2020: Anneli Klemetti , Finnish swimmer
- 2020: John le Carré , British writer
- 2020: Jack Steinberger , American physicist and Nobel Prize winner
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Vizelin , messenger of faith under the Wends, Bishop of Oldenburg (Protestant, Roman Catholic)
- St Finnian of Clonard Irish preacher and Bishop of Clonard
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- Kenya : Independence from Great Britain (1963)
The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .
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