August 1st
The August 1 is the 213th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 214th in leap years ). There are 152 days until the end of the year.
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events
Politics and world events
- 30 BC Chr .: In view of the entry of Octavian , the later Roman Emperor Augustus , into Alexandria , his opponent Marcus Antonius kills himself. His lover Cleopatra VII follows him to her death on August 12th.
- 527: After the death of his uncle Justin I , Justinian I becomes Byzantine emperor .
- 902: The Aghlabid Emir Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm II conquers Taormina , the last great base of the Byzantine Empire in Sicily .
- 1203: Alexios IV is appointed co-emperor in the Byzantine Empire by his father Isaac II . He takes over the de facto rule under pressure from the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade who are staying in Constantinople , since his father was imprisoned for eight years and dazzled after the coup d'état of his brother Alexios III. is hardly capable of governing.
- 1291: After a Swiss national myth envoys swear on that day from the three original cantons ( Waldstätte ) Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden the Rütlischwur and thus justify the Swiss Confederation . The signing of the federal letter of 1291 is also assumed for this day.
- 1417: During the Hundred Years War, the English King Henry V lands with an army near the mouth of the River Touques in Normandy . He starts a war against France because he wants to assert the claims of the English throne to the French crown.
- 1523: The Union of the estates , the estates in Mecklenburg together to form an "everlasting covenant" provides for four centuries the basis of Mecklenburg corporate state .
- 1589: The Dominican Jacques Clément stabs the French King Henry III with a knife . on. The assassin is killed by the rushing guards, the king dies the next day of his injuries.
- 1664: Count Raimund von Montecuccoli defeats a Turkish army under Köprülü Fâzıl Ahmed in the battle of Mogersdorf (St. Gotthard) .
- 1714: Elector Georg Ludwig von Hanover becomes King George I of the United Kingdom.
- 1747: In response to the Second Jacobite rebellion , the British government bans the wearing of kilts and tartan in Scotland .
- 1759: In the Battle of Minden during the Seven Years' War , the allies Great Britain, Hanover and Prussia defeat a joint force of France and the Electorate of Saxony. On the same day, the Prussians also win the battle at Gohfeld .
- 1770: At the Battle of Cahul , one of the largest in the 18th century, an offensive by the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev in the war with the Ottomans, surprising the enemy, yields loot and military advantages.
- 1776: The new Spanish viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is separated from the viceroyalty of Peru . The governor of Buenos Aires, Pedro de Cevallos , is installed as the first viceroy on October 15, 1777.
- 1793: Marie Antoinette , who had previously been imprisoned in the Temple , is transferred to the Conciergerie .
- 1798: On the first day of the two-day naval battle at Abukir during the coalition wars, the British navy under the command of Admiral Nelson succeeds in a surprise attack on the Napoleonic fleet commanded by Comte Brueys , which had previously brought Napoleon's expeditionary army to Egypt.
- 1800: King George III. signs the Act of Union 1800 , which from January 1, 1801, Great Britain and Ireland form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland .
- 1819: In Teplitz , the Foreign Minister of the Austrian Empire, Metternich , agrees with the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III. and its state chancellor Hardenberg the Teplitz punctuation about precautions against "state endangering efforts", the introduction of censorship and surveillance measures and the fight against liberalism and nationalism in the German Confederation.
- 1834: The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 prohibits the UK , the slavery throughout the British Empire.
- 1876: Colorado becomes the 38th state in the USA .
- 1891: In Switzerland , federal celebrations to commemorate the Rütli oath and the federal letter of 1291 take place for the first time .
- 1894: The First Sino-Japanese War breaks out over the influence of the two powers in Korea .
- 1907: The first boy scout camp begins on Brownsea Island , organized by Robert Baden-Powell , with 22 boys from different social backgrounds.
- 1914: First World War : The German Reich declares war on Russia . On the same evening, Russia crosses the East Prussian border.
- 1919: Czech and Romanian troops occupy Budapest and smash the Hungarian Soviet republic under Béla Kun , who fled to Austria.
- 1920: During their counter-offensive in the Polish-Soviet War , the Red Army conquers Brest-Litovsk .
- 1925: Domingos Leite Pereira becomes Prime Minister of Portugal for the third time .
- 1927: Kuomintang troops close to the communists rebel in Nanchang under the leadership of Zhu De , Zhou Enlai and Liu Bocheng and hold the city for several days. This is considered to be the founding day of the Chinese Red Army , later the People's Liberation Army .
- 1929: The Prussian law on municipal reorganization comes into force. The cities of Barmen-Elberfeld , which later became Wuppertal , and Duisburg-Hamborn , which later became Duisburg , were founded by amalgamating the cities .
- 1942: The air raids on Düsseldorf begin with the first bombs being dropped .
- 1943: Japanese- occupied Burma declares war on Great Britain and the USA and proclaims independence.
- 1944: Anne Frank makes the last entry in her diary .
- 1944: The uprising of the Polish Home Army against the German occupation forces begins in Warsaw .
- 1944: Carl Gustaf von Mannerheim becomes the new President of Finland .
- 1945: The American occupation forces appoint Wilhelm Kaisen as mayor of Bremen . He will ultimately hold this office for almost twenty years.
- 1953: In southern Africa, under British influence, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is established , which, however , fails again after a decade due to different ideas between whites and blacks about the distribution of power.
- 1956: Belgium is the last country in Europe to introduce the driving test .
- 1960: The Republic of Dahomey , later Benin , gains independence from France . Coutoucou Hubert Maga becomes the first head of state .
- 1961: The Portuguese base São João Baptista d'Ajudá near Ouidah is evacuated by the Portuguese after an ultimatum and taken over by Dahomey .
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- 1966: Texas Tower Sniper Charles Whitman shoots 15 people from the observation deck in the tower of the University of Texas in Austin during a rampage before the police himself shoot him.
- 1975: At the OSCE summit in Helsinki , the CSCE is founded and the Helsinki Final Act is signed.
- 1979: The city of Lahn , formed on January 1, 1977 as a district-free city through the amalgamation of several municipalities (including Gießen and Wetzlar ) as part of the regional reform in Hesse , is dissolved again.
- 1984: In the Federal Republic of Germany , failure to wear a seat belt in a car is punished with a fine of forty D-Marks . As a result, the seat belt rate of vehicle occupants increases from around 60 to around 90 percent.
- 1990: Shelju Shelev becomes President of Bulgaria .
- 1998: The spelling reform comes into force in the German-speaking countries .
- 2000: Moshe Katsav becomes the first Likud politician to become President of Israel .
- 2001: With the registered civil partnership , same-sex couples are legally recognized for the first time in Germany .
- 2006: The reformed spelling reform comes into force in the German-speaking countries .
- 2006: General Raul Castro , First Vice President of the Government of Cuba , Second Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) and also commander in chief of the Cuban armed forces, took over from his brother Fidel Castro temporarily the government.
- 2010: The Convention on Cluster Munitions, negotiated in Dublin on May 30, 2008, bans the use, manufacture and transfer of cluster bombs comes into force.
- 2015: As part of the India-Bangladeshi border treaty , 162 enclaves are exchanged . This is the solution to a decades-old border dispute.
business
- 52: The completed water supply pipes , Aqua Claudia and Anio Novus , are inaugurated in Rome .
- 1778: The first savings bank in Europe opens in Hamburg . The Patriotic Society of 1765 founds a "general pension institution", which also operates a so-called "savings class".
- 1843: The Magdeburg Stock Exchange is founded for the second time.
- 1912: The 3457 m high Jungfrau Railway Station Jungfraujoch is put into operation.
- 1941: The first jeep is produced.
- 1945: The Frankfurter Rundschau appears as the first licensed newspaper in post-war Germany .
- 1946: After the greatest hyperinflation in world history and the associated monetary chaos, the Hungarian pengő is replaced by the new forint as the national currency. According to the exchange rate valid at that time, one forint is equated with 400 quadrillion pengő.
- 1946: The national airline British European Airways is founded in Great Britain .
- 1948: The first edition of the German Sunday newspaper Welt am Sonntag is available. At the same time, the illustrated news magazine stern is published for the first time.
- 1953: The German Federal Insurance Agency for Salaried Employees (BfA) is founded as the carrier of the statutory pension insurance .
- 1957: As the central bank , the Deutsche Bundesbank replaces the Bank of German States .
- 1972: The Bauer publishing group brings the German edition of the men's magazine Playboy onto the market.
- 2014: The Kelston toll road , a private toll road in Great Britain, built without a permit , opens to replace the A431, which has been closed for over five months.
science and technology
- 1774: The scholar Joseph Priestley describes oxygen for the first time , but he does not recognize it as a chemical element .
- 1785: Jean-François de La Pérouse sets sail from Brest with two ships on behalf of the French crown to undertake a similarly prestigious circumnavigation of the world as the Englishman James Cook a few years earlier . As a supporter of the Enlightenment, Pérouse refrains from taking possession of newly discovered areas during his journey.
- 1793: France introduces the metric system by resolution of the National Convention .
- 1831: The New London Bridge is opened by King William IV and Queen Adelaide .
- 1929: The German rigid airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin from the House of Zeppelin begins its world voyage, which will last until September 4th, from Friedrichshafen.
- 1930: The first television receivers are in the demonstration phase at the 7th Great German Radio Exhibition.
- 1955: The ORF broadcasts its first television program in Austria .
- 1972: With a diameter of 100 m until 2000, the world's largest freely movable radio telescope is put into operation near Effelsberg .
- 2002: The high-speed route Cologne – Rhine / Main goes into passenger service. For the first time in Germany, passenger trains are scheduled to run at a speed of 300 km / h.
Culture
- 1740: The Song Rule, Britannia! is performed for the first time at the country seat of the Prince of Wales , Friedrich Ludwig von Hannover .
1844: Berlin Zoo, entrance to the elephant gate
- 1793: In a decree, the French National Convention orders the opening of the royal tombs of Saint-Denis in order to extract the precious metals it contains. As a result, the most valuable art treasures are destroyed.
- 1844: In Berlin , the zoological garden is opened as the ninth zoo in Europe. It is the oldest zoo in what is now Germany.
- 1962: Otfried Preußler 's children's book The Robber Hotzenplotz is published.
- 1971: The concert for Bangladesh , organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar , takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York City in front of around 40,000 spectators .
- 1981: MTV goes on the air in New York City .
- 2009: In the South Korean capital Seoul is Gwanghwamun Square opened.
religion
- 314: The Council of Arles condemns the Donatism widespread in North Africa and confirms the controversial election of the Carthaginian bishop Caecilian. The validity of sacraments is also discussed.
- 1099: Arnulf von Chocques becomes Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the First Crusade after the conquest of Jerusalem .
Disasters
- 1976: In Vienna - shortly before her hundredth birthday - the Reichsbrücke collapses . A person is killed in the process.
- 2004: 396 people died in a supermarket fire in Asunción ( Paraguay ).
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1855: A rope team led by Charles Hudson succeeds in the first ascent of the Dufourspitze ( 4634 m above sea level ) in the Monte Rosa massif , the highest mountain peak in Switzerland .
- 1900: The Borussia Mönchengladbach club is founded under the name Borussia 1900 M.-Gladbach football club.
- 1922: The car race in Brooksland (USA) is broadcast live as the first sports radio report .
- 1936: Adolf Hitler opened in Berlin the XI. Olympic games . The Olympic flame is lit by the German athlete Fritz Schilgen , the weightlifter Rudolf Ismayr takes the Olympic oath .
- 1976: During the last Formula 1 race at the Nürburgring , world championship leader Niki Lauda had a serious accident , but was rescued by Arturo Merzario , who pulled him out of his burning vehicle.
- 1987: Mike Tyson wins his boxing match and thus the world heavyweight title against Tony Tucker at the Hilton Hotel , Las Vegas by winning on points.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
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- 10 BC Chr .: Claudius , Roman emperor
- 126: Pertinax , Roman emperor
- 992: Hyeonjong , 8th King of the Korean Goryeo Empire
- 1084: Heonjong , 14th King of the Korean Goryeo Empire
- 1136: Humbert III. , Count of Savoy
- 1292: John Marshal, 2nd Baron Marshal , English nobleman and hereditary Marshal of Ireland
- 1313: Kōgon , Japanese emperor
- 1377: Go-Komatsu , 100th Emperor of Japan
- 1384: Anton , Count von Rethel, Duke of Brabant and Duke of Luxembourg
- 1399: Pietro Geremia , Italian Dominican and diplomat
- 1410: Johann IV. , Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
- 1415: Pierre von Roubaix , French count of Roubaix
- 1425: Friedrich I , Elector Palatinate
- 1492: Wolfgang , son of Prince Waldemar VI.
- 1494: Benedikt Burgauer , Swiss theologian and reformer
- 1495: Jan van Scorel , Dutch painter
- 1500: Johannes Rivius , German educator and theologian
- 1501: Johann Glandorp , German humanist, pedagogue, poet, Protestant theologian and reformer
- 1501: Veit Winsheim , German rhetorician, philologist, physician and Graecist
- 1504: Dorothea , first Duchess of Prussia
- 1520: Sigismund II , King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, last King of the Jagiellonians
- 1555: Edward Kelley , English alchemist and spiritualist
- 1585: Wilhelm von Proeck , German member of the Fruit Bringing Society
- 1589: Alexandrine von Taxis , countess and postmaster general of the Spanish Netherlands (date of baptism)
- 1627: Luise Christine von Savoyen-Carignan , mother of Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden
- 1628: Johann Adam Schertzer , German Protestant theologian
- 1656: Xaver Jakub Ticin , Sorbian Jesuit and linguist
- 1657: Louis Thomas of Savoy-Carignan , Count of Soissons
- 1672: Sebastian Edzardus , German philosopher, Lutheran dispute theologian and missionary
- 1678: Johann Friedrich Henckel , German doctor, mineralogist, metallurgist and chemist
- 1685: Pier Giuseppe Sandoni , Italian composer
- 1695: Johann Konrad Brandenstein , German organ builder
18th century
- 1706: Franz Sebald Unterberger , South Tyrolean painter
- 1713: Charles I , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
- 1713: Jean-Baptiste Salomon , French violin maker
- 1714: Richard Wilson , British painter
- 1723: Johann Friedrich Gruner , German Protestant theologian, historian, rhetorician and educator
- 1728: Johann Ignaz Seuffert , German organ builder
- 1729: Ernst Anton Heiliger , German politician, mayor of Hanover
- 1734: Dominik Auliczek , Bohemian sculptor
- 1738: Gustaf von Engeström , Swedish mining engineer, mineralogist and chemist
- 1744: Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck , French biologist
- 1748: Lorenz von Westenrieder , German historian and writer
- 1755: Antonio Capuzzi , Italian violinist and composer
- 1756: Pierre Louis Prieur , French politician
- 1760: Wilhelm Anton von Klewiz , Prussian politician and administrative officer
- 1761: Johann Peter von Feuerbach , German political official
- 1766: Philipp von der Leyen , German nobleman, first Prince von der Leyen
- 1766: Hanzo Njepila , Sorbian folk writer
- 1768: Karl Ludwig von Haller , Swiss constitutional lawyer
- 1770: William Clark , American soldier and explorer, member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- 1773: Ignaz Anton Demeter , German clergyman, Archbishop of Freiburg from 1839 to 1842
- 1773: Johann August Heinrich Tittmann , German theologian and philosopher
- 1774: Ferdinand Beneke , German lawyer and politician
- 1776: Francesca Scanagatta , Austrian officer
- 1779: Karl Otto Ludwig von Arnim , German writer
- 1779: Francis Scott Key , American lyric poet
- 1779: Lorenz Oken , German naturalist
- 1782: Eugen von Mazenod , French Catholic saint
- 1783: Wilhelm Malte I , Prince of Rügen, Swedish governor in Pomerania
- 1786: Pius August in Bavaria , Duke of Bavaria
- 1789: Karl Christoph Roeder von Diersburg , German landscape painter
- 1791: George Ticknor , American literary historian and Romanist
- 1792: Friedrich Hermann de Leuw , German doctor
- 1794: Wilhelm Lang , German organ builder
- 1797: Franz Härter , Alsatian pastor
- 1799: Sophie de Ségur , French writer of Russian origin
- 1800: Ernst Ortlepp , German poet from Vormärz
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: Philipp Spitta , German composer, theologian (Protestant) and poet
- 1802: Karl Uschner , German translator of ancient poems
- 1807: Robert McClelland , American politician
- 1808: Luise Löbbecke , German social reformer
- 1812: Rudolph Apponyi von Nagy-Appony , Austro-Hungarian diplomat
- 1812: Ludwig Wilhelm , Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt
- 1817: Adolf I , Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- 1817: Johannes Christoph Andreas Zahn , German theologian and hymnologist
- 1817: Joseph Henry Gilbert , British agricultural chemist
- 1817: Richard Dadd , English painter of the Victorian era
- 1818: Maria Mitchell , American astronomer and suffragette
- 1819: Augustus Gregory , Australian explorer
- 1819: Herman Melville , American novelist, poet, and essayist
- 1830: Jaroslav Čermák , Czech painter
- 1831: Antonio Cotogni , Italian opera singer
- 1835: Jacob Audorf , German poet, functionary of the ADAV
- 1837: Mary Harris "Mother" Jones , American leader of the labor and trade union movement
- 1837: Philipp Karcher , German entrepreneur
- 1838: Ludwig of Naples-Sicily , Count of Trani and Prince of Naples-Sicily
- 1840: Franz Simandl , Bohemian double bass player, music teacher and author
- 1841: Eduard Herzog , first Christian Catholic bishop in Switzerland
- 1841: Lilli Suburg , Estonian writer
- 1843: Emil Schallopp , German chess master
- 1843: Robert Todd Lincoln , American Consul General, son of Abraham Lincoln
- 1846: Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha , Brazilian composer and diplomat
- 1846: Max Wiese , German sculptor and professor at the Art Academy in Hanau
- 1847: Anton Reichenow , German ornithologist
- 1848: Pierre Gailhard , French opera bassist
- 1848: František Kmoch , Czech composer and conductor
- 1849: August Specht , German animal painter
- 1849: Hermann von Zeller , German lawyer
1851-1900
- 1851: August Holmberg , German painter and sculptor
- 1852: Eilhard Wiedemann , German physicist
- 1853: Willoughby D. Miller , American dental scientist
- 1857: Ida Craddock , American author and pioneer of the sexual revolution
- 1857: Paul Harzer , German astronomer
- 1858: Hans Rott , Austrian composer and organist
- 1861: Bogislaw von Klitzing , Prussian district administrator and general landscape director
- 1862: Montague Rhodes James , British horror and fantasy writer
- 1863: Gaston Doumergue , French President of the Third Republic
- 1865: Alfred Hoche , German psychiatrist
- 1865: Eugen Napoleon of Sweden , youngest son of the Swedish King Oscar II.
- 1865: Eugen Ritter von Knilling , Bavarian politician
- 1867: William Speirs Bruce , Scottish polar explorer and oceanographer
- 1867: Constantin Christomanos , Greek historian, playwright and theater director
- 1871: Eduard von Winterstein , German film actor
- 1873: Erik Hans Karl von Arnim , German manor owner and court official
- 1873: Luise Fleck , Austrian film director
- 1873: Gabriel Terra , Uruguayan politician and president
- 1873: Henri Verbrugghen , Belgian conductor, violinist and music teacher
- 1874: Georg Fritze , German Protestant pastor and theologian
- 1877: Carl Wiegand , German gymnast
- 1879: Augusto Samuel Boyd , 19th President of Panama
- 1879: Erich Harbort , German geologist
- 1881: Kornel Abel , Austrian officer
- 1881: Aizu Yaichi , Japanese literary scholar and poet
- 1881: Stanisław Kazuro , Polish composer
- 1881: Rose Macaulay , British writer
- 1881: Otto Toeplitz , German professor of mathematics
- 1882: Agapios Salomon Naoum , Lebanese Archbishop
- 1882: Felix Haase , German Catholic church historian
- 1882: Reinhold Wulle , German politician and publicist
- 1883: Anton Kern , Austrian librarian
- 1883: Maxim Zetkin , German politician and surgeon
- 1884: Levi Ankeny , American politician
- 1885: George de Hevesy , Hungarian chemist
- 1885: Kinoshita Mokutarō , Japanese writer and doctor
- 1885: Peter von der Mühll , Swiss classical philologist
- 1885: Fritz Skell , German draftsman
- 1887: Robert Schraudolph , German artist
- 1888: Vito Frazzi , Italian composer and music teacher
- 1888: Charles Winslow , South African tennis player
- 1888: Richard Whitney , American banker
- 1889: Walther Gerlach , German physicist
- 1889: Frieda Nickel , German social democratic politician
- 1889: George Ziegler , Canadian organist, choir director, conductor, composer and music teacher
- 1890: Archer Taylor , American folklorist
- 1891: Enrique Mario Casella , Argentine composer
- 1891: Charles H. Elston , American politician
- 1891: Karl Kobelt , Swiss politician and Federal Councilor
- 1891: Edward Streeter , American journalist and writer
- 1893: Walter Becker , German artist
- 1893: Karl-Siegmund Litzmann , German politician, General Commissioner for Estonia
- 1893: Lya Mara , German silent film actress of Latvian-Polish origin
- 1893: Anton Wurzer , German dialect poet
- 1894: Ottavio Bottecchia , Italian racing cyclist
- 1894: Juan Filloy , Argentine writer
- 1895: Walther Bringolf , Swiss politician
- 1896: Bona Margherita of Savoy-Genoa , Princess of Savoy
- 1896: Walther Wadehn , German major general
- 1898: Maria Ley , Austrian dancer
- 1899: Jimmie Angel , American bush pilot
- 1899: Alwin Assmann , Austrian politician
- 1899: Raymond Mays , British racing car driver and entrepreneur
- 1899: William Steinberg , American conductor of German origin
- 1900: Karl Mark , Austrian politician and member of the National Council
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Pancho Villa , Filipino flyweight boxer
- 1902: Lola Iturbe , Spanish feminist and anarchist
- 1902: Otto Schmidt , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
- 1903: Marvin Bower , American Managing Director
- 1903: Helena Nordheim , Dutch gymnast
- 1905: Helen Hogg , Canadian astronomer
- 1905: Miguel Prado Paz , Mexican composer
- 1906: Willi Welscher , German athlete
- 1907: Sylvia Bayr-Klimpfinger , Austrian psychologist
- 1907: Marga von Etzdorf , German aviator
- 1908: Miloslav Kabeláč , Czech composer and conductor
- 1908: William Ling , English football referee
- 1908: Elsa Oehmigen , German street musician
- 1909: Edith Baumann , German politician (FDJ, SED) and FDJ functionary
- 1909: Otto Boxer , German boxer
- 1910: Klementyna Mankowska , Polish resistance fighter and agent
- 1910: Gerda Taro , German photographer
- 1911: Rudolf Desch , German composer
- 1911: Pericle Felici , cardinal
- 1912: Damien Parer , Australian cameraman and photographer
- 1912: Frank K. Edmondson , American astronomer
- 1912: Helmut Storch , German animal rights activist and stork keeper
- 1913: Hajo Herrmann , German lawyer
- 1913: Heinz Ellenberg , German biologist, botanist, landscape ecologist
- 1913: Jerome Moross , American composer and conductor
- 1913: Rudolf Wöhrl , German entrepreneur
- 1914: Grigol Abashidze , Georgian-Soviet poet
- 1914: Béatrice von Boch-Galhau , German entrepreneur and patron
- 1914: Edmond Jeanneret , Swiss Protestant clergyman and poet
- 1914: J. Lee Thompson , British director
- 1915: Harry Auterhoff , Latvian chemist and pharmacist
- 1915: Hann Trier , German painter and graphic artist
- 1916: Fiorenzo Angelini , Italian cardinal
- 1916: Leonore Mau , German photographer
- 1918: Artur Brauner , German film producer
- 1919: Fides Krause-Brewer , German television journalist
- 1920: Samuel Lee , American athlete, Olympic champion in high diving
- 1921: Elaine Dundy , American writer, biographer, journalist, and actress
- 1921: Jack Kramer , American tennis player
- 1922: Marie Ellington , American singer
- 1922: Arthur Hill , Canadian theater, film, and television actor
- 1922: Eva Köckis-Stangl , Austrian sociologist
- 1922: Hans Löfflad , German politician
- 1923: Carter Brown , Australian crime writer
- 1923: Valentina Michailowna Leontjewa , Soviet and Russian television presenter
- 1923: Götz R. Richter , German writer
- 1924: Abdullah ibn Abd al-Aziz , Saudi Arabian king
- 1924: Georges Charpak , French physicist
- 1924: Marcia Mae Jones , American actress
- 1925: Albert Plohnke , Prussian aircraft flight engineer and technical operations manager
- 1925: Ernst Jandl , Austrian writer
1926-1950
- 1926: Marie-Louise Roth , German literary scholar
- 1926: Theo Adam , German chamber singer and opera director
- 1926: Karl Kohn , American composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1927: Alexander Welbat , German actor, voice actor and cabaret artist
- 1927: André Cools , Belgian politician
- 1927: Gerhard Woitzik , German politician
- 1927: Heinz Bellen , German ancient historian
- 1928: Helmuth Herold , German interpreter and teacher of the harmonica
- 1929: Leila Abashidze , Georgian-Soviet actress
- 1929: Hafizullah Amin , Afghan politician, President
- 1929: Samuel Charters , American blues music researcher
- 1929: Josef Homeyer , German Bishop of Hildesheim
- 1930: Lionel Bart , British musical composer
- 1930: Pierre Bourdieu , French sociologist
- 1930: Lawrence Eagleburger , American diplomat and politician, Secretary of State
- 1930: Mara Lane , Austrian film actress
- 1930: Reinhart Wolf , German photographer
- 1931: Hal Connolly , American hammer thrower, Olympic champion
- 1931: Dino da Costa , Brazilian soccer player and coach
- 1931: Rostislaw Grigoryevich Boiko , Russian composer
- 1931: Seán Ó Riada , Irish composer
- 1931: John Stratton , Canadian singer, music historian and producer
- 1932: Albert Höfer , Austrian theologian, priest, psychotherapist and gestalt pedagogue
- 1932: Meena Kumari , Indian film actress
- 1933: Sheldon Adelson , American entrepreneur
- 1933: Gilles Boizard , French composer
- 1933: Dom DeLuise , American actor
- 1933: William Engseth , Norwegian politician
- 1933: Meta Stölken , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1933: Ko Un , Korean poet and writer
- 1934: Oskar Negt , German social philosopher
- 1934: Peter Dommisch , German actor
- 1934: Pit Krüger , German comedian, singer and actor
- 1936: Carl von Württemberg , German entrepreneur
- 1936: Horst Josef Zugehre , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- 1936: William D. Hamilton , English biologist
- 1936: Yves Saint Laurent , French fashion designer
- 1937: Eva Stanienda , German entrepreneur and politician
- 1937: Ellen Werthmann , German politician
- 1938: Bernward Vesper , German publisher and writer
- 1938: Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty , Syrian bishop in Venezuela
- 1938: Helga Mack , German politician
- 1938: Paddy Moloney , Irish bagpiper
- 1939: Terry Kiser , American actor
- 1939: Charles Ruff , American special investigator in the Watergate affair
- 1940: Arnold Othmar Wieland , Italian theologian, Grand Master of the German Order
- 1940: Horst Herrmann , German church critic, sociologist and writer
- 1941: Ron Brown , American politician
- 1941: Frederick Busch , American writer
- 1941: Nathalie Delon , French actress
- 1941: Sue Wilkins Myrick , American politician
- 1941: Jordi Savall , Spanish musicologist and gambist
- 1941: Christa Thoben , German politician
- 1941: Hans Werner Tobler , Swiss historian
- 1942: Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö , Swedish tenor
- 1942: Kent Andersson , Swedish motorcycle racer
- 1942: Clive Baker , British racing car driver
- 1942: Jerry García , American rock musician and songwriter ( Grateful Dead )
- 1942: Giancarlo Giannini , Italian actor
- 1942: Hansi Linder , German actress
- 1942: Adriano Sofri , Italian journalist
- 1943: Monica von Rosen Nestler , Swedish-Swiss artist, photographer and author
- 1943: Angela Schmid , German politician
- 1944: Alfons Adam , Austrian lawyer and politician
- 1944: Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko , Soviet pilot and cosmonaut
- 1944: Michael Buthe , German artist
- 1944: Doris Janssen-Reschke , German Lutheran theologian
- 1945: Douglas D. Osheroff , American physicist
- 1946: Madeleine Amgwerd , Swiss politician
- 1946: Peter F. Bringmann , German director
- 1946: David Calder , British actor
- 1947: Tsutomu Adachi , Japanese manga artist
- 1947: Günter Baumann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1947: Jan Tomasz Gross , American sociologist and historian
- 1947: Jacek Kleyff , Polish singer-songwriter, cabaret artist, actor and painter
- 1947: Leoluca Orlando , Italian lawyer, politician and anti-Mafia fighter
- 1948: Cliff Branch , American football player
- 1948: Rainer Schmidt , German ski jumper
- 1948: Hermann Urbanek , Austrian editor, non-fiction author and science fiction expert
- 1948: Vasile Ursu , Moldovan politician, mayor of Chișinău
- 1948: Christopher Crowe , American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor
- 1949: Ditmar Staffelt , German politician
- 1949: Kurmanbek Bakiyev , Kyrgyz President
- 1950: Addai II , ancient oriental bishop, Catholicos patriarch of the "Old Apostolic and Catholic Church of the East"
- 1950: Annegrit Arens , German writer and screenwriter
- 1950: Jim Carroll , American writer and musician
- 1950: Roy Williams , American basketball coach
- 1950: Stephan Braunfels , German architect
1951-1975
- 1951: Tommy Bolin , American guitarist
- 1951: Norbert Formanski , German politician
- 1951: Guy Martinolle , French racing car driver
- 1952: Ulrich Martin Drescher , German moderator and lobbyist
- 1952: Zoran Đinđić , Serbian politician and writer
- 1953: Robert Cray , American blues guitarist and singer
- 1954: Benno Möhlmann , German soccer coach
- 1954: Michael Badnarik , American software engineer and politician
- 1954: Trevor Berbick , Jamaican boxer
- 1955: Dominique Andrey , Swiss professional officer
- 1956: Axel Milberg , German actor
- 1957: Beate Merk , German politician
- 1957: Ivan Blecha , Czech philosopher
- 1957: Klaus Brähmig , German politician
- 1957: Stefan Gubser , Swiss actor
- 1958: Paul Gray , American bass player
- 1958: Michael Penn , American musician
- 1959: Dieter Jahn , German biochemist and microbiologist
- 1959: Karl Borsch , German clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Aachen
- 1959: Joe Elliott , English rock musician ( Def Leppard )
- 1959: Peter-Martin Schmidt , German clergyman, vicar general in the diocese of Fulda
- 1960: Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff , German dressage rider
- 1960: Chuck D , American rapper
- 1960: Karl-Heinz Wiesemann , German clergyman, Bishop of Speyer
- 1960: Professor Griff , American rapper and producer
- 1961: Allen Berg , American Formula 1 racing driver
- 1961: Brad Faxon , American golfer
- 1961: Dana Sparks , American film actress and model
- 1961: Danny Blind , Dutch soccer player
- 1961: Roland Wille , Liechtenstein marathon runner
- 1962: Spyros Andriopoulos , Greek long-distance runner
- 1962: Toni G. Atkins , American politician
- 1963: Klaus Arntz , German theologian and university professor
- 1963: Coolio , American rapper and actor
- 1963: Christophe d'Ansembourg , Belgian racing driver
- 1963: Élisabeth Loisel , French football player and coach
- 1963: John Carroll Lynch , American actor
- 1963: Jörg Sommer , German children's book author
- 1963: Mark Wright , English football player and coach
- 1964: Adam Duritz , American singer ( Counting Crows )
- 1964: Detlef Dezelak , German soccer player
- 1964: Maria Usifo , Nigerian athlete
- 1965: Manuela Auer , Austrian politician
- 1965: Tom Garling , American jazz musician
- 1965: Brandt Jobe , American professional golfer
- 1965: Eva Horn , German literary scholar
- 1965: María Sólrún Sigurðardóttir , Icelandic director
- 1965: Sam Mendes , British director
- 1966: Sven Plate , German actor
- 1967: Clare Adamson , Scottish politician
- 1967: Abed Bwanika , Ugandan politician
- 1967: Adrian Spyrka , German soccer player
- 1967: Anders Samuelsen , Danish politician, MEP
- 1968: Jill Trenary , American figure skater
- 1968: Marco Börries , German entrepreneur
- 1968: Robert Nikolic , German professional footballer
- 1969: Matthias Bleyer , Austrian football player
- 1969: Tomasz Łapiński , Polish football player
- 1969: Ibrahim Okyay , Turkish racing driver
- 1969: Torsten Raspe , German soccer player
- 1969: Naoki Yasuzaki , Japanese ski jumper
- 1969: Rodin Younessi , American racing car driver
- 1969: Norbert Zeilberger , Austrian organist, harpsichordist and pianist
- 1970: David James , British football player
- 1970: Stephan Schambach , German entrepreneur
- 1971: Christina Angel , American porn actress
- 1971: İdil Üner , Turkish-German actress
- 1972: Anders Niklas Andersson , Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist
- 1972: Devon Hughes , American wrestler
- 1973: Jirka Arndt , German athlete
- 1973: Eduardo Noriega , Spanish actor
- 1973: Gregg Berhalter , American football player
- 1973: Tempestt Bledsoe , American actress
- 1973: Torsten Lieberknecht , German soccer player
- 1974: Beckie Scott , Canadian cross-country skier
- 1974: Dennis Lawrence , American football player
- 1974: Enie van de Meiklokjes , German television presenter
- 1974: Macchambes Younga-Mouhani , German football player
- 1974: Rampage , American rapper
- 1975: Malin Moström , Swedish soccer player
1976-2000
- 1976: Iván Duque , Colombian lawyer and politician
- 1976: Don Hertzfeldt , American animator
- 1976: Hasan Şaş , Turkish football player
- 1976: Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu , Romanian chess player
- 1976: Nwankwo Kanu , Nigerian soccer player
- 1977: Metin Aktaş , Turkish football goalkeeper
- 1977: Afrob , German rapper and actor
- 1977: Marc Denis , Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
- 1977: Damien Saez , French songwriter
- 1977: Marcel Schlutt , German actor, presenter and photographer
- 1977: Markus Schuler , German soccer player
- 1978: Edem Komlan Franck Atsou , Togolese football player
- 1979: Junior Agogo , Ghanaian-English soccer player
- 1979: Sascha Bäcker , German soccer player
- 1979: Nenad Đorđević , Serbian football player
- 1979: Jason Momoa , American actor and model
- 1979: Yüksel Sariyar , Austrian football player
- 1980: Sylvain Armand , French soccer player
- 1980: Romain Barras , French decathlete
- 1980: Takashi Kogure , Japanese racing driver
- 1981: Ashley Parker Angel , American musician
- 1981: Christofer Heimeroth , German football goalkeeper
- 1981: Brett Chukerman , American actor
- 1981: Miracle Laurie , American actress
- 1981: Hans Ottar Lindberg , Danish handball player
- 1981: Melanie Raabe , German writer
- 1982: Anthony Aquino , Italian-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983: Maria Nalbandian , Lebanese singer and model
- 1983: Richard Porta , Uruguayan-Australian soccer player
- 1984: Francesco Gavazzi , Italian racing cyclist
- 1984: Jesús Méndez , Argentine football player
- 1984: Charles Ng , Hong Kong-Chinese racing car driver
- 1984: Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren , Norwegian handball player
- 1984: Bastian Schweinsteiger , German soccer player
- 1985: Susanne Kasperczyk , German soccer player
- 1985: Stuart Holden , Scottish-American football player
- 1985: Dušan Švento , Slovak football player
- 1986: Jörn Schlönvoigt , German actor and musician
- 1986: Ekaterina Wetkowa , Russian handball player
- 1987: Iago Aspas Juncal , Spanish soccer player
- 1987: Jakov Fak , Slovenian-Croatian biathlete
- 1987: Sébastien Pocognoli , Belgian football player
- 1988: Mos Abdellaoue , Norwegian football player
- 1988: Max Carver , American actor
- 1988: Fayçal Fajr , French-Moroccan football player
- 1988: Nikolaj Markussen , Danish handball player
- 1988: Nemanja Matić , Serbian football player
- 1988: Clélia Rard-Reuse , Swiss athlete
- 1988: Andreas Strolz , Austrian ski jumper
- 1991: Moritz Kuhn , German soccer player
- 1992: Kwame Nsor , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1992: Austin Rivers , American basketball player
- 1992: Maximilian Knabe , German web video producer
- 1993: Alejandro Abrines Redondo , Spanish basketball player
- 1994: Domenico Berardi , Italian football player
- 1995: Garrett Gerloff , American motorcycle racer
- 1996: Katie Boulter , British tennis player
- 1997: Marie Schölzel , German volleyball player
- 1997: Sergio Higuita , Colombian racing cyclist
- 1998: Alexandar Donski , Bulgarian tennis player
- 1998: Amelia Smart , Canadian ski racer
- 1999: Osman Atilgan , German soccer player
- 2000: Jaden Bojsen , German actor, DJ and singer
Died
Before the 16th century
- 30 BC Chr .: Marcus Antonius , Roman statesman and general
- 371: Eusebius of Vercelli , bishop
- 527: Justin I , Eastern Roman Emperor
- 864: Erchanfried , Bishop of Regensburg
- 873: Thakulf , Margrave of the Sorbian March
- 924: Æthelweard , King of England
- 984: Æthelwold , Bishop of Winchester
- 1098: Adhemar de Monteil , Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, main character of the First Crusade
- 1104: Haziga von Diessen , Countess von Scheyern
- 1137: Ludwig VI. , called the Fat King of France 1108–1137
- 1152: Albrecht I , Bishop of Meissen
- 1190: Florens III. , Count of Holland
- 1201: Johannes Komnenos the Fat , Byzantine aristocrat and usurper
- 1252: Johannes de Plano Carpini , Italian Franciscan, traveled to Mongolia
- 1264: Johann I , Prince of Mecklenburg
- 1289: Heinrich I , Count of Sponheim
- 1295: Pietro Peregrossi , cardinal of the Catholic Church
- 1298: Ibn Wasil , Arab politician, diplomat and historian
- 1299: Conrad III. von Lichtenberg , Bishop of Strasbourg
- 1326: Wartislaw IV. , Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast
- 1348: Blanca Margarete von Valois , first wife of the Bohemian King Charles I.
- 1381: Jakob Pleskow , Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
- 1391: Gaston III. , Count of Foix, Vice-Count of Béarn, Marsan and Lautrec and Co-Lord of Andorra
- 1402: Edmund of Langley , Duke of York
- 1427: Gentile da Fabriano , Italian painter
- 1433: Burkhard Zibol , Basel politician and benefactor
- 1443: Metrophanes II , Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- 1446: Johann von Pannwitz , auxiliary bishop and vicar general in Breslau and titular bishop of Symbalon
- 1457: Gauhar-Schad , Persian nobleman and first wife of Shah-Rukh, the Timurid ruler of Herat
- 1457: Lorenzo Valla , Italian humanist and canon
- 1464: Cosimo de 'Medici , Italian entrepreneur, actual founder of the later influence of the Medici
- 1478: Matthias von Rammung , Bishop of Speyer
- 1494: Giovanni Santi , Italian painter, Raphael's father
16th to 18th century
- 1503: Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní , Archbishop of Monreale, Administrator of Olomouc, Bishop of Melfi, Bishop of Ferrara and Titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople
- 1541: Simon Grynaeus , German Reformed theologian and reformer
- 1543: Magnus I , Duke of Sachsen-Lauenburg and son of Duke Johann IV and Dorothea of Brandenburg
- 1543: Paul Phrygio , German Reformed theologian and reformer
- 1545: Juan Pardo de Tavera , Archbishop of Toledo and Spanish Grand Inquisitor
- 1546: Erasmus Ritter , German-Swiss theologian and reformer
- 1546: Peter Faber , blessed of the Catholic Church, companion of Ignatius of Loyola and co-founder of the Jesuits
- 1560: Melchior Volmar , German lawyer, philologist and humanist
- 1562: Virgil Solis , German draftsman and engraver
- 1580: Albrecht Giese , German diplomat, Danzig councilor
- 1580: Everard Mercurian , Superior General of the Jesuit Order
- 1584: Marcantonio Colonna , Admiral and Viceroy of Sicily
- 1589: Jacques Clément , Dominican who passed the French King Henry III. stabbed
- 1600: Dom Frei Amador Arrais de Mendoza , Portuguese clergyman, theologian, bishop and writer
- 1625: Johann Hartmann Beyer , German doctor, mathematician and councilor
- 1638: Joachim Wtewael , Dutch painter
- 1639: Thomas Thynne , English nobleman and politician
- 1661: Carlo Francesco Nuvolone , Italian painter and fresco artist
- 1664: Johann Jacob Saar , German navigator and author
- 1677: Georg Christian , third Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
- 1686: Antonio Raggi , Italian sculptor
- 1691: Marie de Hautefort , French nobleman, close confidante and friend of King Louis XIII.
- 1703: Sibylle Hedwig von Sachsen-Lauenburg , Duchess of Sachsen-Lauenburg
- 1708: Edward Tyson , British physician and zoologist
- 1711: Michael Wenzel Halbax , Czech-Austrian painter
- 1714: Anne , Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland
- 1714: Elias Meniates , university professor in Venice and Archbishop of Kernike and Kalavryta
- 1715: Johann Ernst IV , Duke of Saxe-Weimar
- 1739: Johann Jakob Bager , German builder
- 1743: Richard Savage , English poet
- 1745: Gottlob Adolph , German hymn poet
- 1769: Jean Chappe d'Auteroche , French astronomer
- 1787: Alexander von der Mark , illegitimate son of King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia
- 1787: Alfonso Maria de Liguori , Italian lawyer, bishop and founder of the order
- 1795: Clas Bjerkander , Swedish naturalist
- 1796: Robert Pigot , British officer during the American Revolutionary War.
- 1798: Aristide Aubert Dupetit-Thouars , French admiral
- 1798: François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers , French admiral
- 1798: Louis de Casabianca , officer in the French Navy
- 1800: Christian Zwilling , German Protestant theologian
19th century
- 1808: Diana Beauclerk , British painter
- 1808: Johann Matthias Schröckh , Austrian historian and literary scholar
- 1812: Jakow Petrovich Kulnew , Russian commander
- 1813: Carl Stenborg , Swedish composer
- 1821: Elizabeth Inchbald , British writer
- 1833: Michael Weber , German theologian
- 1840: Karl Otfried Müller , German classical philologist and archaeologist
- 1845: Conrad Daniel von Blücher-Altona , German President of Altona
- 1845: Karl Heinrich Gottfried Witte , German educator and writer
- 1846: Peter Ritter , German composer, conductor and cellist
- 1846: August von Fürth , German legal historian
- 1851: Wilhelm Joseph Behr , German lawyer, politician and writer
- 1857: Emilie Zumsteeg , German composer, music teacher and choir director, pianist and music writer
- 1858: Johann von Wessenberg , Austrian statesman and diplomat
- 1859: Stefan Bogoridi , Phanariot of Bulgarian origin, adviser to Ottoman sultans
- 1861: Johann Philipp Abresch , German democrat
- 1865: Byron Diman , American politician
- 1866: Luigi Carlo Farini , Italian Prime Minister
- 1869: Alexandrine Tinné , Dutch explorer and Africa researcher
- 1874: Gustav Zimmermann , German politician and publicist
- 1874: Karl Bernhardi , German author and politician
- 1877: Wilhelm Schulz , German-Spanish geologist and mining engineer
- 1879: August Geib , German poet, bookseller and politician
- 1879: Wenceslaus Babinsky , Bohemian robber
- 1880: Melchior Schlumpf , Swiss Jesuit and educator
- 1882: Henry Kendall , Australian writer
- 1884: Heinrich Laube , German writer, playwright and theater director, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- 1884: Kiến Phúc , Vietnamese emperor
- 1889: Alexander Edmund Batson Davie , Canadian politician
- 1895: Heinrich von Sybel , German historian
- 1896: William Grove , British lawyer and scientist
- 1898: László Arany , Hungarian poet
- 1899: Johan Adam Wijnne , Dutch historian
20th century
1901-1950
- 1902: Frederick Augustus Packer , Australian organist, composer and music teacher
- 1903: Calamity Jane , American western heroine
- 1904: Martin Binder , German organ builder
- 1907: Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro , Portuguese politician, Prime Minister
- 1911: Edwin Austin Abbey , American painter and illustrator
- 1911: Konrad Duden , German high school teacher, editor of the Duden
- 1913: Lessja Ukrajinka , Ukrainian poet, dramaturge and translator
- 1917: Enric Prat de la Riba , Spanish politician, the first President of the Mancomunitat de Catalunya
- 1917: Ludwig Rochus Schmidlin , Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman, educator and church historian
- 1917: Christian August Volquardsen , German ancient historian
- 1920: Bal Gangadhar Tilak , Indian politician
- 1922: Donát Bánki , Hungarian mechanical engineer and university professor
- 1923: Theophil Forchhammer , Swiss composer, church musician and organist
- 1923: Horace Parnell Tuttle , American astronomer
- 1924: Frieda Amerlan , German writer
- 1926: Israel Zangwill , British writer, journalist and Zionist activist
- 1926: Jan Kasprowicz , Polish writer
- 1926: Otto Beutler , German lawyer, politician, Lord Mayor of Dresden
- 1933: August Lütgens , German Nazi justice victim
- 1933: Bruno Tesch , German resistance fighter, victim of National Socialism
- 1935: Alfred Müller , German ethnologist, author and secondary school director
- 1935: Hellmut von Gerlach , German politician and publicist
- 1938: Hans Karl Zeßner-Spitzenberg , Austrian lawyer and professor
- 1940: Hugo Lederer , German sculptor
- 1940: Paul Hirsch , German politician, Prime Minister of Prussia
- 1941: Sidney Brown , Swiss machine designer and art collector
- 1942: Gerhard Hirschfelder , German Catholic priest, resistance fighter against National Socialism and martyr
- 1942: Anton Schlossar , German writer and library director
- 1942: Herbert Selpin , German film director and screenwriter
- 1944: Albert Lautman , French mathematician and philosopher
- 1944: Manuel Quezon , Filipino politician
- 1946: Sergei Kuzmich Bunjatschenko , Russian general
- 1946: Andrei Andreevich Vlasov , Soviet general
1951-2000
- 1951: Joachim von Delbrück , German writer, critic and editor
- 1953: William Pepperell Montague , American philosopher
- 1954: Charles-Albert Cingria , Swiss writer
- 1959: Jean Behra , French racing driver
- 1959: Ivor Bueb , British racing car driver
- 1960: Ascan Lutteroth , German district court director
- 1960: Horace Bailey , English football player
- 1961: Oskar Spiel , Austrian educator and psychologist
- 1962: Ferdinand Abt , German sculptor
- 1962: Gordon Bennett , Australian general
- 1963: Theodore Roethke , American poet
- 1964: Taffy Abel , American ice hockey player
- 1966: Charles Whitman , American gunman
- 1967: Lewis H. Brereton , US Lieutenant General
- 1968: Maurice Spector , Canadian communist politician
- 1969: Gerhard Mitter , German racing driver
- 1969: Joseph Schacht , German orientalist
- 1970: Frances Farmer , American actress
- 1970: Giuseppe Pizzardo , Italian cardinal
- 1970: Otto Warburg , German biochemist, doctor and physiologist
- 1971: Henri Poitras , Canadian actor and playwright
- 1972: Pietro Ghersi , Italian automobile and motorcycle racing driver
- 1972: August Karolus , German physicist
- 1972: Erwin Madelung , German physicist
- 1973: Gian Francesco Malipiero , Italian composer and musicologist
- 1973: Walter Ulbricht , German politician, MdL, MdR, General Secretary or First Secretary of the Central Committee of the SED, Chairman of the State Council of the GDR
- 1974: Ildebrando Antoniutti , Italian clergyman, Vatican diplomat, cardinal to the Curia
- 1974: Alois Hundhammer , German politician, Bavarian minister and deputy prime minister
- 1975: Reiji Okazaki , Japanese biologist
- 1976: Richard Archbold , American zoologist, pilot, and philanthropist
- 1977: Francis Gary Powers , American pilot
- 1978: Peter Wilhelm Brand , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1978: Rudolf Kolisch , Austrian violinist
- 1979: Ethelbert Stauffer , German Protestant theologian
- 1980: Patrick Depailler , French Formula 1 racing driver
- 1981: Julius Arigi , Austrian fighter pilot
- 1981: Kevin Lynch , Northern Irish terrorist
- 1981: Omar Torrijos , Panamanian politician
- 1981: Paddy Chayefsky , American author
- 1981: Pearl Chertok , American harpist, music teacher and composer
- 1982: Theo Akkermann , German sculptor
- 1982: Otto Bayer , German chemist
- 1983: Alice Schmidt , German writer
- 1984: Hans Wittich , German mathematician
- 1984: Josef Polatschek , Austrian homeland researcher
- 1985: Alois Carigiet , Swiss artist, painter and children's book author
- 1985: Fernando Previtali , Italian conductor, composer and music writer
- 1985: Helene Engelmann , Austrian figure skater
- 1985: Sam Wooding , American jazz pianist, arranger and band leader
- 1986: Carlo Confalonieri , Italian clergyman, cardinal to the Curia
- 1986: Robert Wolfgang Schnell , German writer
- 1987: Pola Negri , Polish actress and silent film star
- 1988: John Francis Dearden , American clergyman, Archbishop of Detroit
- 1988: Florence Eldridge , American actress
- 1988: Gertrud Welcker , German actress
- 1988: Louis-Jean Guyot , French clergyman, Archbishop of Toulouse and Cardinal
- 1989: Nicolò Brighenti , Italian football player
- 1989: John Hirsch , Hungarian-Canadian theater director and director
- 1989: John Ogdon , English pianist and composer
- 1989: Walter Rieger , German lawyer and politician
- 1990: Norbert Elias , German-British sociologist, philosopher and poet
- 1991: Wilhelm Adam , German politician and resistance fighter
- 1991: Yusuf Idris , Arabic writer
- 1992: Margarita Iossifowna Aliger , Russian poet, journalist and translator
- 1992: Austin Rivers , American basketball player
- 1993: Max Jones , British jazz writer and journalist
- 1993: Alfred Manessier , French painter
- 1993: Klaus Oswatitsch , Austrian physicist
- 1995: Mirko Božić , Croatian writer
- 1996: Frida Boccara , French singer
- 1996: Mohammed Farah Aidid , leader of the Somali Habr Gidr clan
- 1996: Tadeus Reichstein , Swiss chemist
- 1997: Svyatoslaw Richter , Soviet pianist
- 1998: Eva Bartok , Hungarian actress
- 1998: Len Duncan , American racing car driver
- 1999: Karin Hussing , German politician, MdL
- 1999: Paris Pişmiş , Turkish-Armenian astronomer
- 2000: Karl Reinthaler , Austrian politician
21st century
- 2001: Jay Chamberlain , American racing car driver
- 2001: Wilhelm Ernst , German Catholic moral theologian
- 2001: Mario Perazzolo , Italian football player and coach
- 2003: Guy Thys , Belgian national soccer coach
- 2003: Marie Trintignant , French actress
- 2004: Madeleine Robinson , French actress
- 2004: Philip Hauge Abelson , American physicist and chemist
- 2004: Rolf Blessing , German soccer player
- 2005: Al Aronowitz , American music journalist
- 2005: Constant , Dutch painter and sculptor
- 2005: Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz , King of Saudi Arabia
- 2006: Bob Thaves , American comic artist
- 2006: Jason Rhoades , American artist
- 2006: Werner Hamerski , German television journalist
- 2007: Veikko Karvonen , Finnish athlete
- 2007: Tommy Makem , Irish singer and musician
- 2009: Corazon Aquino , President of the Philippines
- 2009: Artur Pipan , Austrian general
- 2012: Aldo Maldera , Italian soccer player
- 2014; Ernst Maria Lang , German architect and cartoonist
- 2014: Gert von Paczensky , German journalist and writer
- 2017: Wolfgang Liebe , German pharmacist
- 2018: Mary Carlisle , American actress and singer
- 2019: Annemarie Huber-Hotz , Swiss Chancellor
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Gustav Werner , German theologian and benefactor (Protestant)
- St. Alfonso Maria de Liguori , Italian lawyer and bishop, founder of the order and Doctor of the Church (Catholic)
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- Switzerland : Swiss Federal Day (since 1889)
- Benin : independence from France (1960)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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