January 1st

The Jan. 1 (in Austria and South Tyrol : January 1 ) is the first day of the Gregorian calendar , so stay 364 days (in leap years 365 days) by year end.

New Year (also New Year's Day ) is the first day of the calendar year. Due to the different part in individual cultures and religions chronologies and therefore calendars there are years beginning at different times.

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State authorities usually assign 1 January of the presumed or known year of birth as their official birthday to living persons with an unknown date of birth . This rarely happens today, but occurs, for example, with orphans from war zones or from countries without well-organized state bookkeeping.

events

Politics and world events

• 153 BC BC: The consuls of the Roman Republic begin their term of office on January 1st instead of March 1st; therefore January 1st is the beginning of the year today.
• 045 BC Chr .: Caesar's reform of the Roman calendar ends. From January 2nd, 709 this will also be replaced by the Julian calendar .
• 032 BC Chr .: Oktavian allows himself to be proclaimed "Leader of Italy" ( dux Italiae ) by the Senate . He declares war on Cleopatra and thus de facto also on Marcus Antonius .

1438: Albrecht II.

• 1438: After the death of his father-in-law Emperor Sigismund , the Austrian Duke Albrecht II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary .
• 1443: The Wittelsbacher Christoph von Pfalz-Neumarkt is crowned arch-king of the Danish lands and rules the territory of the Kalmarer Union .
• 1502: The Portuguese navigator Gaspar de Lemos discovers the Guanabara Bay in South America , which he mistakenly believes to be an estuary and baptizes the “January River”. The settlement that emerged later on this site was therefore given the name Rio de Janeiro .
• 1523: After their surrender on December 22, 1522, the previously besieged Johanniter and several thousand locals leave Rhodes for Crete and leave the island to the Ottoman conquerors .

1651: Charles II.

• 1651: After signing the Scottish Covenant , thereby guaranteeing the Scots freedom of belief, Charles II is crowned King of Scotland in Scone . It is the last royal coronation in this place.
• 1683: Otto Friedrich von der Groeben lands at the Cape of the Three Peaks in what is now Ghana. There he starts negotiations with the resident tribal princes, which subsequently lead to the establishment of the Kurbrandenburg colony of Groß Friedrichsburg .
• 1700: Tsar Peter the Great replaced the up to then in Russia applicable Byzantine years counting from creation of the world by the Julian calendar with years counting from the birth of Christ .
• 1710: On the decree of King Friedrich I , Berlin , Cölln , Friedrichswerder , Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichstadt are united to form the royal capital and residence of Berlin .

1739: Bouvet Island

• 1739: Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier discovers the Bouvet Island named after him in the South Atlantic.
• 1801: The Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland are united with the entry into force of the Act of Union 1800 to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland .
• 1806: The duchies of Bavaria and Württemberg become kingdoms on the basis of the Peace of Pressburg .

1814: Blücher near Kaub on the Rhine

• 1814: The Prussian field marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher crosses the Rhine near Kaub during the wars of liberation against Napoleon Bonaparte .
• 1822: The National Congress in Epidaurus proclaims the independence of the Hellenic people from the Ottoman Empire .
• 1842: During the First Anglo-Afghan War , British Major General William George Keith Elphinstone signs the document of surrender with Afghan rebel leaders in Kabul . On January 6, the retreat of the surviving British troops to the Chaiber Pass begins .
• 1858: Following the dissolution of the British East India Company as a result of the Sepoy Uprising , the British government now exercises direct power in British India .

1877: Victoria, Empress of India

• 1877: Queen Victoria of Great Britain is formally proclaimed the first Empress of India in Delhi . She herself accepted the title eight months earlier
• 1890: Italy merges its East African possessions around Assab , Massaua and Asmara by decree to form the colony of Eritrea .
• 1891: On the basis of the Heligoland-Sansibar Treaty , German East Africa becomes a German “ protected area ”. The aim of the German-East African Society to establish a colony has thus been achieved.
• 1891: The first edition of the German social-democratic party leaflet Vorwärts since the party was banned by the socialist laws of 1878, has a print run of 10,000.
• 1892: Ellis Island in New York Harbor is established as a terminal for immigrants to the United States .
• 1901: The previously independent British colonies on the Australian continent and Tasmania are combined to form the Commonwealth of Australia . The British Queen remains the head of state of the newly established parliamentary monarchy .
• 1903: The changed German spelling is introduced in the authorities of Germany , Austria-Hungary and Switzerland . The results of the 2nd Orthographic Conference are thus implemented. Correction of the “th” spelling is one of its essential characteristics.
• 1905: The German colony Togoland is renamed Togo .
• 1906: At the request of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke succeeds Alfred Graf von Schlieffen as Chief of the German General Staff.

1912: Sun Yat-sen

• 1912: Sun Yat-sen proclaims the Republic of China during the Wuchang Uprising . At the same time he is negotiating as provisional president with the military leader Yuan Shikai over a peaceful solution and the overthrow of the Qing dynasty .
• 1919: The KPD ends its three-day founding party conference in Berlin. The most prominent founding members are Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht , who are murdered 14 days later.
• 1931: The NSDAP Reichsleitung moves into the Brown House in Munich .
• 1934: The state of Mecklenburg is formed from the states of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Mecklenburg-Schwerin .
• 1934: Anthony Eden becomes the new Keeper of the Lord Seal in Great Britain .

1934: Alcatraz

• 1934: The federal prison on the island of Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay goes into operation after the buildings previously used as a fort have been converted . In the new maximum security prison, inmates classified as incorrigible and difficult are to spend their imprisonment . Among the convicts transferred during the year are Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly .
• 1942: 26 states of the anti-Hitler coalition sign the declaration of the United Nations in Washington DC on the basis of the Atlantic Charter. This lays the foundation for the founding of the United Nations .
• 1943: At the suggestion of the German Standards Committee , the week in Germany begins on Sundays at midnight and ends on the following Saturday at midnight. It was not until 1976 that the start of the week was changed to Monday.
• 1945: During World War II, the German Air Force carries out the Bodenplatte company , an air raid on Allied airfields in Holland, Belgium and France.
• 1949: Austria regains control of the border with Italy from Great Britain .

1949: Territorial claims in Kashmir

• 1949: The First Indo-Pakistani War over the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan ends with a UN brokered ceasefire. Kashmir is divided into the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and the territories under Pakistani administration Gilgit-Baltistan (from 1970 to 2009 under the name "Northern Territories") and Asad Kashmir .
• 1951: India is the first state to officially declare the state of war with Germany over.
• 1953: In the Maldives , the republic is proclaimed instead of the previous sultanate , but it only lasts for a short time.

1959: Flag of the July 26th Movement

• 1959: The Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees from the advancing rebel army of the M-26-7 to the Dominican Republic. Fidel Castro is about to take power in the Cuban Revolution .
• 1962: An attempted coup against the Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar fails.
• 1966: Jean Bedel Bokassa takes over the government in the Central African Republic with a military coup against David Dacko .
• 1977: Charter 77 , a petition against human rights violations by the communist regime in Czechoslovakia , is published with 242 signatures. The immediate trigger is the arrest of the underground band The Plastic People of the Universe .
• 1979: The US breaks off diplomatic relations with the Republic of China and instead recognizes the People's Republic of China .
• 1985: The Danish autonomous region of Greenland is the first to leave the EC .
• 1985: The first European passports are issued in most of the EC member states .
• 1987: Radio Moscow broadcasts in Russia , the New Year's speech of US President Ronald Reagan to the Soviet people.
• 1994: The Zapatista Army of National Liberation , an indigenous guerrilla organization in the Mexican state of Chiapas , declares war on the government on the occasion of the entry into force of the NAFTA treaty and declares its will to march to Mexico City.

Entry into force of laws and international treaties

January 1st is often used for the entry into force of laws and international treaties. This applies, among other things, to:

• 1812: the General Civil Code (ABGB) in the Habsburg hereditary lands .

1834: The German Customs Union (blue) at the time it was founded

• 1834: the Customs Union Treaty , with which the German Customs Union is founded as an amalgamation of the German federal states.

1863: The Emancipation Proclamation

• 1863: The Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln , according to which all slaves should be given legal freedom in the American states that are at this time at war with the Union .
• 1872: a uniform penal code for all German federal states.
• 1876: The Reich Law on the Notarization of Civil Status and Marriage , with which the registry offices are introduced throughout the German Empire .
• 1900: the Civil Code (BGB) and the Commercial Code (HGB) in the German Empire .
• 1904: the Child Protection Act in the German Reich . It prohibits the work of children under the age of twelve in all commercial establishments.

Law to prevent hereditary offspring ( in force from 1934)

• 1934: the law for the prevention of genetically ill offspring in the German Reich . It stipulates that people who suffer from so-called hereditary diseases can be made sterile by means of a surgical procedure, even against their own will.
• 1938: The amendment of the law on the traffic with motor vehicles , with which, among other things, the absolute right-hand drive law is introduced on all roads in the German Reich.
• 1939: the name change ordinance for Jews in the Third Reich .
• 1941: the change of citizenship in Switzerland . A withdrawal of civil rights is now possible.
• 1947: the treaty for the unification of the British and American zones of occupation in Germany to form a bizone , with which the economic administration of the American and British zones of occupation is merged.
• 1948: a new constitution , with Italy is a republic. Enrico De Nicola becomes its first president.

1948: The three Benelux countries

• 1948: the customs agreement between the Benelux countries of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, a forerunner of the Benelux treaty .
• 1948: the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) .
• 1957: the Treaty of Luxembourg , with which the Saarland accedes to the Federal Republic of Germany.
• 1958: the Treaty of Rome establishing the European Communities .
• 1960: the Atomic Energy Act on the peaceful use of nuclear energy in Germany .
• 1972: the agreement between Poland and the GDR on passport-free and visa-free border traffic.
• 1973: the treaty by which Ireland , Denmark and Great Britain acceded to the EEC . The latter two are leaving EFTA at the same time .
• 1974: The order of the GDR Interior Ministry, with which the license plate D is replaced by the license plate GDR for international traffic .
• 1975: the amendment to § 2 BGB, with which the age limit in Germany is reduced from 21 to 18 years.
• 1975: The deadline solution for abortion in Austria .
• 1979: the agreement between Austria and Hungary , with which the mutual visa requirement for travel is lifted.
• 1979: the vote with which Jura splits off from the canton of Bern and joins the Swiss Confederation as a separate canton .
• 1981: the treaty by which Greece accedes to the EEC .
• 1986: the treaty by which Portugal and Spain join the EEC .
• 1989: The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which regulates specific measures to protect the ozone layer.
• 1990: The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) on the international sale of goods, designed by UNCITRAL .
• 1991: The Electricity Feed Act for Renewable Energies (StrEG) in the Federal Republic of Germany.
• 1993: the contract between Václav Klaus and Vladimír Mečiar , with which Czechoslovakia is divided into the two states of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic .
• 1994: the EEA Agreement between the EU and the EFTA states Finland, Iceland, Norway, Austria, Sweden.

1994: The member states of NAFTA

• 1994: the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) , a free trade agreement between Canada, the USA and Mexico.
• 1995: the contract with which Finland , Austria and Sweden the members of the European Union are.
• 1995: The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) , which regulates cross-border trade in services and aims at its progressive liberalization.
• 2000: the new federal constitution of Switzerland .
• 2000: the separation of church and state in Sweden . Since then, the Church of Sweden is no longer a state church.
• 2005: the fourth law for modern services on the labor market , better known as " Hartz IV ".

Development of the EU from 1957 to 2013

• 2007: the treaty by which Romania and Bulgaria join the EU .
• 2012: the new constitution of Hungary .

2016: The new French regions

• 2016: the law on regional reform in France. Instead of the previous 22 regions , metropolitan France will only have 13 in the future.

independence

The following states will gain their independence on January 1st:

• 1804: Saint Domingue, the French western part of the island of Hispaniola under the name Haiti . Jean-Jacques Dessalines becomes Governor General.
• 1846: The Yucatán Republic of Mexico , located on the Yucatán Peninsula . However, independence only lasted until August 17, 1848.
• 1944: the mandate areas of Lebanon and Syria from France .

1956: Sudan

• 1956: the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan condominium under the name Sudan of Great Britain and Egypt .
• 1960: the Cameroon mandate territory of France.
• 1962: the Samoa Trust Territory of New Zealand .
• 1984: Brunei from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Taking office

The following people will take office on January 1st:

• 1972: the Austrian Kurt Waldheim as UN Secretary General .
• 1982: the Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar as UN Secretary General.
• 1992: the Egyptian Boutros Boutros-Ghali as UN Secretary General.

1997: Kofi Annan

• 1997: the Ghanaian Kofi Annan as UN Secretary General.

2002: Hamid Karzai

• 2002: Hamid Karzai as head of government in the interim government in Afghanistan .
• 2003: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as President of Brazil .
• 2004: Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as NATO Secretary General.
• 2007: the South Korean Ban Ki-moon as UN Secretary General.
• 2011: Dilma Rousseff as President of Brazil and first woman in this office.
• 2017: the Portuguese António Guterres as UN Secretary General.

business

Important events in the world economy

• 1780: The first Hungarian newspaper Magyar hírmondó ("Hungarian Courier") appears in Pressburg .
• 1788: The daily newspaper founded by John Walter in London in 1785 as The Daily Universal Register is now published as The Times .

1875: Danish 2 Reichstaler coin

• 1875: In Denmark , the Coin Act passed in 1873 comes into force. With this, the Danish Krone replaces the Reichstaler, which was valid until then, as currency . It is still the country's official currency today .

1876: Reichsbank building on Jägerstrasse in Berlin

• 1876: The Reichsbank is founded by taking over the Prussian Bank as the central bank of the German Reich. At the same time, the mark becomes the official currency of the German Empire. All other national currencies are already or will be gradually overridden.
• 1895: The Swiss dispatch agency starts operations as a news agency .
• 1900: In Austria-Hungary , the crown becomes the exclusive means of payment. The new gold currency replaces the guilder , which has been slowly withdrawn from circulation since 1892.
• 1909: In Germany, will post check transactions recorded, the thirteen post office giro institutions handle.
• 1914: Ullstein Verlag takes over the Vossische Zeitung .

1927: 10 pengős

• 1927: Hungary introduces the pengő instead of the previous krone . The aim is to stem the decline in the value of money caused by strong inflation and regain economic stability.
• 1935: In the course of National Socialist conformity , the Augsburg Stock Exchange , Germany's first stock exchange from 1540, is dissolved and forcibly merged with the Munich Stock Exchange to form the Bavarian Stock Exchange.
• 1937: In order to meet the needs of the armaments industry, the use of stainless steel for other items is banned in the German Reich .
• 1944: In the German Reich the postcodes are introduced by the Reich Ministry of Post .
• 1946: The newly built Heathrow Airport near London opens.
• 1946: The Bank of France is nationalized, the previous shareholders are compensated.
• 1946: The Magirus works receive permission from the occupying powers to resume truck production.
• 1951: The first five-year plan of DDR start.

1951: Laying of the foundation stone in the Hüttenkombinat Ost

• 1951: The Minister of Industry of the GDR , Fritz Selbmann , lays the foundation stone for the first blast furnace of the Hermann Matern ironworks near Fürstenberg an der Oder , the most important ironworks in the GDR . The hut will go into operation on September 19th.
• 1960: The currency reform in France comes into force. After that, 1 franc is now worth 100 old francs.
• 1960: The first Sun City , a housing estate tailored to the needs of seniors in the United States' Sun Belt , opens in Arizona .
• 1966: In Australia , the Australian dollar replaces the pound sterling as currency.
• 1968: Value added tax is introduced in the Federal Republic of Germany . It is 10%, but is reduced to 5% for certain products (food, printed matter, ...).
• 1981: The European Currency Unit (ECU) dissolves in the European Community , the European unit of account (EUA) from a common reference for the single currency.
• 1984: The Vorderpfalz cable pilot project enables private broadcasters for the first time since 1932 , including PKS , which was given the name SAT.1 in 1985 .

Logo of WDR 4

• 1984: With WDR 4 , Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne broadcasts a pure hit station.
• 1984: As a result of the antitrust proceedings initiated against it by the government in 1974, the US trust AT&T surrenders large parts of its telephone business to seven independent telecommunications network operators .
• 1989: The private broadcaster ProSieben begins broadcasting; The forerunner was Eureka TV .
• 1993: The European single market comes into force.
• 1994: The Azerbaijan manat becomes the only national currency in Azerbaijan . The ruble is no longer legal tender.
• 1999: The third stage of European monetary union begins. The euro is introduced as book money in eleven countries of the European Union .
• 2001: Axel Springer Verlag AG takes over a 75.1% majority in Wilhelm Heyne Verlag .
• 2002: The euro is introduced as cash in all countries of the European Monetary Union and replaces the previous currencies of the respective countries.
• 2006: In the wake of the Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute , Russia stops exporting gas to Ukraine. This briefly leads to delivery bottlenecks in various European countries.
• 2007: Slovenia introduces the euro , making it the 13th country in the euro area .
• 2007: An electronic trade and cooperative register is created in Germany.
• 2008: Cyprus and Malta adopt the euro, making them the 14th and 15th countries in the euro area
• 2009: Slovakia becomes the 16th country in the euro zone to introduce the euro, replacing the Slovak koruna as currency.
• 2011: Estonia becomes the 17th country in the euro zone to introduce the euro.
• 2011: On Bonaire , Saba and Sint Eustatius , the US dollar is introduced as a means of payment instead of the Antilles guilder .
• 2012: The Caribbean guilder is introduced on Curaçao and Sint Maarten and replaces the previous currency, the Antilles guilder.
• 2014: Latvia becomes the 18th country to join the euro area .
• 2015: Lithuania becomes the 19th country to join the euro area .
• 2021: In the full name of the ADR transport agreement, the "European" existing since the conclusion of the contract in 1957 is no longer applicable. It is now the Convention on the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road .

Business start-ups

January 1st is also a commonly used day for setting up businesses. The following companies are founded:

1842: Rheinische Zeitung

• 1842: the Rheinische Zeitung as a newspaper of bourgeois liberalism in Cologne
• 1849: the Swiss Post , which is responsible for the transport of letters, parcels, money and people
• 1902: the Swiss Federal Railways

1924: Krasnaya Zvezda

• 1924: the military newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda in the Soviet Union
• 1925: United Elektrizitätswerke Westfalen GmbH (VEW) in Dortmund
• 1931: the Swiss airline Swissair
• 1938: the Japanese electronics company Pioneer
• 1939: the US information technology company Hewlett-Packard
• 1955: the German broadcasting stations NDR and WDR by splitting the NWDR
• 1969: the Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale ( WestLB ) ; the largest German credit institute on the day it was founded
• 1994: Deutsche Bahn AG by merging the Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Reichsbahn
• 1995: Deutsche Telekom AG , Deutsche Post AG , Deutsche Postbank AG

science and technology

Buildings

1781: Cast iron bridge over the Severn

• 1781: The Iron Bridge , the world's first cast iron bridge built by Abraham Darby III near Coalbrookdale , opens.

1867: The Roebling Bridge

• 1867: The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River near Cincinnati , built by John Augustus Roebling and at that time the longest suspension bridge in the world with a span of 322 meters , is opened.

Natural sciences

• 1652: The Leopoldina , the oldest German academy of sciences and the oldest permanent science academy in the world, is founded in Schweinfurt by doctors Johann Lorenz Bausch , Johann Michael Fehr and others as a private company.

1758: Systema Naturæ - 10th ed.

• 1758: In the tenth edition of the Systema Naturae , the Swedish scientist Carl von Linné presents all the organisms he has described in the binary notation that is still used today , which he first used for plants in his work Species Plantarum . This marks the breakthrough for binary nomenclature in biology and the official beginning of zoological nomenclature .

1801: Piazzi's discovery of Ceres (1802)

• 1801: The Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the first asteroid, Ceres . The largest object in the asteroid belt is now classified as a dwarf planet .
• 1925: At the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society , Edwin Hubble presents his findings on the Andromeda nebula M31 as a galaxy outside the Milky Way .

broadcast

• 1957: Austria starts regular television broadcasting .
• 1958: Switzerland starts regular television broadcasting.
• 1962: Deutschlandfunk starts its regular broadcasting operations.

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1908: The departure of the Nimrod

• 1908: The British schooner Nimrod under the command of Ernest Shackleton leaves the New Zealand port of Lyttelton . The Nimrod expedition is in search of the magnetic south pole .
• 1921: The NC-5, a US naval aircraft manufactured by the Naval Aircraft Factory according to Curtiss ' plans , flies a distance of 702 miles (1129.5 km) in a record time of 9 hours 15 minutes with five passengers on board with an average speed of 123.44 km / h.
• 1970: The Unix -Zeitrechnung Epoch begins.
• 1983: In the Arpanet , the forerunner of the Internet , the NCP protocol is exchanged for the TCP / IP that is still used today .
• 1985: The generic domain .net is set up and, at the same time, the first domain registration is carried out with nordu.net .
• 1995: On the Norwegian oil drilling platform Draupner-E in the North Sea, the automatic wave measuring system reports a single wave with a height of 26 m in a storm with waves 12 m high: the first unequivocal scientific evidence for the existence of monster waves .

Culture

• 1858: In Warsaw, will premiere the opera Halka of Stanisław Moniuszko instead.
• 1861: In Warsaw, the opera is Verbum nobile of Stanisław Moniuszko premiered.
• 1899: The opera Eva by Josef Bohuslav Foerster is premiered at the National Theater in Prague .
• 1905: Gabriel Fauré becomes the new director of the Conservatoire de Paris .
• 1908: The Austrian composer Gustav Mahler becomes the new conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York .
• 1924: The Kroll Opera House in Berlin, the demolition of which began in 1914, is reopened after it has been rebuilt.
• 1933: The political cabaret Die Pfeffermühle opens in Munich .
• 1941: The Vienna Philharmonic 's New Year's Concert takes place for the first time on New Year's Day.
• 1952: Edition Leipzig , publishing house for art and science is founded, the technical publishing houses of the GDR get a new profile.
• 1962: The Beatles make the first test recordings at the Decca record company and are rejected on the grounds that guitar groups are no longer modern.
• 1968: The world premiere of the short drama Ariadne by Boris Blacher takes place in Berlin .
• 1971: Queen Elizabeth II awards the writer Agatha Christie the title of Dame Commander of the British Empire .
• 1992: The two new ARD stations MDR and ORB start operations.
• 2000: The radio program MDR Life is redesigned and renamed MDR Jump .

society

1660: Samuel Pepys

• 1660: Samuel Pepys begins his secret diary, which he will keep until March 31, 1669.
• 1974: In the West German Federal Republic, three-point seat belts for the front seats are mandatory for newly registered cars.
• 1976: In the Federal Republic of Germany, seat belts are compulsory for front seats and adults.

religion

• 1956: The free sale of church newspapers in the GDR is prohibited.
• 1958: With the enthronement of Bishop Franz Hengsbach , the formation of the Diocese of Essen is completed.
• 1970: The new General Roman Calendar of the Roman Catholic Church comes into force.

Disasters

• 1968: Floods in the state of Bahia in Brazil leave over 200 dead and around 50,000 homeless.
• 1978: A Boeing 747 of Air India crash minutes after the start of Bombay into the sea. All 213 people on board die.

Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .

nature and environment

• 1984: The Republic of China (Taiwan) is Kenting National Park established.

Sports

• 1896: The Jena rules are enacted in the German city of Jena , football rules that deal primarily with the condition of the playing field and are still valid today for football .
• 1902: The American Football is the first time the Rose Bowl held. Due to the one-sided course of the game, the next event will not take place again until 1916.
• 1906: First official game of the French national rugby union team against the All Blacks from New Zealand . France lost 8:38 to the All Blacks .
• 1910: The first edition of the Five Nations rugby union tournament (the predecessor of today's Six Nations ) begins after the predecessor International Home Championship was expanded to include France. The opening game at St Helen’s in Swansea between Wales and France ends with 49:14.
• 1925: The football department of TSV Hachinger Tal becomes independent as the Unterhaching game association .
• 1927: The International Lawn Tennis Association accepts the German Reich as a member .

The Olympic hill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

• 1942: The Dutch handball, which has been operating under the patronage of the Royal Netherlands Gymnastics Federation ( Koninklijke Nederlandse Gymnastiek Bond (KNGB) ) since 1926 , stands on its own two feet with the establishment of the Dutch Handball Federation ( Nederlands Handbal Verbond (NHV) ).
• 1953: As part of the Four Hills Tournament , the annual New Year's competition takes place for the first time on the Great Olympic Hill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen .
• 1954: Australia wins the Davis Cup for the fourth time in a row in Melbourne .

Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .

Born

Before the 17th century

• 1236: Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon , English nobleman
• 1272: William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby , English nobleman
• 1424: Ludwig IV , German elector
• 1431: Alexander VI. , Pope
• 1442: Margaret of Bavaria , Margravine of Mantua
• 1448: Albert Krantz , German historian
• 1449: Lorenzo de Medici , Italian politician, city lord of Florence
• 1451: John Radcliffe, 9th Baron FitzWalter , English nobleman and politician
• 1464: Johann III. von Eych , Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
• 1467: Philipp von Kleve , Bishop of Nevers, Bishop of Amiens and Bishop of Autun
• 1467: Sigismund the Old , King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
• 1470: Magnus I , Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
• 1484: Huldrych Zwingli , Swiss reformer
• 1492: Silvestro Ganassi , Italian composer, viol and recorder player
• 1504: Caspar Cruciger the Elder , German theologian and reformer, companion of Martin Luther
• 1507: Anna of Brandenburg , Duchess of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
• 1511: Henry Tudor, Duke of Cornwall , English heir to the throne

Margareta Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud (* 1516)

• 1516: Margareta Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud , Queen of Sweden
• 1519: Ulrich Pinder , personal physician to Elector Friedrich III. von Sachsen, publisher and printer
• 1542: Konrad Friederich , Mayor of St. Gallen
• 1554: Ludwig the Pious , Duke of Württemberg
• 1557: Stephan Bocskai , Hungarian prince
• 1578: Iwasa Matabē , Japanese painter
• 1584: Johann Camman , German lawyer, lawyer for the city of Braunschweig and book collector
• 1584: Agnes Cirksena , East Frisian princess
• 1591: Theodor Höpingk , German historian and lawyer
• 1592: Zacharias Brendel the Younger , German medic and chemist
• 1600: Heinrich von Brockdorff , German officer and politician

17th century

• 1604: Gottfried Olearius , German theologian, superintendent and chronicler of the city of Halle
• 1606: Siegmund Wiprecht von Zerbst , German court official and politician
• 1613: Christoph Schlegel , German Lutheran theologian
• 1618: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo , Spanish painter
• 1620: Gilberte Périer , sister and biographer of Blaise Pascal
• 1627: John Gadbury , English astrologer
• 1628: Christoph Bernhard , German composer, conductor and music theorist
• 1635: Anthonius Lucius , German scholar, university professor and legal scholar
• 1638: Antoinette Deshoulières , French poet and philosopher
• 1638: Go-Sai , Japanese emperor

Christian Thomasius (* 1655)

• 1655: Christian Thomasius , German lawyer and philosopher
• 1657: Johann von Bacmeister , German legal scholar and Reichshofrat
• 1658: Theresa Katharina Lubomirska , Polish nobleman
• 1662: Pierre Gobert , French court painter
• 1664: Alvise Pisani , Doge of Venice
• 1677: Johann Heinrich von Heucher , German scientist and personal physician to Augustus the Strong
• 1678: Christoph Papen , German carver and sculptor
• 1684: Arnold Drakenborch , Dutch classical philologist
• 1693: Johann Philipp Crollius , German educator and historian
• 1697: Joseph François Dupleix , French colonial politician, Governor General in India

18th century

• 1701: François de Roches , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
• 1703: Carlos Francisco de Croix , Spanish officer, colonial administrator and viceroy of New Spain
• 1706: Johann Philipp von Beust , German general
• 1709: Johann Bätz , German-Dutch organ builder
• 1711: Franz Freiherr von der Trenck , Austrian officer and militant
• 1714: Kristijonas Donelaitis , Prussian-Lithuanian writer and pastor
• 1714: Giovanni Battista Mancini , Italian singer, singing teacher and writer
• 1732: Julie Bondeli , Swiss salonière
• 1732: Johann Friedrich von Ryhiner , Swiss statesman and geographer
• 1733: Johann Georg Purmann , German educator
• 1737: Herbert Mackworth, 1st Baronet , British politician, industrialist and nobleman
• 1745: Vincent Maria Strambi , Italian passionist and bishop of Macerata-Tolentino
• 1745: Anthony Wayne , American general and politician
• 1748: Giovanni Furno , Italian composer and music teacher
• 1749: José María Chacón , Spanish naval officer and colonial politician, governor of Trinidad
• 1750: Frederick Muhlenberg , American politician of German descent, member and first speaker of the House of Representatives
• 1751: Benjamin Williams , American politician
• 1752: Betsy Ross , American Quaker, supposedly sewed the first flag of the USA
• 1755: Christian August Thon , German lawyer, civil servant and politician
• 1756: Christina von Brühl , German landscape architect
• 1759: Giuseppe Fossati , lawyer and translator from Ticino
• 1762: Henry Molleston , American politician, governor of Delaware
• 1763: Leopold Wilhelm von Dobschütz , Prussian general and landlord
• 1766: Antoine-Vincent Arnault , French writer
• 1766: Georg Philipp Schmidt von Lübeck , German doctor, civil servant and poet
• 1767: Maria Edgeworth , Irish-British writer
• 1767: Andreas Tamm , German lawyer and educator
• 1769: Jane Marcet , British author of popular science non-fiction
• 1769: Johann Caspar Rahn , Swiss painter and drawing teacher
• 1771: Georges Cadoudal , French general and underground fighter
• 1774: André Marie Constant Duméril , French zoologist and professor of anatomy, physiology and pathology
• 1775: Johann Rudolph von Ahlefeldt , German nobleman, landlord of Ludwigsburg, Sehestedt and Saxtorff
• 1782: Johann Gottfried Abraham Frenzel , German landscape painter, draftsman, engraver and art writer
• 1785: John Oxley , British officer
• 1786: Dixon Denham , British explorer and colonial politician, governor of Sierra Leone
• 1787: Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga , Salvadoran independence fighter and politician, President of the Central American Confederation.
• 1787: Domenico Quaglio , German romantic architectural painter, theater painter, lithographer and etcher

Therese Malfatti (* 1792)

• 1788: Étienne Cabet , French publicist, politician and revolutionary
• 1791: Ernst Meyer , German botanist and author
• 1791: Alois Miesbach , Austrian industrialist
• 1792: Henrik Anker Bjerregaard , Norwegian lawyer and poet
• 1792: Therese Malfatti , Austrian musician, friend of Beethoven
• 1799: Wilhelm Eisenlohr , German physicist
• 1800: Filipina Brzezińska , Polish composer and pianist
• 1800: Basilio Calafati , Austrian magician, carousel and inn owner
• 1800: Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere , British politician, writer and art lover, Chief Secretary for Ireland, Minister
• 1800: Constantin Hering , German-American doctor, is considered the founder of homeopathy in America
• 1800: Václav Emanuel Horák , Czech composer, church musician and teacher

19th century

1801-1850

Guglielmo Libri (* 1803)

• 1803: Eduard August Feuerbach , German legal scholar
• 1803: Rudolf Keyser Norwegian historian
• 1803: Guglielmo Libri , Italian-French mathematician, bibliophile and book thief
• 1806: Lionel Kieseritzky , German-Russian chess master and teacher
• 1806: Karl von Weber , German civil servant, archivist and historian
• 1807: Johan Fjeldsted Dahl , Norwegian bookseller and publisher
• 1808: Pierre Chazal , Belgian general and politician, minister
• 1809: Gustaw Zieliński , Polish writer
• 1810: Guido von Madai , Prussian civil servant
• 1810: Karl Mager , German-Swiss school pedagogue and school politician, literary and linguist
• 1813: Franziska Berg , German singer and actress
• 1813: Charles Clifford , New Zealand politician, first Speaker of the House of Representatives
• 1813: Louis Adrien Huart , Franco-Prussian journalist, writer and theater director
• 1814: Hong Xiuquan , Chinese mystic and leader of the Taiping Uprising
• 1815: Samuel Lister , British inventor and industrialist
• 1815: Aaron F. Perry , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1817: John W. Hall , American politician
• 1819: Arthur Hugh Clough , British writer
• 1821: Jakob Bruderer , Swiss entrepreneur, politician and officer
• 1821: Viktor zu Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen , German-Austrian officer
• 1823: Sándor Petőfi , Hungarian national poet
• 1823: Hans Wachenhusen , German travel and novelist
• 1824: Gaston Hardouin Andlau , French general
• 1827: William Lewis Cabell , American general and local politician, Mayor of Dallas
• 1829: Berta Bethge , German writer
• 1831: Eduard Wölfflin , Swiss classical philologist
• 1832: Aloys Kunc , French composer and organist
• 1833: Robert Lawson , New Zealand architect

Franziska Lechner (* 1833)

• 1833: Franziska Lechner , founder of the German order
• 1834: Ludovic Halévy , French playwright
• 1834: Frieda Ritzerow , German writer
• 1835: Karl von Eine , Prussian officer and politician, minister
• 1835: Georg Speyer , German banker and patron
• 1837: Enrico Nencioni , Italian poet and literary critic
• 1839: Ouida , British writer
• 1847: Franz Rezek , Austrian military bandmaster and composer
• 1848: Alexander Marshall Mackenzie , Scottish architect
• 1849: Arthur Hartmann , German ENT doctor and university professor
• 1850: John Barclay Armstrong , American police officer, Texas Rangers
• 1850: Cornelius Gurlitt , German architect and art historian

1851-1900

• 1853: Hans Koessler , German composer
• 1854: James George Frazer , British ethnologist
• 1855: Carl Partsch , German surgeon
• 1857: Cornelis Adriaan Lobry van Troostenburg de Bruyn , Dutch chemist
• 1859: Thibaw Min , King of the Konbaung Dynasty in Burma
• 1860: Michele Lega , Italian clergyman and cardinal to the Curia
• 1860: Carl Wolff , German architect, monument conservator and city planning officer in Hanover
• 1863: Heinrich Clam-Martinic , Austrian politician and officer, member of the Bohemian state parliament, prime minister, military governor of Montenegro
• 1863: Pierre de Coubertin , French educator, historian and sports official, father of the modern Olympic Games, Olympic champion, President of the IOC
• 1863: Ljubomir Miletitsch , Bulgarian linguist, historian and publicist
• 1864: Qi Baishi , Chinese painter
• 1864: Alfred Philippson , German geographer

Alfred Stieglitz (* 1864)

• 1864: Alfred Stieglitz , American photographer, gallery owner, publisher and patron of avant-garde art
• 1866: Maurice Couyba , French politician and writer, minister
• 1868: Albrecht Graefe , German politician, MdR
• 1871: Edmund Brückner , German diplomat and ministerial official
• 1873: Mariano Azuela , Mexican doctor and writer
• 1873: Leon Czolgosz , American assassin
• 1874: Frank Knox , American politician, Secretary of the Navy
• 1874: Gustav Weißkopf , German-American aviation pioneer
• 1876: Eduardo Dagnino , Italian composer, musicologist and chess player
• 1876: Lodewijk van Mierop , Dutch pacifist and anarchist
• 1878: Agner Krarup Erlang , Danish mathematician and statistician
• 1878: Edwin Franko Goldman , American composer and conductor
• 1878: Pejo Jaworow , Bulgarian poet and revolutionary fighter
• 1879: EM Forster , British storyteller and critic
• 1879: William Fox , Austrian-American film producer and entrepreneur
• 1879: Ernest Jones , British psychoanalyst
• 1880: Shalom Asch , Polish-American writer and playwright in the Yiddish language
• 1880: Ernst Gennat , German criminal investigator
• 1881: Vajiravudh , King of Siam
• 1881: Carry van Bruggen , Dutch writer
• 1881: Else Wohlgemuth , German actress
• 1882: Martin Charles Ansorge , American lawyer and politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1883: Alberto Barberis , Italian football player and lawyer
• 1883: William J. Donovan , American Intelligence Coordinator
• 1884: Papa Celestin , American band leader and jazz trumpeter, cornetist and singer
• 1884: George W. Meyer , American songwriter
• 1885: Franz Arnholdt , German trade unionist, publisher and local politician
• 1885: Valentin Feurstein , Austrian general
• 1885: Charles Seymour , American historian
• 1886: Kinoshita Rigen , Japanese poet
• 1887: Franz Angel , Austrian mineralogist, petrograph and university professor

Wilhelm Canaris (* 1887)

• 1887: Wilhelm Canaris , German admiral, resistance fighter against National Socialism
• 1887: Joseph Opatoshu , Polish-American writer
• 1887: Joseph T. Rucker , American cameraman
• 1888: Hermann Arnold , German entrepreneur
• 1888: Eduard Bass , Czech writer and journalist, singer and actor
• 1888: Johannes Hohlfeld , German genealogist and historian
• 1888: Frank Stokes , American blues musician
• 1889: Götz Briefs , German social philosopher and economist
• 1889: Johann von Ravenstein , German general
• 1890: Max Gablonsky , German soccer player and athlete
• 1890: Charley Jordan , American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter
• 1890: Paul Ramdohr , German mineralogist
• 1890: Franz Spunda , Austrian teacher and writer
• 1891: Charles Bickford , American actor
• 1892: Mahidol Adulyadej , Thai nobleman
• 1892: Elisabet von Harnack , German social worker
• 1892: Miklós Radnai , Hungarian composer
• 1893: Helen Vivien Gould , American member of New York and London high society
• 1893: Artur Wypochowicz , German local politician and resistance fighter against National Socialism
• 1894: Otto Aasen , Norwegian ski jumper, Nordic combined skier and cross-country skier
• 1894: Satyendranath Bose , Indian physicist
• 1894: František Götz , Czech literary historian and critic, dramaturge and translator

J. Edgar Hoover (* 1895)

• 1895: J. Edgar Hoover , American lawyer, founder and director of the FBI
• 1895: Gustav Schickedanz , German manufacturer and entrepreneur, founder of the Quelle mail order company
• 1896: Estelle Yancey , American blues singer
• 1897: Ana Aslan , Romanian doctor and gerontologist
• 1897: Antoine Dubreil , French racing car driver
• 1897: Theodor Kramer , Austrian poet
• 1898: Marta Fuchs , German concert and opera singer
• 1898: Viktor Ullmann , Austrian conductor and composer
• 1898: André de Victor , French racing car driver
• 1899: Jack Beresford , British rower, Olympic champion
• 1899: Raymond Loucheur , French composer
• 1900: Xavier Cugat , Spanish-Cuban orchestra leader
• 1900: Georg Oskar Schubert , German television technician
• 1900: Chiune Sugihara , Japanese diplomat, Righteous Among the Nations

20th century

1901-1925

• 1901: Filippo Anfuso , Italian diplomat and politician
• 1901: Eiichi Ataka , Japanese entrepreneur
• 1901: Willibald Pschyrembel , German doctor and author
• 1902: Hans von Dohnanyi , German lawyer and resistance fighter, victim of National Socialism
• 1902: Ernst Heinitz , German lawyer, rector of the Free University of Berlin
• 1902: Valerian Alexandrovich Sorin , Soviet diplomat
• 1903: Dino Barsotti , Italian rower, Olympic medalist
• 1903: Herbert Block , German-American economist
• 1904: Antoni Baraniak , Polish clergyman, Archbishop of Posen
• 1904: Karl Kummer , Austrian lawyer and politician, member of the National Council
• 1904: Paul Laufer , German party functionary and resistance fighter, department head of the Stasi in the GDR
• 1905: Josef Göbl , Austrian ice hockey player and referee
• 1905: Heinz Schmid-Lossberg , German economic functionary
• 1906: Emanuel Larisch , German party functionary and resistance fighter
• 1907: Norah Baring , British actress
• 1907: Hitomi Kinue , Japanese athlete, Olympic medalist
• 1907: Marian Wróbel , Polish chess composer
• 1908: Elizabeth Bentley , US agent for the Soviet Union
• 1908: Mehmet Leblebi , Turkish football player
• 1909: Dana Andrews , American actor
• 1909: Marcel Balsa , French racing car driver
• 1909: Stepan Bandera , Ukrainian politician and partisan leader
• 1910: Alois Grillmeier , German clergyman and theologian, cardinal
• 1910: Hanns Ernst Jäger , Austrian actor and radio play speaker
• 1910: Haniya Yutaka , Japanese writer
• 1911: Hank Greenberg , American baseball player
• 1911: Willy Massoth , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1911: Guido Santin , Italian rower, Olympic medalist
• 1912: João Amazonas , Brazilian Marxist theorist, politician and guerrilla fighter
• 1912: Chertek Amyrbitowna Antschimaa-Toka , Tuvan politician, world's first female head of state of a republic
• 1912: Rafael Sánchez Cestero , Dominican singer
• 1912: Kim Philby , British double agent
• 1913: Hans Lutz Merkle , German manager
• 1913: Norman Rosten , American writer
• 1914: Boris Carmi , Russian-Israeli photojournalist
• 1914: Noor Inayat Khan , British resistance fighter and spy
• 1914: Edith Picht-Axenfeld , German harpsichordist
• 1915: Branko Ćopić , Yugoslav writer
• 1915: Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg , German-Russian painter, writer and patron
• 1915: Giacinto Sertorelli , Italian ski racer
• 1916: Murray Armstrong , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1916: Giacomo Neri , Italian football player and coach
• 1917: Erwin Axer , Polish theater director
• 1917: Jule Gregory Charney , American meteorologist
• 1917: Lucienne Day , English textile designer
• 1918: Rudolf Mumprecht , Swiss artist
• 1918: Willy den Ouden , Dutch swimmer, Olympic champion
• 1919: Karl Otto Dehnert , German local politician, Mayor of Wuppertal
• 1919: Rocky Graziano , American boxer of Italian origin, world champion
• 1919: Carole Landis , American actress
• 1919: JD Salinger , American writer
• 1920: Osvaldo Cavandoli , Italian cartoonist
• 1920: Suzanne Juyol , French opera singer

Anna Langfus (* 1920)

• 1920: Anna Langfus , Polish-French writer
• 1920: Barys Rahulja , Belarusian officer and political activist
• 1920: Alfred A. Tomatis , French doctor
• 1920: Heinz Zemanek , Austrian computer pioneer
• 1921: César Baldaccini , French sculptor and sculptor
• 1921: Hermann-Josef Kaltenborn , German local politician
• 1921: Alain Mimoun , Algerian athlete
• 1922: Doğan Andaç , Turkish officer, football coach and official
• 1922: Hashikawa Bunzō , Japanese historian and political scientist
• 1922: Bobby Capó , Puerto Rican singer and composer
• 1922: Andrzej Hiolski , Polish singer
• 1922: Fritz Hollings , American politician, governor of South Carolina, senator
• 1922: Helmut Simon , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
• 1922: Alois Vogel , Austrian writer
• 1923: Alexander Abian , American mathematician
• 1923: Salamo Arouch , Greek-Israeli boxer
• 1923: Mary Dann , American environmental activist of Native American descent, recipient of the Alternative Nobel Prize
• 1923: Milt Jackson , American musician
• 1923: Ousmane Sembène , Senegalese writer and director
• 1923: Willi Weiskirch , German journalist and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Defense Commissioner of the German Bundestag
• 1924: Arthur C. Danto , American philosopher and art critic
• 1924: Willi Faust , German motorcycle racer
• 1924: Jacques Le Goff , French historian
• 1924: Klaus Junge , German chess player
• 1924: Sheila Manahan , Irish actress
• 1924: Betty McKinnon , Australian sprinter
• 1924: Charles Munger , American manager
• 1925: Helmut Bulle , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
• 1925: Valentina Cortese , Italian film actress
• 1925: Zena Marshall , British actress
• 1925: Mario Merz , Italian artist
• 1925: Ahmad Koroh , ceremonial head of state of the Malaysian state of Sabah

1926-1950

• 1926: Ingeborg Feustel , German writer
• 1926: Maria Frisé , German journalist and writer
• 1926: Hilda Múdra , Slovak figure skating trainer of Austrian origin
• 1926: Ruth Schmidt-Wiegand , German Germanist and legal historian
• 1926: Heinz-Josef Stammel , German press photographer, journalist and author
• 1926: Claudio Villa , Italian singer and actor
• 1927: Maurice Béjart , French choreographer and director of the Béjart Ballet
• 1927: Juliusz Łuciuk , Polish composer

Vernon Smith (born 1927)

• 1927: Jean-Paul Mousseau , Canadian painter and sculptor
• 1927: Vernon L. Smith , American professor of economics and law
• 1928: Hap Sharp , American racing car driver
• 1928: Ernest Tidyman , American novelist and screenwriter
• 1928: Pranciškus Vaičekonis , Lithuanian clergyman, canon lawyer and professor
• 1928: Helen Westcott , American actress
• 1929: Adil Atan , Turkish wrestler, Olympic medalist
• 1929: Cordelia Edvardson , Swedish-Israeli writer
• 1929: Aulis Kallakorpi , Finnish ski jumper, Olympic medalist
• 1930: Werner Heider , German composer, pianist and conductor
• 1930: Klaus Kindler , German actor and voice actor
• 1930: Jafar an-Numairi , Sudanese politician, Prime Minister, President

Ack van Rooyen (* 1930)

• 1930: Ack van Rooyen , Dutch jazz trumpeter
• 1931: Sergei Ivanovich Adjan , Russian mathematician
• 1931: Jurij Grós , Sorbian functionary and politician, chairman of Domowina, member of the People's Chamber
• 1932: Thomas Alder , German actor
• 1932: Hans Burmeister , German graphic artist and painter
• 1932: Ferenc Czvikovszky , Hungarian fencer
• 1932: Fritz Hakl , Austrian actor
• 1932: Wirschinija Michajlowa , Bulgarian discus thrower
• 1932: Ingeborg Pfüller , Argentine athlete
• 1933: Kikuji Kawada , Japanese photographer
• 1933: Ford Konno , American swimmer, Olympic champion
• 1933: Joe Orton , British playwright
• 1933: Claus Ulrich Wiesner , German writer
• 1934: Rimgaudas Abraitis , Lithuanian engineer and energy economist
• 1934: Lakhdar Brahimi , Algerian diplomat and politician
• 1934: Horst Glassl , German historian
• 1934: Alfred Gleitze , German local politician
• 1934: Hans Huber , German wrestler and boxer, Olympic medalist
• 1935: Eiko Kadono , Japanese writer

Heribert Rahdjian (* 1936)

• 1936: Heribert Rahdjian , Austrian hotelier and politician
• 1936: Hans Schenk , German javelin thrower and trainer
• 1937: Porter W. Anderson Jr. , American microbiologist
• 1937: Osvaldo Piro , Argentine bandoneonist and tango composer
• 1938: Ertan Adatepe , Turkish football player
• 1938: Carlo Franchi , Italian racing car driver
• 1938: Frank Langella , American actor
• 1938: Staņislavs Lugailo , Soviet volleyball player
• 1939: Leonas Vaidotas Ašmantas , Lithuanian industrial engineer and inventor
• 1939: Leslie Gourse , American jazz writer and journalist
• 1939: Michèle Mercier , French actress

Phil Read (* 1939)

• 1939: Phil Read , British motorcycle racer
• 1939: Raymond Touroul , French racing car driver and stunt man
• 1939: Willye White , American athlete, Olympic medalist
• 1940: Ercan Aktuna , Turkish soccer player, coach, official and columnist
• 1940: Genya Ravan , American rock singer
• 1940: Ludwig Reich , Austrian mathematician and university professor
• 1941: Joseph Bessala , Cameroonian boxer, Olympic medalist
• 1941: Martin Evans , British geneticist and Nobel Prize winner
• 1941: Fernando Suárez Paz , Argentine tango violinist
• 1942: Bruno Arcari , Italian boxer, world champion
• 1942: Anne Duden , German writer
• 1942: Edward Joseph Hoffman , American scientist
• 1942: Joe McDonald , American singer and songwriter

Alassane Ouattara (* 1942)

• 1942: Alassane Ouattara , Ivorian politician and economist, Prime Minister, President
• 1942: Gerda Rogers , Austrian astrologer
• 1942: Gennadi Wassiljewitsch Sarafanow , Soviet cosmonaut
• 1943: Stanley Kamel , American actor
• 1943: Antonio Juliano , Italian football player
• 1943: Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Ahmed Louly , Mauritanian officer and politician, President
• 1943: Richard Sennett , American sociologist
• 1943: Allan Starski , Polish production designer
• 1944: Franco Agostinelli , Italian clergyman, Bishop of Grosseto and Prato
• 1944: Umar al-Bashir , Sudanese officer and politician, President
• 1944: Zafarullah Khan Jamali , Pakistani politician, minister, prime minister
• 1944: Clemens Klockner , German professor
• 1945: Victor Ashe , American politician and ambassador
• 1945: Ekkehard Göpelt , German singer and moderator
• 1945: Lutz Görner , German reciter
• 1945: Jacky Ickx , Belgian racing driver
• 1945: Ludwig Lurz , German football player
• 1945: Werner Mück , Austrian journalist
• 1945: Antoine Oomen , Dutch pianist, composer and conductor
• 1945: Rüdiger Safranski , German writer
• 1945: Martin Schanche , Norwegian racing car driver and local politician
• 1945: Heinz-Hermann Schnabel , German administrator and politician, MdL
• 1945: Zoltán Varga , Hungarian football player
• 1946: Barbara Zakrzewska , Polish composer
• 1946: Roberto Rivelino , Brazilian soccer player
• 1946: Werner Rom , Bavarian folk actor
• 1946: Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske , German athlete

Jon Corzine (born 1947)

• 1947: Jon Corzine , American politician, senator, governor of New Jersey
• 1947: FR David , French-Tunisian musician
• 1947: Peter Fischli , Swiss actor and theater director
• 1947: Jane Olivor , American pop singer
• 1947: Helmut Schober , Austrian painter and performance artist
• 1947: Vladimir Georgievich Titov , Soviet cosmonaut
• 1948: Alain Afflelou , French optician and businessman
• 1948: Antonello Aglioti , Italian theater and film director, costume and production designer
• 1948: Javier Aguirresarobe , Spanish cameraman
• 1948: İhsan Arslan , Turkish politician
• 1948: Heinz Blasey , German soccer player
• 1948: Jane Getz , American jazz pianist and studio musician
• 1948: Pawel Sergejewitsch Grachev , Soviet and Russian officer and politician, minister
• 1949: Vehbi Akdağ , Turkish wrestler, Olympic medalist
• 1949: Gerd Antos , German linguist
• 1949: İzzet Avcı , Turkish archer
• 1949: Dieter Montag , German actor
• 1949: Thies Mynther , German music producer, lyricist and composer
• 1949: Uschi Reich , German film producer
• 1949: Borys Tarasjuk , Ukrainian politician, Foreign Minister
• 1949: Anne Trabant-Haarbach , German soccer player
• 1950: Morgan Fisher , British keyboardist
• 1950: Steve Ripley , American country and blues guitarist
• 1950: WG Snuffy Walden , American composer and musician

1951-1975

• 1951: Luc Ferry , French politician and philosopher, minister

Ulrike Flach (* 1951)

• 1951: Ulrike Flach , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary
• 1951: Gerd Leipold , German meteorologist
• 1951: Lars-Erik Nielsen , Danish entrepreneur and racing car driver
• 1951: Jim Rakete , German photographer
• 1951: Ulrich Stockmann , German politician, member of the People's Chamber, Member of the Bundestag, MEP
• 1951: Hans-Joachim Stuck , German automobile racing driver
• 1951: Gen'ichirō Takahashi , Japanese writer
• 1951: Karl Wannemacher , German cook
• 1952: Ahn Sung-ki , South Korean actor
• 1952: Enzo Balestrieri , Italian director
• 1952: François Chatriot , French rally driver
• 1952: Steve Earle , American racing car driver
• 1952: Knut Folkerts , German terrorist ( RAF )
• 1952: Urs Leimgruber , Swiss saxophonist
• 1952: Juryy Zakharanka , Belarusian politician and activist, minister
• 1953: Alpha Blondy , Ivorian musician

Philippe Douste-Blazy (* 1953)

• 1953: Philippe Douste-Blazy , French politician, multiple minister, MEP
• 1953: Toyin Falola , Nigerian historian
• 1953: Gary E. Johnson , American politician, governor of New Mexico
• 1954: Korhan Abay , Turkish actor
• 1954: Fola Adeola , Nigerian politician
• 1954: Aram Ateşyan , Armenian clergyman, deputy patriarch of Constantinople, head of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Turkey
• 1954: Bernd Sebastian Kamps , German doctor
• 1954: Trutz Graf Kerssenbrock , German lawyer and politician, MdL
• 1954: Claudia Scheler , German politician, MdL
• 1955: Ekrem Al , Turkish football coach
• 1955: Alexandru Athanasiu , Romanian lawyer and politician, minister
• 1956: Sergei Wassiljewitsch Avdejew , Russian cosmonaut

Christine Lagarde (* 1956)

• 1956: Christine Lagarde , French lawyer and politician, Minister, President of the European Central Bank
• 1956: Sheila McCarthy , Canadian actress
• 1956: Sergei Nikolajewitsch Starostin , Russian jazz and world clarinetist and singer
• 1956: Kōji Yakusho , Japanese actor
• 1957: Jennifer Edwards , American actress
• 1957: Luis Guzmán , American actor
• 1958: Laima Liucija Andrikienė , Lithuanian politician, MEP
• 1958: Grandmaster Flash , American rapper, DJ, and hip-hop producer
• 1959: Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria , Sudanese clergyman, Bishop of El Obeid, Archbishop of Khartoum
• 1959: Azali Assoumani , cormorant officer and politician, president
• 1959: Roland Eugen Beiküfner , German actor
• 1959: Jane Comerford , Australian singer
• 1959: Abdul Ahad Momand , Afghan cosmonaut
• 1960: Adriana Altaras , German actress and theater director
• 1960: Hans-Peter Makan , German soccer player
• 1960: Frank Minnifield , American football player
• 1960: James O'Barr , American comic book artist
• 1960: Axel Wintermeyer , German politician, MdL, head of the Hessian State Chancellery

Sergei Glasjew (* 1961)

• 1961: Sergei Jurjewitsch Glasjew , Russian economist and politician, minister
• 1961: Ihar Hermjantschuk , Belarusian journalist
• 1961: Mochiru Hoshisato , Japanese mangaka
• 1961: Albin Killat , German water diver
• 1961: Sven Regener , German musician and writer
• 1961: Henning Ziebritzki , German publisher and writer
• 1962: Carlos Gómez , American actor
• 1962: Sven Nylander , Swedish athlete
• 1962: Eva Rossmann , Austrian journalist and author
• 1962: Vasile Năstase , Romanian rower, world champion, Olympic medalist
• 1963: Milo Aukerman , American singer
• 1963: Alberigo Evani , Italian football player and coach
• 1963: Dražen Ladić , Croatian football player
• 1964: Dedee Pfeiffer , American actress
• 1964: Nate Tubbs , American heavyweight boxer
• 1965: Nedeljko Bajić , Yugoslav-Bosnian-Serbian singer
• 1965: Zhou Jihong , Chinese water diver, Olympic champion
• 1965: Lisa Roberts Gillan , American film actress
• 1965: Šaban Trstena , Yugoslav or North Macedonian wrestler, Olympic champion
• 1966: Nikolai Alexejewitsch Guljajew , Russian speed skater, world champion, Olympic champion
• 1966: Heike Hänsel , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1967: LTJ Bukem , British DJ, musician and record producer
• 1967: Tim Dog , American rapper
• 1967: Sharon Small , British actress
• 1968: Michael Deffert , German actor and voice actor

Jörg Dräger (* 1968)

• 1968: Jörg Dräger , German Senator for Science and Health
• 1968: Ceri Seel , British actor
• 1968: Joey Stefano , American porn actor
• 1968: Before Šuker , Croatian football player
• 1969: Andrea Ashworth , English author and literary scholar
• 1969: Morris Chestnut , American actor
• 1969: Paul Lawrie , British golfer
• 1969: Yvonne Sciò , Italian actress
• 1970: Markus von Ahlen , German soccer player
• 1970: Sergei Vyacheslavovich Kirjakov , Russian football player
• 1970: Robia LaMorte , American actress
• 1970: Anselmo Robbiati , Italian footballer
• 1970: Fredro Starr , American rapper and actor

Tuncay Gary (* 1971)

• 1971: Tuncay Gary , German actor and poet
• 1971: Jay Ashley , American porn actor and director
• 1971: Alexander Pointner , Austrian ski jumper and ski jumping trainer
• 1972: Marou Amadou , Nigerien lawyer and politician, Minister
• 1972: Micaela Nevárez , Puerto Rican actress
• 1972: Giovanni Pretorius , South African boxer
• 1972: Lilian Thuram , French soccer player
• 1973: Mohamad Ahansal , Moroccan long distance runner
• 1973: Malik Arrendell , German basketball player
• 1973: Oliver Bürgin , Swiss actor
• 1973: Aslan Kərimov , Azerbaijani football player
• 1973: Yasmine Lafitte , Franco-Moroccan porn actress
• 1973: Danny Lloyd , American actor

André Marx (* 1973)

• 1973: André Marx , German author
• 1974: Franziska Arndt , German actress
• 1974: Janine Ast , German volleyball player
• 1974: Constantinos Carydis , Greek conductor
• 1974: DJ Magic Mike , American music producer
• 1974: Marco Schreyl , German television presenter
• 1974: Zabine , Austrian musician
• 1975: Chris Anstey , Australian basketball coach and player
• 1975: Antti-Pekka Auvinen , Finnish telemarker and ski racer
• 1975: Christoph Bach , German actor
• 1975: Eiichirō Oda , Japanese mangaka
• 1975: Makis Papadimitriou , Greek actor
• 1975: Francesco Piovanetti , Puerto Rican investment banker and racing car driver
• 1975: Roman Slobodjan , German chess player
• 1975: Andreas Wels , German water diver, Olympic medalist

1976-2000

• 1976: Mustafa Doğan , German soccer player
• 1976: Bojan Filipović , Serbian football player
• 1976: Just Jack , British musician
• 1976: Kuljeet Randhawa , Indian actress
• 1976: Marko Topić , Bosnian football player
• 1976: Zlatko Trpkovski , German media phenomenon
• 1977: Abdihakem Abdirahman , American long-distance runner
• 1977: Tine Acke , German photographer and designer
• 1977: Brian Boucher , American ice hockey player
• 1977: Dagnė Čiukšytė , Lithuanian-British chess player
• 1977: Krzysztof Ratajski , Polish dart player
• 1977: Hasan Salihamidžić , Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
• 1977: Oliver Thomas , German singer

Nina Bott (* 1978)

• 1978: Nina Bott , German actress
• 1979: Vidya Balan , Indian actress
• 1979: Brody Dalle , Australian singer and guitarist
• 1979: Adil Kaouch , Moroccan athlete
• 1979: Ingo Kindervater , German badminton player
• 1979: Dingko Singh , Indian boxer
• 1979: Vyacheslav Sviderskyj , Ukrainian football player
• 1980: Maike Billitis , German actress
• 1980: Richie Faulkner , British rock musician
• 1981: Yacine Abdessadki , French-Moroccan football player
• 1981: Jonas Armstrong , Irish actor
• 1981: Zsolt Baumgartner , Hungarian racing car driver
• 1981: Moumouni Dagano , Burkinabe soccer player
• 1981: Mladen Petrić , Swiss-Croatian football player
• 1982: Caroline Korneli , German television and radio presenter and actress
• 1982: David Nalbandian , Argentine tennis player
• 1982: Egidio Arévalo Ríos , Uruguayan football player
• 1984: Mubarak Al Rumaihi , Qatari show jumper
• 1984: Malick Badiane , Senegalese basketball player
• 1984: Aaron Beeney , English darts player
• 1984: Christian Eigler , German soccer player
• 1984: Paolo Guerrero , Peruvian soccer player
• 1984: Jon O'Bir , British trance DJ and producer
• 1985: Denis Maratowitsch Abdullin , Russian ice hockey player
• 1985: Veysel Aksu , Turkish soccer player
• 1985: Jesper Arvidsson , Swedish football player
• 1985: Jannis Bäcker German bobsledder, world champion

Jeff Carter (* 1985)

• 1985: Jeff Carter , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985: Steven Davis , Northern Irish soccer player
• 1985: Katrina Law , American actress
• 1986: Anna Brewster , British actress and model
• 1986: Pablo Cuevas , Uruguayan tennis player
• 1986: Marco Pischorn , German soccer player
• 1986: Franziska Stürmer , German actress
• 1987: Philipp Seebacher , Austrian soccer player
• 1988: Steffen Coßbau , German handball player
• 1988: Sebastian Kirchner , German handball player
• 1988: Janne Ryynänen , Finnish Nordic combined, world champion
• 1988: Alex Rafael da Silva Antônio , Brazilian soccer player
• 1988: Assimiou Touré , Togolese football player
• 1988: Chris-Florian Treutler , German handball player
• 1989: Fatih Avan , Turkish athlete
• 1989: Tameem al-Kubati , Yemeni Taekwondoin
• 1989: Sachi Amma , Japanese sport climber
• 1989: Omar Jatta , Gambian football player
• 1989: Sabah Şriəti , Azerbaijani wrestler of Iranian origin
• 1990: Nick Aitken , Australian road cyclist
• 1990: Marian Lösch , German actor and voice actor
• 1990: Mark Nzeocha , German American football player
• 1991: Abdoulaye Ba , Senegalese soccer player
• 1991: Christoph Foth , German handball player
• 1992: Daniil Jurjewitsch Apalkow , Russian ice hockey player
• 1992: René Binder , Austrian racing driver
• 1992: Shane Duffy , Irish national soccer player
• 1992: Jack Wilshere , English soccer player
• 1993: Jon Flanagan , English soccer player
• 1993: André Biyogo Poko , Gabonese football player
• 1994: Emilie Hegh Arntzen , Norwegian handball player
• 1994: LaMonte Wade , American baseball player
• 1995: Gökhan Akkan , Turkish football player
• 1995: Sardar Azmoun , Iranian soccer player
• 1995: Poppy , American musician and internet personality
• 1995: Kelly Vollebregt , Dutch handball player
• 1996: Adem Furkan Avcı , Turkish boxer
• 1996: Mahmoud Dahoud , German-Syrian football player
• 1996: Pan Dandan , Chinese rower
• 1996: Marius Funk , German soccer player
• 1997: Ross Gunn , British racing car driver
• 1998: Cihad Ateş , Turkish football player
• 1998: Enock Mwepu , Zambian soccer player
• 1998: Raphael Schwendinger , Liechtenstein judoka
• 1999: Benjamin Goller , German soccer player

Elena Kömmling (* 2000)

• 2000: Elena Kömmling , German volleyball player
• 2000: Nicolas Kühn , German soccer player

21st century

• 2001: Kim Sindermann , German soccer player
• 2009: Hend Zaza , Syrian table tennis player

Died

Before the 18th century

• 0049: Lucius Junius Silanus , Roman politician

Aelius Caesar († 138)

• 0138: Aelius Caesar , adopted son and designated successor to Emperor Hadrian
• 0379: Basil the Great , Bishop and Doctor of the Church
• 0533: Fulgentius von Ruspe , theologian, Bishop of Ruspe in Africa
• 0660: Clarus of Vienne , abbot
• 0898: Odo of Paris , King of Western France
• 0933: Uodalfrid , Chancellor of the East Franconian Empire and Bishop of Eichstätt
• 0962: Baldwin III. , Count of Flanders
• 1031: William of Dijon , Burgundian-Italian abbot, monastery reformer and architect
• 1049: Odilo of Cluny , Abbot of Cluny
• 1119: Gottschalk von Diepholz , Bishop of Osnabrück
• 1128: Albero I of Leuven , Bishop of Liège
• 1155: Matthew I , Count of Beaumont
• 1185: Gilla Brigte , Prince of Galloway
• 1189: Heinrich von Marcy , Cardinal Bishop of Albano
• 1204: Håkon III. , King of Norway
• 1243: Bouchard V , Lord of Montmorency
• 1247: Heinrich III. , Count of Sayn
• 1253: Marino Morosini , 44th Doge of Venice
• 1262: Bonfilius Monaldi , Italian saint, founder of the Servite Order
• 1300: Giacomo Tomassi-Caetani , Cardinal of the Catholic Church
• 1387: Charles II , Count of Évreux and King of Navarre
• 1420: Johannes Hundebeke , Bishop of Lübeck
• 1427: Viktorin of Podebrady , Bohemian-Moravian nobleman
• 1505: Juan Castellar y de Borja , Archbishop of Trani and Monreale
• 1515: Louis XII. , King of France
• 1522: Johannes Stabius , Austrian humanist, natural scientist and historiographer
• 1544: Sigismund von Lindenau , Bishop of Merseburg
• 1549: Catherine d'Amboise , French poet and patron
• 1553: Johannes Rivius , German educator and theologian
• 1559: Christian III. , King of Denmark and Norway
• 1560: Joachim du Bellay , French writer
• 1561: Pedro de Ursúa , Spanish conquistador
• 1572: Paul Crusius , German Protestant theologian, mathematician and historian
• 1573: Johann Pfeffinger , German Protestant theologian and reformer
• 1573: Malyuta Skuratov , notorious leader of the bodyguard of the Russian Tsar Ivan IV (the Terrible)
• 1578: Ioan Potcoavă , Prince of Moldova
• 1581: Giovanni Lucchese , Italian builder
• 1594: Johannes Holl , builder from Augsburg
• 1655: Frans Banninck Cocq , Regent of Amsterdam
• 1658: Thomas Lansius , professor at the Collegium Illustre and at the University of Tübingen
• 1665: Christian Wilhelm , administrator of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg
• 1668: Edzard Ferdinand , Prince of East Frisia
• 1671: Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont , clergyman, historian and Archbishop of Paris
• 1682: Jakob Kettler , Duke of Courland

18th century

• 1708: Adam Eckenbrecht von der Malsburg , Hesse-Kassel state official and politician
• 1708: Esdras Edzardus , German theologian and missionary to the Jews
• 1710: William Bruce , Scottish architect

Giuseppe Maria Tomasi († 1713)

• 1713: Giuseppe Maria Tomasi , Italian cardinal
• 1714: Leffmann Behrens , court factor, court and chamber agent of the Guelph dukes
• 1716: William Wycherley , English playwright
• 1721: Amy Buisson , Swiss general in foreign service
• 1728: Friedrich Anton Ulrich von Waldeck , Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
• 1730: Samuel Sewall , New England merchant and judge
• 1732: Nicolo Grimaldi . Gen Nicolino , Italian singer and neuter
• 1732: Michael Heinrich Reinhard , German Evangelical Lutheran theologian
• 1737: Johann Bergmüller , German Kistler, carpenter, carpenter, menuisier and artisan
• 1737: Johann Georg Klemm , German publisher
• 1737: Pier Antonio Micheli , Italian botanist
• 1739: Johann Georg Neidhardt , German organist, composer and theorist
• 1742: Philippe de Brueys , Prussian governor of the Principality of Neuchâtel
• 1743: Johann Baptist Funtsch , German organ builder
• 1748: Johann I Bernoulli , Swiss mathematician
• 1758: Maria Ernestine Francisca von Rietberg , Countess von Rietberg
• 1759: Giuseppe Fossati , lawyer and translator from Ticino
• 1766: James Francis Edward Stuart , claimant to the Scottish and English thrones
• 1774: Johann Georg Plersch , Polish architect
• 1775: Ahmad Shah , Mughal Mughal of India
• 1780: Johann Ludwig Krebs , German composer and organist
• 1782: Johann Christian Bach , German composer
• 1782: Juan Crespí , Spanish Franciscan and missionary
• 1787: Arthur Middleton , American politician, signatory of the Declaration of Independence
• 1790: Franz Xaver Wagenschön , Czech-Austrian painter of Rococo and Classicism
• 1793: Francesco Guardi , Italian rococo vedute and landscape painter
• 1796: Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde , French musician, mathematician and chemist
• 1789: Johann Ernst Basilius Wiedeburg , German physicist, astronomer and mathematician

19th century

• 1805: Adolf von Hüpsch , Luxembourg-German art collector
• 1805: Heinrich Theodor Wehle , German-Sorbian landscape painter, etcher and draftsman

Franziska von Hohenheim († 1811)

• 1811: Franziska von Hohenheim , Duchess of Württemberg
• 1817: Martin Heinrich Klaproth , German pharmacist and chemist
• 1824: Vincent Maria Strambi , Italian passionist and Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino
• 1827: Johann Heinrich Suhrlandt , German painter
• 1828: Johann Samuel Arnhold , German porcelain painter
• 1829: Franz Joseph Weinzierl , German Roman Catholic clergyman
• 1835: Antal Amadé de Várkonyi , Hungarian count
• 1844: Gustav Maximilian von Croÿ , Cardinal and Archbishop of Rouen
• 1844: Caspar Melchior Vorenweg , German organ builder
• 1848: Friedrich Karl Forberg , German philosopher and philologist
• 1850: Friederike von Prussia , Prussian princess and by marriage Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau
• 1850: Raphael Georg Kiesewetter , Austrian music historian, Vice President of the Vienna Society of Friends of Music
• 1851: Heinrich Friedrich Link , German scientist
• 1853: Valentin Sibbern , Norwegian officer and politician, minister
• 1855: Pascual Liñán , Spanish officer and chamberlain
• 1856: John MacPherson Berrien , American politician, senator, attorney general
• 1861: Carl Johan Fahlcrantz , Swedish painter
• 1862: Michail Wassiljewitsch Ostrogradski , Russian-Ukrainian mathematician
• 1863: Ernst August Pech , German physician and university professor
• 1877: Karl Freiherr von Urban , Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal
• 1881: Louis-Auguste Blanqui , French revolutionary theorist
• 1889: Johann Kravogl , Austrian-German gunsmith and mechanic
• 1894: Heinrich Hertz , German physicist, was the first to detect electromagnetic waves
• 1896: Alfred Ely Beach , American inventor and publisher

20th century

1901-1950

Ignatius Donnelly († 1901)

• 1901: CW Damodaram Pillai , Tamil philologist
• 1901: Ignatius Donnelly , American lawyer, politician, and author, member of the House of Representatives
• 1901: Sophus Schandorph , Danish writer
• 1902: Johann Eduard Jacobsthal , German architect
• 1902: Anna Löhn-Siegel , German suffragette and actress
• 1902: Julius von Staudinger , German lawyer
• 1906: Albert von Holleben , German general and military writer
• 1916: Alfred W. Benson , American lawyer and politician, Senator
• 1917: Dominique Antoine , German veterinarian and politician, MdR
• 1918: William Wilfred Campbell , Canadian writer
• 1918: Hanno von Dassel , Prussian officer
• 1919: Hugo Blümner , German classical philologist and archaeologist
• 1920: Johann Hermann Eschenburg , German wholesale merchant and local politician, mayor of Lübeck
• 1929: George Holt Thomas , British publisher and aviation pioneer
• 1931: Hjalmar Bergman , Swedish writer
• 1932: Leonid Konstantinowitsch Artamonow , Russian engineer, explorer and officer
• 1932: Georg Goetz , German classical philologist
• 1932: Giulio del Torre , Italian painter
• 1934: Blagoje Bersa , Croatian composer
• 1934: Max Sauerlandt , German art historian

Jakob Wassermann († 1934)

• 1934: Jakob Wassermann , German writer
• 1935: Heinrich Büllwatsch , Austrian football player
• 1936: Roger Allin , American politician, governor of North Dakota
• 1937: Karl von der Aa , German business educator
• 1937: Paul Herfurth , German publisher and politician
• 1938: Enrique Reoyo , Spanish librettist
• 1940: William A. Ashbrook , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 1940: Frank Neil , Australian theater entrepreneur
• 1941: Christian Berrenrath , German theologian, official in the Archdiocese of Cologne
• 1941: Max Neal , German Schwank author
• 1941: Richard Wachsmuth , German experimental physicist
• 1943: Jenő Rejtő , Hungarian writer
• 1943: Arthur Ruppin , German-Palestinian sociologist and Zionist
• 1945: Fritz Brupbacher , Swiss doctor, libertarian socialist and writer
• 1945: Kurt Noack , German composer
• 1948: Hermann Zilcher , German composer, music teacher and pianist

1951-2000

• 1951: Jan Valtin , German communist, agent and writer
• 1953: Maxim Alexejewitsch Purkajew , Soviet general
• 1953: Hank Williams , American country musician
• 1954: Constantin Bock von Wülfingen , German administrative lawyer and politician
• 1954: Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich , British diplomat and author
• 1955: Victoria Cartier , Canadian organist and music teacher
• 1955: Ōta Mizuho , Japanese writer
• 1956: Ludwig Dürr , German airship designer
• 1956: Ludger Mintrop , German geophysicist, made a decisive contribution to the development of seismic methods
• 1958: Edward Weston , American photographer, founder of group f / 64
• 1959: Albert Huber , Swiss diplomat
• 1959: Hans May , Austrian composer
• 1960: Max Huber , Swiss lawyer, President of the International Court of Justice and the International Committee of the Red Cross
• 1960: Margaret Sullavan , American actress
• 1962: Diego Martínez Barrio , Spanish politician, Prime Minister, Acting President

Robert Kerr († 1963)

• 1963: Robert S. Kerr , American politician, governor of Oklahoma, senator
• 1964: Ernst Zündorf , German motorcycle racer
• 1965: Juan Bautista Plaza , Venezuelan composer
• 1965: Herman Roosdorp , Dutch-Belgian racing driver
• 1966: Vincent Auriol , French lawyer and statesman, minister, president
• 1968: Ernst Kusserow , German general
• 1969: Barton MacLane , American actor
• 1970: Richard Lohrmann , German forester and conservationist
• 1970: Hans Wentorf , German soccer player
• 1972: Saro Arcidiacono , Italian actor
• 1972: Maurice Chevalier , French chanson singer and film actor
• 1972: Eberhard Wolfgang Möller , German writer and playwright
• 1973: František Běhounek , Czech physicist and writer
• 1975: Kalle Anttila , Finnish wrestler, Olympic champion
• 1976: Xaver Gmelch , German motorcycle racer
• 1977: Roland Hayes , American singer
• 1977: Michael Mann , German musician and literary scholar, son of Thomas Mann
• 1979: Margerita Trombini-Kazuro , Polish pianist, harpsichordist and music teacher
• 1981: Beulah Bondi , American actress
• 1981: Mauri Rose , American racing car driver
• 1982: Ernst Ammann , German set designer and actor
• 1982: Estella Blain , French actress and singer
• 1983: Werner Beinhauer , German Romanist and Hispanicist
• 1984: Paula Grogger , Austrian writer

Alexis Korner († 1984)

• 1984: Alexis Korner , British blues musician
• 1984: Augustin Souchy , German anarchist and anti-militarist
• 1985: Jóse Artes de Arcos , Spanish inventor and entrepreneur
• 1985: Herbert Cysarz , Austrian-German Germanist
• 1985: Hermann Reutter , German composer and pianist
• 1988: Rolf Presthus , Norwegian lawyer and politician, Minister
• 1990: Ernst Kuzorra , German soccer player
• 1991: Inga Gentzel , Swedish athlete, Olympic medalist
• 1992: Cele Abba , Italian theater and film actress
• 1992: Grace Hopper , American computer scientist and computer pioneer
• 1993: Tony Echavarría , Dominican singer and cabaret artist
• 1993: Anna Wimschneider , German farmer and writer
• 1994: Marianne Bruns , German writer
• 1994: Walter Eckhardt , German ministerial official and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, MEP
• 1994: Harald Lechenperg , German-Austrian photographer, journalist and documentary filmmaker
• 1994: Arthur Porritt , New Zealand athlete, doctor and politician, Olympic medalist, Governor General of New Zealand
• 1994: Werner Schwab , Austrian writer
• 1995: HE Erwin Walther , German composer and music teacher
• 1995: Eugene Paul Wigner , American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1997: Aenne Brauksiepe , German politician, Chairwoman of the Women's Union, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
• 1997: Caspar Diethelm , Swiss composer and conductor
• 1997: Hans-Martin Majewski , German composer
• 1997: Townes Van Zandt , American songwriter
• 1998: Gustl Angstmann , German writer and specialist book author
• 1998: Haxhi Lleshi , Albanian military and politician, minister, president

Helen Wills Moody († 1998)

• 1998: Helen Wills Moody , American tennis player
• 2000: Gerda Paumgarten , Austrian ski racer, world champion

21st century

• 2001: Hans-Günter Martens , German actor and radio presenter
• 2001: Ray Walston , American film actor
• 2002: Matthias Fuchs , German actor
• 2002: Paul Hubschmid , Swiss film and theater actor
• 2002: Charles Segal , American classical scholar
• 2003: Royce D. Applegate , American actor
• 2003: Joe Foss , American politician, governor of South Dakota
• 2004: Vitín Avilés , Puerto Rican singer
• 2004: Denise Colomb , French photographer
• 2004: David Scott-Barrett , British officer
• 2005: Shirley Chisholm , US politician, member of the House of Representatives
• 2005: Eugene James Martin , American painter and artist
• 2005: Paul Michaelis , German painter and professor
• 2005: Dmitri Wladislawowitsch Neljubin , Russian cyclist, Olympic champion
• 2005: Bernhard Petruschke , German motorcycle racer
• 2005: Willem Scholten , Dutch politician, MEP, Minister
• 2006: Mapita Cortés , Puerto Rican actress
• 2006: Gideon Rodan , American biochemist and osteopath

Hank Häberle († 2007)

• 2007: Hank Häberle , German country musician
• 2007: Dieter Hennebo , German agricultural scientist and landscape architect
• 2007: Werner Hollweg , German opera singer and director
• 2007: Ernie Koy , American baseball player
• 2007: Tillie Olsen , American writer
• 2007: Herbert Prügl , Austrian motorcycle racer
• 2007: Del Reeves , American country singer and songwriter
• 2007: Eleonore Schoenfeld , German-American cellist and music teacher
• 2007: Darrent Williams , American football player
• 2008: Harald Deilmann , German architect, university professor and author
• 2008: Gerhard Kander , Canadian violinist
• 2008: Erich Kästner , German lawyer, presumably the last surviving German participant in the First World War
• 2009: Ron Asheton , American guitarist
• 2009: Johannes Mario Simmel , Austrian writer
• 2009: Wolfgang Mutzeck , German educational scientist and university professor
• 2009: John Pozdro , American composer and music teacher
• 2009: Helen Suzman , South African politician

Freya von Moltke († 2010)

• 2010: Freya von Moltke , German lawyer, resistance fighter against National Socialism and writer
• 2010: Max Salpeter , British violinist
• 2011: Anna Anni , Italian costume designer
• 2011: Fritz Tobias , German author and ministerial advisor
• 2012: Gary Ablett , English football player and coach
• 2012: Bob Anderson , British fencer and actor
• 2012: Ingeborg Finke-Siegmund , German pianist and piano teacher
• 2012: Kiro Gligorov , Yugoslav or Macedonian politician, minister, president
• 2013: Moses Bosco Anderson , American clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Detroit
• 2013: Patti Page , American singer
• 2014: Juanita Moore , American actress
• 2015: Ulrich Beck , German sociologist
• 2015: Mario Cuomo , American politician, governor of New York
• 2015: Jeff Golub , American guitarist
• 2016: Gilberto Mendes , Brazilian composer
• 2016: Vilmos Zsigmond , Hungarian-American cameraman
• 2017: Anthony Barnes Atkinson , British economist
• 2017: Hilarion Capucci , Syrian clergyman, theologian and political activist, auxiliary bishop of Antioch
• 2017: Derek Parfit , British philosopher
• 2018: Mauro Staccioli , Italian sculptor
• 2019: Karl Foitek , Austrian-Swiss racing car driver and entrepreneur
• 2020: Don Larsen , American baseball player
• 2020: David Stern , American basketball official, commissioner of the NBA
• 2021: Carlos do Carmo , Portuguese fado singer
• 2021: Floyd Little , American football player

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • Motherhood of Mary , solemn feast (Catholic, possible date for the day of naming the Lord until the calendar reform in 1969 )
  • Circumcision of the Lord (Anglican, Evangelical, Orthodox)
  • Name of Jesus Festival (Anglican, Protestant; Catholic January 3 )
  • St. Basil the Great , ascetic, bishop and Doctor of the Church (Orthodox)
  • St. Fulgentius von Ruspe , bishop and church writer (Catholic, Orthodox)
  • St. Platon Kulbusch , St. Michael Bleive and St. Nikolai Bezhanitsky , Russian Orthodox priests (Plato was bishop) and Baltic martyrs (Orthodox, Julian )
  • World day of peace (catholic)

• Name days
  • Manuela , Wilhelm

• State holidays and memorial days
  • Brunei : Independence from Great Britain (1984)
  • Haiti : independence from France (1804)
  • Cuba : Liberation Day (1959)
  • Republic of China (Taiwan) : Founding Day (1912)
  • Samoa : Independence from New Zealand (1962)
  • Slovakia : Founding day (1993)
  • Sudan : Independence from Egypt and Great Britain (1956)
  • Czech Republic , founding day (1993)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ see also: circumcision style

Further entries can be found in the list of days of remembrance and action .

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