June 1st
The June 1 is the 152nd day of the Gregorian calendar (the 153rd in leap years ), thus remain still 213 days until the end of the year.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 81 BC BC : The Roman dictator Sulla ends his campaign of revenge and closes the death lists ( proscriptions ), which 4700 citizens, including at least 40 senators , have fallen victim to.
- 1215 : The siege of Beijing ends with the capture of the city by the Mongols under Genghis Khan . The Chinese ruler of the Jin Dynasty , Xuānzōng, can move to Kaifeng in good time before taking the city .
- 1283 : The Treaty of Rheinfelden needs of underage Habsburg . Rudolf II in favor of his elder brother Albrecht I in Austria and Styria without. The lack of the agreed compensation was the decisive factor in the murder of Albrecht by Rudolf's son Johann in 1308.
- 1485 : The Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus moves into the city of Vienna after around four months of siege , where he often resides until his death in 1490.
- 1646 : With the Linz diploma confirmed and sealed by Emperor Ferdinand III. the imperial immediacy of the city of Bremen .
- 1670 : France and England sign the secret Treaty of Dover , in which King Charles II of England promises to be a Catholic and an alliance with King Louis XIV of France against the Republic of the Seven United Provinces . The contract leads to the Dutch War two years later .
- 1697 : Saxony's ruler August the Strong converts to the Catholic faith in order to gain the Polish crown.
- 1774 : In response to the Boston Tea Party , the United Kingdom banned the Port of Boston from the Intolerable Acts .
- 1792 : Kentucky is the 15th state in the United States and Isaac Shelby , a hero of the Revolutionary War , the first governor of the Commonwealth .
- 1794 : General land law comes into force in Prussia . This is the first time an attempt is made to encompass the entire legal system in a single body of law.
- 1794 : On "Glorious June 1st" the British defeat the French Revolutionary Fleet some 400 nautical miles off the coast of France in the naval battle on the 13th Prairial .
- 1796 : Tennessee becomes the 16th US state .
- 1811 : An imperial law in Austria creates a general civil code that is valid from the beginning of 1812 .
- 1862 : The attack by Confederate troops in the Battle of Seven Pines on positions of the Potomac Army of the Northern states , which has been carried out the day before, ends in a draw. The Northern Virginia Army breaks off their fight. Thereupon General Robert Edward Lee takes over the supreme command of the southern troops.
- 1879 : Napoléon Eugène Louis Bonaparte , the only son of the French Emperor Napoleon III , who voluntarily participated in the Zulu War on the British side, was born in South Africa . , overwhelmed by Zulu warriors while fleeing on foot and killed by Assegai stings.
- 1924 : The Austrian Chancellor and Prelate Ignaz Seipel is assassinated . Karl Jaworek's shots at Vienna's Südbahnhof train station injure the politician. The incident results in his resignation from office.
- 1926 : The Polish National Assembly meets for the fifth time in its history and in the second ballot elects the chemist and process engineer Ignacy Mościcki as President of the Republic of Poland to succeed Stanisław Wojciechowski .
- 1932 : At the instigation of his old friend Kurt von Schleicher, Franz von Papen is appointed Chancellor of the German Reich by Reich President Paul von Hindenburg as successor to Heinrich Brüning .
- 1935 : The driving school of the German medical profession is opened. The establishment of the National Socialist German Medical Association ( NSDÄB ) in the village of Alt Rehse near Neubrandenburg , which existed until 1943, provides "ideological training" for doctors , pharmacists and midwives during the Nazi era .
- 1949 : The former Indian princely state of Bhopal becomes the new federal state of India.
- 1958 : General Charles de Gaulle becomes head of government in the French Fourth Republic .
- 1962 : Serious workers' unrest breaks out in the Soviet Union , the uprising in Novocherkassk .
- 1964 : The founding session of the Palestinian National Council , at which the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) was founded and a Palestinian National Charter was passed, ends in East Jerusalem .
- 1972 : Andreas Baader and other members of the RAF are arrested in Frankfurt am Main after a shooting.
- 1973 : The military government proclaims a republic in Greece . Georgios Papadopoulos becomes the first president.
- 1975 : The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) (in Kurdish YNK: Yeketiya Nistimaniya Kurdistane) is founded in Berlin-Dahlem .
- 1977 : The Treaty establishing the European Court of Auditors enters into force.
- 1979 : The ninety years of rule by the white minority end in former Rhodesia , now Zimbabwe .
- 1990 : Karl-Marx-Stadt is renamed in Chemnitz after 76 percent of citizens voted for the old name in a survey.
- 1990 : General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George HW Bush agree during talks in the White House, as part of Gorbachev's state visit to the USA, that reunified Germany may choose its own alliance.
- 2001 : In Nepal , King Birendra and almost all of his family are killed at a meal together. Birendra's son Dipendra , who died a few days later from his alleged self-inflicted injuries, is considered to be the assassin .
- 2004 : In Iraq , the Transitional Council nominates the future President Ghazi al-Yawar . Prime Minister-designate Iyad Allawi introduces the 26 members of his cabinet, which the US will hand over to power on June 30th.
- 2005 : The majority of voters in the Netherlands reject the draft EU constitution in a consultative referendum (as did France on May 29 ).
economy
- 1806 : In Prussia , paper money , so-called safe bills , is issued.
- 1816 : The Oesterreichische Nationalbank is founded.
- 1848 : The first edition of the Neue Rheinische Zeitung , founded by Karl Marx in Cologne, appears.
- 1850 : The first postage stamps are issued in the Austrian Empire .
- 1878 : Trading begins on the Tokyo Stock Exchange , which was founded on May 15 . The Tokyo Stock Exchange is now the only stock exchange in Japan and the second largest in the world.
- 1882 : The Gotthard Railway now runs according to schedule through the new Gotthard tunnel .
- 1906 : The first Swiss post bus goes into operation.
- 1906 : The railway line between Brig in Switzerland and Iselle di Trasquera in Italy through the almost 20 km long Simplon Tunnel goes into operation.
- 1930 : The German ignition goods monopoly was introduced.
- 1945 : Fritz Sennheiser founds the German audio technology company Sennheiser under the name Laboratorium Wennebostel .
- 1957 : The Japanese electronics company Casio is founded. It is best known for its popular digital wristwatches.
- 1961 : ARD begins broadcasting a second German television program . With the broadcasting of ZDF , however, the frequencies of this broadcasting chain were lost in 1963.
- 1961 : Schering AG launches the pill in Germany.
- 1980 : In Atlanta , Georgia, Ted Turner's Cable News Network CNN becomes the first news- only broadcaster .
- 1998 : The European Central Bank is founded as the legal successor to the European Monetary Institute . Under its President Wim Duisenberg , it is preparing the third and final stage of European Monetary Union , the introduction of the euro as the common currency.
- 2000 : The first world exhibition in Germany begins with Expo 2000 in Hanover .
- 2009 : In the United States, reports General Motors Corporation its insolvency under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. After 40 days, the bankrupt group is emergency nationalized .
- 2012 : Thomas Enders replaces Louis Gallois as the new CEO of the European aerospace group EADS .
- 2012 : The creditors of the insolvent drugstore chain Schlecker decide to liquidate the company, which is expected to cause more than 13,000 employees to lose their jobs.
- 2016 : The Gotthard Base Tunnel was opened.
science and technology
- 1479 : The University of Copenhagen is of King Christian I built.
- 1831 : James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole on a research trip near Cape Adelaide near the Boothia Peninsula in Canada .
- 1910 : Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition leaves London with the aim of reaching the South Pole for the first time.
- 1927 : The Hindenburg dam , which connects the island of Sylt with the mainland, is opened.
- 1980 : Teletext from ARD and ZDF is launched in Germany.
- 2000 : The French underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio discovers the remains of the sunken city of Herakleion in the Mediterranean off the coast of Egypt .
- 2003 : Closure of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River .
- 2009 : Launch of Microsoft's Bing search engine .
- 2018 : The name change from Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald to University of Greifswald , decided by the Greifswald University Senate , becomes legally effective.
Culture
- 1497 : Sebastian Brant's ship of fools , created in 1494, appears in the Latin translation of Stultifera Navis by his pupil Jakob Locher in Strasbourg, printed by Hans Grüninger . This edition quickly spread across national borders and made Brant's work an international success.
- 1920 : Rudi Stephan's opera The First People premiered in Frankfurt am Main.
- 1966 : During a recording session at Abbey Road Studios in London, The Beatles recorded numerous effects for the song Yellow Submarine , recorded on May 26th . They are supported by Marianne Faithfull , Donovan and Brian Jones , among others .
- 1969 : The song Give Peace a Chance is recorded during a "bed-in" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in Montreal .
society
- 1675 : Trial ends in Plymouth , Massachusetts over the murder of John Sassamon , who informed the colony of an impending attack by the Wampanoag . The three defendants from the Pokanoket tribe are found guilty and sentenced to death.
- 1964 : With the amended road traffic regulations in the Federal Republic of Germany, pedestrians on a zebra crossing are given priority over motorized road users.
religion
- 794 : The Synod of Frankfurt , chaired by King Charlemagne , disapproves of the resolutions of the Second Council of Nicaea . The king's opposition to Pope Hadrian I , as set out in the Carolinian books Libri Carolini , is confirmed by the assembly.
- 1035 : The Greek hermit Simeon von Trier , to whom the population ascribes miracles, dies in the Porta Nigra .
- 1259 : The Cistercian monastery Hohenfurth donated by Wok von Rosenberg is confirmed by the confirmation of Bishop Johann III. officially founded by Prague .
- 1307 : Fra Dolcino , the leader of the Northern Italian Apostle Brothers , who was captured during a crusade against the sect , is burned at the stake in Vercelli after being tortured and sentenced to death .
- 2018 : According to an amendment resolution of April 24th by the Bavarian Council of Ministers to the general rules of procedure for the authorities of the Free State, a crucifix should hang in the entrance area in all relevant institutions .
Disasters
- 70 BC Chr .: According to the source Han Shu , around 6000 people died in the Zhucheng and Changle earthquakes in the Chinese province of Shandong .
- 1988 : In the mine accident in Stolzenbach ( Borken lignite mining area ), 51 miners are killed in a coal dust explosion. Six miners survived in an air bubble at a depth of 150 meters and were located 65 hours after the accident by a Hessischer Rundfunk microphone through a drilled ventilation pipe and rescued on June 4th.
- 2009 : Flight 447 of Air France with 228 people (216 passengers, 12 crew members) on board from Rio de Janeiro to Paris has gone missing over the Atlantic.
- 2015 : The river cruise ship Dong Fang Zhi Xing capsized with 458 people on board in a severe storm on the Yangtze .
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1978 : The men's soccer World Cup begins in Argentina with a 0-0 draw between Germany and Poland in Buenos Aires .
- 1996 : SK Rapid Wien becomes Austrian football champions for the 30th time.
- 2013 : FC Bayern Munich becomes the first German soccer team to win the triple of championship, cup and Champions League.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field . Entries on football world championship games can be found in the sub-pages of football world championships . The same goes for European football championships .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1134 : Gottfried VI. , Earl of Anjou, Maine and Nantes
- 1180 : Berenguela of Castile , Queen of Castile
- 1300 : Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk , son of Edward I of England
- 1460 : Enno I , German Count of East Frisia
- 1480 : Tiedemann Giese , Bishop of Kulm and Bishop of Warmia
- 1503 : Wilhelm von Grumbach , German knight and adventurer
- 1563 : Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury , English statesman and minister under Elizabeth I and James I.
- 1599 : Elisabeth Lukretia , Duchess of Teschen
- 1653 : Georg Muffat , Franco-German composer and organist
- 1673 : Louise Françoise de Bourbon , Princess of Condé
- 1682 : Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll , Scottish nobleman, judge, politician and soldier
18th century
- 1725 : Johann Philipp Lorenz Withof , German professor of history, eloquence and morality
- 1727 : Diego José Abad , Spanish Jesuit, writer, educator and humanist
- 1727 : Francesco Casanova , Italian painter
- 1742 : Rudolf Steiner , German architect
- 1744 : Christian Gotthilf Salzmann , German pastor and educator
- 1754 : Ferdinand Karl von Österreich-Este , Archduke of Austria and Governor General of Lombardy
- 1758 : Matthias Klaus , Austrian politician and 4th Mayor of St. Pölten
- 1762 : Edmund Ignatius Rice , Irish missionary and founder of the order
- 1763 : Antonio Dall'Occa , Italian double bass player
- 1765 : Christiane von Goethe , wife of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1766 : Anton Hasenhut , Austrian actor and comedian
- 1766 : William Edward Miller , British violinist, composer and Methodist clergyman
- 1769 : Joseph Xaver Elsner , Polish composer
- 1776 : George Schetky , American composer, cellist and music publisher
- 1779 : Christoph Johann Jakob Arnold , German architect
- 1783 : Emil Ernst Gottfried von Herder , Royal Bavarian Forestry and Government Councilor
- 1788 : Johann Heinrich Achterfeld , German theologian, professor and editor
- 1790 : Chester Ashley , American politician
- 1790 : Ferdinand Raimund , Austrian writer
- 1793 : Henry Francis Lyte , British theologian and hymn poet
- 1796 : Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot , French physicist
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801 : Brigham Young , founder of Utah and the city of Salt Lake City
- 1804 : Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka , Russian composer
- 1806 : Samuel Arnold , American politician
- 1813 : Karl Andresen , German Germanist
- 1814 : Charles Anderson , American politician
- 1815 : Otto I , King of Greece
- 1824 : William Shakespeare Burton , English genre painter
- 1826 : Carl Bechstein , German piano maker
- 1827 : Heinrich Theodor Flathe , German historian
- 1829 : Cullen Andrews Battle , Confederate Brigadier General
- 1831 : John Bell Hood , American Civil War general
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- 1833 : John Marshall Harlan , American Supreme Court Justice
- 1842 : Christoph Blumhardt , German theologian and pastor
- 1846 : Heinrich von Salisch , German forester, landlord and politician
- 1848 : Otto Malling , Danish organist and composer
- 1849 : Gustav von Escherich , Austrian mathematician
- 1850 : Theodor Arndt , German theologian
- 1850 : Sami Frashëri , Albanian man of letters
1851-1900
- 1856 : Ernst Lecher , Austrian physicist, is considered the founder of measurement technology in the high frequency range
- 1858 : Alice Barbi , Italian violinist, singer and composer
- 1858 : Ernesto Quesada , Argentine sociologist, lawyer, publicist, historian and linguist
- 1865 : Alfred Götze , German prehistorian
- 1869 : Richard Wünsch , German classical philologist and religious scholar
- 1874 : Macedonio Fernández , Argentine writer
- 1875 : Carl Severing , German politician, MdL, State Minister, MdR, Reich Minister of the Interior
- 1883 : Alfred Amonn , Austrian economist
- 1884 : Georges Aubé , French general
- 1886 : Gunnar Graarud , Norwegian opera singer
- 1888 : Herbert Garbe , German sculptor
- 1888 : Imre Payer , Hungarian football player and coach
- 1889 : Sigrid Onégin , German opera and concert singer
- 1890 : Frank Morgan , American actor
- 1892 : Samuel Barlow , American composer
- 1892 : Hironori Ōtsuka , Japanese founder of the karate style of Wado-Ryu
- 1895 : Tadeusz Komorowski , Commander in Chief of the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
- 1897 : Erik Bohlin , Swedish cyclist and motorcycle racer
- 1899 : Theo Eble , Swiss painter and graphic artist
- 1899 : Fritz Nüßlein , German hunting and forest scientist
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Joop ter Beek , Dutch football player
- 1902 : Siegfried Balke , German chemist and manager, Federal Minister
- 1902 : Leopold Lindtberg , Austrian director
- 1905 : Dinorá de Carvalho , Brazilian pianist and composer
- 1905 : Heinz Haffter , Swiss classical philologist
- 1906 : Erwin Heinz Ackerknecht , German politician
- 1906 : Charles-Émile Gadbois , Canadian clergyman, music publisher and composer
- 1907 : Jan Patočka , Czech philosopher
- 1907 : Frank Whittle , English pilot, inventor and businessman
- 1908 : Peter de Mendelssohn , German-British writer, historian and essayist
- 1909 : Szymon Goldberg , American conductor and violinist
- 1911 : Hermann Auf der Heide , German hockey player
- 1912 : Wolfgang Büttner , German actor
- 1912 : Lambert Konschegg , Austrian pilot and manager
- 1912 : Herbert Tichy , Austrian writer, geologist, journalist and mountaineer
- 1913 : Patrick Dalzel job , British officer
- 1915 : Johnny Bond , American country singer
- 1916 : Jean Jérôme Hamer , Belgian cardinal
- 1917 : Otto Esser , German employer president
- 1917 : William S. Knowles , American chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1918 : Juan Alfredo Arzube , auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles
- 1918 : Gavin Astor , British nobleman and publisher
- 1918 : Thomas Hicks , American bobsledder
- 1920 : Lafayette Leake , American blues pianist
- 1921 : Nelson Riddle , American composer and big band leader
- 1921 : Albert Tepper , American composer and music teacher
- 1922 : Ruth Rehmann , German writer
- 1924 : Hal McKusick , American jazz clarinet and saxophonist
- 1924 : Rudi Piffl , German table tennis player
- 1924 : Helmut Sakowski , German writer
- 1925 : Peter Uebersax , Swiss journalist
1926-1950
- 1926 : Alexander Alexandrovich Anufrijew , Soviet athlete
- 1926 : Andy Griffith , American actor
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- 1926 : Marilyn Monroe , American film actress, singer, model and film producer
- 1927 : Willem Scholten , Dutch politician
- 1928 : Georgi Timofejewitsch Dobrowolski , Soviet cosmonaut
- 1928 : Jean-Jacques Volz , Swiss artist
- 1929 : Paul Markowski , German SED functionary
- 1929 : Yehudi Wyner , American composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1930 : Erich Bergel , German conductor
- 1930 : Friedhelm Deis , German New Apostolic hymn composer
- 1930 : Hans-Heinz Emons , Rector of the Bergakademie Freiberg, Minister for Education and Youth of the GDR
- 1930 : Edward Woodward , British actor
- 1932 : Carl Schachter , American music theorist and teacher
- 1933 : Ruth Arnon , Israeli immunologist
- 1933 : Charlie Wilson , American politician
- 1934 : Pat Boone , American singer and actor
- 1934 : Hermann Josef Pottmeyer , German fundamental theologian
- 1935 : Percy Adlon , German film and television director, author and producer
- 1935 : John Dalley , American violinist
- 1935 : Norman Foster , British architect and designer
- 1935 : Horst-Jürgen Lahmann , German lawyer, administrative officer and politician
- 1935 : Gerd H. Pelletier , German journalist
- 1936 : Peter Sodann , German actor, director and general manager
- 1937 : Gerhard Bosinski , German prehistorian and archaeologist
- 1937 : Morgan Freeman , American actor
- 1937 : Ezio Pascutti , Italian football player and coach
- 1938 : Carlo Caffarra , Italian Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Bologna and Cardinal
- 1939 : Roberto Aguerre Ravizza , Uruguayan sculptor, historian, architect and film director
- 1939 : Bernd Krewer , German forester, hunting cynologist and non-fiction author
- 1940 : René Auberjonois , American actor
- 1940 : Barbara Lass , Polish actress
- 1941 : Jigjidiin Mönchbat , Mongolian wrestler
- 1942 : Fernando Atzori , Italian boxer, Olympic champion
- 1944 : Jean-Jacques Andrien , Belgian film director, screenwriter and film producer
- 1944 : Robert Powell , British actor
- 1946 : Werner Müller , German manager and politician
- 1946 : Brian Cox , Scottish actor
- 1947 : Jonathan Pryce , British actor
- 1947 : Konstantin Wecker , German musician, songwriter, composer and author
- 1947 : Ron Wood , British rock guitarist ( Rolling Stones )
- 1948 : Rolf Hempelmann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1950 : Tom Robinson , British rock musician
- 1950 : Roger Van Gool , Belgian football player
1951-1975
- 1952 : Şenol Güneş , Turkish football coach
- 1952 : Sylvia Schenk , German athlete
- 1953 : Caspar Memering , German soccer player
- 1953 : Joseph Merhi , British film director and producer
- 1954 : Frédéric Chichin , French rock musician and singer-songwriter
- 1955 : Lorraine Moller , New Zealand athlete
- 1956 : Mircea Cărtărescu , Romanian writer
- 1956 : Tom Irwin , American actor
- 1956 : Peter Tomka , Slovak lawyer, judge at the International Court of Justice
- 1957 : Carlos Duarte , Venezuelan composer and pianist
- 1957 : Ferid Rragami , Albanian football player
- 1958 : Undine Brixner , German actress
- 1958 : Michael Landau , American guitarist, studio musician and songwriter
- 1958 : Jon Wozencroft , British graphic designer, author and label owner
- 1959 : Alfred Adewale Martins , Archbishop of Lagos
- 1959 : Martin Brundle , British racing driver
- 1959 : Alan Wilder , British musician, songwriter and singer ( Depeche Mode )
- 1960 : Martina Eitner-Acheampong , German actress
- 1960 : Andreas Hoppe , German actor
- 1960 : Vladimir Evgenyevich Krutov , Russian ice hockey player
- 1960 : Lutz Stratmann , German lawyer and politician
- 1961 : Klaus Peter Berger , German legal scholar
- 1961 : Paul Coffey , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1962 : Sherri Howard , American sprinter
- 1963 : Mike Joyce , British musician
- 1963 : Juan Manuel Llop , Argentine football coach
- 1964 : Davy Jones , American racing car driver
- 1965 : Olga Vladimirovna Nazarova , Russian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1965 : Nigel Short , English chess player
- 1966 : Abel Balbo , Argentine soccer player
- 1967 : Olivier Delaître , French tennis player
- 1967 : Roger Sanchez , American producer and house DJ
- 1968 : Jason Donovan , Australian actor and singer
- 1968 : Mathias Rust , German private pilot
- 1969 : Andy Bloch , American poker player
- 1969 : Damon Minchella , British musician
- 1970 : René Marik , German puppeteer, singer and actor
- 1971 : Luca Riccitelli , Italian racing car driver
- 1971 : Ghil'ad Zuckermann , Israeli linguist
- 1972 : Daniel Keberle , Austrian actor
- 1972 : Stine Stengade , Danish actress
- 1973 : Heidi Klum , German-American model and presenter
- 1973 : Anna Thalbach , German actress
- 1974 : Alanis Morissette , Canadian singer and musician
- 1975 : Karnam Malleswari , Indian weightlifter
- 1975 : Frauke Petry , German chemist, entrepreneur and politician
1976-2000
- 1976 : Lars Conrad , German swimmer
- 1977 : Sarah Wayne Callies , American actress
- 1977 : Danielle Harris , American actress
- 1978 : Nikolaus Benda , German actor and speaker
- 1978 : Hasna Benhassi , Moroccan athlete
- 1978 : Li Duan , Chinese athlete
- 1979 : Tuncay Aksoy , Turkish soccer player
- 1979 : Markus Persson , Swedish programmer
- 1980 : Oliver James , British singer and actor
- 1981 : Kenan Aşkan , Turkish football player
- 1982 : Justine Henin , Belgian tennis player
- 1983 : Emil Feuchtmann Pérez , Chilean handball player
- 1983 : Moustapha Salifou , Togolese football player
- 1984 : Nathan Coe , Australian soccer player
- 1984 : Takuya Izawa , Japanese racing driver
- 1985 : Tirunesh Dibaba , Ethiopian athlete
- 1985 : Maura Visser , Dutch handball player
- 1986 : Mark Fistric , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 : Chinedu Obasi , Nigerian soccer player
- 1987 : Bryan Staring , Australian motorcycle racer
- 1988 : Domagoj Duvnjak , Croatian handball player
- 1988 : Chicharito , Mexican soccer player
- 1989 : Jacqueline Belle , German voice actor and radio presenter
- 1989 : Samuel Inkoom , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1990 : Bianca Perie , Romanian hammer thrower
- 1990 : Roman Josi , Swiss ice hockey player
- 1991 : Oliver Genausch , German soccer player
- 1992 : Raul Santos , Austrian handball player
- 1994 : Ella-Maria Gollmer , German actress
- 1995 : Sarah Atcho , Swiss sprinter
- 1995 : Tim Hronek , German freestyle skier
- 1996 : Tom Holland , British dancer and actor
- 1996 : Edvinas Gertmonas , Lithuanian football player
- 1999 : Aoife Casey , Irish rower
- 2000 : Ludovit Reis , Dutch-Slovak football player
- 2000 : Willow Shields , American actress
21st century
- 2003 : Emjay Anthony , American actor and model
Died
Before the 17th century
- 195 BC BC : Gaozu , first emperor of the Han dynasty
- 654 : Pyrrhus , Patriarch of Constantinople
- 719 : Anastasios II Artemios , Byzantine emperor
- 896 : Theodosios , Patriarch of Antioch
- 1013 : Alapold , first abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Münsterschwarzach after the time of the commendate abbots
- 1035 : Simeon von Trier , Byzantine monk, pilgrim guide in Jerusalem and Palestine
- 1066 : Kuno I. von Pfullingen , Archbishop of Trier
- 1191 : John the Chanter , English clergyman
- 1191 : Philip I , Count of Flanders and Crusader
- 1205 : Enrico Dandolo , 41st Doge of Venice
- 1220 : Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford , English magnate
- 1307 : Fra Dolcino , Italian sect leader
- 1310 : Marguerite Porete , French-speaking theological writer and beguine
- 1354 : Kitabatake Chikafusa , Japanese statesman, general and historiographer
- 1433 : Jacob II , Count of Urgell
- 1434 : Władysław II. Jagiełło , Grand Duke of Lithuania, King of Poland
- 1452 : Munjong , 5th King of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea
- 1453 : Çandarlı II. Halil Pasha , Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- 1564 : Loy Hering , Eichstätt sculptor of the Renaissance
17th and 18th centuries
- 1608 : Marie Eleonore von Jülich-Kleve-Berg , Duchess of Prussia
- 1615 : Al-Burini , Ottoman scholar and chronicler
- 1616 : Tokugawa Ieyasu , Japanese general, Shogun and one of the "three unificationists"
- 1625 : Honoré d'Urfé , French writer
- 1639 : Melchior Franck , German composer
- 1660 : Mary Dyer , English Quaker
- 1676 : Lorentz Creutz the Elder , Swedish Admiral General
- 1676 : Karl Kaspar von der Leyen , Archbishop and Elector of Trier
- 1688 : Peder Hansen Resen , Danish lawyer and historian
- 1699 : George II , Duke of Württemberg-Mömpelgard
- 1699 : Jean Rousseau , French gambist and music theorist
- 1700 : Willem ten Rhijne , Dutch doctor in the service of the Dutch East India Company and author of medical works
- 1713 : Johan Runius , Swedish poet
- 1726 : Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg , wife of Landgrave Ludwig VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt
- 1727 : Cornelis Huysmans , Flemish painter
- 1737 : Gregor Langemak , German theologian
- 1740 : Samuel Werenfels , German Reformed theologian
- 1751 : Theodor Crüger , German Lutheran theologian and historian
- 1761 : Jean Nicolas Jadot de Ville-Issey , Lorraine architect
- 1763 : Johann Caspar Vogler , German organist and composer
- 1776 : Erdmann Rudolf Fischer , German Lutheran theologian
- 1796 : Immanuel Carl Diez , German theologian, philosopher and doctor
19th century
- 1810 : Johann Paul Wessely , Czech composer
- 1812 : Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca y Branciforte , Spanish colonial administrator, Viceroy of New Spain
- 1815 : Louis-Alexandre Berthier , French general and Marshal of France
- 1815 : James Gillray , British cartoonist
- 1820 : August Ferdinand Bernhardi , German linguist and writer
- 1823 : Louis-Nicolas Davout , French general, peer and marshal of France
- 1826 : Johann Friedrich Oberlin , German pastor and social pioneer
- 1828 : Christian Gottlieb Röckner , German Lutheran field provost
- 1832 : Thomas Sumter , American general in the Revolutionary War and politician
- 1840 : Joseph Anton Dollmayr , German professor
- 1841 : Nicolas Appert , French pastry chef and inventor
- 1841 : David Wilkie , British painter
- 1846 : Gregory XVI. , Pope
- 1856 : Leopold von Arnim , Prussian lieutenant general
- 1864 : Hong Xiuquan , Chinese mystic and leader of the Taiping Uprising
- 1868 : James Buchanan , 15th President of the United States
- 1872 : John Sandfield Macdonald , Canadian politician
- 1873 : Gheorghe Bibescu , Prince of Wallachia
- 1873 : Joseph Howe , Canadian politician and journalist
- 1875 : Bellamy Storer , American politician
- 1877 : Franz Joseph Aufschläger , German clergyman
- 1879 : Napoléon Eugène Louis Bonaparte , Prince of France
- 1882 : Johannes Zeltner , German entrepreneur, honorary citizen in Wittenberg
- 1886 : Julius Adolph Stöckhardt , German agricultural chemist
- 1888 : Anton Sommer , Thuringian dialect poet
- 1891 : Nakamura Keiu , Japanese educator and translator
- 1899 : Klaus Groth , German poet and writer
20th century
1901-1950
- 1902 : Auguste Eichhorn , German women's rights activist
- 1904 : George Frederic Watts , British painter
- 1905 : Heinrich Lahmann , German doctor and natural healer
- 1912 : Daniel Burnham , American urban planner and architect
- 1916 : Anna Schramm , German soubrette and actress
- 1916 : François Stroobant , Belgian painter, engraver, draftsman, lithographer, watercolorist and illustrator
- 1917 : Franz Scheiner , German lithographer and publisher
- 1918 : Richard Faltin , Finnish composer and music professor
- 1919 : Hedwig Dohm , German writer, women's rights activist and feminist theorist
- 1921 : Robert Rowand Anderson , Scottish architect
- 1923 : Louis Krüger , German geodesist
- 1925 : Thomas Riley Marshall , American politician
- 1932 : Richard Abramowski , German theologian
- 1932 : Bernard Crocé-Spinelli , French composer
- 1935 : Hermann Bendix , German pedagogue, cantor and composer
- 1937 : Ljubomir Miletitsch , Bulgarian linguist, historian and publicist
- 1938 : Ödön von Horváth , Austro-Hungarian writer
- 1941 : Hans Berger , German neurologist and psychiatrist
- 1941 : Kurt Hensel , German mathematician
- 1941 : Hugh Walpole , British writer
- 1942 : Meta Scheele , German writer and historian
- 1942 : Vladislav Vančura , Czech writer
- 1943 : Leslie Howard , British actor
- 1943 : Wilfrid Israel , German philanthropist and businessman
- 1946 : Ion Antonescu , Romanian general and politician, dictator, war criminal
- 1946 : Mihai Antonescu , Romanian politician
- 1946 : Leo Slezak , Austrian opera singer and actor
- 1947 : Carl von Schubert , German civil servant and diplomat
- 1948 : Sonny Boy Williamson I. , American blues musician
1951-2000
- 1952 : John Dewey , American philosopher and educator
- 1954 : Martin Andersen Nexø , Danish writer
- 1954 : Wilhelm Stapel , German publicist
- 1959 : Sax Rohmer , British crime writer and esotericist
- 1960 : Paula Hitler , sister of Adolf Hitler
- 1962 : Adolf Eichmann , German SS-Obersturmbannführer
- 1962 : Theodor Thürmer , German forester and hunting writer
- 1963 : Luis Alcaraz , Mexican composer, pianist and singer
- 1963 : Richard Sedlmaier , German art historian and university professor
- 1964 : Bronisław Rutkowski , Polish organist, musicologist and teacher
- 1965 : Curly Lambeau , American football player and coach
- 1967 : Rudolf Appel , Austrian politician
- 1967 : Aloys Heuvers , German mechanical engineer
- 1968 : Witter Bynner , American poet
- 1968 : Helen Keller , American writer
- 1968 : André Laurendeau , Canadian writer, essayist, journalist and politician
- 1970 : Russ Stein , American football player and sheriff
- 1971 : Reinhold Niebuhr , American theologian, philosopher and political scientist
- 1972 : Fritz Weber , Austrian writer
- 1974 : Wilhelm Ahrens , German watchmaker, editor and politician, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1975 : Friedrich Griese , German writer
- 1975 : Alois Kieslinger , Austrian geologist
- 1978 : Erich Auer , German trade unionist and resistance fighter
- 1979 : Werner Forßmann , German physician, inventor of the cardiac catheter
- 1981 : Carl Vinson , American politician
- 1981 : Jan Zdeněk Bartoš , Czech composer
- 1983 : Anna Seghers , German writer
- 1984 : Archip Michailowitsch Lyulka , Soviet jet engine designer
- 1984 : Heinrich Zänker , German rower
- 1985 : Ines Alfani-Tellini , Italian opera singer (soprano) and music teacher
- 1985 : Gaston Rébuffat , French mountaineer
- 1986 : Jo Gartner , Austrian racing car driver
- 1986 : Charles F. Wennerstrum , American lawyer, presiding judge in one of the Nuremberg follow-up trials
- 1987 : Khwaja Ahmad Abbas , Indian film director, screenwriter and journalist
- 1987 : Raschid Karami , Lebanese Prime Minister
- 1988 : Herbert Feigl , Austrian-American philosopher
- 1989 : Irena Dubiska , Polish violinist and music teacher
- 1989 : Aurelio Lampredi , Italian designer of automobile and aircraft engines
- 1996 : Don Grolnick , American pianist, keyboardist, composer and producer
- 1996 : Neelam Sanjiva Reddy , Indian President
- 1997 : Ruth Atkinson , Canadian comic book writer and cartoonist
- 1997 : Fred Rauch , Austrian lyricist, cabaret artist and singer
- 1998 : Gottfried Dienst , Swiss football referee
- 1999 : Christopher Cockerell , British engineer, inventor of the hovercraft
- 1999 : Gert Ledig , German writer
21st century
- 2001 : Birendra , Nepalese king
- 2003 : Gerhard Rentzsch , German radio play author
- 2004 : Mathias Einert , German voice actor, actor and athlete
- 2005 : Isabel Aretz , Argentine ethnomusicologist, folklorist and composer
- 2005 : George Mikan , American basketball player
- 2006 : Frederik Hetmann , German writer
- 2007 : Warren M. Anderson , American lawyer and politician
- 2008 : Josef Lapid , Israeli politician
- 2008 : Yves Saint Laurent , French fashion designer
- 2009 : Juliana de Aquino , Brazilian musical actress
- 2010 : Rosa Arnsberg , promoter of understanding between Jewish and non-Jewish Germans
- 2010 : Andrei Andreevich Voznesensky , Russian poet and writer
- 2010 : Ōno Kazuo , Japanese dancer, co-founder of the expressive dance Butoh
- 2013 : Franz Danimann , Austrian resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 2013 : Walther Hofer , Swiss historian and politician
- 2014 : Karlheinz Hackl , Austrian actor
- 2014 : Sedat Karaoğlu , Turkish soccer player
- 2015 : Charles Kennedy , British politician
- 2015 : Jacques Parizeau , Canadian politician
- 2016 : Claus T. Helmig , German baseball player
- 2016 : Heinz-Walter Friedriszik , German photographer
- 2017 : Tankred Dorst , German writer
- 2017 : Alois Mock , Austrian politician
- 2018 : Hilmar Hoffmann , German cultural politician
- 2018 : John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich , British peer, writer and television presenter
- 2019 : José Antonio Reyes , Spanish football player
- 2019 : Michel Serres , French philosopher
- 2020 : Myroslaw Skoryk , Ukrainian composer
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Justin Martyr , Roman philosopher, theologian and martyr, church father and patron saint (Protestant, Anglican, Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Armenian)
- Name days
- More information about the day
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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