September 1
The September 1 is the 244th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 245th in leap years ), thus remain 121 days by year end.
The Second World War begins with the invasion of Poland by German troops on September 1, 1939 ( invasion of Poland ) .
From a meteorological point of view (for weather statistics), September 1st is the beginning of autumn in the northern hemisphere and the beginning of spring in the southern hemisphere.
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events
Politics and world events
- 1449: In the Battle of Tumu , Mongolian troops defeat a much larger force of the Ming dynasty . The Chinese Emperor Zhengtong is taken prisoner by the enemy.
- 1532: Henry VIII gives Anne Boleyn the title of Marquess of Pembroke .
- 1598: Boris Godunov is crowned Russian tsar .
- 1701: In the Battle of Chiari in Northern Italy, the Austrian army under Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated French troops under François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, during the War of the Spanish Succession .
- 1707: With his threat to intervene on the French side in the War of the Spanish Succession , King Charles XII. of Sweden in the Altranstädter Convention the guarantee of extensive freedom of belief for the Protestants in Silesia . Emperor Joseph I had to grant the Silesian Protestants the construction of six grace churches , some of which were built by them out of gratitude as faithful copies of the Stockholm Katharinenkirche .
- 1715: With the death of the French King Louis XIV , the 72-year-old longest reign of a European monarch comes to an end. His successor will be his five-year-old great-grandson Louis XV. under the reign of his great-uncle Philippe II. de Bourbon, duc d'Orléans .
- 1774: American militias respond to a coup by British troops with the powder alarm .
- 1862: The Battle of Chantilly near Washington DC, the troops of the Southern defeat under General "Stonewall" Jackson , the Army of Virginia of the Northern states in the American Civil War , but can not prevent their orderly withdrawal.
- 1870: In the Franco-Prussian War , the French are defeated in the Battle of Noisseville . The Germans successfully begin the Battle of Sedan .
- 1873: Cetshwayo kaMpande becomes the last sovereign king of the Zulu .
- 1893: The second Home Rule Bill , introduced on the initiative of the Liberal Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone , which provides for limited self-government for Ireland within the United Kingdom , is adopted by a majority by the House of Commons, but later fails in the House of Lords.
- 1904: In the Battle of Masoller , the last major battle of the Uruguayan civil war , the soldiers of the ruling Colorados prevail against the Los Blancos' fighters . The coup leader Aparicio Saravia is badly wounded, but can still go to Brazil.
- 1905: Alberta and Saskatchewan become independent Canadian provinces after splitting off from the Northwest Territories .
- 1919: The founding of the October Revolution- inspired Communist Party in the United States by Charles Ruthenberg subsequently triggers the “ Red Scare ” in the country for the first time .
- 1920: As part of the League of Nations mandate, the French general Henri Gouraud proclaims the state of Greater Lebanon for Syria and Lebanon , from which the present Republic of Lebanon emerges in 1926 .
- 1928: Ahmet Zogu is crowned King of the Albanians and declares the country a constitutional monarchy .
- 1929: The Young Plan to regulate the reparations to be paid by Germany due to its war debt in the First World War comes into effect retrospectively .
- 1939: The Second World War begins at 4:45 pm with the shelling of Westerplatte in Gdansk by the German navy training ship Schleswig-Holstein and the German invasion in Poland on Hitler's orders.
- 1939: Adolf Hitler authorizes the systematic murder of initially 70,000 mentally ill and handicapped people ( Action T4 ) in October of that year with a Führer decree on " euthanasia " backdated to September 1st .
- 1939: With the Ordinance on Extraordinary Radio Measures, listening to foreign radio broadcasts is punishable in the National Socialist Greater German Reich ; in special cases, death is threatened for broadcasting tapped messages .
- 1939: In view of the military escalation in Central Europe caused by the German Reich , the Federal Council orders the general mobilization of the Swiss armed forces for the following day.
- 1941: The Jews in the German Reich are forced by police ordinance to wear the yellow Star of David (" Judenstern ") with the inscription "Jude" "visible on the left breast of the garment". The ordinance comes into force on September 19 of the same year.
- 1942: The resettlement of the market town of Neweklau and 71 surrounding villages to create the Beneschau SS military training area begins.
- 1947: Rudolf Paul , the Prime Minister of the State of Thuringia , withdraws from the Soviet to the American zone of occupation via West Berlin . On October 9, the refugee officially loses his position to his deputy Werner Eggerath .
- 1948: The Parliamentary Council meets for the first time and elects Konrad Adenauer as chairman.
- 1950: In West Berlin, the British armed forces set up the Watchmen's Service of the German Service Organization Berlin, from which the 248 German Security Unit emerged in 1982 .
- 1951: The ANZUS Agreement, named after the participating states Australia , New Zealand and the USA , is signed in San Francisco.
- 1951: The peace conference between Japan and the Allies of World War II begins in San Francisco .
- 1957: The World Peace Day or Anti-War Day in Germany commemorates the attack by the Wehrmacht on Poland on September 1, 1939. The initiative for this day of remembrance comes from the German Trade Union Federation (DGB) and was celebrated for the first time in 1957 and annually since 1966.
- 1957: In the Federal Republic of Germany, the speed limit of 50 km / h becomes legally binding for all motor vehicles in urban areas .
- 1961: The conference on the establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement begins with 25 participating States in Belgrade.
- 1963: Singapore gains independence from Great Britain .
- 1969: The reformed Section 175 of the German Criminal Code (StGB) comes into force. It no longer criminalizes homosexuality among men aged 21 and over. In 1973 it was restricted to homosexual acts by men over the age of 18 with male adolescents under the age of 18 and was not completely repealed until 1994.
1969: Muammar al-Gaddafi (left), here with Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1969: The Libyan captain Muammar al-Gaddafi takes power through a coup d'état .
- 1970: The Marxist-Leninist Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine carries out an assassination attempt on Jordan's King Hussein I. The ruler escapes the attack carried out on his way to Amman Airport . The existing tensions with the host country of the Palestinians are worsening considerably.
- 1971: Equal opportunities : In the Federal Republic of Germany , the Federal Law on Individual Promotion of Training (BAföG) comes into force.
- 1983: The Soviet Air Force shoots a Korean Airlines Boeing 747 off course near Sakhalin . All 269 inmates of the KAL 007 are killed.
- 1992: The first Austrian memorial servant begins his civil replacement service at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum .
- 1994: The Women's Promotion Act , a forerunner of the Federal Equal Opportunities Act , comes into force in Germany
- 1997: A Universal Declaration of Human Duties is proposed by the Statesmen's InterAction Council .
- 1999: Sellapan Ramanathan becomes President of Singapore .
- 2004: Beslan hostage crises : In a middle school in Beslan , North Ossetia , Russia , take Chechen terrorists and terrorists hundreds of people as hostages .
- 2005: Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco issues the order to shoot ("shoot to kill") against looters who take advantage of the chaos left by Hurricane Katrina .
business
- 1575: King Philip II declares - after 1557 - the bankruptcy of Spain for the second time .
- 1729: Nicolas Irénée Ruinart founds a champagne house in Reims , currently the oldest in the world.
- 1873: The cable cars start public service in San Francisco .
- 1879: The Royal Württemberg State Railways open the Stuttgart – Eutingen im Gäu and Eutingen im Gäu – Freudenstadt sections .
- 1897: The Tremont Street Subway goes into operation as the first US subway in Boston . Today their route is part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Green Line .
- 1949: The German Press Agency (dpa) sends its first report to the editorial offices.
- 1986: The Japanese video game console Nintendo Entertainment System is released in Europe.
- 1999: Deutsche Bank spins off its retail and branch operations into the subsidiary Deutsche Bank 24 .
- 2005: The PlayStation Portable handheld console , from Sony Interactive Entertainment , is released in Europe.
science and technology
- 1804: The German astronomer K. L. Harding discovers the asteroid Juno .
- 1979: Pioneer 11 is flying the first space probe on Saturn past and discovers a new moon of Saturn .
- 1985: The wreck of the luxury liner Titanic , which sank on April 15, 1912 on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York , (NY) , is discovered by Robert Ballard on the seabed at a depth of almost 4,000 meters off Newfoundland .
- 1991: The Western Pomerania University of Stralsund and the Mecklenburg University of Neubrandenburg are founded.
- 1996: Cargolifter AG is founded in Berlin, building a transport airship and thereby initiating the renaissance of large airship travel.
Culture
- 1810: The world premiere of the opera Le crescendo of Luigi Cherubini takes place at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- 1816: Louis Spohr's romantic opera Faust is premiered in Prague . The libretto by Joseph Carl Bernard takes up the legend of Faust . It is not influenced by Goethe's Faust , the first part of which was published in 1808. Instead, it essentially refers to a play and poem by Friedrich Maximilian Klinger and Heinrich von Kleist .
- 1853: The first performance of the comic opera Le Nabab by Jacques Fromental Halévy takes place at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- 1886: Samuel Fischer founds the publishing house of the same name in Berlin .
- 1899: The Nationaltheatret , the most important and largest spoken theater in the country, opens in the Norwegian capital, Oslo , with excerpts from two comedies by Ludvig Holberg .
- 1902: At the Paris Olympia , cinema audiences can experience the first science fiction film . The film The Journey to the Moon by director Georges Méliès is a great success.
- 2006: The 17th Austrian daily called Österreich starts with an initial circulation of 250,000 (up to 600,000 on weekends).
religion
- 1181: The Cistercian Ubaldo Allucingoli is elected Pope and begins as Lucius III. his pontificate .
- 1271: After the office of Bishop of Rome had not been occupied for almost three years after the death of Pope Clement IV , Tebaldo Visconti, who was then on a crusade in Palestine, was elected Pope without ever having been a priest be. He later takes the name of Gregory X on.
- 1883: Pope Leo XIII. describes in his encyclical Supremi apostolatus officio the rosary as an effective spiritual means.
- 1910: Pope Pius X introduces the anti-modernist oath for all clerics of the Catholic Church , which bishops in particular have to take. The Pope wants to counter modernism effectively.
Disasters
- 1894: A forest fire near Hinckley, Minnesota kills more than 400 people.
- 1923: The Great Kanto Earthquake of 7.9 magnitude in the Kanto plane on the main Japanese island of Honshu , the port city destroyed Yokohama and large areas of neighboring Tokyo . Around 143,000 people are killed.
- 1962: The earthquake of Buin Zahra of magnitude 7.0 in Qazvin , Iran calls for 12,230 deaths.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
nature and environment
- 1730: The Timanfaya volcano begins to erupt in Lanzarote . The eruptions last for more than five and a half years. Several craters are created in the process.
- 1914: " Martha ", the last living specimen of the passenger pigeon , dies in the Cincinnati Zoo .
Sports
- 1886: The soccer club Grasshopper Club Zürich is founded.
- 1910: The Brazilian soccer club Sport Club Corinthians Paulista is founded in São Paulo .
- 1923: The German Gymnastics Association proclaims the “ clean divorce ”, the separation between gymnastics and sport , especially football . From now on there is no possibility of a double membership for clubs in different sports associations.
- 1972: Bobby Fischer becomes the first non-Soviet world chess champion after the Second World War with his 12.5: 8.5 victory in the so-called " Match of the Century " over the Russian Boris Spasski in Reykjavík .
- 1973: George Foreman defends his heavyweight boxing world champion title against Jose "King" Roman at Nihon Budokan , Tokyo , Japan by knocking out in the first round.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1286: Elisabeth Richza of Poland , Queen of Bohemia and Poland
- 1403: Ludwig VIII , Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt
- 1508: Franziskus Joel , Hungarian pharmacologist and physician
- 1521: Beat Ludwig von Mülinen , mayor of Bern
- 1542: Michael Abel , German humanist, neo-Latin poet and lyric poet
- 1562: Georg , Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
- 1566: Edward Alleyn , English actor
- 1575: Johannes Haller the Younger , Swiss Protestant theologian and reformer
- 1579: Johann Friedrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf , Archbishop of Bremen, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck and Bishop of Verden
- 1588: Henri II. De Bourbon , Prince of Condé, member of the Regency Council for Louis XIV.
- 1589: Giovanni Pesaro , 103rd Doge of Venice
- 1596: Arnold Mengering , German Lutheran theologian
- 1597: Johannes Micraelius , German poet and philosopher
- 1620: Otto von Grote , German writer and member of the Fruit-Bringing Society
- 1637: Nicolas de Catinat , French general, Marshal of France
- 1647: Anna Sophie of Denmark and Norway , Electress of Saxony
- 1651: Natalja Kirillowna Naryshkina , Tatar nobleman, second wife of Tsar Alexei I of Russia
- 1653: Johann Pachelbel , German composer
- 1659: Domenico Egidio Rossi , Italian architect and builder
- 1665: David Zürn III. , Moravian sculptor
- 1688: Friedrich Ludwig , Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- 1689: Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer , master builder of the Bohemian Baroque
- 1692: Egid Quirin Asam , German plasterer and sculptor
18th century
- 1703: William Battie , English physician
- 1711: William IV , Prince of Nassau and heir to the United Provinces of the Netherlands
- 1712: Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lanze , Italian cardinal
- 1734: Louis François II. De Bourbon , last Prince of Conti
- 1734: August Carl Alexander von Zanthier , Hessian and Anhalt court official and economic author
- 1747: Heinrich Adolph Grimm , German Protestant theologian and orientalist
- 1749: Lorenz Leopold Haschka , Austrian poet
- 1751: Emanuel Schikaneder , Austrian actor, director and theater director
- 1754: August Hermann Niemeyer , German theologian and educator
- 1758: Wilhelm Leberecht Götzinger , German Lutheran theologian and author, is considered to be the developer of Saxon Switzerland
- 1760: Frederik Sneedorff , Danish historian
- 1761: Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob Paulus , German Protestant theologian and philosopher
- 1772: Johann Erich von Berger , Danish philosopher
- 1774: Johann Jakob Bernhardi , German botanist
- 1775: Honoré-Charles Reille , French general, marshal and peer of France
- 1777: Johann Friedrich Christian Werneburg , German mathematician and physicist
- 1785: Philip Allen , American politician, governor, and senator of Rhode Island
- 1790: Ferdinand von Eckstein , Danish writer and French civil servant
- 1791: Friedrich Bird , German medic
- 1792: John Gayle , American lawyer and politician, governor and congressman of Alabama
- 1795: Rudolf von Auerswald , Prussian civil servant, minister and prime minister
- 1798: Jean-Augustin Franquelin , French painter
- 1798: Ferencz József Gyulay , Austro-Hungarian field marshal and commander in chief
19th century
Engelbert Humperdinck
(* 1854)
Lazăr Edeleanu
(* 1861)
Inazo Nitobe
(* 1862)
Roger Casement (* 1864)
Engelbert Zaschka (* 1895)
1801-1850
- 1804: Karl Herloßsohn , German writer and encyclopaedist
- 1804: Ernst Julius Otto , German composer, choir director and Kreuzkantor
- 1805: Karl Ludwig Friedrich von Hinckeldey , German police chief in Berlin
- 1807: Bernhard von Arnswald , German castle captain of the Wartburg and painter
- 1812: Aegidius Rudolph Nicolaus Arntz , German legal scholar
- 1812: James Campbell , American politician, Secretary of the Post
- 1815: Ferdinand Jühlke , German garden designer, building teacher and building author
- 1816: Peter Karlowitsch von Uslar , Russian engineer, linguist and officer
- 1818: Johan Thomas Lundbye , Danish painter
- 1820: Sophie Diez , German soprano
- 1820: Karl Wilhelm Scheibler , German industrialist
- 1821: Leopold III. , Prince of Lippe-Detmold
- 1822: Kaspar Wetli , Swiss engineer
- 1825: August Horn , German composer
- 1827: Elisha Baxter , American politician
- 1829: James Conner , Major General of the Confederate States of America
- 1832: Carl Andreas Julius Bolle , German entrepreneur
- 1832: Hermann Steudner , German naturalist
- 1833: Michał Hórnik , Sorbian clergyman and author
- 1835: William Stanley Jevons , English economist
- 1836: Robert Swinhoe , British naturalist, ornithologist and zoologist.
- 1837: Henry Brackenbury , British general and author
- 1837: Tony Robert-Fleury , French history painter
- 1839: Otto Pfleiderer , German Protestant theologian
- 1842: Dora Rappard , Swiss missionary
- 1847: Georg von Klitzing , German landowner, lawyer and politician
- 1848: Auguste Forel , Swiss psychiatrist
- 1849: Emil Zuckerkandl , Austrian physician
- 1850: Norbert Pfretzschner , Austrian sculptor and hunting writer
1851-1900
- 1851: Karl Kellner , Austrian chemist, industrialist and occultist
- 1854: Engelbert Humperdinck , German composer of the late Romantic period
- 1855: Innokenti Fjodorowitsch Annensky , Russian poet, literary critic, playwright and translator
- 1856: Louis-Ernest Dubois , Archbishop of Paris and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1856: John Redmond , Irish politician
- 1857: Emanuel Loewy , Austrian archaeologist
- 1858: Carl Auer von Welsbach , Austrian chemist and entrepreneur
- 1858: Paul Wolters , German classical archaeologist
- 1859: Richard Eschke , German painter
- 1861: Lazăr Edeleanu , Romanian chemist
- 1862: Adolphe Appia , Swiss architect
- 1862: Inazo Nitobe , Japanese scholar and League of Nations secretary
- 1863: Herman Baltia , Belgian lieutenant general and politician
- 1863: João Pinheiro Chagas , Portuguese journalist and politician, Prime Minister
- 1863: Violet Jacob , Scottish writer
- 1864: Motojirō Akashi , Japanese general
- 1864: Roger Casement , British diplomat and Irish national hero
- 1865: Ishibashi Ningetsu , Japanese literary critic and writer
- 1865: Edgar Aabye , Danish athlete
- 1866: Friedrich Wilhelm Mader , German writer
- 1866: Jordan Mai , German Franciscan
- 1873: Robert P. Bass , American politician
- 1874: Gertrud Bürgers-Laurenz , German painter
- 1874: Ismar Elbogen , German scholar
- 1874: Talât Pascha , Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, leader of the Young Turks
- 1875: Edgar Rice Burroughs , American writer
- 1875: Josef Reinhart , Swiss folk writer
- 1877: Francis William Aston , English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1878: Georg Becker , German entrepreneur
- 1878: John Frederick Charles Fuller , British major general and military historian
- 1878: Tullio Serafin , Italian conductor
- 1879: Bruno Granichstaedten , Austrian composer
- 1881: Octave Aubry , French historian and writer
- 1882: Erich Becher , German philosopher and psychologist
- 1882: Oswald Wiersich , German trade unionist and resistance fighter
- 1883: Justin Elie , Haitian composer and pianist
- 1884: Friedrich von Prittwitz and Gaffron , German Ambassador to the United States
- 1885: Hermann Grapow , German Egyptologist
- 1886: Tarsila do Amaral , Brazilian artist
- 1886: Othmar Schoeck , Swiss composer and conductor
- 1886: Bernhard Wolff , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Fiscal Court
- 1887: Blaise Cendrars , Swiss writer
- 1888: Ephraim Lipson , British economic historian
- 1888: Ernst Schlange , German politician, Gauleiter, MdL
- 1889: Charles Glenn Anders , American theater and film actor
- 1889: Herbert Asbury , American journalist and writer
- 1890: Herbert Goldschmidt , German local politician
- 1890: Arthur W. Upfield , British-Australian crime novelist
- 1891: Wilhelm Grüner , German-Baltic pastor and Evangelical-Lutheran martyr
- 1891: Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma , German general
- 1893: Betty Blythe , American actress
- 1893: François Charrière , Swiss bishop in the diocese of Lausanne-Geneva-Friborg
- 1894: Hans Tittel , German politician and trade unionist
- 1895: Edit Angold , German actress
- 1895: Hertha Sponer , German physicist
- 1895: Ernst Karl Winter , Austrian sociologist
- 1895: Engelbert Zaschka , German chief engineer, inventor and helicopter pioneer
- 1895: Hans Zöberlein , German writer
- 1896: Simon Barere , Russian pianist
- 1896: AC Bhaktivedanta , Indian author and translator
- 1896: André Hunebelle , French film director
- 1896: Anton Tesarek , Austrian educator
- 1897: Johan de Haas , Dutch author and anarchist
- 1897: Geza Slovig , Romanian-German church musician, music teacher and composer
- 1898: Ernst Ahl , German zoologist, ichthyologist and herpetologist
- 1898: Wilhelm Fuchs , German SS-Oberführer, colonel of the police and leader of various task forces
- 1898: Friedrich Georg Jünger , German poet, narrator and essayist
- 1898: Franz Paul Koch , German cameraman
- 1898: Marilyn Miller , American musical singer and tap dancer
- 1899: Lotte Friese-Korn , German politician
- 1900: Richard Arlen , American actor
- 1900: Fritz Burgbacher , German politician
- 1900: Andor Mészáros , Hungarian-Australian architect, sculptor and medalist
- 1900: Kazimierz Wiłkomirski , Polish composer, conductor, cellist and music teacher
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Bolesław Filipiak , Polish cardinal
- 1901: Theodor Maunz , German administrative lawyer
- 1901: Harry Stradling Sr. , American cameraman
- 1902: Ernst-Ludwig von Aster , German hunting and animal painter
- 1902: Dirk Brouwer , Dutch-American astronomer
- 1902: Wilhelm Heiner , German sculptor, painter and graphic artist
- 1902: Eddie Kotal , American football player, coach, and scout
- 1903: Ray Flaherty , American football player and coach
- 1904: Viktor Aschenbrenner , German expellee politician
- 1904: Karl Ernst , German National Socialist and group leader of the SA
- 1905: Corrado Annicelli , Italian actor
- 1905: Friedrich Ernst Hunsche , German writer, linguist, genealogist, local history researcher and archivist
- 1906: Joaquín Balaguer , Dominican head of state and writer
- 1906: Franz Biebl , German composer
- 1906: Eleanor Hibbert , British writer
- 1906: Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann , German actor and voice actor
- 1906: Aksel Schiøtz , Danish singer and music teacher
- 1908: Hans Merten , German politician
- 1908: Heinrich Hamann , German policeman, Gestapo chief in occupied Poland
- 1908: Wilhelm M. Busch , German illustrator
- 1910: Pierre Bézier , French mathematician
- 1910: Samuel Rothenberg , German theologian
- 1910: Bernard Childs , American painter and printmaker
- 1911: Hugo Lindinger , Austrian actor
- 1912: Gwynfor Evans , British politician
- 1912: Charles Owen , American percussionist and music teacher
- 1913: Ludwig Merwart , Austrian painter and graphic artist
- 1914: Ernst Ortner , Austrian resistance fighter
- 1915: Ken Aston , British football referee
- 1915: Jorge Quesada , Costa Rican soccer player
- 1916: Dorothy Bundy , American tennis player
- 1916: Heinrich Schiemann , German science journalist
- 1916: Emil Spannocchi , Austrian general
- 1917: Heddy Pross-Weerth , German literary critic and translator
- 1919: Walter Kaaden , German engineer
- 1919: Willi Marxsen , German theologian and New Testament scholar
- 1920: Hubert Lampo , Belgian writer and journalist
- 1920: Richard Farnsworth , American actor
- 1921: Dieter Ahlers , German lawyer
- 1921: Kurt Hübner , German philosopher
- 1921: Willem Frederik Hermans , Dutch writer
- 1922: Vittorio Gassman , Italian actor
- 1922: Yvonne De Carlo , Canadian actress
- 1923: Kenneth Thomson , Canadian entrepreneur
- 1923: Rocky Marciano , American boxer
- 1925: Art Pepper , American alto saxophonist
- 1925: Bob Curtis , American dancer and choreographer
- 1925: Roy J. Glauber , American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
1926-1950
- 1926: Antonio Abenoza , Spanish football player
- 1926: Frank Morris , American criminal
- 1926: Stanley Cavell , American philosopher
- 1927: Alexander von Cube , German journalist
- 1927: Joyce King , Australian athlete
- 1927: Wolfgang Klafki , German educationalist
- 1928: Edwin Kowalik , Polish pianist, publicist and composer
- 1928: Eduard Melkus , Austrian violinist and violist
- 1928: René Rubiella , Puerto Rican actor
- 1928: Siegfried Vollrath , German soccer player and coach
- 1929: Anne Ramsey , American actress
- 1929: Kostas Paskalis , Greek-Austrian opera singer
- 1929: Otto-Herman Frey , German archaeologist
- 1930: Charles Correa , Indian architect and city planner
- 1930: Wolf Feller , German journalist
- 1930: Dick Raaijmakers , Dutch composer, performance and installation artist
- 1930: Michel Serres , French philosopher
- 1930: Horst Skerra , German officer, Commander in Chief of the Land Forces in the GDR
- 1931: Boxcar Willie , American musician
- 1931: Friedrich Kurrent , Austrian architect and author
- 1931: Cecil Parkinson , British politician
- 1931: Michael O. Rabin , Israeli computer scientist
- 1931: Javier Solís , Mexican singer
- 1931: Martin Stade , German writer
- 1933: Gene Harris , American jazz pianist
- 1933: Ann Richards , American politician, governor of Texas
- 1933: Conway Twitty , American musician
- 1934: Horst Callies , German ancient historian
- 1934: Léon Mébiame , Prime Minister of Gabon
- 1934: Paolo Sardi , Italian archbishop and vice-camerlengo
- 1935: Seiji Ozawa , Japanese conductor and composer
- 1936: Herbert Kästner , German mathematician, author, editor and bibliophile
- 1936: Clemens Mettler , Swiss writer
- 1937: Peter Gaehtgens , German physiologist, President of the University Rectors' Conference
- 1937: Karl Otto Hondrich , German sociologist
- 1937: Allen Jones , British painter and printmaker
- 1937: Henrik Stangerup , Danish author and film director
- 1938: Friedhelm Busch , German business journalist
- 1938: Per Kirkeby , Danish painter and sculptor, architect and poet
- 1938: Guy Kirsch , Luxembourg economist and social scientist
- 1938: Heinrich Thun , Austrian athlete
- 1939: Jesus Armamento Dosado , Filipino Archbishop
- 1939: Tony Frangieh , Lebanese militia leader
- 1939: Heinrich Messner , Austrian ski racer
- 1939: Lily Tomlin , American actress, writer, and producer
- 1940: Annie Ernaux , French writer
- 1940: János Galambos , Hungarian mathematician
- 1941: Julia Varady , Hungarian-German opera singer
- 1942: Hans Achterhuis , Dutch professor for applied philosophy
- 1942: António Lobo Antunes , Portuguese writer
- 1942: Charlie Brooks , American murderer
- 1942: Caroline Janice Cherryh , American writer
- 1942: Friedrich-Carl Wodarz , German politician
- 1943: Gerhard Aigner , German football official
- 1943: Teresa Tutinas , Polish pop singer
- 1944: Leonard Slatkin , American conductor
- 1945: Mustafa Balel , Turkish writer
- 1945: Nadeem Elyas , Saudi Arabian scholar of Islam and medicine
- 1946: Barry Gibb , British-Australian singer, composer and producer ( Bee Gees )
- 1946: Lorenz Hecher , German wrestler
- 1946: Roh Moo-hyun , South Korean politician, president
- 1947: Albrecht Buttolo , German politician, Minister of the Interior of Saxony
- 1947: Mauro Jöhri , Swiss Capuchin and professor of theology
- 1947: Rolf Kutzmutz , German politician
- 1947: Nina Lizell , Swedish pop singer
- 1948: Bernard Ardura , French religious and church historian
- 1948: Hans Engel , German handball player
- 1948: Jürgen Fitschen , German bank manager
- 1948: James Rebhorn , American actor
- 1949: Ronald Craig Arkin , American scientist
- 1950: Wagit Yusufovich Alekperov , Russian entrepreneur
- 1950: Heidemarie Ehlert , German politician
- 1950: Johann Gärtner , German politician
- 1950: Mikhail Jefimowitsch Fradkow , Russian Prime Minister
- 1950: Stefan Junge , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1950: Phil McGraw , American television presenter
- 1950: Neithard Resa , German violist
- 1950: Per-Inge Walfridsson , Swedish rally driver
1951-1975
- 1951: Undine Kurth , German politician
- 1952: Cullen Murphy , American comic book writer
- 1952: Ed Neumeister , American jazz trombonist
- 1952: Clemente Rojas , Colombian boxer
- 1953: Ahmad Shah Massoud , Afghan mujahideen fighter
- 1953: Rachid Bouchareb , French film director, producer and screenwriter
- 1953: Rocco Rock , American wrestler
- 1954: Axel Troost , German politician
- 1954: Danuta Harrich-Zandberg , German documentary filmmaker
- 1954: Filip Vujanović , President of the Republic of Montenegro
- 1955: Maureen George , Zimbabwean hockey player
- 1955: Hubertus Primus , editor-in-chief of test magazine
- 1955: Gerd Strack , German soccer player
- 1956: Emil Andreev , Bulgarian writer
- 1956: Georg Jungmann , German politician
- 1956: Vinnie Johnson , American basketball player
- 1957: Gloria Estefan , Cuban singer
- 1957: Bruce Foxton , British musician
- 1958: Dagmar Manzel , German actress
- 1958: Susanne Melior , German politician
- 1959: Simone Ritscher , German theater and television actress
- 1959: Reinhard Zinkann junior , German entrepreneur
- 1960: Joachim Masannek , German children's book author
- 1960: Joseph Williams , American rock singer
- 1960: Ralf Aussem , German soccer player
- 1960: Uwe Busse , German songwriter, interpreter and producer
- 1961: Gitta Schüßler , German politician
- 1961: Hermann Albrecht , German football referee
- 1961: Mike Ross , American politician
- 1961: Scott Bigelow , American professional wrestler
- 1961: Tonino Benacquista , French writer
- 1962: Damba Ajusheyev , Russian clergyman
- 1962: Ruud Gullit , Dutch soccer player and soccer coach
- 1962: Jutta Steinruck , German politician
- 1963: Christopher John Ferguson , American astronaut
- 1963: Grant-Lee Phillips , American singer, guitarist and songwriter
- 1963: Rich Chernomaz , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1963: Stephan Karkowsky , German radio host
- 1963: Darío Volonté , Argentine opera tenor
- 1965: Craig McLachlan , Australian actor and singer
- 1965: Ronny Teuber , German soccer player
- 1966: Christoph Palm , German politician
- 1966: Katja Bienert , German actress
- 1966: Tim Hardaway , American basketball player
- 1967: Andreas Maier , German writer
- 1967: Bernd Roos , German handball player
- 1967: Carl-Uwe Steeb , German tennis professional
- 1968: Hans Ulrich Anke , German lawyer
- 1968: Mohammed Atta , Egyptian terrorist
- 1968: Franck Lagorce , French racing car driver
- 1968: Karim Wade , Senegalese banker and former politician of the Parti Démocratique Sénégalais (PDS)
- 1969: Henning Berg , Norwegian football player
- 1970: Sabine Scho , German writer
- 1971: Hakan Şükür , Turkish soccer player
- 1971: Heike Schmidt , German handball player
- 1971: Helena af Sandeberg , Swedish film actress
- 1971: Luci van Org , German presenter, actress and singer
- 1971: Rui Lavarinhas , Portuguese cyclist
- 1971: Ricardo Chavira , American actor
- 1972: Peter Adolphsen , Danish writer
- 1973: Simon Shaw , English rugby player
- 1974: Isaac Asare , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1974: Clemens Prokop , German music critic and author
- 1974: Jhonen Vasquez , American comic artist
- 1975: Dudley Dorival , Haitian track and field athlete
- 1975: Dario Pieri , Italian racing cyclist
- 1975: Fabien Rohrer , Swiss snowboarder
- 1975: Scott Speedman , American actor
1976-2000
- 1976: Mauro Roberto Cantoro , Argentine-Polish soccer player
- 1976: Jada Fire , American porn actress
- 1976: Erik Morales , Mexican boxer
- 1976: Ivano Brugnetti , Italian athlete
- 1976: Takashi Fukunishi , Japanese soccer player
- 1977: Francisco Aguirre , Argentine soccer player
- 1977: David Albelda , Spanish soccer player
- 1977: Armindo Araújo , Portuguese rally driver
- 1977: Jerry Azumah , American football player
- 1977: Linda Jap Tjoen San , Dutch chess player
- 1977: David Rott , German actor
- 1978: Rubén Lobato , Spanish cyclist
- 1978: Massimiliano Vieri , Australian-Italian soccer player
- 1979: Oumar Abaker , Chadian football player
- 1979: Georgi Shashiashvili , Georgian football player
- 1979: Jan Hoffmann , German soccer player
- 1979: Karam Ibrahim , Egyptian wrestler
- 1980: Chris Riggott , English soccer player
- 1980: Edgar Álvarez , Honduran soccer player
- 1980: Sammy Adjei , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1981: Clinton Portis , American football player
- 1981: Michael Maze , Danish table tennis player
- 1981: Moritz Hegewald , German actor
- 1982: Ali bin Chalid Al Thani , Qatari show jumper
- 1982: Jeffrey Buttle , Canadian figure skater
- 1982: Lou Doillon , French actress
- 1982: Brune Poirson , French politician
- 1982: Peter van Merksteijn junior , Dutch rally driver
- 1983: Catilina Aubameyang , Gabonese football player
- 1983: Marcelo Carrusca , Argentine soccer player
- 1983: José Antonio Reyes , Spanish football player
- 1983: Riccardo Riccò , Italian racing cyclist
- 1984: Joe Trohman , American guitarist
- 1985: François Fargère , French chess player
- 1986: Gaël Monfils , French tennis player
- 1986: Stella Mwangi , Kenyan-Norwegian hip-hopper and singer
- 1986: Matthias Walkner , Austrian motocross rider
- 1987: Alper Akçam , Turkish football player
- 1987: Ramon Leeuwin , Dutch soccer player
- 1987: Christian Träsch , German soccer player
- 1988: Sergio Ariel Escudero , Japanese soccer player
- 1988: Simona de Silvestro , Swiss racing driver
- 1988: Almog Cohen , Israeli soccer player
- 1988: Miles Plumlee , American basketball player
- 1989: Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson , Icelandic handball player
- 1989: Max Franz , Austrian ski racer
- 1989: Bill Kaulitz , German singer ( Tokio Hotel )
- 1989: Tom Kaulitz , German musician (Tokio Hotel)
- 1989: Daniel Sturridge , English soccer player
- 1991: Irina Antonenko , Russian model
- 1992: Cristiano Biraghi , Italian football player
- 1993: Jan Kliment , Czech football player
- 1993: Mario Lemina , Gabonese-French football player
- 1993: Ilona Mitrecey , French singer
- 1993: Megan Nicole , American singer-songwriter, actress and model
- 1993: Sergio Rico , Spanish soccer player
- 1994: Leon Fesser , German soccer player
- 1994: Bianca Ryan , American singer
- 1994: Carlos Sainz junior , Spanish racing driver
- 1994: Taddl , German web video producer
- 1995: Loredana , German-speaking rapper from Switzerland
- 1995: Mavi Phoenix , Austrian musician
- 1996: Zendaya Coleman , American actress
- 1997: Joan Mir , Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1997: Jeon Jungkook , South Korean singer
Died
Before the 16th century
- 672: Rekkeswinth , King of the Visigoths
- 794: Turpin , Archbishop of Reims
- 799: Gerold , Prefect of Bavaria and the East
- 799: Mūsā ibn Jaʿfar al-Kāzim , seventh Imam of the Shiites
- 1039: Gonçalo Trastamires , knight and regent of the Reconquista
- 1063: Engelhard , Archbishop of Magdeburg
- 1067: Baldwin V , Count of Flanders
- 1097: Wilhelm , Norman crusader from Apulia
- 1126: Swatawa of Poland , Queen of Bohemia
- 1159: Hadrian IV , Pope
- 1161: Melisende , Queen of Jerusalem
- 1176: Maurice FitzGerald , cambro-Norman nobleman
- 1198: Dulce of Barcelona , Queen of Portugal
- 1210: Nur ad-Din Muhammad , Imam of the Nizarites (Assassins)
- 1215: Otto I von Geldern , Bishop of Utrecht
- 1224: Gislebert von Mons , Hennegau chronicler
- 1250: William Raleigh , Bishop of Norwich and Winchester
- 1256: Kujō Yoritsune , Shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate in Japan
- 1274: Douceline by Digne , Christian mystic
- 1322: Robert III. , Count of Flanders
- 1327: Foulques de Villaret , Grand Master of the Order of St. John
- 1339: Heinrich XIV. , Duke of Lower Bavaria
- 1344: Nikolaus von Banz , administrator of Breslau
- 1362: Mary of Lancaster , English noblewoman
- 1375: Philippe of Valois , Duke of Orléans and the Touraine
- 1389: Johann I. von Rosenberg , Bohemian nobleman
- 1414: William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros , English nobleman and Lord Treasurer
- 1462: Theobald Schweinpeck , Austrian Bishop of Lavant
- 1478: Markus von Baden , German nobleman, Margrave of Baden
- 1480: Ulrich V , Count of Württemberg
16th to 18th century
- 1502: Iio Sōgi , Japanese poet
- 1505: Wok II von Rosenberg , Bohemian nobleman
- 1507: Girolamo Basso della Rovere , Bishop of Sabina
- 1540: Konrad Krebs , German architect and builder
- 1541: Gül Baba , Turkish Bektashi dervish and poet
- 1552: Ștefan Rareș , voivode of the Principality of Moldova
- 1557: Jacques Cartier , French explorer and navigator
- 1574: Amar Das , Guru of the Sikhs
- 1574: Ludwig zu Stolberg , German regent
- 1595: Elisabeth Magdalene , Margravine of Brandenburg and Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
- 1599: Cornelis de Houtman , Dutch navigator
- 1600: Tadeáš Hájek z Hájku , Czech astronomer and personal physician of Rudolf II.
- 1603: Barnim X , Duke of Pomerania
- 1648: Marin Mersenne , French mathematician and theologian
- 1673: Giacinto Cornacchioli , Italian composer, singer and organist
- 1674: Auguste Magdalene von Hessen-Darmstadt , German poet
- 1678: Jan Brueghel the Younger , Dutch painter
- 1680: Anna Sophia I , Abbess of the Quedlinburg Abbey
- 1680: Johann Georg II , Elector of Saxony
- 1700: Johann Ritter , Mayor of Lübeck
- 1702: Heinrich Schlumpf , Swiss mayor and representative of the Diet
- 1715: Louis XIV , French king
- 1715: François Girardon , French sculptor
- 1716: Heinrich Meißner , Hamburg mathematician and founder of the Mathematical Society in Hamburg
- 1729: Richard Steele , Irish writer and editor
- 1731: Pierre Danican Philidor , French composer
- 1739: Johann Gottfried Kraus , German legal scholar
- 1744: Friedrich Anton , Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- 1756: Emanuel Wohlhaupter , Bohemian painter
- 1764: Sebastiano Conca , Italian painter
- 1766: Peter Anich , Austrian cartographer and pioneer of high mountain cartography
- 1767: Johann Gottfried Arndt , Livonian historian
- 1773: John Tarleton , British merchant and Mayor of Liverpool
- 1776: Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty , German poet
- 1777: Johann Ernst Bach , German composer
- 1784: Johann Christoph Stockhausen , German educator and Lutheran theologian
- 1790: Adrian Andreas Pfannenschmidt , German entrepreneur
- 1793: Johann Friedrich von Tröltsch , German lawyer
- 1798: Christian Friedrich Exner , German builder
19th century
- 1814: Erik Tulindberg , Finnish composer
- 1828: John Taylor Gilman , American politician
- 1831: Balthasar Alexis Henri Antoine von Schauenburg , French general
- 1831: José de la Torre Ugarte , Peruvian lawyer and poet
- 1838: William Clark , American soldier and explorer
- 1842: Edward Somerset , British cavalry general
- 1849: Pawel Wassiljewitsch Tschitschagow , Russian admiral
- 1850: Karl Friedrich von Gärtner , German botanist and doctor
- 1853: Adolf Asher , German bookseller, antiquarian, publisher and bibliographer
- 1855: Bernhard Thiersch , German high school teacher, poet of the Prussian song
- 1856: Christoph Karl Julius Asschenfeldt , German hymn poet
- 1856: Christian Friedrich Bernhard Augustin , German theologian, writer and historian
- 1866: Eugène Walckiers , French flautist and composer
- 1867: Edward Hodges , American organist and composer
- 1868: Ferencz József Gyulay , Austro-Hungarian field marshal and commander in chief
- 1870: Charles-Joseph de Flahaut , French general and politician
- 1870: Joseph Anton von Maffei , German industrialist, railway manufacturer
- 1870: Otto Wigand , German publisher and politician
- 1871: Ernst Friedrich Gelpke , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1879: Sixt Karl Kapff , German theologian and Pietist
- 1889: Christian August Selmer , Norwegian lawyer and politician
- 1894: Nathaniel Prentiss Banks , American politician
- 1896: Joseph Ignaz von Ah , Swiss Catholic priest, newspaper man and writer
- 1897: Tommaso Vallauri , Italian philologist and professor of rhetoric
20th century
- 1906: Giuseppe Giacosa , Italian librettist
- 1910: Alexander Saizew , Russian chemist
- 1915: August Stramm , German poet and playwright of Expressionism
- 1924: Joseph Henry Blackburne , British chess grandmaster
- 1926: John Hunn , American politician
- 1928: Gottfried Zumoffen , Swiss Jesuit and archaeologist
- 1929: Stanisław Barcewicz , Polish pianist, chamber musician, conductor and music teacher
- 1932: Irene Abendroth , Austrian singer
- 1932: Santos Cifuentes , Colombian composer
- 1933: Mathias Adlersflügel , Austrian industrialist and politician
- 1933: José Mercedes Ortega , Chilean painter
- 1933: Christian Schreiber , German clergyman
- 1940: Gregorio Labayan Aglipay , Filipino clergyman
- 1940: Ludwig Edenhofer junior , German organ builder and cellist
- 1942: Ludwig Pfältzer , German conscientious objector and Nazi victim
- 1943: Karl Friedrich Otto Atangana Ntchama , Cameroonian politician
- 1947: Marius Anton von Attems-Heiligenkreuz , Austrian KuK governor in the Kingdom of Dalmatia and Privy Councilor
- 1948: Thomas Parnell , Australian physicist
- 1951: Wols , German photographer, painter and graphic artist
- 1952: Kosugi Tengai , Japanese writer
- 1953: Alfons Dopsch , Austrian medievalist and diplomat
- 1954: Harry Cording , British actor
- 1953: Jacques Thibaud , French violinist
- 1957: Dennis Brain , British bugler
- 1958: René Gaudin , French racing car driver
- 1961: Ernst-Christoph Brühler , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, parliamentary group leader
- 1961: Eero Saarinen , Finnish architect and designer
- 1962: Hans-Jürgen von Arnim , German general
- 1965: Karl Anton Kreuter , German teacher, author and local researcher
- 1967: Max Behrens , German union leader and politician, Senator von Altona, MdL
- 1970: François Mauriac , French writer, Nobel Prize winner
- 1971: Willi Scharf , German geologist
- 1971: Peter Uhlig , German enduro athlete
- 1972: May Aufderheide , American ragtime composer
- 1977: Ethel Waters , American actress and singer
- 1981: Vincenzo Agnetti , Italian conceptual artist, photographer, art theorist and writer
- 1981: Paul Bausch , German politician
- 1981: Albert Speer , German architect, Nazi functionary
- 1982: Clifford Curzon , British pianist
- 1982: Haskell Brooks Curry , American mathematician and logician
- 1982: Ludwig Bieberbach , German mathematician
- 1982: Władysław Gomułka , Polish politician
- 1985: Stefan Bellof , German racing car driver
- 1987: Gerhard Fieseler , German industrialist and aircraft designer, art and fighter pilot
- 1988: Luis Walter Alvarez , American physicist
- 1988: Wilfredo García , Dominican photographer
- 1989: Kazimierz Deyna , Polish football player
- 1991: Otl Aicher , German sculptor, graphic artist and designer
- 1992: Erich Bielka , Austrian diplomat
- 1993: Fritz Cremer , German sculptor
- 1994: Konrad Ameln , German hymnologist and musicologist
- 1994: Artur Balsam , American pianist and music teacher
- 1994: Otto Reindl , German politician
- 1996: Vagn Holmboe , Danish composer
- 1997: Karl Berg , Austrian clergyman
- 1997: Zoltán Czibor , Hungarian football player
- 1998: Franz Scholz , German priest and theologian
- 1998: Theo Schuster , German chess player and chess journalist
- 1999: Richard Stevens , American specialist book author
21st century
- 2001: Sylvester Austin , American tenor saxophonist
- 2001: Tomás Pujols Sanabia , Dominican journalist and broadcaster
- 2003: Terry Frost , British artist
- 2003: Sten G. Halfvarson , American music teacher and choir director
- 2003: Rainer Malkowski , German writer
- 2003: Ramón Serrano Súñer , Spanish politician
- 2004: Ahmad Kuftaru , Syrian Grand Mufti
- 2004: Werner Schramm , Protestant theologian
- 2005: RL Burnside , American blues singer
- 2005: Stefania Woytowicz , Polish singer
- 2006: Pierre Monichon , French music teacher and scholar, inventor of the harmonéon
- 2007: Witold Leszczyński , Polish film director
- 2008: Carl Kaufmann , German athlete
- 2009: Nevit Kodallı , Turkish composer
- 2009: Erich Kunzel , American conductor
- 2010: Róbert Angelusz , Hungarian sociologist and university professor
- 2011: Kamal Salibi , Lebanese historian
- 2013: Pál Csernai , Hungarian football player and coach
- 2014: Larry Barrett , American songwriter and musician
- 2014: Ralf Bendix , German pop singer
- 2014: Gottfried John , German actor
- 2015: Dean Jones , American actor
- 2016: Lutz Brockhaus , German sculptor and university professor
- 2016: Jon Polito , American actor
- 2017: Cormac Murphy-O'Connor , British Cardinal
- 2019: Edo Zanki , German musician, singer and producer
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Joshua , leader of the people of Israel (Catholic, Orthodox, Armenian, Protestant: LCMS )
- St. Egidius , Greek merchant and abbot, hermit, founder of a monastery and patron saint (Anglican, Catholic)
- Sixt Karl Kapff , German prelate (Protestant)
- St. Verena , Egyptian hermit and messenger of faith, benefactress and patroness (Catholic)
- State holidays and memorial days
- Libya : Revolution Day (1969)
- Slovakia : Constitution Day (1993)
- Uzbekistan : independence from the Soviet Union (1991)
- More information about the day
- Germany : World Day of Peace (since 1966)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
Web links
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