11th December
The December 11 is the 345th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 346th in leap years ), thus remain 20 days to the year.
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events
Politics and world events
- 220: With the abdication of the last Han Emperor Xian in favor of Cao Pi , the era of the Three Kingdoms begins in China .
- 361: After the funeral of his predecessor and opponent Constantius II , who died on November 3rd, Emperor Julian begins to attempt to withdraw the Constantinian turning point and to turn away from Christianity .
- 969: In Constantinople , the Byzantine Emperor Nikephorus II is killed in his bedroom by his nephew Johannes Tzimiskes in a plot with the Empress Theophanu .
- 1282: In the Battle of Orewin Bridge, the English under King Edward I defeat the Welsh. Their leader Llywelyn ap Gruffydd is killed in the fighting. Wales became dependent on England.
- 1618: In the Treaty of Deulino , Poland-Lithuania and Moscow agree an armistice of 14.5 years. The Rzeczpospolita reaches its greatest expansion to the east, but Russia manages to maintain its independence.
- 1659: The Duchy of Courland gives up its overseas possession of New Courland , today's Tobago , after previous destruction and capture by the Dutch .
- 1718: The Swedish King Charles XII. is used in the siege of the fortress Fredriksten in the Norwegian Fredrikshald killed by a shot, whether by a bullet from the enemy or the ranks is unclear. His sister Ulrika Eleonore takes over the government and is later confirmed as queen.
- 1785: Emperor Joseph II issues the Masonic patent . This creates a grand lodge in Austria , to which those of other crown lands are subordinate. The number of lodges is limited and Freemasonry is strictly monitored by the state.
- 1792: The trial of the "Citizen Louis Capet", the former King Louis XVI, begins in Paris during the French Revolution . , before the National Convention .
- 1806: In the peace treaty of Posen with Napoleon Bonaparte , Saxony joins the Confederation of the Rhine , territories are rounded up and Elector Friedrich August III becomes elector . the title of king was granted and later the Duchy of Warsaw fell to him.
- 1813: Napoleonic France and Spain make peace with the Treaty of Valençay in the Spanish War of Independence and agree the return of Ferdinand VII to the Spanish throne.
- 1816: The Indiana Territory is incorporated into the United States as the 19th state under the name Indiana . The first governor of the new state will be Jonathan Jennings , who won the election against the previous territorial governor Thomas Posey .
- 1845: Due to two free marches to overthrow the government in Lucerne , the seven Catholic cantons form a special union. This leads to polarization within Switzerland and two years later to the Sonderbund War .
- 1862: The Battle of Fredericksburg in the Civil War begins. It lasts until December 15th.
- 1868: The Petersburg Declaration is signed by 20 states on the initiative of the Russian Tsar Alexander II . It prohibits the use of small HE shells in war.
- 1893: The French National Assembly enacts the first of the Lois scélérates laws in response to anarchist attacks . It prohibits the support of criminal acts.
- 1899: In the Battle of Magersfontein, the British suffer their second defeat in the second Boer War .
- 1931: The British Parliament passes the Westminster Statute , according to which the Dominions of the British Commonwealth of Nations are legally independent and thus become Commonwealth Realms .
- 1936: With His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 , the abdication of Edward VIII as British monarch becomes valid. Edward VIII's successor is his younger brother Georg VI.
- 1937: Italy leaves the League of Nations despite the lifting of sanctions after the Italo-Ethiopian War .
- 1939: In a landmark ruling, the US Supreme Court extends the prohibition on the exploitation of unlawfully obtained evidence.
- 1941: Germany and Italy declare the United States to war .
- 1946: The UNICEF children's aid organization is founded as a special organization of the United Nations .
- 1953: The European Welfare Agreement is signed by the members of the Council of Europe in Paris .
- 1955: Federal German sole right of representation : The Hallstein Doctrine is explained to the public in an interview .
- 1957: In the GDR from now on leaving their territory without authorization is punished as " unlawful border crossing ".
- 1961: Adolf Eichmann is in the Eichmann trial by the District Court of Jerusalem for crimes against humanity guilty. The sentence will be announced on December 15th.
- 1973: Ostpolitik : the treaty on mutual relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic is signed in Prague by Willy Brandt and Walter Scheel . This includes, among other things. the Munich Agreement of 1938 declared null and void, but not the Beneš decrees .
- 1981: Erich Honecker receives Chancellor Helmut Schmidt on the occasion of his state visit to the GDR in Hubertusstock Castle on the Werbellinsee .
- 1981: Government forces ( FAES ) commit the civil war in El Salvador , the El Mozote Massacre , in which about 900 people a death squad to fall victim.
- 1985: In the Taxölderner forest in the district of Schwandorf in the Upper Palatinate, clearing begins for a construction site for the Wackersdorf reprocessing plant .
- 1987: An attack by ETA on a Civil Guard barracks in Saragossa kills 11.
- 1987: John Philip Sousa's composition Stars and Stripes Forever from 1896 becomes the official national march of the United States.
- 1993: In Chile , the Christian Democrat Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle wins the presidential elections against the non-party candidate Arturo Alessandri .
- 1994: The first Summit of the Americas ends in Miami, Florida : the most important decision of the summit is the establishment of the FTAA free trade area .
- 1994: The First Chechen War begins with the invasion of Russian troops .
- 1995: Lithuania applies for EU membership .
- 1997: In Kyoto , the Kyoto Protocol is signed as an additional protocol for the formulation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) : The agreement, which is valid until 2012, sets binding targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions , which are considered to be the cause of global warming .
- 1998: Helmut Kohl receives European honorary citizenship .
- 1999: Turkey applies to join the EU .
- 2004: After the surprising resignation of Austria's Interior Minister Ernst Strasser , Defense Minister Günther Platter is temporarily sworn in for these agendas by Federal President Heinz Fischer .
- 2006: The Holocaust denial conference requested by Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad begins. The two-day meeting in Tehran provides a propaganda platform for speakers who deny or question the Holocaust and who question Israel's right to exist .
- 2006: The military operation ordered by the Mexican President Felipe Calderón in the state of Michoacán to break up violent drug cartels marks the beginning of the drug war in Mexico .
business
1875: The Moselle after the bomb attack
- 1875: The attack on the Moselle in Bremerhaven is the most serious murder attempt in Germany to date. A premature bomb explosion during the loading process kills 83 people and injures around 200. The explosive device should sink the ship on the high seas and be a means of insurance fraud .
- 1967: The prototype of the British-French joint project Concorde is presented to invited guests in Toulouse .
- 2008: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges charges before US District Court Manhattan against Bernard Madoff . The finance and stockbroker is insolvent after his pyramid scheme of mutual fund collapses with approximately $ 50 billion in damage.
science and technology
- 1738: During excavations in Herculaneum one comes across an inscription over the theater of the ancient city and now knows that further finds are likely to be hidden in the lava floor.
- 1789: The University of North Carolina is founded in the United States.
- 1956: The state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia decides to build a nuclear research center, which leads to the Jülich nuclear research facility .
- 1972: The Apollo 17 crew , Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt , land on the Challenger lunar module . They are the last people on the moon for the time being .
- 1986: The US multi-role combat aircraft F-15E Strike Eagle , the US Air Force , completed its first flight.
- 1998: The NASA space probe Mars Climate Orbiter is launched, which is lost almost a year later due to a navigation error.
- 2008: The first stable version of the Google Chrome web browser for Windows is released worldwide.
- 2009: The first flight of the Airbus A400M , a military transport aircraft , takes place.
Culture
- 1830: At the Opéra-Comique in Paris takes place the premiere of the comic opera La langue musicale by Fromental Halévy .
- 1869: The world premiere of Stanisław Moniuszko's opera Paria takes place in Warsaw .
- 1877: The first opera soirée for the benefit of the opera pension fund takes place in Vienna . The Vienna Opera Ball later developed from this event .
- 1905: The Saxon King Friedrich August III. explains Radeberger Pilsener by decree on board drink his majesty.
- 1906: The children's opera Das Christ-Elflein by Hans Pfitzner based on the libretto by Ilse von Stach has its world premiere under the direction of Felix Mottl at the Hofoper in Munich, after the first performance of the overture in Berlin under Emil Nikolaus von on 23 November Reznicek is done. The first draft is a failure. A second, revised version was premiered exactly 11 years later at the Dresden Court Opera under the direction of Fritz Reiner and with Grete Merrem-Nikisch in the title role.
- 1930: One week after the German premiere, the screening of the film In the West, nothing new, based on the novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarques, is banned by the Supreme Film Inspectorate under Ernst Seeger in the German Reich after a large-scale campaign by the National Socialists .
- 1959: The tragedy Oedipus the Tyrann with music by Carl Orff and the text by Friedrich Hölderlin based on Sophocles , is premiered in the Württemberg State Theaters in Stuttgart in the production of Günther Rennert and under the conductor Ferdinand Leitner and a stage design by Caspar Neher .
- 1960: The mystery play Ludus de nato Infante mirificus by Carl Orff is premiered in the Württemberg State Theaters in Stuttgart.
- 1963: The adventure film Winnetou , directed by Harald Reinl based on Karl May , starring Pierre Brice and Lex Barker , is released in German cinemas.
- 1994: The Frankfurter Engel , a memorial in Frankfurt am Main commemorating the persecution of homosexuals during the Nazi era , is opened to the public.
- 2004: In Barcelona, the German-Turkish film director Fatih Akın is awarded the European Film Prize for his film Gegen die Wand .
- 2017: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia allows public cinemas again from April 2018 after 35 years .
society
- 1829: Spain's King Ferdinand VII marries Maria-Christina von Bourbon . She becomes his fourth wife.
religion
- 1925: With the encyclical Quas primas , Pope Pius XI. the feast of Christ the King .
- 1983: Pope John Paul II pays a visit to the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Rome in the Christ Church as part of the ecumenical movement . Never before has a Catholic church leader been in a Protestant church.
Disasters
- 1990: 99 vehicles drive into each other due to heavy fog on an intermediate section of Route 75 in Tennessee , USA. 12 people die, 65 are injured. It is the largest traffic accident in US history.
- 1998: An Airbus A310 of Thai Airways crashes about 3 km from the airport during the approach to Surat Thani in Thailand and explodes. 101 people die, 45 can be saved.
- 2005: The oil store at Hemel Hempstead (near London) burns.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1886: The English football team Dial Square , later renamed Arsenal FC , played their first game. The Eastern Wanderers are defeated 6-0.
- 1908: The Swedish Ski Association is founded.
- 1981: 39-year-old Muhammad Ali completed the last boxing match of his career. In the drama in the Bahamas , who was already marked by illness, clearly loses on points against Trevor Berbick .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 17th century
- 1445: Eberhard I , Duke of Württemberg and Teck
- 1465: Ashikaga Yoshihisa , Japanese shogun
- 1475: Leo X , Pope
- 1529: Fulvio Orsini , Italian late humanist, antiquarian ("antiquarian") and librarian
- 1567: Philipp Christoph von Sötern , Bishop of Speyer, Archbishop and Elector of Trier
- 1567: Takeda Nobukatsu , Japanese samurai
- 1570: Esther Imbert , French mistress
- 1592: David Cunz , Mayor of St. Gallen
- 1595: Kaspar Ebel , German pedagogue, logician and metaphysician
- 1599: Pieter Codde , Dutch painter
17th and 18th centuries
- 1621: Philipp Matthäus , German medic
- 1652: Andreas Wolff , German painter
- 1693: Johann Wolfgang Textor , German imperial, city and court school
- 1694: Johan III. de Witt , Dutch patrician, President of the Chamber of Accounts of the Austrian Netherlands
- 1709: Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon-Orléans , Queen of Spain
- 1712: Francesco Algarotti , Italian writer, art critic and art dealer
- 1713: Christoph Heinrich von Ammon , Prussian lawyer and diplomat
- 1715: Johann Valentin Tischbein , painter in Laubach, Maastricht, The Hague, Hildburghausen
- 1721: Wolfgang Thomas Rau , German medic
- 1724: Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval , Cardinal and Bishop of Metz
- 1725: George Mason , American politician and landowner, "Father of the Bill of Rights"
- 1728: Christiana Büsching , German poet
- 1733: Leopoldine von Sternberg , Princess von und zu Liechtenstein
- 1737: Georg Andreas Weise , German Lutheran theologian
- 1750: Isaac Shelby , American officer and politician, first governor of Kentucky
- 1751: Christian Konrad Wilhelm von Dohm , Prussian diplomat and Enlightenment writer
- 1753: Jean-Isaac-Samuel Cellérier , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1757: Charles Wesley junior , English organist and composer
- 1758: Carl Friedrich Zelter , German musician
- 1770: Johann Theobald Held , Czech doctor and composer
- 1770: Samuel Marot , German theologian
- 1772: Immanuel Christian Leberecht von Ampach , German numismatist, art collector and patron
- 1772: Hans Georg von Carlowitz , Saxon Minister
- 1775: Tommaso Rima , Swiss military doctor
- 1781: David Brewster , British physicist, inventor of the kaleidoscope
- 1783: Max von Schenkendorf , German writer
- 1787: Georg Carabelli , Hungarian-Austrian dentist
- 1795: Friedrich Schlemm , German physician and anatomist
19th century
1801 to 1850
- 1801: Christian Dietrich Grabbe , German playwright
- 1802: Alphonse Bourquin , Swiss insurgent
- 1803: Hector Berlioz , French composer
- 1804: William Pitt Adams , British diplomat
- 1806: Hermann von Abich , German mineralogist, geologist and explorer
- 1806: Heinrich Aemilius August Danz , German legal scholar
- 1807: Christian Ludwig Landbeck , German-Chilean ornithologist
- 1809: Clemens de Lassaulx , German forest official ("father of the Eifel forest")
- 1810: Alfred de Musset , French writer
- 1816: Anton Sommer , German dialect poet
- 1822: Karl Heinrich von Weizsäcker , German theologian
- 1826: August Ritter , German professor of mechanics and astrophysicist
- 1827: Adam Miłaszewski , Polish theater director, director and actor
- 1827: Karl Schenkl , Austrian classical philologist
- 1828: Anna de Perrot , Swiss activist of the women's movement
- 1830: Kamehameha V , Hawaiian king
- 1834: Eduarda Mansilla , Argentine writer, journalist and composer
- 1835: Adolf Stoecker , German theologian and politician, MdL, MdR
- 1838: Emil Rathenau , German mechanical engineer and entrepreneur
- 1838: Whitney Eugene Thayer , American organist and composer
- 1840: Carl Johannes Thomae , German mathematician
- 1841: Carl Spindler , German entrepreneur
- 1842: William Christie Gosse , British-Australian naturalist and explorer
- 1843: Robert Koch , German doctor and microbiologist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1848: Hermann Suchier , German Romanist
- 1849: Ellen Key , Swedish suffragette, reform pedagogue and writer
1851 to 1900
- 1853: Jacob Wackernagel , Swiss classical philologist and Indo-Europeanist
- 1853: Anton von Perfall , German hunting writer
- 1855: Ernesto Elorduy , Mexican composer and pianist
- 1856: Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov , Russian politician and philosopher
- 1857: Rodolfo Amoedo , Brazilian painter
- 1857: Chaim Eitingon , Leipzig tobacco merchant and founder
- 1862: John H. Arnold , American politician
- 1863: Annie Jump Cannon , American astronomer
- 1863: Bruno Möhring , German architect
- 1864: Maurice Leblanc , French crime writer
- 1865: Édouard LeBel , Canadian singer
- 1867: Heinrich Bulle , German archaeologist
- 1867: Antonio Conte , Italian fencer
- 1868: Ernst Henrik Ellberg , Swedish composer
- 1873: Josip Plemelj , Slovenian mathematician
- 1874: Paul Wegener , German actor and director
- 1875: Carl Jörns , German automobile racing driver
- 1876: Léon Huybrechts , Belgian regatta sailor
- 1876: Mieczysław Karłowicz , Polish composer
- 1880: Julius Bab , German writer
- 1881: Elise Aulinger , German folk actress
- 1882: Thea Arnold , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1882: Max Born , German mathematician and physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1882: Fiorello LaGuardia , American local politician, Mayor of New York
- 1883: Arthur Stanley Angwin , British radio pioneer
- 1883: Edwin Hoernle , German politician and writer, MdR
- 1884: Otto Kneipp , German politician, MdB, MdL
- 1889: Paul Kornfeld , German playwright
- 1890: Carlos Gardel , Argentine tango singer
- 1890: Mark Tobey , American painter
- 1892: Leo Ornstein , Russian pianist and composer
- 1894: Hans-Joachim Rath , German major general
- 1895: Ruth Fischer , German-Austrian politician and publicist, MdR, MdL
- 1897: Harry Thomson Andrews , South African diplomat
- 1897: Hans Hoff , Austrian psychiatrist
- 1897: Friederike Nadig , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, one of the four "Mothers of the Basic Law"
- 1898: Fritz Mühlenweg , German writer
- 1899: Theodor Joedicke , German general staff doctor
- 1900: Andreas Alariesto , Finnish painter
- 1900: Gerd Arntz , German artist and graphic designer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Maria Koppenhöfer , German actress
- 1902: Reginald Le Borg , Austrian-American director
- 1903: Hans Bauer , German skier
- 1903: Lawrence Quincy Mumford , American librarian, director of the Library of Congress
- 1904: Felix Nussbaum , German painter
- 1905: Ludwig Engels , German chess master
- 1905: Eugen Fink , German philosopher and educator
- 1905: Gilbert Roland , American actor
- 1905: Erskine Hamilton Childers , Irish politician, multiple minister, president
- 1906: Pietro Serantoni , Italian football player and coach
- 1906: Walter Haenisch , German English scholar, journalist and literary scholar, victim of Stalinism
- 1908: Carlos Arias Navarro , Spanish politician, Prime Minister
- 1908: Elliott Carter , American composer
- 1908: Amon Göth , Austrian SS officer, commandant of the Płaszów concentration camp near Kraków, war criminal
- 1909: Hermann Frieb , resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1909: John Wyer , British motorsport team owner and race director
- 1909: Irène Zurkinden , Swiss artist
- 1910: Albino Milani , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1911: Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock , German frigate captain
- 1911: Nagib Mahfuz , Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize winner
- 1912: Carlo Ponti , Italian film producer
- 1913: Jean Marais , French actor
- 1913: Mary Martin , American actress
- 1916: Pérez Prado , Cuban musician and composer
- 1916: Jakob Streitle , German soccer player
- 1918: Alexander Issajewitsch Solzhenitsyn , Russian writer, playwright and historian, Nobel Prize winner
- 1919: Abd al-Hakim Amer , Egyptian general
- 1919: Jockel Fuchs , German journalist and politician, Lord Mayor of Mainz, Member of the State Parliament
- 1919: Joe Masteroff , American playwright
- 1921: Bob Zimny , American football player
- 1922: Grigoris Bithikotsis , Greek singer
- 1923: NJ Crisp , British author
- 1924: Charles Bachman , American computer scientist
- 1924: Doc Blanchard , American football player
- 1924: Giovanni Saldarini , Archbishop of Turin and Cardinal
- 1924: Heinz Schenk , German television presenter
- 1925: Elmer Angsman , American football player
- 1925: André Marfaing , French painter and graphic artist
1926-1950
- 1926: Jules Angst , Swiss professor of psychiatry
- 1926: Big Mama Thornton , American singer
- 1927: Friedrich G. Beckhaus , German actor
- 1927: Dovima , American model
- 1927: Stein Eriksen , Norwegian skier
- 1927: Heinz-Florian Oertel , German sports reporter
- 1928: Renny Ottolina , Venezuelan television entertainer and producer
- 1929: Axel Anderson , Puerto Rican actor
- 1929: Laurence Harding-Smith , Australian fencer
- 1929: Kenneth MacMillan , British dancer and choreographer
- 1930: Nguyễn Ngọc Loan , Vietnamese general, police chief of Saigon, who shot the Viet Cong Nguyễn Văn Lém in front of the cameras
- 1930: Jean-Louis Trintignant , French actor
- 1931: Rajneesh Chandra Mohan , Indian guru and philosopher
- 1931: Rita Moreno , American actress ( West Side Story )
- 1933: Fortunato Tito Arecchi , Italian physicist
- 1934: Hans Daniels , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1934: Del Shofner , American football player
- 1935: Femke Boersma , Dutch actress
- 1935: Günther Bredehorn , German politician
- 1935: Martinus Muskens , Dutch bishop
- 1935: Klaus Miesner , German handball player and coach
- 1935: Ferdinand Alexander Porsche , German designer and managing director
- 1936: Erich Hagen , German cyclist
- 1936: Hans van den Broek , Dutch politician
- 1937: Manfred Krafft , German soccer player and coach
- 1938: Uwe Klimaschefski , German soccer player and coach
- 1938: McCoy Tyner , American musician
- 1939: André Brasseur , Belgian keyboardist
- 1939: Ulrich Heinrich , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1939: Herbert Neder , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1941: Rogier van Otterloo , Dutch jazz and big band leader, arranger and composer
- 1941: Bronisław Kazimierz Przybylski , Polish composer and music teacher
- 1942: Alfred William Arrowsmith , English football player
- 1942: Frank Schöbel , German musician
- 1942: Karen Susman , American tennis player
- 1943: Alain de Benoist , French publicist and philosopher
- 1943: John Kerry , American politician and presidential candidate
- 1944: Lynda Day George , American actress
- 1944: Brenda Lee , American singer
- 1944: Juan E. Méndez , Argentine legal scholar, UN special rapporteur on torture
- 1944: Hans Rauscher , Austrian journalist and book author
- 1945: Jarno Saarinen , Finnish motorcycle racer
- 1946: Werner E. Ablaß , German politician
- 1946: Thorwald Dethlefsen , German esotericist and author
- 1946: Susanne Kastner , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1947: Renate Angerer , Austrian politician
- 1948: Chester Thompson , American drummer
- 1948: Víctor Víctor , Dominican merengue singer and composer
- 1949: Gérard MacQuillan , British entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1950: Christina Onassis , Greek shipowner
1951-1975
- 1951: Jacques Anouma , Ivorian football official
- 1951: Spike Edney , British musician
- 1951: Ria Stalman , Dutch athlete
- 1952: Andrea De Carlo , Italian writer
- 1952: Thomas Gumpert , German actor
- 1952: Susan Seidelman , American film director
- 1953: Elizabeth Key Armstrong , American actress
- 1953: Arno Ehret , German handball player and coach
- 1954: Jermaine Jackson , American musician, singer, and songwriter ( The Jacksons )
- 1955: Ludwig Laher , Austrian writer
- 1956: Thomas Andersson , Swedish football player
- 1956: Dankwart Brinksmeier , German pastor
- 1956: Stevie Young , Scottish rock musician (AC / DC)
- 1957: Jörg Haustein , Protestant theologian
- 1958: Janko Ferk , Austrian judge and writer
- 1958: Werner Augsburger , Swiss volleyball player
- 1958: Wolfgang Liebhart , Austrian composer and music teacher
- 1958: Dominic Raacke , German actor
- 1958: Nikki Sixx , American musician ( Mötley Crüe )
- 1961: Ingo Appelt , Austrian bobsleigh driver, Olympic gold medalist
- 1961: Soraya Homam , German-Iranian poker player
- 1961: Jorge da Silva , Uruguayan football player and coach
- 1961: Darryl Jones , American bass player
- 1961: Macky Sall , Senegalese politician, Prime Minister
- 1962: Denise Biellmann , Swiss figure skater
- 1962: Ben Browder , American actor
- 1962: Frank Voss , German actor
- 1963: Eric Armstrong , Canadian animator
- 1963: Mario Been , Dutch football player and coach
- 1963: Claudia Kohde-Kilsch , German tennis player
- 1964: Olivia Augustinski , German actress
- 1964: Franco Ballerini , Italian racing cyclist
- 1964: Michel Courtemanche , French-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
- 1966: Gary Dourdan , American actor
- 1967: Mo'Nique , American actress
- 1967: Michaela Tabb , British snooker and pool referee
- 1967: Michael Beck , German musician
- 1968: Knut Tore Apeland , Norwegian Nordic combined skier
- 1968: Monique Garbrecht , German speed skater
- 1968: Fabrizio Ravanelli , Italian football player and coach
- 1969: Viswanathan Anand , Indian chess master
- 1969: Takehiko Asanowaka , Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1969: Stacey Blumer , American freestyle skier
- 1971: Moudachirou Amadou , Beninese football player
- 1971: Steffen Hallaschka , German radio and television presenter
- 1971: Katia Skanavi , Russian pianist
- 1972: JD Allen III , American jazz saxophonist
- 1972: Sami al-Jabir , Saudi Arabian soccer player
- 1972: Paulo Santos , Portuguese soccer player
- 1973: Mos Def , American hip hop musician and actor
- 1974: Simon Addo , Ghanaian football goalkeeper
- 1974: Maarten Lafeber , Dutch professional golfer
- 1974: Rey Mysterio , American wrestler
- 1974: Christian Peitz , German author of fairy tales and children's radio plays
- 1974: Wang Pin , Chinese chess player
- 1974: Gete Wami , Ethiopian athlete
- 1975: Gerben de Knegt , Dutch cyclist
1976-2000
- 1976: Julius Shareef Abdur-Rahim , American basketball player
- 1976: László Bodrogi , Hungarian cyclist
- 1976: Pascal Ojigwe , Nigerian soccer player
- 1977: Andreas Geritzer , Austrian sailor
- 1977: Mark Streit , Swiss ice hockey player
- 1978: Ben Day , Australian cyclist
- 1978: Courtney Henggeler , American actress
- 1979: Markus Katzer , Austrian soccer player
- 1979: Louise Mortensen , Danish handball player
- 1980: Marit Fiane Christensen , Norwegian soccer player
- 1980: Ján Homér , Slovak ice hockey player
- 1980: Kimmo Kananen , Finnish track, cyclocross and road cyclist
- 1980: Sandra Keith , Canadian biathlete
- 1980: Christian Alexander Müller , German musical actor
- 1980: Markus Ortlieb , German soccer player
- 1980: Trystan Pütter , German theater, film and television actor
Nikki Benz (* 1981)
- 1981: Nikki Benz , Canadian porn actress and film director of Ukrainian origin
- 1981: Jobie Dajka , Australian track cyclist
- 1981: Marc Dysli , Swiss floorball player
- 1981: Dennis Kraft , German racing cyclist
- 1981: Javier Saviola , Argentine soccer player
- 1981: Bartosz Ślusarski , Polish football player
- 1981: Martinien Tega , Cameroonian cyclist
- 1981: Mohamed Zidan , Egyptian soccer player
- 1982: Marco Bianco , Italian cyclocross rider and sports soldier
- 1982: Andreas Dahlén , Swedish football player
- 1982: Craig Fagan , English soccer player
- 1982: Sašo Fornezzi , Slovenian football player
- 1982: Hadschimurad Gazalow , Russian wrestler of Ossetian origin
- 1982: Jessica Pünchera , Swiss ski racer
- 1982: Aleksandar Stoimirović , Serbian football player
- 1982: Stefanie Stüber , German wrestler
- 1983: Tobias Fink , German soccer player
- 1983: Arnoud van Groen , Dutch cyclist
- 1983: Noëlle Grüebler , Swiss violinist
- 1983: Marlon Kittel , German actor
- 1983: Danilo Pinnock , American basketball player
- 1983: Alessio Signego , Italian racing cyclist
Ann Strother (born 1983)
- 1983: Ann Strother , American basketball player
- 1984: Leighton Baines , English soccer player
- 1984: Rachel Emily Bragg , British volleyball player
- 1984: Carlos Alberto , Brazilian soccer player
- 1984: Renata Cristina de Jesus Benedito , Brazilian volleyball player
- 1984: Rose Kemp , English singer and guitarist
- 1984: Kennedy Mweene , Zambian soccer player
- 1984: Xosha Roquemore , American actress
- 1984: Marlene Sinnig , German rower
- 1985: Georgios Fattas , Cypriot mountain biker and road cyclist
- 1985: Ari , Brazilian soccer player
- 1985: Mario Gjurovski , Macedonian football player
- 1985: Melissa Gorman , Australian swimmer
- 1985: Innocent Mdledle , South African soccer player
- 1985: Matt Mortensen , American luge rider
- 1985: Daniil Mowe , Russian racing driver
- 1985: Anastassija Posdnjakowa , Russian water diver
- 1985: Aytaç Sulu , German-Turkish soccer player
- 1985: Kimberley Unser , German cook
- 1986: Roy Hibbert , Jamaican basketball player
- 1986: Nicky Maynard , English soccer player
- 1986: Jiří Mikesz , German-Czech ice hockey player
- 1986: Lee Peltier , English soccer player
- 1986: Nathalie Quinten , German soccer player
- 1986: Moritz Stoppelkamp , German soccer player
- 1986: Martin Ullmann , German soccer player
- 1987: Amir Ali-Akbari , Iranian wrestler
- 1987: Cengiz Biçer , Liechtenstein soccer player of Turkish origin
- 1987: Markus Eggenhofer , Austrian ski jumper
- 1987: Natalia Gordienco , Moldovan singer
- 1987: Fabian Johnson , German-American soccer player
- 1987: Gawain Jones , English chess player
- 1987: Peter Scholze , German mathematician
- 1987: Reyhan Yıldırım , German-Turkish cartoonist and comic author
- 1988: Alia Shanee Atkinson , Jamaican swimmer
- 1988: Sarah Brandner , German model, fashion designer and actress
- 1988: Alparslan Erdem , German-Turkish soccer player
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Ashley Hinshaw (* 1988)
- 1988: Ashley Hinshaw , American actress and model
- 1988: Yevgeny Issachenko , Russian natural track toboggan runner
- 1988: Kim Kyong-il , North Korean soccer player
- 1988: Anton Semljanuchin , Kyrgyz football player
- 1989: Jason Bakke , South African road cyclist
- 1989: Denis Pozder , German-Bosnian football player
- 1989: Mariella Voglreiter , Austrian ski racer
- 1990: Jessica Göpner , German volleyball and beach volleyball player
- 1990: Anika Höß , German soccer player and trainer
- 1990: Melanie Miric , German pop singer
- 1990: Marco Orsi , Italian swimmer
- 1990: Alice Parisi , Italian soccer player
Anna Bergendahl (* 1991)
- 1991: Anna Bergendahl , Swedish singer
- 1992: Tiffany Alvord , American singer
- 1992: Ekaterina Gnidenko , Russian cyclist
- 1992: Danny Lauby , American darts player
- 1996: Jack Griffo , American actor
- 1996: Hailee Steinfeld , American actress
- 1997: Damir Mehmedovic , Austrian soccer player
- 2000: Josha Vagnoman , German soccer player
21st century
- 2002: Jamie Gerstenberg , German soccer goalkeeper
Died
Before the 16th century
- 384: Damasus I , Pope
- 493: Daniel Stylites , columnist and saint
- 592: Sushun , 32nd Emperor of Japan
- 925: Sancho I , King of Navarre
- 969: Nikephorus II , Byzantine emperor
- 990: Folkmar , Bishop of Utrecht
- 1066: Conan II , Duke of Brittany
- 1139: Roger of Salisbury , Bishop of Salisbury and Lord Chancellor
- 1179: David von Himmerod , Italian-German monk and mystic
- 1231: Ida von Nivelles , Dutch nun and mystic
- 1241: Ugedai Khan , Mongol ruler and third son of Genghis Khan
- 1282: Llywelyn ap Gruffydd , last Prince of Wales
- 1282: Michael VIII , Byzantine Emperor
- 1289: Wilburgis , cleric and mystic
- 1369: Aschwin von Salder , provost in the St. Blasius monastery in Braunschweig and canon in Hildesheim and Bremen
- 1388: Johann von Zesterfleth , Bishop of Verden
- 1443: John Cornewall, 1st Baron Fanhope , English nobleman and military man
- 1474: Henry IV , King of Castile and León
16th to 18th centuries
- 1513: Pinturicchio , actually Bernardino di Betto di Biagio , Italian painter of the early Renaissance
- 1516: Sebastian Breuning , Vogt von Weinsberg, political opponent of Duke Ulrich of Württemberg
- 1516: Konrad Vaut , Vogt von Cannstatt, political opponent of Duke Ulrich of Württemberg
- 1522: Raffaele Petrucci , Cardinal of the Roman Church and Governor of Siena
- 1528: Luke of Prague , Czech theologian and bishop of the Unity of the Bohemian Brethren
- 1532: Pietro Accolti , Italian bishop in France and Italy, bishop of Ancona, archbishop of Ravenna, cardinal
- 1534: Margareta von Beichlingen , abbess of the Essen monastery
- 1552: Paolo Giovio , Italian historian, Catholic bishop and doctor
- 1581: Maria of Austria , Duchess of Jülich, Kleve and Berg
- 1582: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba , Spanish general and statesman
- 1595: Philippe III. de Croÿ , leader of the Roman Catholic nobility in the Spanish Netherlands
- 1610: Adam Elsheimer , German painter
- 1625: Johann Friedrich Schröter , German medic
- 1628: Cesare d'Este , Margrave of Montecchio
- 1643: Hermann von Wrangel , Swedish field marshal and governor of Livonia
- 1655: Pieter Nuyts , Dutch explorer and governor
- 1656: Johann Rudolf Saltzmann , Strasbourg physician and university professor
- 1668: Marquise-Thérèse de Gorle , French actress
- 1669: Anna Maria , Duchess of Mecklenburg
- 1671: Afra Schick , victim of the witch hunt in Wiener Neustadt
- 1686: Louis II. De Bourbon , French nobleman and general ("Le Grand Condé")
- 1688: Christian Lehmann , German chronicler and pastor
- 1694: Ranuccio II. Farnese , son of Duke Odoardo I Farnese of Parma and Piacenza
- 1701: Pierre Landry , French engraver and publisher
- 1704: Roger L'Estrange , English author, pamphlet writer
- 1718: Charles XII. , King of Sweden and Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken
- 1728: Eberhard Ludwig Gruber , radical pietist, one of the first leaders of the German inspiration movement
- 1728: William Reed , British colonial governor of North Carolina
- 1737: Nicolas Vleughels , French painter
- 1738: Johann Rudolf Byss , Swiss painter
- 1740: Sidonia Hedwig Zigarunemann , German poet
- 1748: Ewald Georg von Kleist , Prussian lawyer and scientist
- 1752: Adolf Friedrich III. , Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 1756: Theodor von Neuhoff , German adventurer and King of Corsica
- 1756: Maria Amalia of Austria , Electress of Bavaria and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire
- 1760: Johann Wilhelm Gloger , German organ builder
- 1779: Alessandro Albani , Italian cardinal and papal diplomat
- 1797: Emanuel Witz , Swiss painter
19th century
- 1812: Petrus Abresch , Dutch Reformed theologian
- 1813: Johann Georg Purmann , German educator
- 1814: Marie-Louise O'Murphy , French courtesan and mistress of Louis XV.
- 1817: Maria Walewska , mistress of Napoléon Bonaparte
- 1826: Maria Leopoldine , Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Portugal and Empress of Brazil
- 1831: George Schetky , American composer, cellist and music publisher
- 1838: Pietro Rossi , Swiss politician
- 1838: Isaac Tichenor , American politician and lawyer, governor and senator of Vermont
- 1840: Kokaku , 119th Emperor of Japan
- 1862: Victoriano Castellanos Cortés , President of Honduras
- 1864: Aloys Anderle , Bohemian tenor and opera singer
- 1889: David Atwood , American politician
- 1892: Paul Otto Apian-Bennewitz , German organist and teacher
- 1899: Philipp Paulitschke , Austrian geographer and Africa explorer
- 1900: Enst August Emil Freiherr von Amelunxen , Prussian lieutenant general
- 1900: Aimé-Louis Herminjard , Swiss Protestant clergyman, palaeologist and university professor
20th century
1901 to 1950
- 1904: Friedrich Hammacher , German lawyer, politician and business leader, MdR
- 1905: Paul Meurice , French writer
- 1917: Hedwig Arendt , German theater actress
- 1918: Ivan Cankar , Slovenian poet
- 1918: Ottilie Schwahn , German narrator
- 1920: Olive Schreiner , South African writer
- 1926: Fritz Irmiger , Swiss customs officer
- 1932: Mathilde Eyssenhardt , German portrait painter
- 1934: Raoul Bachmann , French racing car driver
- 1937: Jaan Anvelt , Estonian communist and writer
- 1937: Eduard Biermann , German economist
- 1937: Gaik Bschischkjan , Russian military
- 1937: Ángel Pestaña , Spanish syndicalist and politician
- 1942: Jochen Klepper , German journalist, writer and song poet
- 1942: Séraphine Louis , French painter
- 1944: Sydney Hayes , British lacrosse player
- 1945: Charles Fabry , French physicist
- 1945: Rudolf Jung , German-Austrian-Czech politician and SS general, theoretician of National Socialism
- 1949: Fiddlin 'John Carson , American old-time musician
- 1949: Charles Dullin , French actor, director and theater manager
- 1950: Leslie John Comrie , New Zealand astronomer and calculating machine pioneer
1951 to 2000
- 1951: Christopher Addison , British doctor and politician
- 1959: Philipp Fürchtegott Reemtsma , German cigarette manufacturer and art patron
- 1964: Sam Cooke , American singer
- 1964: Alma Mahler-Werfel , Austrian-American artist and salonière
- 1965: Gioacchino Armano , Italian football player
- 1965: Rafael Hernández Marín , Puerto Rican composer
- 1966: Ludwig Sievert , German set designer
- 1969: Gostan Zarian , Armenian writer, poet and painter
- 1970: Hermann Detzner , German officer and writer
- 1973: Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann , German painter
- 1975: Nihal Atsız , Turkish author, historian and poet
- 1976: Elmyr de Hory , Hungarian art forger
- 1977: Luis Humberto Salgado , Ecuadorian composer
- 1978: Vincent du Vigneaud , American chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1979: Alfred Jepsen , German Lutheran theologian and historian of religion
- 1979: Carlo Schmid , German politician and constitutional lawyer, Member of the Bundestag, State and Federal Minister
- 1980: Viktoria Luise von Prussia , Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Princess of Prussia
- 1982: Erhard Mauersberger , German organist, Thomaskantor in Leipzig
- 1984: Pentti Hämäläinen , Finnish boxer
- 1984: George Waggner , American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
- 1986: Carmen Guerrero Franco , Mexican actress
- 1987: Adile Naşit , Turkish-Armenian comedian and actress
- 1988: Joseph Basmadjan , Syrian Archbishop
- 1988: Roberto Beracochea , Argentine writer
- 1989: Elías Valiña Sampedro , Spanish pastor, initiator of the Camino de Santiago
- 1993: Raymond D. Gary , American politician
- 1993: Karl-Theodor Molinari , German officer
- 1994: Stanisław Maczek , Polish general
- 1994: Elfriede Mohneke , German guard in the Ravensbrück and Uckermark concentration camps
- 1996: Danuta Gleed , Canadian writer
- 1998: Chucho Sanoja , Venezuelan composer, arranger, orchestra conductor and pianist
- 1998: Anton Stankowski , German graphic artist, photographer and painter
- 1998: Max Streibl , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister, Prime Minister of Bavaria
- 1999: Harry Wüstenhagen , German actor
- 2000: José Águas , Portuguese football player
21st century
- 2001: Herbert Lichtenfeld , German screenwriter
- 2003: Bernard Dorival , French art historian and art critic
- 2003: Ahmadou Kourouma , Ivorian writer
- 2004: Arthur Lydiard , New Zealand athletics coach
- 2004: Karel Vrána , Czech theologian and philosopher
- 2005: Karl August Bettermann , German lawyer
- 2005: Pedro Licinio Valerio , Dominican guitarist and singer
- 2006: Elisabeth Müller , Swiss actress
- 2008: Elie Amsini Kiswaya , Congolese bishop
- 2008: Bettie Page , American fetish and nude model
- 2008: Ali Alatas , Indonesian politician and UN special envoy
- 2011: Vasile Arvinte , Romanian Romance philologist and Romanist
- 2011: Hans Heinz Holz , German philosopher
- 2012: Ravi Shankar , Indian musician and composer
- 2012: Galina Vishnevskaya , Russian opera singer
- 2013: Marion Asche , German physicist and professor
- 2014: Giorgio Ardisson , Italian actor
- 2015: Gaston Salvatore , German-speaking writer and playwright
- 2016: Sadiq al-Azm , Syrian philosopher
- 2017: Charles Robert Jenkins , American soldier
- 2017: Christos M. Joachimides , Greek art historian and exhibition curator
- 2019: Martin Warnke , German art historian and essayist
- 2020: Gotthilf Fischer , German choir director
- 2020: Ian Johnston , Canadian hockey player
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Lars Olsen Skrefsrud , Norwegian missionary in India (Protestant)
- St. Damasus I , bishop and patron saint (Roman Catholic)
- Tassilo III. , last Bavarian duke from the Agilolfinger family
- Name days
The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .
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