14th of February

The February 14 is the 45th day of the Gregorian calendar , thus leaving 320 days ( leap years 321 days) by year end.

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Events

Politics and world events

842: Strasbourg oath (extract)

• 0842 : Ludwig the German and Charlemagne confirm their alliance against their brother Lothar with the Strasbourg oaths in a remarkable bilingual document . The old French part is considered to be the very first document in this language.

1014: The coronation of Henry II.

• 1014 : Pope Benedict VIII crowns the German King Heinrich II in the Basilica St. Peter in Rome.
• 1076 : Three weeks after him King . Henry IV on the court day of Worms declared deposed, Pope responds Gregory VII. At the meeting convened by him Lenten synod in Rome, by Heinrich in Investiturstreit his part declared deposed and about him the excommunication pronounce.
• 1349 : During the plague - the black death pandemic in Europe, the "Valentine's Day Massacre" takes place in Strasbourg , a pogrom in which more than 2,000 Jewish citizens of the city are killed.
• 1488 : In order to maintain the peace , Emperor Friedrich III. in Esslingen am Neckar the Swabian League was concluded between all imperial estates in Swabia .

1779: Cook's death

• 1779 : James Cook is killed by locals on the Sandwich Islands during his third circumnavigation of the world when he and his men try to take the king hostage.

1797: Sea battle at Cape St. Vincent

• 1797 : In disregard of an order of the superior Admiral John Jervis by the Commodore Horatio Nelson , the British succeed in defeating the Spanish fleet in the naval battle of Cape St. Vincent in the First Coalition War . Nelson's legendary reputation is based on his tactical skills and daring maneuvers.
• 1804 : The first Serbian uprising against Ottoman rule begins under the leadership of Karadjordje .
• 1814 : In the battle of Vauchamps , the Napoleonic army again prevailed against coalition troops of the commander-in-chief, Field Marshal Blücher , in a six-day campaign during the wars of liberation , with minor losses .

1859: Oregon (blue) and Washington Territories (green)

• 1859 : Oregon is detached from the Oregon Territory within its current borders and incorporated into the USA as the 33rd state . The eastern part of the territory is added to the Washington Territory .
• 1879 : After Bolivia expropriated the Chilean saltpetre companies in January, Chile occupied the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta , triggering the saltpetre war .
• 1899 : So-called " voting machines " are approved for the US federal elections by the United States Congress .
• 1912 : Arizona , formerly the Arizona Territory , is incorporated into the United States as the 48th state . The upgrade is largely thanks to the Arizona Rangers , who have managed to curb lawlessness in the territory in recent years .
• 1916 : Twelve Austria-Hungary planes bomb Milan in the First World War aerial warfare . In return, the Italian Corpo Aeronautico Militare attacked the city of Ljubljana with Caproni bombers .
• 1918 : In Russia , the Julian calendar is replaced by the Gregorian . January 31st (Julian) is followed by February 14th (Gregorian).
• 1919 : The Polish-Soviet War begins with a gun battle between Polish and Soviet troops in Bjarosa , Belarus .
• 1934 : Just two days after the start of the civil war in Austria , the last rebels of the Social Democratic Protection Association lay down their arms in front of the units of the Federal Army and the Christian Social Home Guard .
• 1934 : After the national parliaments were abolished, the National Socialists also dissolved the Reichsrat , a constitutional organ of the Weimar Republic .
• 1942 : The British Ministry of Aviation issues the Area Bombing Directive , the directive on area bombing of German cities during World War II .

1943: Erwin Rommel

• 1943 : After the defeat of the German Africa Corps at El Alamein, the 21st Panzer Division under Erwin Rommel begins the last offensive of the German Wehrmacht's Africa campaign in World War II with the Battle of the Kasserin Pass .
• 1945 : The second attack wave of the three-day Allied air raids on Dresden during World War II leads to a firestorm that makes any extinguishing action impossible. The air strikes on the city continued for the entire second day. On the same day, the second air raid on Prague , possibly based on a navigational error and actually also targeted Dresden.
• 1945 : Partisans of the Yugoslav People's Liberation Army liberate the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina .
• 1949 : On the 15th of Shevat 5709 according to the Jewish calendar , the constituent assembly of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset , meets for the first time.

1956: Nikita Sergejewitsch Khrushchev

• 1956 : Nikita Khrushchev opens the XX. Party congress of the CPSU , the first party congress in the Soviet Union after the death of Josef Stalin , at which his politics will be settled for the first time.
• 1967 : The Treaty of Tlatelolco , part of Mexico City , declares the Caribbean and Latin America a nuclear-weapon-free zone . In 2002 , Cuba was the last state in the region to ratify the agreement.
• 1974 : The Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn is expelled from the Soviet Union and flown to Frankfurt am Main .
• 1989 : Secured by a fatwa , the Iranian revolutionary leader Ruhollah Khomeini calls for the killing of the writer Salman Rushdie . His book The Satanic Verses is directed against Islam, the Prophet and the Koran .
• 1993 : The international association Euroregion Carpathians is founded in Debrecen by four countries.
• 1993 : The successor party of the CPSU , the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, is founded in the young Russian Federation .
• 2002 : Bahrain becomes a kingdom. The former Emir Hamad bin Isa Al Chalifa becomes the first king of the constitutional monarchy .
• 2002 : At the airport Kabul , the Afghan Minister of Aviation and Tourism, Abdul Rahman , killed by pilgrims because he with the only Afghan machine as India wants to fly. The pilgrims have been waiting for a flight to Mecca for days .
• 2005 : The former Prime Minister of Lebanon , Rafiq al-Hariri , and 22 other people are killed in an attack on his convoy with a car bomb . This subsequently leads to massive anti-Syrian protests in the country.
• 2018 : South African President Jacob Zuma anticipates being voted out by his own ruling party, the ANC , by declaring his resignation.

economy

1876: Alexander Graham Bell

• 1876 : Alexander Graham Bell files a patent application with the US Patent Office for his invention of the telephone . He is two hours ahead of Elisha Gray , who is therefore subject to Bell with his patent application, although he is already way ahead of it with his attempts to transmit sounds.

IBM logo 1924

• 1924 : The Tabulating Machine Company founded by Herman Hollerith in 1896 is renamed International Business Machines , IBM for short .
• 1966 : 65 tax consultants found the DATEV cooperative in Nuremberg in order to obtain meaningful IT support for the job in handling client bookkeeping.
• 1967 : At the initiative of the German Federal Minister of Economics, Karl Schiller (SPD), representatives of the government, local authorities, trade unions, employers 'and entrepreneurs' associations come together for the first time in a concerted action to overcome the economic crisis.
• 1972 : The Star of Sierra Leone , the third largest diamond in the world, is found in Sierra Leone .
• 1989 : The Indian Supreme Court sentenced the US company Union Carbide to pay $ 470 million in damages in a dispute with the government over the Bhopal disaster . The management and the Indian government had agreed on this amount after tough negotiations.
• 2000 : The shareholders of the holding company VIAG approve the merger with VEBA - the way for the establishment of the energy company E.ON is clear.
• 2006 : France Télécom announces that it intends to save 17,000 more jobs by 2008 , despite an increase in net profit of 89% to 5.7 billion euros in the previous year.

science and technology

• 1747 : The world's first engineering school , the École des Ponts ParisTech, is established in Paris .
• 1908 : The first ski lift in the world, developed and built by the innkeeper Robert Winterhalder and operated with the power of a mill, is officially opened in Schollach near Eisenbach in the Black Forest .
• 1919 : The world's first commercial radio station PCGG of radio pioneer Hanso Schotanus à Steringa Idzerda goes into operation in The Hague with test broadcasts .

1939: Model of the Bismarck

• 1939 : The 46,000 ton battleship Bismarck is launched in Hamburg as the namesake of the Bismarck class . At the time she was the largest and most powerful battleship in the world.

1946: ENIAC on a picture of the US Army

• 1946 : John Presper Eckert and John William Mauchly present the first electronic digital computer ENIAC, developed by them and programmed by the ENIAC women around Ruth Teitelbaum, to the public at the University of Pennsylvania .
• 1961 : A team of researchers from University of California, Berkeley announces that it successfully completed the synthesis of the chemical element 103 have been completed. The element is later named Lawrencium .
• 1963 : The first satellite in the Syncom series is launched. Five hours after pushing his apogee motor pulls the radio contact with the communication satellite of NASA from.
• 1987 : The rollout ceremony of the Airbus A320 takes place, the prototype is christened by Prince Charles and Princess Diana .

1990: The Pale Blue Dot recording

• 1990 : The Voyager 1 space probe takes a photo of the earth from a distance of around 6.4 billion kilometers, the furthest distance to date .

2000: NEAR recording of Eros

• 2000 : NEAR Shoemaker reaches Eros and is the first spacecraft to enter the orbit of an asteroid .

Culture

• 1829 : The opera La straniera ( The Stranger ) by Vincenzo Bellini is premiered at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
• 1895 : Oscar Wilde's three-act comedy The Importance of Being Earnest premieres with great success at the St. James Theater in London.
• 1914 : In Berlin the premiere of the place operetta young England from Leo Fall instead.

1924: Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou

• 1924 : The premiere of the first part of the two-part silent film The Nibelungs - Siegfried von Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou takes place in the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin and is a great success with the public. In addition to the acting achievements, the special effects of Eugen Schüfftan , which he brings to the screen with the Schüfftan process developed by him, are particularly praised .
• 1927 : The silent film The Lodger ( The Tenant ) with Ivor Novello in the title role has its world premiere in London. Director Alfred Hitchcock will later refer to the feature film as "the first real Hitchcock film".
• 1931 : The horror film Dracula by director Tod Browning based on the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker with Bela Lugosi in the title role is premiered in New York.
• 1932 : The first performance of the musical tragic comedy The Great Cuckold by Berthold Goldschmidt takes place in the Nationaltheater Mannheim .
• 1939 : At the Royal Opera in Stockholm, the premiere of the opera takes place Mario Nice of Hilding Rosenberg .
• 1981 : The first episode of the ZDF show Wetten, dass ..? is broadcast with the inventor of the show, Frank Elstner , as moderator.
• 1987 : After the death of the author Joan Lindsay of their agents John Taylor of the Australian publishing despite protests Angus and Robertson her bestseller, the last chapter Picnic at Hanging Rock ( Picnic at Hanging published) - 20 years after the publication of the novel.

Fatih Akin

• 2004 : The German-Turkish film director Fatih Akin receives the Golden Bear at the awards ceremony at the International Film Festival in Berlin .

society

• 1929 : During the Valentine's Day massacre in Chicago , Illinois, six gangsters from the North Side Gang, which rival Al Capone , and one bystander are murdered in a garage. The gang leader George "Bugs" Moran escapes, however.
• 2003 : The remains of the former Romanian King Carol II are transferred from Portugal to Romania .

religion

• 1130 : The election of the two Popes Anaklet II and Innocent II in Rome triggers a schism that lasts several years . Although Innocent II was chosen by the minority, in the years that followed he prevailed against Anaclet II because he had the imperial party on his side.

1853: Brigham Young

• 1853 : Second President of Latter-day Saint Church of Jesus Christ , Brigham Young , lays the foundations for the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City , Utah.

Disasters

• 1648 : The natural disaster in Holstein , a hurricane with storm surge and earthquake destroys the Holstein Elbmarschen. Countless people and animals were killed, and the area was completely flooded and devastated for several months.
• 1978 : Continuation of the snow disaster in Northern Germany in 1978 .
• 1996 : A Chinese rocket type Long March ( CZ-3B ) gets the start from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center out of control and crashes into a nearby village. The extent of the tragedy is kept secret by China, but it is estimated that around 500 people were killed in the accident.
• 2005 : A firedamp explosion at a depth of 242 meters results in 214 deaths in the Sunjiawan coal mine in the Chinese province of Liaoning . 336 miners can be rescued after the mining accident.

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

Sports

1932: Logo of FC Vaduz '

• 1932 : A document confirms the founding of the Liechtenstein soccer club FC Vaduz .
• 1951 : Sugar Ray Robinson is in Chicago boxing champion in the middleweight division after a KO -Sieg about his predecessor Jake LaMotta .

1952: Logo of the Olympic Winter Games

• 1952 : The Norwegian Princess Ragnild opens the VI. Winter Olympics in Oslo. The ski jumper Torbjørn Falkanger speaks the Olympic oath . German participants are again admitted after their exclusion in 1948 , but come exclusively from West Germany.
• 2004 : The native Kosovar Albanian Luan Krasniqi , who boxes under the German flag, wins the European championship for the second time against the Turkish Sinan Şamil Sam in Stuttgart in a 12-round fight.
• 2015 : The Slovene Peter Prevc is the first ski jumper to jump 250 meters, setting a new world record in Vikersund .

Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .

Born

Before the 18th century

• 1404 : Leon Battista Alberti , Italian architect, architectural theorist and humanist
• 1426 : Ulrich Rösch , abbot of the St. Gallen monastery
• 1468 : Johannes Werner , German pastor, mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer and cartographer
• 1483 : Babur , Emperor of India, founder of the Mughal Empire
• 1491 : Johannes Lening , German theologian and reformer
• 1513 : Domenico Ferrabosco , Italian singer, conductor and composer
• 1515 : Friedrich III. von der Pfalz, the Pious , German Elector of the Palatinate
• 1531 : Burkhard Leemann , Swiss Protestant clergyman and Antistes from Zurich
• 1540 : Valentin Schacht , German Lutheran theologian
• 1543 : Valentin Schindler , German philologist and orientalist
• 1546 : Johannes Pistorius the Younger , German controversial theologian and historian
• 1575 : Giovanni Andrea Donducci , Italian painter
• 1600 : Otto Brüggemann , German businessman
• 1601 : Heinrich Rahn , German legal scholar
• 1602 : Francesco Cavalli , Italian composer and organist
• 1602 : Wilhelm V , Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
• 1609 : Ádám Count Batthyány von Németújvár , Hungarian nobleman and general
• 1623 : Eugenio Casparini , German organ builder
• 1628 : Humprecht Johann Czernin von Chudenitz , Austrian diplomat
• 1640 : Anna Magdalena von Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler , German nobleman
• 1650 : Jan van Helmont , Flemish painter
• 1652 : Camille d'Hostun de la Baume, duc de Tallard , French general and statesman, Marshal of France
• 1669 : Johann Kaspar Haferung , German Lutheran theologian
• 1675 : Johann Cyriak Hackhofer , Austrian painter
• 1677 : Johann Ludwig Bach , German composer
• 1692 : Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée , French playwright

18th century

• 1704 : Ivan Bezkoi , Russian school reformer and president of the Russian Art Academy
• 1708 : Christian Andreas Cothenius , German doctor
• 1710 : Peter Ahlwardt , German logician, theologian and philosopher
• 1712 : Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn , German art theorist and collector
• 1714 : Georg Ernst von Holtzendorff , Prussian major general

Richard Owen Cambridge (* 1717)

• 1717 : Richard Owen Cambridge , English poet, landowner and historian
• 1727 : Friedrich Wilhelm Richter , German clergyman and educator
• 1744 : Madeleine-Sophie Arnould , French actress, singer and salonière
• 1722 : Georg Christian Füchsel , German geologist
• 1755 : Karl Ludwig von Baden , Hereditary Prince of Baden
• 1758 : Johann von Herring , Austrian industrialist
• 1758 : Johann Heinrich Wieland , Swiss politician
• 1759 : Franz Adam von Waldstein-Wartenberg , Austrian botanist
• 1760 : Richard Allen , African American religious leader and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
• 1760 : Ferdinand von Meggenhofen , Austrian civil servant and member of the Illuminati Order
• 1761 : Luigi Valentino Brugnatelli , Italian chemist
• 1763 : Jean-Victor Moreau , French general
• 1763 : Johann Martin Usteri , Swiss poet
• 1768 : Paul Usteri , Swiss publicist and politician
• 1772 : Vincenzo Riolo , Italian painter
• 1776 : Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck , German botanist and natural philosopher
• 1780 : Johann Friedrich Naumann , German ornithologist, founder of ornithology in Central Europe
• 1781 : Valentín Gómez Farías , Mexican politician and multiple interim president of Mexico
• 1782 : Johann Werner Henschel , German sculptor
• 1787 : Peter Krukenberg , German pathologist
• 1791 : Hugues-Fleury Donzel , French entomologist
• 1792 : Friedrich von Blittersdorf , Baden official
• 1794 : Valentín Ferraz , Spanish politician

19th century

1801-1850

• 1802 : John White , American politician
• 1802 : Józef Bohdan Zaleski , Polish poet
• 1805 : Francis Valentine Woodhouse , British Apostle of the Catholic Apostolic Congregations
• 1807 : Max Ainmiller , German architecture and glass painter
• 1807 : Ernest Legouvé , French writer
• 1810 : Carmine Gori-Merosi , Italian cardinal
• 1813 : Alexander Sergejewitsch Dargomyschski , Russian composer
• 1815 : Louis Thomas , German educator
• 1816 : Edward McCabe , Irish Cardinal and Archbishop of Dublin
• 1816 : Franz Valentin Zillner , Austrian doctor, historian and ethnographer
• 1819 : Christopher Latham Sholes , American book printer, journalist, and inventor
• 1823 : Samuel Apolant , German rabbi
• 1823 : Heinrich Rückert , German historian and Germanist
• 1824 : Winfield Scott Hancock , American general and politician
• 1826 : Albin Ackermann , German publisher and bookseller
• 1826 : August Fleischmann , Bavarian politician
• 1826 : Charles-Gustave Smith , Canadian organist, composer, painter and music educator
• 1828 : Edmond About , French writer
• 1828 : Émile Blavet , French journalist, writer and librettist
• 1828 : Friedrich Gerber , Swiss Protestant clergyman and educator
• 1829 : Jean Dufresne , German chess master and author
• 1830 : Richard Adelbert Lipsius , German Protestant theologian

James Stewart (* 1831)

• 1831 : James Stewart , British missionary and human rights activist
• 1835 : Louis Gallet , French librettist and writer
• 1837 : Josef Durm , German architect, construction officer and university professor
• 1838 : Anna Kirpishchikova , Russian writer
• 1839 : Hermann Hankel , German mathematician
• 1839 : Oskar Liebreich , German pharmacologist
• 1839 : Leopold Pfaundler von Hadermur , Austrian physicist
• 1843 : Louis Diémer , French pianist and composer
• 1843 : Otto von Littrow , Austrian physicist
• 1844 : Robert Themptander , Swedish politician
• 1844 : Joseph Thyssen , German industrialist
• 1846 : Cecil De Vere , British chess master
• 1846 : Sigmund Gundelfinger , German mathematician
• 1848 : Benjamin Baillaud , French astronomer
• 1850 : Nikolai Romanov , Russian nobleman

1851-1900

• 1851 : Jacobus Johannes Hartman , Dutch classical philologist
• 1855 : João Franco Ferreira Pinto Castelo Branco , Portuguese politician
• 1855 : Vsevolod Michailowitsch Garschin , Russian writer
• 1856 : Frank Harris , Irish-British author and editor
• 1858 : Joseph Thomson , British explorer and traveler to Africa
• 1859 : Bernhard Ankermann , German ethnologist and Africa researcher
• 1860 : Eugen Schiffer , German lawyer and politician, MdL, MdR

Agnes Pockels (* 1862)

• 1862 : Agnes Pockels , German physicist and chemist
• 1863 : Georges Fulliquet , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
• 1863 : Otto Kern , German classical philologist and archaeologist
• 1864 : Dickie Baugh , English football player
• 1864 : Robert Ezra Park , American sociologist
• 1865 : August Fischer , German orientalist
• 1865 : Thomas Holliday Hicks , American politician, Governor of the State of Maryland, United States Senator for Maryland
• 1869 : Karel PC de Bazel , Dutch architect
• 1869 : Charles Thomson Rees Wilson , British physicist
• 1871 : Frederik Samuel Knipscheer , Dutch theologian and historian
• 1873 : Wilhelm Apel , German politician
• 1873 : Pierre-Macario Saba , Syrian Archbishop of Aleppo
• 1874 : Dan Bain , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1877 : Edmund Landau , German mathematician
• 1878 : Hirota Kōki , Japanese Prime Minister
• 1878 : Hans Ledwinka , Austrian automobile designer
• 1879 : Frederick Philip Grove , German-Canadian writer and translator
• 1880 : Egon Berger-Waldenegg , Austrian lawyer, politician and landowner
• 1880 : Maria Labia , Italian opera singer
• 1881 : František Čech-Vyšata , Czech travel writer
• 1882 : John Barrymore , American actor
• 1882 : Saitō Mokichi , Japanese poet and essayist
• 1882 : Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler , German type designer, teacher and calligrapher
• 1883 : Heinrich Wienken , German bishop of the Meissen diocese
• 1886 : Friedrich Arenhövel , German writer

Ángel Pestaña (* 1886)

• 1886 : Ángel Pestaña , Spanish syndicalist and politician
• 1886 : Karl Reinhardt , German classical philologist
• 1886 : Theodor Werner , German painter
• 1887 : Anton Faistauer , Austrian painter
• 1888 : Robert Remak , German mathematician
• 1889 : Johannes Christensen , Danish marathon runner and engineer
• 1889 : Bartolomeo Costantini , Italian aviator and automobile racing driver
• 1891 : Erich Engel , German film and theater director
• 1891 : Katherine Stinson , American aviation pioneer
• 1892 : Heinrich Kautz , German educator and writer
• 1894 : Jack Benny , American actor and radio host
• 1895 : Wilhelm Burgdorf , German general, chief adjutant of the high command of the Wehrmacht under Hitler
• 1895 : Max Horkheimer , German philosopher and sociologist
• 1895 : Alexander Alexandrowitsch Mikulin , Soviet engine designer
• 1896 : Robert Battagliola , French racing car driver
• 1896 : Werner Richard Heymann , German composer and conductor
• 1897 : Jørgen Bentzon , Danish composer
• 1898 : Alois Podhajsky , Bosnian director of the Spanish Riding School
• 1898 : Fritz Zwicky , Swiss physicist and astronomer
• 1900 : August Rucker , German town planner and politician, state minister

20th century

1901-1925

• 1901 : Hans Schütz , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1901 : Rolf Wanka , Austrian actor

Alexander Abusch (* 1902)

• 1902 : Alexander Abusch , German journalist, writer and politician, Minister of Culture in the GDR
• 1902 : Hans Griem , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
• 1902 : Thelma Ritter , American actress
• 1903 : Fritz Büchtger , German composer
• 1903 : Julius Meinl III. , Austrian entrepreneur
• 1904 : Walter Hochmuth , German politician, MdL, resistance fighter against National Socialism and diplomat of the GDR
• 1904 : Hertta Kuusinen , Finnish politician
• 1906 : Maurice de Gandillac , French philosopher
• 1907 : Sven Andersson , Swedish national soccer player and soccer coach
• 1907 : Hilda Graef , German theologian and writer
• 1909 : Karen DeWolf , American screenwriter and writer
• 1911 : Mercedes Sagredo , Dominican composer
• 1911 : Maurice Gatsonides , Dutch racing driver and entrepreneur
• 1911 : Gerhard Schumann , German writer
• 1911 : Eduardo Serrano , Venezuelan musician, conductor and composer
• 1912 : Josef Schwammberger , German SS NCO, ghetto and concentration camp leader, mass murderer

Jimmy Hoffa (* 1913)

• 1913 : Jimmy Hoffa , American union leader
• 1913 : Bayliss Levrett , American racing car driver
• 1913 : Leo Mildenberg , Swiss numismatist, coin dealer and specialist book author
• 1915 : Johannes Duft , Swiss abbey librarian
• 1915 : Sareh I , Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church
• 1915 : Georg Thomalla , German actor and cabaret artist
• 1916 : Hans-Wolrad Dölling , German general
• 1916 : Sally Gray , British film actress
• 1916 : Inoue Yūichi , Japanese painter
• 1916 : Oskar Wielgos , German problem composer
• 1917 : Herbert A. Hauptman , American mathematician and biophysicist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1918 : Jacob do Bandolim , Brazilian mandolinist and composer
• 1920 : Siegfried Bärsch , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1920 : Alois Brügger , Swiss doctor
• 1920 : Judith Holzmeister , Austrian actress
• 1920 : Jack Lesberg , American musician
• 1922 : Otto Hackmack , German trade unionist and politician
• 1923 : Vera Ferra-Mikura , Austrian author for children and young people
• 1924 : Ralf Arnie , German composer
• 1924 : Argyris Kounadis , Greek composer
• 1924 : Lothar Zitzmann , German painter
• 1925 : Elliot Lawrence , American jazz pianist

1926-1950

• 1926 : Roland Dörfler , German painter

Siegfried Ludwig (* 1926)

• 1926 : Siegfried Ludwig , Austrian politician, governor of Lower Austria
• 1926 : Claus Thierschmann , German officer, lieutenant general in the Federal Air Force
• 1927 : Hans Kann , Austrian pianist and composer
• 1927 : Lois Maxwell , Canadian actress
• 1927 : Willy Schnell , solo oboist of the Württemberg State Orchestra and the Stuttgart Bach Academy , professor in Stuttgart
• 1929 : Peter Hans Hofschneider , German molecular biologist
• 1929 : Wyn Morris , British conductor
• 1929 : Vic Morrow , American actor
• 1929 : Peter Neugebauer , German cartoonist and author
• 1931 : Jonathan Adams , British actor
• 1931 : Brian Kelly , American actor
• 1931 : Stephan Stompor , German dramaturge and musicologist

Alexander Kluge (* 1932)

• 1932 : Alexander Kluge , German filmmaker, writer and television writer
• 1932 : Alberto Winkler , Italian rower, Olympic champion
• 1933 : Míla Myslíková , Czech actress
• 1933 : Robert Shea , American writer
• 1934 : Herwig Wolfram , Austrian historian
• 1936 : David Yonggi Cho , Korean evangelist
• 1936 : Horacio Troche , Uruguayan football player
• 1937 : Nicole Heesters , German actress
• 1937 : Magic Sam , American blues guitarist and singer
• 1939 : Sam Ard , American racing driver
• 1939 : Razzy Bailey , American country musician
• 1939 : Johanna Dohnal , Austrian politician
• 1939 : Friedrich Kuhlmann , German agricultural scientist

Mary Rand (* 1940)

• 1940 : Mary Rand , British athlete, Olympic champion
• 1940 : Abdelwahab Abdallah , Tunisian diplomat and politician
• 1940 : Arno Anzenbacher , Austrian anthropologist and social ethicist
• 1941 : Big Jim Sullivan , British guitarist
• 1942 : Michael Bloomberg , American businessman, Mayor of New York
• 1942 : Dieter Pauly , German football referee
• 1942 : Pertti Purhonen , Finnish boxer
• 1942 : Andrew Robinson , American actor
• 1942 : Ricardo Rodríguez , Mexican racing car driver
• 1943 : Eric Andersen , American singer and songwriter
• 1943 : Klaus Lippold , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1943 : Thomas Lück , German pop singer
• 1943 : Ischa Meijer , Dutch journalist, writer and talk show host
• 1943 : Maceo Parker , American musician
• 1944 : Carl Bernstein , American journalist
• 1944 : Ros Drinkwater , British actress, dancer and photojournalist

Alan Parker (born 1944)

• 1944 : Alan Parker , British film director
• 1944 : Ronnie Peterson , Swedish racing car driver
• 1944 : Peter Rapp , Austrian presenter, television entertainer and quiz master
• 1944 : Denny Zager , American musician ( Zager and Evans )
• 1945 : Hans-Adam II , ruling prince and head of state of Liechtenstein
• 1945 : Thorleif Andresen , Norwegian racing cyclist
• 1945 : Uwe Göllner , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1946 : Maria Christina Aumont , French actress
• 1946 : Bernard Dowiyogo , Nauruan politician
• 1946 : Timothy Fok , Chinese entrepreneur and sports official from Hong Kong
• 1946 : Gregory Hines , American tap dancer and actor
• 1947 : Tim Buckley , American singer and guitarist
• 1947 : Heide Ecker-Rosendahl , German athlete, Olympic champion
• 1947 : Vartan Malakian , Armenian-American artist
• 1947 : Stephen A. Schwarzman , American entrepreneur, investment banker and patron
• 1947 : Jochen Welt , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1950 : Josipa Lisac , Croatian rock singer

1951-1975

• 1951 : Boško Abramović , Serbian chess master
• 1951 : Volker Bescht , German general
• 1951 : Michael Doucet , American fiddle player and singer-songwriter
• 1951 : Kevin Keegan , English football player and coach
• 1951 : Daniel Miller , British music producer
• 1952 : Peter-Michael Diestel , German lawyer, politician, MdL, deputy prime minister and minister of the GDR
• 1952 : Madeline Tompkins , American pilot
• 1952 : Marlies Ameling , German designer and industrial designer

Hans Krankl (* 1953)

• 1953 : Hans Krankl , Austrian footballer, coach and singer
• 1953 : Sergei Mironov , Russian politician
• 1954 : Vladimir Drinfeld , Ukrainian mathematician
• 1956 : John Anderson , American football player
• 1956 : Katharina Fritsch , German sculptor
• 1956 : Geoff Goodman , American jazz guitarist
• 1956 : Rainer Guldener , Swiss actor
• 1957 : Marina Arrate , Chilean poet and psychologist
• 1957 : Tommy Campbell , American jazz drummer
• 1957 : Soile Isokoski , Finnish soprano
• 1959 : Phillip Greenlief , American jazz saxophonist
• 1959 : Michael Zürn , German political scientist

Renée Fleming (* 1959)

• 1959 : Renée Fleming , American soprano
• 1960 : Jocelyn Pook , English composer and violinist
• 1960 : Meg Tilly , American actress, dancer, and author
• 1962 : Josef Hader , Austrian cabaret artist and actor
• 1963 : Enrico Colantoni , Canadian actor
• 1964 : Patricia Acioli , Brazilian judge
• 1964 : Sabrina Ascacibar , German-Argentinian actress, singer, dancer and musician
• 1964 : Gianni Bugno , Italian racing cyclist
• 1964 : Andreas Neitzel , German handball player
• 1964 : Sigrid Wolf , Austrian ski racer
• 1965 : Karl Erik Bøhn , Norwegian handball player and coach
• 1965 : Mental Theo , Dutch DJ and producer
• 1966 : Valerios Leonidis , Greek weightlifter
• 1966 : Jochen Schölch , German theater director
• 1967 : Helge Kautz , German science fiction author
• 1967 : Thomas Kronthaler , German director and screenwriter
• 1967 : Mark Rutte , Dutch politician
• 1968 : Martin Bader , German football functionary
• 1968 : Scott Sharp , American racing car driver
• 1969 : Susanne Gannott , German actress and singer
• 1970 : Xavier Girard , French Nordic combined skier
• 1970 : Giuseppe Guerini , Italian racing cyclist

Simon Pegg (* 1970)

• 1970 : Simon Pegg , British comedian, actor and screenwriter
• 1971 : Kris Aquino , Filipino television and film actress
• 1972 : Adam F , English jungle and drum and bass DJ and producer
• 1972 : Andrée Jeglertz , Swedish football player and coach
• 1972 : Rob Thomas , American rock musician
• 1973 : Deena Kastor , American athlete
• 1974 : Anne Apitzsch , German actress
• 1974 : Philippe Léonard , Belgian football player
• 1974 : Gürkan Sermeter , Swiss footballer of Turkish origin
• 1974 : Valentina Vezzali , Italian sport fencer
• 1974 : Anita Vulesica , German actress
• 1975 : Aylin Aslım , Turkish pop rock singer
• 1975 : Claudia Blasberg , German rower, Olympic medalist
• 1975 : Markus Blume , German politician (CSU)
• 1975 : Leandro Fonseca , Brazilian soccer player
• 1975 : Harald Stolka , German pool player

1976-2000

• 1977 : Michael Adams , South African badminton player
• 1977 : Donna Cruz , Filipino singer and actress
• 1977 : Cadel Evans , Australian cyclist
• 1977 : François Perrodo , French entrepreneur, polo player and racing car driver
• 1977 : Elmer Symons , South African motorcycle racer

Richard Hamilton (* 1978)

• 1978 : Richard Hamilton , American basketball player
• 1978 : Nicolás Pavlovich , Yugoslav-Argentine soccer player
• 1978 : Rie Rasmussen , Danish model and actress
• 1979 : Michael Jurack , German judoka
• 1979 : Wesley Moodie , South African tennis player
• 1980 : Lara , Austrian singer
• 1981 : Matteo Brighi , Italian soccer player
• 1981 : Randy De Puniet , French motorcycle racer
• 1983 : Sada Jacobson , American fencer
• 1983 : Manuel Poggiali , San Marino motorcycle racer
• 1983 : Bacary Sagna , French football player
• 1984 : Maria Wedig , German actress
• 1985 : Philippe Senderos , Swiss football player
• 1986 : Djamel Abdoun , Algerian football player
• 1986 : Michael Ammermüller , German automobile racing driver
• 1986 : Kang Min-soo , South Korean soccer player
• 1986 : Tim Winkler , Danish handball player

Edinson Cavani (* 1987)

• 1987 : Edinson Cavani , Uruguayan soccer player
• 1987 : Fabian Schönheim , German soccer player
• 1988 : Ángel Di María , Argentinian football player
• 1988 : Flávio Reblin , Brazilian cyclist
• 1989 : Jurij Tepeš , Slovenian ski jumper
• 1989 : Byron Mullens , British-American basketball player
• 1990 : Andrea Caldarelli , Italian racing driver
• 1990 : Brett Dier , Canadian actor
• 1990 : Therese Wislander , Swedish handball player
• 1991 : Andrius Gudžius , Lithuanian discus thrower
• 1992 : Christian Eriksen , Danish football player
• 1992 : Freddie Highmore , British actor
• 1992 : Elley Duhé , American singer and songwriter
• 1993 : Shane Harper , American actor, singer and dancer
• 1993 : Alberto Rosende , American actor
• 1994 : Paul Butcher , American actor
• 1995 : Michaela Dygruber , Austrian ski racer
• 1996 : Roni Remme , Canadian ski racer
• 1997 : Breel Embolo , Swiss football player
• 1998 : Jonathan Aberdein , South African racing car driver

21st century

• 2001 : Klaudia Pintér , Hungarian handball player
• 2002 : Alessandro Schuster , German actor
• 2002 : Nick Woltemade , German soccer player

Died

Before the 16th century

• 0269 : Valentin von Terni , bishop and martyr
• 0763 : Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbdallāh , Hasanid alide and rebel against the Abbasids
• 0844 : Bernhard of Septimania , Frankish politician
• 0869 : Cyril of Saloniki , Greek Slav apostle
• 1117 : Bertrada von Montfort , wife of the French king Philip I.
• 1140 : Leo I , Prince of Lesser Armenia
• 1140 : Soběslav I , Duke of Bohemia
• 1295 : Rudolf II , Margrave of Baden
• 1304 : Guido of Jaffa , titular count of Jaffa
• 1311 : Johann , Landgrave in Lower Hesse
• 1318 : Heinrich I , Margrave of Brandenburg
• 1318 : Margaret of France , Queen of England
• 1393 : Elisabeth of Pomerania , Empress and Queen of Bohemia

Richard II († 1400)

• 1400 : Richard II , King of England
• 1417 : Konrad X. Landschad von Steinach , German imperial knight
• 1440 : Dietrich von Oldenburg German nobleman, Count of Oldenburg
• 1444 : Henriette von Mömpelgard , Countess of Württemberg
• 1450 : Johann II. , Count of Ziegenhain and Nidda
• 1459 : Stefan , Count Palatinate and Duke of Palatinate-Simmern-Zweibrücken
• 1460 : Wladislaus , Czech nobleman, Duke of Glogau and Teschen
• 1463 : Dietrich II von Moers , Archbishop of Cologne
• 1489 : Nikolaus von Tüngen , Prince-Bishop of Warmia

16th to 18th century

• 1509 : Dmitri Ivanovich the grandson , Russian Grand Duke
• 1528 : Edzard I , Count of East Friesland
• 1559 : Thomas Gyrfalk , Swiss reformer
• 1564 : Arnold Abel , German sculptor and stonemason
• 1571 : Odet de Coligny , French Huguenot leader, cardinal
• 1583 : Giovanni Pietro Albuzio , Italian physician and university professor
• 1583 : Hans von Bartensleben , German nobleman, religious arbitrator, founder of a poor foundation
• 1590 : Gioseffo Zarlino , Italian music theorist and composer
• 1594 : William Painter , English writer
• 1671 : Gotthard von Höveln , Lübeck mayor
• 1676 : Abraham Bosse , French engraver and etcher
• 1679 : Peter Hagendorf , German mercenary and diary writer during the Thirty Years' War
• 1695 : Georg von Derfflinger , Brandenburg General Field Marshal
• 1714 : Clemens Hader gen. Clementino , German-Austrian singer and neuter
• 1714 : Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy , Queen of Spain
• 1718 : Viktor I. Amadeus , Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
• 1718 : Wilhelm Heinrich , Prince of Nassau-Usingen
• 1719 : Philipp Karl von Wylich and Lottum , Prussian field marshal
• 1725 : Ferdinand Fischer , Austrian lute player, composer, music archivist and clergyman
• 1737 : Gotthard Gottschalk von Wickede , lawyer and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
• 1737 : Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol , British lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1744 : John Hadley , British astronomer and mathematician
• 1750 : Franz Albert Aepinus , German theologian, writer and philosopher
• 1760 : François Collin de Blamont , French composer
• 1779 : James Cook , British explorer and navigator
• 1780 : William Blackstone , British lawyer, judge, professor and MP, author of Commentaries on English Law
• 1782 : Manuel d'Amat i de Junyent , Spanish officer, high official, governor of Chile and viceroy of Peru
• 1793 : Bernhard Christoph d'Arien , German playwright and librettist
• 1795 : Franz Ludwig von Erthal , Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg

19th century

• 1809 : Heinrich Franz von Rottenhan , German industrialist
• 1816 : Jean-Paul-Égide Martini , German-French composer
• 1817 : John Abercrombie , British general
• 1820 : Charles Ferdinand d'Artois , son of the Comte d'Artois, later King Charles X.
• 1823 : Pierre Paul Prud'hon , French painter
• 1825 : Robert Lindet , French politician
• 1826 : Johannes Daniel Falk , German theologian and writer
• 1829 : Karl Ludwig von Le Coq , German officer and cartographer
• 1833 : Matthias Conrad Peterson , Norwegian journalist

John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth († 1834)

• 1834 : John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth , British politician, Governor General of Fort William
• 1839 : Gottlieb Friedrich Wagner , German teacher, politician and dialect writer from Swabia
• 1841 : Joseph Anderwert , Swiss politician
• 1841 : Antun Sorkočević , Croatian composer, writer and diplomat
• 1846 : Cornelis Felix van Maanen , Dutch statesman
• 1856 : Peter Heinrich August von Salviati , Prussian diplomat
• 1862 : David Sprüngli , Swiss chocolatier
• 1867 : Eugen Wratislaw von Mitrowitz , Austrian general
• 1869 : Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Beck , German lawyer
• 1871 : Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly , Austrian statesman
• 1871 : Johann Friedrich Palm , German classical philologist and lexicographer
• 1872 : Efisio Cugia , Italian general
• 1873 : Theodor Hilgard , German legal scholar
• 1873 : Adolf August Friedrich Rudorff , German Romanist
• 1874 : Armand Barthet , French poet
• 1877 : Nicolas Changarnier , French general
• 1878 ː Gustav Rasch , German journalist and travel writer
• 1880 : Samuel G. Arnold , American politician
• 1882 : Henri-Auguste Barbier , French writer
• 1885 : Benjamin Hotchkiss , American artillery engineer
• 1885 : Jules Vallès , French publicist, writer and revolutionary
• 1891 : William T. Sherman , American Union General in the American Civil War, lawyer, and writer
• 1893 : Ludwig Lindenschmit the Elder , German prehistorian, history painter and lithographer
• 1894 : Franz Josef von Denzinger , German architect and church builder
• 1894 : Eugène Charles Catalan , Belgian mathematician

20th century

1901-1950

Edward William Stafford († 1901)

• 1901 : Edward Stafford , Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1909 : Arno Senfft , German colonial official
• 1910 : Ludwig Hartmann , German composer and music critic
• 1912 : Sigismund Rahmer , German doctor, writer and editor
• 1917 : Johann Grill , German mountaineer, mountain guide
• 1919 : Wiktor Gomulicki , Polish writer
• 1923 : Bartolomeo Bacilieri , Italian clergyman, cardinal to the Curia
• 1923 : Adolf Kaegi , Swiss Indologist, linguist and Graecist
• 1925 : Jacques Rivière , French writer
• 1926 : Juan Benlloch y Vivó , Spanish clergyman, Archbishop of Burgos, cardinal
• 1928 : Johann Baptist Laßleben , German homeland researcher and publisher
• 1929 : Thomas Burke , American athlete
• 1933 : Joseph Peter Audebert , German naturalist and ethnologist
• 1933 : Carl Correns , German biologist
• 1933 : Otto Galama Houtrouw , reformed theologian and local researcher
• 1934 : Gustav Kirstein , German publisher
• 1935 : Antonius Mönch , German auxiliary bishop in Trier
• 1935 : Johann Peter , Austrian writer
• 1936 : Karl Hampe , German medievalist
• 1937 : Hugo Berwald , German sculptor
• 1937 : Émile Doumergue , German Reformed theologian and local researcher
• 1938 : Arthur Eloesser , German journalist and literary historian
• 1938 : Christian Lous Lange , Norwegian politician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• 1939 : Christian August Peicke , German homeland researcher
• 1941 : Alfred Apfel , German lawyer, criminal defense attorney and author
• 1941 : August Forstner , Austrian politician
• 1942 : Glover Morrill Allen , American zoologist and ornithologist
• 1942 : Georgi Alexandrowitsch Astachow , Soviet diplomat
• 1943 : Dora Gerson , German actress and singer

David Hilbert († 1943)

• 1943 : David Hilbert , German mathematician, is considered one of the most important mathematicians of modern times ( list of 23 mathematical problems )
• 1943 : Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken , German writer and painter
• 1945 : Karl Prinz , Austrian classical philologist
• 1945 : Gustav Tauschek , Austrian computer pioneer
• 1947 : Martin Mutschmann , German entrepreneur and politician during the Nazi era, Reich governor and Prime Minister in Saxony
• 1947 : Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena , Prime Minister of Thailand
• 1948 : Conrad Gröber , German Bishop of Meißen, Archbishop of Freiburg
• 1949 : August Fischer , German orientalist
• 1950 : Karl Guthe Jansky , American physicist and radio engineer
• 1950 : Jean Charles Naber , Dutch legal scholar

1951-2000

• 1952 : Maurice De Waele , Belgian racing cyclist
• 1956 : Henri Auguste Arnaud , French middle distance runner
• 1956 : Enrique Sáenz-Valiente , Argentinian marksman and racing car driver

Robert Vansittart († 1957)

• 1957 : Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart , British diplomat
• 1958 : Jakob Kneip , German writer and poet
• 1959 : Hans Louis Ferdinand von Loewenstein zu Loewenstein , German manager and politician during the Nazi era
• 1960 : Sven Lidman , Swedish writer
• 1962 : Ludwig Friedrich Barthel , German narrator and essayist
• 1962 : Helena Johnová , Czech ceramist and sculptor
• 1963 : Max Jüngling , German politician, MdL
• 1963 : Gerhart von Westerman , German composer, artistic director and music writer
• 1964 : Conrad Gauthier , Canadian singer and actor
• 1965 : Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht , French conductor and composer
• 1965 : Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel , Austrian painter and illustrator
• 1966 : Walter Layton, 1st Baron Layton , British newspaper publisher and economist
• 1967 : Sig Ruman , American actor
• 1967 : Yamamoto Shūgorō , Japanese writer
• 1968 : Pierre Veuillot , French priest, Bishop of Angers, Archbishop of Paris and Cardinal
• 1969 : Ludolf Malten , German classical philologist and religious scholar
• 1970 : Harry Stradling Sr. , American cameraman
• 1973 : Martín Cárdenas , Bolivian botanist
• 1973 : Otto Leichter , Austrian socialist, journalist and author

Julian Huxley († 1964)

• 1975 : Julian Huxley , British biologist, philosopher and writer
• 1975 : PG Wodehouse , British writer
• 1976 : Piero Scotti , Italian racing car driver
• 1977 : Ok Formenoy , Dutch football player
• 1980 : Victor Gruen , Austrian city planner and architect
• 1980 : Albert Walter , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
• 1983 : Lina Radke , German athlete
• 1983 : Ludwig Rellstab , German chess player
• 1984 : Christoph Aschmoneit , German shipbuilding engineer
• 1986 : Edmund Rubbra , British composer
• 1987 : Dmitri Borissowitsch Kabalewski , Russian composer
• 1988 : Frederick Loewe , American composer
• 1988 : Cal Niday , American racing car driver
• 1988 : Joseph Wresinski , French clergyman, founder of the human rights movement ATD Fourth World

Nora Astorga († 1988)

• 1988 : Nora Astorga Gadea , Nicaraguan underground fighter
• 1989 : James Bond , American ornithologist
• 1989 : Vincent Crane , British rock musician (piano, keyboard)
• 1990 : Luděk Čajka , Czech ice hockey player
• 1990 : Tony Holiday , German pop singer and lyricist
• 1990 : Fritz Schulz-Reichel , German jazz pianist and composer
• 1991 : José Ádem Chain , Mexican mathematician
• 1992 : Elisabeth Schnack , Swiss writer
• 1992 : Gene Venzke , American middle-distance runner
• 1994 : Pietro Belluschi , American architect
• 1994 : Hertha Firnberg , Austria's first female social democratic minister
• 1994 : Christopher Lasch , American historian and social critic
• 1995 : Maria Andergast , German actress
• 1995 : Ischa Meijer , Dutch journalist, writer and talk show host
• 1995 : U Nu , Myanmar politician, Prime Minister
• 1996 : Cenek Kottnauer , Czech-British chess player
• 1996 : Martin Jente , German actor and producer
• 1996 : Bob Paisley , English football player and coach
• 1997 : Charles Moffett sr. , American jazz drummer
• 1998 : Karl Biehlig , German horn teacher and professor
• 1999 : Walter Basan , German writer and radio play author
• 1999 : John Ehrlichman , American lawyer, politician, White House legal advisor ( Richard Nixon ), key figure in the Watergate affair
• 1999 : Buddy Knox , American singer and songwriter

21st century

• 2001 : Ali Artuner , Turkish football goalkeeper
• 2001 : Richard Laymon , American writer
• 2002 : Nándor Hidegkuti , Hungarian football player
• 2002 : Abdul Rahman , Afghan politician
• 2002 : Günter Wand , German conductor
• 2004 : Marco Pantani , Italian racing cyclist

Rafiq al-Hariri († 2005)

• 2005 : Rafiq al-Hariri , Lebanese politician, entrepreneur and Prime Minister
• 2005 : Aubelin Jolicoeur , Haitian columnist
• 2005 : Pauli Toivonen , Finnish rally driver
• 2005 : Dick Weber , American professional bowler
• 2006 : Shoshana Damari , Israeli singer
• 2006 : Lynden David Hall , British musician
• 2006 : Putte Wickman , Swedish jazz clarinetist
• 2007 : Gareth Morris , British flautist
• 2008 : Werner K. Giesa , German author
• 2009 : Louie Bellson , American jazz drummer and composer
• 2009 : Luís Andrés Edo , Spanish activist, resistance fighter
• 2010 : James Ashton , Australian polo player
• 2010 : Dick Francis , British crime writer
• 2011 : George Shearing , American jazz pianist and composer
• 2012 : Hiromi Akiyama , Japanese sculptor

Ronald Dworkin († 2013)

• 2013 : Ronald Dworkin , American philosopher
• 2013 : Reeva Steenkamp , South African model and presenter
• 2014 : Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona , Auxiliary Bishop in Santo Domingo
• 2014 : Tom Finney , English soccer player
• 2015 : Michele Ferrero , Italian entrepreneur
• 2015 : Egon Horst , German soccer player
• 2015 : Louis Jourdan , French actor
• 2016 : Hein Kröher , German folk singer and songwriter
• 2016 : Horst Wein , German hockey player and coach
• 2017 : Siegfried Herrmann , German athlete
• 2017 : Al Imfeld , Swiss publicist and writer
• 2018 : Ruud Lubbers , Dutch politician
• 2018 : Morgan Tsvangirai , Zimbabwean politician
• 2018 : Helmut Sinn , German pilot, flight instructor and entrepreneur
• 2021 : Carlos Menem , Argentine politician, president from 1989 to 1999

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • St. Cyril of Salonika , Byzantine missionary and monk, theologian and messenger of faith (Anglican, Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox)
  • St. Method of Saloniki , Byzantine missionary and theologian, bishop and messenger of faith (Anglican, Protestant, Catholic)
  • St. Valentine of Terni , Roman martyr and bishop (Catholic, Anglican, Protestant: LCMS )
  • Johannes Daniel Falk , German lay theologian, writer and hymn poet, founder of youth social work (Protestant, see Protestant name calendar )
  • St. Cyril of Constantinople , monk (Catholic)
  • St. Antoninus of Sorrento , Benedictine abbot and patron saint (Catholic)

• regional customs
  • Valentine's day

The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Johannes Daniel Falk in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints

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