December 18th
The December 18 is the 352nd day of the Gregorian calendar (the 353rd in leap years ), thus remain 13 days to the year.
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events
Politics and world events
- 218 BC Chr .: In the Battle of the Trebia in the Second Punic War , the Carthaginians under Hannibal defeat the Roman army commanded by Tiberius Sempronius Longus .
- 1118: The army of Alfonso I conquered the city of Saragossa, held by the Moors , as part of the Reconquista after a long siege . The king determined the place to be the new capital of Aragon .
- 1393: The Hungarian King Sigismund , Jobst of Moravia and the Habsburg Albrecht III join forces in Znaim . of Austria against the Bohemian and Roman-German King Wenceslaus .
- 1644: At the age of 18, Queen Christina takes over the government in Sweden .
- 1744: Archduchess Maria Theresa deported the Jews from Prague and Bohemia . You are accused of supporting the occupation of Prague by Prussia in the Second Silesian War .
- 1787: New Jersey becomes the third state of the United States .
- 1793: During the First Coalition War, the French Revolutionary Army captured the "Mulgrave" fort near Toulon, which was held by the British . The artillery captain Napoleon Bonaparte developed the plan of attack . The fall of this defensive position forces the English to evacuate their troops from the long besieged port city.
- 1845: The Battle of Mudki takes place between the British East India Company and the Sikh Army of the Punjab in the First Sikh War .
- 1865: After the end of the Civil War enters the United States of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States in force with which the slavery nationwide will be prohibited.
- 1914: Egypt becomes a British protectorate .
- 1914: The German Schutztruppe wins the battle for Naulila against Portuguese colonial troops.
- 1916: After a last large-scale French attack on the right bank of the Meuse , the battle for Verdun , which began on February 21, ended in World War I, with many losses and without any major shifts in the course of the front.
- 1923: Great Britain , France and Spain agree to establish the Tangier International Zone in Paris . Since the port of Tangier , a duty-free status is granted, the blooms as a result smuggling on.
- 1925: António Maria da Silva becomes the last Prime Minister of the first republic in Portugal .
- 1926: The controversial law to protect young people from junk and dirty writing is drawn up in Berlin .
- 1932: Latina , later the capital of the Italian province of the same name , is inaugurated by Benito Mussolini under the name Littoria . The city was founded two years earlier after the Pontine Marshes had been drained .
- 1939: During the Second World War , a British-German aerial battle breaks out over the German Bight .
- 1940: The High Command of the Wehrmacht (OKW) is instructed by Adolf Hitler to plan the attack on the Soviet Union under the code name Operation Barbarossa .
- 1942: The Inter-Allied Declaration on the Extermination of the Jews in 1942 is read out.
- 1958: The autonomous republic of Niger is proclaimed within the French community .
- 1961: India invades Portuguese India , the colonies of Goa , Daman and Diu , ending the 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule over Goa. Even since Egypt closes the Suez Canal to the Portuguese fleet, Portugal has no way of reacting in time and loses its colonies in India.
- 1962: The Federal Republic of Germany announces the pipe embargo against the states of the Eastern Bloc and thereby implements a resolution of the NATO Council.
- 1965: With the Basic Treaty coming into force , Japan and South Korea resume diplomatic relations with one another.
- 1970: After 283 days of negotiations, the German judiciary discontinued the case against the pharmaceutical company Grünenthal regarding the sleeping pill Contergan because of undetectable “personal fault”.
- 1971: The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act comes into effect.
- 1975: Louis Sylvain Goma becomes Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo .
- 1979: The UN General Assembly accepts the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ( Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - CEDAW ) on.
- 1980: The Maitatsine uprising begins in the northern Nigerian city of Kano . Followers of an Islamist preacher take control of parts of the city; the Nigerian army will crush the uprising after eleven days.
- 1984: The President of Guinea , Lansana Conté, separates from his Prime Minister Diarra Traoré and takes over the office as head of government himself.
- 1986: The first Victim Protection Act is passed in Germany.
- 1986: At a foreign ministers' conference of Latin American countries, the Rio Group is founded in Rio de Janeiro .
- 1992: In the election of the President of South Korea , Kim Young-sam wins over Kim Dae-jung and replaces Roh Tae-woo in office. A 32-year period in which the military led the state is coming to an end.
- 1997: The presidential election in South Korea leads to a change of office. Opposition politician Kim Dae-jung is preferred to incumbent Kim Young-sam by voters .
- 1999: Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga is committed three days before the upcoming presidential election, a suicide bombing of the LTTE . She survived seriously injured.
- 2003: The former President of the GDR State Council , Egon Krenz , is released early after less than four years in prison.
- 2005: Rebels in the Sudanese crisis region of Darfur take the city of Adre in eastern Chad , whereupon Chad intervenes in the conflict in Darfur .
- 2017: In the Vienna Hofburg , Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen swears in the new Austrian government made up of the ÖVP and FPÖ ; At the age of 31, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) is Europe's youngest head of government.
business
- 1884: The first edition of Svenska Dagbladet appears in Stockholm.
- 1895: The mechanic Václav Laurin and the bookseller Václav Klement found the Laurin & Klement bicycle workshop , the forerunner of the Skoda car brand .
- 1944: The French daily Le Monde appears with its first edition.
- 1948: The dam leading to the Danish island of Röm is inaugurated.
- 1993: The MGM Grand Hotel , built for US $ 2.4 billion, opens in Las Vegas , one of the world's largest hotels with 5,044 rooms.
- 2006: In Norway the merger of Norsk Hydro and Statoil is announced. With a market capitalization of around $ 92.7 billion, it will become the world's largest operator of oil and gas drilling rigs and producer of offshore crude oil, outperforming industry giants such as Royal Dutch Shell and BP .
science and technology
- 1798: The central archive of the Helvetic Republic is founded in Bern.
- 1897: Auguste Charlois discovers the asteroid Hybris .
- 1898: Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat is the first to set a documented automobile speed record. He reached a Jeantaud - electric car at a speed of 62.780 km / h.
- 1912: Piltdown man's bones are presented to the Geological Society of London . The sensation turns out to be a scientific falsification in 1953.
- 1959: The German Electron Synchrotron Foundation ( DESY ) is founded in Hamburg with the main research focus on the development, construction and operation of particle accelerators , particle physics and research with photons .
- 1966: Richard L. Walker discovers the Saturn moon Epimetheus .
- 1994: Speleologists discover the Chauvet Cave near the southern French town of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc , which contains cave paintings that are around 30,000 years old .
- 1999: The Earth observation satellite Terra is launched by NASA and placed in a sun-synchronous earth orbit .
- 2003: Version 2.6.0 of the Linux kernel is released.
- 2003: With the decommissioning of the destroyer Lütjens , the era of steam shipping ends in the German Navy .
- 2003: The journal Nature reports on spectacular finds from Tübingen scientists from the Ice Age in the karst cave Hohler Fels on the Swabian Alb . From mammoth - ivory -made figures of a water bird, a horse's head and a lion's people are among the oldest works of art of mankind.
Culture
- 1721: The world premiere of the opera Cloris und Tirsis by Reinhard Keizer takes place in Copenhagen .
- 1777: Antonio Salieri's setting of Pietro Metastasio's popular oratorio text La Passione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo has its world premiere at the Vienna Tonkünstlersozietät. Salieri designed the soprano role for Catarina Cavalieri , the tenor for Vincenzo Righini .
- 1878: The operetta Blindekuh by Johann Strauss (son) is premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
- 1880: The operetta Apajune, the Aquarius by Karl Millöcker is premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna .
- 1892: The ballet The Nutcracker and the opera Jolanthe by Peter Tchaikovsky are premiered at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg.
- 1899: The operetta Im Reiche des Indra by Paul Lincke based on a libretto by Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers and Hans Brennecke is premiered at the Berlin Apollo Theater .
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- 1901: The new museum building , the first building of today's Pergamon Museum , opens in Berlin.
- 1911: After the break up of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München , both their last exhibition and the first of the editorial staff of the Blauer Reiter are opened.
- 1917: In Berlin on request the Supreme Command , the Universum-Film AG founded (Ufa) as a group of private film companies.
- 1926: The opera The Makropulos Case by Leoš Janáček , based on the comedy by Karel Čapek , is premiered at the National Theater in Brno.
- 1948: The world premiere of Werner Egk's opera Circe takes place in Berlin .
- 1990: The Musical Assassins by Stephen Sondheim will be premiered at Playwrights Horizons in New York.
religion
- 1312: In the Bull Licet dudum , Pope Clement V stipulates that the privileges of the forbidden Templar order are to be transferred to the order of the Hospital of St. John in Jerusalem .
- 1352: Étienne Aubert is elected Pope by the conclave and takes the name Innocent VI. on.
- 1859: In Turin, the priest Johannes Bosco founds a religious community known as the Salesians of Don Bosco .
- 1979: The theologian Hans Küng is withdrawn from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ( Missio canonica ).
Disasters
- 1878: The French passenger steamer Byzantin collides with the British steamship Rinaldo in hurricane-like weather at the entrance to the Dardanelles and capsizes. About 150 people die.
- 1944: In Typhoon Cobra , three destroyers of the US Navy sink off the island of Luzon in the Philippines , 28 other ships are partly badly damaged, 146 aircraft are destroyed and 790 dead are mourned.
- 1995: After taking off from Jamba , Angola, a Lockheed L-188 Electra of the Congolese Trans Service Airlift crashes with 144 people on board, only three of whom survive. The aircraft was overloaded by around 40 people.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
nature and environment
- 1971: In Utah is Capitol Reef National Park established.
Sports
- 1904: The SC Rot-Weiß Oberhausen-Rheinland is created through the merger of the Emschertaler SV and the Oberhausen gymnastics club .
- 1921: The Polish national soccer team plays the first international match in the country's history. In Budapest the Hungarians win 1-0 against Poland's national team.
- 1988: The since 1900 discharged tennis competition at the Davis Cup wins for the first time a men's team of the Deutscher Tennis Bund in the cast Boris Becker , Carl-Uwe Steeb , Eric Jelen and Patrik Kuhnen against the team from Sweden.
- 2005: Brazilian soccer club São Paulo FC defeated Liverpool 1-0 in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup . The game will be played in Yokohama .
- 2010: Inter Milan win the FIFA Club World Cup , in Abu Dhabi the winner of the 2010 CAF Champions League , the TP Mazembe from the Democratic Republic of Congo , with 3: 0 be beaten. In addition, with TP Mazembe, an African representative reached the final of this competition for the first time.
- 2005: The German biathlon men achieve a historic triumph in the pursuit in Brezno-Osrblie with places 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1418: Albrecht VI. , Duke of Austria
- 1481: Sophie von Mecklenburg , Duchess of Saxony
- 1499: Justus Menius , German Protestant theologian and reformer
- 1505: Philipp von Hutten , German conquistador and explorer
- 1509: Florian Griespek von Griespach , Bohemian nobleman of Bavarian-Austrian descent
- 1511: Andrea Cornaro , cardinal of the Catholic Church
- 1562: Philipp Dulichius , German composer
- 1574: Maria Anna of Bavaria , Archduchess of Austria
- 1575: Michelangelo Galilei , Italian composer and lutenist of the early Baroque
- 1589: Christoph Neander , Kreuzkantor in Dresden
- 1618: Karl Kaspar von der Leyen , Archbishop and Elector of Trier
- 1642: Johann Christoph Bach , German composer (baptism date)
- 1671: Gabriel de Gabrieli , Swiss prince-bishop Eichstätt court building director
- 1681: Peter Thumb , Austro-German Rococo builder
18th century
- 1707: Charles Wesley , British theologian and co-founder of the Methodist movement
- 1714: Nikolaus I. Joseph Prince Esterházy , Austrian field marshal
- 1718: Anna Leopoldowna , Grand Duchess and Regent of Russia
- 1718: Ernst Friedrich Wernsdorf , German Lutheran theologian and church historian
- 1725: Johann Salomo Semler , German Protestant theologian
- 1730: Sophie Lalive de Bellegarde , Countess von Houdetot, French salonière
- 1734: Jean-Baptiste Rey , French composer, conductor and opera director
- 1736: Friederike Dorothea Sophia von Brandenburg-Schwedt , Duchess of Württemberg
- 1747: Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer , French general
- 1747: Johann Christoph Schröther the Elder , German organ builder
- 1751: George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont , British peer and patron
- 1758: Johann Georg Schulthess , Swiss Reformed theologian
- 1771: Jean Antoine Michel Agar , French civil servant
- 1773: Carlo Steeb , German priest, founder of the order in Verona, blessed of the Catholic Church
- 1787: Jan Evangelista Purkyně , Bohemian religious teacher, physiologist and pathologist, politician
- 1788: Ferdinand Philipp Grimm , German fairy tale collector
- 1789: Konstantin Aspre , Austrian general
- 1798: Heinrich Smidt , German writer
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802: Karl Eduard Vehse , German historian
- 1803: William Allen , American politician, House member, Senator, Governor of Ohio
- 1804: Julius Ambrosch , German classical philologist
- 1805: Adolphe Dumas , French poet, playwright and Provençalist
- 1811: Sándor Asbóth , Hungarian revolutionary and general
- 1812: Wiktor Każyński , Polish composer
- 1814: Maria Lenzen , German writer
- 1815: Egron Sellif Lundgren , Swedish painter and writer
- 1818: William Moon , English developer of the Braille moon alphabet
- 1818: Daniel Heinrich Mumm von Schwarzenstein , German Lord Mayor of Frankfurt am Main
- 1826: John Mercer Brooke , American military person
- 1826: Theodor von Sickel , German-Austrian historian
- 1828: Viktor Rydberg , Swedish writer
- 1829: Christen Berg , Danish politician, President of the Folketing
- 1829: Wilhelm von Baden , Prince of Baden, Prussian-Baden politician and general
- 1834: Hermann Roesler , German economist
- 1835: Lyman Abbott , American religious philosopher
- 1838: Franz Clouth , German entrepreneur
- 1839: Emilio Praga , Italian painter, writer and librettist
- 1839: Théodule Ribot , French psychologist and philosopher
- 1842: William Anderson , British surgeon
- 1843: Hermann von Maltzan , German naturalist and writer
- 1845: Nikola Pašić , Serbian politician, Prime Minister of Serbia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
- 1848: Roger Allin , American politician, governor of North Dakota
1851-1900
- 1856: Joseph John Thomson , British physicist, discoverer of the electron, Nobel Prize winner
- 1860: Edward MacDowell , American composer and pianist
- 1861: Elisabeth Schellbach , German illustrator
- 1862: Ulrich Wilcken , German ancient historian and papyrologist
- 1863: Franz Ferdinand , heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne
- 1868: Carlo Perosi , Italian Cardinal Curia of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1869: Karl Dieterich , German linguist and literary historian
- 1869: Richard Ungewitter , German pioneer and organizer of the nudist movement
- 1870: Arseni Nikolajewitsch Koreschtschenko , Russian composer
- 1870: Hector Hugh Munro , English writer and satirist
- 1872: Abdullah Abdurahman , South African politician
- 1877: Hendrik Bolkestein , Dutch ancient historian
- 1877: Max Pallenberg , Austrian singer, actor and comedian
- 1878: Gerhard Bohlmann , German writer and journalist
- 1878: Josef Stalin , Soviet politician, General Secretary of the CPSU, Prime Minister, Marshal of the Soviet Union, dictator
- 1879: Paul Klee , German painter
- 1881: Clifford Warren Ashley , American painter and author
- 1881: Wilhelm Heile , German politician, MdR, MdL
- 1884: Gustaf Henning Andersson , Swedish politician
- 1886: Ty Cobb , American baseball player and manager
- 1887: Franz Schnabel , German historian
- 1888: Karl Albrecht von Habsburg-Lothringen , Austro-Polish officer and landowner
- 1890: Edwin Howard Armstrong , American electrical engineer and inventor
- 1892: Albin Köbis , German sailor and revolutionary
- 1892: Kilian Kirchhoff , German priest, translator and dissident
- 1895: Walter Hieber , German chemist
- 1897: Fletcher Henderson , American jazz pianist, band leader and composer
- 1899: Karl Abt , German painter
- 1899: Walther Hans Reinboth , German painter and poet
20th century
1901-1925
- 1904: Wilf Carter , Canadian country singer
- 1904: Oskar Müller , Austrian football coach
- 1904: George Stevens , American film director
- 1905: Hans Bernd von Haeften , German lawyer and diplomat, resistance fighter of July 20, 1944
- 1907: Conrad Dürr , German motorcycle racer
- 1907: Christopher Fry , English playwright
- 1908: Hans Scheele , German athlete
- 1909: Mona Barrie , American theater and film actress
- 1910: Albert Cozza , German football player
- 1911: Jules Dassin , American film director and producer
- 1911: Berto Lardera , Italian-French sculptor
- 1913: Alfred Bester , American science fiction writer
- 1913: Willy Brandt , German politician, Governing Mayor of Berlin, Foreign Minister, Federal Chancellor, Nobel Prize winner
- 1913: Ray Meyer , American basketball coach
- 1914: Connie Curtis Crayton , American blues singer and guitarist
- 1915: Dario Mangiarotti , Italian sword fencer, Olympic champion, world champion
- 1916: Betty Grable , American actress and pin-up girl
- 1916: Karl Schnell , German general
- 1916: Anselm Strauss , American sociologist
- 1917: Ossie Davis , American actor
- 1917: Eddie Vinson , American jazz musician
- 1920: Ingálvur av Reyni , Faroese painter
- 1920: Edmond de Stoutz , Swiss musician and conductor, founder of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra
- 1920: Enrique Grau , Colombian painter and sculptor
- 1920: Rita Streich , German soprano
- 1922: Illo Schieder , German pop singer
- 1922: Klaus Schwarzkopf , German actor and voice actor
- 1923: Joachim Angermeyer , German entrepreneur and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1923: Arno Görke , German comedian, stage and television actor
- 1924: Alberto Ablondi , Italian bishop
- 1924: Orlando Agosti , Argentine military and politician
- 1924: Margot Scharpenberg , German-American author
- 1925: John Szarkowski , American photography-art historian and photographer
1926-1950
- 1927: Ramsey Clark , American lawyer, politician, and peace activist, Attorney General
- 1927: Wolfgang Schleidt , Austrian researcher in behavioral biology
- 1928: Mirza Tahir Ahmad , Khalifat ul-Massih
- 1928: Joachim Kaiser , German journalist, music critic and writer
- 1928: Galt MacDermot , Canadian musical composer
- 1929: Willi Fährmann , German author of books for children and young people
- 1929: Józef Glemp , Polish primate and archbishop
- 1931: Helmut Steinberger , German lawyer and international law scholar, judge at the Federal Constitutional Court, Vice-President of the OSCE Court of Arbitration
- 1931: Allen Klein , American businessman, manager of the Rolling Stones and The Beatles
- 1933: Lonnie Brooks , American blues guitarist
- 1933: Urs N. Glutz von Blotzheim , Swiss zoologist
- 1933: Hartmut Stegemann , German theologian
- 1935: Aimé Verhoeven , Belgian wrestler
- 1938: Chas Chandler , British musician, record producer and manager
- 1939: Klaus Laepple , German entrepreneur, top functionary in the German tourism industry
- 1939: Sandro Lopopolo , Italian boxing world champion
- 1939: Michael Moorcock , British writer
- 1939: Friedrich Tenkrat , Austrian writer
- 1939: Harold Elliot Varmus , American virologist
- 1940: Ilario Castagner , Italian football player and coach
- 1940: Lei Feng , Chinese soldier and model worker
- 1940: Bram Morrison , Canadian actor, singer and guitarist
- 1940: Klaus Wennemann , German actor
- 1941: Wayne Baker , American racing car driver
- 1941: Georg Hentschel , German theologian and Catholic priest
- 1941: William of Gloucester , member of the British royal family
- 1941: Horst Krause , German theater and film actor
- 1941: Philipp Sonntag , German actor
- 1942: Michael Auditor , German politician, MdL
- 1943: Bobby Keys , American musician
- 1943: Keith Richards , British guitarist ( Rolling Stones )
- 1943: Alan Rudolph , American director
- 1945: Matthias Weisheit , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1946: Steve Biko , South African civil rights activist, founder of the Black Consciousness movement
- 1946: Steven Spielberg , American director, producer and screenwriter
- 1947: Rod Piazza , American harmonica player
- 1948: Edmund Emil Kemper , American serial killer
- 1948: Mimmo Paladino , Italian artist
- 1948: Liliane Saint-Pierre , Belgian singer
- 1948: Angela Sommer-Bodenburg , German children's book author
- 1949: László Branikovits , Hungarian football player
- 1949: David A. Johnston , American geologist and volcanologist
- 1950: Gillian Armstrong , Australian director
- 1950: Rolf Gaßmann , German politician, MdL
- 1950: Leonard Maltin , American film critic
1951-1975
- 1951: Reimer Böge , German politician, MEP
- 1951: Volker Bouffier , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister, Prime Minister of Hesse
- 1952: Irja Askola , Finnish bishop
- 1952: Krystyna Janda , Polish actress
- 1952: Bettina Rheims , French photographer
- 1952: Phil Shoenfelt , British singer and songwriter
- 1953: David Chipperfield , English architect
- 1954: Glenn Buhr , Canadian composer and pianist
- 1954: Roland Claus , German politician, member of the People's Chamber, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1954: Ray Liotta , American actor
- 1954: Uli Jon Roth , German guitarist
- 1954: Willi Wülbeck , German athlete, world champion
- 1955: André Geerts , Belgian comic artist and cartoonist
- 1956: Elke Best , German pop singer
- 1956: Reinhold Ewald , German physicist and astronaut
- 1956: Thomas Ziegler , German science fiction author
- 1957: Hilary Engisch , American freestyle skier
- 1959: Dani Nieth , Swiss presenter and freestyle skier
- 1959: Bertram Brenig , German veterinarian, molecular geneticist and biotechnologist
- 1960: Hans-Jörg Criens , German soccer player and coach
- 1960: Kazuhide Uekusa , Japanese economist
- 1961: Brian Orser , Canadian figure skater, Olympic medalist, world champion
- 1961: Thomas Strittmatter , German author
- 1962: Jens Rosteck , German writer, musicologist and pianist
- 1962: Daniel Richter , German artist
- 1963: Nino de Angelo , German singer
- 1963: Ken Ard , American politician
- 1963: Brad Pitt , American actor
- 1964: Steve Austin , American wrestler
- 1964: Pierre Nkurunziza , Burundian politician, President
- 1964: Frank Rennicke , German songwriter
- 1966: Tracy Byrd , American country singer
- 1966: Les Ferdinand , English football player
- 1966: Thomas Gohlke , German actor
- 1966: Gianluca Pagliuca , Italian football player
- 1968: Mario Basler , German soccer player and coach
- 1968: Herwig Gradischnig , Austrian jazz saxophonist
- 1968: Rachel Griffiths , Australian actress
- 1969: Santiago Cañizares , Spanish soccer player
- 1969: Akira Iida , Japanese racing car driver
- 1969: Christophe Tinseau , French racing car driver
- 1970: Dietmar Brockes , German politician, MdL
- 1970: Bridie Carter , Australian actress
- 1970: Marlene Lufen , German television presenter
- 1970: Victoria Pratt , Canadian actress
- 1970: DMX , American rapper and actor
- 1970: Rob Van Dam , American wrestler
- 1971: Christian Beeck , German soccer player
- 1971: Claudia Gerini , Italian actress
- 1971: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario , Spanish tennis player
- 1972: Daniel Andersson , Swedish football player
- 1972: Ásgeir Ásgeirsson , Icelandic snooker player
- 1973: Christian Jaksjø , Norwegian jazz musician and composer
- 1973: Larissa Nikolajewna Kurkina , Russian cross-country skier
- 1973: Fatuma Roba , Ethiopian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1973: Brad Cohen , American motivational speaker, teacher, school administrator, and author
- 1974: Knut Schreiner , Norwegian guitarist
- 1975: Michael Barry , Canadian cyclist
- 1975: Sia Furler , Australian singer
- 1975: Yassin Musharbash , German journalist
- 1975: Trish Stratus , Canadian model and wrestler
- 1975: Michael Wagner , Austrian soccer player
1976-2000
- 1976: Andrea Belicchi , Italian racing car driver
- 1976: Sun Ribo , Chinese biathlete
- 1976: Joe Russo , American drummer
- 1978: Katie Holmes , American actress
- 1979: Mamady Sidibe , Malian football player
- 1980: Christina Aguilera , American pop singer
- 1980: Mario Aschauer , Austrian musicologist, harpsichordist and conductor
- 1981: Karim Benyamina , Algerian-German soccer player
- 1982: Pontus Carlsson , Swedish chess player
- 1983: Arman Baklachian , Armenian billiards player
- 1983: Alessandro Pier Guidi , Italian racing driver
- 1984: Giuliano Razzoli , Italian ski racer
- 1985: Tomoya Adachi , Japanese marathon runner
- 1985: Heidi Andreasen , Faroese handicapped swimmer
- 1985: Anna F. , Austrian singer-songwriter
- 1986: Òscar da Cunha , Andorran football player
- 1986: Henrik Toft Hansen , Danish handball player
- 1987: Miki Andō , Japanese figure skater
- 1988: Lizzie Deignan , British cyclist
- 1988: Markus Pazurek , German soccer player
- 1989: Emily Jane Atack , British actress
- 1989: Ashley Benson , American actress and model
- 1990: Fabian Rießle , German Nordic combined athlete
- 1991: Tijan Njie , German actor
- 1992: Sven Bensmann , German comedian and musician
- 1992: Mikkel Mac , Danish racing driver
- 1992: Bridgit Mendler , American actress and singer
- 1993: Valtònyc , Spanish rapper
- 1994: slowthai , British rapper
- 1996: Connor Wilson , South African ski racer
- 1998: Stephan Ambrosius , German-Ghanaian soccer player
21st century
- 2001: Billie Eilish , American singer-songwriter
Died
Before the 16th century
- 253: Victoria of Rome , early Christian martyr
- 301: Gatianus , Bishop of Tours
- 761: Wunibald , saint and abbot of Heidenheim
- 1133: Hildebert von Lavardin , author of the Latin Middle Ages
- 1199: Engelbert von Brabant , Bishop of Olomouc
- 1201: Boleslaw I , Duke of Silesia
- 1215: Philipp von Ratzeburg , bishop in Ratzeburg
- 1226: Benedict of Sawston , Bishop of Rochester
- 1249: Conrad II of Riesenberg , Bishop of Hildesheim
- 1290: Hermann I von Henneberg , Count von Henneberg
- 1290: Magnus I , King of Sweden
- 1316: Gilbert Seagrave , Bishop of London
- 1325: al-ʿAllāma al-Hillī , Shiite theologian
- 1332: Gerlach von Erbach , Bishop of Worms
- 1350: Heinrich II. , Vogt and Lord of Plauen and Lord of Greiz
- 1399: Eckart von Pernegg , Bishop of Chiemsee
- 1415: Louis de Valois , Dauphin of Viennois
- 1420: Şeyḫ Bedreddīn bin Ḳāḍı Simavna , Ottoman lawyer, Sufi and rebel
- 1442: Pierre Cauchon , French Bishop of Beauvais, Inquisitor
- 1495: Alfonso II , King of Naples
16th to 18th centuries
- 1538: Filippo Strozzi the Younger , Italian politician
- 1577: Anna of Saxony , daughter of Elector Moritz of Saxony
- 1597: Barbara Blomberg , lover of Charles V and mother of Don Juan de Austria
- 1631: Pietro Durazzo , Doge of the Republic of Genoa
- 1633: Theodor Galle , Dutch engraver (burial date)
- 1638: Père Joseph , French Capuchin and advisor to Cardinal Richelieu
- 1645: Nur Jahan , wife of the 4th Mughal Jahangir
- 1680: Josiah Winslow , governor of the English Plymouth Colony
- 1681: Olimpia Aldobrandini , Roman nobleman
- 1692: Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff , German scholar and statesman
- 1701: Wilhelm von Brandt , Prussian lieutenant general
- 1713: Friedrich Heinrich , Duke of Saxony-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt
- 1716: Jan van Cleef , Dutch painter
- 1716: Thomas von Wickede , Lübeck mayor
- 1726: Georg Wilhelm , Margrave of the Franconian Principality of Bayreuth
- 1733: Gaetano Casanova , Italian dancer and actor, alleged father of Giacomo Casanova
- 1737: Antonio Stradivari , Italian master violin maker
- 1738: Johann Gottfried von Cocceji , German administrative lawyer
- 1742: Adam Friedrich Zürner , German cartographer
- 1751: Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer , Bohemian builder of the baroque
- 1759: François de Franquetot, duc de Coigny , Marshal of France
- 1798: Michael Johann von Wallis , Austrian Field Marshal and President of the Court War Council
19th century
- 1803: Johann Gottfried von Herder , German writer, philosopher and theologian
- 1810: Johann Gabriel Arnauld de la Perière , Prussian major general
- 1832: Philip Freneau , American poet
- 1835: Friedrich Starke , German horn player, conductor and composer
- 1836: Sophie Eleonore Friederike von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg , Danish-German miniature painter
- 1841: Josef Derossi , Austrian actor
- 1842: Giuseppina Negrelli , Welschtiroler patriot and freedom fighter
- 1842: Giuseppe Nicolini , Italian opera composer
- 1861: Ernst Gebhard Salomon Anschütz , German teacher, organist, poet and composer
- 1865: Thomas Corwin , American politician, House of Representatives, Ohio Governor, Senator, Secretary of the Treasury
- 1865: Francisco Manuel da Silva , Brazilian composer
- 1867: Ferdinand Deycks , German classical philologist
- 1875: Sebastián Ágreda , Bolivian general and politician, president
- 1876: Luise Hensel , German poet
- 1877: Philipp Veit , German painter
- 1878: Michael Anthony Anfossi , Indian Titular Bishop and Vicar Apostolic
- 1878: Heinrich Proch , Austrian composer
- 1878: Philipp Wirth , German painter and photographer
- 1879: Johann Jakob Stehlin the Elder , Swiss politician, National Councilor
- 1884: Hermann von Abendroth , Saxon politician, MdL
- 1884: Leopold Schoeller , German entrepreneur, founder of the Düren carpet office
- 1889: Wilhelm von Giesebrecht , German historian
- 1895: Nils Posse , Swedish sports educator
20th century
1901-1975
- 1903: Oskar von Arnim-Kröchlendorff , German politician, MdL, MdR
- 1909: Florian Kindle , Liechtenstein composer and priest
- 1914: Cherubine Willimann , superior general in Koblenz
- 1918: Carl Immanuel Philipp Hesse , German-Baltic pastor, Protestant martyr in Estonia
- 1918: Henryk Jarecki , Polish composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1919: Horatio Parker , American composer
- 1919: Georg Wentzel , German classical philologist
- 1923: Alfred Aubert , Swiss politician
- 1929: Dietrich Behrens , German Romanist
- 1932: Eduard Bernstein , social democratic theorist and politician, MdR
- 1933: Harry Puder , German officer, commander of the Imperial Protection Force for Cameroon
- 1937: Henri Berguer , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1943: Alfred Roßner , German entrepreneur, Righteous Among the Nations
- 1948: Charles Bennett , British athlete, Olympic champion
- 1948: William Arms Fisher , American composer, music historian and publisher
- 1949: Sem Benelli , Italian playwright
- 1951: Paul Appenzeller , Swiss dialect author
- 1951: André Durieux , Canadian violinist, conductor and music teacher
- 1956: Pedro Luna , Chilean painter
- 1957: Əyyub Abbasov , Azerbaijani writer
- 1959: Wilhelm Schomburgk , German lawyer and banker
- 1961: Samuel Washington Arnold , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1961: Felix Rütten , German Roman Catholic priest, historian and teacher
- 1961: Albert Schädelin , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1966: Albert Salomon , German-American sociologist
- 1971: Bobby Jones , American golfer
- 1971: Diana Lynn , American actress and pianist
- 1972: Neilia Hunter Biden , American teacher and first wife of Joe Bidens
- 1975: Earle G. Wheeler , American General, Chief of Staff of the Army, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1976-2000
- 1977: James Bowes-Lyon , British officer
- 1977: Marriner S. Eccles , American entrepreneur, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
- 1978: Alexander Alexandrovich Archangelsky , Soviet aircraft designer
- 1980: Conrad Ahlers , German journalist and politician, Member of the Bundestag, government spokesman
- 1980: Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin , Soviet politician, Prime Minister
- 1982: Willi Multhaup , German soccer coach
- 1982: Hans-Ulrich Rudel , German pilot
- 1984: Feike Pieter Asma , Dutch organist, conductor and composer
- 1984: Rudolf Platte , German actor
- 1984: Gebhard Seelos , German diplomat and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1985: Leonhard Mahlein , German trade unionist
- 1986: George Amy , American film editor
- 1988: Milt Gantenbein , American football player
- 1989: Bobby Capó , Puerto Rican singer and composer
- 1989: Hans Helmut Dickow , German actor
- 1990: Paul Tortelier , French cellist
- 1991: George Abecassis , British racing car driver
- 1991: King Kolax , American jazz trumpeter
- 1991: Joey Smallwood , Canadian politician, Prime Minister of Newfoundland
- 1992: Antonio Amurri , Italian writer and humorist
- 1993: Joe Carstairs , British entrepreneur, social figure and motorboat racer
- 1993: Helm Glöckler , German racing car driver
- 1994: Roger Apéry , Greco-French mathematician
- 1994: Henry Banks , American racing car driver
- 1994: Don Fedderson , American television producer
- 1995: Josef Aschauer , German mountaineer, mountain rescuer, skier and ski jumper
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- 1995: Konrad Zuse , German inventor, scientist, designer and computer pioneer
- 1997: Chris Farley , American actor and comedian
- 1998: Max Wehrli , Swiss Germanist and literary historian
- 1999: Hans Ernst Schneider , German literary scholar
- 2000: Kirsty MacColl , British musician
21st century
- 2001: Gilbert Bécaud , French chansonnier
- 2001: Marcel Mule , French saxophonist and composer
- 2003: Charles Berlitz , American writer
- 2003: Pierre Daignault , Canadian actor, folk singer and writer
- 2004: Vijay Samuel Hazare , Indian cricketer
- 2004: Albert Nordengen , Norwegian politician, Mayor of Oslo
- 2004: Peter Palitzsch , theater director and artistic director
- 2004: Anthony Sampson , British journalist and writer
- 2006: Joseph Barbera , American animator and producer
- 2006: Stefan Hentschel , German pimp and boxer
- 2006: Mavor Moore , Canadian author, librettist, composer, music critic and educator, director and producer
- 2004: Takamatsu Kikuko , Japanese princess
- 2008: Majel Barrett-Roddenberry , American actress
- 2008: Mark Felt , American FBI agent
- 2008: Claus Grimm , German lawyer, Vice President of the Federal Fiscal Court
- 2009: Connie Hines , American actress
- 2009: Jacqueline Laurent , French actress
- 2010: Wilhelm Abb , German geodesist and administrative officer
- 2010: Rudolf Ahlswede , German mathematician
- 2010: Ernst Engelberg , German historian and university professor
- 2010: Jacqueline de Romilly , French philologist, member of the Académie française
- 2011: Doe Avedon , American actress
- 2011: Diego Febles , Puerto Rican racing car driver
- 2011: Václav Havel , Czech writer, human rights activist and politician, President of the Republic
- 2013: Ronald Biggs , British mail robber
- 2013: Elisabeth Dörler , Austrian theologian, member of a Catholic secular institute
- 2014: Virna Lisi , Italian actress
- 2016: Zsa Zsa Gabor , Hungarian-American actress
- 2017: Kim Jonghyun , South Korean singer
- 2018: David CH Austin , British rose grower
- 2019: Claudine Auger , French actress
- 2020: Charles Brooker , Canadian ice hockey player
- 2020: Òscar Ribas Reig , Andorran politician
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Wunibald , Anglo-Saxon messenger of faith in Franconia, abbot in Heidenheim (Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox)
- St. Willibald von Eichstätt , Anglo-Saxon bishop and messenger of faith in today's Germany (Protestant, the Catholic day of remembrance is on July 7th)
- St. Gatianus , Bishop (Catholic)
- Mary expectation (catholic)
- Name days
- Commemoration days of international organizations
- International Migrants Day ( UN ) (since 2000)
Further entries can be found in the list of days of remembrance and action .
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