March 18th

The March 18 is the 77th day of the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years ), thus remain 288 days by year end.

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Events

Politics and world events

37 AD: Gaius Caesar Caligula

037 : On the initiative of the Praetorian Prefect Quintus Naevius Sutorius Macro , the will of the late Tiberius , in which he names his grandson Tiberius Gemellus as joint heir, is declared invalid by the Roman Senate and Caligula is designated as the sole Roman Emperor .

1229 : Although the Pope banned, crowned himself emperor . Frederick II during the Fifth Crusade itself the king of Jerusalem after him Sultan Al-Kamil , the city has assigned the Treaty of Jaffa.

1241 : In a battle near Chmielnik , a Polish army of knights is defeated by Mongolian Tatars of the Golden Horde moving westwards , and the city is largely destroyed.

1414: Ernst the Iron

1414 : Ernst der Eiserne is the last Duke of Carinthia to be deployed on the Fürstenstein in Karnburg near Maria Saal in Slovene and calls himself Archduke from this point on . He is the first Habsburg to actually use this title.
1438 : The Hungarian King Albrecht II of Habsburg is elected German King in Frankfurt am Main . However , there is never a coronation .

1522: location of the Amsterdam island

1522 : The Spanish navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano discovered an island on his circumnavigation of the world , but he did not name it. It is today's Amsterdam Island in the Indian Ocean .

1526 : The French King Francis I , captured in the Battle of Pavia , is released by Emperor Charles V after the conclusion of the Treaty of Madrid in exchange for two of his sons who are taken to Madrid as hostages . Only two months later, however, he broke the contract and continued the Habsburg-French antagonism with the League of Cognac .

1558 : At the Frankfurt Electoral Congress, the participants renew the Kurverein and give it a statute that remains in force until the end of the Reich in 1806.

1582 : The Biscay Jean Jaureguy carried out an assassination attempt on William I of Orange , a leader in the Eighty Years' War , which the victim survived.

1584 : After the death of Tsar Ivan IV "the terrible" , his insane son Fyodor comes to power. Boris Godunov conducts government affairs .

1608 : After his victory over Jacob , Sissinios is crowned Negus Negesti , Emperor of Ethiopia , in Aksum .

1643 : At the Battle of New Ross during the Irish Confederation Wars, the English army under James Butler defeats the Irish Confederation forces under Thomas Preston.

1673 : Lord John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sells his portion of New Jersey to the Quakers .

1766 : The British Parliament repeals the stamp law that had sparked resistance among the " Sons of Liberty " in the North American colonies .

1793: The Deutschhaus

1793 : The Rhenish-German National Convention of German Jacobins , which met for the first time the day before, declares the areas it represents as the Republic of Mainz to be independent. Andreas Joseph Hofmann proclaims the first republic on German soil from the balcony of the Deutschhaus .

1793 : Austria under Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld expels the French under Charles-François Dumouriez from the Austrian Netherlands in the Battle of Neerwind during the First Coalition War .

1795 : The Courland Landtag decides to put the Duchy of Courland and Zemgale under Russian rule. The Duke is compensated with a pension and the area is integrated into the Kurland Governorate into the Tsarist Empire .

1813 : Russian troops under the command of Friedrich Karl von Tettenborn occupy Hamburg during the war of liberation and end the first French period in Hamburg with the expulsion of the French . However, they recaptured the city on May 30th through Louis-Nicolas Davout .
1839 : The Chinese Emperor Daoguang forbids foreign trading companies by edict to import opium into China and sends Commissioner Lin Zexu to Canton to enforce this provision. He thus indirectly triggers the subsequent First Opium War .

1848: Berlin barricade uprising

1848 : The March Revolution spreads in the German Confederation ; In Berlin , despite concessions from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, there was an armed struggle between the citizens and the military, killing around 300 people.
1848 : At a meeting in Rendsburg , members of the United States' Assembly of Schleswig and Holstein demand a separate constitution for both duchies, the introduction of freedom of the press and freedom of assembly, general armament and the admission of the Duchy of Schleswig to the German Confederation .
1865 : Officially neutral Argentina is drawn into the outbreak of the Triple Alliance War . Paraguay declares war on him because his troops have no rights to march through the Argentine province of Corrientes .

1871 : French government troops attempt to disarm the Paris National Guard during the night. This leads to the open uprising of the Paris Commune .

1890 : Chancellor Otto von Bismarck submits his resignation to Kaiser Wilhelm II , which the young monarch has previously urged several times. The resignation is completed two days later.

1911 : General Paul von Hindenburg said goodbye at the age of 64 and was given the Order of the Black Eagle to retire, from which he was called back after the outbreak of the First World War.

1913 : George I , King of Greece , is murdered by the revolutionary Alexander Schinas in Saloniki . He is succeeded by his son Constantine .

1915: The HMS Irresistible sinks

1915 : During the First World War , a joint attack by the British and French navies on the Dardanelles fails at the Battle of Gallipoli . Among other things, the British battleship HMS Irresistible is sunk in the disaster .
1918 : The Fourth Battle of Flanders begins with artillery fire by German troops on Allied positions, followed two hours later by the German crossing of the Yser River .
1921 : The Kronstadt sailors' uprising near Petrograd against the government of Soviet Russia , which began on February 24, is finally and bloodily suppressed. Mass shootings take place in the Kronstadt prison .

1921: Poland after the Polish-Soviet War

1921 : The Polish-Soviet War ends with the Peace of Riga . Poland receives considerable territorial growth, while the Soviet Union is guaranteed free movement of goods to Lithuania.

1922 : Mahatma Gandhi begins a six- year prison sentence in British India for civil disobedience , of which he will only serve two years due to health reasons .

1945 : 1,250 American bombers launched an air raid on Berlin during World War II .

1953 : The German Bundestag in Bonn passes the German-Israeli reparation agreement .

1961 : After Hanns Seidel resigns , Franz Josef Strauss becomes chairman of the Christian Social Union ( CSU ).

1962 : France and the Front de Libération Nationale in sign Evian-les-Bains , the agreements of Evian to end the Algerian war . The following day a ceasefire comes into force and France gives Algeria independence.

1970 : Cambodian Prime Minister Lon Nol, with the help of Parliament, ousted Prince Norodom Sihanouk , who was on a trip abroad at the time, as head of state.

1975 : The People's Republic of China issues an amnesty for all former Kuomintang officials .

1978 : Former Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is sentenced to death for allegedly inciting the murder of an opposition politician.

1990 : In Estonia , the Estonian independence movement wins the first free elections since breaking away from the Soviet Union.

Result of the Volkskammer election in 1990

1990 : The only free elections to the People's Chamber take place in the German Democratic Republic . The GDR CDU is by far the strongest party, with a total of 12 parties moving into the People's Chamber.

1991 : Jonas Savimbi , the leader of the UNITA liberation movement , declares the civil war in Angola over.

1994 : In Washington, representatives of the Croatian and Muslim population groups in Bosnia sign a treaty establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War .

2002: General Franks

2002 : US General Tommy Franks declares Operation Anaconda , which has been running since March 1, with the aim of killing 500 to 1000 al-Qaida and Taliban fighters suspected in eastern Afghanistan , to be over and describes it as a complete success, which some believe military observers, however, are questioned.

2012 : After Christian Wulff's resignation , Joachim Gauck is elected 11th President of the Federal Republic of Germany .

2014 : As part of the sunflower movement , protesting students occupy the parliament building in Taipei ( Republic of China, Taiwan ) and continue to occupy it for the next 24 days.

2018 : In the presidential election in Russia , Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin wins with 76.3 percent of the vote, starting his fourth term in office.

economy

1662: Blaise Pascal

1662 : Blaise Pascal founds the horse-drawn carriage company Les carrosses à cinq sols in Paris, marking the beginning of local passenger transport worldwide.

1829 : The Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Bavaria sign the Saltworks Convention to regulate interstate issues relating to salt production . These concern the salt mining from the Austrian Dürrnberg to the Bavarian national territory and the wood extraction for the Bavarian salt works Bad Reichenhall in the Austrian Pinzgau ( Saalforste ). It is considered to be the oldest still valid state treaty in Europe.

1850 : Henry Wells and William Fargo found the American Express express delivery service .

1931 : The American typewriter company Remington Rand brings the first electric shaver invented by Jacob Schick onto the market.

1938 : The Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río nationalizes the oil industry and power plants as part of the institutionalization of the Mexican Revolution .

1968 : In the USA , the US Congress abolishes the internal gold backing of the American currency by law . US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the law.

1975 : The Council of the European Union establishes the European Regional Development Fund ( ERDF ) by ordinance , a structural fund intended to ensure that the poorer regions catch up economically.

2001 : The United Service Union ( Ver.di ) is established in Berlin as a merger of the individual trade unions German Employees Union ( DAG ), Deutsche Postgewerkschaft ( DPG ), Trade Union Trade, Banks and Insurance ( HBV ), IG Medien - Printing and Paper, Journalism and Art ( IG Medien ) and the union of public services, transport and traffic ( ÖTV ) founded. With over 2.3 million members, it is the second largest union in the German Federation of Trade Unions .

2003 : 81% of the German Wella AG is taken over by the US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble for around 6 billion euros .

science and technology

1781 : The French astronomer Charles Messier discovered several galaxies , mainly in the constellation Virgo , which he included in his catalog as objects Messier 84 and Messier 86 to Messier 90 .

1855: The Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge

1855 : The Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge , built by John August Roebling , the first permanent bridge over the Niagara River and the first suspension bridge in rail traffic, opens after four years of construction.

1869 : For the construction of the Suez Canal , the bitter lakes are flooded with Mediterranean water.

1895: First petrol bus

1895 : The world's first bus line with a petrol-powered omnibus , used by the Netphener Omnibusgesellschaft , built by Carl Benz , starts operating between Deuz and Siegen .

1906: Traian Vuias flying machine

1906 : The Romanian aviation pioneer Traian Vuia succeeds in a twelve-meter flight at a height of one meter with the Traian Vuia 1 he built himself .

1961 : The Soviet long-range interceptor Tupolev Tu-128 makes its maiden flight.

1965 : The Soviet spaceship Vozhod 2 takes off from the Baikonur spaceport under the command of Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev . On the same day, the second cosmonaut, Alexei Archipowitsch Leonow, is the first person to go on an spacecraft mission .

2011 : The US space probe MESSENGER reaches the orbit of the planet Mercury .

Culture

1848 : The world premiere of the opera Allan Cameron of Giovanni Pacini takes place in Teatro La Fenice in Venice.

1894 : The opera Weltfrühling by Hans Huber is premiered in Basel.

1902 : The string sextet Transfigured Night by Arnold Schoenberg will be premiered in Vienna.

1911 : Alfred Lichtenstein's poem The Twilight appears in the expressionist magazine Der Sturm .

1919 : The world premiere of the opera Gaudeamus by Engelbert Humperdinck takes place in Darmstadt .

1922 : The romantic opera The Tower of the Voivode by Ernst von Dohnányi is premiered in Budapest.

1924 : The extremely lavishly produced silent film The Thief of Baghdad by Raoul Walsh with Douglas Fairbanks senior in the leading role is premiered in the USA.

1929 : Hamza Hakimzoda Niyoziy , the founder of Uzbek Soviet literature, is murdered by Islamists in Shohimardon for agitating against the pilgrimage center there.

1950 : In Cairo , a film with Elizabeth Taylor is banned from showing because of her participation in a gala event to support Israel financially .

1989 : The first performance of the comic opera The Hot Oven by Hans Werner Henze takes place in Kassel.

1990 : In the Boston art theft , two perpetrators disguised as police officers stole 13 works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum with a total value of more than 500 million US dollars. The largest art theft in US history has not yet been resolved.

1992 : The world premiere of the opera Eréndira by Violeta Dinescu takes place in Munich.

society

1991 : The French right-wing populist Jean-Marie Le Pen is sentenced by a court in Versailles to a fine of 1.2 million francs for identifying gas chambers as a detail in the history of World War II .
2005 : Due to a court decision in Florida at the request of her husband, the artificial feeding of the coma patient Terri Schiavo is stopped.
2011 : During the Arab Spring , 52 people were killed by state riflemen in the protests in Yemen . This day is seen as a change in the uproar.

religion

0417 : Zosimus is crowned Pope .

0731 : Gregory III , who came from Syria . is elected Pope as successor to Gregory II .

1212 : Clare of Assisi takes the vows in the chapel Portiuncula according to the rules of the order developed by her. The Order of the Poor Clares was created in the Convent of San Damiano .

1314: Jacques de Molay

1314 : The last Grand Master of the dissolved Templar Order , Jacques de Molay , and Geoffroy de Charnay are burned at the stake as heretics in Paris after revoking their torture-forced confessions of heresy.

1506 : Pope Julius II decides that the relic of the Assumption Head, stolen from St. Stephen's Church in Mainz in 1500 , may remain in Düren .

1861 : In the allocation Iamdudum cernimus to the College of Cardinals , Pope Pius IX condemns . not only the intellectual currents of his time, but also the political endeavors to further reduce the pope's power. He attacks the Risorgimento in Italy in particular .

Disasters

1925: Effects of the Tri-State Tornado

1925 : The Tri-State Tornado sweeps through the US states of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, where it kills at least 695 and injures over 2,000. This makes it the deadliest tornado in United States history to date .
1937 : A gas explosion at New London School in New London , Texas kills 295 people, mostly children.
1953 : An earthquake in western Turkey claims 250 lives.
1967 : BP chartered Torrey Canyon , one of the first super tankers, ran aground off Cornwall, causing oil spills on the coasts of southern England and France.
1971 : In a landslide , large masses of rock fall into the lake Lago Yanahuin in Peru, the triggered tidal wave from 30 m high destroys the mining settlement of Chungar and kills several hundred people.
1980 : 48 people are killed in the explosion of a Soviet Vostok M2 rocket while refueling on the launch pad in Plesetsk .
1996 : In Manila , 150 people die in a fire in the Ozone discotheque because the emergency exits are closed.

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

Sports

1883 : Representatives from 34 rowing clubs found the German Rowing Association in Gürzenich in Cologne .

1892: Stanley Cup

1892 : Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby donates an award for the best amateur hockey team in Canada. The Stanley Cup is the most important trophy in North American ice hockey today .

1900 : Ajax Amsterdam football club is re-established after it had been dissolved a few years earlier.

1919 : The football club FC Valencia is officially founded after a presidential election on March 5th .

1984 : With a 3-1 win against Nigeria in the final of the 1984 African Cup of Nations in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Cameroon is crowned Africa champion for the first time .

1995 : Michael Jordan announces his return to the Chicago Bulls with the words "I am back!" After he had resigned over a year earlier.

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

Born

Before the 18th century

1253 : Egbert I , ruler of the county of Bentheim
1294 : Henry VI. , Duke of Wroclaw
1380 : Lidwina von Schiedam , Dutch Catholic saint
1395 : John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter , English nobleman
1458 : Peter Offenburg , Mayor of Basel
1496 : Mary Tudor , youngest daughter of Henry VII of England
1502 : Philibert de Chalon , Prince of Orange, Duke of Gravina, Count of Tonnerre and Charny, and Lord of Arlay and Nozeroy
1539 : Maria von Nassau , Countess von Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden and Diez
1545 : Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn , Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Duke of Franconia
1548 : Cornelis Ketel , Dutch architect, sculptor and painter
1552 : Polykarp Leyser the Elder , German theologian
1555 : François-Hercule de Valois , Duke of Alençon, youngest son of the French King Henry II.
1578 : Adam Elsheimer , German painter (date of baptism)
1598 : Anna Sophia , Princess of Brandenburg, Duchess of Braunschweig and Lüneburg and Princess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
1604 : John IV , King of Portugal
1606 : Johann von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf , Prince-Bishop of Lübeck

Friedrich III. of Denmark (* 1609)

1609 : Friedrich III. , King of Denmark and Norway
1634 : Marie-Madeleine de La Fayette , French nobleman and writer
1654 : Catharina Charlotta De la Gardie , wife of Otto Wilhelm Graf von Königsmarck
1687 : Christoph Heinrich von Berger , German lawyer
1690 : Christian Goldbach , Prussian mathematician

18th century

1707 : Józef Baka , Polish Jesuit priest, missionary, preacher and poet
1724 : Dionysius van de Wijnpersse Dutch Reformed theologian and philosopher

Friedrich Nicolai (* 1733)

1733 : Friedrich Nicolai , German writer and publisher
1737 : Adalbert von Harstall , last Prince-Bishop of Fulda
1762 : Karl Christian Gmelin , German botanist and naturalist
1763 : Friedrich Gottlob Hayne , German botanist, pharmacist and university professor
1765 : David Hendrik Chassé , Dutch general
1767 : Georg Karl Wilhelm Philipp von Donop , German civil servant and historian
1774 : Johann Friedrich Hütter , lawyer and mayor
1779 : Rudolf Emanuel Stierlin , Swiss Protestant clergyman and local researcher
1781 : Gustave Vogt , French oboist, music teacher and composer
1782 : John C. Calhoun , American politician
1783 : Johann Friedrich Danneil , German prehistorian and educator
1792 : António José de Sousa Manoel de Menezes Severim de Noronha , Portuguese statesman and general, politician
1796 : Johann Joseph Imhoff (the younger) , German sculptor
1796 : Jakob Steiner , Swiss mathematician
1798 : Joseph Chmel , Austrian Augustinian canon and historian
1799 : Wilhelm Ludwig Volz , Baden officer and university professor
1800 : Francis Lieber , German-American lawyer, publicist, legal and state philosopher

19th century

1801-1850

1802 : Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury , French writer and journalist
1803 : Johann Petzmayer , German zither player
1808 : Johann Jakob Kraft , German auxiliary bishop

Friedrich Hebbel (* 1813)

1813 : Friedrich Hebbel , German playwright and poet
1816 : Carl Graeb , German painter and etcher
1821 : Eduard Heine , German mathematician
1823 : Alfred Chanzy , French general and diplomat
1825 : Josef Arnold , Swiss politician
1828 : William Randal Cremer , British trade unionist and politician, Nobel Prize winner
1830 : Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges , French historian
1832 : Wenzel Lustkandl , Austrian politician and lawyer
1833 : William W. Armstrong , American printer, editor, and politician
1833 : Pauline Arndt , German writer
1837 : Grover Cleveland , 22nd and 24th President of the United States
1839 : Heinrich Adam , German-Austrian architect and Viennese councilor
1839 : Karl Dilthey , German classical philologist
1842 : Stéphane Mallarmé , French writer
1844 : Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow , Russian composer
1847 : William O'Connell Bradley , American politician
1848 : Louise, Duchess of Argyll , member of the British royal family
1849 : Theodor Auracher , German classical philologist and specialist author
1849 : Wilhelm von Seldeneck , German entrepreneur
1850 : Richard von Drasche-Wartinberg , Austrian explorer of Asia

1851-1900

Emilie Kempin-Spyri (* 1853)

1853 : Emilie Kempin-Spyri , first woman to receive a doctorate in law as a lawyer and habilitation
1853 : Émile-Alexandre Taskin , French opera singer
1858 : Rudolf Diesel , German engineer and inventor
1860 : Josephine Wessely , Austrian actress
1865 : Eduard Stucken , German writer
1869 : Neville Chamberlain , British politician and Prime Minister
1872 : Charles Laban Abernethy , American politician
1874 : Nikolai Alexandrowitsch Berdjajew , Russian philosopher
1874 : Bertha Eckstein-Diener , Austrian writer and travel journalist
1875 : Manuel Trucco , Chilean politician
1877 : Ivo Schricker , German soccer player and soccer official
1879 : Grigori Abramowitsch Kerin , Russian composer
1880 : Walter Hohmann , German test engineer for structural analysis
1880 : Alexander Zinn , German writer and politician
1881 : Paul Le Flem , French composer
1881 : Josef Suttner , horn player and professor
1882 : Gian Francesco Malipiero , Italian composer
1883 : Chino Shōshō , Japanese Germanist and translator
1884 : Carlos Rebelo de Andrade , Portuguese architect
1884 : August Thalheimer , German philosopher and Marxist
1886 : Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière , German naval officer, most successful submarine commander in naval war history
1886 : H. Maurice Jacquet , French composer and conductor
1886 : Kurt Koffka , German psychologist
1888 : Gabriel del Orbe , Dominican violinist
1889 : Jacob Mangers , Shepherd of the Catholic Church in Norway
1890 : Gunnar Andersen , Norwegian soccer player and ski jumper
1891 : Josef Šíma , French painter of Czech descent
1893 : Costante Girardengo , Italian racing cyclist
1893 : Olivier Guimond , Canadian actor and comedian

Wilfred Owen (* 1893)

1893 : Wilfred Owen , British poet and soldier
1894 : Eric Hultén , Swedish botanist and phytogeographer
1894 : Richard Wolf , German military man
1895 : Wilhelm Rexrodt , German politician
1895 : Walter Rheiner , German poet and writer
1897 : Clemens Hesemann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, agricultural functionary
1898 : Ofelia Nieto , Spanish singer
1899 : Jean Goldkette , American jazz musician
1900 : Josef Gockeln , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, President of the State Parliament, State Minister, Member of the Bundestag, Mayor of Düsseldorf
1900 : Alfred Poell (singer) , ENT doctor and chamber singer in Vienna
1900 : Hanne Sobek , German football player

20th century

1901-1925

1901 : Willi Ankermüller , German lawyer and politician
1902 : Ludwig Metzger , German politician, MdL and State Minister, MEP
1903 : Egon Brunswik , American psychologist
1903 : Erich Ohser , German draftsman ("father and son")

Galeazzo Ciano (* 1903)

1903 : Galeazzo Ciano , Italian politician
1903 : Fritz Stüber , Austrian writer, journalist and politician (VdU)
1904 : Annedore Leber , German publicist and SPD politician (wife of Julius Leber)
1905 : Thomas Townsend Brown , American physicist
1905 : Robert Donat , British actor
1905 : Benny Friedman , American football player and coach
1906 : James Brooks , American painter
1906 : Paul Rassinier , French politician, pacifist and historian, history reviser and Holocaust denier
1906 : Karl Sesta , Austrian football player
1907 : Gabriel Asaad , Assyrian composer and musician
1908 : Gabriel Ruiz , Mexican composer
1909 : Ernest Gallo , American wine producer
1909 : Ljubica Marić , Serbian composer
1909 : Ross Russell , American jazz producer and author
1909 : Wolfgang Weber , German problem composer for chess
1911 : Heinz-Josef Adamski , German historian, folklorist and grammar school teacher
1911 : Gabriel Celaya , Spanish writer
1913 : Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe , Sri Lankan diplomat and UN politician

René Clément (* 1913)

1913 : René Clément , French film director
1913 : Werner Mölders , German air force officer and fighter pilot
1914 : César Guerra-Peixe , Brazilian composer
1914 : Thaddäus Troll , German writer
1916 : Louis Toebosch , Dutch composer and professor
1916 : Winton Dean , English musicologist
1918 : Heinz Felfe , German SS-Obersturmführer and Soviet spy
1919 : Elizabeth Anscombe , English philosopher and theologian
1919 : Michèle Arnaud , French chanson singer
1920 : Linda Dégh , Hungarian folklorist
1920 : Yayo el Indio , Puerto Rican singer
1921 : Eilif Armand , Norwegian actor, poet and literary critic
1921 : Hellema , Dutch writer and resistance fighter
1921 : Bartolomeu Anania , Romanian writer and clergyman
1921 : Claire Pratt , Canadian graphic artist, poet and editor
1922 : Frank Gatski , American football player

Egon Bahr (* 1922)

1922 : Egon Bahr , German politician and federal minister
1922 : Fred Shuttlesworth , American civil rights activist
1923 : Andy Granatelli , American racing team owner
1923 : Tamura Ryūichi , Japanese poet
1924 : José Mangual , Puerto Rican percussionist
1924 : Alexandre José Maria dos Santos , Archbishop of Maputo and Cardinal
1925 : Georg Piltz , German art historian, writer and editor
1925 : Innokenti Smoktunowski , Russian actor
1925 : Antonio González Zumárraga , Archbishop of Quito and Cardinal

1926-1950

1926 : Peter Graves , American actor
1927 : John Kander , American composer
1927 : George Plimpton , American writer
1928 : Alfred Einwag , German lawyer
1928 : Charlotte von Mahlsdorf , founded the Gründerzeit Museum in Berlin
1928 : Virtú Maragno , Argentine composer
1928 : Antonio Pacenza , Argentine boxer
1928 : Gustav Peichl , Austrian architect and cartoonist
1929 : Ctirad Kohoutek , Czech composer, music teacher and scholar

1929 : Christa Wolf , German writer
1930 : Héctor Bianciotti , Argentine writer living in France
1930 : Günter Hartmann , German politician
1930 : Adam Joseph Maida , Archbishop of Detroit and Cardinal
1930 : Maurice Peress , American conductor
1932 : John Updike , American writer
1933 : Severino Poletto , Archbishop of Turin and Cardinal
1934 : Adolf Merckle , German entrepreneur
1936 : Kai Fischer , German film and television actress and author

Frederik Willem de Klerk (* 1936)

1936 : Frederik Willem de Klerk , President of the Republic of South Africa
1937 : Rudi Altig , German racing cyclist
1937 : Mark Donohue , American Formula 1 racing driver
1938 : Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir , Icelandic writer
1938 : Dieter Haak , German politician
1938 : Karin Hausen , German historian
1938 : Charley Pride , American country singer
1939 : Ronald Franklin Atkinson , English soccer player, soccer coach and soccer expert
1939 : Angelo Bergamonti , Italian motorcycle racer
1939 : Peter Kraus , Austrian singer and actor
1939 : Tibor R. Machan , American philosopher
1939 : Klaus Teuchert , German enduro athlete
1939 : Jean-Pierre Wallez , French violinist and music teacher
1940 : Hartmut Graßl , German climate researcher
1941 : Wolfgang Bauer , Austrian writer
1941 : Wilson Pickett , American soul singer
1942 : Ion Drîmbă , Romanian fencer

Doris Pack (born 1942)

1942 : Doris Pack , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
1943 : Kevin Dobson , American actor
1943 : Nobuko Imai , Japanese violist
1943 : Midori Matsuya , Japanese pianist
1943 : Monika Weber , Swiss politician
1944 : Dieter Birr , German musician and singer ( Puhdys )
1944 : Lord Knud , German musician and radio host
1945 : Anthony Villanueva , Filipino boxer
1945 : Eric Woolfson , Scottish composer and musician
1946 : Michel Leclère , French racing car driver
1946 : Stanislav Piętak , Bishop of the Silesian Evangelical Church AB in the Czech Republic
1947 : BJ Wilson , British rock musician
1949 : Karin Adelmund , Dutch politician
1949 : Michael Hartl , Austrian singer and presenter
1949 : Alex Higgins , Northern Irish snooker player
1949 : Harald Klehn , German boxer
1949 : Rodrigo Rato , Spanish politician; Director of the IMF
1949 : Jacques Secrétin , French table tennis player
1950 : James Conlon , American conductor

Brad Dourif (born 1950)

1950 : Brad Dourif , American actor
1950 : Peter Funke , German ancient historian
1950 : Kay Kohlmeyer , German archaeologist from the Near East
1950 : Larry Perkins , Australian racing car driver
1950 : Rainer Tabillion , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
1950 : Claudia Winterstein , German politician

1951-1975

1951 : Bill Frisell , American jazz guitarist

Michaela May (* 1952)

1952 : Michaela May , German actress
1952 : Peter Prager , German actor
1952 : Salome Zurabishvili , Georgian Foreign Minister
1953 : Harald Schartau , German politician
1954 : Jan Diesselhorst , German cellist
1954 : Hisaki Matsuura , Japanese writer, literary and cultural scientist
1954 : Andy Narell , American jazz drummer
1954 : Dietrich Siegl , Austrian actor
1954 : Harry Sokal , Austrian jazz musician
1956 : Eduardo Alonso-Crespo , Argentine composer and conductor
1956 : Alfredo Antoniozzi , Italian politician
1956 : Ingemar Stenmark , Swedish ski athlete, Olympic champion
1957 : Roland Adrowitzer , Austrian television journalist
1958 : Joachim Reiber , German music writer

Andreas Wenzel (* 1958)

1958 : Andreas Wenzel , Liechtenstein ski racer
1959 : Luc Besson , French film director
1959 : Irene Cara , American singer and actress
1959 : Roberto Tricella , Italian football player
1960 : Max Tidof , German actor
1961 : Richard Biggs , American actor
1961 : Grant Hart , American drummer, guitarist and songwriter
1961 : Heidi Preuss , American ski racer
1962 : Tina Bara , German photographer and opposition activist in the GDR
1962 : James McMurtry , American folk rock singer and singer-songwriter
1962 : Keith Millard , American football player
1963 : Stefan Arend , German social manager, board member and publicist
1963 : Jerry Moffatt , British climber
1963 : Abu Omar , Egyptian Imam

Vanessa Lynn Williams (born 1963)

1963 : Vanessa Lynn Williams , American singer
1964 : Moses Arndt , German author and publisher
1964 : Bonnie Blair , American speed skater, Olympic champion
1964 : Alex Caffi , Italian Formula 1 racing driver
1964 : Courtney Pine , British jazz saxophonist
1964 : Rozalla , Zimbabwean singer
1965 : Yvonne Chaka Chaka , South African singer
1965 : Birgit Clarius , German athlete
1965 : David Cubitt , Canadian actor
1965 : Zbigniew Łowżył , Polish composer, drummer, pianist and music teacher
1966 : Jerry Cantrell , American rock musician
1966 : Anne Will , German journalist and television presenter
1966 : Jannis Zamanduridis , German wrestler
1967 : Mahulena Bočanová , Czech actress
1969 : Vasyl Ivanchuk , Ukrainian chess grandmaster
1970 : Suzan Anbeh , German actress
1970 : Frank Ebert , GDR opposition activist and co-founder of the GDR opposition archive

Michael Neumann (* 1970)

1970 : Michael Neumann , German politician
1970 : Queen Latifah , American hip hop musician and actress
1970 : Andreas Reckwitz , German sociologist
1971 : Wayne Arthurs , Australian tennis player
1973 : Max Barry , Australian writer
1974 : Nik Berger , Austrian beach volleyball player
1974 : Stuart Zender , British bassist, composer and music producer
1975 : Sutton Foster , American actress, singer, and dancer

1976-2000

1976 : Giovanna Antonelli , Brazilian actress and singer
1976 : Patrick Koch , German politician and criminalist
1977 : Zdeno Chára , Slovak ice hockey player
1977 : Willy Sagnol , French football player
1977 : Clemens Unterreiner , Austrian opera singer
1978 : Brooke Hanson , Australian swimmer
1978 : Fredrik Johansson , Swedish cyclist
1978 : Charlotte Roche , German television presenter
1979 : Danneel Ackles , American actress
1979 : Anja Knauer , German actress

Adam Levine (* 1979)

1979 : Adam Levine , American singer and guitarist
1980 : Sébastien Frey , French football player
1980 : Alexei Konstantinowitsch Jagudin , Russian figure skater
1980 : Juliette Schoppmann , German pop and musical singer
1981 : Lina Andersson , Swedish cross-country skier
1981 : Faruk Atalay , Turkish football player
1981 : Fabian Cancellara , Swiss cyclist
1981 : Jang Nara , South Korean singer and actress
1981 : Tom Starke , German soccer player
1982 : Tatjana Albertowna Arntgolz , Russian actress
1982 : Inga Aršakyan , Armenian musician
1982 : Olof Ask , Swedish handball player
1982 : Timo Glock , German automobile racing driver
1982 : Mantorras , Angolan football player
1984 : Katja Kramarczyk , German handball player
1984 : Rajeev Ram , American tennis player
1984 : Christine Rauh , German cellist

Ana Beatriz (* 1985)

1985 : Ana Beatriz , Brazilian racing driver
1985 : Krisztián Berki , Hungarian gymnast
1985 : Juliane Brummund , German actress
1985 : Jamie Gregg , Canadian speed skater
1985 : Vince Lia , Australian soccer player
1985 : Gordon Schildenfeld , Croatian soccer player
1985 : Michaela Kirchgasser , Austrian ski racer
1986 : Paulina Barzycka , Polish swimmer
1986 : Lykke Li , Swedish singer
1987 : Gabriel Mercado , Argentine soccer player
1987 : Arnd Peiffer , German biathlete
1987 : Rebecca Soni , American breaststroke swimmer
1988 : Hovhannes Goharjan , Armenian football player
1989 : Lily Collins , British actress
1989 : François Goeske , German-French actor
1990 : Jonatan Kotzke , German soccer player
1990 : Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht , German actor
1991 : Anna Majtkowski , German actress
1992 : Pedro Astray , Spanish soccer player
1993 : Ersel Aslıyüksek , Turkish football player
1994 : Giorgio Roda , Italian racing car driver
1995 : Dino Dizdarevic , German basketball player
1995 : Joel Dufter , German speed skater
1996 : Madeline Carroll , American actress
1997 : Ciara Bravo , American actress
1998 : Juliane Frühwirt , German biathlete
1998 : Jamie-Lee Kriewitz , German singer