August 2nd
The August 2 is the 214th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 215th in leap years ), thus remain 151 days by year end.
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events
Politics and world events
- 338 BC Chr .: Philip II of Macedonia triumphs in the battle of Chaironeia over an Athenian - Theban army and thus establishes the Macedonian hegemony over Greece.
- 216 BC Chr .: In the battle of Cannae Hannibal defeats the Roman army under Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro .
- 47 BC Chr .: The Roman dictator Julius Caesar triumphs in the battle of Zela over Pharnakes II , the king of Pontus . Caesar describes his success with the famous saying Veni Vidi Vici .
- 1377: In the Battle of the Pjana in the greater Nizhny Novgorod area, a Blue Horde force defeats a Russian army that has indulged in a drinking binge.
- 1498: In the Treaty of Paris Philip the Fair , at that time Count of Flanders, renounces the French King Louis XII. opposite to the reconquest of the Duchy of Burgundy and its claims to the Duchy of Geldern .
- 1552: The Passau Treaty between the Roman-German King Ferdinand I and the Protestant imperial princes formally recognizes Protestantism and also leads to the release of Landgrave Philip of Hesse, who is in imperial captivity .
- 1572: The battle of Molodi , which has been raging since July 26th, ends with a victory of the Russian troops against the invading Crimean Tatars from the Khanate of Crimea .
- 1589: King Henry III of France . dies from the assassination injuries sustained the day before. After the end of the Valois dynasty , the Bourbons came to power with Henry of Navarre .
- 1610: Henry Hudson drove into today's Hudson Bay in search of the Northwest Passage and imagined he was already in the Pacific Ocean .
- 1649: At the Battle of Rathmines , the numerically smaller New Model Army surprises a joint army of Irish Confederates and English royalists near Dublin . The landing of Oliver Cromwell with other parliamentary troops a few days later in the English Civil War is facilitated by the victory in this battle.
- 1718: Emperor Karl VI. joins an alliance of Great Britain , France and the Netherlands against Spain . The Quadruple Alliance war is only a matter of time.
- 1769: The Spaniards discover the river El Rio de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula , on which Los Angeles is later founded.
- 1798: On the second day of the naval battle at Abukir, the British navy under the command of Admiral Nelson almost completely destroyed the Napoleonic fleet commanded by Comte Brueys , which never fully recovered from this blow.
- 1802: In a referendum , Napoleon Bonaparte is appointed consul for life. 3 million French people who vote vote “Yes”, 1,600 “No”.
- 1819: The Hep-Hep riots begin in Würzburg . Anti-Jewish demonstrations and riots spread to other cities in Germany in the following days.
- 1829: The Brazilian Emperor Pedro I marries the Leuchtenberg Princess Amélie by procuration in Munich .
- 1831: Belgian Revolution : King William I of the Netherlands , who rejects the results of the London Conference (1830) , allows his troops to march into the neighboring country to prevent the establishment of the young Leopold I monarchy .
- 1832: In the Black Hawk War , US troops defeat Chief Black Hawk in the Battle of the Bad Ax River .
- 1858: The British Colonial Office proclaims the colony of British Columbia .
- 1858: In London, the British Parliament passes the Government of India Act . The law replaces the rule of the British East India Company over India and creates the Crown Colony of British India .
- 1874: In Iceland , the millennium of the conquest of the land by Ingólfur Arnarson is celebrated according to the Landnámabók's records .
- 1884: Hàm Nghi is enthroned as the eighth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty .
- 1903: The Ilinden-Preobraschenie uprising against Ottoman rule breaks out in Macedonia and Thrace . The Republic of Kruševo and the Strandscha Republic are proclaimed, but they only exist for a short time.
- 1909: At the end of the tragic week , the uprising in Barcelona against the colonial policy in Morocco is brutally suppressed by the Spanish military, killing hundreds.
- 1914: The German Reich occupies neutral Luxembourg as part of the implementation of the Schlieffen Plan . It is the first German fighting in the First World War .
- 1918: In Toronto there is greeks enemy riots that last until August 4.
- 1923: After Warren G. Harding's death , Calvin Coolidge is sworn in as the 30th President of the United States .
- 1934: Reich President Paul von Hindenburg dies at Gut Neudeck , Hitler accepts the title of “Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor”.
- 1939: Albert Einstein signs a letter written by Leó Szilárd to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt , warning of the danger posed by the National Socialist German Reich and encouraging the development of nuclear weapons .
- 1943: The speedboat PT-109 under the command of Lieutenant John F. Kennedy is sunk by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri off the Solomon Islands . However, Kennedy manages to save most of his crew.
- 1943: The Albanian communists and the national Albanian movement Balli Kombëtar sign the Mukja Agreement .
- 1943: The uprising in the Treblinka extermination camp leads to the destruction of buildings by fire, the escape of around 200 to 250 prisoners and numerous deaths when it was suppressed by the SS .
- 1944: The "gypsy block" of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp is "liquidated". The German SS murdered all 3,000 Sinti and Roma there .
- 1944: Founding of the Anti-Fascist Council for the Liberation of Macedonia . This initiates the formation of the Republic of Macedonia in post-war federal Yugoslavia.
- 1945: As a result of the Potsdam Conference , the Potsdam Agreement is signed, which decides on the denazification , demilitarization , democratization , dismantling and decentralization of Germany.
- 1945: All Sudeten Germans are deprived of their Czechoslovak citizenship by decree .
- 1958: The long-time Mafia boss of Corleone , Michele Navarra , is on the road from Lercara Friddi shot to Corleone in his car. His assassination marked the beginning of a long-running mafia war, as a result of which Corleone achieved international fame. Navarre's murderers, Luciano Liggio , Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano forcibly take control of the entire Sicilian Cosa Nostra over the next few decades .
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- 1964: Vietnam War : In the first Tonkin incident , the US destroyer USS Maddox encounters three North Vietnamese speedboats on a scouting trip in the Gulf of Tonkin and engages in a gun battle with them. However, US President Lyndon B. Johnson temporarily rejects military retaliation.
- 1980: The right-wing extremist terrorist organization Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari detonates a bomb in the train station in the Italian city of Bologna . In the attack in Bologna 85 people died and at least 200 were injured.
- 1990: Second Gulf War : Iraqi troops invade and occupy Kuwait . On the same day, the UNO unanimously condemned the invasion with Resolution 660 of the UN Security Council.
- 1998: Troops from Rwanda and Uganda invade the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
- 2004: The party The PARTY is founded by editors of the satirical magazine Titanic (Magazin) .
business
- 1834: In Eschweiler the notary contract establishing the joint stock company Eschweiler mine association closed. The stock corporation became the leading mining company in the Aachen area for decades .
- 1925: Conrad Hilton opens his first newly built hotel in Dallas , Texas , the Dallas Hilton .
science and technology
- 1869: The surgeon Gustav Simon performs the world's first kidney operation on patient Margaretha Kleb in Heidelberg .
- 1870: The Tower Subway , the first underground railway in the world to be built in a deep tube , opens in London .
- 1951: The Schoonerbrigg Wilhelm Pieck , the only sailing training ship in the GDR , is put into service.
- 1969: The Mariner 7 spacecraft takes photos of Mars as it flies by, which include two revolutions of the planet.
- 2007: The Russian research submarines Mir 1 and Mir 2 reach the sea floor below the North Pole and ram the Russian flag into the ground.
Culture
- 1902: Emil Rosenow's dialect comedy Kater Lampe is premiered in a Wroclaw theater.
- 1918: The Vernadskyj National Library of Ukraine opens in Kiev .
company
- 1876: In Deadwood (South Dakota) , Jack McCall shoots the western hero "Wild Bill" Hickok from behind while playing draw poker in Saloon No. 10 . His hand held before death is known among gamblers as Dead Man's Hand .
religion
- 1564: Pope Pius IV creates the Congregation for the Interpretation and Compliance of the Council of Trent , today's Congregation for the Clergy .
- 1675: The Portuguese Synagogue is inaugurated in Amsterdam . Your floor plan will serve as a model for other Jewish sacred buildings in Europe and America.
Disasters
- 1869: 276 people die in a firedamp explosion in the Segen-Gottes- und Neuhoffnungschacht of the Baron von Burgker coal and iron works in today's Saxon Freital .
- 1947: Crash of the Star Dust : An Avro 691 with twelve people on board disappeared under mysterious circumstances in the Chilean Andes - and was lost for over 50 years.
- 1985: A Lockheed L-1011 TriStar of Delta Air Lines crashes during a storm near the airport Fort Worth in Dallas from. 134 people die, 30 are saved.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1953: The only Formula 1 race with the participation of teams from the GDR takes place on the Nürburgring .
- 1967: The Turkish sports club Trabzonspor is founded.
- 2005: FC Schalke 04 wins the DFL League Cup in the Leipzig Central Stadium with a 1-0 win over VfB Stuttgart .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1373: Adolf II , Duke of Cleves
- 1455: Johann Cicero , Elector of Brandenburg
- 1496: Konrad Heresbach , German humanist
- 1533: Theodor Zwinger the Elder , Swiss physician
- 1545: Ernst Ludwig , son of Duke Philip I of Pomerania-Wolgast and Maria of Saxony
- 1558: Hermann von dem Bergh , imperial count von dem Bergh, governor of Spanish money
- 1612: Saskia van Uylenburgh , wife of Rembrandt van Rijn
- 1627: Samuel van Hoogstraten , Dutch painter
- 1628: Christoph Gerke , Braunschweig mayor and chronicler
- 1632: Kaspar von Stieler , German scholar and linguist
- 1640: Gérard Audran , French engraver
- 1641: Samuel Bottschild , Dresden painter
- 1646: Jean Baptiste du Casse , French flibustier and admiral
- 1664: Philipp Reinhard von Hanau-Münzenberg , Count of Hanau-Münzenberg
- 1672: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer , Swiss doctor and natural scientist
- 1674: Philippe II. De Bourbon, duc d'Orléans , regent of France
- 1684: Sophia von Sachsen-Weißenfels , Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
- 1693: Johann Georg Zierenberg , mayor in the Duchy of Bremen
- 1696: Mahmud I , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
18th century
- 1702: Dietrich von Anhalt-Dessau , regent of Anhalt-Dessau
- 1703: Lorenzo Ricci , last general of the Societas Jesu
- 1704: Maria Caroline Charlotte von Ingenheim , baroness and favorite of the later Elector and Emperor Karl Albrecht of Bavaria
- 1713: Ernst Thom , German literary scholar and rhetorician, ethnologist and economist
- 1743: August Siegfried von Goué , German Freemason and writer
- 1754: Pierre L'Enfant , French artist and scientist, Washington DC town planner
- 1757: Johann Heinrich Schmidt , German painter
- 1765: Franz Gerhard Wegeler , German physician and childhood friend of Ludwig van Beethoven
- 1772: Louis Antoine Henri de Condé , Duke of Enghien
- 1774: Conrad Arnold , Hessian politician
- 1775: José Ángel Lamas , Venezuelan composer
- 1776: Friedrich Stromeyer , German chemist
- 1778: Georg Arnold Heise , German legal scholar
- 1780: Marie-Anne Gaboury , first female settler of European descent in Western Canada
- 1783: Sulpiz Boisserée , German architect, sponsor of the cathedral building in Cologne
- 1783: Sylvester Churchill , American journalist and general
- 1788: Leopold Gmelin , German chemist
- 1791: August Piepenhagen , German painter
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802: Nicholas Wiseman , English Catholic theologian, archbishop and cardinal
- 1804: Wilhelm Schimper , German naturalist, traveler and botanist
- 1805: Gottlieb Gassen , German painter
- 1805: Heinrich Berges , German sculptor
- 1806: Alexander von Soiron , Baden politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- 1807: Theodor Vilhelm Rumohr , Danish writer
- 1808: Augustus French , American politician
- 1813: Adolf Werneburg , German name researcher and forester
- 1815: Adolf Friedrich von Schack , German poet, art and literary historian
- 1815: Bernhard Ernst von Bülow , Danish and German statesman
- 1816: Wilhelm Büchner , German pharmacist, chemist, manufacturer and politician
- 1817: Waldemar von Prussia , Prussian officer
- 1820: John Tyndall , Irish physicist
- 1823: Edward Freeman , British historian
- 1824: Franziska Caroline , Infanta of Portugal and Brazil
- 1825: John Neely Johnson , American politician
- 1825: Julius Schulhoff , Austrian pianist and composer
- 1825: Tito Speri , Italian freedom fighter
- 1827: Manuel Pavía , Spanish general, leader of the coup against the government of the First Spanish Republic
- 1829: Felix Philipp Kanitz , Austrian naturalist, archaeologist and ethnologist
- 1831: Wilhelm von Christ , German classical philologist
- 1832: Carl Justi , German philosopher and art historian
- 1832: Henry Steel Olcott , American agronomist, lawyer, co-founder, and first president of the Theosophical Society
- 1834: Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi , French sculptor, creator of the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island
- 1835: Elisha Gray , American teacher, inventor, and entrepreneur
- 1841: Werner von der Schulenburg , Prussian district administrator and politician
- 1849: Maria Pia of Naples-Sicily , princess of Naples-Sicily
- 1850: Anton Behmann , Austrian organ builder
1851-1875
- 1851: Benno Orenstein , German railroad industrialist
- 1852: Bernhard Duhr , German Jesuit, theologian and historian
- 1853: Harrington Emerson , American manager and management theorist
- 1854: Eugène Luffy , Swiss politician, Federal Councilor
- 1854: Marie von Sachsen-Altenburg , Princess of Prussia
- 1855: Cornélie van Zanten , Dutch opera singer
- 1856: Hermann Rodewald , German agricultural scientist
- 1857: Aloys Schulte , German historian and archivist
- 1858: Emma von Waldeck and Pyrmont , as the wife of Wilhelm III. Queen of the Netherlands
- 1862: Duncan Campbell Scott , Canadian lyric poet and storyteller
- 1862: Ida Gerhardi , German painter of classical modernism
- 1863: Anton Peter Arida , Lebanese Archbishop and Patriarch
- 1863: Gottfried Krüger , German physician and local researcher
- 1865: Josef Maria Auchentaller , Austrian painter, draftsman and graphic artist
- 1866: Charles Francis Adams III , American politician, Secretary of the Navy
- 1866: Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery , Belgian naval officer and polar explorer
- 1867: Johanne Dybwad , Norwegian actress and director
- 1868: Heinrich Reineke , German politician
- 1868: Constantine I , King of the Hellenes
- 1868: Theodor Wolff , German writer, publicist and critic
- 1870: Alfred Fuchs , Austrian neurologist
- 1870: Marianne Weber , German women's rights activist and sociologist
- 1871: John French Sloan , American painter
- 1873: Géza Kohn , Serbian publisher
- 1873: Clara Siebert , German politician
- 1874: Émile Reuter , Luxembourg politician
- 1875: Emma Ender , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
1876-1900
- 1876: Pingali Venkayya , originator of the Indian national flag
- 1878: Ingeborg Charlotte of Denmark , daughter of King Frederik VIII of Denmark
- 1878: August Högn , German composer and historian
- 1878: Aino Kallas , Finnish writer and poet
- 1878: Berta Ruck , Welsh writer
- 1880: Arthur Garfield Dove , American painter
- 1880: Carl Furtmüller , Austrian educator and social reformer
- 1880: Benito Rebolledo , Chilean painter
- 1881: Dora Boothby , British badminton and tennis player
- 1882: Friedrich Hauck , German Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1882: Ernst Perels , German historian
- 1882: Johannes Tralow , German novelist, storyteller, playwright and publicist
- 1883: Jonathan M. Wainwright , United States Army general
- 1884: Rómulo Gallegos , Venezuelan politician and writer
- 1884: Marg Moll , German sculptor and author
- 1885: Cezaria Anna Baudouin , Polish ethnologist, art historian and linguist
- 1885: Claire Dux , German singer
- 1885: Hans Peters , German graphic artist, painter and art teacher
- 1886: John Alexander Douglas McCurdy , Canadian aviation pioneer and politician
- 1887: Oskar Anderson , German economist, statistician and mathematician
- 1887: Louis Audouin-Dubreuil , French officer
- 1887: Goswin Frenken , German philologist and literary historian
- 1887: Fritz Jöde , German music teacher
- 1888: Cecil Cunningham , American actress
- 1888: Margarete Fischer-Bosch , German politician
- 1889: Leslie Boardman , Australian swimmer
- 1890: Anton Dörfler , German writer and local poet
- 1890: Arnold Kübler , Swiss writer
- 1891: Arthur Bliss , English composer
- 1891: Wiktor Maximowitsch Schirmunski , Russian philologist, dialectologist and Germanist
- 1892: Jack L. Warner , Canadian film producer, screenwriter, and director
- 1894: Curt Backeberg , German cactus collector, researcher and author
- 1894: Charlotte Eisler , Austrian singer and singing teacher
- 1894: Alfonso Esparza Oteo , Mexican composer, pianist and singer
- 1894: Carlo Galimberti , Italian weightlifter, Olympic champion
- 1894: Hal Mohr , American cameraman
- 1894: Reine Bibois , Italian poet of the Franco-Provencal language
- 1896: Sarah T. Hughes , American lawyer and politician
- 1896: Hermann Reusch , German industrialist
- 1897: Karl Otto Koch , German SS standard leader, camp commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp
- 1897: Rudolf Schleicher , German engineer and motorcycle racing driver
- 1897: Philippe Soupault , French poet and writer
- 1897: Max Weber , Swiss politician, Federal Councilor
- 1898: Hermann Giesler , German architect
- 1898: Fritz Theodor Overbeck , Swiss botanist
- 1899: Ove Andersen , Finnish obstacle runner
- 1899: Paul Eugen Sieg , German physicist and writer of technical science fiction
- 1899: Hans-Peter Will , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1900: Franz Marszalek , German conductor
- 1900: Helen Morgan , American jazz singer and actress
- 1900: Gustav Simon , German politician, MdL, MdR, Gauleiter, head of civil administration in Luxembourg
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei , Archbishop of Philadelphia and Cardinal
- 1902: Mina Rees , American mathematician
- 1903: Mathilde Danegger , German actress
- 1903: Gretel Haas-Gerber , German painter
- 1903: Johannes Baptist Lotz , German philosopher
- 1903: Nakano Yoshio , Japanese literary scholar and translator
- 1904: Werner Seelenbinder , German wrestler and communist
- 1905: Alexander Golling , German actor
- 1905: Karl Amadeus Hartmann , German composer
- 1905: Myrna Loy , American actress
- 1905: Rudolf Prack , Austrian actor
- 1907: Klaus Riedel , German rocket designer
- 1907: Stepan Pavlovich Suprun , Soviet pilot
- 1908: René Graetz , German sculptor and graphic artist
- 1910: Truus van Aalten , Dutch actress
- 1910: Tilli Breidenbach , German actress
- 1911: Alfred Mansveld , Belgian bobsleigh driver
- 1912: Ann Dvorak , American actress
- 1914: Kinoshita Junji , Japanese writer
- 1914: Charlotte Schreiber-Just , German actress and radio play speaker
- 1914: Beatrice Straight , American actress
- 1915: Ruscha Deltschewa , Bulgarian actress
- 1915: Ove Karlsson , Swedish football player
- 1916: Hans Hopf , German hero tenor
- 1916: Michael Gough , British archaeologist
- 1916: Hans Peter Schanzlin , Swiss musicologist
- 1919: Carlo Savina , Italian film composer
- 1920: Johann Max Böttcher , German entrepreneur and philanthropist
- 1920: Mary Boyce , British Iranist, university teacher and religious scholar
- 1920: Victor Hasler , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1920: Werner Müller , German author, composer, conductor, arranger and orchestra leader
- 1921: Ruth Barcan Marcus , American philosopher and logician
- 1921: Marija Bursać , Yugoslav communist and partisan
- 1921: Dieter Claessens , German sociologist and anthropologist
- 1921: Rudi Michel , German sports journalist
- 1921: Erwin Wenzl , Austrian politician
- 1922: Gábor Agárdi , Hungarian actor
- 1922: Jan Buck , Sorbian painter
- 1922: Paul Fitzgerald , Australian portrait painter
- 1922: Paul Laxalt , American politician
- 1922: Isao Nakauchi , Japanese entrepreneur and philanthropist
- 1923: Pierre Bini , French football player
- 1923: Shimon Peres , Prime Minister and Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- 1923: Anne-Marie Vurpas , French dialectologist
- 1924: Raffaele Andreassi , Italian poet, journalist and documentary filmmaker
- 1924: James Baldwin , American author
- 1924: Trofim Fyodorowitsch Lomakin , Soviet weightlifter
- 1924: Hans Gitschier , German football goalkeeper
- 1924: Carroll O'Connor , American actor
- 1924: OF Weidling , German talk show host and conférencier on GDR television
- 1925: Horst Scherbaum , German footballer
- 1925: Jorge Rafael Videla , Argentine general and dictator
1926-1950
- 1926: Elisabeth Adler , German pedagogue and publicist
- 1926: George Habasch , General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
- 1927: Fredrik Bull-Hansen , Norwegian officer and diplomat
- 1927: Ernesto Formenti , Italian boxer
- 1928: Luigi Colani , Swiss designer and design philosopher
- 1928: Theo Hotz , Swiss architect
- 1929: José Afonso , Portuguese singer and composer
- 1929: Gisela Bleibtreu-Ehrenberg , German sociologist
- 1929: Bernard L. Kowalski , American film director, film producer and screenwriter
- 1930: Ursula Kraus , German politician (SPD)
- 1930: Manfred Sexauer , German radio and television presenter
- 1930: Omar Shapli , American actor, drama teacher, and writer
- 1931: Ruth Maria Kubitschek , German actress
- 1931: Viliam Schrojf , Czechoslovak football player
- 1931: Philippa Schuyler , American pianist, journalist and author
- 1932: Leo Boivin , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1932: Donald Hunsberger , American conductor and arranger
- 1932: Lamar Hunt , American sports personality
- 1932: Noboru Ishiguro , Japanese walker
- 1932: Mark Heinrich von Nathusius , German military
- 1932: Peter O'Toole , Irish actor
- 1933: Zbigniew Bujarski , Polish composer
- 1933: Erich Schneider , German politician
- 1934: Valery Fyodorowitsch Bykowski , Soviet cosmonaut
- 1935: Volker Brandt , German actor
- 1935: Wolfgang Frühwald , German literary scholar
- 1936: André Gagnon , Canadian composer, pianist, conductor and actor († 2020)
- 1936: Anthony Payne , British composer and musicologist
- 1937: María Duval , Mexican actress and singer
- 1937: Gundula Janowitz , Austrian opera, oratorio and concert soprano
- 1937: Walter Schmidt , German soccer player
- 1937: Fernando Torres Durán , Roman Catholic clergyman
- 1938: Brunhilde Hendrix , German athlete and Olympic medalist
- 1938: Friedhelm Konietzka , German-Swiss football player and coach, shooter of the first Bundesliga
- 1938: Yvonne Rüegg , Swiss ski racer, Olympic champion
- 1939: Wes Craven , American film director, producer
- 1939: Ursula Karusseit , German actress and director
- 1939: Helga Schuchardt , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1939: John W. Snow , 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
- 1940: Bekololari Ransome-Kuti , Nigerian politician and human rights activist
- 1941: Jules Hoffmann , French biologist of Luxembourg descent and Nobel Prize winner
- 1941: Jacob Murey , Israeli chess player
- 1942: Isabel Allende , Chilean writer
- 1942: Afonso Redentor Araújo , composer of the national anthem of East Timor
- 1942: Tonino Ascari , Italian racing driver and entrepreneur
- 1942: Leo Beenhakker , Dutch football coach
- 1942: Niels Busk , Danish politician
- 1942: Juan Formell , band leader and bassist
- 1942: Chester Leo Helms , co-founder of Big Brother & the Holding Company
- 1943: Dirk H. Dau , German judge
- 1943: Rainer Nägele , American literary scholar
- 1943: Oliver Seraphin , Dominican businessman, politician and Prime Minister
- 1943: Max Wright , American actor
- 1944: Jim Capaldi , British musician
- 1944: Jeannette Miller , Dominican poet and narrator, essayist, educator and art historian
- 1944: Hans Muff , Swiss music producer, clarinet and saxophone player
- 1944: Mark Naftalin , multi-instrumentalist
- 1944: Naná Vasconcelos , Brazilian jazz musician
- 1945: John Bowis , British politician and MEP
- 1945: Joanna Cassidy , American actress
- 1945: Heinrich Reimer , German karateka and national trainer for kumite in the AKS karate style
- 1946: Inga Rumpf , German singer and composer
- 1947: Massiel , Spanish singer
- 1947: James Rumbaugh , American computer scientist
- 1948: Borivoje Đorđević , Yugoslav football player
- 1948: Adam Kopczyński , Polish ice hockey player
- 1948: Andy Fairweather Low , Welsh singer and guitarist
- 1948: Bob Rae , Canadian politician
- 1949: Roy Andersson , Swedish football player
- 1949: Bei Dao , Chinese essayist and poet
- 1949: Bertalan Farkas , Hungarian cosmonaut and pilot
- 1949: Reinhold Hiller , German graduate trade teacher and politician
- 1949: Mario Illien , Swiss engineer and engine developer
- 1949: Louis Krages , German racing car driver and businessman
- 1949: Golda Tencer , Polish actress and singer
- 1950: Jussi Adler-Olsen , Danish author
- 1950: Joan Albert Amargós , Spanish composer and conductor
- 1950: Mathieu Carrière , German actor
- 1950: Gerd Hubold , German marine and fisheries biologist
- 1950: Edith Niehuis , German politician
- 1950: Ted Turner , British musician and singer
1951-1975
- 1951: Burkhard Asmuss , German historian
- 1951: Rüdiger Grube , German manager, CEO of Deutsche Bahn AG
- 1951: Steve Hillage , British musician
- 1951: Marcel Iureș , Romanian film and theater actor
- 1951: Uli Schaus , German handball goalkeeper
- 1951: Joe Lynn Turner , singer for rock bands Rainbow and Deep Purple
- 1952: Alain Giresse , French football player
- 1953: Bernhard Bönisch , German politician
- 1953: Peter-Michael Kolbe , German rower
- 1953: Donnie Munro , singer in the Scottish band Runrig
- 1954: Ken MacLeod , British science fiction writer from Scotland
- 1955: Caleb Carr , American writer
- 1955: Gail Neall , Australian swimmer
- 1957: Helen Bischofberger , Liechtenstein athlete
- 1957: Maria Splitt , Liechtenstein athlete
- 1957: Butch Vig , American drummer and music producer
- 1957: Thomas Straubhaar , German economist, President of the Hamburg World Economic Institute
- 1958: Damian Harris , British-American film director and screenwriter
- 1958: Robert Idl , Austrian football player
- 1959: Apollonia Kotero , American singer
- 1959: Armin Sowa , German basketball player
- 1960: Linda Fratianne , figure skater
- 1960: Neal Morse , American musician
- 1960: Olivier Gruner , French actor
- 1961: Cui Jian , Chinese musician
- 1961: David Binney , American jazz musician
- 1961: Karin Riediger , German figure skater and trainer
- 1961: Gustav Weder , Swiss bobsleigh driver
- 1963: Mark Dominik Alscher , German internist
- 1963: Andreas Dörhöfer , German handball player
- 1963: Jens Ramme , German football goalkeeper
- 1964: Henry Aruna , Auxiliary Bishop of Kenema
- 1964: Frank Biela , German racing car driver
- 1964: Ernesto Maguengue , Bishop of Pemba (Mozambique)
- 1964: Mary-Louise Parker , American actress
- 1964: Taku Tsumugi , Japanese manga artist
- 1965: Angela Hauck , German speed skater
- 1965: Günter Kutowski , German soccer player
- 1965: Katrin Müller-Hohenstein , German radio and television presenter
- 1965: Linus Förster , German politician
- 1966: Michael Marx , German journalist and television presenter
- 1966: Kevin Dorff , American actor and comedian
- 1967: Zoltán Egressy , Hungarian playwright
- 1967: Marco Giampaolo , Italian football player and coach
- 1967: Aaron Krickstein , American tennis player
- 1967: Katharina Lehmann , German actress
- 1968: Boris Dlugosch , German house musician
- 1968: Manuel Forcano , Spanish writer
- 1968: Russell Latapy , Trinidadian football player
- 1968: Stefan Effenberg , German soccer player
- 1969: Erik Meijer , Dutch football player
- 1969: Fernando Couto , Portuguese soccer player
- 1969: Ioan Codruț Șereș , Romanian politician and Vice-President
- 1970: Jonathan Kaye , American golfer
- 1970: Kevin Smith , American director and actor
- 1970: Tony Amonte , ice hockey player
- 1971: Julie Parisien , American ski racer
- 1972: Corinne Rey-Bellet , Swiss ski racer
- 1972: Jacinda Barrett , Australian actress and model
- 1972: Justyna Steczkowska , Polish singer
- 1972: Mohammad ad-Daʿayyaʿ , Saudi Arabian football goalkeeper
- 1972: Daniele Nardello , Italian racing cyclist
- 1973: Éric Deflandre , Belgian football player
- 1973: Susie O'Neill , Australian swimmer
- 1973: Felix von Leitner , German entrepreneur
- 1975: Mineiro , Brazilian soccer player
- 1975: Xu Huaiwen , German badminton player
1976-2000
- 1976: Sam Worthington , Australian actor
- 1976: Kati Wilhelm , German biathlete and three-time Olympic champion
- 1976: Reyes Estévez , Spanish middle distance runner
- 1976: Birgit Unterweger , Austrian actress
- 1977: Roman Cress , Marshal sprinter
- 1977: Edward Furlong , American actor
- 1977: Florian Stetter , German theater and film actor
- 1978: Goran Gavrančić , Serbian football player
- 1978: Natashia Williams , American actress and musician
- 1979: Yvo Antoni , German dog trainer and acrobat
- 1979: Manuel Arboleda , Colombian soccer player
- 1979: Reuben Kosgei , Kenyan runner
- 1979: Susanne Bormann , German actress
- 1980: Ivica Banović , Croatian football player
- 1980: Nadja Robiné , German actress
- 1981: Georg-Rainer Köttstorfer , German ice hockey player
- 1982: Terumi Asoshina , Japanese long distance runner
- 1982: Hélder Postiga , Portuguese football player
- 1982: Ricardo Teixeira , Portuguese-Angolan racing driver
- 1983: Korkmaz Arslan , German-Turkish actor
- 1983: Michel Bastos , Brazilian soccer player
- 1983: Berit Kristensen , Danish handball player
- 1983: Marianne Rørvik , Norwegian curler
- 1983: Thomas Stipsits , Austrian cabaret artist
- 1984: Giampaolo Pazzini , Italian football player
- 1984: Jonathan Worsley , Welsh darts player
- 1985: Ilija Bozoljac , Serbian tennis player
- 1985: Laura Steinbach , German handball player
- 1985: Macoumba Kandji , Senegalese soccer player
- 1986: Mathieu Razanakolona , Canadian-Malagasy ski racer
- 1987: Fotis Antonarakis , Greek track and road cyclist
- 1987: Hannah Hoekstra , Dutch actress
- 1987: Nizar Ben Nasra , Tunisian-Austrian football player
- 1988: Robert Hrgota , Slovenian ski jumper
- 1988: Martin Waschul , German handball player
- 1989: Nacer Chadli , Belgian football player
- 1989: Marcel Gaus , German soccer player
- 1990: Dejan Judež , Slovenian ski jumper
- 1990: Tony Mamodaly , German-Malagasy football player
- 1991: Adam Lönn , Swedish handball player
- 1992: Greg Austin , British actor
- 1992: Hallie Kate Eisenberg , American actress
- 1995: Edzard Ehrle , German actor
- 1995: Kristaps Porziņģis , Latvian basketball player
- 1996: Elisabeth Reisinger , Austrian ski racer
- 1997: Yuto Nakamura , Japanese Nordic combined athlete
- 1997: Christina Robinson , American actress
Died
Before the 17th century
- 257: Stephen I , Bishop of Rome, saint
- 640: Severinus , Pope
- 686: John V , Pope from 685 to 686
- 1058: Judith von Schweinfurt , Duchess of Bohemia
- 1075: Gundekar II , Bishop of Eichstätt
- 1082: Theobald , Bishop of Strasbourg
- 1100: Wilhelm II , English king
- 1141: Berthold I , Abbot of St. Blasien
- 1142: Alexios Komnenos Porphyrogennetos , Byzantine co-emperor
- 1222: Raymond VI. , Count of Toulouse and Margrave of Provence, main opponent of the Albigensian Crusade
- 1288: Alix of Brittany , French nobleman and crusader
- 1332: Christopher II , King of Denmark
- 1350: Robert de Ferrers , English nobleman
- 1402: Elisabeth of Bavaria , Countess of Württemberg
- 1411: Philip Darcy, 6th Baron Darcy de Knayth , English nobleman
- 1445: Oswald von Wolkenstein , South Tyrolean poet, composer and diplomat
- 1503: Force VI. von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Neuenstein , canon in Mainz and Speyer
- 1512: Alessandro Achillini , Italian philosopher and doctor
- 1514: Gjon Kastrioti II , Albanian prince and count in the Kingdom of Naples
- 1520: Johannes V. Thurzo , Prince-Bishop of Breslau
- 1530: Kanō Masanobu , Japanese painter
- 1548: Heinrich II. , Duke of Münsterberg, Oels and Bernstadt
- 1561: Hans Kemmer , German painter
- 1564: Thomas Grynaeus , German theologian and reformer
- 1567: Myeongjong , 13th King of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea
- 1575: Christoph II , Margrave of Baden
- 1579: Joseph Nasi , Jewish diplomat and banker, last Duke of the Duchy of Archipelagos on Naxos
- 1589: Heinrich III. , French and Polish king
17th and 18th centuries
- 1631: Johann von Bodeck , Dutch-German banker
- 1639: Jakub Kryštof Rybnický , Czech composer
- 1641: Georg von der Wense , German administrative officer
- 1644: Bernardo Strozzi , Italian painter
- 1648: Claudia of Lorraine , Duchess of Lorraine
- 1667: Francesco Borromini , Italian architect
- 1678: Nicolaus Jarre , Hamburg mayor and lawyer
- 1691: Friedrich I , Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
- 1696: Robert Campbell of Glenlyon , Scottish nobleman and military man
- 1711: Christoph Pfautz , German mathematician, astronomer, geographer and librarian
- 1719: Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł , Polish magnate and Grand Chancellor of Lithuania
- 1725: Otto Heinrich Volger , Mayor of Hanover
- 1732: Henriette Amalie von Friesen , Countess Reuss zu Obergreiz
- 1738: Uejima Onitsura , Japanese poet
- 1764: Balthasar Riepp , Austrian painter
- 1767: Johann David Steinmüller , German Evangelical Lutheran theologian
- 1776: Louis François I de Bourbon , Prince of Conti
- 1776: Jordan Simon , German theologian
- 1776: Matthew Maty , Dutch medic, biographer and librarian
- 1781: August Wilhelm , Prussian general
- 1787: Johann Wilhelm Franz von Krohne , German adventurer and author
- 1788: Thomas Gainsborough , British painter
- 1791: Johann Rudolph Anton Piderit , German Protestant theologian, clergyman and educator
- 1791: Agnes Sophie Reuss zu Ebersdorf , landowner in Upper and Lower Lusatia
- 1791: Louise Friederike von Württemberg , Duchess of Mecklenburg
- 1792: Johann Ludwig Schmidt , German legal scholar
- 1799: Jacques Étienne Montgolfier , French co-inventor of the first hot air balloon
19th century
- 1800: Philipp Fischer , German physician and personal physician
- 1803: Michael Philipp Boumann , German architect
- 1804: Johann Andreas Tafinger , German pedagogue and theologian
- 1806: Johann Heinrich Vincent Nölting , German theologian and philosopher
- 1815: Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune , Marshal of France
- 1823: Lazare-Nicolas-Marguerite Carnot , French politician, scientist and military man
- 1827: James Hewitt , American composer
- 1830: Jean-Chrysostôme Bruneteau de Sainte-Suzanne , French general
- 1830: Friedrich David Gräter , German Germanist, founder of scientific Nordic studies in Germany
- 1835: Ferdinand August von Spiegel , Archbishop of Cologne
- 1835: Cornelis Adrianus van Enschut , Dutch legal scholar
- 1844: Jean Pierre Joseph d'Arcet , French chemist
- 1846: Florentin zu Salm-Salm , 4th Prince of Salm-Salm at Wasserburg Anholt
- 1847: Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker , German lawyer
- 1848: Frederick Marryat , British officer and writer
- 1849: Muhammad Ali Pasha , Governor of the Ottoman Province of Egypt
- 1851: Amatore Sciesa , Italian freedom fighter
- 1854: Heinrich Clauren , German writer
- 1860: André Marie Constant Duméril , French zoologist
- 1866: Peter Friedrich Arndt , German mathematician
- 1870: Melchior Philipp Karl Baumann , German politician
- 1874: Heinrich Ahrens , German legal philosopher
- 1874: August Anschütz , German legal scholar
- 1874: Albert von Veiel , German doctor and dermatologist
- 1876: Bill Hickok , American western hero
- 1879: Kazimierz Władysław Wójcicki , Polish writer
- 1881: Marcus Clarke , Australian writer
- 1887: Gustav Werner , German pastor and founder of the foundation
- 1891: Ferdinand Schlöth , Swiss sculptor
- 1892: Joseph Stevens , Belgian painter
- 1895: Curt Schimmelbusch , German pathologist
- 1895: Joseph Thomson , British explorer and traveler to Africa
- 1897: Adam Asnyk , Polish poet and playwright
- 1898: Christoph Friedrich Ammermüller , doctor from Württemberg, teacher, entrepreneur, publicist and politician
- 1898: Stevenson Archer , American politician
- 1898: Edward Bibbins Aveling , English zoologist
- 1899: Benno Richard von Arent , Prussian lieutenant general
20th century
1901-1950
- 1904: Gustav von Arnim , Prussian landowner and politician
- 1908: Carl Werckshagen , German theologian and pastor, writer and editor
- 1909: Josef Zítek , Bohemian architect
- 1914: Gabriel Dupont , French composer
- 1916: Martin Philippson , German historian
- 1919: Christoph Blumhardt , German theologian and pastor
- 1919: Johann von Dallwitz , German politician
- 1920: Jean Casimir Félix Guyon , French doctor
- 1921: Enrico Caruso , Italian opera singer
- 1922: Alexander Graham Bell , British speech therapist, inventor and large entrepreneur
- 1922: Karl Berthold Hofmann , Austrian chemist and physician
- 1923: Hugo Gaudig , German educator
- 1923: Warren G. Harding , US President
- 1923: Aurelio Silva , Chilean violinist and music teacher
- 1930: Ferdinand Emmerich , German researcher, world traveler and travel writer
- 1930: Robert Poetzelberger , German painter
- 1931: Hitomi Kinue , Japanese athlete
- 1932: Dan Brouthers , American baseball player
- 1932: Ignaz Seipel , Austrian theologian and politician
- 1934: Paul von Hindenburg , German general, President of the Reich
- 1936: Louis Blériot , French aviation pioneer
- 1936: Maurice Harvey , British racing car driver
- 1938: Edmund Duggan , Australian actor and playwright
- 1938: Fritz Held , German entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1941: Marieluise Claudius , German actress
- 1942: Friedrich Aereboe , German agricultural economist
- 1944: Joseph Bonnet , French-Canadian organist, composer and music teacher
- 1944: Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst , Viceroy of India
- 1944: Felka Platek , Polish painter
- 1945: Pietro Mascagni , Italian composer
- 1945: Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek , Austrian composer
- 1946: Jóannes Patursson , Faroese farmer, poet and politician
- 1947: Tomás Berreta , President of Uruguay
- 1948: Julius Kühlewein , Protestant theologian
- 1949: Hermann Grab , Czech writer and musician
- 1950: Luigi Lavitrano , Italian priest, Bishop of Cava, Archbishop of Palermo and Cardinal of the Curia
- 1950: Richard Lenel , German industrial pioneer
1951-2000
- 1951: John Paine , American marksman
- 1952: Johann Lemmerz , German designer and entrepreneur
- 1952: Joseph Schnetz , Austrian philologist
- 1952: Karel Lamač , Czech film director, screenwriter and actor
- 1954: René Amengual Astaburuaga , Chilean composer
- 1954: Teodor Regedziński , Polish chess player
- 1955: Rupprecht of Bavaria , German Crown Prince and General
- 1955: Wallace Stevens , American poet
- 1957: Georges Hébert , French developer of the Méthode Naturelle
- 1958: Wilhelm Büning , German architect
- 1959: Paul Forell , German soccer player
- 1960: Bob Gutowski , American pole vaulter
- 1964: Carel Godin de Beaufort , Dutch Formula 1 driver
- 1964: Paul Burkhard , Swiss sculptor and draftsman
- 1964: José María Castro , Argentine composer
- 1964: Olga Desmond , dancer and actress
- 1965: František Langer , Czech writer and military doctor
- 1967: Adrien Arcand , Canadian right-wing extremist
- 1967: Henryk Berlewi , Polish painter and graphic artist
- 1967: Karl Zuhorn , German politician
- 1971: Anton Grylewicz , German politician
- 1971: Ludwig Marcuse , American philosopher and writer
- 1972: Paul Goodman , American social philosopher and poet
- 1972: Ralph Maria Siegel , German composer and lyricist
- 1972: Rudolph Ganz , Swiss composer, pianist and conductor
- 1973: Jean-Pierre Melville , French film director
- 1973: Julio Meinvielle , Argentine writer and priest
- 1973: Richard Gerlach , German zoologist, writer and ethnologist
- 1974: Douglas Hawkes , British entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1975: Fernando Soucy , Canadian singer and fiddle player
- 1976: Fritz Lang , Austrian-German-American film director
- 1976: Johannes Siegfried Schubert , German Tibetologist
- 1977: Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira , Portuguese clergyman and Patriarch of Lisbon
- 1978: Carlos Chávez Ramírez , Mexican composer
- 1979: Franz Blatt , Austrian-Danish Middle Latin philologist
- 1979: Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1979: Thurman Munson , American baseball player
- 1979: Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre , Peruvian politician, founder of the oldest Peruvian party ( APRA )
- 1980: Herbert Koschel , German javelin thrower
- 1980: Eduard Platner , German politician
- 1981: Delfo Cabrera , Argentine marathon runner
- 1981: Josef Breuer , German chess composer
- 1981: Kieran Doherty , Northern Irish resistance fighter
- 1982: Albert Aschl , German archivist and local history researcher
- 1982: Kurt Feltz , German songwriter
- 1982: Rudolf Maros , Hungarian composer
- 1983: James Jamerson , American bass player
- 1985: Philip Don Estridge , developer of the IBM PC
- 1985: Frank Faylen , American actor
- 1985: Karlheinz Stroux , German director
- 1988: Stephen Eugene Anderson , American hurdler
- 1988: Raymond Carver , American author
- 1989: Luiz Gonzaga , Brazilian singer, accordionist and composer
- 1989: Marsilio Pasotti , Italian racing car driver
- 1989: Marcel Stern , French composer and violinist
- 1990: Norman Maclean , American writer
- 1990: Georges de Mestral , Swiss engineer, inventor of the Velcro fastener
- 1990: Janusz Sidło , Polish athlete
- 1992: Michel Berger , French singer and composer
- 1993: Cardinal Guido del Mestri , Italian clergyman and Vatican diplomat
- 1994: Fahri Atabey , Turkish medic and politician
- 1994: Hilde Radusch , German politician, Nazi resistance fighter and lesbian activist
- 1996: Anthony Rayappa Arulappa , Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore
- 1996: Vera Auer , Austrian accordionist and vibraphonist
- 1996: Michel Debré , French politician
- 1997: William S. Burroughs , American writer, representative of the Beat Generation and postmodernism
- 1997: Fela Kuti , Nigerian saxophonist and band leader
- 1997: James Krüss , German writer and poet
- 1997: Paul Kurzbach , German composer
- 1998: Mapy Cortés , Puerto Rican actress
- 1998: Arnold Verhoeven , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1999: Meisei Gotō , Japanese writer
- 2000: Georg von Hatzfeld , German politician and publisher
21st century
- 2002: Daniel Timsit , Algerian politician, doctor and writer
- 2003: Don Estelle , British actor and singer
- 2003: Oscar Müller , German actor
- 2003: Joachim Piefke , German manager
- 2004: Agustín Pérez Pardella , Argentine writer
- 2004: Eleonore Romberg , German politician, MdL
- 2004: Heinrich Mark , Estonian lawyer and politician
- 2004: José Pastoriza , Argentine soccer player and coach
- 2005: Loulie Jean Norman , American soprano
- 2006: Friedrich Conzen , German entrepreneur
- 2006: Gabriel Montalvo Higuera , Colombian Archbishop and Vatican diplomat
- 2006: Holger Börner , German politician, Prime Minister of Hesse
- 2006: Johannes Willebrands , Dutch Archbishop and Cardinal of the Curia
- 2007: Albert Richter , German forest scientist
- 2007: Kay Dotrice , British actress
- 2008: Fujio Akatsuka , Japanese manga artist
- 2008: Thomas John Ashton , British banker and peer
- 2009: Adolf Endler , German writer
- 2010: Ansgar Nierhoff , German sculptor
- 2010: Joseph Greger , German racing car driver
- 2011: Baruj Benacerraf , American physician, Nobel Prize winner
- 2012: Liselotte Funcke , German politician
- 2012: Bernd Meier , German soccer player
- 2013: Patricia Anthony , American author
- 2014: Barbara Prammer , Austrian politician
- 2016: David Huddleston , American actor
- 2016: Cardinal Franciszek Macharski , Polish clergyman, Archbishop of Krakow
- 2016: Ahmed Zewail , Egyptian chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 2016: Kurt Weiler , German animation director
- 2019: Vahakn N. Dadrian , Armenian genocide researcher and sociologist
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Christoph Blumhardt , German pastor and politician (Protestant)
- International holidays and memorial days
- State holidays and memorial days
- North Macedonia , National Day (1903)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
Web links
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