20th of August
The August 20 is the 232nd day of the Gregorian calendar (the 233rd in leap years ), thus remain 133 days by year end.
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events
Politics and world events
- 2: Lucius Caesar , designated successor to Emperor Augustus , dies on the way to Spain in Massilia in southern Gaul .
- 636: The defeat of the Byzantines against the Arabs in the Battle of Yarmuk ends Byzantine rule in the Middle East.
- 917: After the victory of the Bulgarian Tsar Simeon I over the Byzantines in the Battle of Anchialus , they have to pay him an annual tribute from now on .
- 1191: 2,700 Muslim prisoners of the conquered city of Acre are from the Crusader army of the Third Crusade with Richard the Lionheart killed .
- 1297: At the Battle of Veurne , the French under Robert von Artois have the upper hand over a Flemish army fighting for Count Guido I of Flanders .
- 1400: Due to dissatisfaction with developments in the Holy Roman Empire and the inactivity of the incumbent ruler, the electors depose King Wenzel and elect Ruprecht III. from the Palatinate to his successor.
- 1619: The Atlantic slave trade reaches the North American continent . The first 20 black slaves arrive in Jamestown, Virginia on a Dutch ship .
- 1640: A Scottish army under commanders Leslie and Montrose invades England in the Second Episcopal War after King Charles I, together with William Laud , Archbishop of Canterbury , wanted to impose a new Catholic liturgy on the Scots .
- 1648: French troops win the Battle of Lens in the Franco-Spanish War .
- 1672: The Dutch politician Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt are brutally murdered by supporters of the House of Orange . Responsibility for the wars in the Rampjaar (disaster year) is blamed on the brothers .
- 1710: In the battle of Saragossa , the rival king Karl III defeated. King Philip V of Spain in the War of the Spanish Succession
- 1713: During the War of the Spanish Succession , the French general Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars conquered the town of Landau in the Palatinate and then set fire to the Electoral Palatinate and Baden with his armed forces .
- 1760: Seven Years War : The Imperial Army can not prevent a Prussian retreat to Torgau in the battle near Oschatz .
- 1775: Spanish settlers found the city of Tucson and built a fortress at the same time .
- 1794: At the Battle of Fallen Timbers , United States forces strike an alliance of Chippewa , Ottawa , Potawatomi , Shawnee , Delaware, and Mingo led by Shawnee Chief Weyapiersenwah .
- 1804: With the death of Sergeant Charles Floyd , the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore western North America suffers its only loss.
- 1860: Under the eyes of around 15,000 onlookers begins in Melbourne , the Burke and Wills expedition . Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills want to cross the Australian continent from south to north with the 19-person expedition .
- 1864: In Kyōto there is an uprising at the Hamaguri Gate , triggered by political dissatisfaction among population groups under the slogan Sonnō jōi .
- 1866: This date officially marks the end of the American Civil War . This is recorded by US President Andrew Johnson in the Act of March 2, 1867 .
- 1870: During the Franco-Prussian War , the Army of the Rhine, withdrawn by Marshal Bazaine , is trapped in the city of Metz by the Prussians and their allies . A siege begins that will last until October 27th.
- 1893: In Switzerland , a popular initiative to abolish shafts is adopted.
- 1896: The Philippines revolt against the colonial rule of Spain . The authorities became aware of the existence of the Katipunan secret society .
- 1914: During the First World War , German troops take the Belgian capital, Brussels . On the same day the siege of Antwerp began , which lasted until October 10th.
- 1915: Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire .
- 1935: The seventh (and last) World Congress of the Communist International ends in Moscow .
- 1940: The Spaniard Ramón Mercader carried out an assassination attempt on Leon Trotsky in his apartment in Mexico City on behalf of the Soviet secret service NKVD . Trotsky succumbs to his injuries the next day.
- 1940: The People's Liberation Army opens the Hundred Regiments Offensive in the Second Sino-Japanese War .
- 1942: Roland Freisler succeeds Otto Georg Thierack, who was appointed Reich Minister of Justice , as President of the People's Court .
- 1944: During World War II, the Red Army begins Operation Jassy-Kishinev , with which it conquers Romania within a few days.
- 1946: In the Control Council Act No. 34, the Allies dissolve the German Wehrmacht . In fact, with its unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945 , the army lost its importance.
- 1949: Hungary is transformed by the communists into a people 's republic through a constitution based on the Soviet model .
- 1960: Senegal breaks away from the Mali Federation and declares its independence.
- 1964: Prepared by the German Development Service , the first 14 development workers leave for Dar-es-Salam in Tanzania .
- 1968: On the night of 20 on August 21, occupying armies of the Warsaw Pact countries to Czechoslovakia , and finish the Prague Spring .
- 1980: In Resolution 478 , the UN Security Council condemns the annexation of East Jerusalem by Israel in the Six Day War .
- 1988: The First Gulf War ends with a ceasefire between Iran and Iraq
- 1991: Estonia declares its independence from the Soviet Union .
- 1998: Operation Infinite Reach : In retaliation for the bombings on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania , the US air force surprisingly attacks targets in Afghanistan and Sudan . Cruise missiles fired from warships also destroy the Ash Shifa pharmaceuticals factory in al-Chartum Bahri , Sudan .
- 2018: Greta Thunberg starts her school strike for the climate in front of the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm and thus lays the foundation for the school and student movement Fridays for Future .
business
- 1866: The first union in the USA is formed in Baltimore . It propagates a maximum of eight hours of work per day.
- 1898: The Gornergratbahn goes into operation.
science and technology
- 1885: The astronomer Ernst Hartwig observes the supernova S Andromedae (SN 1885A) in the Andromeda nebula at the Estonian Tartu Observatoorium .
- 1960: As part of the Sputnik 5 mission, the dogs "Belka" and "Strelka", which had been shot into space the day before, were the first living beings to return safely to Soviet soil in their landing capsule .
- 1969: As part of the Stormfury project , silver iodide is scattered a second time in Hurricane Debbie after August 18 . The intensity of the hurricane is reduced by a further 18 percent after this “vaccination”.
- 1975: The spacecraft Viking 1 of NASA launches on the way to Mars.
- 1977: The American space probe Voyager 2 starts on its way to the planets Jupiter , Saturn , Uranus and Neptune .
Culture
- 1730: The world premiere of the opera The Generous Free-Mason of Henry Carey takes place in London.
- 1823: The tragedy Almansor by Heinrich Heine has its premiere at the National Theater Braunschweig staged by Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann , who has intervened in several ways in the piece. The performance turns into a fiasco and has to be stopped after tumultuous scenes in the auditorium. As far as is known, the unsuccessful premiere remains the only staging of the piece and one of Heine's dramas at all.
- 1851: The first performance of the romantic opera Aurelia, Duchess of Bulgaria by Conradin Kreutzer takes place in Kassel.
- 1857: The French poet Charles Baudelaire is sentenced to a fine for "insulting public morality and good manners".
- 1882: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture , a commissioned work about Russia's victory against Napoleon in the Patriotic War , is premiered in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.
- 1929: The artists of the Stuttgart New Secession open their first joint exhibition.
- 1972: The Wattstax music festival takes place in Los Angeles .
- 2002: In Rovereto which opened Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto (MART), which among other things, a collection of futuristic art houses.
society
- 1719: Friedrich August II / August III. marries Maria Josefa of Austria in Vienna.
religion
- 1083: Pope Gregory VII canonizes both the first Hungarian king Stephen I and his son.
- 1527: The Augsburg Synod of Martyrs begins; it lasts until August 24th.
- 1890: Germany's highest church is consecrated with the Wendelstein Church.
- 1995: The Neasden Temple, the largest Hindu temple outside of India at the time , opens in London .
- 2000: The Russian Orthodox Church canonize Tsar Nicholas II , his wife and children because of their martyrdom in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior .
Disasters
- 1857: At the entrance to Sydney Harbor, the British clipper Dunbar crashes on the rocky shore in strong winds and heavy rain. Of the 122 people on board, only one survived.
- 1868: In the railway accident at Abergele , 33 people die in the rubble of the subsequent fire. At the time, it was the worst railway accident in British history.
- 1988: An earthquake of 6.6-magnitude in Nepal and India about 1,450 requests deaths.
- 2008: The crash of flight JK 5022 of Spanair shortly after takeoff on the Madrid-Barajas die 154 people.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1892: The Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow opens. In the opening game, the player of the defeat Celtic FC to FC Renton with 4: 3.
- 1920: In the USA the later National Football League (NFL) is created at a meeting in the city of Canton (Ohio) . The association organizes American football .
- 1967: Wormatia Worms is the first German team to play with jersey advertising .
- 1980: Reinhold Messner is the first mountaineer to conquer Mount Everest alone and without an oxygen device.
- 2006: Princess Haya of Jordan opens the 2006 World Equestrian Games in Aachen, which will last until September 3rd.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
(* 1517)
Jöns Jakob Berzelius
(* 1779)
Heinrich von Gagern
(* 1799)
- 1085: Bolesław III. Wrymouth , Duke of Poland
- 1377: Shāh Ruch , Timurid prince
- 1457: Seongjong , 9th king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea
- 1517: Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle , French Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal, Diplomat and Minister
- 1561: Jacopo Peri , Italian composer
- 1571: Charles de Lorraine , Duke of Guise
- 1579: Hans Iversen Wandal , Danish Lutheran theologian and bishop
- 1613: Sophie Elisabeth von Mecklenburg , German composer
- 1625: Thomas Corneille , French playwright
- 1640: Johann Heinrich Hävecker , German theologian and histographer
- 1664: Johann Pálffy , Imperial Field Marshal and Palatine of Hungary
- 1674: Christian Karl von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg , Brandenburg-Prussian officer
- 1694: Johann Georg Geret , German Protestant theologian and educator
- 1695: Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans , daughter of Philip II of Orléans
18th century
- 1706: Johann Baptist von Thurn und Taxis , Imperial Count and Bishop of Lavant
- 1710: Samuel Locke , German builder
- 1710: Thomas Simpson , British mathematician
- 1719: Charles-François de Broglie , French diplomat
- 1719: Christian Mayer , German experimental physicist, astronomer, geodesist, cartographer and meteorologist
- 1727: Johann Joseph Gaßner , German-Austrian exorcist and faith healer
- 1741: Vincenzo Brenna , Italian-Russian architect and painter
- 1742: Christian Gottlieb Geyser , German painter and engraver
- 1742: Tadeusz Reytan , member of the Polish Sejm
- 1744: Michelangelo Luchi , Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church
- 1744: Karl Christian Tittmann , German Protestant theologian
- 1745: Francis Asbury , American bishop
- 1750: Julie Clodius , German writer
- 1752: Friederike Caroline Luise von Hessen-Darmstadt , daughter of Georg Wilhelm von Hessen Darmstadt
- 1752: Peter Ochs , Swiss politician
- 1753: Philipp Jacob Piderit , German medic
- 1761: Joseph of Braganza , Infante of Portugal
- 1762: Elisabeth von Matt , Austrian astronomer and geodesist
- 1767: Johann Adolf Engels , German entrepreneur
- 1772: Ferdinand Bernhard Vietz , Austrian medic and botanist
- 1775: Franz Dinnendahl , designer of the first steam engine in the Ruhr area
- 1777: Francis I , King of Sicily and Naples
- 1778: Bernardo O'Higgins , Chilean independence fighter and Chile's first head of state
- 1779: Jöns Jakob Berzelius , Swedish chemist, is considered the father of modern chemistry
- 1786: José Joaquín Prieto Vial , President of Chile
- 1792: Alfred Gustav Friedrich von Domhardt , Prussian landowner
- 1792: Jakob Ignaz Hittorff , French architect
- 1796: Wenceslaus Babinsky , Bohemian robber
- 1796: Armand-Jacques-Achille Leroy de Saint-Arnaud , French general and statesman
- 1798: Paul Wilhelm Eduard Sprenger , Austrian architect
- 1799: Heinrich von Gagern , liberal German politician in the age of the Vormärz and the March Revolution
- 1800: Bernhard Heine , German medic
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802: Heinrich Bernhard von Andlaw-Birseck , Baden politician and Catholic leader
- 1802: Friedrich Wilhelm I , last elector and sovereign Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
- 1807: Narcisso Virgilio Díaz de la Peña , French painter
- 1812: Green Adams , American politician
- 1813: Henri Amat , French politician
- 1813: Emil Keßler , German entrepreneur and founder of mechanical engineering companies
- 1814: Raffaele Piria , Italian doctor and chemist
- 1817: Celestine Joseph Ganglbauer , Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Vienna, Cardinal
- 1818: John Ball , Irish politician
- 1819: Hermann Rollett , Austrian poet, art writer and local researcher
- 1823: Carl Adler , German lawyer and politician
- 1824: Horst Lommer , German lawyer
- 1825: Amor De Cosmos , Canadian politician and journalist
- 1827: Charles De Coster , Belgian writer
Josef Strauss
(* 1827)
Eduard Suess
(* 1831)
Benjamin Harrison
(* 1833)
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- 1827: Josef Strauss , Austrian composer and conductor
- 1831: Eduard Suess , Austrian geologist and politician
- 1833: Benjamin Harrison , 23rd President of the United States
- 1840: Wilhelm Lehmann , German emigrant, colonist and city founder
- 1842: Franz Gustav Arndt , German landscape and genre painter
- 1842: Christoph Wilhelm Otto Hubbe , Magdeburg entrepreneur and Royal Privy Councilor of Commerce
- 1843: Nicolò Marini , cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1843: Christine Nilsson , Swedish opera singer
- 1844: Mutsu Munemitsu , Japanese politician, Minister of Agriculture and Trade, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Boleslaw Prus
(* 1847)
Mutsu Munemitsu
(* 1844)
Raymond Poincaré
(* 1860)
- 1847: Bolesław Prus , Polish writer and publicist
- 1849: Joseph-Jean-Félix Aubert , French painter
- 1850: Percy Shelley Anneke , entrepreneur
1851-1900
- 1851: Abraham Berge , Norwegian politician
- 1854: Paul Schlenther , German theater critic, writer and theater director
- 1856: Jakub Bart-Ćišinski , Sorbian poet
- 1858: Fritz Skowronnek , German journalist and writer
- 1860: Raymond Poincaré , French statesman
- 1861: Reinhard Brauns , German mineralogist
- 1862: Jesse Carleton , American golfer
- 1862: Paul Stäckel , German mathematician
- 1864: Karl Fritz , German Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
- 1866: Eduard Philipp Arnold , German architect, lecturer and author
- 1867: Kōda Rohan , Japanese writer
- 1867: Richard Reinhard Emil Schorr , German astronomer
- 1868: Luigi Forino , Italian cellist and music teacher
- 1869: Johannes Eduard Franz Bölsche , German musician and composer
- 1870: Rudolf Grauer , Austrian explorer of Africa
- 1872: Henry Ernest Atkins , English chess player
- 1872: Georg Davidsohn , German politician and journalist
- 1872: Paul von Winterfeld , German classical philologist
- 1873: Eliel Saarinen , Finnish architect
- 1873: Eugen Schmalenbach , German economist
- 1873: Oskar Theodor Schweriner , German-American journalist and writer
- 1876: Joaquín Samuel de Anchorena , Argentine lawyer and politician
- 1877: Franz Langoth , Austrian politician
- 1878: Karl Birnbaum , German psychiatrist and neurologist
- 1878: Jakub Deml , Czech priest, poet and writer
- 1881: Aleksander Hellat , Estonian lawyer and diplomat
- 1881: Rosa Manus , Dutch feminist
- 1882: Ricardo Joaquín Alfaro Jované , 15th President of Panama
- 1883: Robert Lehr , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister of the Interior
- 1883: Sergio Tofano , Italian comic artist, writer, director, actor and makeup artist
- 1884: Rudolf Bultmann , German Protestant theologian
- 1884: Forrest C. Donnell , American politician
- 1885: Walter Rohrbeck , German university professor
- 1886: István Abonyi , Hungarian chess player and chess official
- 1886: Paul Tillich , German-American Protestant theologian
- 1887: Otto Gleichmann , German expressionist
- 1889: Wilhelm Flitner , German philosopher and educator
- 1889: Fritz Wartenweiler , Swiss writer
- 1890: Cees ten Cate , Dutch football player
- 1890: HP Lovecraft , American writer
- 1891: Shisō Kanaguri , Japanese marathon runner
- 1891: Otto Uhlmann , Swiss composer and conductor
- 1892: George Aiken , American politician
- 1892: Marcel Delabarre , French racing car driver
- 1894: Josef Straßberger , German weightlifter, Olympic champion
- 1895: Käthe Leichter , Austrian trade unionist and author of socio-political works
- 1895: Eberhard Baier , German general
- 1897: Forman Phillips , American country host and promoter
- 1898: Leopold Infeld , Polish theoretical physicist
- 1898: Vilhelm Moberg , Swedish writer
- 1898: Julius Schaub , German Nazi functionary, longstanding personal chief adjutant of Adolf Hitler
- 1898: Elisabeth Treskow , German goldsmith and art professor
- 1899: Johannes Lilje , German theologian, art historian and regional bishop
- 1900: Rita Montaner , Cuban singer and actress
- 1900: Manfred Roeder , German military judge at the time of National Socialism
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Armin Dadieu , Austrian chemist and rocket expert
- 1901: Salvatore Quasimodo , Italian poet and critic
- 1902: André Galoisy , French racing car driver
- 1904: Hans-Georg Lindenstaedt , German table tennis player
- 1904: Volodymyr Malanczuk , Ukrainian bishop
- 1904: Martin Schwantes , German communist and resistance fighter
- 1905: Jean Gebser , consciousness researcher
- 1905: André Giriat , French rower
- 1905: Hasan Kikić , Bosnian writer
- 1905: Clemens von Podewils , German journalist and writer
- 1905: Jack Teagarden , American musician
- 1906: Henry Austin , English tennis player
- 1906: Hans Aumeier , German SS member, concentration camp commandant, war criminal
- 1906: Ludwig Hoffmeister , State Commissioner of Hanover
- 1907: Rosa Book , Austro-American opera singer
- 1908: Beattie Feathers , American football player and coach
- 1908: Al Lopez , American baseball player and manager
- 1909: André Morell , British actor
- 1909: Konrad von Wangenheim , German rider
- 1909: Olga Nikolajewna Rubzowa , Russian chess player
- 1910: Eero Saarinen , Finnish architect and designer
- 1910: Gerhard Kroll , German politician
- 1911: Jean Jacques Deyrolle , French painter and printmaker
- 1911: Helmut Welz , German officer
- 1912: František Fajtl , Czech pilot
- 1913: Karl Heinz Robrahn , Catholic poet
- 1913: Roger Sperry , American neurobiologist
- 1915: Hans Quest , German actor
- 1916: Bernard Archard , British actor
- 1916: Paul Felix Schmidt , Baltic German chess master
- 1916: Richard Stücklen , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister, President of the Bundestag
- 1918: Luise Herklotz , German politician
- 1919: Horst Scharfenberg , German TV chef, journalist, producer and author
- 1920: Lisa Dräger , Lübeck patron
- 1920: Vincentas Sladkevičius , Archbishop of Kaunas and Cardinal
- 1921: Leonid Viktorovich Afanassjew , Soviet composer
- 1921: Gert Kalow , German writer and publicist
- 1921: Jürgen Kieser , German comic artist, commercial artist and caricaturist
- 1922: Alexander Malachovsky , German-speaking actor, radio play director and speaker
- 1922: Frans de Munck , Dutch football player
- 1923: Tom Mike Apostol , American mathematician
- 1923: Jim Reeves , American country singer
- 1923: Roger Shattuck , American literary scholar
- 1924: Ernst Breit , German politician, chairman of the German Federation of Trade Unions
- 1924: Friedrich Karl von Eggeling , forestry advisor, conservationist, specialist book author, writer
1926-1950
- 1928: Günter Fehring , German archaeologist
- 1928: Pete Rademacher , American heavyweight boxer
- 1928: Siegfried Böhm , German politician, Minister of Finance of the GDR
- 1929: Gerda Antti , Swedish writer
- 1929: Rafael Arkadu Tschimischkjan , Soviet weightlifter
- 1930: Mario Bernardi , Canadian conductor and pianist
- 1930: Jan Olszewski , Polish politician
- 1931: Bernd Becher , German photographer
- 1931: Alain Goraguer , French jazz pianist, arranger and composer
- 1931: Heinz Oberbeck , German athlete
- 1932: Wassili Pawlowitsch Aksjonow , Russian writer
- 1932: Bogdan Povh , Slovenian-German physicist
- 1933: Isabel Avellán , Argentine athlete
- 1934: Arno Surminski , German writer
- 1934: Ernst-Jürgen Dreyer , German writer, playwright and translator
- 1934: Frieda Grafe , German film critic, film essayist and translator
- 1934: Sneaky Pete Kleinow , American country musician
- 1934: Armi Kuusela , Finnish model and actress
- 1935: Jan Redelfs , German football referee
- 1935: Martin Schleker , German actor, theater director and writer
- 1935: Justin Tubb , American country musician
- 1936: Míriam Colón , American actress
- 1936: Regine Heinecke , German painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- 1936: Alice and Ellen Kessler , German entertainers
- 1936: David Macdonald , Canadian politician
- 1936: Felix Meier , German politician, Minister for Electrical Engineering and Electronics of the GDR
- 1936: Hideki Shirakawa , Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1936: Bernhard Wessel , German soccer player
- 1937: Martin Amelung , German lawyer and criminal defense attorney
- 1937: Andrei Sergejewitsch Michalkow-Konschalowski Russian director
- 1937: Georg Thoma , German ski jumper
- 1937: Horst Dehn , German football player
- 1937: Jean-Louis Petit , French conductor, composer, pianist and organist
- 1937: Walter Eykmann , German CSU politician
- 1938: Anne Cameron , Canadian writer and screenwriter
- 1938: Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien , French spaceman
- 1938: Kaneaster Hodges , American politician
- 1939: Erhard Bungeroth , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- 1939: Fernando Poe Jr. , Filipino actor, presidential candidate
- 1939: Bärbel Sothmann , German politician
- 1940: Gary Collins , American football player
- 1940: Georg Girisch , German politician
- 1940: Gisaburō Sugii , Japanese director and screenwriter
- 1941: Hannelore Hoger , German actress and theater director
- 1941: Slobodan Milošević , Yugoslav and Serbian politician, President of Yugoslavia and Serbia
- 1941: Július Satinský , Slovak actor
- 1942: Denis Dayan , French racing car driver
- 1942: Bernd Kannenberg , German athlete
- 1942: Hans-Joachim Klein , German swimmer, President of the DOG
- 1942: Isaac Hayes , American soul musician and composer
- 1942: Bernd Podak , German handball player
- 1943: Jorge Arriagada , Chilean composer
- 1943: Erwin Knäpper , German politician
- 1943: Jiggs Whigham , American jazz trombonist and band leader
- 1944: Michael B. Tretow , Swedish music producer, sound engineer and musician
- 1944: Rajiv Gandhi , Indian politician
- 1944: Rudolf Thanner , German ice hockey player
- 1945: Jürgen Heinrich , German actor
- 1945: Sylvie Richterová , Czech poet, writer and literary theorist
- 1946: Peter Ambrozy , Austrian politician
- 1946: Henryk M. Broder , German journalist and writer
- 1946: Axel Dirx , German politician and trade unionist
- 1946: Laurent Fabius , French politician
- 1946: Jürgen Hambrecht , German industrial manager
- 1946: Ralf Hütter , German musician
- 1946: Hans Meiser , German television presenter
- 1946: Gudrun Schaich-Walch , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1947: Alan Lee , British illustrator and film designer
- 1947: Andrzej Ćwierz , Polish politician, member of the Sejm
- 1947: Ray Wise , American actor
- 1947: Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar , Brazilian general and UN commander
- 1948: Hartwig Bertrams , German racing car driver
- 1948: Barbara Allen Rainey , American pilot, first female pilot in the US armed forces
- 1948: Bernhard Russi , Swiss ski racer, Olympic champion
- 1948: Hansjörg Schlager , German ski racer
- 1948: John Noble , Australian actor and theater director
- 1948: Robert Plant , British rock musician
- 1949: Nikolas Asimos , Greek songwriter
- 1949: Hans-Heinrich Ehlen , German politician
- 1949: Leonard Lehrman , American composer and musicologist
- 1949: Phil Lynott , Irish musician, singer and songwriter
- 1950: Manfred Wittrock , German psychologist
- 1950: Petra Kandarr , German sprinter
- 1950: Irena Kukutz , German politician, artist and publicist
1951-1975
- 1951: Greg Bear , American science fiction writer
- 1951: Kalle Pohl , German musician and comedian
- 1952: John Hiatt , American country singer and songwriter
- 1953: David First , American composer
- 1954: John William Ashe , President of the United Nations General Assembly
- 1954: Edith Hagg , Austrian television journalist
- 1954: Debra White Plume , American (lakota) activist
- 1955: Doug Mason , Canadian and Dutch ice hockey coach
- 1955: Ned Overend , American mountain biker and cross triathlete
- 1956: Joan Allen , American actress
- 1957: Holger Ansmann , German politician
- 1957: Finlay Calder , Scottish rugby player
- 1957: Abigail Fisher , American ski racer
- 1957: David Heilbroner , American documentary filmmaker
- 1958: Arnd Bauerkämper , German historian
- 1958: David O. Russell , American director, producer, and writer
- 1958: Melitta Sollmann , German luge athlete
- 1958: Daniel Torres , Spanish comic book writer
- 1959: Patrick Lo Giudice , Swiss artist
- 1959: Sabine Rossbach , German journalist and radio presenter, director of the NDR Landesfunkhaus Hamburg (2010-)
- 1960: Veit Wolpert , German politician, MdL
- 1961: Greg Egan , Australian science fiction writer
- 1961: Peter Joachim Krause , German cameraman
- 1961: Steve McMahon , English football player and coach
- 1961: Joachim Rukwied , German farmer and agricultural functionary
- 1961: Maren Winter , German writer
- 1962: Christoph Asmuth , German philosopher
- 1962: Geoffrey Blake , American actor
- 1962: James Marsters , American actor and musician
- 1962: Duffy Waldorf , American professional golfer
- 1963: Dora Cojocaru , Romanian composer
- 1963: Riccardo Ferri , Italian football player
- 1964: Dino Dvornik , Croatian singer, actor and reality TV performer
- 1964: Giuseppe Giannini , Italian football player and coach
- 1964: Detlef Müller , German politician
- 1965: KRS-One , American hip hop MC
- 1965: Laurent Lécuyer , Swiss racing driver
- 1965: Raphael Sperrer , Austrian rally driver
- 1965: Moses Tanui , Kenyan long distance runner
- 1966: Patrik Andreasson , Swedish badminton player
- 1966: Dimebag Darrell , American guitarist
- 1966: Markus Gandler , Austrian cross-country skier and ORF co-commentator
- 1967: Uwe Amstein , German soccer player
- 1968: Kay Espenhayn , German swimmer in disabled sports
- 1968: Stefan Schmatz , German physical chemist and theoretical chemist
- 1970: Fred Durst , American singer
- 1970: John Carmack , American programmer, game developer
- 1970: Marc Hosemann , German actor
- 1971: Daniel Oberegger , South Tyrolean composer, writer and filmmaker
- 1971: David Walliams , British actor
- 1971: Nenad Bjelica , Croatian football player
- 1972: Scott Quinnell , Welsh rugby player
- 1973: Alban Bushi , Albanian football player
- 1973: Hur Suk-ho , South Korean professional golfer
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Amy Adams (* 1974)
- 1974: Amy Adams , American actress
- 1974: Misha Collins , American actor
- 1974: Big Moe , American rapper
- 1974: Szabolcs Sáfár , Austro-Hungarian football player
- 1975: Marcin Adamski , Polish football player
- 1975: Lutz van der Horst , German comedian
1976-2000
- 1976: Chris Drury , American ice hockey player
- 1976: Stephan Maaß , German soccer player
- 1977: Henning Stensrud , Norwegian ski jumper
- 1977: Ívar Ingimarsson , Icelandic football player
- 1977: Stéphane Gillet , Luxembourg soccer player
- 1978: Alberto Martín , Spanish tennis player
- 1978: Neco Martínez , Colombian football player
- 1979: Jamie Cullum , British jazz pianist and singer
- 1979: Denis Špoljarić , Croatian handball player
- 1980: Samuel Dumoulin , French cyclist
- 1981: Ben Barnes , British actor
- 1981: Alexander Blinow , Russian sports shooter
- 1981: James Gillingham , Canadian basketball player
- 1981: Jacob Weigert , German actor and voice actor
- 1982: Arisa , Italian pop singer
- 1982: Aytek Aşıkoğlu , Turkish football player
- 1982: Youssouf Hersi , Dutch football player
- 1982: Joshua Kennedy , Australian soccer player
- 1982: Meghan Ory , Canadian actress
- 1983: Andrew Garfield , American-British actor
- 1983: Jelena Poljonowa , Russian handball player
- 1983: Yuri Schirkow , Russian football player
- 1984: Michael Apelgren , Swedish handball player and coach
- 1984: Valery Atrashchenkov , Ukrainian badminton player
- 1985: Natalie Hagel , German handball player
- 1985: Andreas Rojewski , German handball player
- 1985: Sarah Elena Timpe , German actress
- 1986: Germain Agustien , Dutch football player
- 1986: Damien Gaudin , French cyclist
- 1986: Daniel Martin , Irish cyclist
- 1987: Stefan Aigner , German soccer player
- 1987: Justyna Kasprzycka , Polish athlete
- 1987: Cătălina Ponor , Romanian gymnast
- 1988: Thomas Hylkema , Dutch racing driver
- 1988: Jerryd Bayless , American basketball player
- 1988: Dominik Stahl , German soccer player
- 1989: Astrid Aschenbrenner , Austrian actress and cabaret artist
- 1989: Alena Gerber , German model, presenter and actress
- 1989: Žana Marić , Croatian handball player
- 1989: Judd Trump , English snooker player
- 1990: Ashlee Ankudinoff , Australian cyclist
- 1990: Davide Dato , Italian ballet dancer
- 1990: Christian Gebhardt , German singer, presenter and EntertBerbainer
- 1991: Simon Desue (Joshua Weißleder), German web video producer
- 1991: Max Hegewald , German actor and director
- 1991: Arseni Maximowitsch Logashow , Russian football player
- 1992: Matej Delač , Croatian football goalkeeper
- 1992: Kasper Kisum , Danish handball player
Demi Lovato (* 1992)
- 1992: Demi Lovato , American actress and singer
- 1992: Deniss Rakeļs , Latvian football player
- 1995: Zsá Zsá Inci Bürkle , German actress
- 1995: Liana Liberato , American actress
- 1996: Max Hopp , German dart player
- 1996: Luca Pfeiffer , German soccer player
- 1999: Elvedina Muzaferija , Bosnian ski racer
- 2000: Fátima Ptacek , American child actress and model
Died
Before the 15th century
- 2: Lucius Iulius Caesar Vipsanianus , adoptive son of Augustus
- 651: Oswine , King of Deira
- 684: Philibert , abbot and saint
- 984: John XIV , Pope from 983 to 984
- 997: Konrad I , Duke of Swabia
- 1025: Burchard von Worms , bishop and canon lawyer
- 1085: al-Juwainī , legal scholar and theologian
- 1148: Wilhelm II , Count of Nevers
- 1153: Bernhard von Clairvaux , medieval abbot, crusade preacher and mystic
- 1260: Jaromar II , Prince of Rügen
- 1263: Gobert VI. from Apremont , French nobleman
- 1271: Johanna , Countess of Toulouse and Margravine of Provence
- 1276: Berengar , Abbot of Ebrach
- 1297: William Fraser , Bishop of St Andrews
- 1348: Bernhard III. , Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
- 1348: Bernardo Tolomei , saint of the Catholic Church
- 1390: Konrad Zöllner von Rotenstein , 23rd Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- 1396: Marsilius von Inghen , medieval logician and philosopher
15th to 18th century
- 1418: Burkhard II von Lützelstein , provost of the bishopric of Strasbourg and Elekt of Strasbourg
- 1471: Borso d'Este , Duke of Ferrara, Modena
- 1487: Jacques de Luxembourg-Ligny , Seigneur of Richebourg, nobleman in the service of Burgundy and France
- 1488: Hippolyta Maria Sforza , Duchess of Calabria
- 1501: Otto II von Königsmarck , Bishop of Havelberg
- 1504: Ruprecht von der Pfalz , Bishop of Freising and pretender to the throne of Bavaria-Landshut
- 1519: Luigi de 'Rossi , cardinal of the Catholic Church
- 1528: Georg von Frundsberg , German soldier and mercenary leader
- 1536: Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach , provost in Würzburg Cathedral
- 1572: Miguel López de Legazpi , Spanish conquistador
- 1574: Sebastian Ochsenkhun , German lutenist and composer
- 1607: Wilhelm Zepper , Reformed theologian
- 1621: Rudolf von Anhalt-Zerbst , Prince of Anhalt
- 1637: Anton Varus , German logician and physician
- 1638: Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo , Italian painter and fresco artist
- 1638: Arnold Engelbrecht , Chancellor of the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
- 1639: Jakob Bidermann , German playwright
- 1639: Martin Opitz , German baroque poet
- 1651: Jeremi Wiśniowiecki , Polish magnate and general
- 1672: Johan de Witt , Dutch statesman
- 1672: Cornelis de Witt , Dutch politician
- 1690: Alexandre II. De Bournonville , French military in Spanish and imperial service
- 1701: Charles Sedley , English poet
- 1707: Nicolas Gigault , French organist and composer
- 1711: Louis-François de Boufflers , French general and Marshal of France
- 1714: Cristóbal de Villalpando , New Spanish painter
- 1716: Brand Westermann , German builder
- 1720: Johannes Sembach , Mayor of Karlsruhe
- 1724: Antonio Francesco Peruzzini , Italian landscape painter
- 1761: Diego Girolamo Maderni , Swiss Capuchin
- 1762: Shāh Walī Allāh ad-Dihlawī , Indian Islamic scholar
- 1785: Jean-Baptiste Pigalle , French sculptor
19th century
- 1804: Charles Floyd , American explorer, member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- 1819: Friederike von Reitzenstein , German writer
- 1819: Daniel Tobenz , Austrian Catholic theologian
- 1821: Dorothea of Courland , Duchess of Courland
- 1823: Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus , German publisher
- 1823: Pius VII , Pope
- 1824: Paul Christoph Gottlob Andreä , German legal scholar
- 1834: Friedrich Wilhelm Offelsmeyer , German Protestant clergyman
- 1854: Karl Ludwig Drobisch , German composer
- 1854: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling , German philosopher, main exponent of German idealism
- 1862: Eduard Pistorius , German genre painter and etcher
- 1882: Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke , Russian naval officer, circumnavigator, explorer and writer
- 1887: Johann Nordmann , Austrian journalist and writer
- 1891: Franz Friedrich Ernst Brünnow , German astronomer
- 1897: Michele Angiolillo Lombardi , Italian anarchist and assassin
20th century
1901-1950
- 1905: Heinrich Bulthaupt , German author
- 1905: Alexander von Oettingen , theologian
- 1905: Franz Reuleaux , German engineer
- 1908: Gustav Ipavec , Slovenian composer
- 1908: Louis Varney , French operetta composer
- 1910: Henning August von Arnim-Schlagenthin , German count
- 1910: Otto Piltz , German painter
- 1910: August Robert Wolff , Warsaw publisher and bookseller
- 1912: William Booth , founder and first general of the Salvation Army
- 1912: Jozef Samaša , Archbishop of Eger and Cardinal
- 1913: Émile Ollivier , French politician
- 1914: Max Theodor von Karajan , Austrian classical philologist
- 1914: Pius X. , Pope from 1903 to 1914
- 1915: Paul Ehrlich , German chemist, medic and serologist
- 1917: Alexander Georg Aster , German architect and non-fiction author
- 1917: Adolf von Baeyer , German chemist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1917: Robert von Mendelssohn , German banker, art collector and patron
- 1925: Jakob Christoph Heer , Swiss writer
- 1927: Enrique Reig y Casanova , Archbishop of Toledo and Cardinal
- 1928: Huldreich Heusser , German automobile racing driver
- 1931: Waldemar von Baußnern , German composer and music teacher
- 1931: Oskar von Truppel , German naval officer and governor of Kiautschou
- 1932: Paul Keller , German writer and publicist
- 1934: Gabriel Zelger , Swiss bishop
- 1936: Eduard Christian Arning , German-English dermatologist and leprosy researcher
- 1940: Percy Moreau Ashburn , American medic and military doctor
- 1942: Rudolf Spielmann , Austrian chess grandmaster
- 1943: Rita Arnould , Belgian resistance fighter
- 1944: Hans Fischinger , German film director
- 1945: Amakasu Masahiko , Japanese lieutenant
- 1945: Alexander Roda Roda , Austrian writer and publicist
- 1948: Emery Roth , American architect of Hungarian descent
1951-2000
- 1952: Kurt Schumacher , German politician, party chairman
- 1956: Bernard William Griffin , British Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster
- 1957: Sterling Bunnel , American surgeon
- 1959: Johan Ankerstjerne , Danish cameraman
- 1959: William Frederick Halsey , American admiral
- 1959: Alfred Kubin , Austrian graphic artist and book illustrator
- 1960: Paul Smets , German musicologist, bell and organ expert
- 1961: Percy Williams Bridgman , American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1961: Otto Zehentbauer , German sculptor
- 1963: Mabel Garrison , American singer
- 1963: Heinrich Gerns , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
- 1965: Odile Defraye , Belgian cyclist
- 1973: Luiza Andaluz , Portuguese nun
- 1980: Joe Dassin , French singer
- 1982: Ulla Jacobsson , Swedish stage and film actress
- 1982: Nicolas Naaman , Syrian Archbishop
- 1983: Aleksandar Ranković , Yugoslav politician
- 1984: Heinrich Austermann , German politician
- 1986: Paul Doyon , Canadian pianist and organist
- 1986: Thad Jones , American jazz trumpeter
- 1988: Jean-Paul Aron , French journalist, writer and philosopher
- 1989: George Adamson , British naturalist
- 1989: Syd van der Vyver , South African motorcycle and automobile racing driver
- 1990: Rudolf Gellesch , German football player
- 1990: Werner Lansburgh , German writer and publicist
- 1991: Kurt Locher , Swiss civil servant
- 1993: Friedrich Meyer , German musician
- 1995: Hugo Pratt , Italian comic book writer
- 1996: Rio Reiser , German rock musician
- 1997: Yoshio Atoji , Japanese sociologist
- 1997: Norris Bradbury , American physicist
- 2000: Silvio Francesco , Italian entertainer, singer, clarinetist and actor
- 2000: Siegfried Wünsche , German motorcycle racer
21st century
- 2001: Fred Hoyle , British astronomer and mathematician
- 2001: Kim Stanley , American actress
- 2006: Claude Blanchard , Canadian actor and singer
- 2006: Renate Brausewetter , German actress
- 2006: Eugen Dietrich Graue , German law scholar and university professor
- 2006: Joe Rosenthal , American photographer
- 2007: Michael Danzinger , Austrian pianist, entertainer and composer
- 2007: Berthold Grünfeld , Norwegian psychiatrist, social medicine specialist and Holocaust survivor
- 2007: Leona Helmsley , US hotel regent
- 2007: Bolko Hoffmann , German politician and editor
- 2008: Hua Guofeng , Chinese politician
- 2008: Gene Upshaw , American football player and official
- 2009: Larry Knechtel , American musician
- 2011: Udo Timm , German politician (CDU)
- 2012: Phyllis Diller , American comedian and actress
- 2012: Dom Mintoff , Maltese politician
- 2013: Elmore Leonard , American writer
- 2013: Erik Neutsch , German writer
- 2016: Lothar Kusche , German writer and satirist
- 2017: Margot Hielscher , German pop singer, actress and costume designer
- 2017: Jerry Lewis , American comedian, singer and actor
- 2018: Uri Avnery , Israeli human rights and peace activist
- 2019: Rudolf Hundstorfer , Austrian politician and trade unionist (SPÖ)
- 2020: Frankie Banali , American rock musician
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Samuel , Israelite prophet (Catholic, Orthodox, Armenian, Protestant: LCMS )
- St. Bernard of Clairvaux , French abbot and preacher, mystic, doctor of the church and patron saint (Protestant, Anglican, Catholic)
- St. Philibert , French abbot and founder of the monastery (Catholic)
- State holidays and memorial days
- Hungary , founding day of the Kingdom of Hungary (1000)
- Estonia , Independence Day (1991)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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