April 21

The April 21 is the 111th day of the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years ), thus remain still 254 days until the end of the year.

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Events

Politics and world events

753 BC BC: The seven hills of Rome

• 753 BC BC : According to the legend of Origo gentis Romanae , Romulus founds the city of Rome on the Seven Hills . The legendary Roman royal era begins.
• 43 BC BC : In the Battle of Mutina , the Senate Party under consul Aulus Hirtius and Octavian defeats the supporters of the murdered Caesar under Mark Antony and thus ends the siege of Modena . However, Hirtius fell in battle and Octavian was appointed consul a little later and changed sides in the Roman Civil War .
• 1509 : With the death of his father Henry VII , Henry VIII of the House of Tudor becomes King of England . The coronation will take place on June 24th.

1519: Hernán Cortés' campaign of conquest begins

• 1519 : The Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés lands on the Mexican coast on San Juan de Ulúa near the present-day city of Veracruz , from where he begins the conquest of Mexico and the Aztec Empire .
• 1631 : The Protestant signatories of the manifesto of the Leipzig Convention stand against Emperor Ferdinand II during the Thirty Years' War . Together with the Catholic imperial estates, he closes the Protestant side's desire to negotiate a withdrawal of the Edict of Restitution , which escalates the conflict.
• 1782 : The Siamese King Rama I solemnly erects the city pillar ( Lak Müang ) of Bangkok , which he makes the new capital of Siam . This marked the beginning of the Rattanakosin era in Thai history.
• 1792 : Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes , who tried to carry out a revolution in Brazil along the lines of the USA against Portuguese colonial rule , is executed in Rio de Janeiro . He later becomes the Brazilian national hero, April 21, an official Brazilian holiday.
• 1813 : Prussia determines in the Landsturm Edict that all men between the ages of 17 and 60, unless they belong to the army or the Landwehr , must in future obey a national defense contingent .

1836: Battle of San Jacinto

• 1836 : With the battle cry Remember the Alamo ! The Texans under Sam Houston defeat the troops of the Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna in the Battle of San Jacinto . The Republic of Texas has fought for independence from Mexico after 18 months in the Texan War of Independence .

1847: Potato Revolution

• 1847 : On the Gendarmenmarkt and the Molkenmarkt in Berlin the " potato revolution " breaks out, tangible disputes over the skyrocketing prices for potatoes .
• 1873 : During the violent suppression of the Frankfurt beer riot in Frankfurt am Main , triggered by a beer price increase , 20 people die and 300 are arrested.

1918: Fokker Dr.I (replica)

• 1918 : In the aerial warfare of the First World War , the German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen , the "Red Baron", is shot down and killed with his Fokker Dr.I in an aerial battle with an RAF fighter squadron led by Arthur Roy Brown over France.
• 1944 : In a decree of the government-in-exile of free France under Charles de Gaulle , French women are given the right to vote , which is implemented after the victory in World War II .
• 1945 : The Sachsenhausen concentration camp , which was about to be liberated by the Red Army in World War II , is evacuated by the SS . 33,000 prisoners are sent on death marches to the northwest.
• 1945 : The Red Army penetrates the city limits of Berlin for the first time near Malchow . With the house-to-house war in the Battle of Berlin , the Second World War entered its final phase on the German Eastern Front .
• 1945 : Near Bautzen , the German Wehrmacht opens its last major tank offensive in World War II against the advancing Polish and Soviet armies. The battle for Bautzen lasts until April 26th.
• 1946 : The two-day unification party congress begins in Berlin , at which the KPD under Wilhelm Pieck and the SPD under Otto Grotewohl in the Soviet occupation zone are united to form the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED).

1960: Brasília plan

• 1960 : President Juscelino Kubitschek inaugurates the planned capital Brasília , designed by architects Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa , which replaces Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil .
• 1961 : The Dutchman Dirk Stikker succeeds the Belgian Paul-Henri Spaak in the office of NATO Secretary General.
• 1961 : On the night of April 22, four generals of the French armed forces - Raoul Salan , Maurice Challe , Edmond Jouhaud and André Zeller - put on a coup d'état in Algiers against the Algerian policy of French President Charles de Gaulle , which aimed at ending the Algerian war and independence Algeria boils down to. The coup collapses after a few days.
• 1961 : Two days after the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion , it comes in several Latin American countries to demonstrations for Cuba and against the interventionism of the United States .
• 1967 : Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos comes to power in Greece through a coup against Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou . This marked the beginning of the seven-year Greek military dictatorship . King Constantine II is initially waiting.
• 1967 : According to a decision by the Japanese House of Commons under Prime Minister Satō Eisaku , the three principles of arms exports come into force.
• 1970 : Farmer Leonard Casley sends representatives of the state of Australia and the state of Western Australia an act of secession declaring his large estate an independent Hutt River Province .
• 1971 : Two days after the proclamation of the Republic in Sierra Leone , the previous Prime Minister Siaka Stevens is appointed President.
• 1975 : Shortly before the fall of Saigon in the Vietnam War , the South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu resigns , hands over the office to Vice President Trần Văn Hương , and goes into exile in Taiwan. Only seven days later, he also resigns.
• 2001 : The importation of certain dog breeds into Germany is forbidden under threat of punishment in the law to combat dangerous dogs . The legislature is reacting to increased, sometimes fatal, attacks by fighting dogs on people.
• 2002 : In the presidential election in France , the Gaullist candidate Jacques Chirac received the most votes, but not an absolute majority. Right-wing extremist Jean-Marie Le Pen came in second place, making it into the runoff election on May 5th. The first spontaneous rallies against the chairman of the Front National took place during the night .
• 2019 : More than 350 people are killed in bomb attacks on three churches and four hotels in Sri Lanka near the city of Colombo on Easter Sunday.

economy

1856: Eight Hour Day Banner, Melbourne

• 1856 : Stonemasons and building workers fight for the world's first eight-hour day with a demonstration march in Melbourne, Australia .
• 1917 : The United Aluminum Works are founded in Berlin as part of the Hindenburg program to promote the German war economy .
• 1934 : The between Florence and Bologna located Apennine Base Tunnel is opened. The rail tunnel shortens the previously existing rail link by 35 kilometers

1962: Space Needle

• 1962 : The Century 21 Exposition world exhibition opens in Seattle , Washington, USA . The Space Needle , now Seattle 's landmark , designed by the architect John Graham based on the ideas of the entrepreneur Edward Carlson, was completed in time for the opening.
• 1976 : With Bagger 285 , the first example of a new generation of bucket wheel excavators with conveying capacities of more than 200,000 m³ / day is put into operation in the Rhenish lignite mining area, which doubles the output of previous devices. At that time, the device was the world's largest bucket wheel excavator.

1989: Game Boy

• 1989 : Nintendo launches the Game Boy handheld console developed by Gunpei Yokoi in Japan , which subsequently becomes a millionaire worldwide . The game Tetris , invented by the Russian Alexei Paschitnow , is included.
• 1995 : The Bucharest Stock Exchange is re-established. When the Romanian communists came to power in 1945, banking and finance had been nationalized.

science and technology

• 1993 : NCSA Mosaic 1.0 , developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) , the first web browser that can display text and graphics on a page, is released.
• 1997 : With a Pegasus rocket, 21 urns for a space burial are brought into orbit for the first time from the air force base on Gran Canaria ; On board are among others ashes from Krafft Arnold Ehricke , Timothy Leary , Gerard Kitchen O'Neill and Gene Roddenberry .
• 2009 : The World Digital Library opens in Paris. This project of the US National Library Library of Congress and UNESCO makes culturally outstanding documents from around the world available free of charge over the Internet.

Culture

Found in 1734: The little gold horn (above)

• 1734 : The farmer Erich Lassen discovers the shorter of the two gold horns from Gallehus . They are the most famous archaeological finds in Denmark . The longer one was also found by chance in 1639.

1749: Vauxhall Gardens

• 1749 : A public rehearsal of Georg Friedrich Handel's fireworks music takes place in Vauxhall Gardens in London . Several thousand people listened to this event. The world premiere will take place on April 27th.
• 1781 : The premiere of the opera Elisa by Johann Gottlieb Naumann takes place at the Small Electoral Theater in Dresden .
• 1801 : At the opening of the Teatro Nuovo in Trieste , built by Matteo Pertsch , the opera Ginevra di Scozia by Johann Simon Mayr is performed.
• 1818 : Sappho , a tragedy in five acts by Franz Grillparzer , is premiered at the Vienna Burgtheater .
• 1845 : Albert Lortzing's romantic magic opera Undine, based on the story of the same name by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué , is premiered at the Stadttheater in Magdeburg.

1889: Giacomo Puccini

• 1889 : The premiere of Giacomo Puccini's second opera Edgar with the libretto by Ferdinando Fontana at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan is disappointing.
• 1918 : The 1st Symphony in D major, Opus 25, by Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew , known as the "Classical", is premiered in Petrograd.
• 1923 : The operetta Lagunenzauber by Nico Dostal is premiered at the Graz Opera House .
• 1933 : The feature film The Testament of Dr., banned on March 29th by the National Socialist Film Inspectorate in Berlin because of “endangering public order and security”. Mabuse by Fritz Lang with Rudolf Klein-Rogge in the title role has its premiere in Budapest. Thea von Harbou wrote the screenplay based on a novel by Norbert Jacques .
• 1976 : The GDR opens the first permanently manned German Antarctic station, which is named Georg Forster Station in 1987 .
• 1977 : The musical Annie premieres on Broadway in New York . It saw a further 2376 performances there in the following years.

1983: Wartburg

• 1983 : The Wartburg near Eisenach is reopened after extensive restoration work in the presence of the GDR State Council Chairman Erich Honecker .
• 1988 : Hans-Joachim Bohlmann carried out a sulfuric acid attack on three works by Albrecht Dürer , the Paumgartner Altar , the Lamentation of Christ and Mary as Mother of Sorrows in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich . The damage amounts to around 100 million Deutschmarks.

society

1831: Gesche Gottfried

• 1831 : Gesche Gottfried, condemned as a serial killer, is executed by beheading in Bremen .

religion

• 1632 : The Dordrecht Confession is accepted. With this creed of the Dutch Mennonites , different views of parishes are to be put on a common basis.

1878: Pope Leo XIII.

• 1878 : In his first encyclical Inscrutabili Dei consilio , the newly elected Pope Leo XIII endeavors . about a conciliatory approach to modern society, but also denounces “social undesirable developments”.
• 1957 : In the encyclical Fidei donum , Pope Pius XII calls out . on the European bishops to remedy the shortage of priests in Africa, Asia and South America by sending priests .

Disasters

• 1935 : A 7.1 magnitude earthquake in the Hsinchu region kills 3,276 in Taiwan .

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

Sports

• 1943 : The merger of six football clubs creates FC Nantes in France.
• 1985 : The Brazilian Ayrton Senna wins his first Formula 1 race with the Portuguese Grand Prix . In the course of the season , Senna only managed one second victory despite several pole positions .

Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .

Born

Before the 18th century

• 1445 : Pietro Riario , Italian cardinal

Ulrich von Hutten (* 1488)

• 1488 : Ulrich von Hutten , German humanist
• 1518 : Johannes Kentmann , German physician and natural scientist
• 1523 : Marcantonio Bragadin , Venetian captain general and governor of Cyprus
• 1555 : Lodovico Carracci , Italian painter
• 1562 : Valerius Herberger , German Lutheran theologian and hymn poet
• 1571 : Jacob Isaacsz van Swanenburgh , Dutch painter
• 1575 : Francesco Molin , 99th Doge of Venice
• 1594 : Bernardino Spada , Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• 1598 : Wilhelm IV , Duke of Saxe-Weimar
• 1644 : Conrad von Reventlow , Danish Prime Minister and Grand Chancellor
• 1645 : Otto von Schwerin , Brandenburg-Prussian Privy Councilor and diplomat
• 1652 : Michel Rolle , French mathematician, member of the Academie des sciences
• 1661 : Georg Joseph Kamel , Austrian naturalist, doctor and religious
• 1662 : Friedrich von Ahlefeldt , lord of the Rixingen (Réchicourt), Langeland, general and governor
• 1673 : Wilhelmine Amalie von Braunschweig-Lüneburg , wife of Emperor Josef I.
• 1696 : Francesco de Mura , Italian painter
• 1700 : Johann Georg Üblhör , German plasterer and sculptor

18th century

• 1706 : Giuseppe Maria Asclepi , Italian astronomer and physicist
• 1713 : Louis de Noailles , Marshal of France
• 1717 : Giovanni Giulio Gerolamo Berna , Catholic clergyman and library founder
• 1730 : Antonín Kammel , Czech composer and violinist
• 1746 : James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury , British diplomat
• 1755 : Maria Johanna von Aachen , German writer
• 1763 : François Athanase de Charette de la Contrie , French naval officer
• 1764 : Johann Christian August Heyse , German educator, grammarian and lexicographer
• 1765 : Augustin Sulpiz Zen Ruffinen , Bishop of Sion
• 1766 : Hermann Friedrich Becker , German forester
• 1767 : Elisabeth von Württemberg , first wife of the later Emperor Franz II.

Friedrich Christoph Perthes (* 1772)

• 1772 : Friedrich Christoph Perthes , German bookseller and publisher
• 1774 : Jean-Pierre Aumer , French dancer and choreographer
• 1774 : Jean-Baptiste Biot , French physicist and mathematician
• 1777 : Johann Günther Friedrich Cannabich , German geographer, pastor and educator
• 1782 : Friedrich Fröbel , German educator, founded the first kindergarten
• 1784 : Karl von Decker , Prussian general and writer
• 1785 : Charles-Joseph de Flahaut , French general and politician
• 1788 : Anton Arrigoni , Austrian painter
• 1790 : Manuel Blanco Encalada , Chilean politician
• 1795 : Frederik Faber , Danish zoologist
• 1795 : Vincenzo Pallotti , Catholic priest and founder of an order

19th century

1801-1850

RFW Allston (* 1801)

• 1801 : Robert Francis Withers Allston , American politician
• 1806 : Petrus van Schendel , Belgian painter and etcher
• 1808 : Gustav König , German painter
• 1808 : Johann Hinrich Wichern , German theologian
• 1809 : Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter , US Secretary of State
• 1811 : Ferdinand Höfer , Franco-German doctor, lexicographer and writer
• 1813 : August Bahlmann , German Roman Catholic clergyman
• 1814 : Béni Egressy , Hungarian composer and librettist, translator and actor
• 1816 : Charlotte Brontë , British writer
• 1820 : Mathieu Auguste Geffroy , French historian

Michael Rostock (* 1821)

• 1821 : Michael Rostock , Sorbian botanist and entomologist
• 1822 : Friedrich Heinrich Thielo Apel , German politician
• 1822 : Hannibal Goodwin , American clergyman and inventor
• 1824 : Emil zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg , Imperial Russian General
• 1828 : Otto Blau , German orientalist
• 1828 : Alexander Pagenstecher , German ophthalmologist, founder of the ophthalmic institute in Wiesbaden
• 1828 : Hippolyte Taine , French historian and critic
• 1831 : Ernest Besnier , French dermatologist
• 1831 : Karl Dernfeld , district master builder in Baden-Baden
• 1832 : Werner Munzinger , Swiss African explorer
• 1834 : Adrien René Franchet , French botanist

Fredrik Bajer (* 1837)

• 1837 : Fredrik Bajer , Danish politician and parliamentarian, Nobel Prize winner
• 1837 : Julius Geertz , German painter
• 1837 : Friedrich Warnecke , German heraldist
• 1838 : John Muir , American polymath and conservationist
• 1840 : Heinrich Kralik von Meyrswalden , Bohemian glass manufacturer
• 1841 : Stephan Beissel , German Jesuit, archaeologist and art historian
• 1842 : Charles Follen Adams , American poet
• 1842 : Alberto Errera , Italian economist
• 1843 : John Emms , British painter
• 1843 : Walther Flemming , German biologist
• 1848 : Carl Stumpf , German philosopher and psychologist

1851-1900

• 1852 : Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez , Archbishop of Valencia and Toledo, Cardinal
• 1853 : Xaver Imfeld , Swiss cartographer
• 1853 : Charles Théodore Malherbe , French musicologist and composer
• 1855 : Heinrich Grünfeld , Austrian composer, cellist and music teacher
• 1857 : Oltwig von Kamptz , German officer
• 1860 : Fritz von Wille , German painter

Max Weber (* 1864)

• 1864 : Max Weber , German sociologist, lawyer, political economist and social economist
• 1865 : Otto Franz Joseph of Austria , Austrian Archduke
• 1868 : Alfred Henry Maurer , American painter
• 1869 : Hauk Aabel , Norwegian actor
• 1870 : Edwin S. Porter , American film pioneer
• 1871 : Leo Blech , German composer and conductor
• 1872 : Billy Bitzer , American cameraman
• 1873 : Isa Jechl , Austrian painter
• 1874 : Giulio Bas , Italian composer and organist
• 1876 : Franz von Zedlitz and Leipe , German baron and marksman
• 1878 : Albert Weisgerber , German painter and graphic artist
• 1879 : Oskar Erbslöh , aviation pioneer
• 1880 : Tony Sarg , German-American puppeteer and illustrator
• 1881 : Günther Jacoby , German philosopher
• 1882 : WH Anderson , Canadian singer, choir director, and vocal teacher
• 1882 : Percy Williams Bridgman , American physicist
• 1882 : Ikuta Chōkō , Japanese literary critic and translator
• 1883 : Richard Romanowsky , Austrian actor and comedian
• 1884 : Kees van Nieuwenhuizen , Dutch football player
• 1885 : Shiga Mitsuko , Japanese writer
• 1886 : Viktor von Weizsäcker , German medic
• 1887 : Robert Krups , German local politician
• 1887 : Joe McCarthy , American baseball manager

Paul Karrer (* 1889)

• 1888 : Ludwig Ankenbrand , German clergyman, writer and journalist
• 1889 : Paul Karrer , Swiss chemist and Nobel Prize winner
• 1889 : Manuel Prado y Ugarteche , Peruvian President
• 1889 : Efrem zimbalist , American composer, music teacher and conductor
• 1890 : Benno Landsberger , German Assyriologist
• 1890 : Josef Lenzel , German martyr and priest, resistance fighter
• 1891 : Jean Dansereau , Canadian pianist and music teacher
• 1892 : Freddie Dixon , British motorcycle and automobile racer
• 1892 : Jaroslav Kvapil , Czech composer
• 1893 : Walter Bartram , German politician
• 1893 : Walter Christaller , German geographer
• 1893 : Émile Gour , Canadian singer and choir director
• 1893 : Pierre Jamet , French harpist and music teacher
• 1896 : Attila Hörbiger , Austrian actor
• 1896 : Russ Stein , American football player and sheriff
• 1898 : Otto Brunner , Austrian historian
• 1898 : Steve Owen , American football player and coach
• 1899 : Rolland-Georges Gingras , Canadian organist, music critic and composer
• 1899 : Randall Thompson , American composer and music teacher
• 1900 : Hans Fritzsche , German journalist

20th century

1901-1925

• 1901 : Julián Bautista , Argentine composer
• 1901 : Heinrich Müller , German politician
• 1904 : Leon Adde , American jazz drummer
• 1902 : Jean Sébilleau , French racing car driver

Odilo Globocnik (* 1904)

• 1904 : Odilo Globocnik , Austrian National Socialist and member of the SS
• 1904 : Vasiľ Hopko , Slovak bishop of Prešov
• 1905 : Betty Astor , German film actress
• 1905 : Karl Junker , German chess problem composer
• 1905 : Ursula von Wiese , German-Swiss actress, translator and writer
• 1907 : Wade Mainer , American old-time and bluegrass musician
• 1907 : Antoni Szałowski , Polish-French composer
• 1908 : Louis Hostin , French weightlifter
• 1908 : Alfred Lion , German-American record producer
• 1909 : Karl Scheit , Austrian guitarist and lutenist
• 1910 : Carlo Snider , Swiss canon lawyer
• 1911 : Leonard Warren , American baritone
• 1912 : Eve Arnold , American photographer
• 1912 : Feike Pieter Asma , Dutch organist, conductor and composer
• 1912 : Marcel Camus , French director
• 1912 : Felipe Bojalil Gil , Mexican singer and composer
• 1912 : Hermann Withalm , Austrian Vice Chancellor
• 1913 : Milivoj Ašner , Croatian police chief in Požega
• 1913 : Richard Beeching , British physicist and engineer, chairman of the British Railways supervisory authority
• 1913 : Norbert Frýd , Czechoslovakian writer and publicist
• 1913 : Kai-Uwe von Hassel , German Federal Minister
• 1913 : Charles Martin , British racing car driver
• 1913 : Josef Meinrad , Austrian chamber actor
• 1914 : Carlos García , Argentine tango pianist, orchestra leader and composer

Anthony Quinn (born 1915)

• 1915 : Anthony Quinn , American film actor
• 1916 : George Arents , American racing car driver
• 1916 : Eldon Rathburn , Canadian composer, pianist, organist and music teacher
• 1918 : Isa Vermehren , German cabaret artist, film actress and religious sister
• 1918 : Jack Brewer , American baseball player
• 1919 : Don Cornell , American singer
• 1919 : Roger Doucet , Canadian singer
• 1919 : Licio Gelli , Italian founder of the Propaganda Due secret lodge
• 1919 : Michael Mann , German musician and literary scholar
• 1920 : Edmund Adamkiewicz , German football player
• 1920 : Bruno Maderna , Italian composer and conductor
• 1921 : James Dougherty , American policeman and first husband of Marilyn Monroe
• 1921 : Nicolaus Dreyer , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1921 : Thomas Ponce Gill , American lawyer and politician
• 1921 : Michel Hakim , Lebanese Archbishop
• 1921 : Bill Orban , Canadian sports scientist
• 1921 : Sieglinde Wagner , Austrian contralto
• 1922 : Alistair MacLean , British writer
• 1922 : Pierre Petit , French composer
• 1923 : Jakow Borissowitsch Estrin , Russian chess player
• 1924 : Annemarie Griesinger , German social politician, MdL and state minister
• 1924 : Johannes Kuhn , German Protestant theologian
• 1924 : Clara Ward , American gospel singer
• 1925 : Alfred Kelbassa , German football player
• 1925 : Herbert Keppler , American editor of photo magazines and camera developer

1926-1950

Elizabeth II (* 1926)

• 1926 : Elizabeth II , British Queen
• 1926 : Hans-Peter Minetti , German actor
• 1927 : Ahmed Arif , Turkish poet
• 1927 : Robert Savoie , Canadian singer and music educator
• 1928 : Georg Kronawitter , German politician
• 1929 : Martin Kruse , German theologian and Bishop of Berlin
• 1930 : Mario Covas , Brazilian politician, governor of São Paulo
• 1930 : Dieter Roth , Swiss poet and graphic artist, action and object artist
• 1931 : Gabriel de Broglie , French historian and statesman
• 1931 : Margo MacKinnon , Canadian singer and vocal teacher
• 1931 : Siegfried Müller senior , German automobile racing driver
• 1932 : Angela Mortimer , British tennis player
• 1935 : Charles Grodin , American actor
• 1935 : Peter Frisch , German lawyer, President of the Cologne Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
• 1935 : Thomas Kean , American politician, governor of New Jersey
• 1935 : Heinz Meynhardt , German behavioral scientist, animal filmmaker and non-fiction author
• 1935 : Karl-Ernst Schottes , German athlete
• 1936 : Jakob Adlhart , Austrian architect
• 1936 : Adi Holzer , Austrian visual artist
• 1938 : Nodar Kancheli , Russian civil engineer
• 1939 : Helen Prejean , American nun and activist against the death penalty
• 1939 : Dirk Schneider , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1940 : Souleymane Cissé , Malian filmmaker
• 1940 : Claire Marienfeld , German politician, defense commissioner of the German Bundestag
• 1940 : Elke Müller , German politician
• 1940 : Peter Schneider , German writer
• 1940 : Knut Terjung , German journalist
• 1940 : Wolfgang Uhrig , German sports journalist

David Boren (* 1941)

• 1941 : David L. Boren , American politician, Senator from Oklahoma
• 1941 : Harry Miller , South African jazz bassist
• 1941 : Michael Succow , German biologist
• 1943 : Reiner Arntz , German linguist
• 1944 : Russell Boyd , Australian cameraman
• 1944 : Peter Kowald , German double bass and tuba player
• 1945 : Heinrich Haasis , German politician and President of the German Savings Banks and Giro Association
• 1946 : Patrick Rambaud , French writer
• 1946 : Xaver Schwarzenberger , Austrian cameraman and director
• 1947 : Kralle Krawinkel , German musician and guitarist
• 1947 : Iggy Pop , American rock musician
• 1947 : Hubert Weiger , German conservationist
• 1948 : Paul Davis , American singer-songwriter, musician and producer
• 1948 : Claire Denis , French director
• 1948 : Josef Flammer , Swiss ophthalmologist
• 1948 : Dieter Fromm , German athlete
• 1949 : Frank Hofmann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1950 : Benedikt Dyrlich , Sorbian writer, politician and editor-in-chief

1951-1975

• 1951 : Bernhard Andres , German politician

Tony Danza (born 1951)

• 1951 : Tony Danza , American actor
• 1951 : Jean-Pierre Dardenne , director, producer, screenwriter
• 1951 : Horst W. Hamacher , German business mathematician
• 1951 : Alexander Iwanowitsch Laweikin , Soviet cosmonaut and engineer
• 1951 : Jean Piché , Canadian composer, multimedia artist and music teacher
• 1951 : Luis Rocco , Argentine flautist
• 1951 : William Totok , Romanian-German writer and publicist
• 1952 : Soslan Petrovich Andiev , Soviet wrestler
• 1952 : Pascal Auberson , Swiss singer, percussionist and pianist
• 1953 : Michael Asher , English author and desert researcher
• 1953 : Asko Antero Autio , Finnish cross-country skier
• 1953 : Zbigniew Graca , Polish conductor
• 1954 : Walter Freiwald , German radio and television presenter
• 1955 : Teimuras Apchasawa , Georgian wrestler
• 1955 : Eduard Strauss , Austrian lawyer, great-great-grandson of Johann Strauss (father)
• 1956 : Jürgen Blum , German eventing rider
• 1956 : Cae Gauntt , Christian pop singer
• 1957 : Monika Auer , Italian luge athlete
• 1957 : Cor Mutsers , Dutch guitarist
• 1957 : Herbert Wetterauer , German artist and author
• 1958 : Andie MacDowell , American actress

Gerhard Delling (* 1959)

• 1959 : Gerhard Delling , German sports journalist
• 1959 : Jerry Only , American rock musician
• 1959 : Robert Smith , British musician
• 1960 : Markus Achatz , Austrian professor, administration and finance scientist
• 1960 : Julius Korir , Kenyan athlete, Olympic champion
• 1962 : Sergei Viktorovich Saljotin , Russian cosmonaut
• 1963 : Lisa Darr , American actress
• 1963 : Roy Dupuis , Canadian actor
• 1963 : Jens Petersen , German automobile racing driver
• 1964 : Qairat Abbirachmanov , Kazakh diplomat
• 1964 : Ludmila Engquist , Swedish athlete, Olympic champion
• 1964 : Andreas Puelacher , Austrian alpine ski trainer
• 1965 : Ed Belfour , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 : Katja Burkard , German television presenter

Thomas Helmer (* 1965)

• 1965 : Thomas Helmer , German soccer player
• 1965 : Gerit Kling , German actress
• 1965 : Christina Plate , German actress
• 1965 : Sven Unterwaldt , German film director and screenwriter
• 1966 : Jorgo Chatzimarkakis , MEP
• 1967 : Rolf Miller , German cabaret artist and comedian
• 1967 : Bruno Orešar , Croatian tennis player
• 1968 : Jean-Louis Agobet , French composer
• 1968 : Tita von Hardenberg , German television presenter
• 1968 : Christoph Meili , foiled the destruction of Holocaust bank receipts
• 1968 : Eduardus Nabunome , Indonesian athlete
• 1968 : Lars-Henrik Walther , German handball player
• 1969 : Holger Daemgen , German actor
• 1969 : Kirstie Marshall , Australian freestyle skier
• 1969 : Claus Schromm , German soccer coach
• 1969 : Toby Stephens , British actor
• 1970 : Jeff Anderson , American actor and director ( Clerks )
• 1970 : Michael Sternkopf , German soccer player
• 1970 : Nicole Sullivan , American actress and comedian
• 1971 : Ekin Deligöz , German politician
• 1971 : Paul Heller , German jazz saxophonist
• 1971 : Jule Ronstedt , German actress and director
• 1972 : Kitty Hoff , German singer, musician and composer
• 1972 : Horst Meierhofer , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1972 : Petra van de Voort , Swedish actress
• 1973 : Nadeshda Brennicke , German actress
• 1975 : Martin Neuhaus , German actor

1976-2000

• 1976 : Sergei Jakowlew , Kazakh racing cyclist
• 1977 : Atef Vogel , German judoka, actor and choreographer
• 1978 : Julija Pechonkina , Russian hurdler
• 1979 : Cristian Sebastián Cejas , Argentine soccer player
• 1979 : Stefano Garris , German basketball player
• 1979 : Markus Kiesenebner , Austrian soccer player
• 1979 : Tobias Linderoth , Swedish football player

James McAvoy (born 1979)

• 1979 : James McAvoy , British actor
• 1980 : Manny Marc , German DJ and rapper
• 1981 : Gerd-Elin Albert , Norwegian handball player
• 1981 : Dušan Bestvina , Slovak football player
• 1981 : Wissem Hmam , Tunisian handball player
• 1982 : Max Kupfer , German actor
• 1982 : Walter Olmos , Argentine cuarteto singer
• 1983 : Marco Donadel , Italian soccer player
• 1984 : Dominik Jackson , British racing driver
• 1984 : Christian Lillinger , German musician and composer
• 1984 : Josip Valčić , Croatian handball player

Palina Rojinski (* 1985)

• 1985 : Palina Rojinski , German presenter and actress
• 1986 : Kevin Artmann , German soccer player
• 1987 : Sven Franzen , German handball manager
• 1987 : Pietro Gandolfi , Italian racing driver
• 1988 : Robert Patrick Amell , Canadian actor
• 1988 : Jonathan Summerton , American racing driver
• 1988 : Gary Kagelmacher , Uruguayan soccer player
• 1989 : Li Chao , Chinese chess player
• 1989 : Hikakin , Japanese musician, entrepreneur, actor, and web video producer
• 1990 : Tunay Torun , German-Turkish soccer player
• 1991 : Max Chilton , British racing driver
• 1991 : Christian Klem , Austrian soccer player
• 1991 : Maximilian Kolditz , German handball player
• 1992 : David Fumanelli , Italian racing car driver
• 1992 : Isco , Spanish soccer player
• 1992 : Bastian Krämmer , German ice hockey player
• 1992 : Deng Linlin , Chinese gymnast
• 1992 : Reto Schmidiger , Swiss ski racer
• 1994 : Hans Carl Ludwig Augustinsson , Swedish football player
• 1994 : Merle Barth , German soccer player
• 1996 : Luisa Neubauer , German climate protection activist

Died

Before the 17th century

• 0043 BC BC : Aulus Hirtius , Roman politician and writer
• 0234 : Han Xiandi , last emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty
• 0586 : Leovigild , Visigoth king
• 0748 : Genshō , 44th Empress of Japan
• 0847 : Otgar von Mainz , Archbishop of Mainz
• 0866 : Bardas , Byzantine regent
• 1021 : Wolbodo , Bishop of Liège
• 1073 : Alexander II , Pope

Anselm of Canterbury († 1109)

• 1109 : Anselm of Canterbury , Benedictine monk, philosopher and Doctor of the Church
• 1112 : Bertrand of Toulouse , Count of Toulouse, conqueror and first Count of Tripoli
• 1142 : Petrus Abelardus , French philosopher and scholastic
• 1216 : Ida of Alsace , Countess of Boulogne
• 1262 : Ibn al-Adim , Aleppo historian
• 1338 : Theodor I , Margrave of Montferrat
• 1352 : Bolesław III. , Duke of Breslau, Brieg and Liegnitz
• 1354 : Heinrich von Friemar (the younger) , Augustinian hermit, philosopher and writer
• 1375 : Elisabeth von Meißen , castle countess of Nuremberg
• 1479 : Hans von Waltheim , patrician from Halle (Saale), traveler and pilgrim
• 1509 : Henry VII , King of England and Lord of Ireland
• 1534 : Elizabeth Barton , English preacher and prophetess
• 1552 : Peter Apian , German astronomer and geographer
• 1555 : Endres Dürer , German gold and silversmith
• 1574 : Cosimo I de 'Medici , Duke of Florence and Grand Duke of Tuscany
• 1577 : Diogo Rodrigues , Portuguese navigator, explorer and colonial ruler in India
• 1597 : Seweryn Nalywajko , Ukrainian Cossack leader

17th and 18th centuries

• 1621 : Heinrich Abermann , German historian
• 1621 : Thomas Sagittarius , German philologist, philosophical logician and pedagogue
• 1635 : Valentin Riemer , German legal scholar
• 1636 : Maria von Eicken , wife of Margrave Eduard Fortunat of Baden

Jean Racine († 1699)

• 1668 : Joachim von Boeselager , German court official and diplomat
• 1672 : Franz Burmeister , Protestant theologian and poet
• 1699 : Jean Racine , French author
• 1700 : Caspar Bose , Leipzig councilor and merchant
• 1712 : Christian Crusius , Mayor of Chemnitz
• 1714 : Cornelius Anckarstjerna , Swedish admiral and baron
• 1714 : Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn , Russian politician
• 1716 : Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce , French officer and traveler in the French colonies of North America
• 1718 : Philippe de La Hire , French mathematician
• 1720 : Anthony Hamilton , French lieutenant general and writer of Scottish origin
• 1721 : Dorothea Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg , abbess of the Itzehoe monastery
• 1722 : Damian Hugo Graf von Virmont zu Neersen , German general and diplomat
• 1731 : Moritz Wilhelm , Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
• 1736 : Prince Eugene , Austrian general and patron of the arts
• 1736 : Wilhelm Hieronymus Brückner , German legal scholar
• 1740 : Antonio Balestra , Italian painter, draftsman and engraver
• 1766 : Alexei Petrovich Bestuschew-Ryumin , Russian field marshal and imperial chancellor
• 1772 : Samuel Urlsperger , German Lutheran theologian
• 1780 : Carl Deichman , Norwegian factory owner and book collector
• 1780 : Johann Samuel Wiesner , German Protestant theologian, educator and orientalist
• 1780 : Ferdinand Zellbell , Swedish composer
• 1781 : Alexei Nikititsch Volkonsky , Russian general
• 1792 : Tiradentes , Brazilian freedom fighter and national hero
• 1800 : Wilhelm Alexander Schwollmann , German Protestant theologian

19th century

• 1805 : Bernt Anker , Norwegian merchant
• 1807 : Christian Heinrich Reichel , German educator
• 1816 : Joseph Martin Kleber , German lawyer
• 1827 : Thomas Rowlandson , British painter and caricaturist
• 1831 : Gesche Gottfried , German serial killer
• 1837 : Michael von Erdelyi , Austrian veterinarian and university lecturer
• 1842 : Karl Adalbert von Beyer , Abbot of Hamborn and auxiliary bishop in Cologne
• 1842 : Bertrand Clausel , French general and marshal

Friedrich von Gärtner († 1843)

• 1843 : Augustus Frederick , British Prince
• 1847 : Friedrich von Gärtner , German architect
• 1850 : Johann Heinrich Cassebeer , botanist, geologist, politician and natural scientist
• 1850 : Nikolaus Wesselényi , Hungarian politician and large landowner
• 1851 : Christian Georg Wagner , German lawyer
• 1853 : Hippolyte Colet , French composer, music educator and theorist
• 1859 : Karl Friedrich Nägelsbach , German classical philologist
• 1859 : Otto Sendtner , German botanist and university professor
• 1866 : Franz Hessenland , German print shop owner, publisher and politician
• 1866 : Friedrich Wilhelm Otto , German philologist
• 1866 : Jane Welsh Carlyle , English salonnière

Elisabeth Grube († 1871)

• 1871 : Elisabeth Grube , German poet and writer
• 1875 : Herbert Pernice , German lawyer
• 1879 : John Adams Dix , American politician
• 1879 : Hermann Loew , German entomologist and teacher
• 1882 : Gustav Hasselbach , secret government councilor and local politician
• 1893 : Richard Lee Turberville Beale , American politician, lawyer, and general
• 1894 : James W. Throckmorton , American politician, governor of Texas
• 1898 : Louis Théodore Gouvy , Franco-German composer
• 1899 : Leopold Hoesch , German industrialist, founder of Hoesch AG
• 1899 : Heinrich Kiepert , German geographer and cartographer

20th century

1901-1950

• 1905 : William W. Armstrong , American printer, editor, and politician

Mark Twain († 1910)

• 1910 : Mark Twain , American writer
• 1917 : Ernst von Ihne , German architect and builder
• 1918 : Adolfo Baci , Italian composer
• 1918 : Manfred von Richthofen , German fighter pilot in the First World War
• 1921 : Hans Georg Joachim Apel-Pusch , German officer
• 1924 : Eleonora Duse , Italian actress
• 1924 : Carl Heinrich Stratz , Russian gynecologist
• 1927 : Hugo Schuchardt , German Romanist
• 1927 : Ernst Wasserzieher , German etymologist
• 1932 : Friedrich Gustav Piffl , Austrian Archbishop and Cardinal
• 1937 : Willy Rehberg , Swiss pianist, composer and music teacher
• 1939 : Wilhelm Kroll , German classical philologist
• 1940 : Paul Arendt , German theater actor

John Maynard Keynes († 1946)

• 1940 : Margaret Fountaine , British butterfly researcher
• 1944 : Hans-Valentin Hube , German Colonel General
• 1944 : Frederick Richard Simms , British industrialist and automobile pioneer
• 1945 : Walter Model , German field marshal
• 1946 : John Maynard Keynes , British economist ( Keynesianism )
• 1948 : Aldo Leopold , American forest scientist and ecologist
• 1948 : Carlos López Buchardo , Argentine composer, pianist and music teacher

1951-2000

• 1952 : Alfred Andersen-Wingar , Norwegian composer
• 1954 : Emil Leon Post , Polish-American mathematician and logician
• 1954 : Petre Sergescu , Romanian mathematician and mathematician
• 1955 : Herbert J. Sadler , Canadian organist, composer and music teacher
• 1956 : Angelo Dibona , South Tyrolean climber and mountain guide
• 1956 : Stan Golestan , Romanian composer and music critic
• 1957 : Lou Brero , American racing car driver
• 1957 : John Graham Kerr , English embryologist and zoologist
• 1959 : Arthur Stanley Angwin , British radio pioneer
• 1960 : Olof Aschberg , Swedish banker
• 1960 : Ellery Sedgwick , American writer
• 1962 : Raissa Adler , Austrian women's rights activist

Edward Victor Appleton († 1965)

• 1965 : Edward Victor Appleton , British physicist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1966 : Sepp Dietrich , SS-Oberstgruppenführer and Colonel General of the Waffen-SS
• 1966 : Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi , Argentine agricultural engineer and botanist
• 1969 : Rudolf Amelunxen , German politician
• 1970 : Earl Hooker , American blues musician
• 1971 : François Duvalier , Haitian doctor, politician, president and dictator
• 1973 : Arthur Fadden , Australian Prime Minister
• 1975 : Melchior Vischer , German writer
• 1977 : Gummo Marx , American actor
• 1978 : Walter Ackermann , German educator
• 1978 : Sandy Denny , British singer
• 1979 : Franz-Leo Andries , German composer, music producer and songwriter
• 1983 : Michael Holzach , German journalist and book author
• 1984 : Marcel Janco , Romanian-Israeli artist and writer

Marcel Janco († 1984)

• 1984 : Manuel Mujica Láinez , Argentine writer and journalist
• 1985 : Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen , Norwegian writer
• 1985 : Irving Mills , American music publisher, producer, composer, and singer
• 1985 : Tancredo Neves , Brazilian politician
• 1987 : Walther Asal , German general staff doctor and surgeon
• 1987 : Hermann Götz , German politician
• 1991 : Willi Boskovsky , Austrian violinist and conductor
• 1992 : Bertram Jesdinsky , German painter and sculptor
• 1995 : Gerhard Scholten , Austrian author
• 1996 : Zora Arkus-Duntov , American engineer
• 1996 : Adolf Windorfer , German pediatrician
• 1996 : Jokhar Musayevich Dudayev , Chechen general and president during the first Chechnya war
• 1997 : Andrés Rodríguez , Paraguayan President
• 1997 : Herbert Zipper , Austrian-American composer, conductor and music teacher

21st century

• 2001 : Isaac Kobina Abban , Ghanaian lawyer
• 2002 : Desmond Titterington , British racing car driver
• 2003 : Nina Simone , American jazz and blues singer, pianist and songwriter
• 2004 : Fritz Arlt , German functionary
• 2004 : Eduard Arkadjewitsch Assadow , Russian poet and prose writer
• 2004 : Karl Hass , German officer, war criminal
• 2004 : Michaela Scheday , Austrian actress and director
• 2005 : Zhang Chunqiao , Chinese politician
• 2005 : Heinz Kluncker , German industrial clerk and trade unionist, and chairman of the ÖTV

Juan Antonio Samaranch († 2010)

• 2005 : Kurt Rebmann , German lawyer and attorney general
• 2006 : Telê Santana , Brazilian soccer coach
• 2007 : Parry O'Brien , American athlete
• 2008 : Al Wilson , American soul musician
• 2010 : Juan Antonio Samaranch , Spanish sports official, President of the IOC
• 2011 : Harold Garfinkel , American sociologist
• 2012 : Ana Mercedes Asuaje de Rugeles , Venezuelan composer and music teacher
• 2012 : Charles Colson American lawyer and politician
• 2012 : Heinrich Pachl , German cabaret artist
• 2013 : Chrissy Amphlett , Australian singer, songwriter and actress
• 2015 : Werner Leismann , German singer
• 2016 : Hans Koschnick , German politician
• 2016 : Prince , American musician and producer
• 2017 : Ugo Ehiogu , English soccer player
• 2017 : Wolfgang Fürniß , German politician
• 2018 : Tajima Nabi , Japanese age record holder
• 2018 : Nelson Pereira dos Santos , Brazilian film director
• 2018 : Verne Troyer , American actor
• 2019 : Hannelore Elsner , German actress, voice actress and author
• 2020 : Abdel Rahim el-Kib , Libyan politician
• 2020 : Donald Kennedy , American biologist and editor
• 2020 : Laisenia Qarase , Fijian politician
• 2020 : Teruyuki Okazaki , Japanese karateka, 10th dan holder
• 2021 : Thomas Fritsch (actor) , German film and television actor, voice actor and pop singer

Holidays and memorial days

• Ecclesiastical and religious days of remembrance
  • St. Anselm of Canterbury , Italian philosopher, theologian and mystic, doctor of the church and bishop (Anglican, Protestant, Catholic)
  • St. Konrad von Parzham , German lay brother (Catholic)
  • Ridvanfest the Bahai (first day)

• State holidays and memorial days
  • Brazil : Tiradentes Day ( Dia de Tiradentes )

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

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