June 21st
The June 21 , the 172nd day of the Gregorian calendar (173rd in leap years ), thus remain still 193 days until the end of the year. 21 (or 20 ) in June the sun is at noon at the Tropic of Cancer in the zenith and is at the northern Arctic Circle at night not. This day is therefore the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice .
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Events
Politics and world events
- 1156 : Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa reassigns Augsburg the city charter that the place received as the Roman Augusta Vindelicum from the Roman emperor Hadrian in 121 AD The Justitia Civitatis Augustensi is the oldest German city law.
- 1208 : The Bavarian Count Palatine Otto VIII von Wittelsbach murders the Roman-German King Philip of Swabia in a private feud and thus decides the German throne controversy in favor of Otto of Braunschweig .
- 1339 : The town and fortress of Laupen are besieged in Switzerland by a Burgundian-Habsburg army. The federal relief army, under the command of the Bernese knight Rudolf von Erlach , defeated the besiegers in the battle of Laupen .
- 1481 : Pope Sixtus IV confirms the Treaty of Alcáçovas in the Aeterni regis bull . The Canary Islands thus remain Castilian possession.
- 1621 : Thirty Years' War : 27 Protestant Bohemian nobles are executed in front of the Old Town Hall in Prague on the orders of Emperor Ferdinand II . The uprising of the estates is punished with this. The heads of twelve executed people and the hand of Count Joachim Andreas von Schlick , one of the leaders, are nailed to the Old Town Bridge Tower for a period of ten years .
- 1650 : Irish Confederation Wars : In the battle of Scarrifholis in the course of the reconquest of Ireland , the New Model Army , Oliver Cromwell's parliamentary army , defeats the Irish troops.
- 1767 : The English captain Samuel Wallis discovers the island of Tahiti .
- 1788 : New Hampshire becomes the ninth state in the United States .
- 1791 : King Louis XVI's attempt to escape is foiled in Varennes-en-Argonne ( Lorraine ).
- 1807 : A truce is concluded between Alexander I and Napoleon in Tilsit .
- 1813 : English, Portuguese and Spanish troops under the command of Wellington defeat the French in the Battle of Vitoria in the Basque Country .
- 1849 : In the battle near Waghäusel , the initially numerically superior Baden Revolutionary Army defeats a Prussian vanguard called up by the grand ducal government and legitimized by the German Confederation, but breaks off the persecution early on, which is why the enemy can significantly strengthen and regroup.
- 1869 : The Reichsgericht begins its work in Vienna , the constitutional court in Austria-Hungary .
- 1898 : The island of Guam is bloodlessly conquered by US troops during the Spanish-American War .
- 1908 : The WSPU organizes a demonstration in London to introduce women's suffrage , called Women's Sunday , in which more than 250,000 people, mostly women, take part.
- 1919 : The warships of the high seas fleet of the German Provisional Reichsmarine in Scapa Flow, which are to be handed over to the victorious British after the lost First World War , are sunk by their crews .
- 1933 : SA people start the terror of the Köpenick Blood Week .
- 1942 : Allied defenders of the Libyan city of Tobruk give up after two weeks of fierce fighting. The German Africa Corps occupied the place in the Africa campaign and captured large quantities of supplies.
- 1957 : FBI officials arrest Rudolf Ivanovich Abel , one of the Soviet Union's most successful agents, in a Manhattan hotel .
- 1962 : A concert by young street musicians ended by the police triggers the Schwabing riots in Munich .
- 1964 : The three US civil rights activists Andrew Goodman , Michael Schwerner and James Earl Chaney are reported missing in Neshoba County , Mississippi , and found dead a little later. Her violent death is punished on June 21, 2005 with the conviction of Edgar Ray Killen for manslaughter. The event forms the basis for the film Mississippi Burning - The Root of Hate .
- 1978 : Till Meyer , Gabriele Rollnik , Gudrun Stürmer and Angelika Goder, members of the terror organization Movement June 2nd , are arrested by German officials in Burgas ( Bulgaria ) and then brought to the Federal Republic.
- 1998 : In Burundi , a ceasefire agreement between the will Tutsi -Regierung and Hutu -Rebellen signed.
- 2001 : As a result of previous care scandals, the German Bundestag passes the Care Quality Assurance Act . Nursing facilities are obliged, among other things, to set up a quality management system and must submit to tests for performance and quality certificates.
economy
- 1822 : The nucleus of Esche Schümann Commichau , today a partnership of lawyers, auditors and tax consultants, is founded in Hamburg by Johann Carl Knauth .
- 1834 : Cyrus McCormick receives the US patent for the bar mower he invented for harvesting grain . His Virginia Reaper is drawn by horses.
- 1879 : In Wiesbaden, which is Society for Lindes ice machines , today's Linde plc , established.
- 1922 : Wilhelm Goldmann founds Goldmann Verlag in Leipzig . The German edition of the detective novels of Edgar Wallace becomes the foundation for the publishing success.
- 1948 : The Deutsche Mark replaces the Reichsmark as a result of the currency reform .
- 1948 : The Columbia Broadcasting System company introduces the long-playing record with 33 1 ⁄ 3 revolutions per minute. This vinyl record, invented by her colleague Peter Carl Goldmark , soon replaced the shellac record .
- 1970 : Penn Central , the US railroad company , the sixth largest company in the country, files for bankruptcy . Since it operates a third of all passenger trains in the United States , this immediately leads to the creation of the semi-state Amtrak .
- 1990 : The Budapest Stock Exchange is reopened under significant influence of the Vienna Stock Exchange .
- 1999 : Deutsche Börse introduces the SDAX as a new share index in Germany . It is based on the price development of 50 companies in the small caps segment .
science and technology
- 1886 : The foundation stone was laid and construction began on Tower Bridge in London .
- 1895 : Emperor Wilhelm II. Opened the then Kaiser Wilhelm channel called Kiel Canal .
- 1931 : World record run by Franz Kruckenberg's rail zeppelin at a speed of 230.2 km / h.
- 2004 : With SpaceShipOne , a private space flight is carried out for the first time . The first private astronaut is Michael Melvill .
- 2009 : In the USA, the first motorway junction for left-hand traffic is officially opened on the slip road in Springfield (Missouri) .
Culture
- 1868 : Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg premiered under Hans von Bülow .
- 2003 : The fifth Harry Potter novel is published in English. The German translation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be delivered on November 8, 2003.
- 2006 : The single Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsumeawase is released in Japan and stayed in the singles charts for 133 weeks. It is the most successful seiyū single to date .
religion
- 1963 : Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is named Pope Paul VI. to the successor of John XXIII. elected.
Disasters
- 1990 : The Manjil-Rudbar quake in Iran reaches a magnitude of 7.7 and claims 40,000 to 50,000 deaths. Three cities and over 700 villages are destroyed.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1851 : On the fringes of the first international chess tournament in London, the Prussian Adolf Anderssen (white) and the Livlander Lionel Kieseritzky play the immortal game in which White sacrifices a bishop , both rooks and the queen and Black finally mates with his remaining minor pieces .
- 1917 : The United FC Winterthur-Veltheim football club becomes Swiss champions .
- 1960 : Armin Hary is the first sprinter to reach the finish line in the 100-meter run in Zurich in an officially recognized time of 10.0 seconds. He should be the last European to hold the 100-meter world record.
- 1964 : The Spanish national soccer team wins the European soccer championship by defeating the defending champions Soviet Union 2-1 in the final .
- 1970 : The Brazilian national soccer team wins the soccer world championship by defeating Italy 4-1 in the final .
- 1975 : The West Indies win the first Cricket World Cup in England by beating Australia with 17 runs in the final .
- 1978 : Córdoba : At the soccer world championship in Argentina , the Austrian national team beats the team of the Federal Republic of Germany 3-2.
- 1982 : In the soccer World Cup group game between France and Kuwait , the Kuwaiti Sheikh Fahid Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah stormed the pitch in a 4-1 win for the French in protest - because a spectator whistled and the Kuwaiti players then stopped the game - and threatened with them Abandoned the game if the French fourth goal was not canceled. After a long discussion, referee Miroslav Stupar gave in. Shortly afterwards, France scored the fourth goal again and finally won 4-1. Stupar was suspended by FIFA the next day and the Kuwaiti Association fined $ 11,000.
- 1997 : The first season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) - women's basketball professional league in North America - begins.
- 1998 : The French policeman Daniel Nivel is the pre World Cup -Spiels Germany against Yugoslavia by German hooligans beat up. Nivel has been severely disabled since then.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field . Entries on football world championship games can be found in the sub-pages of football world championships . The same goes for European football championships .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1226 : Bolesław V , King of Poland
- 1504 : Lienhard Hirschvogel , German merchant and long-distance trader
- 1535 : Leonhard Rauwolf , German naturalist
- 1581 : Sebastian Abesser , German theologian
- 1587 : Caspar von Barth , German philologist and private scholar
- 1618 : Johann Bellin , German linguist
- 1628 : Johann Michael Strauss , German Lutheran theologian
- 1639 : Increase Mather , Puritan pastor, president of Harvard University
- 1646 : Maria Francisca Elisabeth of Savoy , Queen of Portugal
- 1676 : Józef Fontana , Polish architect
18th century
- 1701 : Otto Magnus von Schwerin , Prussian general
- 1710 : Johann Wolfgang van der Auwera , German sculptor
- 1721 : Benjamin Wilson , English painter and scientist
- 1730 : Motoori Norinaga , Japanese scholar
- 1732 : Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach , German musician and composer
- 1736 : Enoch Poor , American general in the War of Independence
- 1738 : Gottlieb Christoph Harleß , German classical philologist, philosopher and literary historian
- 1744 : Karl von Zyllnhardt , landlord in Mauer and head of the Bavarian General Forest Administration
- 1754 : Caroline Louise von Klencke , Prussian poet
- 1755 : Johann George Gast , German organ builder
- 1759 : Alexander J. Dallas , American lawyer, politician, Secretary of the Treasury
- 1764 : Sidney Smith , British admiral
- 1774 : Viktor Joseph Dewora , German Catholic clergyman and educator
- 1774 : Daniel D. Tompkins , American politician, vice president
- 1781 : Siméon Denis Poisson , French physicist and mathematician
- 1782 : Maria Augusta of Saxony , Saxon princess
- 1784 : George Arthur , Governor of Bombay, British Honduras, Van Diemens Land, and Upper Canada
- 1784 : Gabriel Lory the Younger , Swiss landscape painter, etcher and watercolorist
- 1786 : Alois Raphael Estreicher , Austrian-Polish botanist and entomologist
- 1788 : Auguste of Bavaria , Vice Queen of Italy, Duchess of Leuchtenberg and Princess of Eichstätt
- 1798 : Wolfgang Menzel , German writer and literary critic
19th century
1801-1850
- 1805 : Charles Thomas Jackson , American medic, chemist, geologist, and mineralogist
- 1808 : John W. Dana , American politician, governor of Maine
- 1811 : Carlo Matteucci , Italian physicist, neurophysiologist and politician, senator and minister of education
- 1812 : Félix Danjou , French organist, composer and musicologist
- 1816 : Moriz Heider , Austrian dentist
- 1823 : Jean Chacornac , French astronomer
- 1826 : Georg von Neumayer , German geophysicist and polar researcher
- 1828 : Ferdinand André Fouqué , French geologist
- 1831 : Lucien Lester Ainsworth , American lawyer and politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1837 : Wilhelm von Bezold , German physicist and meteorologist
- 1839 : Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis , Brazilian author of novels, short stories and poems
- 1840 : Emanuel Züngel , Czech poet, playwright, librettist and translator
- 1841 : Hermann von Arnswaldt , German officer, farmer and politician, MdR
1851-1900
- 1854 : Andrew Jackson Houston , American lawyer and politician, Senator
- 1855 : Therese Malten , German singer (soprano)
- 1856 : Asai Chū , Japanese painter
- 1856 : Franz Ewald Bachmann , German physician and natural scientist
- 1856 : Friedrich Kluge , German linguist
- 1857 : August Wilhelm Schynse , German missionary, Africa explorer and cartographer
- 1858 : Medardo Rosso , Italian-French sculptor
- 1862 : Damrong Rajanubhab , Thai politician
- 1862 : Johannes Schlaf , German playwright, narrator and translator
- 1863 : Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen , Danish sculptor
- 1863 : Georges Docquois , French writer
- 1863 : Max Wolf , German astronomer, discoverer of many asteroids, pioneer of galactic astrophotography
- 1864 : Heinrich Wölfflin , Swiss art historian
- 1867 : William Brede Kristensen , Norwegian church historian
- 1870 : Clara Immerwahr , German chemist, women's rights activist and pacifist, one of the first women in Germany to receive a doctorate
- 1870 : Anthony George Maldon Michell , Australian mechanical and hydraulic engineer
- 1871 : Wilhelm von Drigalski , German bacteriologist
- 1876 : Willem Hendrik Keesom , Dutch physicist
- 1877 : Anton Horner , Austrian horn player
- 1878 : Robert Jackson Emerson , British sculptor, painter and medalist
- 1878 : Ellen Price , Danish prima ballerina and actress
- 1882 : Lluís Companys i Jover , Catalan politician
- 1882 : Hermann Etzel , German politician, MdB, MdL
- 1883 : Fyodor Wassiljewitsch Gladkow , Russian writer
- 1883 : Emil Preetorius , German illustrator, graphic artist and set designer
- 1884 : Claude Auchinleck , British field marshal
- 1887 : Norman L. Bowen , Canadian geologist
- 1887 : Josef Jonsson , Swedish composer
- 1889 : Ralph Craig , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1890 : Frieda Riess , German-Jewish society photographer
- 1890 : Kurt C. Volkhart , German engineer, designer, racing driver and first rocket driver in the world
- 1891 : Pier Luigi Nervi , Italian architect and civil engineer
- 1891 : Hermann Scherchen , German conductor and composer
- 1892 : Walter Krämer , German politician, concentration camp prisoner, resistance fighter, Righteous Among the Nations
- 1892 : Reinhold Niebuhr , American theologian, philosopher and political scientist
- 1892 : Hilding Rosenberg , Swedish composer and conductor
- 1893 : Alois Hába , Czech composer
- 1894 : Rahel Liebeschütz-Plaut , German physiologist and doctor
- 1894 : Harry Schmidt , German mathematician
- 1899 : Herbert Kensington-Moir , British racing car driver
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Red Dunn , American football player
- 1902 : Wilhelm Maler , German composer
- 1902 : Howie Morenz , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1903 : Hans Epskamp , German actor
- 1903 : Hermann Engelhard , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1905 : Jean-Paul Sartre , French writer and philosopher, main exponent of existentialism , Nobel Prize winner
- 1906 : Nusch Éluard , Franco-German actress, model and muse
- 1907 : William Shea , American attorney
- 1908 : René Bianco , French opera singer (baritone)
- 1908 : William K. Frankena , American analytical philosopher
- 1909 : Kurt Schwaen , German composer
- 1910 : Béla Tardos , Hungarian composer
- 1910 : Alexander Twardoski , Russian poet
- 1911 : Fritz Getlinger , German photographer
- 1911 : Aleksander Marczewski , Polish composer, conductor and organist
- 1912 : Mary McCarthy , American author
- 1913 : Josef Brinkhues , German bishop
- 1914 : William Vickrey , American economist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1915 : Mathieu Hezemans , Dutch racing driver and entrepreneur
- 1916 : Anthony J. Armentano , American lawyer and politician
- 1918 : J. Clyde Mitchell , British ethnologist
- 1919 : Anna Arena , Italian actress
- 1919 : Paolo Soleri , Italian architect
- 1921 : Helmut Heißenbüttel , German writer
- 1921 : Judy Holliday , American actress
- 1921 : Jane Russell , American actress
- 1921 : István Zsolt , Hungarian football referee
- 1922 : Léon Ashkénasi , French rabbi
- 1922 : Leo Kufelnizky , German pioneer in Palestine
- 1924 : Pontus Hultén , Swedish art historian, art collector and museum founder
- 1924 : Jean Laplanche , French author
- 1924 : André Migdal , French resistance fighter, author and poet
- 1925 : Giovanni Spadolini , Italian journalist, historian and politician, senator, multiple minister, prime minister
- 1925 : Maureen Stapleton , American actress
1926-1950
- 1926 : Robert Ballaman , Swiss football player
- 1926 : Conrad L. Hall , American cameraman
- 1927 : José Antonio Méndez , Cuban singer, guitarist and composer
- 1928 : Mona Baptiste , blues and pop singer from Trinidad and Tobago
- 1929 : Traugott Buhre , German actor
- 1929 : Abdel Halim Hafez , Egyptian singer and actor
- 1929 : Helmut Seidel , German philosopher
- 1930 : Mike McCormack , American football player and coach
- 1931 : Leopold Gressenbauer , Austrian politician, LAbg.
- 1931 : David Kushnir , Israeli athlete and soccer player
- 1931 : Onesimos Nesib , Ethiopian Bible translator
- 1931 : Erik Neutsch , German writer
- 1931 : Guntram Palm , German lawyer and politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister, President of the State Central Bank
- 1932 : Lalo Schifrin , Argentine composer, conductor and jazz pianist
- 1933 : John Cannon , Canadian racing car driver
- 1933 : Ron Grable , American racing car driver
- 1933 : Siegfried Lorenz , German hammer thrower
- 1934 : Wulf Kirsten , German poet and narrator
- 1934 : Ken Matthews , British athlete, Olympic champion
- 1935 : Françoise Sagan , French writer
- 1938 : Ron Ely , American actor
- 1940 : Mariette Hartley , American actress
- 1941 : Liz Mohn , German entrepreneur
- 1942 : Seiji Aochi , Japanese ski jumper
- 1942 : Barbara Dickmann , German journalist
- 1943 : Leopold Prince of Bavaria , German racing driver
- 1943 : Beat Fehr , Swiss racing car driver
- 1943 : Manfred Jürgen Matschke , German economist
- 1944 : Jon Hiseman , British jazz and rock drummer
- 1944 : Ray Davies , British musician, singer and songwriter
- 1945 : Philippe Sarde , French composer
- 1945 : Adam Zagajewski , Polish author
- 1946 : Brenda Holloway , American singer
- 1946 : David Weiss , Swiss artist
- 1947 : Meredith Baxter , American actress
- 1947 : Shirin Ebadi , Iranian lawyer, Nobel Prize winner
- 1947 : Michael Gross , American actor
- 1947 : Duane Thomas , American football player
- 1948 : Don Airey , British rock musician
- 1948 : Ian McEwan , British writer
- 1948 : Wolfgang Seel , German football player
- 1948 : Andrzej Sapkowski , Polish fantasy writer
- 1948 : Chiqui Vicioso , Dominican writer and sociologist
- 1949 : Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski , German composer
- 1950 : Rainer Arnold , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1950 : Joey Kramer , American rock musician ( Aerosmith )
- 1950 : John Paul Young , Australian singer
1951-1975
- 1951 : Nils Lofgren , American musician
- 1951 : Marcel Tarrès , French racing car driver
- 1952 : Marcella Detroit , American musician
- 1952 : Luis Días , Dominican rock and jazz musician
- 1953 : Benazir Bhutto , Pakistani politician, first Muslim head of government in the world as Prime Minister
- 1954 : Friedlinde Gurr-Hirsch , German politician, MdL
- 1954 : Robert Menasse , Austrian writer and essayist
- 1954 : Volker Reinhardt , German historian
- 1954 : Helmut Scholz , German politician, MEP
- 1955 : Martin Doerry , German journalist and book author
- 1955 : Michael Kühnen , leader of the German neo-Nazi movement
- 1955 : Michel Platini , French football player, coach and functional, European champion
- 1957 : Berkeley Breathed , American cartoonist
- 1957 : Mark Brzezicki , British rock drummer
- 1958 : Víctor Montoya , Bolivian writer
- 1958 : Gennadi Ivanovich Padalka , Russian cosmonaut
- 1959 : Tom Chambers , American basketball player
- 1959 : Kathy Mattea , American country musician
- 1959 : Hans-Joachim Watzke , German football official
- 1960 : Andreas Knebel , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1961 : Manu Chao , French singer ( Mano Negra )
- 1961 : Felix Vörtler , German actor
- 1961 : Joko Widodo , Indonesian entrepreneur and politician, President
- 1962 : Oliver Buslau , German music journalist, crime writer and editor
- 1962 : Chris Palmer , British motorcycle racer
- 1962 : Pipilotti Rist , Swiss video artist
- 1962 : Viktor Robertowitsch Zoi , Russian musician
- 1963 : Gosho Aoyama , Japanese manga artist
- 1963 : Hannelore Brenner , German dressage rider in equestrian sports for the disabled
- 1964 : David Morrissey , British actor and film director
- 1964 : Doug Savant , American actor
- 1965 : Ruperta Lichtenecker , Austrian politician, member of the National Council
- 1965 : Yang Liwei , first Chinese astronaut
- 1965 : Lana Wachowski , American film director
- 1966 : Beatrix Delgado , Swiss singer
- 1966 : Pierre Thorsson , Swedish handball player and coach
- 1967 : Pierre Omidyar , American entrepreneur
- 1967 : Albert Pesendorfer , Austrian opera singer (bass)
- 1967 : Carrie Preston , American actress and film director
- 1967 : Yingluck Shinawatra , Thai politician
- 1968 : Anneli Andelén , Swedish football player
- 1968 : Chris Gueffroy , last victim on the Berlin Wall
- 1968 : Sonique , British singer
- 1969 : Lloyd Avery II , American actor
- 1969 : Harun Isa , Albanian football player
- 1969 : Gabriella Paruzzi , Italian skier
- 1970 : Hans Peter Doskozil , Austrian politician, governor of Burgenland
- 1970 : Mickie Krause , German singer
- 1970 : Pete Rock , American music producer
- 1971 : Davide Olivares , Italian football player
- 1971 : Anette Olzon , Swedish singer
- 1972 : Nobuharu Asahara , Japanese athlete
- 1972 : Johann König , German cabaret artist
- 1972 : Åsa Mogensen , Swedish handball player
- 1973 : Alyson Annan , Australian hockey player
- 1973 : Zuzana Čaputová , Slovak lawyer, environmental activist and politician
- 1973 : Juliette Lewis , American actress
- 1974 : Flavio Roma , Italian football player
- 1974 : Roman Simon , German politician, MdA
- 1974 : Altin Volaj , Albanian composer and music teacher
1976-2000
- 1976 : Miroslav Karhan , Slovak football player
- 1976 : René Aufhauser , Austrian soccer player
- 1977 : Aðalsteinn Eyjólfsson , Icelandic handball player and coach
- 1977 : Jochen Hecht , German ice hockey player
- 1978 : Erica Durance , Canadian actress
- 1978 : Cristiano Lupatelli , Italian football player
- 1979 : Annett Fleischer , German presenter and actress
- 1979 : Konstantinos Katsouranis , Greek football player
- 1979 : Chris Pratt , American actor
- 1980 : Branko Bošković , Montenegrin football player
- 1980 : Gerard de Rooy , Dutch racing driver and entrepreneur
- 1981 : Qi An , Chinese soccer player
- 1981 : Brandon Flowers , American musician
- 1981 : Michael Hackert , German ice hockey player
- 1981 : Christian Montanari , San Marino racing car driver
- 1982 : Roman Stanislawowitsch Adamow , Russian football player
- 1982 : William, Duke of Cambridge , British nobleman, heir to the throne
- 1983 : Edward Snowden , American CIA agent, whistleblower
- 1985 : Lana Del Rey , American singer
- 1986 : Cheik Tioté , Ivorian football player
- 1987 : Pablo Barrera , Mexican soccer player
- 1987 : Nicolas Fettner , Austrian ski jumper
- 1987 : Sebastian Prödl , Austrian soccer player
- 1988 : Beatrice Egli , Swiss pop singer
- 1988 : Nizar Khalfan , Tanzanian soccer player
- 1988 : Vasko Ševaljević , Montenegrin handball player
- 1988 : Isaac Vorsah , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1988 : Thaddeus Young , American basketball player
- 1989 : Raheleh Asemani , Belgian-Iranian taekwondo athlete
- 1989 : Christopher Lamb , American ski jumper
- 1990 : Estefanía Banini , Argentinian soccer player
- 1990 : Ričardas Berankis , Lithuanian tennis player
- 1990 : Miriam Neureuther , German biathlete and cross-country skier
- 1990 : François Moubandje , Swiss football player
- 1990 : Knowledge Musona , Zimbabwean football player
- 1990 : Sandra Perković , Croatian discus thrower
- 1990 : Katrin Welter , German handball player and trainer
- 1991 : Mario Fernandes , German handball player
- 1991 : Gaël Kakuta , Franco-Congolese football player
- 1991 : Luka Tankulic , German-Croatian soccer player
- 1992 : Max Schneider , American actor, dancer, model and singer
- 1997 : Rebecca Black , American singer
- 1998 : Isabel Atkin , British freestyle skier
Died
Before the 15th century
- 524 : Chlodomer , Frankish king with residence in Orléans
- 866 : Radulf von Bourges , Archbishop
- 870 : Al-Muhtadi , Abbasid Caliph
- 1040 : Fulko III. , Count of Anjou
- 1093 : Sophia , Countess von Bar
- 1126 : Raymond von Roda , bishop of Roda de Isábena and Barbastro
- 1200 : Anastasija Srpska , Serbian Orthodox saint
- 1208 : Philip of Swabia , Duke of Swabia and German King
- 1221 : Henry III. , Duke of Limburg and Count of Arlon
- 1259 : Otto II von Lippe , Bishop of Münster
- 1305 : Wenceslas II , King of Bohemia, Duke of Cracow and King of Poland
- 1356 : Bolko II , Duke of Opole
- 1359 : Erik XII. , King of Sweden
- 1377 : Edward III. , English king
15th to 17th century
- 1412 : Friedrich X. , Count of Hohenzollern
- 1413 : Swantibor III. , Duke of Pomerania-Szczecin
- 1428 : Conrad IV , German Count von Rietberg
- 1472 : John III. von Asel , Bishop of Verden
- 1475 : Shin Suk-ju , Korean politician, painter, and Neo-Confucian philosopher
- 1483 : Elisabeth of Burgundy , Duchess of Cleves
- 1521 : Leonardo Loredan , 75th Doge of Venice
- 1527 : Niccolò Machiavelli , Italian politician, historian and poet
- 1529 : John Skelton , English playwright
- 1535 : Hans von Schönitz , German merchant, chief chamberlain and confidante of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg
- 1547 : Sebastiano del Piombo , Italian painter
- 1558 : Piero Strozzi , Italian condottiere
- 1560 : Rudolf von und zu Frankenstein , Prince-Bishop of Speyer
- 1582 : Anayama Nobukimi , Japanese samurai
- 1582 : Oda Nobunaga , Japanese warlord
- 1591 : Aloisius von Gonzaga , Italian Jesuit and nurse of plague sufferers
- 1599 : Bernhard IV. Von Angelach-Angelach , German Imperial Knight
- 1606 : Joachim Strupp , German doctor of medicine and non-fiction author
- 1614 : Bartholomäus Scultetus , Görlitz mayor and mathematician
- 1621 : Friedrich von Bila , imperial councilor in Bohemia, participant in the uprising of the estates
- 1621 : Václav Budovec z Budova , Bohemian politician, diplomat and writer, participant in the class uprising
- 1621 : Kaspar Cappleri de Sulewicz , Czech nobleman, participant in the class uprising
- 1621 : Diwisch Czernin von Chudenitz , Bohemian nobleman, participant in the class revolt
- 1621 : Christoph Harant von Polschitz and Weseritz , Bohemian nobleman, participant in the uprising of the estates
- 1621 : Jan Jessenius , Slovak doctor and politician, participant in the class uprising
- 1621 : Joachim Andreas von Schlick , leader of the Protestant estates in Bohemia, participant in the estates revolt
- 1621 : Louis III. de Lorraine-Guise , Archbishop of Reims
- 1629 : Szymon Zimorowic , Polish poet
- 1631 : John Smith , English mercenary and adventurer
- 1652 : Inigo Jones , English architect
- 1661 : Andrea Sacchi , Italian painter
- 1665 : Giovanni Maria Galli da Bibiena , Italian painter
- 1681 : Sigmund von Birken , German writer
- 1692 : Christian Ludwig I , Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- 1695 : Johannes Lavater , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
18th century
- 1708 : Frederik von Gabel , Danish merchant and governor of the Danish crown in the Faroe Islands
- 1721 : Johann Christoph Müller , German cartographer and engineer officer
- 1731 : Albrecht Friedrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt , lieutenant general in Brandenburg-Prussia and master of the Order of St. John
- 1738 : Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend , British politician and Secretary of State
- 1749 : Maria Renata Singer von Mossau , nun and superior in the Unterzell monastery, victim of the witch hunt in the Würzburg monastery
- 1754 : Johann Baptist Martinelli , Austrian builder and architect
- 1759 : Sebastián de Eslava y Lazaga , Spanish officer, colonial administrator and viceroy of New Granada
- 1767 : Władysław Aleksander Łubieński , Archbishop of Lemberg, Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland-Lithuania and Interrex of Poland-Lithuania
- 1779 : Hermann Werner von der Asseburg , Prime Minister of the Electorate of Cologne
- 1782 : Georg Wilhelm von Hessen-Darmstadt , German nobleman
- 1784 : Daniel Högger , Mayor of the City of St. Gallen in Switzerland
- 1786 : George Hepplewhite , English cabinet maker
- 1788 : Johann Georg Hamann , German philosopher and writer
- 1796 : Richard Gridley , British-American military engineer
- 1797 : Andreas Peter von Bernstorff , Foreign Minister of the entire Danish state
19th century
- 1806 : Johann Ignaz Schiffermüller , Austrian zoologist
- 1812 : Johann Friedrich August Tischbein , German painter
- 1814 : Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto , British politician and diplomat
- 1814 : Johann Martin Miller , German theologian and writer
- 1816 : Gottfried Nicolai Angelo , Danish engraver and teacher
- 1825 : Johann Friedrich Facius , German pedagogue and classical philologist
- 1831 : Wilhelm Amsinck , German businessman, councilor and mayor
- 1837 : Justus Erich Walbaum , German typographer, type founder and die cutter
- 1839 : Bonifác Buzek , Czech priest, educator, philosopher and educator
- 1840 : Karl Christian Ferdinand Chop , German civil servant
- 1844 : Joaquín Abarca , Spanish prelate
- 1851 : Franz Xaver von Pflimmern , Bavarian civil servant
- 1852 : Friedrich Fröbel , German educator, founded the first kindergarten
- 1853 : Franz Serafin Exner , Austrian philosopher
- 1857 : Louis Jacques Thénard , French chemist
- 1858 : Adolf Ivar Arwidsson , Finnish journalist, writer and historian
- 1869 : Gottlieb Theodor Becker , German educator
- 1872 : Robert Eduard Prutz , German writer
- 1874 : Anders Jonas Ångström , Swedish astronomer and physicist
- 1876 : Antonio López de Santa Anna , Mexican officer and politician
- 1878 : Johann Jakob Rychner , Swiss veterinarian
- 1880 : Theophilus H. Holmes , Lieutenant General in the Confederate States Army
- 1887 : Gozewijn Jan Loncq , Dutch medic
- 1887 : Adolf Schimon , Austrian-German pianist, singing teacher and composer
- 1888 : Victoria Benedictsson , Swedish writer
- 1893 : Leland Stanford , founder of Stanford University
- 1898 : Anton Kerner von Marilaun , Austrian botanist and university professor
- 1900 : Clara Fechner , German writer
- 1900 : Polibio Fumagalli , Italian organist, composer and music teacher
20th century
1901-1950
- 1908 : Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow , Russian composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1914 : Bertha von Suttner , Austrian pacifist, peace researcher and writer, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1918 : Edward Józef Abramowski , Polish philosopher, psychologist, sociologist and anarchist
- 1918 : Hermann Essig , German playwright, storyteller and poet
- 1921 : Murphy J. Foster , American politician
- 1930 : Carl Schrader , German astronomer and bryologist
- 1930 : Eva von Tiele-Winckler , German deaconess
- 1931 : Nellie Stewart , Australian actress and singer
- 1932 : Nat Phillips , Australian theater director, comedian and entertainer
- 1934 : Thorne Smith , American author
- 1936 : Matthias Auckenthaler , Austrian alpinist
- 1940 : Walter Hasenclever , German expressionist writer
- 1940 : Janusz Kusociński , Polish athlete
- 1940 : Jean Vuillermoz , French composer
- 1944 : Arie Noordtzij , Dutch Reformed theologian
- 1948 : Hans Aull , German judge
- 1949 : Fritz Höger , German architect
- 1950 : Leopold Ziegenbein , German navigator, captain and commodore
1951-2000
- 1951 : Charles Dillon Perrine , American-Argentine astronomer
- 1957 : František Kupka , Czech painter
- 1957 : Johannes Stark , German physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1958 : Jean-Marie Brussin , French racing car driver and industrialist
- 1958 : Eduard Erdmann , Latvian pianist and composer
- 1959 : Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl , Norwegian pianist and composer
- 1966 : Reg Calvert , British music manager and radio adviser
- 1969 : Maureen Connolly , American tennis player
- 1970 : Piers Courage , British racing car driver
- 1970 : Lev Abramowitsch Kassil , Russian writer and children's book author
- 1970 : Sukarno , Indonesian President
- 1971 : Ludwig Schmidseder , German composer
- 1978 : Max Fürst , German writer
- 1979 : Angus MacLise , American musician
- 1980 : Bert Kaempfert , German orchestra leader and music producer, arranger and composer
- 1981 : Johan Fabricius , Dutch writer, illustrator, journalist and adventurer
- 1985 : Carl Andresen , German theologian and historian of religion
- 1985 : Tage Erlander , Swedish Prime Minister
- 1987 : Abram Chasins , American composer, pianist and musicologist
- 1989 : Theodor Ahrenberg , Swedish entrepreneur and art collector
- 1989 : Andrés Holguín , Colombian poet, translator and literary critic
- 1990 : Rudolf Alexander Agricola , German sculptor
- 1990 : June Christy , American singer
- 1990 : Lucy Millowitsch , German actress and theater director
- 1991 : Klaus Schwarzkopf , German actor and voice actor
- 1993 : Al Fairweather , British musician
- 1993 : André Frénaud , French poet and essayist
- 1994 : Carlos Jiménez Mabarak , Mexican composer
- 1994 : Walter Riml , Austrian cameraman and film actor
- 1996 : Karl Ackermann , German journalist and publisher
- 1996 : Gerhard Wendland , German pop singer
- 1998 : Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero , Italian religious, Archbishop of Turin
- 1998 : Gerhard Gundermann , German songwriter
- 1999 : Amédée Borsari , French composer
- 1999 : Karl Krolow , German writer
- 2000 : Alan Hovhaness , American composer
- 2000 : Åke Senning , Swedish heart surgeon
21st century
- 2001 : John Lee Hooker , American blues musician
- 2001 : Carroll O'Connor , American actor
- 2002 : Gösta Berggren , Swedish ski jumper
- 2003 : Hans Boesch , Swiss writer
- 2003 : Leon Uris , American writer
- 2003 : Rudolf Wölfl , German philologist, educator and humanist
- 2004 : Leonel de Moura Brizola , Brazilian politician
- 2005 : Guillermo Suárez Mason , Argentine general ("Butcher of El Olimpo")
- 2005 : Jaime Lachica Sin , Philippine Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila
- 2007 : James Carson , American country and old-time musician
- 2007 : Georg Danzer , Austrian songwriter
- 2007 : Horst Gehann , German conductor and composer, concert organist, harpsichordist and music publisher
- 2007 : László Sillai , Hungarian wrestler
- 2009 : Hermann Eiselen , German entrepreneur and patron
- 2010 : Wilfried Feldenkirchen , German economic historian
- 2012 : Otto Schwalge , German graphic artist
- 2012 : Anna J. Schwartz , American economist
- 2013 : Heinz Heinen , German-Belgian ancient historian
- 2013 : Elliott Reid , American actor
- 2014 : Ghislaine Demonceau , French violinist
- 2014 : Johannes Strassmann , German poker player
- 2015 : Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski , German politician, economic functionary of the GDR
- 2015 : Gunther Schuller , American composer and jazz musician
- 2016 : Dietrich Eichholtz , German historian
- 2016 : Kunio Hatoyama , Japanese politician
- 2017 : Bernulf Kanitscheider , German philosopher and science theorist
- 2017 : Steffi Walter , German luge athlete
- 2018 : Charles Krauthammer , American publicist
- 2019 : Dimitris Christofias , Cypriot politician
- 2019 : Édouard-Jean Empain , Belgian entrepreneur
- 2019 : Peter Selz , American art historian
- 2020 : Jürgen Holtz , German actor and visual artist
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Alban of Mainz , priest, missionary and martyr (Roman Catholic)
- Eva von Tiele-Winckler , founder of the German order (Protestant)
- St. Aloisius von Gonzaga , Italian nobleman, member of the order and patron saint (Roman Catholic)
- Onesimos Nesib , Ethiopian translator and evangelist (Protestant: ELCA )
- More information about the day
- Willakatuti , a public holiday in Bolivia
- Fête de la Musique , international day of homemade music (since 1982)
- World Humanist Day (since 1982)
- Day of Sleep (since 2000)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .