21st September
The September 21 is the 264th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 265th in leap years ), thus remain 101 days by year end.
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events
Politics and world events
- 454: The Roman Emperor Valentinian III. murders his general Aëtius .
- 1327: The English king . Edward II , who has renounced in January to the throne, is in prison in the castle of Berkeley murdered.
- 1337: In the Battle of Grynau during the Swiss Habsburg Wars, the people of Zurich have the upper hand over the troops of an aristocratic league .
- 1338: The Arnemuiden naval battle is the first naval battle fought with cannons . Five English nefs are defeated by a French fleet in the early days of the Hundred Years War after valiant resistance.
- 1435: In the Treaty of Arras , the rulers of France and Burgundy agree with King Charles VII of France and Duke Philip the Good to settle their long-lasting conflict, the civil war of the Armagnacs and Bourguignons . With England , however, no agreement to end the war was reached at this peace conference .
- 1520: Suleyman I the Magnificent becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph .
- 1745: Jacobite rebels under the leadership of Charles Edward Stuart defeat British government troops under General Sir John Cope in the Battle of Prestonpans and thus temporarily gain control over all of Scotland .
- 1746: A French force under Admiral Bertrand François Mahé de La Bourdonnais takes the Indian city of Madras, previously ruled by the British , during the First Carnatic War .
- 1762: At the Brücker Mühle, a strategically important crossing over the Ohm near Amöneburg , there is a battle between France and the Prussian allies of Hesse, Hanover and Braunschweig during the Seven Years' War , which ends after 14 hours without a clear winner.
- 1792: In the French Revolution , the National Convention King Louis XVI. for deposed, the First French Republic begins.
- 1832: In the Black Hawk Purchase , the Sauk and Fox Indians cede their land east of the Mississippi River to the United States . The treaty, which goes into effect July 1 of the following year, ends the Black Hawk War . The chief Black Hawk is not involved in the contract because he is in captivity.
- 1846: The Battle of Monterrey begins during the Mexican-American War .
- 1848: Gustav Struve and his wife Amalie , who already took part in the Hecker uprising in March, proclaim the German Republic in the town hall of Lörrach . This approach to a Baden revolution was also put down after a few days.
- 1898: In the empire of China , the imperial mother Tz'e Hsi overthrows her nephew Te Tsun and ends his hundred-day reform .
- 1916: SPD in crisis: The party chairman Friedrich Ebert reports at the Reich Conference that the number of members has shrunk by 64 percent.
- 1933: The trial of the Reichstag fire begins before the IV Criminal Senate of the Reichsgericht in Leipzig . The accused are Marinus van der Lubbe and the communists Ernst Torgler , Georgi Dimitrov , Blagoi Popow and Wassil Tanew .
- 1944: A targeted indiscretion is Morgenthau Plan of the US Treasury for public post-war Germany. After strong negative reactions, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt soon distances himself from this paper.
- 1949: The Allied High Commission begins its work in Germany on the basis of the Occupation Statute.
- 1949: Abolition of censorship and the regulation of the press in post-war Germany by the occupying powers .
- 1949: The entry into force of the Occupation Statute gives the Federal Republic of Germany full control over the judiciary , legislative and executive branches .
- 1960: For the first time, the Panamanian flag is hoisted over the Panama Canal in addition to the US flag.
- 1964: Malta gains independence from Great Britain .
- 1971: In its 26th session, the General Assembly of the United Nations approves the admission of Bhutan , Qatar , Oman and Bahrain to the UN.
- 1972: The German Bundestag approves a pension reform (introduction of the flexible age limit).
- 1979: The Central African Emperor Bokassa I is overthrown by David Dacko and the Central African Republic is again proclaimed.
- 1981: Belize (until June 1, 1973 British Honduras ) becomes independent from Great Britain regardless of the territorial claims of neighboring Guatemala .
- 1991: Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1991: Civil rights activists from the former GDR found the party organization Bündnis 90 .
- 1993: Russian constitutional crisis 1993 : Russian President Boris Yeltsin overturns parliament by dissolving the People's Deputies Congress and the Supreme Soviet of Russia.
- 1993: During the approach to Sukhumi in Georgia , a Tupolev Tu-134 of Transair Georgia is shot down by Abkhazian separatists. All 27 inmates die.
- 1997: The newly founded Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność electoral alliance led by Marian Krzaklewski wins the parliamentary elections in Poland .
- 2002: The member countries of the United Nations ( UN ) celebrate September 21st as a world day of peace for the first time without exception , after this was decided unanimously in the General Assembly on September 7th of the previous year (UN Resolution 55/282). Previously, on November 30th, 1981, this day had been declared "International Day of Peace" in UN Resolution 36/67.
business
- 1847: Two types of postage stamps are issued on the island of Mauritius , a British crown colony, the Red and Blue Mauritius .
- 1852: In Baden-Baden begins Eduard Messmer a store with groceries to operate, which later became the tea -Handelsunternehmen Messmer is.
- 1892: Dresdner Bank takes over Anglo-Deutsche Bank in Hamburg , starting its rise to what was once the second largest bank in Germany.
- 1903: August Oetker patented the process for making baking powder .
- 1924: The first section of the Autostrada dei Laghi between Milan and Varese is given by the Italian King Victor Emanuel III. released as the first pure car road in the world.
- 1931: Great Britain leaves the gold standard , the pound sterling becomes free currency.
- 2012: The JadeWeserPort officially goes into operation in Wilhelmshaven .
science and technology
- 1457: The Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg is founded.
- 1721: In Cuba is Universidad de La Habana founded.
- 1799: The French inventor Philippe Lebon applies for a patent for the first gas heater .
- 1881: The First International Electricity Congress specifies ohms as the unit of measurement for electrical resistance . He is honoring the German physicist Georg Simon Ohm and his work.
- 1884: The Arlberg railway tunnel is opened to traffic. It has a length of 10.25 km.
- 1908: The mathematician Hermann Minkowski gives a sensational lecture on space and time in Cologne . The space-time wins contours .
- 1910: The university in Mexico City , which was dissolved by Emperor Maximilian I in 1865, is re-established as Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México .
- 1925: The skeleton of an early man is found in Ehringsdorf near Weimar .
- 1942: The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight . It will prove to be the largest and most powerful bomber in World War II.
- 1961: The transport helicopter Boeing CH-47 Chinook Chinook takes its first flight.
- 1964: The US test aircraft XB-70 Valkyrie makes its maiden flight.
- 1983: The 800 gram DynaTAC 8000X mobile phone from Motorola is the first mobile phone in the world to be approved by the Federal Communications Commission in the USA .
- 2003: The mission of the American space probe Galileo ends with a controlled crash into Jupiter .
- 2004: In Dubai , construction work begins on a new skyscraper , which will be named Burj Khalifa after completion .
Culture
- 1820: Alexander Sergejewitsch Pushkin is exiled to Chișinău .
- 1846: The Sorbian student association Serbowka is founded.
- 1893: The world premiere of Gerhart Hauptmann's socially critical comedy Der Biberpelz takes place in Berlin.
- 1917: The operetta Die Faschingsfee by Emmerich Kálmán is premiered at the Johann Strauss Theater in Vienna. The libretto is by Alfred Maria Willner and Rudolf Österreicher .
- 1920: The song of the workers' movement, Brothers, on the Sun, on Freedom is sung in public for the first time in Germany.
- 1925: Cooking radio programs with Betty Crocker as the figurehead reach all listeners in the USA for the first time.
- 1929: The world premiere of the opera Engelbrekt by Natanael Berg takes place at the Kungliga Teatern in Stockholm .
- 1937: The Fantasy -Buch The Hobbit ( The Hobbit ) by JRR Tolkien will be published.
- 1945: The first fashion show of the post-war period takes place in Paris .
- 1956: The city council of Berlin decides to rebuild the Brandenburg Gate .
- 2004: The National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC opens.
society
- 1793: With the opening of the first bathhouse , Heiligendamm becomes the first German seaside resort .
- 1877: Louis-Lucien Rochat and 27 other people found the Blue Cross in Geneva to help addicts .
- 1897: The New York Sun replied to Virginia O'Hanlon's question, “ Is there a Santa Claus? “Only after the author's death in 1906 does the newspaper announce that the editorial , which has been reprinted many times, was by Francis Pharcellus Church .
- 1991: The German-speaking Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are founded in Heidelberg to “spread joy, spirituality, awareness and tolerance as well as AIDS prevention and the collection of funds for gay , lesbian and transgender projects and groups as well as for HIV and AIDS Projects ".
religion
- 1676: Benedetto Odescalchi is elected Pope and takes the name Innocent XI.
- 1823: According to his own statements, a heavenly being named Moroni appears to the later founder of a religion, Joseph Smith , who points out ancient gold plates buried in a nearby hill to him.
- 1933: The Pastors' Emergency League is founded in response to the church's Aryan paragraph .
Disasters
- 1869: The Royal Court Theater Dresden is destroyed in a devastating fire .
- 1921: The explosion at the Oppau nitrogen plant (part of the BASF plant in Ludwigshafen-Oppau ) kills 561 people, injures over 2,000 and destroys 900 of 1,000 apartments.
- 1938: The New England hurricane hits Long Island near New York from northeast . The hurricane killed between 682 and 800 people, and more than 57,000 houses were damaged or destroyed. Property damage is estimated at $ 306 million.
- 1957: When the German sailing training ship Pamir sank in a hurricane southwest of the Azores , 80 of the 86 crew members are killed.
- 1999: The Jiji earthquake with its epicenter in the Taiwan Central Mountains kills over 2,400 people.
- 2001: In a serious chemical accident, the explosion in Toulouse , 31 people die in the French city. There is also considerable damage to property.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1899: The sports club Stuttgarter Kickers is founded.
- 1952: The GDR national soccer team loses its first official international match in Warsaw against Poland 3-0.
- 1955: Heavyweight boxer Rocky Marciano defends his world title for the sixth and last time against his compatriot Archie Moore .
- 1956: Despite a ban by the DFB , the first, albeit unofficial, international match of a German women's national team takes place in Essen in front of 18,000 spectators . Opponents Netherlands are defeated 2-1.
- 1980: Gérard d'Aboville reaches the port of Brest after 72 days , becoming the first person to cross the Atlantic alone in a rowboat .
- 1985: Michael Spinks wins his boxing match and thus the world heavyweight championship against Larry Holmes . For Holmes it is the first defeat after 48 wins.
- 2011: The German cyclist Tony Martin wins the world championship in the individual time trial for the first time at the UCI Road World Championships 2011 in Copenhagen .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
Hongwu (* 1328)
Emperor Friedrich III. (* 1415)
Girolamo Savonarola (* 1452)
Hedwig Jagiellonica (* 1457)
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- 1051: Bertha of Savoy , as wife of Henry IV. Roman-German queen and empress
- 1154: Sancha of Castile , Queen of Aragon
- 1328: Hongwu , Chinese emperor and founder of the Ming dynasty
- 1407: Leonello d'Este , Margrave of Ferrara
- 1411: Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York , English nobleman
- 1415: Friedrich III. , Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
- 1425: Matthäus Hummel , German founding rector of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
- 1433: Guillaume Fichet , French scholar, rector and librarian of the Sorbonne University
- 1452: Girolamo Savonarola , Italian theologian and politician
- 1457: Hedwig Jagiellonica , Princess of Poland and Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut
- 1477: Matthäus Zell , Lutheran theologian and reformer
- 1516: Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox , Scottish nobleman
- 1517: Matthäus Ludecus , German lawyer, cathedral dean at Havelberg Cathedral
- 1519: Hugolin Martelli , Bishop of Glandèves
- 1528: Matthäus Judex , German Lutheran theologian
- 1559: Ludovico Cigoli , Italian poet, painter, sculptor and architect
- 1562: Vincenzo I. Gonzaga , Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
- 1568: Salome Alt , lover of the Prince Archbishop of Salzburg
- 1610: Michael Wendler German moral philosopher and Lutheran theologian
- 1640: Philippe I , Duke of Orléans
- 1645: Louis Joliet , French explorer and cartographer (discovered the Mississippi with Jacques Marquette)
- 1691: Jakob Hendrik Croeser , Dutch medic
18th century
Polyxena of Hessen-Rotenburg (* 1706)
Karl Immanuel Nitzsch (* 1787)
Johann Peter Eckermann (* 1792)
- 1703: Charlotte Wilhelmine Amalie Alexandrina von Nassau-Hadamar , baroness of Merode-Westerloo
- 1705: Richard Turpin , English mugger and cattle thief
- 1706: Jacob Wilhelm Lustig , Dutch composer, organist and music theorist
- 1706: Polyxena of Hessen-Rotenburg , Queen of Sardinia-Piedmont
- 1707: Conrad Wilhelm Graf von Ahlefeldt , German general and minister of war
- 1713: Domingo de Boenechea , Spanish navigator and explorer
- 1719: Ferdinand Tige , Austrian nobleman, general and President of the Court War Council
- 1722: Gisela Agnes von Anhalt-Köthen , Princess of Anhalt-Köthen, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau
- 1722: Georg Christian Seekatz , German painter
- 1726: Jacob Friedrich Isenflamm , German anatomist and botanist
- 1740: Iwan Iwanowitsch Lepjochin , Russian doctor, botanist, zoologist and explorer
- 1752: Luise zu Stolberg-Gedern , German wife of the Jacobite pretender Charles Edward Stuart
- 1757: James Jackson , American politician, governor, and senator from Georgia
- 1758: Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy , French orientalist
- 1759: Markus Vetsch , Werdenberg freedom fighter, Switzerland
- 1761: Matthias Conrad Peterson , Norwegian journalist
- 1768: Louis Emmanuel Jadin , French composer
- 1771: Katharina Lanz , Tyrolean maid and freedom fighter, is considered the Tyrolean Joan of Arc
- 1772: John Samuel Peters , American politician, governor of Connecticut
- 1774: Ludwig Friedrich Heindorf , German classical philologist
- 1779: Hermann Wedel-Jarlsberg , Norwegian politician
- 1784: Carl Thomas Mozart , Austrian civil servant and son of Wolfgang Amadeus and Constanze Mozart
- 1787: Karl Immanuel Nitzsch , German theologian
- 1788: Geert Adriaans Boomgaard , verifiably the first 110-year-old
- 1788: Margaret Taylor , American first lady
- 1791: István Széchenyi , Hungarian state reformer and entrepreneur
- 1792: Johann Peter Eckermann , German poet, close confidante of Goethe
- 1799: William Sublette , American fur trader, trapper, and mountain man
19th century
1801-1850
Moritz Hermann Jacobi (* 1801)
Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois (* 1819)
Sultan Abdülhamid II (* 1842)
Ernst August of Hanover (* 1845)
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- 1801: Moritz Hermann von Jacobi , German physicist and engineer, developed the first practical electric motor
- 1802: Carl Ehrich , German teacher and cantor
- 1808: George Rex Andrews , American lawyer and politician
- 1812: Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde , Hungarian noblewoman
- 1815: Paul Rudolph von Bilguer , German chess master and theorist
- 1817: Maria Merkert , German co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Elisabeth
- 1819: Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois , Princess of France and regent of the Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla
- 1822: Jean-Frédéric Astié , French evangelical clergyman and theologian
- 1826: Carl Friedrich Buchholz , German organ builder
- 1827: Konstantin Nikolajewitsch Romanow , Russian nobleman, son of Tsar Nicholas I, viceroy in Congress Poland
- 1829: Augusta Marie Gertrude von Hanau , daughter of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I of Hessen-Kassel
- 1833: James Madison Harvey , American politician, governor of Kansas
- 1840: Murad V , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1842: Abdülhamid II , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1843: Adolf Römer , German classical philologist
- 1845: Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover , last Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Hanover
- 1846: Ekaterina Gavrilovna Tschislowa , Russian ballerina and mistress
- 1848: Maria Isabella d'Orléans-Montpensier , Franco-Spanish princess
- 1850: Hans Sitt , German composer
1851-1900
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (* 1853)
Hélène Vacaresco (* 1864)
Herbert George Wells (* 1866)
Max Immelmann (* 1890)
- 1853: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1856: Emil Brass , German tobacco merchant and author
- 1858: Joseph Anton Sickinger , German high school teacher, city school councilor and school reformer
- 1860: Gustav Leutelt , Sudeten German poet and writer
- 1863: Georg Adalbert Arends , German plant breeder and gardener
- 1863: John Bunny , American actor
- 1864: Frederick Field Bullard , American composer
- 1864: Hélène Vacaresco , Romanian-French writer, two-time laureate of the Académie française
- 1866: Charles Nicolle , French doctor and microbiologist
- 1866: Herbert George Wells , British writer ( The War of the Worlds , The Time Machine )
- 1868: Olga Leonardowna Knipper , Russian actress
- 1868: Eduard Norden , German classical philologist and historian of religion
- 1869: Carlo Airoldi , Italian marathon runner
- 1869: Alwin father , German track cyclist and speed skater
- 1872: Octave Guillonnet , French painter
- 1874: Gustav Holst , British composer
- 1874: Karl Jarres , German politician, Reich Minister, Vice Chancellor
- 1876: Julio González , Spanish sculptor
- 1876: Mathilde Sussin , Austrian actress
- 1878: Waldemar Lestienne , French racing car driver, designer and entrepreneur
- 1878: Hans Thaler , Austrian gynecologist and obstetrician
- 1879: Samuel Washington Arnold , American politician
- 1882: Hubert Eisdell , English singer
- 1883: Léopold Jouguet , French racing car driver
- 1884: Maximilian Adler , Czech classical philologist and university professor
- 1884: Hachirō Arita , Japanese diplomat and politician
- 1884: Raymond Glaszmann , French racing car driver
- 1885: Elisabeth Müller , Swiss writer for young people
- 1886: François Piazzoli , French racing car driver
- 1887: Paula von Lamberg , Austrian ski jumper
- 1889: Annemarie Steinsieck , German actress
- 1890: Max Immelmann , German fighter pilot ("Adler von Lille")
- 1893: Erna Scheffler , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
- 1894: Jules-Henri Addor , Swiss politician
- 1894: Anne Winterer , German photographer
- 1895: Ida Fischer , German clerk and politician, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1896: Käte Hamburger , German Germanist and philosopher
- 1896: August Prüssing , German engineer
- 1899: Esna Boyd , Australian tennis player
- 1899: Juliusz Schauder , Polish mathematician
20th century
1901-1925
Toyen (* 1902)
Franz Stock (* 1904)
Kwame Nkrumah (* 1909)
Chuck Jones (born 1912)
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- 1901: Geneviève d'Orléans , French nobleman, member of the House of d'Orléans
- 1902: Dymphna Cusack , Australian writer
- 1902: Toyen , actually Marie Čermínová, Czech surrealist painter, draftsman and graphic artist, representative of poetism
- 1903: Vera Pavlovna Strojewa , Soviet film director and screenwriter
- 1904: Hans Hartung , German artist
- 1904: Franz Stock , German Catholic priest and prison chaplain, pioneer of German-French friendship
- 1905: Elisabeth Peterburs , German politician, MdL
- 1905: Marguerite Roberts , American screenwriter
- 1906: Henry Beachell , American agronomist
- 1908: George Simpson , American athlete and Olympian
- 1909: Dzmitryi Kasmowitsch , Belarusian political activist, under German occupation police chief of Smolensk
- 1909: Kwame Nkrumah , Ghanaian politician, head of government and president
- 1910: Max Adenauer , German politician
- 1910: Elden Auker , American baseball player
- 1910: Umberto Mastroianni , Italian sculptor
- 1910: Ennio Morlotti , Italian painter
- 1911: Erika Engel-Wojahn , German children's book author, poet and illustrator
- 1911: Artur Missbach , German politician, party functionary of the Nazi era, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1912: Chuck Jones , American cartoonist and animation director
- 1913: Georges Aeby , Swiss football player
- 1913: Dora Schaul , German anti-fascist and resistance fighter
- 1914: Tonny Ahm , Danish badminton player
Françoise Giroud (* 1916)
Mario Bunge (born 1919)
Hermann Buhl (* 1923)
Gail Russell (born 1924)
- 1916: Françoise Giroud , French writer, journalist and politician
- 1916: Luis Carlos Meyer , Colombian singer and composer
- 1917: Vincas Bartuška , Lithuanian canon lawyer, professor of canon law, apostolic protonotary and monsignor
- 1917: Phyllis Nicolson , British mathematician
- 1918: Juan José Arreola Zúñiga , Mexican writer
- 1919: Mario Augusto Bunge , Argentine philosopher and physicist
- 1920: Vico Torriani , Swiss pop singer, actor, showmaster and cookbook author
- 1921: Peter Basch , Austrian photographer
- 1922: Siegfried Seifert , German zoologist
- 1923: Horst Buhtz , German soccer player and coach
- 1923: A. Linwood Holton , American politician, governor of the state of Virginia
- 1923: Hannelore Willbrandt , German resistance fighter against National Socialism (White Rose Hamburg)
- 1924: Hermann Buhl , Austrian mountaineer
- 1924: Gail Russell , American film and television actress
- 1925: Victor Kirst , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
1926-1950
Donald A. Glaser (* 1926)
Sándor Kocsis (* 1929)
Larry Hagman (born 1931)
Leonard Cohen (* 1934)
- 1926: Roswitha von Bergmann , German politician, MdL
- 1926: Donald A. Glaser , American physicist, molecular biologist, neurobiologist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1926: Noor Jehan , Indian-Pakistani singer, actress and director
- 1927: Owen Stuart Aspinall , American politician
- 1927: Manuel Troncoso , Dominican composer
- 1928: John Milan Ashbrook , American politician
- 1928: Édouard Glissant , French writer, poet and philosopher
- 1928: Josef Strauss , German football goalkeeper
- 1929: Sándor Kocsis , Hungarian football player
- 1929: Fred Metzler , German radio presenter
- 1930: Dawn Addams , British actress
- 1930: Doug Eggers , American football player
- 1931: Draginja Dorpat , German writer
- 1931: Larry Hagman , American actor
- 1932: Shirley Conran , British novelist and journalist
- 1932: Don Preston , American rock musician and film music composer
- 1933: Clifford Leopold Alexander Jr. , American lawyer, businessman, and civil servant
- 1933: Lona Rietschel , German graphic artist, draftsman for the comic magazine Mosaik
- 1934: Jean Spencer Ashbrook , American politician
- 1934: Leonard Cohen , Canadian singer
- 1935: Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló , Cardinal of the Spanish Curia
- 1935: James Christopher Armfield , English football player
- 1935: Sigrid Valdis , American actress
Jean Pütz (* 1936)
Don Felder (* 1947)
Stephen King (* 1947)
Bill Murray (born 1950)
- 1936: Dickey Lee , American singer
- 1936: Sunny Murray , American jazz musician
- 1936: Jean Pütz , German-Luxembourg science journalist and television presenter
- 1938: Atli Heimir Sveinsson , Icelandic composer and conductor
- 1938: Yūji Takahashi , Japanese composer and pianist
- 1939: Siegfried Schauzu , German motorcycle racer
- 1940: Lowell Lee Andrews , American murderer
- 1940: Achim Richter , German nuclear physicist
- 1941: Roberto Szidon , Brazilian pianist
- 1942: U-Roy , Jamaican reggae musician
- 1942: Peter van Inwagen , American philosopher
- 1943: Ilse Falk , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1943: Klaus Kordon , German writer of children's and youth literature
- 1943: Claus Scheele , German architecture sculptor
- 1944: Steve Beshear , American politician, governor of the state of Kentucky
- 1944: Fannie Flagg , American author and writer
- 1946: Moritz Leuenberger , Swiss politician and Federal Councilor
- 1947: Nick Castle , American actor, screenwriter, and director
- 1947: Don Felder , American musician and songwriter ( Eagles )
- 1947: Kaoru Hoshino , Japanese racing car driver
- 1947: Stephen King , American writer
- 1947: Anke Spoorendonk , politician of the Danish minority in Schleswig-Holstein
- 1949: Lennox Stewart , Trinidadian athlete
- 1950: Bill Murray , American actor, director, comedian, and producer
1951-1975
Reinhard Marx (* 1953)
Siddharta Kaul (* 1954)
Mika Kaurismäki (* 1955)
Claudia Wenzel (* 1959)
- 1951: Hermann Onko Aeikens , German agronomist and politician
- 1951: Bruce Arena , American football coach
- 1951: Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov , Chechen President
- 1951: Olivier Rieppel , Swiss zoologist and paleontologist
- 1952: Volker Skierka , German journalist and author
- 1952: Wolfgang Ueberhorst , German sculptor
- 1952: Marc Verwilghen , Belgian politician and Minister of Justice
- 1953: Reinhard Marx , German Catholic priest and theologian, Bishop of Trier, Archbishop of Munich-Freising and Cardinal
- 1954: Shinzō Abe , Japanese politician, Prime Minister
- 1954: Klara Burghardt , Hungarian poet
- 1954: Siddhartha Kaul , President of SOS Children's Villages International
- 1954: Phil Taylor , British drummer ( Motörhead )
- 1954: Almut Zilcher , Austrian actress
- 1955: Eva-Maria Auch , German professor and author
- 1955: Andrei Wladimirowitsch Gavrilow , Russian pianist
- 1955: Israel Katz , Israeli politician
- 1955: Mika Kaurismäki , Finnish director
- 1955: Mercedes Morán , Argentine actress
- 1955: Andreas Trautvetter , German politician, MdL, multiple state minister
- 1956: Pamela Behr , German ski racer
- 1956: Momir Bulatović , Montenegrin politician and president
- 1956: Wolfgang Galow , German correspondence chess player and photographer
- 1956: Joachim Herrmann , German lawyer and politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
- 1956: Susan McNuff , British rower
- 1957: Ethan Coen , American screenwriter
- 1957: Hanns-Georg Rodek , German journalist and film critic
- 1957: Ray Romano , American actor and comedian
- 1957: Kevin Rudd , Australian Prime Minister
- 1958: Rick Mahorn , American basketball player
- 1958: Dagmar Stelberg , German handball player
- 1959: Crin Antonescu , Romanian historian and politician
- 1959: John Oliver , Canadian composer
- 1959: Claudia Wenzel , German actress
- 1960: Marion Appel , German volleyball player
- 1960: David James Elliott , American actor
- 1961: Thomas Klemm , German musician, composer and music producer
- 1961: Christoph Specht , German doctor, medical journalist and filmmaker
Bettina Röhl (* 1962)
Faith Hill (* 1967)
Liam Gallagher (* 1972)
Moritz Zielke (* 1973)
- 1962: Peter Åslin , Swedish ice hockey player
- 1962: Christoph Galandi , German rower
- 1962: Bettina Röhl , German journalist, daughter of Ulrike Meinhof
- 1964: Carlos Alberto Aguilera Nova , Uruguayan football player
- 1964: Giovanni Ferrero , Italian entrepreneur
- 1965: Frédéric Beigbeder , French writer
- 1965: Xan Cassavetes , American actress, screenwriter, and director
- 1966: Rinat Akhmetov , Ukrainian entrepreneur
- 1967: Faith Hill , American country and pop singer
- 1967: Vera Int-Veen , German presenter
- 1967: Timothy Torres , American freestyle artist and musician
- 1969: Catrine Bengtsson , Swedish badminton player
- 1969: Curtis Leschyshyn , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970: Haruko Arimura , Japanese politician
- 1970: Martin Ostermeier , German actor
- 1971: Lee Jeong-beom , South Korean film director
- 1971: Karen Webb , German television presenter
- 1971: Beate Wendt , German soccer player
- 1971: Luke Wilson , American actor
- 1972: Liam Gallagher , British singer ( Oasis )
- 1972: David Silveria , American musician ( Korn )
- 1973: Bettina Belitz , German author and journalist for young people
- 1973: Martin Damian , Czech icon painter
- 1973: Manuel Gräfe , German football referee
- 1973: Günter Heberle , German soccer player and coach
- 1973: Andrei Kiwiljow , Kazakh cyclist
- 1973: Moritz Zielke , German actor
- 1974: Daniel Bogusz , Polish football player
- 1974: Henning Fritz , German handball player
- 1975: Kevin Gallen , English soccer player
- 1975: Per Thomas Linders , Swedish handball player
- 1975: Kaisa Varis , Finnish cross-country skier and biathlete
1976-2000
Kareena Kapoor (* 1980)
Nicole Richie (* 1981)
Maggie Grace (born 1983)
Lindsay Stirling (* 1986)
- 1976: Máté Kamarás , Hungarian musical performer
- 1976: Dominique Lacasa , German singer and actress
- 1977: Marcin Lijewski , Polish handball player
- 1978: Marit Berger Røsland , Norwegian politician
- 1978: Doug Howlett , New Zealand rugby union player
- 1978: Benny Lindt , German handball player
- 1979: Kristina Arnaudova , Macedonian pop singer
- 1980: Ralf Bader , German handball player
- 1980: Kareena Kapoor , Indian actress
- 1980: Henriette Mikkelsen , Danish handball player
- 1980: Autumn Reeser , American actress
- 1980: Tomas Scheckter , South African racing driver
- 1981: Nicole Richie , American model
- 1982: Felisberto Sebastião da Graca Amaral , Angolan football player
- 1982: Jon McKain , Australian soccer player
- 1982: Parvati Shallow , American boxer
- 1982: Rudy Youngblood , American actor and artist
- 1983: Fernando Cavenaghi , Argentine soccer player
- 1983: Francesco Dracone , Italian racing driver
- 1983: Maggie Grace , American actress
- 1983: Joseph Mazzello , American film actor
- 1985: Pedro Geromel , Brazilian-Italian soccer player
- 1985: Camill Jammal , German actor and musician
- 1985: Stefan König , German actor
- 1986: Lindsey Stirling , American violinist
- 1987: Marcelo Estigarribia , Paraguayan football player
- 1987: Michał Pazdan , Polish football player
- 1987: Katy Townsend , British actress
- 1988: Wassili Papin , Russian chess player
- 1988: Yazalde Gomes Pinto , Portuguese soccer player
- 1988: Marco Perchtold , Austrian soccer player
- 1989: Loan Boumelaha , Algerian-French football player
- 1989: Jason Derulo , American singer and songwriter
- 1989: Sandro Kaiser , German soccer player
- 1989: Daniel Keita-Ruel , Franco-German soccer player
- 1990: Al-Farouq Aminu , Nigerian-American basketball player
- 1990: Christian Serratos , American actress
- 1992: Arlissa , German-American singer-songwriter
- 1992: Sindre Ure Søtvik , Norwegian Nordic combined skier
- 1993: Wendy Güntensperger , Swiss actress
- 1993: Ante Rebić , Croatian football player
- 1994: Dagi Bee , German YouTuber
- 1995: Domenic Redl , German voice actor
- 1996: Thilo Kehrer , German soccer player
- 1998: Tadej Pogačar , Slovenian racing cyclist
Died
Before the 16th century
Virgil († 19 BC)
- 19 BC Chr .: Virgil , Roman poet
- 184 or 185: Apollonius , Christian martyr and saint
- 454: Flavius Aëtius , Roman general
- 687: Konon , Pope
- 985: Warin , Archbishop of Cologne
- 1026: Otto Wilhelm , ruler of Burgundy
- 1109: Svatopluk of Olomouc , Duke of Bohemia
- 1209: Gerhard von Steterburg , chronicler and provost
- 1217: Kaupo , Prince of the Livs
- 1217: Lembitu , Estonian leader
- 1235: Andrew II , King of Hungary
- 1250: Marie de Ponthieu , Countess of Ponthieu and Montreuil
- 1256: William of Kilkenny , Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Ely
- 1259: Johannes von Diest , Bishop of Lübeck
- 1307: Thomas Bitton , Bishop of Exeter
- 1317: Viola Alžběta Těšínská , queen in Bohemia
- 1325: Burchard III. , Archbishop of Magdeburg
- 1327: Edward II , King of England
- 1350: Arnold von Bardewik , German merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
- 1397: Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel , English nobleman and member of the Lords Appellant
- 1411: Anne de Mortimer , English nobleman
- 1452: Magnus von Sachsen-Lauenburg , Bishop of Cammin and Hildesheim
- 1474: Georg I , Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
- 1481: Bartolomeo Platina , Italian humanist and librarian
- 1483: Friedrich Stuhlmann , Bishop of Lebus as well as Chancellor and Regent in the Electorate of Brandenburg
- 1492: Konrad X. , Duke of Oels, Cosel, Steinau and half of Beuthen
16th to 18th century
Charles V († 1558)
Gerolamo Cardano († 1576)
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle († 1586)
Huang Taiji († 1643)
- 1517: Dyveke Sigbritsdatter , Amsterdam merchant's daughter, Christian II's mistress of Denmark
- 1519: Hans Backoffen , Mainz sculptor
- 1520: Selim I , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1527: Casimir , Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
- 1546: Pankratius Klemme , German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and reformer
- 1549: Benedetto Accolti , Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church
- 1554: Alessandro Campeggi , Italian cardinal
- 1558: Charles V , King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor
- 1576: Gerolamo Cardano , Italian doctor and mathematician
- 1586: Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle , French Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal, Diplomat and Minister
- 1592: Ninian Winzet , confessor of Maria Stuart
- 1629: Jan Pieterszoon Coen , Dutch Governor General of the East India Company, later the Dutch East Indies
- 1631: Joachim Zollikofer , Mayor of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
- 1637: Wilhelm V , Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
- 1640: Ludolph von Münchhausen , German noble landowner, private scholar and librarian with one of the largest libraries of his time
- 1643: Huang Taiji , Emperor of China
- 1656: Christian II , Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg and diary writer
- 1662: Adriaen van Stalbemt , Flemish painter, draftsman and etcher
- 1704: Maria Antonia Scalera Stellini , Italian poet and playwright
- 1709: Ivan Masepa , Ukrainian Cossack hetman
- 1710: Joseph Werner , Swiss painter
- 1718: Count Johann Philipp von Isenburg-Offenbach , regent of the county of Isenburg
- 1719: Johann Heinrich Acker , German theologian and writer
- 1724: Wilhelm II , Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg
- 1728: Johann Friedrich II. Von Alvensleben , Hanoverian minister
- 1739: Saliha Sultan , wife of the Ottoman Sultan Mustafa II.
- 1743: Jai Singh II , Maharaja of Amber (later Jaipur) in Rajasthan, India
- 1755: Johan Cornelius Krieger , Danish architect and horticultural artist
- 1757: Amarsanaa , prince of the jungles
- 1765: Johann Martin Gumpp the Younger , Austrian architect
- 1792: Philipp von Westphalen , confidante of Duke Ferdinand of Braunschweig
19th century
Walter Scott († 1832)
Arthur Schopenhauer († 1860)
Manuel Montt Torres († 1880)
Viktor Rydberg († 1895)
- 1804: Jacob Heinrich Ludwig von Arnim-Suckow , Prussian district administrator and landowner
- 1809: Alexander Reinagle , American composer
- 1811: Ferdinand Tige , Austrian nobleman, general and President of the Court War Council
- 1812: Emanuel Schikaneder , Austrian actor, director and theater director
- 1814: Johann Ludewig Hogrewe , German engineer and cartographer
- 1814: Robert Ross , British general
- 1820: Joseph Rodman Drake , American poet
- 1821: Joseph Bradley Varnum , American politician, House member and Speaker, Senator for Massachusetts
- 1832: Walter Scott , British poet and writer from Scotland
- 1837: Georg Ludolf Dissen , German classical philologist
- 1843: José Antonio Picasarri , Argentine clergyman and musician
- 1845: Georg Cancrin , German-Russian general and statesman
- 1848: Jakob Anton Müller , Swiss politician
- 1851: Adelbert von Bornstedt , German publicist and revolutionary
- 1852: William Badger , American politician, governor of New Hampshire
- 1856: Michail Wielhorski , Russian composer, cellist and patron
- 1860: Arthur Schopenhauer , German philosopher
- 1866: Karl Ludwig Hencke , German amateur astronomer
- 1875: Adalbert Wilhelm , Prince of Bavaria and Hereditary Prince of Greece
- 1880: Manuel Montt Torres , Chilean President
- 1883: Conrad Bursian , German philologist and archaeologist
- 1883: Wilhelm Clemm , German classical philologist
- 1895: Viktor Rydberg , Swedish writer
- 1896: Henry Petersen , Danish archaeologist
20th century
1901-1950
Chief Joseph († 1904)
Ahmed Urabi Pasha († 1911)
- 1903: Achille Bizzoni , Italian journalist, translator and writer
- 1904: Chief Joseph , chief of the Nez Percé Indians
- 1905: Rudolf Baumbach , German poet
- 1909: Carl Heinrich Rappard , Swiss missionary
- 1911: Ahmed Urabi Pasha , Egyptian officer, politician and leader of the Urabi movement
- 1916: Konrad Sturmhoefel , German historian
- 1921: Amala , Indian wolf child
- 1921: Eugen Dühring , German economist, socialist and philosopher
- 1923: Friedrich Vollmer , German classical philologist
- 1924: Maximilian Reichel , German fire officer
- 1929: Nathaniel Edwin Harris , American politician, Governor of Georgia
- 1930: Hans Bußmeyer , German composer
- 1930: Bernhard Duhr , German Jesuit, theologian and historian
- 1931: Ferdinand Noack , German archaeologist
- 1936: Antoine Meillet , French linguist
- 1938: Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić , Croatian children's book author
- 1939: Georg Witkowski , German literary historian
- 1943: Ladislaus Tuszyński , Austrian illustrator, caricaturist and animator
- 1945: Aleksander Antson , Estonian writer
- 1946: Itami Mansaku , Japanese director and screenwriter
- 1950: Anton Kippenberg , German publisher
1951-1975
Haakon VII. († 1957)
Bertha Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach († 1957)
Marie Bonaparte († 1962)
Bernardo Alberto Houssay († 1971)
- 1953: Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis , Dutch ethnologist
- 1953: Anastasius Nordenholz , German-Argentinian economist
- 1956: Karl Caspar , German painter
- 1957: Otto Armster , German intelligence officer and resistance fighter
- 1957: Haakon VII , King of Norway
- 1957: Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach , owner of the Krupp Group
- 1958: Francisco Olazar , Argentine soccer player and coach
- 1958: Peter Whitehead , English Formula 1 and sports car racing driver
- 1961: Uno Kōji , Japanese writer
- 1962: Marie Bonaparte , French psychoanalyst
- 1963: Johann Daniel Achelis , German physiologist and medical historian
- 1964: Bo Carter , American blues musician
- 1964: Otto Grotewohl , German politician and Prime Minister of the GDR
- 1967: Johannes Hoffmann , German politician, Member of the State Parliament and Prime Minister
- 1968: Hirotsu Kazuo , Japanese writer
- 1970: Maurice Deprez , French racing car driver
- 1970: Fritz von Twardowski , German diplomat
- 1971: Bernardo Alberto Houssay , Argentine physiologist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1972: Henry de Montherlant , French writer
- 1974: Walter Brennan , American actor
1976-2000
Waldir Azevedo († 1980)
Jaco Pastorius († 1987)
Erika Cremer († 1996)
Florence Griffith Joyner († 1998)
- 1976: Nikolai Sergejewitsch Akulow , Russian physicist
- 1976: Nils Middelboe , Danish football player
- 1977: Otto Abel , German hymn composer
- 1978: Peter Vogel , German actor
- 1979: Bernard Lige Austin , American Vice Admiral
- 1979: Sámal Joensen-Mikines , Faroese painter
- 1980: Waldir Azevedo , Brazilian composer and cavaquinho player
- 1980: Ernest White , Canadian organist and organ builder, choir director and music teacher
- 1981: Tony Louis Alexandre Aubin , French composer
- 1981: Carlo Bandirola , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1981: Nigel Patrick , British actor
- 1982: Hovhannes Baghramjan , Marshal of the Soviet Union
- 1982: Franz Esser , German national soccer player
- 1982: Herbert Hisel , German humorist
- 1983: Fayza Ahmed , Egyptian singer and actress
- 1983: Erich Münch , Swiss general
- 1985: Jan Cyž , Sorbian lawyer and publisher, Bautzen district administrator
- 1987: Aimo Anshelm Aaltonen , Finnish politician
- 1987: Sven Olof Morgan Andersson , Swedish politician
- 1987: Jaco Pastorius , American jazz musician and composer
- 1988: Henry Koster , German film director
- 1988: Aurel von Milloss , Hungarian-Italian dancer, choreographer and ballet director
- 1988: Walter Vogt , Swiss writer and doctor
- 1995: Donald Johan Kuenen , Dutch biologist
- 1996: Erika Cremer , German physical chemist
- 1996: Claus Holm , German actor
- 1997: Lydia Eberhardt , German javelin thrower and pentathlete
- 1998: Florence Griffith-Joyner , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1999: Hotsuki Ozaki , Japanese author and literary critic
- 1999: Sander Thoenes , Dutch journalist
- 2000: Bengt Hambraeus , Swedish composer, organist and musicologist
21st century
Peter Kowald († 2002)
Walter Wallmann († 2013)
Günter Kunert (right) († 2019)
- 2002: Michael Croissant , German sculptor
- 2002: Peter Kowald , German jazz musician
- 2003: Robert H. Lochner , American journalist and translator
- 2005: Ramón Martín Huerta , Mexican politician
- 2005: Gerhard Möllhoff , German neurologist, social medicine specialist and psychiatrist
- 2006: Vic Sears , American football player
- 2007: Jürgen Roland , German feature film and television film director
- 2008: Kurt Böckmann , German engineer and politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
- 2009: Robert Ginty , American actor and director
- 2009: Miroslav Marusyn , Ukrainian Archbishop
- 2009: Parviz Meshkatian , Iranian santoor player and composer
- 2009: Georg Salvamoser , German entrepreneur and solar energy pioneer
- 2010: Armin Schulz , German Germanist and writer
- 2011: Troy Davis , American executed for the murder of a police officer
- 2011: Paulette Dubost , French actress
- 2012: Gunnar Martinsson , Swedish garden architect
- 2012: Bruno Schettino , Italian Archbishop
- 2013: Roman Vlad , Romanian-Italian composer, pianist and musicologist
- 2013: Walter Wallmann , German politician
- 2016: Donald Arthur , American voice actor
- 2016: Klaus Harpprecht , German journalist and book author
- 2017: Liliane Bettencourt , French entrepreneur
Trần Đại Quang († 2018)
Sigmund Jähn († 2019)
Michael Lonsdale († 2020)
- 2018: Trần Đại Quang , Vietnamese politician and president
- 2019: Aron Eisenberg , American actor and film producer
- 2019: Sigmund Jähn , German cosmonaut
- 2019: Günter Kunert , German writer
- 2019: Christopher Rouse , American composer
- 2020: Arthur Ashkin , American physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- 2020: Michael Lonsdale , Franco-British actor
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Matthew (apostle) , Judean apostle, possibly martyr (Protestant, Anglican, Roman Catholic)
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- Armenia : independence from the Soviet Union (1991)
- Belize : Independence from Great Britain (1981)
- Malta : Independence Day , independence from Great Britain (1964)
- Commemoration days of international organizations
- World Day of Peace ( UN ) (since 1981)
- World Alzheimer's Day ( WHO ) (since 1994)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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