22nd of January

The January 22 (in Austria and South Tyrol : January 22 ) is the 22nd day of the Gregorian calendar , so stay 343 days (344 days in leap years) by year end.

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Events

Politics and world events

• 1349 : The 400-member Jewish community in Speyer is destroyed by a pogrom during the persecution of the Jews at the time of the Black Death .
• 1462 : The Portuguese discover the island of São Vicente , one of the Atlantic located Cape Verde Islands .

1536: Execution of the Anabaptists

• 1536 : The leaders of the Münster Anabaptists , Jan van Leiden , Bernd Krechting and Bernd Knipperdolling , are publicly tortured and executed on the Prinzipalmarkt in Münster .
• 1558 : The Livonian War begins with the invasion of Livonia by Russian troops .

1751: École Militaire

• 1751 : In Paris, on the initiative of Madame de Pompadour, with the support of Louis XV. the École Militaire , the oldest military academy in the world, founded.
• 1799 : Neapolitan patriots proclaim the short-lived Parthenopean Republic during the conquest of Naples by French troops .
• 1813 : In the Battle of Frenchtown in the British-American War, a British-Indian army defeats an American troop of around 1,000 men and forces them to surrender. Indians then murder about 30-60 wounded Americans, which the USA exploits as the River Raisin Massacre for propaganda purposes .

1863: Polish fighters

• 1863 : In Poland , with the January uprising under Ludwik Mierosławski, another uprising against Russian rule begins , which will last until April 1864.

1879: Battle of Isandhlwana

• 1879 : The Battle of Isandlwana a British contingent under is Lord Chelmsford in Zulu War of a Zuluarmee under the leadership of 70-year Ntshingwayo Khoza completely destroyed. On the same day at Rorke's Drift, 145 British under John Rouse Merriott Chard and Gonville Bromhead withstand an attack by approximately 4,000 Zulu warriors. For this, 11 men are awarded the Victoria Cross .
• 1901 : With the death of Queen Victoria ends in the UK the Victorian era . Edward VII succeeds his mother to the British throne .

1905: Demonstrators on the way to the Winter Palace

• 1905 : On Bloody Sunday in Petersburg , the troops of Russian Tsar Nicholas II kill over 1,000 people who demonstrate peacefully in front of the Winter Palace under the leadership of Priest Georgi Apollonowitsch Gapon . That leads to the Russian Revolution in 1905 .
• 1920 : The government of the Netherlands refuses the extradition of the former German emperor Wilhelm II requested by the victorious allies .
• 1924 : Ramsay MacDonald succeeds Stanley Baldwin for the first time as a member of the Labor Party Prime Minister of Great Britain .
• 1932 : A popular uprising of the farmers in El Salvador , who mainly come from the indigenous people of the Pipil , under the leadership of Farabundo Martí , is bloodily suppressed by President Maximiliano Hernández Martínez . Around 30,000 people are killed by the military.
• 1941 : British units conquer the fortified city of Tobruk in the Italian colony of Libya during World War II . 25,000 Italian soldiers are captured .
• 1943 : After four days of resistance by the Jewish combat organization under Mordechaj Anielewicz in the Warsaw ghetto , the Germans temporarily withdraw from the ghetto.

1944: American troops land at Anzio

• 1944 : Allied troops land in the area of Anzio and Nettuno in Italy during the Second World War as part of Operation Shingle .

1946: Flag of the Republic of Kurdistan

• 1946 : Qazi Mohammed proclaims the Republic of Kurdistan on Iranian territory on Car-Cira-Platz in Mahabad . The only Kurdish nation-state to date will only last until December 16 of the same year.
• 1946 : At the first zone committee meeting of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) in Herford town hall, Konrad Adenauer was elected chairman of the CDU in the British zone on January 22, 1946.
• 1947 : The Paul Ramadier / Maurice Thorez cabinet , the first of the Fourth Republic , begins its work in France .
• 1962 : Under pressure from the USA , the Organization of American States (OAS) excludes Cuba from participating in its further activities.

1963: Signing of the contract at the Elysée Palace in Paris

• 1963 : German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and French President Charles de Gaulle sign the Franco-German friendship treaty , known as the Élysée Treaty , in the Élysée Palace in Paris .
• 1973 : The United States Supreme Court legalizes the Roe v. Wade 's right to an abortion based on the right to privacy is one of the most controversial and politically serious judgments in its history.
• 1980 : After protests against the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan , the Soviet dissident and Nobel laureate Andrei Dmitrijewitsch Sakharov is arrested and subsequently exiled to Gorky .
• 1993 : The Croatian Army begins in the Croatian War with the operation Maslenica , an offensive against Serb forces in Dalmatia that will last until February 1.
• 2000 : One day after the overthrow of President Jamil Mahuad by the military and the indigenous movement in Ecuador , the former Vice President Gustavo Noboa is appointed President of the Republic by the putschists.
• 2002 : The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy issues the Telecommunications Surveillance Ordinance, which regulates the interception of telecommunications systems in Germany. It replaces the Telecommunications Surveillance Ordinance of 1994.

2003: Donald Rumsfeld

• 2003 : US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld uses the phrase Old Europe , which later becomes the word of the year , at a press conference .
• 2003 : In the early Dutch parliamentary elections, the Christian Democratic Party ( CDA ) wins under Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende .
• 2006 : Conservative Aníbal Cavaco Silva wins the presidential elections in Portugal against several left-wing candidates, including Mário Soares .

2006: Evo Morales

• 2006 : In Bolivia , Evo Morales , a state president of indigenous descent is sworn in for the first time .
• 2019 : German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron sign the new Franco-German friendship treaty , known as the Aachen Treaty , in Aachen City Hall .

economy

• 1891 : The HAPAG high-speed steamer Augusta Victoria starts from Cuxhaven on this shipping company's first luxury cruise .
• 1996 : The parent company Daimler-Benz ends negotiations with Fokker , separates from the company and seals its insolvency.

Agreed in 2001: Transrapid in Shanghai

• 2001 : Germany and the People's Republic of China sign a contract to build the Transrapid magnetic levitation train . A 200-kilometer rail link between Shanghai and Hangzhou is to be built .
• 2002 : Kmart , one of the largest retail groups in the United States, applies for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Law.

science and technology

1968: Apollo 5 takes off for flight

• 1968 : from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station launch Apollo 5 to an unmanned test flight in an earth orbit . The lunar module is to be tested.

Culture

• 1762 : The tragicomic fairy tale Turandot by Carlo Gozzi has its first performance at the Teatro San Samuele in Venice.
• 1773 : The world premiere of the opera Der Töpfer by Johann André takes place in Hanau.
• 1900 : The world premiere of the fairy tale opera Once Upon a Time ... by Alexander von Zemlinsky takes place at the Court Opera in Vienna .
• 1904 : The opera Nal and Damajanti (Orig .: Nal 'i Damajanti ) by Anton Stepanowitsch Arenski is premiered at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.

1909: Wassily Kandinsky

• 1909 : Under the chairmanship of Wassily Kandinsky , several painters found the Neue Künstlervereinigung München .

1913: Ernst von Dohnányi

• 1913 : The comic opera Tante Simona by Ernst von Dohnányi is premiered at the Dresden Court Opera .
• 1934 : The opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (orig .: Леди Макбет Мценского уезда ) by Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Shostakowitsch is premiered with overwhelming success at the Mariinsky Theater in Leningrad . The opera celebrated one success after another until January 28, 1936.
• 1938 : In Princeton the spectacle is Our Town by Thornton Wilder premiered. With this he achieved the breakthrough.
• 1953 : World premiere of Arthur Miller's drama Witch Hunt in New York.
• 1954 : The Schaumburg fairy tale singers unexpectedly hit second place on the British single charts with their interpretation of the song The Happy Wanderer (My father was a wanderer) and keep it for 23 weeks.
• 1979 : The first episode of the television series Holocaust - The History of the Weiss Family is broadcast in the third channels of ARD .

society

• 1987 : The US-American politician Budd Dwyer kills himself in front of the camera at a press conference he convened the day before the verdict was announced in his criminal case. He was facing a long prison sentence.
• 1990 : In the USA, the student Robert Tappan Morris is found guilty of having released the computer worm Morris named after him in 1988 .
• 2007 : The trial of Canadian pig farmer and alleged serial killer Robert Pickton begins.
• 2009 : The drug Spice is banned in Germany in an urgent procedure .

religion

1276: coat of arms of Innocent V.

• 1276 : Innocent V is enthroned as Pope .

since 1506: Swiss guardsmen

• 1506 : The first 150 mercenaries of the Swiss Guard called by Pope Julius II arrive at the Vatican , led by Peter von Hertenstein .
• 1588 : With the Apostolic Constitution Immensa Aeterni Dei , Pope Sixtus V institutes new congregations after the Council of Trent (1545–1563) and reallocates the existing congregations. One of these congregations is the Sacra Congregazione della Consulta , which has been performing judicial and advisory tasks for the Curia since 1559 .

Disasters

• 1873 : The British clipper Northfleet is rammed by the Spanish steamer Murillo off the Dungeness headland on the coast of Kent in England and goes down, killing 293 passengers and crew.
• 1906 : The American passenger steamer Valencia collides with a reef in heavy seas off Vancouver Island . Because of the bad weather conditions and the churned sea, rescue ships cannot do anything for the castaways. 136 people are killed. It is one of the worst shipping accidents in the Pacific Northwest .
• 1973 : A Boeing 707 of Royal Jordanian accident (on behalf of the Nigerian Airlines) in Kano on the way back from Mecca ( Saudi Arabia ) with 193 pilgrims and nine crew members on board. 176 of the 202 inmates die.

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

Sports

• 1973 : George Foreman wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title against the previously undefeated Joe Frazier at the National Stadium, Kingston , Jamaica, by a technical knockout.
• 1988 : Mike Tyson wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title against Larry Holmes at Convention Hall, Atlantic City , New Jersey, by a technical knockout.
• 2005 : In Melbourne Park at the Australian Open , the record attendance for a Grand Slam tournament is set with 60,669 spectators .
• 2006 : Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in the game against the Toronto Raptors, the second best offensive performance in NBA history .
• 2006 : The German biathletes achieve a triple success in a World Cup race: Martina Glagow takes her second win of the season in the 12.5 km mass start race in Antholz. Place 2 and 3 go to Andrea Henkel and Uschi Disl .

Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .

Born

Before the 18th century

• 1263 : Ibn Taimīya , Islamic theologian and legal scholar
• 1355 : William II , Count of Namur
• 1397 : Louis de Valois, duc de Guyenne , French heir to the throne, Dauphin of Vienne
• 1440 : Ivan III. , Grand Duke of All Russia
• 1492 : Beatrix von Baden , Margravine of Baden
• 1504 : Pelbart of Timisoara , Hungarian Franciscan, preacher and author of extensive Bible commentaries and collections of sermons
• 1536 : Philibert von Baden , margrave, regent of the margraviate of Baden-Baden
• 1543 : Hartmann Pistoris , jurist and secret council of the Saxon electors
• 1547 : Charles II , first count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Francis Bacon (* 1561)

• 1561 : Francis Bacon , English philosopher, statesman, author and scientist who paved the way for empiricism
• 1572 : John Donne , English writer
• 1575 : Louis III. de Lorraine-Guise , Lorraine bishop and cardinal
• 1592 : Pierre Gassendi , French philosopher, theologian, mathematician, astronomer and physicist
• 1668 : Jacob Friedrich Reimmann , German theologian, philosopher and historian
• 1674 : Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg , Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
• 1683 : Christian Löber , German Protestant clergyman
• 1687 : Johann Bernhard Wiedeburg , German mathematician and astronomer
• 1690 : Nicolas Lancret , French painter
• 1692 : Isabelle Charlotte von Nassau-Dietz , Princess of Nassau-Dillenburg

18th century

• 1707 : Jean Esprit Isnard , French Dominican and organ builder
• 1709 : Joseph Riepel , German music theorist, violinist and composer
• 1710 : Hans von Ahlefeldt , German privy councilor and bailiff
• 1710 : Jean Nicolas Jadot de Ville-Issey , Lorraine architect
• 1711 : Johann Philipp Fabrizius , German Protestant missionary, Lutheran pastor and Bible translator

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (* 1729)

• 1729 : Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , German poet of the Enlightenment
• 1733 : Philipp Carteret , British navigator and explorer
• 1735 : Elise Reimarus , German writer, pedagogue, translator and salonnière
• 1756 : Vincenzo Righini , Italian composer
• 1757 : Christian Daniel Beck , German philologist
• 1758 : Andrea Amoretti , Italian engraver and printer
• 1761 : Georg Nikolaus Nissen , Danish diplomat and biographer WA Mozart
• 1763 : Johann Gabriel von Chasteler , Austrian general
• 1767 : Johann Friedrich Pierer , German physician and lexicographer
• 1770 : Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler , German lawyer, general postal director of the North German Confederation
• 1773 : René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt , French playwright
• 1773 : Clemens August Droste zu Vischering , Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne
• 1777 : Joseph Hume , British politician
• 1781 : François-Antoine habeneck , French violinist and composer
• 1785 : Johann Peter Bachem , German publisher

George Gordon Byron (* 1788)

• 1788 : George Gordon Byron , British poet, grandson of John Byron, participant in the Greek fight for freedom
• 1791 : Paul von Haugwitz , Prussian soldier, district administrator, landowner and writer
• 1796 : Karl Ernst Claus , German-Russian chemist and discoverer of ruthenium
• 1797 : Maria Leopoldine of Austria , Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Portugal and Empress of Brazil
• 1800 : Christoph Merian , Swiss landowner, rentier and founder of a foundation
• 1800 : Carlo d'Arco , Italian art historian, painter and economist

19th century

1801-1850

• 1806 : Antonio Caccia the Elder , Swiss writer
• 1814 : Eduard Zeller , German theologian and philosopher
• 1815 : Theophan Goworow , Russian bishop
• 1815 : Karl Volkmar Stoy , German educator
• 1817 : Eugen Adam , German battle painter
• 1817 : Johann Caspar Harkort VI. , Pioneer of German large bridge construction
• 1820 : Hermann Lingg , German poet
• 1824 : Heinrich Friedrich Otto Abel , German historian
• 1824 : Josef Leopold Zvonař , Czech composer
• 1830 : Carl Gustav Adolf Siegfried , German Protestant theologian
• 1838 : Adele Passy-Cornet , German opera singer (soprano)
• 1840 : Adolphe Deslandres , French composer and organist
• 1842 : Henri Maréchal , French composer

Marie von Schleinitz (* 1842)

• 1842 : Marie von Schleinitz , Prussian-Austrian salonière in Berlin, patroness of Richard Wagner
• 1843 : Friedrich Blass , German classical philologist
• 1843 : Heinrich Theodor Schmidt , German architect
• 1843 : Ludwig Winter , German architect
• 1845 : Jacob Verdam , Dutch Dutch artist
• 1846 : Oscar Oldberg , American pharmacologist
• 1849 : August Strindberg , Swedish writer and playwright
• 1850 : Karl Litzmann , German general

1851-1900

• 1852 : Joshua W. Alexander , American politician
• 1853 : Francis Hagerup , Norwegian politician, lawyer and diplomat
• 1855 : Ernst Kullak , German pianist and composer
• 1855 : Albert Neisser , German dermatologist
• 1858 : Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard , British explorer and colonial administrator
• 1858 : Beatrice Webb , British socialist and social reformer
• 1859 : Paul Gilbert , German judge, local politician, local researcher, club and association functionary
• 1860 : Aennchen Schumacher , German restaurateur, collector of student songs ( Ännchen song book )
• 1865 : Jean Paul Ertel , German composer
• 1865 : Friedrich Paschen , German physicist
• 1868 : Otto Stählin , German classical philologist
• 1870 : Charles Tournemire , French composer
• 1874 : Vincenzo Lapuma , Italian priest and cardinal to the curia
• 1874 : Wincenty Witos , Polish politician
• 1875 : DW Griffith , American actor, director, and film producer
• 1877 : Hjalmar Schacht , German politician, minister and President of the Reichsbank
• 1879 : Francis Picabia , French painter and printmaker
• 1880 : Frigyes Riesz , Hungarian mathematician
• 1881 : Sigismund Freyer , German show jumper and officer
• 1882 : Ernesto Drangosch , Argentine composer and pianist
• 1882 : Karl Ettlinger , German journalist, writer and humorist
• 1884 : Helena Johnová , Czech ceramist and sculptor

Eugéne Christophe (* 1885)

• 1885 : Eugène Christophe , French cyclist
• 1885 : Karl Grune , Austrian film director
• 1886 : John J. Becker , American composer
• 1886 : Oskar Jellinek , Austrian writer
• 1887 : Franz Klebusch , German actor
• 1888 : Willy Moog , German philosopher
• 1889 : Willi Baumeister , German painter
• 1889 : Harry Hawker , Australian aviation pioneer
• 1889 : Guido Kisch , Czech-German lawyer and legal historian
• 1889 : Henri Pélissier , French cyclist
• 1889 : Hermann Troppenz , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1891 : Antonio Gramsci , Italian writer, politician and philosopher
• 1892 : Marcel Dassault , French aviation entrepreneur
• 1893 : Conrad Veidt , German actor
• 1894 : Heinz Heck , German biologist and zoo director in Munich
• 1894 : Timofei Wassiljewitsch Prochorow , Russian hermit in Munich
• 1896 : Helmut Berve , German ancient historian
• 1896 : Norman Thomas Gilroy , Australian telegraph operator, Archbishop of Sydney and first Australian cardinal
• 1897 : Arthur Greiser , German politician of the Nazi era, war criminal
• 1897 : Efraín Orozco , Colombian composer, conductor and instrumentalist
• 1897 : Francis Picabia , French painter and printmaker
• 1897 : Rosa Ponselle , American opera singer
• 1898 : Sergei Michailowitsch Eisenstein , Soviet director
• 1898 : Ferdinand Kramer , German architect
• 1900 : Ernst Busch , German singer, cabaret artist, actor and director
• 1900 : Juan Tizol , Puerto Rican jazz trombonist and composer

20th century

1901-1925

• 1901 : Hans Erich Apostel , German composer and representative of the Second Viennese School
• 1901 : Ken G. Hall , Australian film producer, director and screenwriter
• 1902 : Walter Kolb , German politician
• 1902 : Edvard Fendler , German conductor
• 1903 : Friedrich Georg Houtermans , German physicist
• 1903 : Helmut Rüdiger , German author, publicist, anarcho-syndicalist
• 1904 : Sigurd Anderson , American politician
• 1904 : George Balanchine , Russian choreographer, founder of the American Ballet
• 1904 : Arkadi Petrovich Gaidar , Russian writer for young people
• 1905 : Karola Bloch , Polish-German architect and publicist
• 1906 : Robert E. Howard , American fantasy writer
• 1906 : Gusztáv Sebes , Hungarian football player and coach

Baruch Ashlag (* 1907)

• 1907 : Baruch Ashlag , Polish Kabbalist
• 1907 : Dixie Dean , English football player
• 1908 : Lev Dawidowitsch Landau , Russian physicist
• 1908 : Hammie Nixon , American blues musician
• 1908 : Gerhardt Preuschen , German agricultural scientist
• 1909 : U Thant , Burmese politician, third UN Secretary General
• 1911 : Bruno Kreisky , Austrian politician and Federal Chancellor
• 1911 : Mary Hayley Bell , British playwright
• 1911 : Roberto García Morillo , Argentine composer
• 1912 : Francisco Cabañas , Mexican boxer
• 1913 : William Conway , British clergyman Archbishop of Armagh in Northern Ireland and cardinal
• 1914 : Emmy Loose , Austrian opera singer (soprano)
• 1915 : Heinrich Albertz , German theologian and politician, state minister, ruling mayor of Berlin
• 1915 : Jacques Rossel , Swiss Protestant clergyman
• 1916 : Henri Dutilleux , French composer
• 1916 : Riza Lushta , Albanian football player
• 1917 : Rainer Brambach , Swiss writer
• 1917 : Casimir Johannes Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg , German entrepreneur and politician, MEP
• 1917 : Peter Steiner , Swiss musician and advertising figure
• 1918 : Bruno Zevi , Italian architect, author and professor
• 1918 : Friedrich Auffarth , German lawyer, Vice President at the Federal Labor Court
• 1919 : Sid Ramin , American orchestrator, arranger and composer
• 1919 : Victor Futter , American lawyer and professor
• 1920 : Richard JC Atkinson , British prehistorian
• 1920 : Chiara Lubich , Italian founder of the ecumenical Focolare movement

William Warfield (* 1920)

• 1920 : William Warfield , American singer (bass-baritone)
• 1920 : Alf Ramsey , English football player and coach
• 1921 : Arno Babadschanjan , Armenian composer
• 1921 : Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński , Polish poet
• 1922 : Walter Ableiter , German politician
• 1922 : Arciso Artesiani , Italian motorcycle racer
• 1922 : Eugen Böhringer , German racing driver and rally driver
• 1922 : José Luis Caballero , Mexican singer
• 1922 : Aurèle Nicolet , Swiss flautist
• 1922 : Sylvia Rexach , Puerto Rican singer, composer and songwriter
• 1923 : Justinas Bašinskas , Lithuanian composer
• 1923 : Fritz Deumlich , German geodesist
• 1923 : Susanne von Paczensky , German journalist and non-fiction author
• 1924 : JJ Johnson , American jazz musician
• 1924 : Ján Chryzostom Korec , Slovak Jesuit, Bishop of Nitra and Cardinal
• 1924 : Ortvin Sarapu , New Zealand chess player
• 1925 : Imre Hollai , Hungarian politician

1926-1950

• 1926 : Hubert Aratym , Austrian painter
• 1927 : Lou Creekmur , American football player
• 1927 : Joe Perry , American football player
• 1928 : Gerhard Wind , German painter and graphic artist
• 1929 : Max Peter Ammann , Swiss film director
• 1929 : Antonio Braga , Italian composer and music teacher
• 1929 : Petr Eben , Czech composer
• 1930 : Hildegard Goss-Mayr , Austrian peace activist and writer
• 1930 : Ben Steinberg , Canadian composer, conductor, organist and music teacher
• 1931 : Sam Cooke , American singer
• 1931 : Wigand Freiherr von Salmuth , German entrepreneur
• 1932 : Mancur Olson , American economist and social scientist

Piper Laurie (born 1932)

• 1932 : Piper Laurie , American actress
• 1933 : Hans-Jürgen Hinrichs , German handball player and sports official
• 1934 : Vijay Anand , Indian film director
• 1934 : Bill Bixby , American actor
• 1935 : Valentina Illarionowna Talysina , Russian actress
• 1936 : Vartan Achkarian , Armenian Catholic auxiliary bishop
• 1936 : Alan J. Heeger , American chemist and physicist
• 1938 : Peter Beard , American photographer
• 1939 : Alfredo Palacio , Ecuadorian cardiologist, president
• 1939 : Krzysztof Zarębski , Polish performance artist, painter and sculptor
• 1940 : Karin Anselm , German film and theater actress
• 1940 : Rolf Attenhofer , Swiss small artist

John Hurt (* 1940)

• 1940 : John Hurt , British actor
• 1940 : George Seifert , American football coach
• 1940 : Eberhard Weber , German bass player and composer
• 1942 : Anke Hartnagel , German politician and Member of the Bundestag
• 1942 : Jaime Humberto Hermosillo , Mexican film director
• 1943 : Maarten Altena , Dutch composer and double bass player
• 1943 : Wilhelm Genazino , German writer
• 1943 : Marília Pêra , Brazilian actress
• 1943 : Michał Urbaniak , Polish jazz musician
• 1944 : Jürgen W. Falter , German political scientist
• 1944 : Carl Friedrich Gethmann , German philosopher
• 1944 : Angela Winkler , German actress
• 1945 : Jean-Pierre Nicolas , French rally driver
• 1945 : Alojz Uran , Slovenian clergyman, Archbishop of Ljubljana
• 1945 : Christoph Schönborn , Czech-Austrian Archbishop of Vienna and Cardinal
• 1946 : Malcolm McLaren , British artist
• 1947 : Vincenzo Apicella , Italian bishop
• 1947 : Vladimir Oravsky , Swedish writer and playwright

Marianne Birthler (* 1948)

• 1948 : Marianne Birthler , German politician, MdL, State Minister, Federal Commissioner of the Stasi Records Authority
• 1948 : Mick Grabham , British rock and blues guitarist
• 1948 : Fabio Mussi , Italian politician
• 1949 : Joseph Hill , Jamaican singer, guitarist, and songwriter
• 1949 : Steve Perry , American singer
• 1950 : Paul Bew, Baron Bew , Northern Irish historian and politician
• 1950 : Werner Schulz , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, MEP

1951-1975

Cajus Julius Caesar (* 1951)

• 1951 : Cajus Julius Caesar , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1951 : David Graham , British composer and music educator
• 1951 : Ondrej Nepela , Slovak figure skater and coach
• 1952 : Aloys Wobben , German electrical engineer, pioneer in the field of wind energy
• 1953 : Winfried Berkemeier , German soccer player
• 1953 : Steve Chabot , American politician
• 1953 : Chung Myung-whun , South Korean conductor and pianist
• 1953 : Jim Jarmusch , American director, actor and producer
• 1954 : Bernd Heynemann , German football referee and politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1954 : Peter Pilz , Austrian politician
• 1954 : Bernd Schneidmüller , German historian of medieval history
• 1954 : Hartwig von Schubert , German theologian
• 1955 : Danas Arlauskas , Lithuanian manager
• 1955 : Christoph Asendorf , German art scholar
• 1955 : Neil Bush , American businessman, son of US President George HW Bush
• 1955 : Sonja Morgenstern , German figure skater and trainer
• 1956 : Yves Angelo , French cameraman, director and screenwriter
• 1956 : Steve Riley , American musician
• 1956 : Marianne Weber , German rower

David S. Addington (* 1957)

• 1957 : David S. Addington , American lawyer and government official
• 1957 : Mike Bossy , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 : Michel Cusson , Canadian composer
• 1957 : Andrzej Udalski , Polish astrophysicist and astronomer
• 1958 : Nikolaos Anastopoulos , Greek football player and coach
• 1958 : Mark Mitten , American film producer
• 1958 : Butz Peters , German lawyer and television presenter
• 1959 : Linda Blair , American actress
• 1959 : Urs Meier , Swiss football referee
• 1959 : Loretta Wollenberg , German actress and director
• 1960 : Michael Hutchence , Australian rock singer (INXS)
• 1960 : Márkos Kyprianoú , Cypriot politician, EU commissioner
• 1961 : Narine Antonyan , Armenian table tennis player

Peter Lohmeyer (* 1962)

• 1962 : Peter Lohmeyer , German actor
• 1962 : Andrea Marcelli , Italian jazz percussionist and composer
• 1962 : Alison Spedding , British anthropologist and author
• 1962 : Christian Willisohn , German blues pianist and singer
• 1963 : Georgi Boos , Russian politician
• 1963 : Fenja Rühl , German actress
• 1963 : Hermann-Josef Tenhagen , German business journalist, editor-in-chief of Finanztest magazine
• 1964 : Carsten Kadach , German soccer referee
• 1964 : Catherine Quittet , French ski racer
• 1964 : Stojan Vranković , Croatian basketball player
• 1965 : Steven Adler , American drummer
• 1965 : Anja Freese , German actress

Diane Lane (born 1965)

• 1965 : Diane Lane , American actress
• 1965 : Andrew Roachford , British musician
• 1965 : Gitta Saxx , German photo model and television presenter
• 1967 : Jenny Juergens , German actress
• 1968 : Juan Barazi , Danish entrepreneur and racing car driver
• 1968 : Franka Dietzsch , German athlete
• 1968 : Frank Lebœuf , French football player
• 1969 : Olivia d'Abo , British actress and singer
• 1969 : Santiago Aguilera , Spanish beach volleyball player
• 1969 : Markus Eggler , Swiss curling athlete
• 1970 : Jeannette Auricht , German politician
• 1970 : Alex Ross , American comic book artist
• 1971 : Markus Baur , German handball player
• 1971 : Tim Mälzer , German TV chef
• 1971 : Sandra Speichert , German actress
• 1971 : Volker Weininger , German cabaret artist, handcrafted speaker and author
• 1973 : Abi Tucker , Australian singer and actress
• 1974 : Jörg Böhme , German soccer player

Annette Frier (* 1974)

• 1974 : Annette Frier , German actress and comedian
• 1974 : Philipp Evenburg , German politician
• 1975 : James Murray , British actor

1976-2000

• 1976 : Li Ju , Chinese table tennis player
• 1977 : Hidetoshi Nakata , Japanese soccer player
• 1979 : Lincoln , Brazilian soccer player
• 1980 : Yevgeny Valeryevich Aldonin , Russian football player
• 1980 : Chris Harms , German singer and guitarist
• 1980 : Christopher Masterson , American film actor
• 1980 : Daniel Sdunek , German handball goalkeeper
• 1980 : Lizz Wright , American jazz musician
• 1981 : Denise la Bouche , German porn actress
• 1981 : Willa Ford , American pop singer
• 1981 : Beverley Mitchell , American actress
• 1981 : Ben Moody , American songwriter, producer and guitarist

Guy Wilks (* 1981)

• 1981 : Guy Wilks , British rally driver
• 1982 : Pénélope Bagieu , French illustrator and cartoonist
• 1982 : Fabricio Coloccini , Argentine soccer player
• 1982 : Cornelia Dumler , German volleyball player
• 1982 : Brad Farynuk , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 : Peter Jehle , Liechtenstein soccer player
• 1982 : Kitty Kat , German rapper
• 1982 : Martin Koch , Austrian ski jumper
• 1982 : Jason Peters , American football player
• 1983 : Mario Konrad , Austrian soccer player
• 1983 : Julien Piguet , French entrepreneur and racing car driver
• 1983 : Primož Urh-Zupan , Slovenian ski jumper
• 1984 : Josef Çınar , German soccer player
• 1985 : Thomas Bröker , German soccer player
• 1985 : Manuel Mairhofer , Austrian actor
• 1985 : Mohamed Sissoko , Malian-French football player
• 1986 : Adrián Ramos , Colombian football player
• 1986 : Matt Simon , Australian soccer player
• 1987 : Abdenour Amachaibou , German soccer player
• 1987 : Dmitri Vladimirovich Kombarov , Russian football player
• 1987 : Shane Long , Irish football player
• 1988 : Evgenija Sergejewna Augustinas , Russian track cyclist
• 1988 : Jens Hegeler , German soccer player
• 1988 : Isabel Kerschowski , German soccer player
• 1988 : Monique Kerschowski , German soccer player
• 1988 : Łukasz Rutkowski , Polish ski jumper
• 1988 : Marcel Schmelzer , German soccer player

Greg Oden (* 1988)

• 1988 : Greg Oden , American basketball player
• 1991 : Yann Cunha , Brazilian racing driver
• 1991 : Alex MacDowall , British racing car driver
• 1991 : Stefan Kolb , German soccer player
• 1991 : Elizabeth Simmonds , British back swimmer
• 1991 : Matwei Subow , Russian track and road cyclist
• 1991 : Felice Vecchione , Italian football player
• 1992 : Vincent Aboubakar , Cameroonian football player
• 1992 : Ensar Baykan , German-Turkish soccer player
• 1993 : Rio Haryanto , Indonesian racing driver
• 1993 : Merlin Rose , German actor
• 1993 : Filip Stojković , Montenegrin-Serbian football player
• 1993 : Shira Willner , German figure skater
• 1994 : Martin Angha , Swiss football player
• 2000 : Niclas Stierlin , German soccer player

Died

Before the 16th century

• 0205 : Plautian , Roman politician
• 0627 : Theudelinde , daughter of the Agilolfing duke, wife of the Lombard king Authari
• 0628 : Anastasius , Persian monk, martyr and saint
• 1188 : Ferdinand II , King of León and Galicia
• 1203 : Agnes II of Meissen , Abbess of the Quedlinburg Monastery
• 1252 : Isabella , Queen of Armenia
• 1273 : Muhammad I ibn Nasr , Emir of Granada
• 1342 : Heinrich IV. , Duke of Glogau, Sagan and Steinau
• 1397 : Everhard von Muisgen , auxiliary bishop in Cologne
• 1482 : Arnold von Unkel , auxiliary bishop in Cologne

16th to 18th century

• 1517 : Hadım Sinan Pasha , Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• 1531 : Andrea del Sarto , Italian painter
• 1536 : Bernd Knipperdolling , leader of the Anabaptists in Münster
• 1536 : Bernd Krechting , one of the "Anabaptists of Münster"
• 1536 : Jan van Leiden , traveling preacher to the Anabaptists
• 1552 : Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset , English statesman
• 1558 : Christoph von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , Bishop of Verden and Archbishop of Bremen
• 1570 : Jobst von Brandt , German nobleman and composer
• 1570 : Wilhelm Hartmann von Klauer zu Wohra , prince abbot of Fulda
• 1572 : Henry VI. von Plauen , Burgrave of Meißen and Lord of Plauen
• 1573 : Anton I , sovereign and imperial count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst
• 1575 : James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran , Scottish nobleman and regent for Mary Queen of Scots
• 1583 : Antoinette de Bourbon , first Duchess of Guise

Elisabeth of Austria († 1592)

• 1592 : Elisabeth of Austria , Austrian princess, wife of Karl IX.
• 1640 : Erasmus Quellinus I , Flemish sculptor
• 1656 : Thomas Franz von Savoyen , Prince of Carignan and Count of Soissons
• 1657 : Niels Aagaard , Danish writer and scholar
• 1673 : Konrad Gumprecht von Aldenbrück , Councilor, Chamberlain, General Sergeant and Privy Councilor
• 1698 : Friedrich Kasimir Kettler , Duke of Courland and Semgallia
• 1700 : Hans Mössner , German blacksmith
• 1711 : Johann von Bacmeister , German legal scholar and Reichshofrat
• 1715 : Marc'Antonio Ziani , Venetian-Austrian singer, composer and court conductor
• 1732 : Marie Thérèse de Bourbon-Condé , Princess of Conti
• 1733 : Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke , British politician
• 1750 : Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl , electoral Bavarian secret council chancellor and conference minister
• 1767 : Johann Gottlob Lehmann , German mineralogist and geologist
• 1774 : Johann Jakob Kollmann , German city physicist
• 1774 : Gottlieb Wernsdorf I. , German pedagogue, rhetorician and author
• 1788 : Georg Joachim Zollikofer , Swiss-German theologian and hymn poet
• 1798 : Matija Antun Relković , Croatian scout
• 1799 : Horace-Bénédict de Saussure , Swiss naturalist

19th century

• 1831 : John Blenkinsop , British mine manager and engineer
• 1837 : Juan Bautista Arriaza y Superviela , Spanish statesman and poet
• 1837 : Johann Christian Jakob Schneider , German medic
• 1840 : Rosa Maria Assing , German poet, narrator, translator, silhouette artist and educator
• 1840 : Johann Friedrich Blumenbach , German anatomist and anthropologist
• 1840 : Ernst Georg Julius Hecht , German lawyer
• 1847 : Hermann Fitting , German landowner and politician

Karl Gottlieb Bretschneider († 1848)

• 1848 : Karl Gottlieb Bretschneider , German Protestant theologian
• 1850 : Vincenzo Pallotti , Italian priest and founder of the order
• 1854 : Christian von Appel , Austrian field marshal lieutenant
• 1856 : Georg Wilhelm von Wedekind , German forester
• 1858 : Ludwig II , Grand Duke of Baden
• 1858 : Carl Friedrich Plattner , German metallurgical expert and chemist
• 1859 : Joseph Ludwig Raabe , Swiss mathematician
• 1861 : Friedrich Tiedemann , German anatomist and physiologist
• 1861 : Giovanni Battista Velluti , Italian opera singer, last of the great castrati
• 1864 : Baruch Auerbach , German educator
• 1872 : Franz von Elsholtz , German poet and writer
• 1876 : Hippolyte Dussard , French economist

August Willich († 1878)

• 1878 : August Willich , German leader of the insurgents of the Baden Revolution and general in the American War of Secession
• 1879 : Henriette von Bissing , German narrator
• 1883 : Ernst von Waldthausen , German merchant
• 1884 : Guido von Usedom , Prussian diplomat
• 1886 : August Wilhelm Theodor Adam , German music director
• 1887 : António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo , Portuguese politician and statesman
• 1888 : Eugène Labiche , French comedy poet
• 1891 : Miklós Ybl , Hungarian architect
• 1893 : Vinzenz Lachner , German composer and conductor
• 1893 : Kawatake Mokuami , Japanese kabuki author
• 1895 : Edward Solomon , British composer and conductor
• 1900 : Carl Ausfeld , German judge and politician

20th century

1901-1950

Queen Victoria († 1901)

• 1901 : Victoria , Queen of Britain
• 1903 : Karl Robert Bruno Naumann zu Königsbrück , inventor of the Naumann sewing machines
• 1904 : Laura Vicuña , blessed of the Don Bosco family
• 1904 : Gebhard Wölfle , Austrian writer
• 1909 : Emil Erlenmeyer , German chemist
• 1911 : Siegmund Lustgarten , Austrian doctor
• 1918 : Gustav Schreck , German music teacher, composer and choir director
• 1919 : Traugott Hermann von Arnim-Muskau , German diplomat and member of parliament
• 1919 : Oskar Ludwig Auster , Saxon royal building officer
• 1919 : Josesito García Vila , Dominican pianist and composer
• 1919 : Carl Larsson , Swedish painter
• 1922 : Elsa Andersson , Swedish aviation pioneer
• 1922 : Fredrik Bajer , Danish writer, Nobel Prize winner
• 1922 : Louis Armand , French speleologist
• 1922 : Benedict XV. , Pope
• 1925 : Fanny Bullock Workman , American geographer and cartographer, writer and mountaineer
• 1926 : Carlos Schwabe , German, later Swiss symbolist painter and graphic artist.
• 1929 : Adolph Brodsky , Russian violinist
• 1931 : Alma Rubens , American silent film actress
• 1935 : Zequinha de Abreu , Brazilian composer and instrumentalist
• 1936 : Louis Glass , Danish composer
• 1938 : Richard Franck , German composer and pianist
• 1942 : Walter Sickert , British painter of German descent
• 1944 : Charles Erskine Scott Wood , American officer, lawyer, writer

Else Schüler († 1945)

• 1945 : Else Lasker-Schüler , German-Jewish poet and draftsman, representative of modernism and expressionism
• 1945 : Jan Skala , Sorbian publicist and writer
• 1945 : Alfred Wolfenstein , German expressionist poet, playwright and translator
• 1947 : Max Berg , German architect
• 1948 : Eduard Kohlrausch , German legal scholar for criminal law

1951-2000

• 1951 : Harald Bohr , Danish mathematician
• 1951 : Karl Ludwig Nessler , German hairdresser, inventor of the permanent wave
• 1951 : Anna Siemsen , German educator and politician
• 1952 : Alexander Behm , German physicist
• 1952 : Albert von Thurn und Taxis , eighth and last Prince of Thurn and Taxis
• 1952 : Roger Vitrac , French playwright and surrealist
• 1954 : Ernest Friederich , French racing car driver and mechanic

Claire Waldoff († 1957)

• 1957 : Claire Waldoff , German chanson singer and cabaret artist
• 1959 : Mike Hawthorn , English racing driver and Formula 1 world champion
• 1961 : Franz Kuhn , German lawyer, sinologist and literary translator
• 1963 : William Godfrey , British clergyman, Archbishop of Westminster and Cardinal
• 1963 : József Nagy , Hungarian football player and coach
• 1964 : Marc Blitzstein , American composer
• 1964 : Erna Gersinski , German resistance fighter against National Socialism
• 1966 : August Frölich , German politician, MdR
• 1966 : Kawada Jun , Japanese poet and business manager
• 1966 : Herbert Marshall , British film and stage actor
• 1966 : Pierre Mercure , Canadian composer and television producer
• 1968 : Alexander Jerminingeldowitsch Arbusow , Russian chemist
• 1968 : Duke Kahanamoku , Hawaiian swimmer, founder of modern surfing and Olympic champion

Lyndon B. Johnson († 1973)

• 1973 : Lyndon B. Johnson , American politician, Vice President, 36th President of the United States
• 1975 : Ernst Schmidt , German thermodynamicist
• 1976 : Edgar Leslie , American songwriter
• 1976 : Charles Reznikoff , American poet
• 1977 : Max Burghardt , German director, chairman of the Kulturbund der DDR
• 1977 : Pascual Pérez , Argentine boxer, Olympic champion and world champion
• 1982 : Eduardo Frei Montalva , Chilean President
• 1983 : Harry Auterhoff , Latvian chemist and pharmacist
• 1984 : Anton Lamprecht , German painter
• 1984 : Josef Walcher , Austrian ski racer
• 1985 : Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov , Soviet pilot and aircraft tester
• 1985 : Bernhard Sprengel , German chocolate manufacturer and art patron
• 1987 : Budd Dwyer , American politician
• 1987 : Fabio Metelli , Italian psychologist
• 1990 : Gerhard Klarner , German news anchor
• 1991 : Kenos Aroi , Nauruan politician, President of the Republic of Nauru
• 1991 : Robert Choquette , Canadian writer and diplomat
• 1991 : Karl Hofacker , Swiss civil engineer and university professor
• 1993 : Abe Kōbō , Japanese writer
• 1993 : Héctor De Bourgoing , Argentine-French footballer
• 1993 : Guillermo Graetzer , Argentine composer, music teacher and music scientist
• 1994 : Jean-Louis Barrault , French actor, mime artist and director
• 1994 : Frances Gifford , American actress

Telly Savalas († 1994)

• 1994 : Telly Savalas , American actor and singer
• 1995 : Rose Kennedy , mother of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
• 1996 : Bill Cantrell , American racing car driver
• 1997 : Leonhard Jansen , German writer
• 1998 : C. Elmer Anderson , American politician
• 1998 : Edward Ferdinand Arn , American lawyer and politician
• 1999 : George L. Mosse , American historian

21st century

• 2002 : Kenneth Armitage , British sculptor
• 2002 : Peter Bardens , British rock musician
• 2003 : Lonny Kellner , German actress and singer
• 2003 : Ernst Kitzinger , American art historian

Bill Mauldin († 2003)

• 2003 : Bill Mauldin , American cartoonist
• 2004 : Ann Miller , American actress and dancer
• 2005 : Patsy Rowlands , British actress
• 2005 : Freyja Scholing , German politician
• 2005 : Consuelo Velázquez , Mexican composer
• 2005 : Rose Mary Woods , US Secretary to Richard Nixon
• 2006 : Charles Wallas Adair Jr. , American bank clerk and ambassador
• 2006 : Gerhard Funke , German philosopher
• 2006 : Rick van der Linden , Dutch composer and keyboardist
• 2007 : Toulo de Graffenried , Swiss racing driver
• 2007 : Siegfried Kessler , German-French pianist, composer and flautist
• 2007 : Ramón Marsal , Spanish soccer player

Abbé Pierre († 2007)

• 2007 : Abbé Pierre , French priest, founder of the Emmaus charity
• 2008 : Bernhard Horstmann alias Stefan Murr, German author
• 2008 : Heath Ledger , Australian actor
• 2008 : Ștefan Niculescu , Romanian composer
• 2008 : Claude Piron , Swiss psychologist, analyst and author
• 2009 : Armand Meffre , French actor and playwright
• 2009 : Manfred Steffen , German actor
• 2010 : Apache , American hip hop musician
• 2010 : Gordon Richardson, Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne , British banker, lawyer and politician
• 2010 : Jean Simmons , British-American actress
• 2010 : Fabrizio Violati , Italian entrepreneur and racing car driver
• 2011 : Pak Wanso , Korean author
• 2013 : Eva Rühmkorf , German politician
• 2014 : Fred Bertelmann , German pop singer and actor
• 2014 : Patrick Brooking , British officer
• 2016 : Kathrin Lemke , German jazz musician
• 2016 : Elisa Soteldo , Venezuelan singer, pianist and music teacher
• 2017 : Jaki Liebezeit , German drummer
• 2018 : Jimmy Armfield , English football player
• 2018 : Ursula K. Le Guin , American writer

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • St. Irene of Rome , Roman patron saint (Catholic)
  • Saint Vincent of Valencia , Spanish deacon, martyr and patron saint (Anglican, Protestant, Catholic)

• Name days
  • Anastasius , Dietlinde , Irene , Linda (in Italy)

The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .

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