22nd of January
January 22 (in Austria and South Tyrol : January 22 ) is the 22nd day of the Gregorian calendar , leaving 343 days (344 days in leap years) until the end of the year.
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events
politics and world affairs
- 1349: The approximately 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 discovered the island of São Vicente , one of the Cape Verde Islands located in the Atlantic .
- 1536: At the Prinzipalmarkt in Munster , the leaders of the Munster Anabaptists , Jan van Leiden , Bernd Krechting and Bernd Knipperdolling , are publicly tortured and executed.
- 1558: The Livonian War begins with Russian troops invading Livonia .
- 1751: In Paris, on the initiative of Madame de Pompadour , with the support of Louis XV. founded the École Militaire , the oldest military academy in the world.
- 1799: Neapolitan patriots proclaim the short-lived Parthenopean Republic during the conquest of Naples by French troops .
- 1813: A British Indian army defeats about 1,000 American troops at the Battle of Frenchtown in the British-American War and forces them to surrender. Indians then murder about 30-60 wounded Americans, which the US propaganda exploits as the River Raisin Massacre .
- 1863: In Poland , the January Uprising under Ludwik Mierosławski begins a renewed uprising against Russian rule, which will last until April 1864.
- 1879: At the Battle of Isandhlwana , a British contingent under Lord Chelmsford in the Zulu War is completely annihilated by a Zulu army led by 70-year-old Ntshingwayo Khoza . On the same day, at Rorke's Drift , 145 Britons under John Rouse Merriott Chard and Gonville Bromhead withstand an attack by about 4,000 Zulu warriors. For this, 11 men are awarded the Victoria Cross .
- 1901: The Victorian era ended in Britain with the death of Queen Victoria . Edward VII succeeds his mother to the British throne .
- 1905: On Bloody Sunday in Petersburg , the troops of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II kill more than 1,000 people who, led by the priest Georgi Apollonovich Gapon , are demonstrating peacefully in front of the Winter Palace . This leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution .
- 1920: The government of the Netherlands refuses the extradition of the former German Emperor Wilhelm II requested by the victorious Allied powers .
- 1924: Ramsay MacDonald becomes Britain 's first Labor Party Prime Minister , succeeding Stanley Baldwin .
- 1932: A popular uprising of farmers in El Salvador , mainly from the indigenous Pipil people, led by Farabundo Martí , is bloodily suppressed by head of state 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 taken prisoner .
- 1943: After four days of resistance by the Jewish combat organization under Mordechai Anielewicz in the Warsaw ghetto , the Germans withdrew from the ghetto for the time being.
- 1944: Allied troops landed around Anzio and Nettuno , Italy , as part of Operation Shingle during World War II .
- 1946: Qazi Mohammed proclaims the Republic of Kurdistan on Iranian territory in Car Cira Square , Mahabad . The only Kurdish national state to date will only last until December 16 of the same year.
- 1946: On January 22, 1946, at the first zone committee meeting of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) in the Herford town hall, Konrad Adenauer was elected chairman of the CDU in the British zone.
- 1947: In France , the Paul Ramadier / Maurice Thorez cabinet , the first of the Fourth Republic , began work.
- 1962: Under pressure from the USA , the Organization of American States (OAS) excludes Cuba from participating in its further activities.
- 1963: German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and French President Charles de Gaulle sign the Franco-German Treaty of Friendship , known as the Élysée Treaty , at the Élysée Palace in Paris .
- 1973: The United States Supreme Court legalized Roe v. Wade defended the right to abortion on the basis of the right to privacy, making one of the most controversial and politically weighty judgments in his history.
- 1980: After protests against the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan , the Soviet dissident and Nobel Prize winner Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov is arrested and subsequently banished to Gorki .
- 1993: The Croatian Army begins Operation Maslenica in the Croatian War , 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 previous Vice President Gustavo Noboa is installed as President by the putschists.
- 2002: The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy issues the Telecommunications Surveillance Ordinance, which regulates wiretapping of telecommunications systems in Germany. It replaces the Telecommunications Traffic Control Ordinance of 1994.
- 2003: US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld uses the phrase Old Europe at a press conference, which later becomes Word of the Year .
- 2003: Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende 's Christian Democratic Party ( CDA ) wins the early Dutch parliamentary elections .
- 2006: The conservative Aníbal Cavaco Silva wins the presidential elections in Portugal against several left-wing candidates, among them Mário Soares .
- 2006: In Bolivia , Evo Morales is the first president of indigenous descent to be sworn in.
- 2012: In a referendum in Croatia , a clear majority votes in favor of the country joining the EU.
- 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 .
business
- 1891: The HAPAG express steamer Augusta Victoria starts from Cuxhaven on the first luxurious cruise of this shipping company.
- 1996: The parent company Daimler-Benz ended negotiations with Fokker , separated from the company and thus sealed its insolvency.
- 2001: Germany and the People's Republic of China sign a contract to build the Transrapid maglev train . A 200-kilometer rail link is to be built between Shanghai and Hangzhou .
- 2002: Kmart , one of the largest retailers in the United States, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
science and technology
- 1968: Apollo 5 launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station into Earth orbit on an unmanned test flight . The lunar module is to be tested.
Culture
- 1762: The tragicomic fairy tale Turandot by Carlo Gozzi has its premiere at the Teatro San Samuele in Venice.
- 1773: The premiere of the opera Der Töpfer by Johann André takes place in Hanau.
- 1900: The fairy tale opera Once Upon a Time... by Alexander von Zemlinsky was premiered at the Court Opera in Vienna .
- 1904: The opera Nal and Damayanti (orig.: Nal' i Damayanti ) by Anton Stepanovich Arensky is premiered at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.
- 1909: Several painters founded the Neue Künstlervereinigung München , chaired by Wassily Kandinsky .
- 1913: The first performance of the comic opera Tante Simona by Ernst von Dohnányi takes place at the Court Opera in Dresden .
- 1934: The opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Orig.: Леди Макбет Мценского уезда ) by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich is premiered at the Mariinsky Theater in Leningrad with overwhelming success . Until January 28, 1936, the opera celebrates success after success.
- 1938: Thornton Wilder 's play Our Little Town premieres in Princeton . This is how he gets his breakthrough.
- 1953: World premiere of Arthur Miller 's drama The Witch Hunt in New York.
- 1954: The Schaumburg fairy tale singers unexpectedly hit number two in the British singles chart with their interpretation of the song The Happy Wanderer (My father was a wanderer) and retained it for 23 weeks.
- 1979: The first episode of the television series Holocaust - The History of the Weiss Family is broadcast on ARD 's third programs .
society
- 1987: The US politician Budd Dwyer kills himself in front of the camera at a press conference he called one day before the verdict in his criminal trial. He faced a long prison sentence.
- 1990: In the USA, the student Robert Tappan Morris is found guilty of releasing the Morris computer worm 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: Innocent V is enthroned as Pope .
- 1506: The first 150 mercenaries of the Swiss Guard summoned by Pope Julius II , led by Peter von Hertenstein , arrive at the Vatican .
- 1588: With the Apostolic Constitution Immensa Aeterni Dei , Pope Sixtus V established new congregations after the Council of Trent (1545-1563) and carried out a reorganization of 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 was rammed by the Spanish steamer Murillo off the Dungeness headland on the Kent coast of England and sank, killing 293 passengers and crew.
- 1906: The American passenger liner Valencia collided with a reef off Vancouver Island in heavy seas. Because of the bad weather conditions and the choppy sea, rescue ships cannot do anything for the shipwrecked. 136 people are killed. It is one of the worst shipwrecks in the Pacific Northwest .
- 1973: A Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 (on behalf of Nigerian Airlines) crashed in Kano on the way back from Mecca ( Saudi Arabia ) with 193 pilgrims and 9 crew members on board. 176 of the 202 inmates die.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1973: George Foreman wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title against previously undefeated Joe Frazier at National Stadium, Kingston , Jamaica by technical knockout.
- 1988: Mike Tyson wins his boxing match and world heavyweight title against Larry Holmes at Convention Hall, Atlantic City , New Jersey by technical knockout.
- 2005: In Melbourne Park at the Australian Open , the attendance record for a Grand Slam tournament is set with 60,669 spectators .
- 2006: Kobe Bryant had the second-best offensive performance in NBA history with 81 points in the game against the Toronto Raptors .
- 2006: The German biathletes achieve a triple success in a World Cup race: Martina Glagow gets 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 track and field world records are located 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 , heir apparent to the French throne, Dauphin of Vienne
- 1440: Ivan III. , Grand Duke of All Russia
- 1492: Beatrix of Baden , Margravine of Baden
- 1504: Pelbart of Timisoara , Hungarian Franciscan, preacher and author of extensive Bible commentaries and sermon collections
- 1536: Philibert of Baden , Margrave, Regent of the Margraviate of Baden-Baden
- 1543: Hartmann Pistoris , jurist and Privy Councilor of the Saxon Electors
- 1547: Charles II , first Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- 1561: Francis Bacon , English philosopher, statesman, author, and pioneer of empiricism as a scientist
- 1572: John Donne , English writer
- 1575: Louis III de Lorraine-Guise , Archbishop of Reims 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 evangelical clergyman
- 1687: Johann Bernhard Wiedeburg , German mathematician and astronomer
- 1690: Nicolas Lancret , French painter
- 1692: Isabelle Charlotte of Nassau-Dietz , Princess of Nassau-Dillenburg
- 1699: Joseph Ignaz Philipp of Hesse-Darmstadt , Prince-Bishop of Augsburg
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 evangelical missionary, Lutheran pastor and Bible translator
- 1724: Heinrich XXIV , Count Reuss zu Ebersdorf
- 1729: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , German poet of the Enlightenment
- 1733: Philip 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 of W. A. Mozart
- 1763: Johann Gabriel von Chasteler , Austrian general
- 1767: Johann Friedrich Pierer , German physician and lexicographer
- 1770: Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler , German jurist, Director General of the North German Confederation
- 1771: James Fenner , American politician
- 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
- 1788: George Gordon Byron , British poet, grandson of John Byron, participant in the Greeks' struggle 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, reindeer and founder of foundations
- 1800: Carlo d'Arco , Italian art historian, painter and political economist
19th century
1801-1850
- 1806: Antonio Caccia the Elder , Swiss writer
- 1814: Eduard Zeller , German theologian and philosopher
- 1815: Theophan Govorov , 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
- 1842: Marie von Schleinitz , Prussian-Austrian salonière in Berlin, patron of Richard Wagner
- 1843: Friedrich Blass , German classical scholar
- 1843: Heinrich Theodor Schmidt , German architect
- 1843: Ludwig Winter , German architect
- 1845: Jacob Verdam , Dutch Netherlandist
- 1846: Oscar Oldberg , American pharmacologist
- 1849: August Strindberg , Swedish novelist and playwright
- 1850: Karl Litzmann , German general
1851-1900
- 1852: Joshua W. Alexander , American politician
- 1853: Francis Hagerup , Norwegian politician, jurist and diplomat
- 1855: Ernst Kullak , German pianist and composer
- 1855: Albert Neisser , German dermatologist
- 1856: Martha Nopitsch , German painter
- 1858: Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard , British explorer and colonial official
- 1858: Beatrice Webb , British socialist and social reformer
- 1859: Paul Gilbert , German judge, local politician, local historian, club and association official
- 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 scholar
- 1870: Charles Tournemire , French composer
- 1874: Vincenzo Lapuma , Italian priest and Curia cardinal
- 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
- 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 jurist and legal historian
- 1889: Henri Pélissier , French racing cyclist
- 1889: Hermann Tropenz , German politician, MP
- 1891: Antonio Gramsci , Italian writer, politician and philosopher
- 1892: Marcel Dassault , French aeronautical entrepreneur
- 1893: Conrad Veidt , German actor
- 1894: Heinz Heck , German biologist and zoo director in Munich
- 1894: Timofei Wassiljewitsch Prokhorov , 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 , Nazi-era German politician, 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 Mikhailovich 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 American Ballet
- 1904: Arkady Petrovich Gaidar , Russian youth writer
- 1905: Karola Bloch , Polish-German architect and publicist
- 1906: Robert E. Howard , American fantasy writer
- 1906: Gusztáv Sebes , Hungarian football player and coach
- 1907: Baruch Ashlag , Polish Kabbalist
- 1907: Dixie Dean , English footballer
- 1908: Lev Davidovich Landau , Russian physicist
- 1908: Hammie Nixon , American blues musician
- 1908: Gerhardt Preuschen , German agronomist
- 1909: U Thant , Burmese politician, third UN Secretary-General
- 1911: Bruno Kreisky , Austrian politician and 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, governing mayor of Berlin
- 1915: Jacques Rossel , Swiss evangelical minister
- 1916: Henri Dutilleux , French composer
- 1916: Riza Lushta , Albanian footballer
- 1917: Rainer Brambach , Swiss writer
- 1917: Casimir Johannes Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg , German businessman 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 attorney and professor
- 1920: Richard JC Atkinson , British prehistorian
- 1920: Chiara Lubich , Italian founder of the Ecumenical Focolare Movement
- 1920: William Warfield , American singer (bass-baritone)
- 1920: Alf Ramsey , English football player and coach
- 1921: Arno Babajanyan , 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 flutist
- 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 printmaker
- 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 educator
- 1931: Sam Cooke , American singer
- 1931: Wigand Freiherr von Salmuth , German entrepreneur
- 1932: Mancur Olson , American economist and social scientist
- 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 Illarionovna 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 of the Republic
- 1939: Krzysztof Zarębski , Polish performance artist, painter and sculptor
- 1940: Karin Anselm , German film and stage actress
- 1940: Rolf Attenhofer , Swiss cabaret artist
- 1940: John Hurt , British actor
- 1940: George Seifert , American football coach
- 1940: Eberhard Weber , German bassist and composer
- 1942: Anke Hartnagel , German politician and MP
- 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 novelist and playwright
- 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 Ireland historian and politician
- 1950: Werner Schulz , German politician, MdB, MEP
1951-1975
- 1951: Cajus Julius Caesar , German politician, MP
- 1951: David Graham , British composer and music educator
- 1951: Ondrej Nepela , Slovak figure skater and coach
- 1952: Aloys Wobben , German electrical engineer, pioneer in 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, MP
- 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 coach
- 1956: Yves Angelo , French cinematographer, director and screenwriter
- 1956: Steve Riley , American musician
- 1956: Marianne Weber , German rower
- 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 TV 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
- 1961: Randy Larsen , American philosopher and radio producer
- 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 football referee
- 1964: Catherine Quittet , French alpine skier
- 1964: Stojan Vranković , Croatian basketball player
- 1965: Steven Adler , American drummer
- 1965: Anja Freese , German actress
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- 1965: Diane Lane , American actress
- 1965: Andrew Roachford , British musician
- 1965: Gitta Saxx , German fashion model and TV presenter
- 1967: Jenny Juergens , German actress
- 1968: Juan Barazi , Danish entrepreneur and racing driver
- 1968: Franka Dietzsch , German track and field athlete
- 1968: Frank Lebœuf , French footballer
- 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 artist
- 1971: Markus Baur , German handball player
- 1971: Steffen Janich , German politician
- 1971: Tim Mälzer , German TV chef
- 1971: Sandra Speichert , German actress
- 1971: Volker Weininger , German cabaret artist, handmade speaker and author
- 1973: Abi Tucker , Australian singer and actress
- 1974: Jörg Böhme , German footballer
- 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 footballer
- 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: Beverly Mitchell , American actress
- 1981: Ben Moody , American songwriter, producer and guitarist
- 1981: Guy Wilks , British rally driver
- 1982: Pénélope Bagieu , French illustrator and cartoonist
- 1982: Fabricio Coloccini , Argentine footballer
- 1982: Cornelia Dumler , German volleyball player
- 1982: Brad Farynuk , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982: Peter Jehle , Liechtenstein football player
- 1982: Kitty Kat , German rapper
- 1982: Martin Koch , Austrian ski jumper
- 1982: Jason Peters , American football player
- 1983: Mario Konrad , Austrian footballer
- 1983: Julien Piguet , French entrepreneur and racing driver
- 1983: Primož Urh-Zupan , Slovenian ski jumper
- 1984: Josef Çınar , German footballer
- 1985: Thomas Bröker , German footballer
- 1985: Manuel Mairhofer , Austrian actor
- 1985: Mohamed Sissoko , Malian-French footballer
- 1986: Adrián Ramos , Colombian soccer player
- 1986: Matt Simon , Australian footballer
- 1987: Abdenour Amachaibou , German footballer
- 1987: Dmitri Vladimirovich Kobarov , Russian footballer
- 1987: Shane Long , Irish footballer
- 1988: Yevgenia Sergeyevna 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
- 1988: Greg Oden , American basketball player
- 1991: Yann Cunha , Brazilian racing driver
- 1991: Alex MacDowall , British motor racing driver
- 1991: Stefan Kolb , German footballer
- 1991: Elizabeth Simmonds , British backstroke swimmer
- 1991: Matvey Zubov , Russian track and road cyclist
- 1991: Felice Vecchione , Italian footballer
- 1992: Vincent Aboubakar , Cameroonian footballer
- 1992: Ensar Baykan , German-Turkish footballer
- 1993: Rio Haryanto , Indonesian racing driver
- 1993: Merlin Rose , German actor
- 1993: Filip Stojković , Montenegrin-Serbian footballer
- 1993: Shira Willner , German figure skater
- 1994: Martin Angha , Swiss footballer
- 2000: Lukas Pinckert , German soccer player
- 2000: Niclas Stierlin , German soccer player
21st century
- 2002: Daniel Moroder , Italian ski jumper
Died
Before the 16th century
- 205: Plautian , Roman politician
- 627: Theudelinde , Agilolfingian duke's daughter, wife of Lombard king Authari
- 628: Anastasius , Persian monk, martyr and saint
- 1188: Ferdinand II , King of León and Galicia
- 1203: Agnes II of Meissen , Abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey
- 1252: Isabella , Queen of Armenia
- 1273: Muhammad I ibn Nasr , Emir of Granada
- 1342: Henry 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 centuries
- 1517: Hadım Sinan Pasha , Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- 1531: Andrea del Sarto , Italian painter
- 1536: Bernd Knipperdolling , Anabaptist leader in Munster
- 1536: Bernd Krechting , one of the "Anabaptists of Munster"
- 1536: Jan van Leiden , itinerant Anabaptist preacher
- 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 to Mary Stuart
- 1583: Antoinette de Bourbon , first Duchess of Guise
- 1592: Elisabeth of Austria , Austrian princess, wife of Charles IX.
- 1640: Erasmus Quellinus I , Flemish sculptor
- 1649: Alessandro Turchi , Italian painter
- 1656: Thomas Francis of Savoy , Prince of Carignan and Count of Soissons
- 1657: Niels Aagaard , Danish writer and scholar
- 1673: Konrad Gumprecht von Aldenbrück , councilor, treasurer, general sergeant and privy councillor
- 1686: Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg , Duchess of Saxe-Weißenfels-Querfurt
- 1698: Friedrich Kasimir Kettler , Duke of Courland and Zemgale
- 1700: Hans Mössner , German artistic blacksmith
- 1711: Johann von Bacmeister , German jurist and Imperial Councilor
- 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 Privy Council Chancellor and Conference Minister
- 1767: Johann Gottlob Lehmann , German mineralogist and geologist
- 1774: Johann Jakob Kollmann , German town physicist
- 1774: Gottlieb Wernsdorf I , German educator, rhetorician and author
- 1788: Georg Joachim Zollikofer , Swiss-German theologian and hymn writer
- 1798: Lewis Morris , signer of the US Declaration of Independence
- 1798: Matija Antun Relković , Croatian scout
- 1799: Horace-Bénédict de Saussure , Swiss naturalist
19th century
- 1824: Rochus Franz Ignaz Egedacher , Austrian organ builder
- 1824: James Schureman , delegate for New Jersey to the Continental Congress
- 1831: John Blenkinsop , British mine manager and engineer
- 1837: Juan Bautista Arriaza y Superviela , Spanish statesman and poet
- 1837: Johann Christian Jakob Schneider , German physician
- 1840: Rosa Maria Assing , German poet, storyteller, translator, silhouette artist and educator
- 1840: Johann Friedrich Blumenbach , German anatomist and anthropologist
- 1840: Ernst Georg Julius Hecht , German jurist
- 1847: Hermann Fitting , German landowner and politician
- 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
- 1855: Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol , head of state in the Central American Confederation's Guatemala province
- 1856: Georg Wilhelm von Wedekind , German forester
- 1858: Ludwig II , Grand Duke of Baden
- 1858: Carl Friedrich Plattner , German metallurgist 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
- 1878: August Willich , German leader of the Baden Revolutionary insurgents and general in the American Civil War
- 1879: Henriette von Bissing , German storyteller
- 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
- 1901: Victoria , British Queen
- 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 physician
- 1912: Lucien Rérolle , world carom champion, lawyer and author
- 1918: Gustav Schreck , German music teacher, composer and choirmaster
- 1919: Traugott Hermann von Arnim-Muskau , German diplomat and MP
- 1919: Oskar Ludwig Auster , Saxon royal building officer
- 1919: Josesito García Vila , Dominican pianist and composer
- 1919: Carl Larsson , Swedish painter
- 1921: Louis Armand , French caver
- 1922: Elsa Andersson , Swedish pilot
- 1922: Fredrik Bajer , Danish writer, Nobel Prize winner
- 1922: Benedict XV , Pope
- 1925: Fanny Bullock Workman , American geographer and cartographer, writer and mountaineer
- 1926: Carlos Schwabe , German, later Swiss, Symbolist painter and printmaker.
- 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 , German-born British painter
- 1944: Charles Erskine Scott Wood , US military officer, lawyer, writer
- 1945: Else Lasker-Schüler , German-Jewish poet and draftswoman, 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 specializing in criminal law
1951-2000
- 1951: Harald Bohr , Danish mathematician
- 1951: Karl Ludwig Nessler , German hairdresser, inventor of the perm
- 1951: Anna Siemsen , German educator and politician
- 1952: Alexander Behm , German physicist
- 1952: Albert von Thurn und Taxis , eighth and last Prince of Thurn und Taxis
- 1952: Roger Vitrac , French playwright and surrealist
- 1954: Ernest Friederich , French automobile racer and mechanic
- 1957: Claire Waldoff , German chanson singer and cabaret artist
- 1959: Mike Hawthorn , English racing driver and Formula One World Champion
- 1961: Franz Kuhn , German jurist, sinologist and literary translator
- 1963: William Godfrey , British clergyman, Archbishop of Westminster and cardinal
- 1963: József Nagy , Hungarian football player and coach
- 1964: Lissy Arna , German actress
- 1964: Marc Blitzstein , American composer
- 1964: Erna Gersinski , German resistance fighter against Nazism
- 1966: August Frölich , German politician, MdR
- 1966: Kawada Jun , Japanese poet and business executive
- 1966: Herbert Marshall , British film and stage actor
- 1966: Pierre Mercure , Canadian composer and television producer
- 1968: Alexander Jerminingeldovich Arbuzov , Russian chemist
- 1968: Duke Kahanamoku , Hawaiian swimmer, founder of modern surfing and Olympic gold medalist
- 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 and world champion
- 1982: Eduardo Frei Montalva , President of Chile
- 1983: Harry Auterhoff , Latvian chemist and pharmacist
- 1984: Anton Lamprecht , German painter
- 1984: Josef Walcher , Austrian alpine skier
- 1985: Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov , Soviet pilot and aircraft tester
- 1985: Bernhard Sprengel , German chocolate manufacturer and patron of the arts
- 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 lecturer
- 1993: Abe Kōbō , Japanese writer
- 1993: Héctor De Bourgoing , Argentine-French footballer
- 1993: Guillermo Graetzer , Argentine composer, music educator and scholar
- 1994: Jean-Louis Barrault , French actor, mime artist and director
- 1994: Frances Gifford , American actress
- 1994: Telly Savalas , American actor and singer
- 1995: Rose Kennedy , mother of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- 1996: Bill Cantrell , American racing 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
- 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. , US bank teller and ambassador
- 2006: Gerhard Funke , German philosopher
- 2006: Rick van der Linden , Dutch composer and keyboardist
- 2007: Toulo de Graffenried , Swiss auto racing driver
- 2007: Siegfried Kessler , German-French pianist, composer and flautist
- 2007: Ramón Marsal , Spanish footballer
- 2007: Abbé Pierre , French priest, founder of the Emmaus charity
- 2008: Bernhard Horstmann aka 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, barrister and politician
- 2010: Jean Simmons , British-American actress
- 2010: Fabrizio Violati , Italian entrepreneur and racing 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 footballer
- 2018: Ursula K. Le Guin , American writer
- 2021: Hank Aaron , American baseball player
- 2021: Gianfranco Lombardi , Italian basketball player and coach
- 2021: Henry Perry , Irish boxer
- 2021: Raimo Suikkanen , Finnish cyclist
holidays and commemorations
- Church commemorations
- St. Irene of Rome , Roman patron saint (Catholic)
- Saint Vincent of Valencia , Spanish deacon, martyr and patron saint (Anglican, Evangelical, Catholic)
- name days
- Anastasius , Dietlinde , Irene , Linda (in Italy)
The list of commemoration and action days contains further entries .
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