April 23

The April 23 is the 113th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 114th in leap years ), thus remain still 252 days until the end of the year.

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Events

Politics and world events

1014: Brian Boru

• 1014 : In the Battle of Clontarf , the army of the Irish High King Brian Boru defeats the Scandinavians from Dublin and the Isle of Man and their Irish allies under Mael Mordha, killing both military leaders. This victory did not result in the “expulsion of the Vikings from Ireland”, as tradition reports, but their political power on the island has now been finally broken.
• 1343 : Rural Estonians start the uprising on St. George's Night in the northern province of Harju (Eng. Harrien) in Estonia . It is directed against the ruling Danish-German upper class.
• 1512 : The Peace of Malmö ends the Danish-Hanseatic War between the Wendish League of Cities under the leadership of Lübeck and Denmark .

1521: Places of the Comuneros uprising

• 1521 : Almost a year after the beginning of the Comuneros uprising in Spain , the Comuneros under Juan de Padilla are taken over by the troops of the Habsburg Charles I / V Defeated in the battle of Villalar. The surviving leaders will be executed the very next day.
• 1525 : A peasant uprising in Nussdorf near Landau in the Palatinate mutates into the two-month Palatine Peasants 'War as part of the German Peasants' War .

1633: Heilbronner Bund

• 1633 : During the Thirty Years' War in Heilbronn, Sweden concludes the Heilbronn League with some Protestant imperial estates as a counterweight to the Catholic League .

1640: Fort St. George

• 1640 : Fort St. George in Madras is completed as the first British fort in India . The fort soon became a hub of trade and the nucleus of a settlement called George Town .
• 1661 : In Westminster Abbey is Charles II. Was crowned King of England. Since the crown jewels were lost for the second time in the previous time of the Commonwealth of England , a new crown treasure was made for the coronation .

1685: Jacob II

• 1685 : In London's Westminster Abbey is James II. Was crowned King of England and Ireland.
• 1759 : The British take possession of the island of Guadeloupe in the Seven Years' War . On the previous French colony are sugar cane and coffee grown. With the Peace of Paris , the French got Guadeloupe back.
• 1885 : The Belgian King Leopold II accepts the title of Sovereign of the Free State of the Congo on the basis of resolutions of the Berlin Congo Conference . The Congo stands as his private property beyond any international law .
• 1889 : The Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti is established in Sweden , whose political demands are closely aligned with the social democratic workers' movement in Germany. Founding members include August Palm and Hjalmar Branting .
• 1895 : In the Triple Intervention, Russia, France and the German Empire force Japan to return the Liaodong peninsula, which had previously been conquered in the Sino-Japanese War , to China.
• 1908 : The United States Army Reserve , the nationwide reserve component of the United States Army , is established.
• 1919 : 14 months after the proclamation of the Republic of Estonia , the constituent assembly Asutav Kogu meets for the first time in Tallinn .

1920: Members of the first parliament

• 1920 : In the Ottoman Empire , the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, founded by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk during the Turkish Liberation War and legitimized by elections in December of the previous year, is constituted in Angora . The change to modern Turkey has begun.

1935: Life in the gypsy camp

• 1935 : The Bickendorf gypsy camp in Cologne is completed, in which Sinti and Roma are interned .
• 1942 : After Lübeck was destroyed by an air raid by the Royal Air Force in March, the German Air Force launched the so-called Baedeker Blitz on English cities, which were marked with three stars in Karl Baedeker's travel guide, by bombing Exeter .

1945: The distance covered by the lost train

• 1945 : The " Lost Train " wandering through Germany since April 10 , a prisoner transport from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp to Theresienstadt , is liberated by the Red Army in Tröbitz .
• 1945 : The Flossenbürg concentration camp is liberated by the US Army. There are only 1,600 prisoners left in the concentration camp. Most of the inmates are on one of the death marches at this point.
• 1945 : Inmates of the Lehrter Strasse cell prison , including Klaus Bonhoeffer and Rüdiger Schleicher , are murdered by the Gestapo as part of numerous end- stage crimes in World War II .

1945: dismantling of the research reactor

• 1945 : The US Special Forces Alsos discovered in a basement rocks in southern Germany Haigerloch the research reactor Haigerloch , the last reactor test of the German uranium project .
• 1946 : Following the unification party convention of the KPD and SPD to form the SED , the daily newspaper Neues Deutschland appears for the first time , the successor to the Deutsche Volkszeitung of the KPD and the SPD newspaper Das Volk .
• 1948 : Berlin students demonstrate for a Free University of Berlin and the end of political influence on academic education at the University of Berlin .

1949: Veit Harlan after his acquittal

• 1949 : In Hamburg, the sensational trial of Veit Harlan , the director of the anti-Semitic propaganda film Jud Süß , ends with an acquittal.
• 1949 : Just five days after the USS United States (CVA-58) was keeled, Defense Secretary Louis A. Johnson discontinues the construction project for the first so-called "supercarrier" . This leads to the escalation of the smoldering " uprising of the admirals " against what they consider to be the US Air Force's military policy of the US government.
• 1949 : Influenced by Dutch annexation plans after the Second World War , smaller areas are separated in the Selfkant and Elten areas near the border and in the Grafschaft Bentheim district .
• 1960 : Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and French Prime Minister Michel Debré open the only German-French garden show in Saarbrücken to date . As a result, the site developed as a Franco-German garden into a popular local recreation area.
• 1968 : In protest against the recruitment of Vietnam fighters on campus and the construction of a gymnasium, Columbia University students occupy several university buildings in New York City. The protest was violently ended by the police on April 30th.

1972: Referendum in France on the northward expansion of the EEC

• 1972 : In a referendum in France 68.3 percent of voters vote in favor of the proposed EEC - North expansion .

1976: Palace of the Republic

• 1976 : The Palace of the Republic is officially opened in East Berlin after a 32-month construction period. It will house the People's Chamber of the GDR, but will also be used as a people's home and cultural center.
• 1982 : Over disputes over a checkpoint on the road connecting the Florida Keys to the mainland, Key West Mayor Dennis Wardlow declares the independent Conch Republic and declares war on the United States . A minute later, the micronation unconditionally surrenders and asks for help in reconstruction. The media-effective action ultimately leads to the closure of the control point.

1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt becomes Chemnitz again

• 1990 : In a referendum, 76% of the electorate vote for the renaming of Karl-Marx-Stadt in Chemnitz . The official renaming will take place on June 1st.
• 1991 : In the so-called 9 + 1 talks with nine Soviet republics, Soviet President Gorbachev concludes an agreement that recognizes their sovereignty without endangering the existence of the Soviet Union .
• 1998 : Child murderer Marc Dutroux escaped from a courthouse in Belgium, but was taken back into custody the same day after a large-scale police operation. As a result of these incidents, the Belgian Minister of the Interior and Justice and the Chief of Police are stepping down from their posts.
• 2005 : In Austria , Heinz-Christian Strache is elected federal party chairman at the federal party conference of the Freedom Party of Austria ( FPÖ ). He takes over this position from Hilmar Kabas .
• 2018 : In Armenia , Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan resigns after just six days in office after days of mass protests against him.

economy

1516: brewer

• 1516 : Duke Wilhelm IV and Ludwig X of Bavaria enact a new Bavarian state order in Ingolstadt. Because it regulates the price and the ingredients of beer, among other things , a text passage from these state regulations is later referred to as the "Bavarian Purity Law ".
• 1838 : With the Sirius and the Great Western , launched four days later, two steamships arrive in New York Harbor. These are the first two steamers from Europe. With the steamboat traffic across the Atlantic, the travel time is noticeably reduced. The Great Western was awarded the Blue Ribbon for crossing at record speed .
• 1948 : The interzonal train traffic between Berlin and the western zones is paralyzed by Soviet instructions because of alleged "technical difficulties". It was interrupted by the Berlin blockade, which was later imposed, until May 12, 1949.
• 1965 : In Paris, which is Peugeot 204 unveiled, the first car of the manufacturer Peugeot with front-wheel drive .
• 1971 : The luxury hotel chain Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts opens its first hotel in Singapore .
• 2004 : In the Lorraine City Creutzwald the last still operating coal includes mine in France.

science and technology

1962: Ranger 4

• 1962 : With Ranger 4 , the first launches spacecraft of NASA , which the moon will reach, but breaks on the same day of a contact. The probe hits the moon three days later.
• 1967 : The first manned Soviet spaceship of the new Soyuz type Soyuz 1 is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome . The cosmonaut Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov is on board .

1994: The Fermilab

• 1994 : Physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ( Fermilab ) in Illinois, USA, discover the top quark with the help of the Tevatron particle accelerator .

Culture

• 1563 : In the Spanish town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial , the foundation stone is laid for the construction of the El Escorial monastery residence . After 21 years, work on the world's largest Renaissance building has been completed.

1597: William Shakespeare

• 1597 : In the presence of Queen I. Elisabeth is on the Garter Feast in Windsor probably William Shakespeare's comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor ( The Merry Wives of Windsor listed).
• 1766 : The comic opera Les Pêcheurs ( Fishermen ) by François-Joseph Gossec has its world premiere at the Comedie Italienne in Paris.
• 1775 : The world premiere of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Dramma per musica Il re pastore , KV  208, with the libretto by Pietro Metastasio takes place in Salzburg.
• 1830 : The comic opera Danilowa by Adolphe Adam is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

1843: Old Bach monument

• 1843 : The old Bach monument in Leipzig  - the first monument of its kind in the world and built largely on the initiative of the young Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - is inaugurated in Leipzig.

1934: Governor's Palace

• 1934 : In the museum town of Williamsburg (Virginia) , the replica of the British Governor's Palace, which was destroyed by fire in 1781, is opened to the public. The governors of the Crown Colony of Virginia resided in the original building .
• 1950 : The single with the Harry Lime theme , interpreted by Anton Karas in the film The Third Man , becomes the best-selling record in the USA.
• 1972 : Hessischer Rundfunk's third radio program goes on air with hr3 .
• 1976 : The US punk band Ramones releases their debut album of the same name, Ramones .
• 1988 : After the album The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd 200 of the record of 741 consecutive weeks in the Top Billboard -charts has set, it is the first time no longer made in the US top ten.
• 1997 : The musical Titanic by Maury Yeston and Peter Stone premieres at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater on Broadway in New York.
• 2005 : Jawed Karim , one of the founders of the Internet portal YouTube , uploads the first video .

society

1407: Marriage of Maria d'Enghien ( historical move )

• 1407 : Maria d'Enghien , Princess of Taranto , marries King Ladislaus of Naples in the St. Leonardo's Chapel in the Castello Aragonese in Taranto. Before that, attempts by the king to take the Principality of Taranto by force of arms failed. With this wedding he achieved his goal in a peaceful way.

religion

1834: Johann Gerhard Oncken

• 1834 : The American Baptist Barnas Sears baptizes Johann Gerhard Oncken and six other people in Hamburg's Elbe , who then found the first German and thus the first continental European Baptist congregation .

Disasters

• 1902 : On the Antilles island of Martinique , the volcano Mont Pelé shows a small eruption, which heralds the great devastating eruption of May 8th, which is the most lossy volcanic eruption of the 20th century with around 30,000 dead.

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

Sports

• 1954 : To increase the speed and attractiveness of the game of basketball , the National Basketball Association introduces the throwing clock . It shows the seconds remaining until the 24-second attack time has elapsed. It was officially used for the first time in October at the 1954/55 season opener in the Rochester Royals game against the Boston Celtics .
• 1988 : The cyclist Kanellos Kanellopoulos flies the Daedalus 88 airplane, which is powered solely by muscle power, from Crete to Santorini in just under four hours.

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

Born

Before the 18th century

• 1170 : Isabella of Hainaut , Queen of France as the first wife of King Philip II August

Alfonso II (* 1185)

• 1185 : Alfonso II , King of Portugal
• 1238 : Narathihapate , ruler of Bagan
• 1336 : Olivier V. de Clisson , Constable of France
• 1371 : Wilhelm II of Meissen , second son of Margrave Friedrich the Strengen
• 1458 : Georg von Gemmingen , canon in Worms and Speyer, as well as vicar general of the principality of Speyer
• 1464 : Robert Fayrfax , English musician and composer
• 1464 : Jeanne de Valois , Duchess of Orleans and Queen of France
• 1484 : Julius Caesar Scaliger , Italian humanist, poet and naturalist
• 1500 : Alexander Alesius , German theologian and reformer
• 1508 : Georg Sabinus , founding rector of the University of Königsberg
• 1509 : Afonso de Portugal , Portuguese cardinal
• 1516 : Georg Fabricius , German poet, historian and archaeologist
• 1522 : Caterina de 'Ricci , prioress of the Prato Monastery in Toscana
• 1532 : Anna Maria von Braunschweig-Calenberg-Göttingen , Duchess of Prussia
• 1583 : Ernst von Brandenburg , Margrave of Brandenburg
• 1583 : Joachim von Brandenburg , Margrave of Brandenburg
• 1586 : Johann Georg II. Fuchs von Dornheim , Prince-Bishop of Bamberg, counter-reformer and witch-hunter
• 1586 : Martin Rinckart , German poet, Protestant theologian and church musician
• 1598 : Maarten Tromp , Dutch admiral
• 1602 : Friedrich Rudolf von Fürstenberg-Stühlingen , Count von Fürstenberg, Landgrave von Stühlingen, Court War Councilor, Oberststallmeister and Oberstfeldzeugmeister of the imperial army
• 1621 : Georg Arnold , Austrian composer and organist
• 1621 : William Penn , English admiral
• 1640 : Johann Christoph Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden , provost of the prince provost of Ellwangen
• 1649 : Andreas Kneller , German composer and organist
• 1654 : Heinrich Christoph Fehling , Dresden painter
• 1656 : Anton Egon , Imperial Prince and Prince Landgrave of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
• 1679 : Johann Georg Liebknecht , German professor of theology and mathematics
• 1680 : Anna Canalis di Cumiana , morganatic wife of King Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
• 1682 : Johann Georg Meindl , rebel and leader of the Bavarian popular uprising
• 1683 : Johann David Heinichen , German composer and music theorist
• 1686 : Bernard Gates , English composer, choir singer and conductor
• 1697 : George Anson, 1st Baron Anson , British naval officer
• 1699 : Gottfried Geyser , German Lutheran theologian

18th century

• 1708 : Friedrich von Hagedorn , German Rococo poet
• 1712 : Devasahayam Pillai , Indian convert to Catholicism and martyr, blessed of the Catholic Church
• 1715 : Johann Friedrich Doles , German composer and Thomas Cantor
• 1728 : Samuel Wallis , British naval officer, circumnavigator and first European in Tahiti
• 1738 : Friedrich August , German prince and first duke of Nassau
• 1751 : Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto , British politician and diplomat
• 1756 : Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne , French revolutionary
• 1756 : Alexander Reinagle , American composer (baptism date)
• 1757 : Alessandro Rolla , Italian violinist and composer
• 1758 : Alexander Cochrane , British admiral
• 1765 : Jacob Fidelis Ackermann , German medic
• 1766 : Carsten Tank , Norwegian businessman and politician
• 1768 : José Álvarez Cubero , Spanish sculptor
• 1768 : Friedrich Groos , German doctor and philosopher
• 1774 : Georg Bucher , Austrian captain and major rifle in the Tyrolean struggle for freedom

William Turner (* 1775)

• 1775 : William Turner , British painter
• 1778 : John Harvey , British general and colonial administrator
• 1780 : Carl Anton Henschel , German upper mountain ridge and founder of the Henschel machine factory
• 1791 : James Buchanan , American diplomat and President of the United States
• 1791 : Friedrich von Olivier , German painter
• 1797 : Ernst Ferdinand Oehme , German Romantic painter
• 1797 : Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille , French medic and physicist
• 1799 : Ferdinand von Westphalen , Prussian Minister of the Interior

19th century

1801-1850

• 1804 : Ferdinand Anderson , German lawyer and politician
• 1804 : Marie Taglioni , Italian dancer
• 1805 : Karl Rosenkranz , German philosopher and Hegel biographer
• 1806 : Conrad Abée , Hessian politician and minister
• 1806 : Wilhelm Wackernagel , German writer and Germanist
• 1807 : Harry Maitey , first Hawaiian in Prussia

Karl of Hessen-Darmstadt (* 1809)

• 1809 : Karl von Hessen-Darmstadt , German nobleman, Prince of Hessen-Darmstadt
• 1809 : Eugène Prévost , French composer and conductor
• 1812 : Anton Lutterbeck , German theologian and philologist
• 1812 : Frederick Whitaker , New Zealand Prime Minister
• 1813 : Stephen A. Douglas , American politician, presidential candidate, senator, and MP for the state of Illinois
• 1819 : Constans Pontin , Swedish writer and lawyer
• 1819 : Edward Stafford , New Zealand Prime Minister
• 1820 : James Sant , British painter
• 1822 : Alfred Dehodencq , French painter

Emil Welti (* 1825)

• 1825 : Emil Welti , Swiss politician
• 1827 : August Ganghofer , German forest official
• 1827 : Johann Friedrich von Schulte , professor of legal history, civil and church law
• 1828 : Albert I , German nobleman, King of Saxony
• 1833 : Johann Georg Anton Geuther , German chemist
• 1839 : Fredrik Petersen , Norwegian theologian
• 1840 : Max Haushofer jr. , German economist and writer
• 1845 : Pier Andrea Saccardo , Italian botanist
• 1845 : Adolf von Zemlinszky , Austrian writer and journalist
• 1849 : Georg Aster , German architect and non-fiction author
• 1850 : Philippe Godet , Swiss writer

1851-1900

• 1851 : Carl Sophus Lumholtz , Norwegian naturalist and ethnologist
• 1855 : Luise Gerbing , German homeland researcher
• 1855 : Ernst von Wolzüge , German writer
• 1857 : Ruggero Leoncavallo , Italian composer
• 1858 : Ramabai Dongre Medhavi , Indian social reformer

Max Planck (* 1858)

• 1858 : Max Planck , German theoretical physicist, is considered the founder of quantum physics, Nobel Prize winner
• 1858 : Ethel Smyth , British composer
• 1860 : Otto Walkhoff , German dentist, pioneer of X-ray dental diagnostics
• 1861 : Carl Moll , Austrian painter
• 1861 : Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby , British Field Marshal
• 1864 : Friedrich Carstanjen , art historian
• 1867 : Johannes Fibiger , Danish pathologist
• 1868 : Julius von Zech auf Neuhofen , German officer and colonial official
• 1870 : Lotte Witt , German theater actress
• 1871 : František Josef Čečetka , Czech writer and educator
• 1872 : Arthur Farwell , American composer
• 1873 : Arnold van Gennep , French ethnologist
• 1874 : Alfonso Castaldi , Italian composer
• 1874 : Wilhelm Werner , German automobile racing driver
• 1875 : Matilda Anderson , American cyclist
• 1875 : Adelheid Netoliczka-Baldershofen , Austrian classical philologist and librarian
• 1875 : Heinrich Vogt German neurologist
• 1876 : Arthur Moeller van den Bruck , German cultural historian and writer
• 1877 : Helena Zboińska-Ruszkowska , Polish singer and vocal teacher
• 1878 : Franz Arnold , German playwright
• 1879 : Emil Barth , German politician
• 1879 : Thomas Berry , American politician
• 1879 : Walther Spielmeyer , German psychiatrist and neurologist
• 1880 : Michel Fokine , choreographer and founder of modern ballet
• 1884 : Jusztinián György Serédi , Archbishop of Esztergom and Cardinal
• 1886 : Friedrich Wilhelm Constantin Ashoff , German entrepreneur
• 1886 : Wilhelm Bode , German locksmith, trade unionist and resistance fighter
• 1888 : Hans Freiherr von Pranckh , German officer and Austrian Heimwehr leader
• 1889 : Karel Doorman , Dutch rear admiral
• 1890 : Georges Casse , French racing car driver

Sergei Prokofiev (* 1891)

• 1891 : Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew , Russian pianist and composer
• 1892 : Lutz Heck , German biologist and zoo director
• 1892 : Richard Huelsenbeck , German writer
• 1892 : Klaus Thormaehlen , German engineer and winemaker, inventor of the mulching sickle
• 1893 : Frank Borzage , American film director
• 1893 : Willi Busch , German actor
• 1893 : Adolf Cillien , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1895 : John Ainsworth-Davis , British sprinter
• 1895 : Ngaio Marsh , New Zealand writer
• 1896 : Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Maksutow , Russian optician, inventor of the Maksutov telescope named after him
• 1896 : George Messier , French chemical engineer

Charlie Rivel (* 1896)

• 1896 : Charlie Rivel , Spanish clown
• 1897 : Lester Pearson , Canadian politician
• 1897 : Pixinguinha , Brazilian musician
• 1898 : Lucius D. Clay , politician and military man
• 1898 : Edwin Erich Dwinger , German writer
• 1898 : Ernest Laszlo , Hungarian-American cameraman
• 1898 : Justin Abraham Najmy , Syrian bishop in the United States
• 1899 : Alfred Jurzykowski , Polish manager and art patron
• 1899 : Ernst Leffmann , German-Dutch lawyer and manufacturer
• 1899 : Bertil Ohlin , Swedish economist

20th century

1901-1925

Halldór Laxness (* 1902)

• 1902 : Halldór Laxness , Icelandic writer and Nobel Prize winner
• 1902 : Klaas Aldert Hendrik Hidding , Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian
• 1903 : Peter Duhr , German writer
• 1903 : Karl Larenz , German civil lawyer and legal philosopher
• 1903 : Guy Simonds , Canadian general
• 1906 : Wilhelm Adam , German district administrator
• 1906 : Jorge Pelikan , Czech-Argentine chess master
• 1907 : Fritz Wotruba , Austrian sculptor
• 1908 : Egon Hostovský , Czech writer
• 1908 : Myron Waldman , American animator
• 1909 : Margot Kalinke , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1909 : Karl Klasen , German banker and former President of the Bundesbank
• 1910 : Otto Heinrich Arnold , German medic
• 1910 : Simone Simon , French actress
• 1911 : Bruno Ahlberg , Finnish boxer
• 1911 : Valentin Brück , German politician

Józef Cyrankiewicz (* 1911)

• 1911 : Józef Cyrankiewicz , Polish Prime Minister
• 1912 : Bernard Brindel , American composer, music teacher and violinist
• 1912 : Hedda Theen-Pontoppidan , German painter
• 1912 : Willy Thieme , German politician
• 1914 : Jack Barkin , Canadian singer
• 1914 : Hugo Fiorato , American violinist and conductor
• 1914 : Erich Linnhoff , German athlete
• 1915 : Christine Busta , Austrian poet
• 1915 : Fritz Pröll , German metalworker, concentration camp prisoner in Dora-Mittelbau, saboteur on V2 rockets
• 1916 : Ludwig Jedlicka , Austrian historian
• 1918 : Otto Schubert , German officer and tribologist
• 1919 : Tālivaldis Ķeniņš , Canadian composer and music teacher of Latvian origin
• 1919 : Yoshitarō Nomura , Japanese film director

Oleg Penkowski (* 1919)

• 1919 : Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky , Soviet double agent
• 1919 : Silja Walter , Swiss Benedictine nun and writer
• 1920 : Friedrich Schadeberg , German entrepreneur
• 1920 : Johannes Schöne , German soccer player
• 1920 : Heinz Seiler , German handball trainer and player
• 1921 : Judy Agnew , wife of US Vice President Spiro Agnew
• 1922 : Herbert Walther , German non-fiction author, historian and painter
• 1923 : Reinhart Koselleck , German historian
• 1924 : Ruth Leuwerik , German actress
• 1924 : Bobby Rosengarden , American jazz drummer and studio musician
• 1924 : Maria von Wedemeyer , fiancee of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• 1925 : Finn Olav Gundelach , Danish diplomat

1926-1950

• 1926 : Aram A. Avakian , American film director, screenwriter, and film editor
• 1926 : JP Donleavy , Irish-born American writer
• 1927 : Werner Koch , German appraisal expert

Shirley Temple (* 1928)

• 1928 : Shirley Temple , American actress, singer, dancer and ambassador
• 1929 : Max Bolliger , Swiss writer
• 1929 : Ernst Wilhelm Sachs , German industrialist
• 1929 : George Steiner , writer, literary scholar and cultural critic
• 1930 : Mikkel Flagstad , Norwegian jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
• 1930 : Silvana Mangano , Italian actress
• 1931 : Billy Davenport , American drummer
• 1931 : Karl Recktenwald , German motorcycle racer
• 1932 : Harald Aurich , German biochemist
• 1932 : Hansl Krönauer , German composer and singer
• 1932 : Vladimir Nikolayevich Jengibarjan , Soviet boxer
• 1935 : Dieter Kürten , German sports reporter
• 1935 : Coşkun Taş , Turkish football player
• 1935 : Milena Vukotic , Italian actress
• 1936 : Adelheid Duvanel , Swiss writer
• 1936 : Peter Horst Neumann , German poet, essayist and literary scholar

Roy Orbison (* 1936)

• 1936 : Roy Orbison , American country and rock singer
• 1938 : Helmut Illert , German television journalist
• 1939 : Stefano Bontade , Sicilian mafioso
• 1939 : Lee Majors , American actor and singer
• 1939 : Ray Peterson , American rock and roll singer
• 1939 : Fritz Pott , German soccer player
• 1939 : Stanisław Wielgus , Archbishop of Warsaw
• 1940 : Konrad Kleinknecht , German physicist
• 1940 : Dietrich Schwanitz , German English scholar and writer
• 1941 : Jacqueline Boyer , French chanson and pop singer
• 1941 : Hal Daub , American politician

Karl-Ludwig Kratz (* 1941)

• 1941 : Karl-Ludwig Kratz , German nuclear chemist and astrophysicist
• 1941 : Paavo Lipponen , Finnish Prime Minister
• 1942 : Jorge Antunes , Brazilian composer
• 1942 : Edmond Baudoin , French caricaturist and comic artist
• 1942 : Sandra Dee , American actress
• 1943 : Tony Esposito , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1943 : Frans Koppelaar , Dutch painter
• 1943 : Danish Standard Shaagi Sereeter , Mongolian wrestler
• 1943 : Paul Smart , British motorcycle racer
• 1943 : Hervé Villechaize , French actor
• 1943 : Jürgen Vocke , German lawyer, hunting official and politician
• 1944 : Niklaus Schilling , Swiss film director, cameraman, author
• 1945 : Jorge Taveras , Dominican composer, arranger and conductor

Blair Brown (born 1946)

• 1946 : Blair Brown , American actress
• 1946 : Clemente Domínguez y Gómez , head of the Palmarian Catholic Church
• 1947 : Lyudmila Wassiljewna Aksjonowa , Soviet sprinter
• 1947 : Ifi Amadiume , Nigerian author, ethnologist and feminist
• 1947 : Anuschawan Gassan-Jalalov , Soviet rower
• 1947 : Wolfgang Gedeon , German politician
• 1947 : Eddy Joosen , Belgian racing car driver and entrepreneur
• 1947 : Christer Pettersson , main suspect in the murder of Olof Palme
• 1947 : Reinhard Schwabenitzky , Austrian director and screenwriter
• 1948 : Ilario Antoniazzi , Italian Archbishop
• 1949 : David Cross , British musician
• 1949 : Denisse de Kalafe , Mexican singer-songwriter of Brazilian origin
• 1949 : John Miles , British musician
• 1949 : Herbert Mühlenberg , German football player
• 1949 : Michalis Nikoloudis , Greek musician
• 1950 : Maria Böhmer , German politician, Member of the Bundestag

1951-1975

• 1951 : Hendrik Schaper , German rock musician
• 1952 : Narada Michael Walden , American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter
• 1953 : Jerzy Klempel , Polish handball player
• 1953 : Liane Michaelis , German handball player
• 1953 : Marion Titze , German writer
• 1954 : Anthony White , American wrestler, bodybuilder, and powerlifter

Michael Moore (* 1954)

• 1954 : Michael Moore , American author and documentary filmmaker
• 1955 : Judy Davis , Australian actress
• 1955 : Ronald MacDonald , Scottish economist at the University of Glasgow
• 1955 : Sissy Höfferer , Austrian actress
• 1955 : Vladimir Ivanov , Bulgarian sprinter
• 1955 : Tony Miles , English chess player
• 1956 : Klaus Wöller , German handball player
• 1957 : Neville Brody , British graphic designer, type designer and art director
• 1957 : Dominique Horwitz , German actor
• 1957 : Peter Nebelo , German politician
• 1958 : Magnus Andersson , Swedish football player
• 1958 : Jost Auler , German prehistorian, historian, journalist and publisher

Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (* 1958)

• 1958 : Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson , Icelandic musician, film musician
• 1958 : Radu Mihăileanu , Romanian-French film director
• 1959 : Anba Gabriel , Egyptian bishop
• 1960 : Steve Clark , British rock musician ( Def Leppard )
• 1960 : Hajime Mizoguchi , Japanese cellist and composer
• 1961 : Ralf Agolli , German soccer coach
• 1961 : Dirk Bach , German actor, presenter and comedian
• 1961 : Chris Kneifel , American automobile racing driver and motorsport official
• 1961 : Andrei Jurjewitsch Kurkow , Ukrainian writer
• 1961 : Frank Lippmann , German soccer player
• 1961 : Pierluigi Martini , Italian racing car driver
• 1962 : Rosi Aschenwald , Austrian ski racer

Michael F. Feldkamp (* 1962)

• 1962 : Michael F. Feldkamp , German historian
• 1962 : Andersen Viana , Brazilian composer
• 1963 : Paul Belmondo , French racing car driver and racing team owner
• 1963 : Pia Cramling , Swedish chess player
• 1963 : Robby Naish , American windsurfer
• 1963 : Herbert Scheibner , Austrian politician
• 1963 : Rolf Wouters , Dutch presenter
• 1964 : Torsten Fenslau , German DJ and music producer
• 1964 : Aviv Kochavi , Israeli general
• 1964 : Ira von Mellenthin , German journalist and author
• 1965 : Donna Weinbrecht , American freestyle skier
• 1966 : Franco Foda , German soccer player
• 1966 : Michael Kraft , German soccer player
• 1966 : Lembit Oll , Estonian chess player

Melina Kanakaredes (* 1967)

• 1967 : Melina Kanakaredes , Greek-American actress
• 1968 : Timothy McVeigh , American terrorist
• 1969 : Kai Lentrodt , German actor
• 1970 : Eddy Seel , Belgian supermoto racing driver
• 1971 : Janek Rieke , German actor and director
• 1972 : Nicolas Aithadi , French film technician
• 1972 : Demet Akalın , Turkish singer and model
• 1973 : Derek Armstrong , Canadian ice hockey player and official
• 1973 : Bernard Aryee , Ghanaian soccer player
• 1974 : Barry Watson , American actor
• 1975 : Charlotte Bohning , German actress
• 1975 : Michael Hoffmann , Danish handball player
• 1975 : Anton Noori , Austrian actor

1976-2000

• 1976 : Gabriel Damon , American film actor and film producer
• 1976 : Peter Kehl , German politician, MdL

John Cena (born 1977)

• 1977 : John Cena , American wrestler and actor
• 1977 : Kirsten Lee Clark , American ski racer
• 1977 : John Oliver , British-American presenter, comedian and actor
• 1977 : Tamara Schädler , Liechtenstein ski racer
• 1977 : Bram Schmitz , Dutch cyclist
• 1977 : Anna Sjöström , Swedish football player
• 1977 : Lee Young-pyo , South Korean soccer player
• 1978 : Gezahegne Abera , Ethiopian marathon runner, Olympic champion
• 1978 : Kofi Amponsah , Ghanaian soccer player
• 1978 : Adrian Wagner , German handball player and coach
• 1979 : Brad Kroenig , American model

Jaime King (born 1979)

• 1979 : Jaime King , American actress
• 1979 : Joanna Krupa , Polish model and actress
• 1979 : Nicolas Portal , French racing cyclist
• 1979 : Fərqanə Qasımova , Azerbaijani mugham singer
• 1979 : Samppa Lajunen , Finnish Nordic combined athlete
• 1979 : Tamee Harrison , Austrian pop singer
• 1979 : Ryan Sinn , American bass player
• 1979 : Mac Tyer , French rapper
• 1979 : Yana Gupta , Czech model and actress
• 1979 : Anne Schäfer , German actress
• 1979 : Lauri Ylönen , Finnish singer ( The Rasmus )
• 1980 : Nils Döring , German soccer player
• 1980 : Jürgen Schweikardt , German handball player, trainer and manager
• 1980 : Lilly Tschörtner , German actress
• 1980 : Steve Wyatt , Australian racing car driver
• 1981 : Seka Aleksić , Serbian folk singer
• 1981 : Hiroaki Ishiura , Japanese racing driver
• 1982 : Louise Bager Due , Danish handball player
• 1982 : Ahmet Kuru , Turkish soccer player
• 1983 : Alex Bogomolov junior , American tennis player

Daniela Hantuchová (* 1983)

• 1983 : Daniela Hantuchová , Slovak tennis player
• 1983 : Leon Andreasen , Danish football player
• 1983 : Marta Mangué , Spanish handball player
• 1984 : Alexandra Konstantinovna Kostenjuk , Russian chess player
• 1984 : Ross Ford , Scottish rugby player
• 1984 : Fumihisa Yumoto , Japanese ski jumper
• 1985 : Taio Cruz , British R&B singer
• 1985 : Lars Friedrich , German handball player
• 1985 : Sebastian Freis , German soccer player
• 1985 : Maria Kwiatkowsky , German actress
• 1985 : Tony Martin , German racing cyclist

Sven Kramer (* 1986)

• 1986 : Sven Kramer , Dutch speed skater, Olympic medalist
• 1986 : Eduardo Schwank , Argentine tennis player
• 1986 : Mathias Stumpf , German cyclist
• 1987 : Michael Arroyo , Ecuadorian soccer player
• 1988 : Victor Anichebe , Nigerian soccer player
• 1988 : Steph Houghton , English soccer player
• 1988 : Erica Mer , American film actress
• 1989 : Jarosław Kowalczyk , Polish cyclist
• 1989 : Karolina Szwed-Ørneborg , Polish handball player
• 1989 : Nicole Vaidišová , Czech tennis player
• 1990 : Sajad Esteki , Iranian handball player
• 1990 : Matthew Underwood , American actor
• 1990 : Zanka , Danish football player
• 1991 : Melda Akbaş , German-Turkish author
• 1991 : Ben Barker , British racing car driver
• 1992 : Syd , American singer, songwriter, record producer and sound engineer
• 1995 : Gigi Hadid , American model
• 1996 : Matthieu Bailet , French ski racer
• 1996 : Álex Márquez , Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1996 : Alexander Anatolyevich Vlasov , Russian cyclist
• 1997 : Alex Ferris , Canadian actor

21st century

• 2001 : Aniya Wendel , German actress
• 2002 : Craig Galliano , Gibraltar darts and soccer player
• 2018 : Louis of Cambridge , British nobleman

Died

Before the 18th century

• 0043 BC BC : Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus , Roman politician
• 0502 : Ibar von Beggerin , Irish bishop
• 0725 : Wihtred , King of Kent
• 0871 : Æthelred I , King of Wessex and Kent
• 0944 : Wichmann I. , Count in Bardengau and Count in Wigmodien
• 0990 : Ekkehard II of Sankt Gallen , sequence writer
• 0994 : Gerhard I , Bishop of Toul
• 0997 : Adalbert of Prague , messenger of faith in Hungary and Prussia
• 1014 : Brian Boru , Irish high king
• 1014 : Sigurður Hlöðvisson , Jarl on the Orkneys
• 1016 : Æthelred , King of England from the House of Wessex
• 1020 : Meles of Bari , Duke of Apulia
• 1038 : Liudolf , Count in Derlingau and Margrave in Friesland
• 1121 : Jón Ögmundsson , Icelandic bishop
• 1124 : Alexander I , King of Scotland
• 1151 : Adelheid von Löwen , King Wife of England
• 1200 : Stefan Nemanja , Serbian grand uzupan
• 1204 : Conrad III. von Laichling , Bishop of Regensburg
• 1217 : Inge II , King of Norway
• 1266 : Gilles von Saumur , Archbishop of Damiette and Tire
• 1285 : Heinrich III. von Geldern , Bishop of Liège
• 1306 : Johann Sax von Saxenau , Bishop of Brixen
• 1307 : Joan of England , daughter of Edward I of England
• 1339 : Ludolf von Bülow , Bishop of Schwerin
• 1349 : Catherine Grandison , mistress of Edward III. from England
• 1358 : Nicholas , Duke of Münsterberg
• 1367 : Roger le Fort , French archbishop and blessed of the Catholic Church
• 1449 : Jean Cadard , French court master, court doctor and royal adviser
• 1471 : Andreas Baumkircher , Baron von Schlaining
• 1523 : Henry Clifford, 10th Baron de Clifford , English nobleman and politician
• 1543 : Susanna of Bavaria , Margravine of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Countess Palatine of Neuburg
• 1587 : Siegmund Vieheuser , Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire
• 1600 : Nicholas II Pálffy , imperial general and captain of Pressburg
• 1605 : Boris Godunov , Tsar and Grand Duke of Russia

Miguel de Cervantes († 1616)

• 1616 : Inca Garcilaso de la Vega , Peruvian writer
• 1625 : Moritz von Orange , governor of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Geldern and Overijssel
• 1625 : Juan de Ruela , Flemish painter
• 1631 : Francesco Maria II della Rovere , Duke of Urbino
• 1636 : Johann Albrecht II , Duke of Mecklenburg
• 1659 : Erasmus Ungebaur , German legal scholar
• 1683 : Peter Philipp von Dernbach , Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and Würzburg
• 1683 : Moritz Ludwig I of Nassau-LaLecq , Count of Nassau-LaLecq, Lord of Beverweerd and Lek
• 1685 : Natale Monferrato , Italian organist, conductor and composer
• 1691 : Jean-Henri d'Anglebert , French composer, harpsichordist and organist

18th century

• 1701 : Samuel Schumacher , Swiss Protestant clergyman and Pietist
• 1702 : Margaret Fell , English Quaker
• 1703 : Otto Wilhelm von Fersen , Swedish field marshal
• 1712 : Christian August , Prince of Wittelsbach, Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach
• 1706 : Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark , Countess Palatinate and Electress of the Palatinate
• 1708 : Christian August , Duke of Pfalz-Sulzbach
• 1712 : Lambert Chaumont , Liège composer, organist and clergyman
• 1725 : Friedrich Strunz , German literary scholar and philologist
• 1728 : Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco , Spanish composer and conductor who worked in Peru
• 1730 : Bernardo Maria Conti , Italian cardinal
• 1742 : Mihael Omerza , Slovenian composer
• 1749 : Johann Siegmund Kirchmayer , German Protestant clergyman and university professor
• 1751 : Jacques I , Prince of Monaco
• 1766 : Sebastián de la Cuadra y Llarena , Spanish Prime Minister
• 1774 : Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich , Saxon painter and engraver
• 1778 : Henning von Ahlefeldt , Danish Chamberlain and Privy Councilor
• 1779 : Friedrich Samuel Zickler , German Lutheran theologian
• 1780 : Maria Antonia von Bayern , art patron and composer, painter and poet
• 1794 : Chrétien-Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes , French statesman, minister and defender of Louis XVI.
• 1796 : Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel , Prussian writer
• 1797 : Giovanni Battista Andreoni , Italian opera singer

19th century

• 1818 : Wilhelm Leberecht Götzinger , German Lutheran theologian and author, is considered to be the developer of Saxon Switzerland
• 1821 : Pierre Riel de Beurnonville , French general, peer and marshal of France

Aaron Arrowsmith († 1823)

• 1823 : Aaron Arrowsmith , English cartographer, engraver, and publisher
• 1825 : Painter Müller , German painter, engraver and poet of Sturm und Drang
• 1838 : Michele Arditi , Italian lawyer and classical archaeologist
• 1840 : Wilhelm von Studnitz , German officer and writer
• 1842 : William George Keith Elphinstone , British general
• 1845 : Johann Rudolf Czernin von und zu Chudenitz , Austrian administrative officer
• 1845 : Johann Georg Lahner , Austrian butcher, alleged inventor of the Viennese sausage
• 1847 : Erik Gustaf Geijer , Swedish writer
• 1850 : William Wordsworth , British poet
• 1851 : Mikhail Petrovich Lasarew , Russian naval officer and admiral
• 1853 : Henri-Louis Empeytaz , Swiss Protestant clergyman
• 1861 : Alexei Yermolov , general of the Russian army and diplomat
• 1866 : Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg , British politician from Scotland
• 1873 : Wolfgang Menzel , German poet
• 1877 : Adolphe van Soust de Borckenfeldt , Belgian poet and art historian
• 1879 : Eugenio Aguilar Gonzalez Batres , head of state of El Salvador
• 1899 : Félix María del Monte , Dominican lawyer, journalist, playwright and poet

20th century

1901-1950

• 1906 : Leopold Arnsperger , German medic and politician
• 1912 : Friedrich Philipp von Abert , German Archbishop
• 1917 : Karl Altrichter , German writer
• 1917 : Robert Koehler , German-American painter

Abraham Adler († 1922)

• 1922 : Abraham Adler , German economist
• 1922 : Vlaho Bukovac , Croatian painter
• 1923 : Eugen Huber , Swiss lawyer
• 1923 : Luise of Prussia , Grand Duchess of Baden
• 1924 : Karl Helfferich , German politician and banker
• 1925 : Armand Marseille , German-Russian doll manufacturer
• 1929 : Edward Jakobowski , English composer
• 1929 : Rudolf Nilsen , Norwegian poet
• 1931 : Victor Augagneur , French doctor and politician
• 1936 : Ludwig Döderlein , German zoologist
• 1937 : Nathan L. Bachman , American politician
• 1938 : Eric Fernihough , British motorcycle racer
• 1938 : Elisabeth Tombrock , founder of the order
• 1939 : Maria Gabriella Sagheddu , Italian Trappist
• 1941 : Erich Basarke , German architect
• 1942 : Olga Benario , German communist and victim of National Socialism
• 1945 : Hans Ahlgrimm , Austrian composer and violinist

Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff († 1945)

• 1945 : Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff , German diplomat and resistance fighter
• 1945 : Klaus Bonhoeffer , German lawyer and resistance fighter
• 1945 : Albrecht Haushofer , German geographer, diplomat and writer
• 1945 : Otto Hübener , German resistance fighter
• 1945 : Rüdiger Schleicher , German resistance fighter
• 1946 : Jesús Castillo , Guatemalan composer
• 1948 : Alfredo de Oro , Cuban billiards player and world champion
• 1950 : Julian F. Abele , American architect
• 1950 : Gemma Bellincioni , Italian opera soprano

1951-2000

Charles G. Dawes († 1951)

• 1951 : Charles G. Dawes , American banker and politician, Vice President, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Richard Stafford Cripps († 1952)

• 1952 : Richard Stafford Cripps , British politician and diplomat
• 1952 : Wilhelm Paschek , German politician
• 1952 : Elisabeth Schumann , German-American soprano
• 1957 : Reinder Pieter van Calcar , Dutch bacteriologist
• 1957 : Johannes Christensen , Danish marathon runner and engineer
• 1958 : Henock Abrahamsson , Swedish football goalkeeper
• 1959 : Egon Reinert , German politician
• 1960 : Kagawa Toyohiko , Japanese theologian and social reformer
• 1964 : Hugo Rosendahl , German politician
• 1966 : Otto Baer , Lord Mayor of Magdeburg
• 1969 : Krzysztof Komeda , Polish jazz musician and composer
• 1970 : Adeline Genée , Danish ballet dancer
• 1971 : Dempsey Wilson , American racing car driver
• 1972 : Walter Czollek , head of the Volk und Welt publishing house in the GDR
• 1973 : Abe Tomoji , Japanese writer, translator and literary critic
• 1974 : Franz Arzdorf , German actor and director
• 1975 : Rolf Dieter Brinkmann , German poet and writer

Harold Arlen († 1986)

• 1975 : Pete Ham , British musician
• 1978 : Ludwig Schneider , German politician
• 1981 : Stefano Bontade , Italian mafia boss
• 1982 : Paul Achkar , Syrian Archbishop
• 1983 : Marguerite Broquedis , French tennis player
• 1983 : Povilas Vaitonis , Lithuanian-Canadian chess player
• 1985 : Sam Ervin , American Politician, Senator from North Carolina
• 1985 : Helmut Bruno Anders , German legal scholar and historian
• 1986 : Harold Arlen , American composer, Oscar for Somewhere over the Rainbow
• 1986 : Otto Preminger , Austrian-American film director
• 1989 : Hamani Diori , Nigerian politician and first president
• 1989 : Kurt Jung , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, MEP
• 1990 : Paulette Goddard , American actress
• 1991 : Dzmitryi Kasmowitsch , Belarusian political activist, under German occupation police chief of Smolensk
• 1991 : Johnny Thunders , American punk musician
• 1992 : Nils Åkerlindh , Swedish wrestler
• 1992 : Satyajit Ray , Indian film director
• 1993 : Guido Carli , Italian economist
• 1993 : César Chávez , American union founder
• 1993 : Günther Storck , Catholic priest and bishop
• 1994 : Lucho Bermúdez , Colombian composer
• 1995 : Paul Bürks , German actor, dubbing and radio play speaker
• 1996 : Mario Luigi Ciappi , Italian clergyman and cardinal to the Curia

PL Travers († 1996)

• 1996 : PL Travers , Australian writer ( Mary Poppins )
• 1997 : Fritz Senft , Swiss writer
• 1998 : Konstantinos Karamanlis , Greek lawyer and politician, multiple prime minister and president
• 1998 : James Earl Ray , American assassin
• 1998 : Gregor von Rezzori , Austrian writer and film actor
• 1999 : Maria Àngels Anglada , Spanish author

21st century

• 2001 : Lennart Atterwall , Swedish athlete
• 2001 : Raymund Schmitt , President of the District Assembly of Lower Franconia
• 2002 : Manfred Bieler , German writer
• 2003 : Kurt Klinger , Austrian writer
• 2003 : Herbert Riehl-Heyse , German journalist and author
• 2003 : Austin Wright , American author
• 2005 : George Pan Cosmatos , Italian film director
• 2005 : John Mills , British actor
• 2005 : Romano Scarpa , Italian comic artist
• 2006 : Felix Czeike , Austrian historian and popular educator
• 2007 : David Halberstam , American journalist and writer

Boris Yeltsin († 2007)

• 2007 : Boris Yeltsin , Soviet or Russian politician, President of the Russian Federation
• 2007 : Peter Schlechtriem , German legal scholar
• 2008 : Jean Daniel Cadinot , French film director and producer
• 2012 : Hugo Fiorato , American violinist and conductor
• 2014 : Michael Glawogger , Austrian filmmaker
• 2015 : Hans Klecatsky , Austrian lawyer and politician
• 2015 : Traugott Wulfhorst , German lawyer
• 2016 : Banharn Silpa-archa , Thai politician
• 2016 : Madeleine Sherwood , Canadian actress
• 2017 : Imre Földi , Hungarian weightlifter
• 2017 : František Rajtoral , Czech football player
• 2018 : Liri Belishova , Albanian politician
• 2018 : Hermann Doose , German physician
• 2019 : Jean-Paul Colas , French racing car driver
• 2019 : Jean of Nassau , Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• 2020 : Norbert Blüm , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • St. Adalbert of Prague , Bohemian nobleman and missionary, martyr and bishop (Catholic, Protestant)
  • St. Ibar von Beggerin , Irish Bishop (Catholic, Anglican)
  • St. Pusinna , Franconian hermit and patron saint
  • Kagawa Toyohiko , Japanese theologian and social reformer (Protestant: ELCA , Anglican: TEC , EKD memorial day on April 24th )
  • St. George's Day (Protestant, Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox, Armenian, Coptic)

• Name days
  • Adalbert , Georg , Gerhard , Jürgen

• State holidays and memorial days
  • Turkey : National Sovereignty and Child Holiday (since 1920)

• Commemoration days of international organizations
  • World Book Day ( UN ) (since 1995)

• More information about the day
  • German Beer Day (since 1994)

The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .

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