January 24th
January 24 (in Austria and South Tyrol : January 24 ) is the 24th day of the Gregorian calendar , leaving 341 days (342 days in leap years) until the end of the year.
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events
politics and world affairs
- 41: The Roman Emperor Caligula is assassinated by the Praetorian Guard along with his wife Milonia Caesonia and daughter Iulia Drusilla . On the same day his uncle Claudius is proclaimed his successor.
- 1076: In the course of the investiture dispute at the Hoftag in Worms , the Roman-German King Henry IV declared Pope Gregory VII to be deposed, whereupon the latter excommunicated him three weeks later .
- 1336: By the death of his father Alfonso IV , Peter IV becomes king of Aragon .
- 1458: The Hungarian Diet elected Matthias Corvinus King of Hungary .
- 1479: The Venetian Doge Giovanni Mocenigo makes peace with the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II. The Republic of Venice is forced to renounce the Argolis , Negroponte , Scutari and Lemnos , in addition to paying tribute of 10,000 gold ducats every year.
- 1521: Ferdinand Magellan , on his circumnavigation of the world, reaches the island of Puka-Puka in Polynesia .
- 1600: Dutch navigator Sebald de Weert arrives at the Falkland Islands and names them Sebald Eilands , a name used on nautical charts into the 19th century .
- 1607: After the construction of Mannheim's Rheinschanze and the Friedrichsburg Fortress , the associated, newly expanded " square city " Mannheim was granted city privileges by Elector Friedrich IV of the Palatinate .
- 1634: Emperor Ferdinand II dismisses Wallenstein as commander of the Imperial troops in the Thirty Years' War after Wallenstein is suspected of planning a coup.
- 1656: In the First Battle of Villmergen in the Old Confederation , the forces of the Catholic towns defeated the troops of the Reformed towns.
- 1742: Elector Karl I Albrecht of Bavaria is elected Emperor as Karl VII after an almost two-year interregnum in Frankfurt am Main . He is the first non- Habsburg Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire since 1438.
- 1772: Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne discovers the Crozet Islands in the southern Indian Ocean , which he names after his ship's officer Jules Crozet and takes possession of for France.
- 1798: The Révolution vaudoise is the prelude to the independence of the canton of Vaud from Bern .
- 1900: Although already in retreat, a demoralized Boer army in the Second Boer War in Cape Colony defeats the equally demoralized British, who also retreated, unaware of the situation at the Battle of Spion Kop .
- 1915: The German armored cruiser SMS Blücher is sunk in the Dogger Bank skirmish during World War I between the German Navy and the Royal Navy .
- 1916: Oskar von Niedermayer and Werner Otto von Hentig succeed in signing a treaty of friendship between the German Empire and Afghanistan with Emir Habibullah Khan . However, they did not achieve the actual goal of the Niedermayer-Hentig Expedition , namely Afghanistan's entry into the First World War on the side of the Central Powers .
- 1942: At the naval battle off Balikpapan in the Pacific War , the newly formed ABDA fleet of the Allies, under the command of ABDACOM , wins a tactical victory against Japan , but cannot stop its expansion in Southeast Asia .
- 1950: The Politburo of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany decides to form a Ministry for State Security in the GDR . On February 8, the People's Chamber of the GDR unanimously confirmed this decision.
- 1952: In Germany, the law for the protection of working mothers comes into force, which is intended to protect expectant and nursing mothers from unhealthy employment.
- 1962: 28 men, women and children in the GDR manage to escape through a tunnel to West Berlin .
- 1962: The People's Chamber decides to introduce general conscription in the GDR , including East Berlin .
- 1972: In the jungles of Guam , the Japanese soldier Yokoi Shōichi is found, who has been living there in a cave since the arrival of the Americans under General Douglas MacArthur on August 10, 1944.
- 1977: In Madrid, at the time of the transition to Spain , an armed commando from the Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista , with intent to kill, broke into a lawyer's office close to the union . The Atocha bloodbath costs five lives and four people are shot.
- 2004: Florian Gerster , head of the German Federal Employment Agency , is dismissed from his post on charges of corruption .
- 2006: The Emir of Kuwait , Sa'ad al-Abdallah as-Salim as-Sabah , is ousted from office by the Kuwaiti Parliament after 10 days because of cancer. He is succeeded by his brother Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir as-Sabah .
- 2011: In a Chechen terrorist attack at Moscow Domodedovo Airport , a suicide bomber kills 36 people and injures 152 in the explosion.
business
- 1848: A nugget found by James W. Marshall near Sutter's Mill leads to an onslaught of fortune seekers. This discovery started the California Gold Rush .
- 1857: In the Vienna Coinage Treaty , the Vereinstaler is introduced as a common currency coin in the Austrian Empire and most of the states of the German Customs Union . The Austrian currency is the guilder , divided into 100 kreuzers . Ducats are abolished in the countries of the German Customs Union .
- 1860: Frenchman Étienne Lenoir received a patent on the gas engine he had developed .
- 1924: The Walchensee power plant supplies the first electricity to the Bayernwerk network .
- 1935: After a preliminary test phase, the first canned beer , bottled by the brewery Gottfried Krueger Brewery Company , goes on sale in the United States .
- 1945: Aachener Nachrichten , the first German post-war newspaper , appears in Aachen , which was occupied by the Allies, before the end of the Second World War .
- 1984: The first Apple Macintosh , the Macintosh 128 , is introduced to the public.
- 1996: In the US, the synthetic fat olestra is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in snack foods.
- 2000: The German news channel N24 of ProSiebenSat.1 Media starts broadcasting.
- 2006: The Walt Disney Company announces that it will acquire Pixar Animation Studios for $7.4 billion .
- 2008: French bank Société Générale announces a €4.9 billion loss following unauthorized futures trading by employee Jérôme Kerviel . This is the largest damage ever caused to a bank by a single retailer.
science and technology
- 1857: The University of Calcutta , the first modern university of the Indian subcontinent , is founded in Calcutta , modern-day Kolkata in India .
- 1913: The Swiss Oskar Bider becomes the first person to fly over the Pyrenees in a Blériot XI .
- 1945: In Peenemünde-West , a winged version of the A4 /V2 rocket , the A4b , developed at the Army Research Institute in Peenemünde , is successfully launched for the first time . It is supposed to achieve twice the range of the A4, but crashes prematurely due to a broken wing. There will be no further launch of this missile.
- 1966: The Learjet 24 , a low-wing business jet , makes its maiden flight .
- 1986: The Voyager 2 spacecraft passed Uranus , discovering two more of the planet's rings .
- 1990: Japan 's Hiten spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Earth on a Mu-3S2 booster rocket. Later it will go to the moon .
Culture
- 1639: The premiere of the opera Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo by Francesco Cavalli takes place in Venice.
- 1809: Carl Friedrich Zelter founds the first German Liedertafel in Berlin .
- 1835: The Théâtre-Italia in Paris premieres the opera I puritani ( The Puritans ) by Vincenzo Bellini with the libretto by Carlo Pepoli , based on the comedy Têtes rondes et cavaliers , which in turn is based on Walter Scott's novel Old Mortality .
- 1906: The opera Francesca da Rimini by Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninov is premiered at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow .
- 1940: The feature film The Grapes of Wrath by John Ford , based on the novel of the same name by John Steinbeck , which deals with the fate of the “ Okies ”, has its world premiere in New York City. It stars Henry Fonda , Jane Darwell and John Carradine .
- 1946: The symphony in three movements by Igor Stravinsky is premiered in New York.
- 1954: First broadcast by British radio station BBC 3 of the radio play Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas (directed by Douglas Cleverdon) . The work quickly became the most famous radio play in radio history. The original German broadcast took place on September 20 of the same year by NWDR Hamburg under the title Unter dem Milchwald . Fritz Schröder-Jahn directed it .
- 1962: Brian Epstein took over management of the Beatles on a five-year contract .
- 1975: Genesis perform the complete concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway live in Los Angeles and later release it in 4-CD box set Archive I – 1967–1975 .
- 1975: The jazz pianist Keith Jarrett improvises his now world-famous Cologne Concert live and under the most adverse circumstances at the Cologne Opera .
religion
- 1118: John of Gaeta is elected Pope to succeed the late Paschalis II and takes the name of Gelasius II . The exiled Emperor Heinrich V. , who was not included in this election, immediately rushed to Rome.
- 1955: One day after his expulsion from the New Apostolic Church , Peter Kuhlen founds the Apostolic Community in Düsseldorf.
disasters
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- 1620: In Altenberg in the Ore Mountains , the most extensive Pingen rupture in German mining occurs . Collapsing rock destroys 36 tin ore mines .
- 1966: In the Alps , all 117 occupants of an Air India Boeing 707 are killed when the plane crashes on a rock massif of Mont Blanc .
- 1976: An earthquake near Muradiye in Turkey kills around 3,850.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1954: The first 1000 km race is started in Buenos Aires at the Autódromo Juan y Oscar Alfredo Gálvez . It was also the first race for the newly created World Sportscar Championship .
Entries of track and field world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 76: Hadrian , Roman emperor, patron of important buildings ( Hadrian's Wall )
- 1287: Richard Aungerville , Bishop of Durham and Lord Chancellor
- 1444: Galeazzo Maria Sforza , Duke of Milan
- 1466: Jan Šlechta ze Všehrd , Czech humanist, philosopher and diplomat
- 1501: Jakob Milich , German mathematician and physician
- 1524: Johann Latomus , German canon and chronicler
- 1534: Setthathirath , King of Lan Xang and Lan Na in what is now Laos, northeastern and northern Thailand
- 1544: Gillis van Coninxloo , Flemish painter
- 1547: Joan of Austria , Austrian Renaissance princess
- 1614: Timotheus Ritzsch , German printer; Bookseller and publisher of the first German daily newspaper
- 1634: Paolo Amato , Italian architect
- 1635: Rudolf Capell , German educator, historian and philologist
- 1652: Nicolas Chalon du Blé , French military, diplomat and foreign minister
- 1670: William Congreve , English playwright and poet
- 1672: Albrecht Friedrich , electoral Brandenburg-Prussian lieutenant general and Lord Master of the Order of St. John
- 1679: Christian Wolff , German polymath and philosopher
- 1680: Hyacinth Petit , German auxiliary bishop
- 1684: Karl Alexander , Duke of Württemberg
18th century
- 1702: Friederike Henriette of Anhalt-Bernburg , Princess of Anhalt-Köthen
- 1705: Farinelli , Italian singer (castrato)
- 1706: Rudolph Chotek von Chotkow , Supreme Chancellor of the United Court Chancellery in Vienna
- 1709: François Dom Bédos de Celles , French Benedictine, organ builder and writer of technical literature
- 1710: Karl Joseph Riepp , German organ builder
- 1712: Frederick II, the Great , King in and of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg
- 1712: Georg Friedrich Schmidt , German engraver, etcher and painter
- 1717: Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa , Spanish officer, colonial administrator and viceroy of New Spain
- 1719: Bernd Jakob von Arnim , Prussian official and numismatist
- 1719: Heinrich Otto Duysing , German Protestant theologian and university teacher
- 1724: Sophie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
- 1725: Henry XXVI. Reuss zu Ebersdorf , German diplomat and historian
- 1732: Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais , French dramatist
- 1733: Benjamin Lincoln , American general
- 1735: Jean-Nicolas Houchard , French general de division
- 1736: Nicolai Jacob Wilse , Norwegian naturalist
- 1737: Anna Christina Ehrenfried von Balthasar , German academic
- 1738: Jean-Nicolas Houchard , French general de division
- 1746: Gustave III , King of Sweden
- 1749: Charles James Fox , British statesman and orator
- 1760: Friederike Bethmann-Unzelmann , German actress and singer
- 1761: Johann Christian Reinhart , German painter, draftsman and etcher
- 1763: Alexandre Andrault de Langeron , Russian general, governor of Crimea and governor-general of Novorossiya
- 1768: Friedrich Erhard von Röder , Prussian general
- 1776: Wilhelmine Halberstadt , German educator and writer
- 1776: ETA Hoffmann , German writer, jurist and composer, conductor and music critic, draftsman and caricaturist
- 1778: Charles Ferdinand d'Artois , younger son of the Comte d'Artois, later King Charles X.
- 1779: Elisabeth Alexeyevna , Princess of Baden and wife of the Russian Tsar Alexander I.
- 1786: Karl Wilhelm Baumgarten-Crusius , German educator
- 1786: Auguste de Montferrand , Franco-Russian architect
- 1787: Christian Ludwig Brehm , German pastor and ornithologist
- 1792: Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg , Prussian general and statesman
- 1798: Karl von Holtei , German writer, actor and theater director
- 1798: Karl von Staudt , German mathematician
19th century
1801-1850
- 1809: Carl Ludwig Gesell , German organ builder
- 1809: Paul Theodor von Krusenstern , Russian polar explorer
- 1813: August von Württemberg , Prussian Generaloberst
- 1816: Coles Bashford , American politician
- 1816: Wilhelm Henzen , German archaeologist
- 1816: Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger , German theologian and educator
- 1820: Henry J. Raymond , American journalist
- 1821: Blasius Kozenn , Austrian cartographer
- 1823: Wilhelm Franz Speer , German composer, organist and choirmaster
- 1826: Friedrich Bötticher , Lord Mayor of Magdeburg
- 1827: Hermann Gladenbeck , German picture founder
- 1828: Ferdinand Julius Cohn , German botanist and bacteriologist
- 1829: William Mason , American composer
- 1831: Fritz Eunike , German local politician and officer
- 1832: Albert Arnz , German landscape painter
- 1832: Joseph Choate , American jurist and diplomat
- 1833: Bernhard Erdmannsdörffer , German historian
- 1835: Charles Kendall Adams , American historian and college teacher
- 1838: Johan Cesar Godeffroy , German merchant and Hanseatic
- 1839: Alexander von Liezen-Mayer , Hungarian painter
- 1843: Franziska Tiburtius , German physician and suffragette
- 1844: Francis by Paula Schönborn , Cardinal and Archbishop of Prague
- 1850: Hermann Ebbinghaus , German psychologist
- 1850: Giuseppe Mori , Italian Curia cardinal
1851-1900
- 1854: Erich Giersberg , German firefighter and inventor
- 1854: Paul Natorp , German philosopher and educator
- 1862: Edith Wharton , American novelist
- 1863: Fritz Jahn , German pastor, head of the Züllchow institutions
- 1864: Marguerite Durand , French actress, journalist and suffragette
- 1865: Adolf von Tiedemann , German officer, colonialist and publicist
- 1867: Ernst Zahn , Swiss writer
- 1870: Herbert Kilpin , English football player and coach
- 1872: Morris William Travers , British chemist
- 1873: Bartolomé Pérez Casas , Spanish composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1874: Maximilian Arnold (politician) , German politician
- 1874: Emil Baudenbacher , Swiss evangelical clergyman and folk writer
- 1875: Jan Johannes Blanksma , Dutch chemist
- 1878: Johannes Runge , German athlete
- 1879: Stanislav Lyudkevych , Russian composer
- 1880: Alfred Merz , Austro-German oceanographer
- 1880: Peter Wilhelm Millowitsch , German actor and theater director
- 1885: Christian Ingerslev Baastrup , Danish radiologist
- 1886: Henry King , American film director
- 1888: Vicki Baum , Austrian harpist and writer
- 1888: Ernst Heinkel , German engineer and aircraft designer
- 1889: Victor Eftimiu , Romanian writer
- 1889: Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke , German general in World War II, war criminal
- 1889: Vladimir Vladimirovich Shcherbachev , Russian composer
- 1889: Kuni Tremel-Eggert , German writer
- 1891: Walter Model , German Field Marshal
- 1892: Arkady Dmitrievich Shvetsov , Soviet engine designer
- 1893: Johan Erik Friborg , Swedish racing cyclist
- 1893: Alfonso Ortiz Tirado , Mexican physician and singer
- 1894: Robert Jaffé , German engineer, farmer and politician, MP
- 1895: Albert Divo , French automobile racer
- 1895: Eugen Roth , German poet and storyteller
- 1895: Albin Zollinger , Swiss writer
- 1896: Hermann Zorn , German chemist
- 1897: Johannes von Rudloff , German auxiliary bishop
- 1898: Karl Hermann Frank , German general and politician, war criminal
- 1899: Theodor M. Auer , German diplomat
- 1899: Hoyt S. Vandenberg , American general
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Walther Bullerdiek , German actor, radio play speaker and composer
- 1901: A.M. Cassandre , Ukrainian-French graphic designer, typographer and painter, set designer and teacher
- 1901: Willy Czernik , German operetta and film composer
- 1901: Karl-Eduard Wilke , German major general
- 1902: Antanas Adomaitis , Lithuanian clergyman and organist
- 1902: Oskar Morgenstern , German economist
- 1903: Louis de Wohl , German writer and astrologer
- 1904: Hans Lauscher , German lawyer and politician, MdL
- 1905: Karol Mroszczyk , Polish composer and music teacher
- 1906: Howell Glynne , Welsh opera singer and singing teacher
- 1907: Karl Anders , German politician, journalist and publisher
- 1907: Maurice Couve de Murville , French politician
- 1907: Jean Daetwyler , Swiss conductor and composer
- 1907: Tuts Washington , American blues pianist
- 1909: Robert Pikler , Australian violinist, violist, conductor and music teacher
- 1909: Fritz Weber , German pop singer, musician and conductor ( I'm a Cologne boy )
- 1911: Catherine Lucile Moore , American science fiction and fantasy author
- 1913: Norman Dello Joio , American composer
- 1913: Wolf von Niebelschütz , German writer and historian
- 1914: Georges Cravenne , French journalist and publicist, advertising executive and film producer
- 1915: Karl Appelmann , German politician
- 1915: Vítězslava Kaprálová , Czech composer
- 1915: Robert Motherwell , American painter
- 1916: Rafael Caldera , Venezuelan politician and President of the Republic
- 1917: Ernest Borgnine , American actor
- 1918: Gottfried von Einem , Austrian composer
- 1920: Lech Bądkowski , Polish writer, journalist and politician
- 1920: Hilario González , Cuban composer and pianist, musicologist and educator
- 1921: Friedrich Körner , German general
- 1922: Daniel Boulanger , French screenwriter, actor and novelist
- 1922: Hermann Lange , German legal scholar
- 1922: Eeltje Visserman , Dutch chess problem composer
- 1922: Max Weber , German athlete
- 1923: Vlado Kristl , German-Croatian film artist
- 1924: Guillermo Suárez Mason , Argentine general ("Butcher of El Olimpo")
- 1925: Werner Jackstädt , German entrepreneur, patron and foundation founder
- 1925: Henk Mostert , President of the International Correspondence Chess Federation ICCF
1926-1950
- 1926: Ruth Asawa , American sculptor
- 1927: Rüdiger Seitz , Austrian composer and music teacher
- 1927: Rose-Marie Wörner , German landscape architect and garden monument conservator
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- 1928: Desmond Morris , British zoologist and ethologist, publicist and artist
- 1928: Michel Serrault , French actor
- 1929: Ivan Ivanji , Yugoslav writer
- 1930: John Romita Sr. , American comic artist
- 1931: Lars Hörmander , Swedish mathematician
- 1931: Ib Nørholm , Danish composer
- 1933: Hermann Ammon , German professor
- 1933: Johannes Fischer , German church musician and composer
- 1933: Erich Linemayr , Austrian football referee
- 1933: Erwin Waldner , German soccer player
- 1936: Doug Kershaw , American musician
- 1936: Jack Scott , Canadian country pop and rockabilly musician
- 1938: Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach , German bon vivant, last descendant of the Krupp dynasty
- 1938: Julius Hemphill , American jazz musician
- 1939: José Argüelles , Mexican-American painter and writer
- 1939: Renate Boy , German track and field athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1939: Jan Lichardus , German-Slovak prehistoric researcher
- 1939: Karsten Schmidt , German legal scholar
- 1939: Ray Stevens , American musician
- 1939: Joseph Vilsmaier , German film director
- 1940: Vito Acconci , American architect, landscape designer, and installation artist
- 1940: Joachim Gauck , German politician and publicist, first head of the Stasi Records Authority, Federal President
- 1940: Alois Glück , German politician, MdL, President of the Landtag
- 1941: Michael Chapman , British guitarist
- 1941: Neil Diamond , American singer and songwriter
- 1941: Peter Randt , German handball player
- 1941: Dan Shechtman , Israeli physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1942: Ingo Friedrich , German politician, MEP
- 1943: Peter Struck , German politician, Member of Parliament and Federal Minister
- 1943: Sharon Tate , American actress
- 1943: Tony Trimmer , British motor racing driver
- 1944: Bob Degen , American jazz pianist
- 1944: David Gerrold , American writer
- 1944: Klaus Nomi , German countertenor
- 1945: Eva Janko , Austrian track and field athlete
- 1945: Tatsuo Kawabata , Japanese politician
- 1947: Warren Zevon , American musician
- 1948: Michael Des Barres , British actor and singer
- 1949: John Belushi , American singer and film actor
- 1949: Nikolaus Brender , German journalist, editor-in-chief of ZDF
- 1949: Johannes K. Rücker , German adult educator
- 1950: Daniel Auteuil , French actor
- 1950: Becky Hobbs , American country singer
1951-1975
- 1951: Manfred Gruber , German painter and set designer
- 1952: Raymond Domenech , French football player and coach
- 1952: Siegmund Ehrmann , German politician, MP
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- 1953: Ulrich Holbein , German writer
- 1953: Moon Jae-in , South Korean politician
- 1954: Michel Abramowicz , French cinematographer
- 1954: Peter Anreiter , Austrian name researcher
- 1954: Jo Gartner , Austrian racing driver
- 1954: Irene Miracle , American actress and film producer
- 1955: James Montgomery , American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
- 1956: Peter Dicke , German organist and music teacher
- 1956: Thomas Voelzke , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Labor Court
- 1957: Klaus Fiehe , German musician and music journalist
- 1957: Ramón Martín Huerta , Mexican politician
- 1958: François Bertemes , German-Luxembourgish prehistorian
- 1958: Jools Holland , British pianist, band leader and television presenter
- 1958: Edip Sekowitsch , Austrian boxer
- 1958: Frank Ullrich , German biathlete and national biathlon coach
- 1958: Harti Weirather , Austrian alpine skier
- 1959: Matthias Anthuber , German physician, university lecturer and handball player
- 1959: Christian Juckenack , German politician, Secretary of State in Thuringia
- 1959: Michel Preud'homme , Belgian footballer
- 1960: Fridolin Ambongo Besungu , Congolese cleric, Archbishop of Kinshasa
- 1961: Guido Buchwald , German football player and coach
- 1961: Marianne Dürst , Swiss politician
- 1961: Wulf R. Halbach , German media and communication scientist
- 1961: Christa Kinshofer , German alpine skier
- 1961: Nastassja Kinski , German actress
- 1961: Karl-Heinz Smuda , German radio journalist
- 1961: Alissa Walser , German writer, painter and translator
- 1962: Edward Atterton , British film actor
- 1962: Uwe Bohm , German actor
- 1962: Zoë Haas , Swiss alpine skier
- 1962: Shunji Kasuya , Japanese automobile racer
- 1962: Andreas Ritter , German sports official
- 1964: Carole Merle , French alpine skier
- 1964: Werner Schwarz , Austrian Nordic combined athlete
- 1966: Shaun Donovan , American politician
- 1966: Julie Dreyfus , French actress
- 1966: Karin Viard , French actress
- 1967: Kevin Faulconer , American politician
- 1967: The Mad Stuntman , Trinidadian singer
- 1968: Michael Kiske , German rock musician and writer
- 1968: Mary Lou Retton , American artistic gymnast, Olympic champion
- 1969: Franz-Josef Dickhut , German Go player
- 1971: Kenya Moore , American actress and film producer
- 1971: Caroline Rasser , Swiss actress
- 1972: Muriel Baumeister , Austrian actress
- 1972: Beth Hart , American singer and rock musician
- 1973: Richard Aimonetto , French ice hockey player
- 1973: Sürpriz , German-Turkish singer
- 1974: Cyril Despres , French enduro and rally-raid rider
- 1974: Tanja Hart , German volleyball player
- 1974: Ed Helms , American actor
- 1974: Rokia Traoré , Malian singer
- 1975: Roberto Sosa , Argentine footballer
1976-2000
- 1976: Cacá Bueno , Brazilian racing driver
- 1977: Michelle Hunziker , Swiss presenter and model
- 1977: Funda Vanroy , German presenter and actress
- 1979: Tatyana Ali , American actress and singer
- 1980: Yordanis Arencibia , Cuban judoka
- 1981: Andrea Berg , former German volleyball player
- 1982: Claudia Heill , Austrian judoka
- 1982: Hamdi Dhouibi , Tunisian decathlete
- 1983: Davide Biondini , Italian footballer
- 1983: Anett Heilfort , German actress
- 1983: Craig Horner , Australian actor
- 1983: Scott Speed , American Formula One racing driver
- 1984: Justin Baldoni , American actor
- 1984: Cedric Coudoro , German handball player
- 1984: Scott Kazmir , American baseball player
- 1985: Mathias Lenz , German handball goalkeeper
- 1986: Mischa Barton , American actress
- 1986: Vieirinha , Portuguese footballer
- 1987: Wayne Hennessey , Welsh footballer
- 1987: Ivans Lukjanovs , Latvian footballer
- 1987: Cristian Maidana , Argentine footballer
- 1987: Luis Suárez , Uruguayan footballer
- 1987: Davide Valsecchi , Italian racing driver
- 1988: Lennard Bertzbach , German actor
- 1988: Mia Boesen , Danish handball player
- 1988: Jade Ewen , British actress and singer
- 1988: DaJuan Summers , American basketball player
- 1989: Dean Harrison , British motorcycle racer
- 1989: Ki Sung-yong , South Korean soccer player
- 1990: Artyom Artjunin , Estonian footballer
- 1991: Turid Knaak , German soccer player
- 1992: Becky Downie , British artistic gymnast
- 1992: Kevin Krawietz , German tennis player
- 1993: Tanja Frank , Austrian sailor
- 1995: Tolcay Ciğerci , German-Turkish footballer
- 1996: Iyayi Believe Atiemwen , Nigerian footballer
- 1996: Patrik Schick , Czech footballer
21st century
- 2001: Jelena Vujičić , Montenegrin alpine skier
- 2003: Hugo Novoa , Spanish footballer
Died
Before the 16th century
- 41: Milonia Caesonia , Roman empress, wife of Caligula
- 41: Caligula , Roman Emperor
- 41: Lucius Norbanus Balbus , Roman senator
- 41: Iulia Drusilla , daughter of Caligula
- 661: ʿAlī ibn Abī Tālib , Caliph
- 772: Stephen III. , Pope
- 817: Stephen IV , Pope
- 821: Arn , abbot at the Monastery of Saint Amandus
- 863: Charles , King of Burgundy
- 1002: Otto III. , German King and Holy Roman Emperor
- 1046: Ekkehard II , Margrave of Meissen
- 1125: David IV the Builder , Georgian king
- 1148: Ascelin , Bishop of Rochester
- 1237: Barthélemy de Roye , French nobleman and Grand Chamberlain of France
- 1276: Walram II , Count of Nassau
- 1336: Alfonso IV , King of Aragon and Sardinia
- 1349: Luchino Visconti , regent of Milan
- 1440: Johannes Naso , Bohemian nobleman, Bishop of Chur
- 1473: Conrad Paumann , German musician
- 1474: Anna von Lichtenberg , heiress to the Lordship of Lichtenberg, Countess of Hanau-Lichtenberg
16th to 18th centuries
- 1525: Franciabigio , Italian painter
- 1534: Guillaume Briçonnet , French bishop
- 1539: Anna Jansz , Dutch martyr of the Anabaptist movement
- 1545: Eberhard Brisger , German theologian and reformer
- 1595: Ferdinand II , Habsburg nobleman, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Tyrol
- 1628: Katharina Haan , victim of the witch hunt in Bamberg
- 1639: Jörg Jenatsch , Swiss pastor and politician
- 1639: Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg , Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Duchess of Jägerndorf
- 1644: James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye , Scottish nobleman
- 1653: Georg Rudolf , Duke of Legnica and Wohlau
- 1657: Claude de Lorraine , Duke of Chevreuse
- 1671: Philip , Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
- 1695: Elisabeth Angélique de Montmorency , French noblewoman
- 1701: Johan II de Witt , Dutch patrician
- 1708: Frederick II , Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
- 1709: Bartolomeo Guidobono , Italian painter and fresco artist
- 1709: George Rooke , English admiral
- 1711: Jean Bérain the Elder , French painter, draftsman and engraver
- 1727: Philippe de Bourbon , Duke of Vendôme, French general and Grand Prior of the Order of Malta in France
- 1737: Alexander Sigismund of the Palatinate , Prince-Bishop of Augsburg
- 1737: William Wake , Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1744: Marie Poussepin , French nun and founder of the order
- 1745: Wincenty Maxylewicz , Polish composer
- 1767: Jean-Baptiste-François-Joseph de Sade , French nobleman, diplomat, officer, libertine and man of letters
- 1767: Takenouchi Shikibu , Japanese Confucianist and Shintoist
- 1769: Marie Elisabeth von Ahlefeldt , conventual and lady-in-waiting to Princess Louise of Denmark and Norway
- 1780: Hiraga Gennai , Japanese scholar, inventor and writer
- 1780: Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn , German art theorist and collector
- 1791: Étienne-Maurice Falconet , French sculptor
19th century
- 1813: Theodore Sedgwick , American politician, Senator from Massachusetts, Speaker of the House of Representatives
- 1814: William Heath , American farmer and politician, General of the Continental Army
- 1817: Fernando José de Portugal e Castro , Portuguese nobleman and viceroy of Brazil
- 1840: Johann Christoph Hasse , German pharmacist
- 1851: Gaspare Spontini , Italian opera composer and conductor
- 1852: Ján Kollár , Slovak poet, antiquarian and linguist
- 1860: James Pollard Espy , American meteorologist
- 1861: Robert Perkins Letcher , American politician, governor of the state of Kentucky
- 1865: Stephen Allen Benson , President of Liberia
- 1873: Johann Friedrich Christoph Bauer , German politician and theologian
- 1877: Johann Christian Poggendorff , German physicist
- 1879: Heinrich Geißler , German glassblower, instrument maker and inventor
- 1880: Friedrich Feuerbach , German philologist and philosopher
- 1883: Friedrich von Flotow , German opera composer
- 1884: Johan Christian Gebauer , Danish composer, music theorist and organist
- 1887: Moritz Brosig , German composer and organist
- 1891: Philipp Carl , German physicist
- 1899: Christian Friele , Norwegian editor
- 1900: Isacco Artom , Italian politician and diplomat
20th century
1901-1950
- 1904: Frederick I , Duke of Anhalt
- 1904: Curt von Knobelsdorff , Prussian lieutenant colonel
- 1904: Johann Traugott Mutschink , Sorbian folk writer and local historian
- 1907: Russell Alexander Alger , American politician
- 1909: Petre Sebeşanu Aurelian , Romanian politician
- 1910: Albert von Bamberg , German classical philologist and high school principal
- 1911: Heinrich Mayr , German botanist and forest scientist
- 1914: David Gill , British astronomer
- 1915: Arthur von Auwers , German astronomer
- 1915: Jan Hřímalý , Czech violinist and music teacher
- 1917: Hermann Schubert , German sculptor
- 1919: Ismail Qemali , Prime Minister of Albania
- 1920: Hagbard Berner , Norwegian publicist and politician
- 1920: Amedeo Modigliani , Italian painter and sculptor
- 1925: Adele Bloch-Bauer , Austrian entrepreneur's wife and model for Gustav Klimt
- 1926: Joseph Carl Breil , American composer, tenor and director
- 1929: Alexander Florstedt , German hunter and writer
- 1930: Mario Sammarco , Italian singer
- 1931: Eduard Pelissier , German high school teacher and historian
- 1932: Herbert Norkus , German Hitler Youth
- 1934: Felix Knubben , German church musician and composer
- 1937: Karl Wüstefeld , German rector, organist and local historian
- 1938: Robert Franz Arnold , Austrian literary historian and librarian
- 1939: Max Bircher-Benner , Swiss physician and nutritionist
- 1939: Alexander Kanoldt , German painter
- 1945: Hans von Pranckh , German officer and Austrian Heimwehr leader
- 1947: Felix Timmermans , Belgian poet and painter
- 1948: Hans Aumeier , German war criminal
- 1948: Arthur Liebehenschel , German SS officer, commander of concentration camps, war criminal
- 1948: Maria Mandl , Austrian concentration camp head warden, war criminal
1951-2000
- 1956: Oskar Karlweis , Austrian actor
- 1958: Hedwig Bleibtreu , Austrian actress
- 1960: Edwin Fischer , Swiss pianist
- 1960: René Schiltz , French racing car driver
- 1962: Avelino Muñoz , Panamanian pianist, organist, conductor, arranger and composer
- 1963: Otto Harbach , American librettist and songwriter
- 1963: Axel de Vries , German politician and journalist, MP
- 1964: Bertha Dörflein-Kahlke , German painter
- 1965: Winston Churchill , British statesman and author, Home Secretary, First Lord of the Admiralty, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Prime Minister, Nobel Laureate
- 1966: Homi Jehangir Bhabha , Indian physicist
- 1969: Theodor Spitta , German politician, MdL, Senator and Mayor of Bremen
- 1971: Hermann Matern , German politician and party functionary, MdL, MdV
- 1971: William Griffith Wilson , American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
- 1972: Gene Austin , American singer and songwriter
- 1973: Kurt Adam , German general
- 1974: Helene Elisabeth von Isenburg , German Nazi escape helper, first president of the Stille Help Association for Prisoners of War and Internees
- 1975: Larry Fine , American comedian and actor
- 1978: Wilhelm Aduatz , Austrian architect
- 1978: Herta Oberheuser , German doctor in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, war criminal
- 1978: Friedrich Porges , Austrian film publicist and screenwriter
- 1978: Georges Speicher , French cyclist
- 1979: Hermann Hilber , German physician and professor of medicine
- 1979: Victoria Ocampo , Argentine writer, translator and cultural manager
- 1982: Clarence Horning , American football player
- 1982: Hans Schütz , German politician, MP
- 1983: George Cukor , American film director
- 1983: Adolf Mauk , German politician, MdB, MEP
- 1983: Juan Carlos Zabala , Argentine track and field athlete, Olympic champion
- 1986: L. Ron Hubbard , American science fiction and pulp fiction author, cult founder ( Scientology )
- 1986: Gordon MacRae , American singer and actor
- 1986: Günther Kretzschmar , German composer
- 1986: Leopold Szondi , Hungarian physician and psychologist
- 1989: Ted Bundy , American serial killer
- 1989: Siegfried Wischnewski , German actor
- 1990: Araken , Brazilian soccer player
- 1993: Henry Abel Smith , British officer and Governor of Queensland
- 1993: Karl Larenz , German civil lawyer and legal philosopher
- 1993: Thurgood Marshall , American lawyer and civil rights activist
- 1993: Uğur Mumcu , Turkish journalist and writer
- 1994: Yves Navarre , French writer
- 1995: Erhard Agricola , German linguist and writer
- 1995: Edward Colman , American cinematographer
- 1997: Hermann Auer , German physicist
- 1997: Domenico Ceccarossi , Italian horn player
- 1998: Justin Tubb , American country music artist
21st century
- 2001: Eduard Schütz , Baptist theologian
- 2002: Elie Hobeika , Lebanese militiaman and politician
- 2002: Igor Kipnis , American harpsichordist
- 2003: Giovanni Agnelli , Italian entrepreneur
- 2004: Abd ar-Rahman Munif , Arabic writer
- 2004: Leônidas da Silva , Brazilian soccer player
- 2005: June Bronhill , Australian opera singer
- 2006: Zaki Badawi , Egyptian Islamic scholar
- 2006: Fayard Antonio Nicholas , American dancer, singer and actor
- 2006: Chris Penn , American actor
- 2007: Denes Agay , American composer and arranger
- 2007: Günther Becker , German composer
- 2007: İsmail Cem , Turkish journalist and foreign minister
- 2007: Jean-François Deniau , French writer, diplomat, politician, EU Commissioner, MEP
- 2007: Krystyna Feldman , Polish actress
- 2007: Adolf Frohner , Austrian painter and graphic artist
- 2007: Wolfgang Iser , German literary scholar
- 2007: Walter Kern , German-Austrian fundamental theologian and religious
- 2007: Kurt Weinmann , German chemist
- 2008: René Bianco , French opera singer
- 2009: Fernando Cornejo , Chilean soccer player
- 2009: Karl Koller , Austrian footballer
- 2009: Frank Meyer-Thurn , German musician and producer
- 2009: Ewald Schmeken , German historian and sociologist
- 2009: Elisabeth von Werthern , Managing Director of the German Parliamentary Society
- 2010: Pernell Roberts , American actor
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- 2011: Bernd Eichinger , German film producer, screenwriter and director
- 2011: Bhimsen Joshi , Indian singer
- 2011: Peter-Paul Zahl , German-Jamaican writer
- 2012: Kurt Adolff , German racing driver
- 2012: Theo Angelopoulos , Greek film director
- 2012: Waldo Dörsch , German sculptor
- 2012: James Farentino , American actor
- 2012: Vadim Glowna , German actor, director, screenwriter and film producer
- 2012: Gert Hof , German light art artist and director
- 2013: Wolf Euba , German reciter, actor, director and author
- 2014: Shulamit Aloni , Israeli politician and human rights activist
- 2015: Otto Carius , German Wehrmacht officer and tank commander
- 2016: Fredrik Barth , Norwegian cultural anthropologist
- 2016: Marvin Minsky , American researcher in the field of artificial intelligence
- 2018: Dirk Spelsberg , German radio play and theater author
- 2018: Mark E. Smith , English singer
- 2020: Pete Stark , American politician
- 2020: Rob Rensenbrink , Dutch footballer
- 2021: Arik Brauer , Austrian artist
- 2021: Bruce Kirby , American actor
holidays and commemorations
- Church commemorations
- St. Francis de Sales (Anglican, Catholic)
- Erich Sack , German pastor and martyr (Protestant)
- name days
- Arn[e/i/o] , Franz , Vera , Milena
The list of commemoration and action days contains further entries .
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