25 December

The December 25 is the 359th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 360th in leap years ), so stay 6 days to the year. As a Christian holiday , December 25th is called Christmas in German-speaking countries . Because there is one in some states after Christmas there is also the term Christmas Day in Austria Christmas Day common.

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Politics and world events

36 AD: Han Guangwudi

0036: With the surrender of the last breakaway City Chengdu is China under Emperor Han Guangwu of the Han Dynasty united. This is how the Eastern Han Dynasty begins .

800: Pope Leo III. crowns Charlemagne

0800: Restauratio imperii : In Rome , Charlemagne , King of the Franconian Empire , is established by Pope Leo III. crowned emperor .
0820: The Byzantine Emperor Leo V is murdered by conspirators in the palace chapel. Michael II, who has been brought out of prison , becomes his successor on the throne.
0875: Charles the Bald is crowned emperor by Pope John VIII in Rome .

0967: Otto II. Is in the presence of his father Otto I by Pope Johannes XIII. crowned co-emperor in the Holy Roman Empire .

0983: Otto III. is crowned German king in Aachen by the archbishops of Mainz and Ravenna . For this purpose, a children's crown is made for the three-year-old .

1013: Sven Gabelbart is recognized as the English king. His reign, which ends with Gabelbart's death on February 3, 1014, is the shortest of an English king at 40 days.

1046: Pope Clement II, elected the day before, crowns the German imperial couple Heinrich III. and Agnes of Poitou .

1066: The Norman Duke William , after the conquest of England in London's Westminster Abbey for the King of England crowned.

1076: Boleslaw II the Bold is crowned King of Poland .

1100: Coronation of Baldwin I.

1100: Baldwin of Boulogne becomes Baldwin I and becomes the first king of the Kingdom of Jerusalem founded by his brother Godfrey of Bouillon in the First Crusade .

1228: The underage Roman-German King Heinrich releases himself from the guardianship of the imperial gubernator Ludwig I of Bavaria , who has switched from the imperial to the papal side. From now on, Heinrich runs the government himself.

1356: The seal of the golden bull

1356: In Metz , Emperor Charles IV proclaims the last chapter of the Golden Bull , with which the coronation of the Roman-German kings and emperors is regulated and electoral privileges are established.

1492: The Santa Maria , the flagship of Christopher Columbus , is shipwrecked off the island of Hispaniola . Some of the crew remained in the La Navidad settlement, which was also built with the remains of the ship .

1495: With the victory of the Spaniards over the indigenous Guanches at La Victoria de Acentejo, Tenerife, the last of the Canary Islands, finally comes under Spanish rule .

1553: In the Battle of Tucapel in Araucania , Mapuche defeated a conquistador force under Pedro de Valdivia , the Spanish captain general and governor of Chile, under their war chief Lautaro . The captured governor will then be executed; the exact date is uncertain due to conflicting sources.

1599: The Portuguese found the city of Natal in Brazil .

1643: Captain William Mynors are of the Indian Ocean nearby Christmas Island its name.

1644: A resolution of the English Parliament forbids Christmas celebrations in England .

1674: With the incidence of the Swedish army in the military unsecured Mark Brandenburg begins Swedish-Brandenburg War . After further declarations of war by powers allied with Brandenburg, this expanded into a northern European conflict and was not ended until 1679.

1683: After the failed siege of Vienna , Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa , the commander of the Ottoman army, is strangled at the behest of Sultan Mehmet IV .

1705: Sendlinger Peasant Battle

1705: During the Sendlinger Murder Christmas , more than 1,000 Bavarian insurgents are massacred by Austrian occupation troops near Sendling after the laying down of their weapons by Emperor Joseph I's troops. This also ends the democratic experiment of the Braunau parliament .

1745: The Second Silesian War , part of the War of the Austrian Succession, ends with the Peace of Dresden between Prussia , Austria and Saxony . Prussia retains Silesia, in return recognizes Frederick II. For Francis I as German Emperor.

1776: Washington crosses the Delaware River

1776: During the American Revolutionary War , General George Washington crossed the Delaware River on the night of December 26th to attack the Hessian regiments of the British stationed in Trenton, New Jersey .

1868: leader of the Republic of Ezo

1868: After the fall of the shogunate of the Tokugawa in Japan in the Boshin War and the beginning of the Meiji Restoration part escapes the Navy with support from French military advisers to Jules Brunet of Hokkaido and founded the Republic of Ezo . Enomoto Takeaki is elected president, making him the only president on Japanese soil to this day.
1868: US President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional forgiveness to Confederate soldiers after the American Civil War .
1880: Fridolin Anderwert , Federal Councilor elected Swiss Federal President the following year a few days earlier , kills himself.

1926: Hirohito in coronation robe

1926: Hirohito , after the death of his father Yoshihito the Emperor of Japan crowned. The Shōwa time replaces the Taishō time in Japan .
1941: After eighteen days of fighting, Governor Mark Aitchison Young hands over the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong to the Imperial Japanese Army . The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in the Pacific War begins.
1944: With the encirclement of Budapest by the Red Army , the battle for the city began in World War II, which lasted until March 13th .

1978: Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia to drive out communist dictator Pol Pot .

1979: Soviet troops invade Afghanistan . They want to help the communist forces in the country in the civil war .

1989: In Romania , after the revolution, the former President Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena are executed after the judgment of a military court .

1998: Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea , two former leaders of the Khmer Rouge , surrender in Cambodia .

2010: The merger of all 29 cities and municipalities of the former Taipei district in northern Taiwan creates the city of New Taipei with a population of almost 4 million.

business

1851: Chile’s first rail link between Copiapó and Caldera in the Región de Atacama is opened.
1952: The Northwest German Broadcasting Corporation takes up regular television broadcasting.

science and technology

1758: Halley's Comet

1758: Halley 's Comet , predicted by Edmond Halley, appears.

1929: The world radio broadcaster starts its first program exchange with other countries (see German shortwave station )

1990: The web browser WorldWideWeb , later renamed Nexus , communicates for the first time with a web server via the Internet .

2003: The space probe Mars Express of the ESA reached as planned Mars . The Lander Beagle 2 is suspended, but a connection cannot be established.

Culture

1734: The first cantata of Bach's Christmas Oratorio is premiered in Leipzig .

1858: The Oratorio de Noël by Camille Saint-Saëns is premiered in the Paris Madeleine .

1861: Théophile Gautier

1861: The first part of the novel Le Capitaine Fracasse by Théophile Gautier appears in the magazine Revue nationale . The last part appears on June 10, 1863.

1896: John Philip Sousa

1896: John Philip Sousa composes The Stars and Stripes Forever - the secret US national anthem.

1900: Schnitzler's novella Leutnant Gustl appears in the Christmas supplement of the Neue Freie Presse .

1902: The first performance of the opera Kaschtschei bessmertny ( Kaschtschei the Immortal ) by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov takes place at the Solodownikow private opera in Moscow .

1927: The world premiere of the operetta Die blonde Liselott by Eduard Künneke takes place in Altenburg .

1943: The first performance of Holiday on Ice as a hotel show takes place in Toledo (Ohio / USA) , the most successful ice show of all time.

1952: The freighter Merino , which has contemporary French paintings on board for the French Painting Today exhibition , runs aground on the Freycinet Peninsula in Tasmania .

1953: In Baku the opera Sevil by Fikrät Ämirov premiered.

1978: The premiere of the opera Der Engel von Prag by Cesar Bresgen takes place at the Großer Festspielhaus in Salzburg .

1989: Ode to Freedom : Two days after the West Berlin performance, Leonard Bernstein conducts the 9th Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven in the East Berlin Schauspielhaus .

society

2009: The Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempts a terrorist attack by igniting explosives on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit, which is about to land. The perpetrator is overwhelmed by passengers.

religion

498 AD: Baptism of Clovis by Remigius

0274: Under Emperor Aurelian , the Romans celebrate the birthday of the sun god Sol Invictus for the first time . There are opinions that this could be the root of Christmas .

0336: According to the chronograph of the Roman historian Furius Dionysius Filocalus from the year 354, the feast of the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated for the first time in the West on this day .

0498: Clovis I , King of the Merovingians , is baptized by Bishop Remigius of Reims . In doing so, he secured the support of the Catholic Church in the Franconian Empire .

0965: Folcuin is ordained abbot of Lobbes by Bishop Ingram of Cambrai .

1003: Pope John XVIII. takes over his pontificate .

1223: Francis of Assisi recreates the Christmas events in Greccio with living animals and people .

1559: Pius IV.

1559: Giovanni Angelo Medici is elected Pope and takes the name Pius IV .

1925: The Vietnamese Ngô Văn Chiêu claims to experience a revelation from the god Cao Đài . As a result, the religion of Caodaism emerged .

1951: Chief Apostle Johann Gottfried Bischoff , head of the New Apostolic Church , proclaims in a divine service that Jesus Christ will come again in his lifetime . This proclamation goes down as a message in the history of the church, becomes the basis of many schisms and flourishes into the greatest crisis of the church.

1955: In the encyclical Musicae sacrae disciplina Pope Pius XII deals . with church music . He rejects romantic music and popular mass settings.

1961: With the apostolic constitution Humanae salutis , Pope John XXIII proclaims . the convocation of the Second Vatican Council .

2005: Pope Benedict XVI. signs his first encyclical Deus caritas est ( God is love ), in which he deals with love in different dimensions.

Disasters

Earthquake of Andalusia 1884

1884: The earthquake in Andalusia in 1884 , which lasted only 20 seconds, kills around 900 people and injures over 1,500.

1932: An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude in Gansu , China , calls for about 70,000 deaths.

1974: Cyclone Tracy

1974: Cyclone Tracy continues the devastation it began the day before in the city of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory. 70% of the buildings are destroyed, communication with the outside world collapses and 71 people are killed.

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

Sports

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

Born

Before the 18th century

1281: Alice de Lacy , English noblewoman
1400: John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley , English soldier and politician
1424: Margaret of Scotland , daughter of James I, wife of Louis XI.
1461: Christina of Saxony , Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
1494: Antoinette de Bourbon , first Duchess of Guise
1505: Christina of Saxony , Landgrave of Hesse
1512: Stephan Riccius , German Protestant theologian
1564: Abraham Bloemaert , Dutch painter
1584: Margaret , Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Spain, Portugal, Sicily and Naples
1595: Johann Konrad Varnbuler , Württemberg diplomat
1601: Ernst I of Saxe-Gotha , son of Duke Johann III. of Saxe-Weimar
1616: Christian Hofmann von Hofmannswaldau , German-Silesian poet, epigrammatist and diplomat (date of baptism)
1628: Noël Coypel , French painter
1642: Isaac Newton , English naturalist and administrator
1650: Josef Langer , Czech piarist scientist, mathematician and astronomer
1667: Melusine von der Schulenburg , mistress of George I, Elector of Hanover and King of Great Britain
1677: Natale Ricci , Italian painter
1686: Christoph Matthäus Pfaff , German Protestant theologian
1689: Conrad Iken , German Protestant clergyman
1696: Johann Ernst IV. , Duke of Saxe-Weimar
1697: John Rutty , English medic, chemist and naturalist
1700: Leopold II , Prince of the small state of Anhalt-Dessau and Prussian general

18th century

1711: Caspar Jakob Huth , German Protestant theologian and university professor
1711: Jean Cassanéa de Mondonville , French violin virtuoso and composer
1716: Johann Jacob Reiske , German founder of Arabic studies as a sovereign science
1717: George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield , British general and Governor of Gibraltar
1717: Pius VI. , Pope
1719: Marie Elisabeth von Ahlefeldt , conventual and lady-in-waiting of Louise of Denmark and Norway
1720: Anna Maria Mozart , mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1721: William Collins , British poet
1724: John Michell , English natural philosopher and geologist
1725: Esteban Salas y Castro , Cuban composer and church musician
1728: Johann Adam Hiller , German composer, music writer and conductor
1741: Friedrich Karl , Prince von Wied and Count von Isenburg
1741: Heinrich Zimmermann , German traveler and travel writer
1742: Charlotte von Stein , friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1744: Robert Brown , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
1751: George Gordon , British politician
1754: Jean Baptiste Noël Bouchotte , French officer and politician, Minister of War
1757: Johann Wilhelm Christian Brühl , German physician and university professor
1757: Benjamin Pierce , American politician, governor of New Hampshire
1764: Ferdinand August von Spiegel , Archbishop of Cologne
1771: Charles Athanasie Walckenaer , French civil servant and scientist
1771: Dorothy Wordsworth , British poet and diary writer
1773: Karl Söffner , Prussian lawyer
1775: Wilhelm Ernst Schwabe , German lawyer
1775: Antun Sorkočević , Croatian composer, writer and diplomat
1785: Christian Gottlob Wild , German pastor and founder of dialect poetry in the Ore Mountains
1789: August von Goethe , son of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1792: Antonio Adamini , Russian architect and engineer
1799: Manuel Bulnes Prieto , Chilean politician and general, president
1799: August Riedel , German painter

19th century

1801-1850

Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (* 1811)

1801: Antonio Angelèri , Italian pianist and music teacher
1802: Francis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau , French naturalist and explorer
1804: George Ashmun , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
1806: Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois , French theater poet
1811: Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler , German clergyman, theologian and politician, founder of the Catholic workers 'movement ("workers' bishop"), Member of the Parliament
1811: Heinrich Xaver Sieger , German entrepreneur
1813: Friedrich Wilhelm Weber , German epic poet
1820: Édouard Imer , French painter
1821: Clara Barton , American nurse, teacher, and philanthropist, founder of the American Red Cross
1827: Friedrich Wilhelm Grimme , German writer, local poet and botanist
1828: Felix zu Salm-Salm , German military and mercenary
1829: Patrick Gilmore , American composer and military bandmaster
1831: Johann von Herbeck , Austrian conductor and composer
1833: Adelheid Marie von Anhalt-Dessau , Duchess of Nassau and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
1834: Anders Askevold , Norwegian landscape and animal painter
1835: Theodor Vogt , German-Austrian pedagogue and professor
1837: Jakob Hermann Bockenheimer , German doctor and surgeon
1837: Vladimir Markovnikov , Russian chemist
1840: Agnes zu Salm-Salm , American circus rider, actress and nurse
1842: Robert Assmus , German landscape painter and illustrator
1845: Karl Reimer , German chemist and industrialist
1847: William Anthony Shinkman , American chess problem composer
1848: Enrico Golisciani , Italian librettist
1849: Nogi Maresuke , Japanese general
1850: Wilhelm Viëtor , German linguist and neophilologist
1850: Elisabeth Fedde , Norwegian deaconess

1851-1900

1851: Hermann Frasch , German-American chemist and engineer
1852: Henry Tifft Gage , American politician, Governor of California, Ambassador
1856: Hans von Bartels , German painter
1863: Max Ihm , German classical philologist
1863: Charles Pathé , French film pioneer
1864: Hermann Baum , German anatomist
1866: Friedrich Ackermann , German politician, Lord Mayor of Stettin, Member of the State Parliament
1866: Max Wien , German physicist
1867: Alfred Kerr , German writer, theater critic and journalist
1869: Karl von Collas , German-Hungarian State Secretary
1871: Jan Maria Michał Kowalski , Polish bishop
1872: Naum Aronson , Russian-French sculptor
1875: Pierre de Caters , Belgian automobile and motorboat racing driver, aviation pioneer and entrepreneur
1875: Theodor Innitzer , Austrian Archbishop and Cardinal
1876: Muhammad Ali Jinnah , politician and resistance fighter in British India, founder of Pakistan

Adolf Windaus (* 1876)

1876: Adolf Windaus , German chemist and biochemist, Nobel Prize winner

1877: Emil Adamič , Slovenian composer

1877: Noël Bas , French gymnast, Olympic medalist

1878: Louis Chevrolet , American car maker

1879: Igo Etrich , Austrian pilot and aircraft designer

1881: John Dill , British Field Marshal

1881: Albert Guyot , French entrepreneur and racing car driver

1881: Christian Hülsmeyer , German inventor and entrepreneur

1883: Anne-Dora Arnold , German art and portrait painter

1883: Samuel Hugo Bergman , German-speaking philosopher

1883: Walter Friedrich , German biophysicist and functionary, member of the People's Chamber, President of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR

1883: Fran Lhotka , Croatian composer

1885: Albert Betz , German physicist and aerodynamicist, pioneer of wind power technology

1885: Hermann Dieckmann , German politician, MdL

1885: Maria Kühne , German resistance fighter

1886: Malak Hifnī Nāsif , Egyptian suffragette
1886: Kid Ory , American musician
1886: Franz Rosenzweig , German historian and philosopher
1886: Wilhelm Werner , German carpenter and art collector
1887: Conrad Hilton , American hotelier
1888: Leivick Halpern , Russian poet
1888: Bodewin Keitel , German general
1889: Hermann Conrad , German homeland researcher
1890: Robert Ripley , American comic artist and world traveler
1891: Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson , British general, Governor of Gibraltar
1891: Émile Chenard , French racing car driver
1892: Otto Nebel , German painter, poet and actor
1896: Georg Amlung , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
1898: Silvio Sganzini , Swiss linguist and cultural historian
1899: Humphrey Bogart , American film actor
1899: Roger Hellot , French racing car driver
1899: Ozaki Kazuo , Japanese writer
1899: Gerhard Kreyssig , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, MEP
1899: Hans-Theodor Schmidt , German SS officer, adjutant to the camp commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, war criminal
1900: Jan Filip , Czech prehistorian
1900: Antoni Zygmund , American mathematician

20th century

1901-1925

1901: Alice, Duchess of Gloucester , British noblewoman
1901: Eduard Bargheer , German painter
1901: Milada Horáková , Czechoslovak women's rights activist, politician and resistance fighter, victim of Stalinism
1902: Theodor Bongartz , German SS member, head of the crematorium in Dachau concentration camp
1902: Georg Dertinger , German politician, Foreign Minister of the GDR
1902: Barton MacLane , American actor
1902: Emanuel Punčochář , Czech conductor and composer
1902: Tassilo Tröscher , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
1904: Gerhard Herzberg , German-Canadian chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize winner
1904: Paul Kunze , Dutch fencer
1905: Anton Ackermann , German politician, MdL, member of the People's Chamber, Foreign Minister of the GDR
1905: Max Aronoff , American violist and music teacher
1905: Sergio Guerri , Italian priest and cardinal to the Curia
1906: Ernst Ruska , German electrical engineer and inventor, Nobel Prize winner
1907: Christiana Abiodun Emmanuel , Nigerian church founder and missionary
1907: Cab Calloway , American musician, singer, and songwriter
1909: Zora Arkus-Duntov , American engineer
1909: Louis Van Lint , Belgian painter
1911: Louise Bourgeois , French painter and sculptor
1913: Tony Martin , American singer and actor
1913: Henri Nannen , German publisher and publicist
1913: Joseph Elias Tawil , Syrian clergyman, Bishop of Newton (USA)
1914: Konrad Georg , German theater and film actor
1915: Per Hækkerup , Danish politician, minister
1916: Ahmed Ben Bella , Algerian politician and independence fighter, president
1916: Graciela Naranjo , Venezuelan singer and actress
1918: Angelica Garnett , British author and artist, member of the Bloomsbury Group

Anwar as-Sadat (* 1918)

1918: Anwar as-Sadat , Egyptian officer and politician, President, Nobel Prize winner
1920: Ignatius Ghattas , Palestinian clergyman, Bishop of Newton (USA)
1921: Walter Than , German table tennis player
1922: Félix Loustau , Argentinian football player
1923: René Girard , French linguist and literary scholar
1923: José de Jesús Lora , Dominican violinist
1923: Noël Vandernotte , French helmsman, Olympic medalist
1924: Alexander Loulakis , German entrepreneur, patron and collector
1924: Atal Bihari Vajpayee , Indian politician, Prime Minister
1924: Moktar Ould Daddah , Mauritanian politician, President
1924: Rod Serling , American screenwriter and producer
1925: Carlos Castaneda , Peruvian-American anthropologist and writer
1925: Jürgen Roland , German director and screenwriter
1925: Ossi Reichert , German ski racer, Olympic champion

1926-1950

1926: Réjane Cardinal , Canadian singer
1927: Rudi Georgi , German politician and economic functionary, minister in the GDR, member of the Central Committee of the SED
1927: Gerhard Holtz-Baumert , German writer
1927: Alan King , American actor
1927: Ram Narayan , Indian sarang player
1928: Christian Geissler , German writer
1928: Pepe Jara , Mexican singer
1928: Heinrich Poos , German composer
1929: Jerzy Antczak , Polish film director
1929: Franz Happernagl , German sprinter
1929: Régine , French chanson singer
1930: Mike Agassi , Persian boxer
1930: Gotthart Wunberg , German Germanist, literary historian and cultural scientist
1931: Konrad Löw , German lawyer and political scientist
1932: Jun Etō , Japanese literary critic
1933: Joachim Meisner , German priest, Bishop of Berlin, Archbishop of Cologne and Cardinal
1933: Walter Oberste , German sprinter
1934: John Ashley , American actor and singer
1934: Giancarlo Baghetti , Italian racing driver
1934: Robert Martinez , American politician, governor of Florida
1934: Nelson Nieves , Venezuelan fencer
1934: Peter Weidenbach , German forester
1935: Sadiq al-Mahdi , Sudanese politician, Prime Minister
1935: Jonathan Beckwith , American biochemist, microbiologist, and geneticist
1935: Albín Brunovský , Slovak graphic artist and painter
1935: Christa Hoffmann-Warns , German handball player
1935: Susana Rinaldi , Argentine actress and singer
1936: Jo de Haan , Dutch cyclist
1936: Ismail Merchant , Indo-British film producer
1936: Alexandra Ogilvy , British princess
1936: Aykut Ünyazıcı , Turkish football player
1937: Maung Aye , Myanmar officer and politician
1937: Jan Peter Beckmann , German philosopher
1937: Ernst Röhl , German satirist and cabaret artist
1938: Ivonne Haza , Dominican soprano
1938: Günter Mäder , German football player
1938: Jens Winther , Danish racing car driver
1939: Tarek Abu Al Dahab , Lebanese racing cyclist
1939: Royce D. Applegate , American actor
1939: Don Alias , American jazz musician
1939: Bob James , American composer and musician
1939: Tununa Mercado , Argentine writer and journalist
1940: Ute Erb , German writer, poet and translator
1940: Wolfgang Stürner , German historian
1941: Don Pullen , American jazz pianist
1941: Lex Hixon , American poet and spiritual teacher
1942: Nobel Alfonso , Dominican publicist, radio and television announcer, producer and director
1942: Noël del Bello , French car racing driver and racing team owner
1942: Enrique Morente , Spanish flamenco singer and composer
1943: Bill Bowrey , Australian tennis player
1943: Hans-Peter Greiner , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Court of Justice
1943: Trevor Lucas , Australian folk singer and guitarist
1943: Hanna Schygulla , German actress
1944: Kenny Everett , British radio DJ and television entertainer
1944: Jairzinho , Brazilian soccer player and coach
1944: Henry Vestine , American guitarist
1945: Nicolas Antiba , Syrian Archbishop
1945: Rick Berman , American film producer
1945: Noel Redding , British musician, singer and songwriter
1945: Héctor Ruiz , Mexican-American manager
1945: Ken Stabler , American football player
1946: Jimmy Buffett , American singer and songwriter
1946: Tina Rainford , German pop singer
1946: Reinhard Rauball , German politician, lawyer and football official
1947: Jozias van Aartsen , Dutch politician
1947: Antje Blumenthal , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
1948: Noël Mamère , French politician, MEP
1948: Barbara Mandrell , American country singer
1949: Uwe Häntsch , German graphic artist and illustrator
1949: Bernhard Hemmerle , German church musician and composer
1949: Sissy Spacek , American actress
1949: Joe Louis Walker , American blues guitarist
1950: Karl Rove , American politician and party strategist

1951-1975

1951: Herluf Andersen , Danish archer
1952: Christine Lehder , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
1952: Desireless , French singer
1953: Jürgen Röber , German soccer player and coach

Annie Lennox (born 1954)

1954: Annie Lennox , British singer and songwriter
1954: Steve Wariner , American country musician and songwriter
1955: Ingrid Schmidt , German lawyer, President of the Federal Labor Court
1956: Stefan Grüttner , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
1957: Pavel Fajt , Czech jazz and rock drummer
1957: Shane MacGowan , Irish musician
1957: Dugarsürengiin Ojuunbold , Mongolian wrestler, Olympic medalist
1957: Douglas Wolfsperger , German director
1958: Dimi Mint Abba , Mauritanian musician
1958: Alannah Myles , Canadian singer and actress
1959: Michael Philip Anderson , American astronaut
1959: Eirik Kvalfoss , Norwegian biathlete
1961: Eva Herzog , Swiss historian, cultural manager and politician, member of the government
1961: Íngrid Betancourt , Colombian politician, kidnap victim
1961: Arthur Qwak , French comic book artist and director
1961: Stefan Ruzowitzky , Austrian film director
1962: Francis Dunnery , British musician, singer and songwriter
1962: Fennesz , Austrian musician
1962: Martin Haas , German journalist and television presenter
1962: Arnold Jonke , Austrian rower
1964: Devon Harris , Jamaican bobsledder
1965: Olivier Dupard , French racing car driver
1966: Toshihiro Arai , Japanese rally driver
1966: Mianne Bagger , Danish golfer
1966: Sandra Schumacher , German racing cyclist
1966: Britta Unsleber , German soccer player
1967: Pavlo Klimkin , Ukrainian diplomat and politician, minister
1967: Jason Thirsk , American bassist ( Pennywise )
1967: Hansy Vogt , German television presenter, singer and entertainer
1967: Christa Wiese , German athlete
1968: Helena Christensen , Danish top model

AnNa R. (* 1969)

1969: AnNa R. , German singer ( Rosenstolz )
1969: Jörn Knebel , German actor
1970: Chioma Ajunwa , Nigerian athlete, Olympic champion
1970: Emmanuel Amuneke , Nigerian soccer player
1970: Stu Barnes , Canadian ice hockey player
1970: Issa Hassan , Kurdish musician and composer
1970: Christian Riesen , Swiss author
1970: Martin Weis , German lightweight rower
1971: Dido , British pop singer
1971: Simone Angel , Dutch television presenter and singer
1971: Besnik Hasi , Albanian football player
1971: Justin Trudeau , Canadian politician, Prime Minister
1972: Josh Freese , American drummer
1972: Sophie Heathcote , Australian actress
1972: Sabine Kuegler , German author
1972: Qu Yunxia , Chinese athlete
1973: Nova Meierhenrich , German presenter and actress
1975: Johan Hellsten , Swedish chess grandmaster

1976-2000

1976: Armin van Buuren , Dutch trance DJ and producer
1976: Tuomas Holopainen , Finnish keyboardist and songwriter ( Nightwish )
1977: Uhm Ji-won , South Korean actress
1977: Priya Anjali Rai , American porn actress and actress of Indian origin
1977: Ali Tandoğan , Turkish football player
1977: Israel Vázquez , Mexican boxer
1978: Jasmin Gerat , German actress
1978: Paula Seling , Romanian singer
1978: Jeremy Strong , American actor
1979: Ferman Akgül , Turkish songwriter and singer
1979: Laurent Bonnart , French soccer player
1979: Robert Huff , British racing driver
1980: Joanna Angel , American porn actress and producer
1980: Blaženko Lacković , Croatian handball player
1980: Carlos Mendes , American football player
1980: Marcus Trufant , American football player
1981: David Andersson , Swedish orienteer and ski orienteer
1981: Christian Holst , Faroese soccer player
1981: Paolo Lorenzi , Italian tennis player
1981: Mario Alberto Santana , Argentine soccer player
1982: Rob Edwards , Welsh football player
1984: Locô , Angolan football player
1984: Miloš Ninković , Serbian football player
1984: Hal Scardino , American actor
1985: Fabian Hergesell , German soccer player
1985: Lukas Klapfer , Austrian Nordic combined athlete, Olympic medalist
1985: Martin Mathathi , Kenyan runner
1985: Mike Tullberg , Danish soccer player
1986: Alfred Arthur , Ghanaian soccer player
1986: Katharina Häcker , German figure skater
1986: Alex Hepburn , British singer and songwriter
1987: Jorgie Porter , British actress
1987: Ma Qinghua , Chinese racing driver
1987: Demaryius Thomas , American football player
1988: Dele Adeleye , Nigerian soccer player
1988: Michael Blum , German soccer player
1988: Eric Gordon , American basketball player
1989: Leonie Rainer , German actress
1990: Ramona Bachmann , Swiss soccer player
1990: Moreno Moser , Italian racing cyclist
1990: Marie Luise Stahl , German actress
1991: Gaite Jansen , Dutch actress
1992: Connor De Phillippi , American racing car driver
1992: Ogenyi Onazi , Nigerian soccer player
1996: David Atanga , Ghanaian soccer player
1996: Mathlynn Sasser , Marshallese weightlifter
2000: Emanuel Aiwu , Austrian-Nigerian soccer player

21st century

2004: Laila Padotzke , German actress

Died

Before the 16th century

0317 BC Chr .: Philip III. Arrhidaios , Macedonian king
0795: Hadrian I , Pope
0820: Leo V , Byzantine general and emperor
1046: Eberhard I , Bishop of Constance
1147: Guido II , Count of Ponthieu
1156: Petrus Venerabilis , French clergyman and theologian, Abbot of Cluny, monastery reformer
1175: Seisyll ap Dyfnwal , Welsh lord of Gwent Uwch-Coed
1191: Reginald fitz Jocelin , English prelate
1213: Muhammad an-Nasir , Caliph of the Almohads
1229: Hermann II , sovereign of the Lippe
1231: Folquet de Marselha , French trobador, Abbot of Thoronet, Bishop of Toulouse
1294: Mestwin II , Prince and Duke of East Pomerania
1305: Verde di Salizzole , Italian nobles
1306: Jacopone da Todi , Italian poet
1322: Friedrich II. , Count von Rietberg
1348: Chungmok Wang , 29th King of the Korean Goryeo Empire
1359: Beatrix of Bavaria , Queen of Sweden
1361: Agnes von Glogau , Duchess of Glogau and Lower Bavaria
1406: Henry III. , King of Castile and León
1425: Nikolaus Seyringer , Benedictine and mystic, rector of the University of Vienna