December 29th
The December 29 is the 363rd day of the Gregorian calendar (the 364th in leap years ), so stay 2 days to the year.
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events
Politics and world events
- 1605: The English navigator and explorer John Davis is killed by Japanese pirates.
- 1813: In Zurich , ten old Swiss cantons decide to repeal the mediation constitution . Because the subject relations were abolished at the same time, tensions arose in the following weeks.
- 1813: In the War of 1812 , British forces burn the city of Buffalo down.
- 1845: Texas joins the United States as the 28th state .
- 1874: In Sagunto , with the backing of the generals of the Bourbone Alfonso XII. proclaimed King of Spain .
1890: Chief Spotted Elk , dead in the snow at Wounded Knee
- 1890: US troops massacre more than 350 Lakota Indians near Wounded Knee , South Dakota .
- 1895: Leander Starr Jameson and his troops from Southern Rhodesia cross the border to the Boer Republic of the Transvaal and begin the Jameson Raid in the direction of Johannesburg to incorporate the Boer republics into the British Empire .
- 1911: Sun Yat-sen is elected interim president of the Republic of China in Nanjing .
- 1911: In Outer Mongolia , the 8th Jebtsundamba Khutukhtu rises to Bogd Khan and declares the country independent.
- 1921: William Lyon Mackenzie King , leader of the Liberals , victorious in the general election earlier this month , becomes the new Prime Minister of Canada .
- 1928: The Kuomintang declares Chinese reunification complete.
- 1937: The Constitution of Ireland comes into force, replacing the Constitution of the Irish Free State . This means that the Irish Free State becomes part of the Republic of Ireland ; the British monarch is no longer head of state.
- 1967: The Jirisan National Park in South Korea opens.
- 1978: The constitution of the Kingdom of Spain comes into force, with that end Francoism in Spain for good. Spain becomes a democracy with King Juan Carlos I as head of state.
- 1981: US President Ronald Reagan decides on economic sanctions against the USSR because of the martial law imposed in Poland on December 13th .
- 1989: Václav Havel becomes President of Czechoslovakia in the course of the Velvet Revolution after he was only released from prison in May of the same year.
- 1991: In Germany, the Stasi Records Act comes into force, which regulates the complete opening of the files of the former State Security Service of the GDR.
- 1996: The Guatemalan government concludes a peace agreement with the rebels of the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG). The Guatemalan civil war is coming to an end after 36 years.
- 1997: On the basis of the German-Czech declaration on mutual relations and their future development of January 21, the German-Czech future fund is founded in Prague.
business
- 1863: The freshwater canal from the Nile to Suez is completed. The drinking water supply for the 25,000 workers employed in the construction of the Suez Canal will be safer and cheaper.
- 1923: For his invention, Ikonoskop presents Vladimir Zworykin in the United States a patent application . It is a fundamental development for the television system.
- 1958: The European payments union ends. Currencies of several countries become freely convertible .
- 1959: The Lisbon Metro starts operating in a ypsilon-shaped subway network.
- 1981: In Singapore , the new airport is Singapore Changi Airport opened.
- 1989: The payment of welcome money for GDR citizens visiting the Federal Republic of Germany is discontinued.
- 1989: The government of the GDR decides to use the dismantling of the Berlin Wall commercially and commissions the state-owned foreign trade company Limex-Bau Export-Import to sell the original rubble.
science and technology
- 1893: The French astronomer Stéphane Javelle discovers the galaxy pair IC 298 in the constellation Whale .
- 1931: The Statistical machine of Emanuel Goldberg is registered in the US as US Patent 1,838,389. With the help of photo cells and pattern recognition, the metadata on rolls of microfilm can be searched. It follows the same principle as the later Memex .
- 1939: The Consolidated B-24 strategic bomber makes its maiden flight .
- 1952: The first transistor- controlled hearing aid is introduced in Elmsford , New York.
- 1959: Richard P. Feynman makes his speech There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom (dt. At the bottom is a lot of space , which for the first time the possibility of) nanotechnology implies.
- 1987: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko returns to Earth after a 326 day stay on board the Mir space station .
Culture
- 1855: Jacques Offenbach's one-act operetta Ba-ta-clan with the libretto by Ludovic Halévy is premiered at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris.
- 1899: The humanist and poet Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy writes the song War Against War in South Africa
- 1917: The last issue of the German cultural magazine March appears.
- 1922: After right-wing extremists have tried in November to destroy the film negative, the movie is Nathan the Wise by Manfred Noa with Werner Krauss in the title role in the Berlin Alhambra premiered. The film received positive reviews but soon fell victim to anti-Jewish propaganda. It is the only film adaptation of the play of the same name by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing to date .
- 1927: The tragic opera Sly ovvero La leggenda del dormiente risvegliato by the German-Italian composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari premieres in Milan.
- 1933: In the United States who has Laurel and Hardy film Sons of the Desert premiered. It becomes one of the ten most successful films in US cinemas in 1934.
- 1934: The world premiere of the drama Yerma by Federico García Lorca , the second part of a trilogy in which the oppression of women in Spanish society in the 1930s is portrayed.
- 1955: The feature film I often think of Piroschka, directed by Kurt Hoffmann , is premiered in Cologne with Liselotte Pulver in the title role .
society
- 1610: When her servants and peasant daughters are no longer enough as sacrifices and she also attacks noble daughters, the castle of the Hungarian Countess Elisabeth Báthory is stormed. Countless corpses, body parts and surviving victims of the "Blood Countess" are found there.
- 1983: Princess Caroline of Monaco and the son of an industrialist Stefano Casiraghi marry, almost completely closed to the public .
religion
- 418: Boniface I is proclaimed Pope in Rome.
- 1165: Charlemagne is appointed by the Archbishop of Cologne, Rainald von Dassel , with the approval of the antipope Paschal III. canonized .
- 1170: Four Anglo-Norman knights murder Thomas Becket , Archbishop of Canterbury .
- 1226: After 53 years of construction, the Brunswick Cathedral of St. Blasii, donated by Heinrich the Lion , is completed.
- 2003: In Bujumbura is Michael Courtney , the Apostolic Nuncio in Burundi , was murdered under mysterious circumstances on the way back from a funeral.
Disasters
- 1837: The Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg , a residence of the Tsar, burns down completely. The fire lasts 30 hours.
- 1876: A bridge collapses while a passenger train is passing, leading to the Ashtabula railway accident . 92 dead and 64 injured are the result of what has been the worst train accident in the United States for many years.
- 1972: A Lockheed L-1011 TriStar crashed on Eastern Air Lines flight 401 during the planned approach to Miami because of a crew distracted by a technical problem in the Everglades marshland in Florida . 101 people did not survive the accident, 75 injured were rescued.
- 2001: The demonstration of fireworks leads to a catastrophic fire in Lima , killing 282 and injuring 134 people.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1862: Sheffield FC and Hallam FC host a football match for the first time at Bramall Lane Stadium in Sheffield , the oldest football stadium in the world that is still in use today.
- 1962: Graham Hill wins the South African Grand Prix on the Prince George Circuit in East London and becomes Formula 1 World Champion.
- On December 29, the meeting will start with the annual Four Hills Tournament in ski jumping on the Schattenbergschanze in Oberstdorf instead.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1019: Munjong , 11th King of the Korean Goryeo Empire
- 1256: Al-Marrakuschi , Moroccan mathematician and astronomer
- 1536: Henry VI. von Plauen , Burgrave of Meißen and Lord of Plauen
- 1552: Henri I de Bourbon , Prince of Condé, French general
- 1567: Benedictus Figulus , German alchemist, pastor and poet
- 1644: Philipp van Almonde , Dutch vice admiral
- 1654: Christian Heinrich Aschenbrenner , German composer and violinist
- 1656: Johann Conrad Vogel , organ builder from Upper Palatinate
- 1671: Christiane Eberhardine von Brandenburg-Bayreuth , Electress of Saxony and titular queen of Poland
- 1677: August Ferdinand , Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg
- 1695: Jean-Baptiste Pater , French painter
- 1699: Friedrich Ludwig Abresch , Dutch philologist
18th century
- 1702: Friedrich von Ahlefeldt , Danish officer and landlord
- 1707: Magdalena Sibylla Rieger , German poet
- 1709: Elisabeth , Russian tsarina
- 1713: Franz Pacák , Bohemian sculptor
- 1714: Marie-Anne Botot Dangeville , French actress
- 1721: Madame de Pompadour , mistress of Louis XV.
- 1736: Kimura Kenkadō , Japanese painter and naturalist
- 1752: Wilhelmine von Lichtenau , German nobleman and lover
- 1752: Konrad Tanner , Abbot of Einsiedeln Monastery
- 1766: Peter Plett , German teacher and pioneer of smallpox vaccination
- 1770: Wilhelm Karl Friedrich Suckow , German medic
- 1771: Nikolaus Daniel Hinsche , German mayor and writer
- 1772: Louis-Simon Auger , French journalist and writer
- 1775: Carlo Rossi , Italian-Russian architect
- 1777: Peter Heinrich Merkens , German entrepreneur and politician
- 1778: Georg Anton Friedrich Ast , German classical philologist and philosopher
- 1780: Jakob Moralt , German musician
- 1788: Christian Jürgensen Thomsen , Danish archaeologist
- 1796: Johann Christian Poggendorff , German physicist
- 1797: Simon Leborne , French composer and music teacher
- 1799/1800: Joaquín Acosta , Colombian scientist
- 1800: Charles Goodyear , American chemist and inventor
19th century
1801-1850
- 1807: Alexander von Schleinitz , Prussian politician, Minister of State, MdL
- 1808: Georg von Apponyi , Hungarian nobleman and politician, member of the Hungarian parliament, district judge
- 1808: James J. Faran , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1808: Andrew Johnson , American politician, House of Representatives, Governor of Tennessee, Senator, President
- 1809: William Ewart Gladstone , British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, four-time Prime Minister
- 1809: Albert Pike , American attorney, general, author, and Freemason
- 1810: Christoph Hävernick , German theologian of the revival movement
- 1813: Alexander Parkes , British metallurgist and inventor
- 1813: Karel Sabina , Czech radical democrat, publicist, writer and literary critic
- 1816: Carl Ludwig , German physiologist
- 1826: Ludwig Ackermann , German farmer and politician, MdL
- 1826: Leopold von Pebal , Austrian chemist
- 1827: Karl Otto Weber , German surgeon and pathologist
- 1832: Werner von Arnswaldt , German manor owner, lawyer and politician, MdR
- 1832: Gustav Kálnoky , Austro-Hungarian statesman and diplomat
- 1832: Franz Pönninger , Austrian sculptor, medalist
- 1836: Georg Schweinfurth , German Africa explorer
- 1838: Walter Magnus Runeberg , Finnish sculptor
- 1840: Felix Anton Dohrn , German zoologist, researcher of phylogenesis
- 1843: Carmen Sylva , Queen of Romania and writer
- 1845: Otto Apelt , German classical philologist, translator and high school teacher
- 1849: Otto Stoll , Swiss geographer and ethnologist
1851-1900
- 1851: Wilhelm Marx , German lawyer and local politician, Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf
- 1856: Thomas Jean Stieltjes , Dutch mathematician
- 1857: Louis Abel-Truchet , French painter
- 1859: Venustiano Carranza , Mexican revolutionary and politician, president
- 1859: Elizabeth Adela Forbes , Canadian late Impressionist painter
- 1861: Kurt Hensel , German mathematician
- 1864: Juan Benlloch y Vivó , Spanish clergyman, Bishop of Urgell, Archbishop of Burgos, Cardinal
- 1867: Annie Montague Alexander , American paleontologist and philanthropist
- 1869: Hedwig Bleuler-Waser , Swiss temperance expert
- 1871: Giuseppe Motta , Swiss politician, National Councilor, Federal Councilor, Federal President
- 1872: Charles Faroux , French motorsport official and race director
- 1874: Pjotr Spiridonowitsch Agafoschin , Russian guitarist and music teacher
- 1874: Thomas Wesley Benoist , American aviation pioneer
- 1874: François Brandt , Dutch rower
- 1876: Pau Casals , Spanish cellist
- 1876: Alfred Lamoureux , Canadian composer and music teacher
- 1876: Karl Slevogt , German designer, automobile pioneer and racing driver
- 1876: Adolf Weber , German economist
- 1877: Rupert Egenberger , German special educator
- 1877: Otto Gauß , German organist and composer
- 1879: Ellen Gleditsch , Norwegian chemist
- 1880: William Sylvester Harley , American entrepreneur, co-founder of Harley-Davidson
- 1880: Julien-Fernand Vaubourgoin , French organist, composer and music teacher
- 1881: Sri Ananda Acharya , Indian philosophy professor, yogi, guru and poet
- 1882: Frank Delahanty , American baseball player
- 1885: Ernst Schönbauer , Austrian legal scholar and politician, member of the National Council
- 1886: Georg von Struve , German astronomer
- 1888: Josef Beran , Czechoslovak clergyman, Archbishop of Prague, cardinal
- 1890: Käthe Dorsch , German actress
- 1890: Albert Willimsky , German Roman Catholic priest, resistance fighter and martyr
- 1891: George Marshall , American film director
- 1892: Alexander Alexandrovich Archangelsky , Soviet aircraft designer
- 1892: Richard Atwater , American journalist, university lecturer, and children's author
- 1892: Adele Duttweiler-Bertschi , Swiss wife of Migros founder Gottlieb Duttweiler
- 1892: Géza Nagy , Hungarian chess player
- 1892: Heinrich Beerbom , German local politician
- 1893: Berthold Bartosch , German animator and film director
- 1894: Friedrich Maier , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Parliamentary Council, Member of the Bundestag
- 1894: Paul Pagel , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
- 1894: Georg Schallermair , German member of the Waffen SS, war criminal
- 1895: Werner Scholem , German politician, MdR, victim of National Socialism
- 1896: Oswald Kabasta , Austrian conductor
- 1896: David Alfaro Siqueiros , Mexican painter and printmaker
- 1897: Anselm Ahlfors , Finnish wrestler, Olympic medalist
- 1897: Hermann Heiss , German composer for twelve-tone music and electronic music
- 1898: Jeanne Leleu , French composer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1902: Gustav Adolf Nosske , German lawyer and SS officer, war criminal
- 1902: Henry Vars , American film composer
- 1903: Ernst Kusserow , German general
- 1903: Erhard Mauersberger , German organist, music teacher and choir conductor
- 1904: Michele Abbruzzo , Italian actor
- 1904: Hans van der Laan , Dutch Benedictine monk and architect
- 1904: Adolf Ott , German SS officer and war criminal
- 1905: Bebo Wager , German resistance fighter, victim of National Socialism
- 1906: Jean Vuillermoz , French composer
- 1908: Helmut Gollwitzer , German theologian and writer
- 1908: Sigurd Greven , German publisher
- 1910: Ronald Harry Coase , British economist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1911: Klaus Fuchs , German-British nuclear physicist, Soviet “nuclear spy”, leading scientist in the GDR
- 1911: Marcel Prawy , Austrian dramaturge and opera critic
- 1911: Otto Probst , Austrian Minister of Transport
- 1912: Eliza Branco , Brazilian women and peace activist
- 1913: Logan R. Frazee , American special effects artist
- 1913: Pierre Werner , Luxembourg politician, Prime Minister
- 1914: Alfred Vohrer , German film director
- 1915: Hans Karl Adam , German TV chef
- 1915: Bill Osmanski , American football player
- 1917: David Hampshire , British racing car driver
- 1918: Mado Robin , French coloratura soprano
- 1919: Erik Sparre Andersen , Danish mathematician
- 1919: Roman Vlad , Romanian-Italian composer, pianist and musicologist
- 1920: Irving Ashby , American jazz guitarist
- 1920: Ratu Josefa Iloilo , Fijian politician, president
- 1920: Viveca Lindfors , American actress
- 1922: William Gaddis , American writer
- 1922: Rose Lee Maphis , American country musician
- 1923: Friedrich Jahn , Austrian restaurateur, founder of the Wienerwald chain
- 1924: Herbert Ballmann , German film producer and film director
- 1925: Jay Chamberlain , American racing car driver
- 1925: Heinrich Rieker , German journalist and writer
1926-1950
- 1926: Dagobert Krause , German trade unionist, FDGB functionary
- 1927: Jürgen Graf , German radio journalist and television presenter
- 1927: Andy Stanfield , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1928: Danica Aćimac , Yugoslav actress
- 1928: Ludwig Huber , German lawyer and politician, MdL, State Minister
- 1928: Adolf Oberth , Romanian chemist and inventor
- 1929: Hans-Joachim Böhme , German party functionary in the GDR, member of the People's Chamber, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED
- 1933: Zenta Kopp , German athlete
- 1934: Forugh Farrochzad , Iranian poet and film director
- 1934: Vladimir Safronov , Soviet boxer, Olympic champion
- 1936: Rolf Berger , German officer, last commandant of the NVA air force
- 1936: Anthony Buck , British wrestler
- 1936: Mary Tyler Moore , American actress and comedian
- 1936: Ray Nitschke , American football player
- 1936: Jo Pestum , German writer and film author
- 1936: Wolfgang Rumpf , German forester and politician, MdL
- 1937: Michael Adams , English painter
- 1937: Dieter Thomas Heck , German pop singer, show master and entertainer
- 1937: Barbara Steele , British film actress
- 1937: Maumoon Abdul Gayoom , Maldivian politician, minister, president
- 1938: Bart Berman , Dutch pianist
- 1938: Gianluigi Saccaro , Italian fencer
- 1938: Jon Voight , American actor
- 1939: Bernd Uhlmann , German enduro athlete
- 1940: Nestor Combin , French football player
- 1940: Brigitte Kronauer , German writer and essayist
- 1941: Daphne Arden , British sprinter, Olympic medalist
- 1941: Ray Thomas , British musician and singer ( Moody Blues )
- 1942: Karel Bělohoubek , Czech composer and conductor
- 1942: Rick Danko , Canadian musician and singer ( The Band )
- 1942: Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga , Honduran clergyman, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa
- 1942: Cordula Trantow , German actress, director and general manager
- 1942: Wilfried Wagner , German lawyer and Vice President of the Federal Fiscal Court
- 1943: Bill Aucoin , American manager
- 1943: Jürgen Kluckert , German actor
- 1944: Gilbert Adair , British writer, film critic and columnist
- 1944: Joseph W. Dauben , American historian of mathematics and science
- 1944: Renate Flottau , German journalist
- 1944: Friedrich Fröschle , German organist, church music director and cantor
- 1946: Syed Shahid Ali , Pakistani sports official
- 1946: Marianne Faithfull , British musician and actress
- 1946: Gilles Peress , French photo reporter
- 1947: Ted Danson , American actor
- 1947: Cozy Powell , British rock musician
- 1948: Michael White , Australian psychotherapist
- 1948: Rudolf Jusits , Austrian actor
- 1949: Karl-Heinz Kalbfell , German automobile manager and racing driver
- 1949: Wolle Kriwanek , German singer
- 1950: Edip Akbayram , Turkish composer and singer
1951-1975
- 1951: Yvonne Elliman , American singer
- 1952: Joe Lovano , American jazz musician
- 1953: Gali Atari , Israeli singer and actress
- 1953: Thomas Bach , German fencer, lawyer and sports official, Olympic champion, world champion
- 1953: Wolfgang Kühne , German voice actor, actor, screenwriter, director and lecturer
- 1953: Matthias Platzeck , German politician, member of the People's Chamber, MP, MP, State Minister, Lord Mayor of Potsdam, Prime Minister of Brandenburg
- 1953: Max Werner , Dutch singer and drummer
- 1954: Phillip Anthony O'Hara , Australian economist
- 1955: Neil Giraldo , American guitarist and songwriter
- 1956: Christine Errath , German figure skater, world champion, Olympic medalist
- 1956: Thomas Etzold , German cameraman
- 1957: Bruce Beutler , American immunologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1958: Lakhdar Belloumi , Algerian football player and coach
- 1959: Patricia Clarkson , American actress
- 1960: Carola Anding , German cross-country skier, Olympic champion
- 1960: Karin Fleischanderl , Austrian translator and publicist
- 1960: Dave Pelzer , American writer
- 1961: Lê Quan Ninh , French percussionist
- 1962: Cristiano De André , Italian multi-instrumentalist and cantautore
- 1962: Wynton Rufer , New Zealand soccer player
- 1963: Graciano Rocchigiani , German professional boxer, world champion
- 1963: Liisa Savijarvi , Canadian ski racer
- 1965: Dexter Holland , American guitarist, singer, and songwriter ( The Offspring )
- 1966: Chris Barnes , American singer
- 1966: Stefano Eranio , Italian football player and coach
- 1966: Alexandra Kamp , German actress
- 1966: Heimo Pfeifenberger , Austrian soccer player
- 1968: Alessandro Gramigni , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1968: Peter Runggaldier , Italian ski racer
- 1968: Sadat X , American rapper
- 1969: Jennifer Ehle , American actress
- 1969: Allan McNish , British Formula 1 racing driver
- 1970: Holger Apfel , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, federal chairman of the NPD
- 1970: Dallas Austin , American musician, songwriter, and producer
- 1970: Enrico Chiesa , Italian footballer
- 1970: Hidetoshi Mitsusada , Japanese racing car driver
- 1971: Ali Abunimah , Palestinian-American journalist
- 1971: Niclas Alexandersson , Swedish football player
- 1971: Frank Amankwah , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1971: Dominic Dale , Welsh snooker player
- 1972: Barry Atsma , Dutch actor
- 1972: Eva Hassmann , German actress
- 1972: Jason Kreis , American soccer player
- 1972: Jude Law , British actor
- 1973: Falk Bernau , German lawyer
- 1973: Christophe Rinero , French racing cyclist
- 1974: Adrian von Arburg , Swiss historian
- 1974: Andrine Flemmen , Norwegian ski racer
- 1974: Antonia Gerke , German actress and painter
- 1974: Enrico Kulovits , Austrian football player
- 1974: Mekhi Phifer , American actor
- 1974: Ryan Shore , Canadian composer
- 1975: Debbie Klijn , Dutch handball player
1976-2000
- 1976: Sebastian Alscher , German politician, federal chairman of the Pirate Party
- 1976: Michal Hvorecký , Slovak author and journalist
- 1976: Danny McBride , American screenwriter, producer, and actor
- 1978: Victor Agali , Nigerian soccer player
- 1978: Alexis Amore , Peruvian porn actress and erotic model
- 1978: Neil Finn , English soccer player
- 1978: Joelle Franzmann , German triathlete
- 1978: Nebiat Habtemariam , Eritrean athlete
- 1978: Cristian Raúl Ledesma , Argentine soccer player
- 1978: Christian Saba , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1979: Tricia Flores , Belizean athlete
- 1979: John Hutchinson , Australian-Maltese soccer player
- 1979: Diego Luna , Mexican actor
- 1980: Yvonne Bönisch , German judoka, Olympic champion
- 1980: Henrik Stehlik , German trampoline gymnast, world champion, Olympic medalist
- 1981: Shizuka Arakawa , Japanese figure skater, world champion, Olympic champion
- 1981: Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko , Estonian football player
- 1981: Alice Rohrwacher , Italian film director
- 1982: Alison Brie , American actress
- 1982: Florian Guillou , French racing cyclist
- 1982: Julia Ocker , German animation director and author
- 1982: Norbert Siedler , Austrian racing car driver
- 1983: Jessica Andrews , American country and pop singer
- 1983: Natalia Zeta , Spanish porn actress
- 1984: Lisa Brüggemann , German gymnast
- 1984: Gionata Mingozzi , Italian football player
- 1986: Marc Schöttner , German actor
- 1986: Kristen Bicknell , Canadian poker player
- 1987: Romina Becks , German actress
- 1987: Kim Birke , German handball player
- 1987: Yūhi Sekiguchi , Japanese racing driver
- 1989: Jane Levy , American actress
- 1989: Kei Nishikori , Japanese tennis player
- 1990: Amanuel Mesel , Eritrean long-distance runner
- 1991: Cenk Güvenç , German-Turkish soccer player
- 1993: René Klingenburg , German soccer player
- 1993: Sébastien Thill , Luxembourg soccer player
- 1994: Lennard Hofstede , Dutch cyclist
- 1994: Naomi Sequeira , Australian actress and singer
- 1995: Ross Lynch , American singer, actor, and dancer
- 1996: Dylan Minnette , American actor and musician
- 1998: Victor Osimhen , Nigerian soccer player
- 1999: Francisco Trincão , Portuguese soccer player
- 2000: Sander Vossan Eriksen , Norwegian ski jumper
21st century
- 2002: Hanna Aronsson Elfman , Swedish ski racer
Died
Before the 19th century
- 721: Gemmei , Empress of Japan
- 964: Reginbert von Seldenbüren , German monastery founder
- 1056: Theoderich , Bishop of Basel
- 1094: Al-Mustansir , Caliph of the Fatimids
- 1125: Agnes , Abbess of Gandersheim and Quedlinburg, daughter of the Polish Duke Władysław I. Herman and his wife Judith
- 1126: Pontius de Melgueil , abbot of Cluny
- 1163: Stephan von Bar , Bishop of Metz
- 1170: Thomas Becket , English clergyman, Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury, saint
- 1302: Wizlaw II , Prince of Rügen
- 1333: Heinrich Berka von Dubá , Bishop of Olomouc
- 1380: Elisabeth of Poland , Queen of Hungary and Croatia and Regent of Poland
- 1479: Bernardo Bandini Baroncelli , Italian banker and assassin
- 1516: Johannes Butzbach , German prior
- 1526: Balthasar Meisner , German theologian and ethicist
- 1563: Sebastian Castellio , French humanist and scholar
- 1563: Thomas Naogeorg , German playwright
- 1583: Zaccaria Dolfin , Venetian clergyman, apostolic nuncio, cardinal
- 1589: Johann III. von Trautson , Austrian statesman
- 1601: Abraham von Graffenried , Schultheiss von Bern
- 1605: John Davis , English navigator and explorer
- 1606: Stephan Bocskai , Prince in Transylvania
- 1608: Martin Schalling the Younger , German Lutheran theologian and reformer
- 1622: Johann Gottfried I von Aschhausen , Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg
- 1626: Balthasar Meisner , German Lutheran theologian and ethicist
- 1634: Johann Albert Wasa , Prince of Poland-Lithuania, Prince-Bishop of Warmia and Cracow
- 1662: Antonio de Acuña Cabrera y Bayona , Spanish officer, governor of Chile
- 1669: Jacob Schedlich , German-Bohemian organ builder
- 1672: Francisco de Meneses Brito , Spanish officer, governor of Chile
- 1689: Thomas Sydenham , English doctor of the baroque period
- 1700: Philipp Matthäus , German medic
- 1720: Maria Margaretha Kirch , German astronomer
- 1724: Pavlo Polubotok , Ukrainian Cossack hetman
- 1731: Louise-Hippolyte , Princess of Monaco
- 1731: Brook Taylor , British mathematician
- 1743: Hyacinthe Rigaud , French painter
- 1755: Daniel Archinard , German pastor
- 1755: Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve , French writer
- 1765: Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Great Britain , member of the British royal family
- 1772: Ernst Johann von Biron , Duke of Courland
- 1800: Karl Benjamin Acoluth , German lawyer and writer
19th century
- 1806: Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond , British field marshal and politician
- 1820: Pauline Christine Wilhelmine zur Lippe , regent of the German principality of Lippe
- 1825: Jacques-Louis David , French painter
- 1829: Ernst von Grossi . German physician and university professor
- 1829: Henriette Alexandrine von Nassau-Weilburg , Princess of Nassau-Weilburg, wife of Archduke Karl of Austria
- 1832: Johann Friedrich Cotta , German publisher, industrial pioneer and politician
- 1832: Isabelle de Montolieu , Swiss writer
- 1833: Dominique Joseph Garat , French politician, philosopher and writer, minister
- 1835: Heinrich August Schott , German Lutheran theologian.
- 1847: William Crotch , British composer and organist
- 1849: Dionisio Aguado , Spanish guitarist and composer
- 1850: Johann Nepomuk von Schmiel , Swiss politician and officer
- 1857: John Baptista Ashe , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1865: Heinrich Anschütz , German actor
- 1869: Victor Luffy , Swiss politician, National Councilor, Federal Councilor
- 1874: August Hergenhahn , German politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly, MdR
- 1880: Claude Joseph Gaillardin , French history teacher and researcher
- 1883: Carl Hoffmann , German publisher, printer owner and bookseller
- 1884: Johann Petzmayer , German zither player
- 1885: James E. Bailey , American politician, senator
- 1886: Addison Crandall Gibbs , American lawyer and politician, Governor of Oregon
- 1889: Ludwig Philippson , German writer and rabbi
- 1890: Si Tanka , chief of the Minneconjou Lakota Indians
- 1891: Thomas Henry Armstrong , American politician
- 1891: Leopold Kronecker , German mathematician
- 1894: Christina Rossetti , British poet
- 1897: Léon Carvalho , French singer and opera director
- 1898: Moritz von Egidy , German officer and moral philosopher
- 1898: Georg Goltermann , German cellist
20th century
1901-1950
- 1903: Bernhard Heising , German sculptor
- 1906: Wilhelm Dittenberger , German classical philologist and epigraphist
- 1910: Reginald Doherty , English tennis player
- 1913: Anderson Abbott , Canadian physician
- 1917: Georg Müller , German publisher
- 1919: Paul Hoering , German pharmacist and chemist
- 1918: Otto Crusius , German classical philologist
- 1921: Hermann Paul , German specialist in German and linguist
- 1924: Carl Spitteler , Swiss poet and writer, Nobel Prize winner
- 1924: Félix Vallotton , Swiss painter
- 1926: Rainer Maria Rilke , Austrian poet and narrator, translator and novelist
- 1927: Andreas Amrhein , Swiss Benedictine monk
- 1929: Wilhelm Maybach , German automobile designer
- 1930: Oscar Borg , Norwegian composer, conductor, organist and flautist
- 1931: Arthur von Gwinner , German banker, politician and patron of the arts, MdL
- 1934: Willy Seidel , German writer
- 1937: Donald Robert Perry Marquis , American writer, poet, and journalist
- 1941: Erich Aberger , German racing cyclist
- 1941: Luigi Albertini , Italian politician and publicist
- 1941: Pierre Kunc , French composer and organist
- 1941: Tullio Levi-Civita , Italian mathematician, student of Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro
- 1942: Heinz Körvers , German handball player
- 1943: Martin Faßbender , German professor, publicist and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1943: William Henry Singer , American art collector and painter
- 1946: James Thomas Milton Anderson , Canadian politician, Prime Minister of Saskatchewan
- 1944: Julie Wolfthorn , German painter
- 1946: Georg Thomas , German officer, head of the Defense Economics and Armaments Office
- 1950: Reinhard Süring , German meteorologist
1951-1975
- 1954: Bolesław Fotygo-Folański , Polish actor, opera singer and director
- 1958: Heinz Gemein , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1958: Doris Humphrey , American dancer
- 1962: Hans Rosbaud , Austrian conductor
- 1964: Bernard von Brentano , German writer and journalist
- 1964: Vladimir Andreyevich Faworsky , Russian artist
- 1965: Kosaku Yamada , Japanese composer
- 1967: Emma Gertrud Eckermann , German painter, graphic artist and art teacher
- 1967: Omkarnath Thakur , Indian singer, music teacher and scholar
- 1968: Hans Ewers , German lawyer and politician, Senator from Lübeck, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1968: Heinrich Hohl , German farmer and politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1969: Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango , Panamanian politician, minister, president
- 1969: Franz Koch , German-Austrian Germanist and literary historian
- 1969: Peter Nellen , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1969: William Quindt , German journalist and writer
- 1969: Kurt Richter , German chess player and composer
- 1970: Adalbert von Bayern , German writer
- 1971: Walther Steller , German Germanist and folklorist
- 1972: Henri Armand , French racing car driver
- 1972: Curth Georg Becker , German painter and graphic artist
- 1972: Joseph Cornell , American sculptor, painter, and experimental filmmaker
- 1973: Willy Birgel , German actor
- 1974: Enrique González Mántici , Cuban conductor, violinist and composer
1976-2000
- 1976: Ivo van Damme , Belgian athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1979: Leo Oskarowitsch Arnstam , Soviet film director and author
- 1979: Branimir Sakač , Croatian composer
- 1980: Tim Hardin , American musician
- 1980: Oskar Matzner , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1981: Katharina Christine Augenstein , German photographer
- 1981: Miroslav Krleža , Croatian writer and encyclopaedist
- 1982: Hugh Gallen , American politician, governor of New Hampshire
- 1982: Max de Terra , Swiss racing car driver
- 1983: Erhard Quack , German hymn poet and composer
- 1984: Erich Schmitt , German cartoonist
- 1986: John Antill , Australian composer
- 1986: Lothar Bolz , German politician, Minister of the GDR
- 1986: Jürgen Driehaus , German prehistoric scientist
- 1986: Harold Macmillan , British politician, Prime Minister
- 1986: Grete Mosheim , German actress
- 1986: Pietro Parente , Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Perugia, cardinal
- 1986: Andrei Arsenjewitsch Tarkowski , Soviet director
- 1988: Émile Aillaud , French architect
- 1988: Mike Beuttler , British racing car driver
- 1989: Saša Večtomov , Czech cellist
- 1991: Rüdiger Seitz , Austrian composer and music teacher
- 1993: Axel Corti , Austrian director
- 1993: Frunsik Mkrtschjan , Soviet theater and film actor
- 1993: Grete Thiele , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1995: Nello Celio , Swiss politician, National Councilor, Federal Councilor, Federal President
- 1995: Shura Cherkassky , Russian-American pianist
- 1995: Lita Gray , American actress
- 1995: Richard Langeheine , German lawyer, civil servant and politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
- 1996: Dorothy Livesay , Canadian poet
- 1996: Daniel Mayer , French journalist, resistance fighter and politician, minister
- 1996: Wolfgang Pietzsch , German chess master
- 1997: Joyce Mekeel , American composer, harpsichordist and music teacher
- 1998: Willem Kersters , Belgian composer and professor
21st century
- 2001: Takashi Asahina , Japanese conductor
- 2001: Florian Fricke , German musician, pioneer of electronic music
- 2002: Július Satinský , Slovak actor
- 2003: Earl Hindman , American actor
- 2003: Don Lawrence , British comic artist
- 2003: Tino Schwierzina , German politician, last Lord Mayor of East Berlin, Member of the Bundestag
- 2004: Julius Axelrod , American physician and neurochemist
- 2004: Eugenio Garin , Italian philosopher
- 2007: Günter Wöhe , German economist
- 2008: Werner von Aesch , Swiss cabaret artist
- 2008: Freddie Hubbard , American jazz trumpeter
- 2008: Rudi Michel , German sports journalist
- 2009: Roberto Amadei , Italian church historian and bishop
- 2009: Steve Williams , American wrestler
- 2010: Walter Adamson , German-Australian writer
- 2010: Omar Shapli , American actor, drama teacher, and writer
- 2011: Ivan Andonov , Bulgarian actor, director and painter
- 2011: Paul Antaki , Egyptian auxiliary bishop
- 2011: Leopold Hawelka , Austrian cafetier
- 2012: Robert Astles , British soldier and colonial administrator
- 2012: Helmut Böhme , German historian
- 2012: Thomas L. Jentz , American author
- 2013: Alewtina Viktorovna Aparina , Russian politician
- 2013: Simon Yussuf Assaf , Lebanese priest and poet
- 2013: Wojciech Kilar , Polish composer
- 2014: Hermann Weber , German historian
- 2014: Horst Lechner , Austrian architect
- 2015: Elżbieta Krzesińska , Polish athlete, Olympic champion
- 2016: Ferdy Kübler , Swiss cyclist
- 2016: William Salice , Italian product developer and manager
- 2016: Peter Tamm , German publishing manager
- 2018: Eva Twaroch , Austrian journalist
- 2019: Alasdair Gray , British writer and artist
- 2019: Neil Innes , British musician and composer
- 2019: Manfred Stolpe , German church lawyer and politician, MdL, Prime Minister of Brandenburg, Federal Minister
- 2020: Jessica Campbell , American actress
- 2020: Pierre Cardin , French fashion designer
- 2020: Nikhil Nandy , Indian soccer player
- 2020: Jeanine Salagoïty , French athlete and triathlete
- 2020: Margot Wicki-Schwarzschild , German Holocaust survivor
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Thomas Becket , English nobleman and bishop (Protestant, Anglican, Roman Catholic, Armenian)
- St. David , King of Israel (Roman Catholic, Evangelical: LCMS )
Further entries can be found in the list of days of remembrance and action .
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