August 30th
The August 30 is the 242nd day of the Gregorian calendar (the 243rd in leap years ), thus remain 123 days by year end.
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Politics and world events
- Valentinian I issues an edict in Breisach to expand the Rhine border. 369: Emperor
- 1125: The Saxon Duke Lothar von Supplinburg is named Lothar III in Mainz . elected King of the Holy Roman Empire .
- 1282: Peter III. from Aragon lands with his fleet, coming from a campaign against Tunis , at the Sicilian city of Trapani , after he has been asked by the inhabitants of Palermo for help in the fight against Charles of Anjou .
- 1569: In the Burmese-Siamese War , after a ten-month siege through treason, Ayutthaya , capital of the kingdom of the same name, is captured .
- 1706: During the Battle of Turin, the soldier Pietro Micca ignites a gunpowder barrel himself in a mine passage due to the lack of a longer fuse . He successfully prevents the penetration of French enemies into the fortress of the city, but dies in the explosion .
- 1757: In the Seven Years' War the twice as large Russian army wins the battle of Groß-Jägersdorf against the Prussian units.
- 1799: With the surrender in the Vlieter , the last strong Dutch naval squadron is handed over to the British Royal Navy .
- 1806: Prince Friedrich August von Nassau-Usingen and his cousin Prince Friedrich Wilhelm von Nassau-Weilburg found the Duchy of Nassau by merging their states under the patronage of Napoleon Bonaparte .
- 1813: In the Battle of Kulm during the coalition wars, the attempt by the French to invade Bohemia fails .
- 1813: Rebellious Creek Indians under William Weatherford (Red Eagle) raid Fort Mims near what is now Mobile and perpetrate the Fort Mims massacre of 250 prisoners, including women and children.
- 1830: In Aachen , social protest about miserable living conditions is expressed in unrest . The vigilante group restores peace and order .
- 1832: A London Protocol of the Protective Powers delimits the territory of the Kingdom of Greece from the Ottoman Empire .
- 1835: Today's Melbourne emerges from a camp that settlers from Tasmania set up in Port Phillip Bay . The initiator of the settlement, John Pascoe Fawkner , who was delayed , arrives on the second transport of settlers in October.
- 1862: The three days of the Second Battle of the Bull Run during the Civil War ends. The Confederates defeat the Union forces.
- 1914: The Battle of Tannenberg on the German Eastern Front of World War I , which began on August 26, ends with a victory for the German Empire over Russia , which is subsequently exploited for propaganda purposes.
- 1918: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin , chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR , is seriously injured in an assassination attempt; Fanny Kaplan is arrested as a suspect . The attack triggers the so-called red terrorist phase .
- 1921: In the Weimar Republic , the first ordinance to protect the republic is published in order to prevent political murder and its propaganda in the media.
- 1922: In the course of the Turkish Liberation War , the Greek troops are defeated by the Turks in the Battle of Dumlupınar . The day is celebrated in Turkey as Victory Day ( Zafer Bayramı ) to this day
- 1932: Hermann Göring becomes President of the German Reichstag .
- 1939: Due to the worsening situation in Europe, Henri Guisan is elected General of the Swiss Army .
- 1940: The revisionist Horthy-Hungary received part of Transylvania back from Romania on the occasion of the Second Vienna Arbitration .
- 1945: The Allied Control Council is constituted in occupied post-war Germany .
- 1945: In Hong Kong, which is Japanese occupation ended by British troops.
- 1945: The Saarland is separated from Germany by a customs and currency union with France.
- 1946: Ordinance No. 57 creates the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in its zone of occupation by the French military government .
- 1948: The Romanian secret service Securitate is founded.
- 1948: With the announcement of the verdict, Joseph Abileah becomes the first convicted conscientious objector in Israel .
- 1953: Der Internationale Frühschoppen , a journalistic panel discussion on politics and world affairs hosted by Werner Höfer , is broadcast for the first time on German television .
- 1954: The establishment of the European Defense Community ( EDC ) fails due to the rejection of the EDC Treaty by the French National Assembly.
- 1963: The “red telephone” is installed in the USA and the Soviet Union in order to prevent misunderstandings that could endanger peace after the experience of the Cuban Missile Crisis on June 20.
- 1978: Lothar Späth is elected Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg .
- 1978: A couple from the GDR hijacked a Tupolew Tu-134 of the Polish airline Polskie Linie Lotnicze ( LOT ) with the help of a toy gun on the flight from Gdansk to Berlin-Schönefeld and instead forced it to land at West Berlin Tempelhof Airport .
- 1981: The newly elected President of Iran Mohammad Ali Radschāʾi and Prime Minister Mohammad Jawad Bahonar are killed in a bomb attack in Tehran .
- 1983: The recognized asylum seeker Cemal Kemal Altun jumps from the sixth floor of the Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court for fear of deportation to the Turkish military dictatorship during the deportation proceedings
- 1990: The Russian Autonomous Republic of Tatarstan declares itself a sovereign republic.
1995: US Air Force F-16 during Deliberate Force
- 1995: NATO begins the Operation Deliberate Force in the Bosnian War with air strikes against military objects and positions of the Bosnian Serbs.
- 1999: In a referendum, the population opts for East Timor's independence .
- 2003: The Prime Minister Khin Nyunt of Myanmar announces the "Myanmar Roadmap to Democracy".
- 2009: In the Japanese general election , the Democratic Party of Yukio Hatoyama ended the government of the Liberal Democrats under Prime Minister Tarō Asō with a clear victory .
- 2012: In connection with the Nürburgring affair will censure the CDU faction against Prime Minister Kurt Beck ( SPD ) in the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament rejected.
business
- 1872: The Potsdamer Bahnhof in Berlin is inaugurated. It will later become a European transport hub.
- 1904: The Hungarian inventor Alfred Pongracz receives the first patent for a floor polishing machine in Germany . As a result, however, his company went bankrupt due to technical inadequacies in the device .
- 1923: On the New York currency exchange , the conversion value of the US dollar to the German paper mark is 1: 11,111,111. The hyperinflation can only be ended with the introduction of the Rentenmark in November of that year.
- 1924: In Germany, in addition to the Rentenmark, which is still in circulation, the Reichsmark is introduced, which has a value ratio of 1: 1. The Riksbank Act created the same day Reichsbank to the independent by the government institution.
- 2002: Leonard's Subway , the first privately operated subway in the United States, ceases operations.
science and technology
- 1873: The Austrians Julius von Payer and Carl Weyprecht discover the Franz-Joseph-Land archipelago in the Arctic Ocean during the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition .
- 1909: The American paleontologist Charles Walcott discovers fossils in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada . This fossil deposit provides insights into the Cambrian period about 505 million years ago.
- 1916: Ernest Shackleton succeeds in rescuing the crew of his failed Antarctic expedition on the fourth attempt .
- 1984: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden flight in the STS-41-D mission .
Culture
- 1722: The premiere of the opera Nitocri by Antonio Caldara takes place at the Teatro della Favorita in Vienna .
- 1722: The first performance of the musical drama Bajazete, imperador de'Turchi by Leonardo Leo takes place in the Palazzo Reale in Naples .
- 1755: The premiere of the opera Enea nel Lazio by Niccolò Jommelli takes place in Stuttgart .
- 1799: The world premiere of the opera L'Amour bizarre ou Les Projets dérangés by Henri Montan Berton takes place at the Opéra-Comique in Paris .
- 1903: The premiere of the opera A Guest of Honor of Scott Joplin will be held in East St. Louis.
- 1918: The Hamburger Kammerspiele are opened at the Besenbinderhof under the management of Erich Ziegel .
- 1965: Bob Dylan releases his sixth studio album, Highway 61 Revisited , which includes the song Like A Rolling Stone .
- 1980: Barclay James Harvest give a free concert in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin.
religion
- Sixtus II becomes bishop of Rome . For the first time a papal name is repeated with him. 257:
- 1464: The Cardinal of Santa Maria Nuova in Rome , the Venetian Pietro Barbo, is elected by the conclave after three days as successor to Pope Pius II and takes the name Paul II .
- 1884: In the encyclical Superiore anno , Pope Leo XIII emphasizes . his concern to pray the rosary with unchanged intensity and renews the indulgences for those who pray on certain days.
- 1974: The “ Council of Youth ” opens in Taizé .
- 1992: Maria Jepsen , first female bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, is introduced to her office in Hamburg.
- 1993: The Hassan II Mosque , the world's second largest Islamic sacred building, is inaugurated in Casablanca .
Disasters
- 1881: The British passenger steamer RMS Teuton rams a reef at Danger Point on the coast of the South African Cape Colony and sinks while attempting to reach the port city of Simon's Town . Of the 272 passengers and crew, only 36 survive.
- 1917: Because it is darkened due to the state of war, the French passenger steamer Natal collides with an oncoming cargo ship near Marseille and sinks within ten minutes. 105 of 503 passengers and crew members are killed.
- 1965: A glacier crash of the Allalin glacier buries 88 workers employed in the construction of the Mattmarksee dam under ice masses.
- 1974: In Zagreb, a train derails in a curve due to excessive speed. 153 people died in the railway disaster .
- 1979: A major fire breaks out in the Oesterreichische Nationalbank in Vienna, which severely destroys its main building.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1926: The Cologne long-distance swimmer Ernst Vierkötter manages to cross the English Channel in 12:42 hours , the record time lasts two decades.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1334: Peter I , King of Castile
- 1401: Georgios Sphrantzes , Byzantine historian
- 1510: Ursula von Mecklenburg , last Catholic abbess of the Poor Clare monastery in Ribnitz
- 1538: Cesare Baronio , Italian cardinal and church historian
- 1581: Tobias Adami , German philosopher, member of the Fruitful Society
- 1609: Artus Quellinus I , Flemish sculptor
- 1627: Itō Jinsai , Japanese Confucian philosopher
- 1657: Philipp Peter Roos , German painter
- 1696: Anton Heinrich Walbaum , German pietist and councilor
18th century
- 1703: Yanagisawa Kien , Japanese painter
- 1704: Kaspar Wilhelm von Borcke , German statesman in the Prussian service and literary translator
- 1705: David Hartley , British philosopher
- 1709: Frobenius Forster , German Catholic philosopher, historian and educator
- 1713: Johann Georg Benda , Bohemian composer
- 1724: Wolfgang Ferdinand von Dörnberg , Prussian Minister of Justice
- 1727: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo , Italian Baroque painter
- 1727: Georg Andreas Will , German historian
- 1729: Karl Paul Ernst von Bentheim-Steinfurt , German nobleman
- 1731: Jacob Johann Sievers , Russian statesman and reformer
- 1732: Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , Duchess of Württemberg
- 1734: Gaetano Gandolfi , Italian painter and engraver
- 1739: George Mathews , British-American politician
- 1745: Johann Hieronymus Schroeter , German lawyer, high official and one of the most famous astronomers of his time
- 1748: Jacques Louis David , French painter
- 1769: Bonifazio Asioli , Italian music theorist, music teacher, harpsichordist, conductor and composer
- 1770: Friedrich Karl Forberg , German philosopher and philologist
- 1785: Lin Zexu , Chinese civil servant
- 1785: Raimund Veit , German agricultural scientist
- 1797: Heinrich Marr , German actor
- 1797: Mary Shelley , English writer
- 1798: Virginie Déjazet , French actress
- 1800: Auguste Countess von Harrach , wife of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. of Prussia
19th century
1801-1850
- 1804: Julius von Minutoli , Prussian police director, politician, scientist, writer
- 1807: Ernesto Cavallini , Italian clarinetist and composer
- 1807: Adolf Lohse , Prussian builder and student of Karl Friedrich Schinkel
- 1808: Ludovika Wilhelmine of Bavaria , Princess of Bavaria
- 1809: Adolf Friedrich Hesse , German organist and composer
- 1811: Théophile Gautier , French writer
- 1813: Mathilde Karoline of Bavaria , Princess of Bavaria
- 1814: Heinrich Goldstein , German teacher at the Jewish school in Gleiwitz
- 1818: Friedrich Ladegast , German master organ builder
- 1820: Gustave Le Gray , French photography pioneer
- 1820: George Frederick Root , American composer and music teacher
- 1820: Hardin R. Runnels , American politician, sixth governor of Texas
- 1823: Jakob Heinrich Lützel , German composer
- 1825: Alfred Dundas Taylor , British naval commander, architect and author
- 1826: Eugène Fichel , French painter
- 1827: Gisela von Arnim , German writer
- 1828: Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstäcker , German zoologist
- 1829: David Friedrich Weinland , German zoologist and author of books for young people
- 1830: Eduard Kreyssig , city architect of Mainz
- 1830: François-Marie-Anatole de Rovérié de Cabrières , Bishop of Montpellier and Cardinal
- 1837: Friedrich Ernst Aub , German medic and politician
- 1838: Alexander von Prittwitz and Gaffron , Russian major general
- 1842: Victor Alphonse Duvernoy , French pianist and composer
- 1843: Carl Theodor Albrecht , German astronomer and chief of the Prussian geothermal survey
- 1844: Friedrich Ratzel , German zoologist and geographer
- 1844: Emily Ruete , (nee Salme, Princess of Oman and Zanzibar), German writer and teacher
- 1847: Ernst Julius Arnold , German politician
- 1848: Gustav Haarmann , German politician, Lord Mayor of Witten
- 1850: Adolf Ausfeld , German classical philologist
- 1850: Eugène Burnand , Swiss painter
- 1850: Karl Junker , German painter, sculptor and architect
1851-1875
- 1852: Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff , Dutch chemist, first Nobel Prize winner for chemistry
- 1852: Julian Alden Weir , American painter
- 1853: Percy Goetschius , American music theorist and composition teacher
- 1855: Wiktor Barabasz , Polish pianist, conductor and music teacher
- 1855: Evelyn De Morgan , British painter
- 1855: Adauctus Aurélio de Miranda Henriques , Brazilian Archbishop
- 1856: Carl Runge , German mathematician
- 1858: Fritz von Friedlaender-Fuld , German coal and steel industrialist
- 1858: Ignaz Sowinski , Austrian architect
- 1860: Richard Küch , German physicist and chemist
- 1860: Isaak Ilyich Levitan , Russian painter
- 1863: Sergei Michailowitsch Prokudin-Gorski , Russian pioneer of color photography
- 1864: Christiaan Cornelissen , Dutch author, activist, libertarian socialist
- 1868: Josef Schmid (organist) , musician, cathedral organist in Munich
- 1869: Georg Graf von Arco , German physicist
- 1870: Paul Göbel , German local politician, Lord Mayor of Heilbronn
- 1870: Lawr Georgievich Kornilov , Russian general and putschist
- 1870: Alister MacKenzie , Scottish golf architect
- 1871: David David-Weill , French banker, art collector and patron
- 1871: Ernest Rutherford , British nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1874: Emilie Flöge , Austrian designer, fashion designer and entrepreneur
- 1875: Hermann Ludwig Kutzschbach , German conductor and music teacher
1876-1900
- 1877: Hermann Muckermann , German biologist and Jesuit
- 1878: Arthur Koepchen , German pioneer in the energy industry
- 1879: Hermann Jacobsohn , German classical philologist
- 1880: Nikolai Astrup , Norwegian painter
- 1880: Konrad Graf von Preysing , Bishop of Eichstätt and Berlin
- 1880: Johann Schwarzer , Austrian film pioneer
- 1883: Walter Amstalden , Swiss politician and lawyer
- 1883: Theo van Doesburg , Dutch painter and art theorist
- 1884: Karl Augustin-Hartmann , Swiss printer and publisher
- 1884: The Svedberg , Swedish chemist
- 1885: Paul Goesch , German architect and painter, victim of National Socialism
- 1885: Wendelin Rauch , Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
- 1886: August Sonnefeld , German optician
- 1887: Kalle Anttila , Finnish wrestler
- 1887: Adam Kuckhoff , German writer and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1888: Walther Penck , German geomorphologist
- 1889: Mile Budak , Croatian writer and publicist, fascist politician, diplomat, perpetrator of the Holocaust
- 1889: Bodil Ipsen , Danish actress and director
- 1890: Leo Cherniavsky , Canadian violinist of Ukrainian origin
- 1890: Wilhelm Königswarter , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1891: Helene Holzman , German painter
- 1891: Henry Tandey , English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross and most highly decorated British private of the First World War
- 1893: Julius Bender , German Protestant theologian and regional bishop of the Protestant regional church in Baden
- 1893: Huey Long , American governor and senator for Louisiana
- 1894: Max Hodann , German doctor, sex reformer and eugenicist
- 1894: Charles Reznikoff , American poet
- 1895: Eduard Arnold , Swiss politician and federal judge
- 1896: Raymond Massey , Canadian-American actor
- 1896: Willy Reichert , German comedian and actor
- 1896: Fritz Walter , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1898: Shirley Booth , American actress
- 1899: Ray Arcel , American boxing coach
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Felix Abraham , German doctor
- 1901: György Lehoczky , Hungarian-German architect and church window painter
- 1901: Wilhelm Szabo , Austrian teacher, poet and poetry translator
- 1902: Joseph Maria Bocheński , Polish philosopher and logician
- 1902: Alois Carigiet , Swiss painter and children's book author
- 1902: Alfonso de Elías , Mexican composer
- 1902: Eugen Mühlberger , German weightlifter
- 1902: Arnnold Walter , Czech-Canadian music teacher and writer
- 1903: Johannes Brüns , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1903: Pietro Pavan , Italian theologian, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1903: Manuel Felipe Rugeles , Venezuelan poet and essayist
- 1904: Charles E. Bohlen , American diplomat
- 1904: John Eldredge , American actor
- 1904: Anton Weber , German film architect, director and artist
- 1905: Alfred Abegg , Swiss politician
- 1906: Maurice Archambaud , French cyclist
- 1906: Joan Blondell , American actress
- 1906: Hedwig Pistorius , Austrian actress
- 1907: Tarzan Cooper , American basketball player
- 1907: Arnaldo D'Espósito , Argentine composer, conductor, pianist and music teacher
- 1907: Leonor Fini , Argentine-French surrealism painter
- 1907: John William Mauchly , American physicist and computer engineer
- 1907: Hans Osel , German sculptor
- 1907: Hans Georg Rupp , German legal scholar, judge at the Federal Court of Justice and the Federal Constitutional Court
- 1908: Sepp Ahrer , Austrian social democrat and revolutionary
- 1908: Fred MacMurray , American actor
- 1908: Alois Strohmayr , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1910: Pierre Vago , French architect, editor and association official
- 1911: Heinrich Junker , German politician, MdL, State Minister in Bavaria
- 1911: Bob Kiesel , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1911: Gigi Parrish , American actress
- 1911: Arsenio Rodríguez , Cuban musician and composer
- 1912: Gianfranco Gazzana Priaroggia , Italian naval officer
- 1912: Edward Mills Purcell , American physicist
- 1912: Pierre Stasse , Belgian racing driver
- 1913: Richard Stone , British economist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1914: Sydney Wooderson , British athlete
- 1915: Hermann Albrecht , German problem composer in chess
- 1916: Antoine Andrieux , French politician
- 1916: Heinz Frehsee , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, MEP
- 1917: Elliot Forbes , American musicologist
- 1917: Denis Healey , British politician
- 1917: Vladimir Kirillowitsch Romanow , great-grandson of the Russian Tsar Alexander II.
- 1918: Ted Williams , American baseball player and manager
- 1919: Jiří Orten , Czech poet
- 1919: Josef Pacher , German forest scientist and historian
- 1919: Wolfgang Wagner , German opera director, stage designer and festival director
- 1919: Kitty Wells , American singer
- 1920: Harald Deilmann , German architect and author
- 1920: Zdeněk Řehoř , Czechoslovak actor
- 1920: Friedrich Schaller , German zoologist
- 1922: Ludwig Franz , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1922: Regina Resnik , American opera singer
- 1922: Ernst Wilczok , German politician, MdL
- 1923: Vic Seixas , American tennis player
- 1924: Kenny Dorham , American jazz trumpeter, singer and composer
- 1924: Robert Zimmerling , German actor
- 1925: Johann Gansch , Austrian composer for brass music
- 1925: Rolf Henniger , German actor and director
- 1925: Doris Jannausch , German writer
1926-1950
- 1926: Rudi Gutendorf , German soccer coach
- 1926: Hans Dieter Schwarze , German writer, actor and director
- 1927: George L. Hersey , American art and architecture historian
- 1927: Piet Kee , Dutch organist and composer
- 1928: Lloyd Casner , American racing car driver and team owner
- 1928: Bill Daily , American comedian and comedy actor
- 1928: Harvey Hart , American film director and producer
- 1929: François Cheng , Chinese writer, poet and calligrapher
- 1929: Rudolf Schefold , German football player
- 1930: Warren Buffett , American major investor and entrepreneur
- 1930: Josef Metternich , German pastor, theologian, lyricist
- 1930: Peter Pollack , German politician, Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food Management of the GDR
- 1930: Paul Poupard , French theologian, bishop and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1930: Louis Sacchini , American clarinetist and music teacher
- 1931: Ifor James , British bugler
- 1931: John Leonard Swigert , American astronaut and politician
- 1932: Friedrich Wilhelm Kantzenbach , German church historian
- 1932: Yuri Stepanov , Soviet athlete
- 1932: Viktor Alexejewitsch Wasjulin , Russian philosopher
- 1933: Don Getty , Canadian politician and football player
- 1934: Richard Grathoff , German phenomenologist and sociologist
- 1934: Baloo Gupte , Indian cricketer
- 1935: Gerhard Mitter , German racing driver
- 1935: John Phillips , American musician
- 1936: Gianfranco Petris , Italian football player
- 1936: Torsten Wolfgramm , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary
- 1937: Oleg Andrejewitsch Andrejew , Russian author and educator
- 1937: Gerhard Maier , German Protestant theologian and regional bishop of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg
- 1937: Bruce McLaren , New Zealand racing car driver, founder of the McLaren Formula 1 team
- 1938: Lee Kinsolving , American actor
- 1938: Abel Laudonio , Argentine boxer
- 1939: Heinz-Werner Arens , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, President of the Schleswig-Holstein State Parliament
- 1939: Heroídes Artigas Mariño , Uruguayan journalist and historian
- 1939: Robert Hoffmann , Austrian actor
- 1939: Ulla Lindkvist , Swedish orienteer
- 1939: John Peel , British radio presenter and DJ
- 1941: Manfred Erdenberger , German journalist
- 1941: Ignazio Giunti , Italian racing driver
- 1942: Jonathan Aitken , British politician
- 1942: Yvon Ambrose , Indian bishop of Tuticorin
- 1943: Robert Crumb , American artist, illustrator, and musician
- 1943: Jean-Claude Killy , French ski racer, Olympic champion
- 1943: David Maslanka , American composer and music teacher
- 1944: Molly Ivins , American newspaper columnist
- 1944: Frank Edwin McGraw Jr. , American baseball player
- 1944: Wolf Roth , German actor
- 1945: Tony Arbor , British politician
- 1945: Bernd Helfrich , German folk actor and director
- 1945: Robert Hochner , Austrian journalist and television presenter
- 1945: Ernst Höger , Austrian politician
- 1945: Robert Kudielka , German art scholar
- 1945: Siegfried Lorenz , German opera singer (baritone)
- 1945: Libuše Moníková , Czech writer
- 1945: Heinz Weisenbach , German ice hockey player and coach
- 1946: Anne-Marie of Denmark , Queen of Greece
- 1946: Jacques Tardi , French comic artist
- 1947: Rauli Somerjoki , Finnish rock musician and singer
- 1947: Jürgen Weiss , Austrian politician
- 1948: Lewis Black , American comedian, actor, and writer
- 1948: Fred Hampton , American civil rights activist
- 1948: Dragoslav Stepanović , Serbian football coach
- 1949: Stuart Agnew , British politician
- 1949: Norbert Marshall Andradi , Sri Lankan bishop
- 1949: Christopher Collins , American film actor and stand-up comedian
- 1949: Peter Maffay , Romanian-German singer
- 1950: Alfred Budner , Polish politician, member of the Sejm
- 1950: Horacio Cabarcos , Argentine double bass player and tango musician
- 1950: Dana , Irish singer and politician
- 1950: Antony Gormley , English sculptor
- 1950: Mick Moody , British musician ( Whitesnake )
1951-1975
- 1951: Timothy Bottoms , American actor
- 1951: Gediminas Kirkilas , Lithuanian politician
- 1951: Behgjet Pacolli , Kosovar-Swiss entrepreneur and politician
- 1952: Wojciech Fibak , Polish tennis player
- 1953: Lech Majewski , Polish film and theater director, writer
- 1953: Robert Parish , American basketball player
- 1953: Werner Schnappauf , Bavarian Minister of State
- 1954: Stefan Bollinger , German political scientist and historian
- 1954: Aljaksandr Lukashenka , Belarusian politician, president
- 1954: David Paymer , American actor
- 1954: Brigitte Totschnig , Austrian ski racer
- 1955: Uwe Fellensiek , German actor and musician
- 1955: Manja Göring , German actress
- 1955: Joachim Kühn , German soccer player
- 1955: María Cristina Orantes , Salvadoran poet
- 1955: Helge Schneider , German musician, actor, comedian and director
- 1955: Dietlind Tiemann , German politician
- 1956: Rodney Jones , American guitarist
- 1956: Ismaël Lô , Senegalese musician
- 1956: Bernadette Zurbriggen , Swiss ski racer
- 1957: Gerald Albright , American jazz saxophonist
- 1957: Raulín Rosendo , Dominican salsa singer
- 1958: Werner Dreßel , German soccer player
- 1958: Karoline Linnert , German politician
- 1958: Gustaf Neumann , Austrian business IT specialist
- 1958: Anna Politkovskaya , Russian journalist and author
- 1959: Stephan Braun , German politician
- 1959: Armin Görtz , German soccer player
- 1959: Viktor Worms , German presenter and journalist
- 1960: Gary Gordon , American soldier
- 1960: Bako Sahakjan , Armenian politician
- 1962: François Delecour , French rally driver
- 1962: Alexander Litvinenko , Russian journalist and book author
- 1962: Bernard Thompson , American basketball player
- 1963: Michael Chiklis , American actor of Greek descent
- 1963: Paul Oakenfold , British DJ and producer
- 1963: Sabine Oberhauser , Austrian politician
- 1964: Kai Ebel , German editor and reporter
- 1964: Alexander Radwan , German politician, MEP
- 1966: Michael Michele , American actress
- 1969: Vladimir Jugović , Serbian football player
- 1970: Isabel Ashdown , British writer
- 1970: Paulo Sousa , Portuguese soccer player
- 1971: Mirko Eichhorn , German figure skater
- 1971: Martin Gerster , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1972: Marco Antoniazzi , Italian film director, screenwriter and cameraman
- 1972: Cameron Diaz , American actress
- 1972: Pavel Nedvěd , Czech football player
- 1973: Claudia Bokel , German sword fencer
- 1973: Toni Greis , German comic artist and illustrator
- 1973: Tobi Hofmann , German jazz musician and actor
- 1974: Kristin Lenhardt , German actress
- 1974: Javier Otxoa Palacios , Basque cyclist
- 1974: Dennis Weiland , German soccer player
- 1975: Marina Anissina , Russian figure skater
- 1975: Giorgi Assanidze , Georgian weightlifter
- 1975: Roberto Carretero , Spanish tennis player
- 1975: Radhi Jaïdi , Tunisian football player
- 1975: Marcus Weichert , German politician
1976-2000
- 1976: Sarah-Jane Potts , British actress
- 1977: Shaun Alexander , American football player
- 1977: Elden Henson , American actor
- 1977: Kamil Kosowski , Polish football player
- 1977: Félix Sánchez , Dominican athlete
- 1977: Nadia Zülow , German vaulting artist
- 1978: Richard O'Connor , Anguilla soccer player
- 1978: Maksim Shatskix , Uzbek football player
- 1978: Svetoslav Todorov , Bulgarian football player
- 1979: Juan Ignacio Chela , Argentine tennis player
- 1980: Safet Nadarević , Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
- 1980: Krisztián Szollár , Hungarian football player
- 1981: Veli Acar , Turkish football player
- 1981: André Niklaus , German athlete
- 1982: Will Davison , Australian racing driver
- 1982: Sarah Jentgens , German figure skater
- 1982: Kip Kinkel , American gunman
- 1982: Bianka Lamade , German tennis player
- 1982: Andy Roddick , American tennis player
- 1983: Emmanuel Culio , Argentine soccer player
- 1983: Gustavo Eberto , Argentine soccer player
- 1983: Jun Matsumoto , Japanese singer and actor
- 1983: Simone Pepe , Italian soccer player
- 1984: Jinjin Harder , German reality TV actress
- 1984: Oleksandr Lasarowytsch , Ukrainian ski jumper
- 1984: Jana Neubert , German athlete
- 1984: Michael Grant Terry , American actor
- 1985: Tianna Madison , American athlete
- 1985: Leisel Jones , Australian swimmer
- 1985: Steven Smith , Scottish soccer player
- 1986: Ali Abbas , Iraqi soccer player
- 1986: Sebastián Leto , Argentine soccer player
- 1986: Aldo Simoncini , San Marino football player
- 1986: Isabella Vinet , German actress
- 1986: Zafer Yelen , Turkish soccer player
- 1987: Amelia Andersdotter , Swedish politician
- 1987: Cameron Finley , American film actor
- 1987: Nenad Tomović , Serbian football player
- 1988: Víctor Claver , Spanish basketball player
- 1988: Ernests Gulbis , Latvian tennis player
- 1988: Andrea Morassi , Italian ski jumper
- 1988: Tim Ohlbrecht , German basketball player
- 1989: Barbara Gasser , Austrian gymnast
- 1989: Jesper Nielsen , Swedish handball player
- 1989: Bebe Rexha , American pop singer
- 1989: Bernd Rosinger , German soccer player
- 1990: Franck Etoundi , Cameroonian football player
- 1992: Filip Ivić , Croatian handball player
- 1992: Lukas Kübler , German soccer player
- 1993: Paco Alcácer , Spanish football player
- 1993: Caroline Müller-Korn , German handball player
- 1995: Dženis Avdić , Serbian biathlete
21st century
- 2001: Emily Bear , American pianist and composer
- 2002: Paige Jones , American ski jumper
Died
Before the 16th century
- Theodoric the Great , King of the Ostrogoths 526:
- Fiacrius , Irish hermit 670:
- Richwin , Bishop of Strasbourg 933:
- 1148: Amadeus III. , Count of Savoy and Maurienne, Margrave of Turin
- 1181: Alexander III. , Pope
- 1214: Petrus Capuanus , Italian patrician, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1284: Ichijō Sanetsune , Japanese regent
- 1329: Qutugku Khan , Chagan of the Mongols and Emperor of China from the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
- 1344: Otto , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Göttingen
- 1414: Simon III. , Count of Sponheim
- 1428: Shōkō , 101st Emperor of Japan
- 1483: Louis XI. , King of France
- 1500: Viktorin , Imperial Count and Count von Glatz, Duke of Münsterberg and Duke of Troppau
16th to 18th century
- 1505: Elisabeth von Habsburg , Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania ( mother of the Jagiellonians )
- 1505: Tito Vespasiano Strozzi , Italian humanist
- 1508: Hieronymus Biechelberger , abbot of the imperial abbey of Ochsenhausen
- 1517: Konrad Seusenhofer , Tyrolean armorer
- 1518: Filippo Beroaldo the Younger , Italian philologist, poet and librarian
- 1549: Arakida Moritake , Japanese Shinto priest and poet
- 1563: Wolfgang Musculus , Reformed theologian
- 1571: Theodoret von Kola , Russian Orthodox cleric
- 1580: Emanuel Philibert , Duke of Savoy
- 1590: Johann Agricola , German theologian
- 1602: Johann Esich , German educator, preacher and historian
- 1617: Johann Jakob Grynaeus , Swiss theologian
- 1620: Baltasar Elisio de Medinilla , Spanish writer and religious poet
- 1625: Anna , Electress of Brandenburg
- 1631: Carlo II. Gonzaga , Duke of Mayenne and d'Aiguillon
- 1649: Johannes Wesling , German medic
- 1666: Benedikt Carpzov the Younger , German criminalist and witch theorist
- 1706: Pietro Micca , Piedmontese soldier
- 1714: Johannes Andreas Planer , German mathematician
- 1720: Leander Anguissola , Italian cartographer, educator, engineer and lieutenant colonel
- 1720: Jón Vídalín , Protestant bishop of Skálholt in the south of Iceland
- 1726: Eleonore Wilhelmine von Anhalt-Köthen , Princess of Saxe-Merseburg and Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
- 1751: Christopher Polhem , Swedish mathematician, physicist and inventor
- 1755: Francesco Durante , Italian composer and music teacher
19th century
- 1812: George Mathews , British-American politician
- 1815: Justus Christian Hennings , German moral philosopher and enlightener
- 1818: Domingo Badía y Leblich , Spanish explorer and politician
- 1821: Louis Michel Aury , French pirate
- 1856: John Ross , British rear admiral and polar explorer
- 1872: Román Antonio Deheza , Argentine general and governor
- 1872: Adam Krolczyk , German Protestant missionary in China
- 1876: Rudolf von Raumer , German Germanist
- 1879: John Bell Hood , American Civil War general
- 1880: Hermann Anschütz , German painter
- 1880: Robert McClelland , American politician
- 1886: Francesco Lacedelli , Italian-Austrian mountaineer
- 1888: Johann Peter Grieß , German chemist
- 1890: Marianne North , British painter
- 1890: Nicolás Ruiz Espadero , Cuban pianist and composer
- 1891: Johann Heinrich Jacob Audorf , German politician
- 1896: Balthasar Schlimbach , German organ builder
20th century
1901-1950
- 1906: Hans Wilhelm Auer , Swiss architect
- 1907: James Adam , British classical scholar
- 1907: Ilia Chavchavadze , Georgian writer and politician
- 1908: Giovanni Fattori , Italian painter and printmaker
- 1911: Otto Heinrich Gustav von Wendt , German legal scholar
- 1922: Peter Joseph Lausberg , German Bishop of Cologne
- 1923: Aaron Isaakowitsch Sundelewitsch , Russian revolutionary
- 1925: Henri-Julien Matthys , Belgian entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1928: Franz von Stuck , German painter and sculptor
- 1928: Wilhelm Wien , German physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1935: Henri Barbusse , French writer and journalist
- 1936: Albert Schneider , German motorcycle racer
- 1937: Joseph Bédier , French historian
- 1937: Gaetano Bisleti , Italian clergyman, cardinal to the Curia
- 1937: Adele Sandrock , German-Dutch actress
- 1938: Friedrich Opel , German cyclist, engineer, racing car driver and entrepreneur
- 1939: Wilhelm Bölsche , German writer and naturalist
- 1939: Hans Kundt , German-Bolivian general
- 1940: Joseph John Thomson , British physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1942: Jules Caffot , French organist and composer
- 1942: Amalia Paoli , Puerto Rican opera singer
- 1943: Eddy de Neve , Dutch football player
- 1944: Karl Ernst Rahtgens , German officer, resistance fighter of July 20, 1944
- 1944: Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel , German general, resistance fighter of July 20, 1944
- 1945: Florencio Harmodio Arosemena , President of Panama
- 1946: Grigory Michailowitsch Semjonow , General in the Russian Civil War
- 1948: Alice Salomon , liberal social reformer in the German women's movement
1951-1975
- 1954: Kurt Streitwolf , German officer
- 1957: Josep Lluís Facerías , Spanish anarchist and resistance fighter
- 1957: Otto Suhr , German politician, MdL, President of the House of Representatives, Governing Mayor of Berlin
- 1958: Karl Drewes , German general
- 1958: Karl Heim , German theologian
- 1959: Ed Elisian , American racing car driver
- 1961: Charles Coburn , American actor
- 1962: Aaslaug Aasland , Norwegian lawyer and politician
- 1966: Otto Adams , German politician and trade unionist
- 1967: Jean Jacques Deyrolle , French painter and printmaker
- 1970: Del Moore , American actor and comedian
- 1970: Abraham Zapruder , American textile manufacturer
- 1971: Louis Armand , French mining engineer and railroad worker, President of the European Atomic Energy Community
- 1972: Magnus Freiherr von Braun , German administrative lawyer, politician, Reich Minister
- 1972: Joseph Maria Lutz , German writer
- 1973: Herbert Kranz , German writer
- 1975: Maria Zelenka , Austrian actress
1976-2000
- 1977: Erny Pinckert , American football player
- 1979: Jean Seberg , American actress
- 1981: Mohammad Ali Rajāʾi , Iranian politician, President
- 1981: Mohammad Jawad Bahonar , Iranian politician, Prime Minister
- 1981: Vera-Ellen , American film actress, dancer and singer
- 1981: François Seydoux de Clausonne , French diplomat
- 1983: Helmuth Domizlaff , German antiquarian
- 1983: William Goyen , American writer
- 1984: John O. Aalberg , American film and sound engineer
- 1984: Sawako Ariyoshi , Japanese writer
- 1985: Taylor Caldwell , American writer and journalist
- 1985: Tatiana Avenirovna Proskouriakoff , Russian-American archaeologist and illustrator
- 1988: Wanda Wermińska , Polish opera singer
- 1991: Adãozinho , Brazilian soccer player
- 1991: Jean Tinguely , Swiss painter and sculptor
- 1993: Richard Jordan , American actor
- 1993: Rudolph Schmitt , German clarinetist
- 1994: Lindsay Anderson , British director
- 1995: Fischer Black , American economist
- 1995: Kurt Friedrich , German motorcycle racer
- 1995: Lev Polugajewski , Russian chess grandmaster
- 1995: Yamaguchi Hitomi , Japanese writer
- 1996: Laura Adani , Italian actress
- 1996: Josef Müller-Brockmann , German graphic artist and designer, typographer, author and teacher
- 1996: Christine Pascal , French film director and actress
- 1997: Ernst Willimowski , German-Polish soccer player
- 2000: Adi Furler , German sports journalist
21st century
- 2001: Govan Mbeki , South African politician
- 2002: Horst Wendlandt , German film producer
- 2003: Robert Abplanalp , American inventor
- 2003: Charles Bronson , American actor
- 2003: Donald Davidson , American analytical philosopher
- 2003: Peter Meven , German opera and concert singer
- 2004: Fred Whipple , American astronomer
- 2005: Jakup Halil Mato , Albanian literary critic
- 2006: Glenn Ford , American actor
- 2006: Kinoshita Junji , Japanese writer
- 2006: Uwe Leichsenring , German politician
- 2006: Nagib Mahfuz , Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize winner
- 2006: Dušan Martinček , Slovak composer and music teacher
- 2008: Eldon Rathburn , Canadian composer, pianist, organist and music teacher
- 2009: Horst Stowasser , German author and anarchist
- 2010: Alain Corneau , French film director and screenwriter
- 2011: Wolfgang Lauth , German jazz musician
- 2012: Paul Friedrichs , German enduro athlete
- 2013: Seamus Heaney , Irish writer, Nobel Prize winner
- 2015: Wes Craven , American film director and screenwriter
- 2015: Oliver Sacks , British neurologist and writer
- 2016: Věra Čáslavská , Czechoslovak artistic gymnast
- 2016: Marc Riboud , French photographer
- 2017: Louise Hay , American author
- 2017: Károly Makk , Hungarian film director
- 2018: Iossif Kobson , Soviet or Russian singer and politician
- 2019: Valerie Harper , American actress
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Matthias Grünewald , German painter (Protestant)
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- Turkey , decisive victory in the Greco-Turkish War (1922)
- Commemoration days of international organizations
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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