30th of December
The December 30 is the 364th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 365th in leap years ), and thus the penultimate day of the year.
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events
Politics and world events
- 533: In the Eastern Roman Empire the Codex Iustinianus becomes valid together with the Digest . The entire body of law Corpus iuris civilis bundles the law that emerged from Roman times.
- 1066: The Granada massacre is the first pogrom in Europe. A Muslim crowd crucifies the Jewish vizier in Granada's royal palace and murders around 4,000 Jewish residents.
- 1460: During the Wars of the Roses in England loses House York against the House of Lancaster , the Battle of Wakefield .
- 1632: Freiburg im Breisgau surrenders to the Swedish troops under General Gustaf Graf Horn in the Thirty Years' War .
- 1777: With the death of Maximilian III. Joseph inherits the Electorate of Bavaria from Karl Theodor von der Pfalz . This leads to fears in Austria about the emergence of a new European superpower and subsequently to the War of the Bavarian Succession .
- 1797: During the First Coalition War , troops of the French Republic move into Mainz for the second time after 1792/93 .
- 1806: After the declaration of war by the Ottoman Empire , Russia occupies the city of Baku in the Seventh Russian Turkish War .
- 1812: The Prussian general Johann David Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg concludes a local armistice with the Russian general Hans Karl von Diebitsch-Sabalkanski on his own initiative . The Tauroggen Convention was the initial spark for the wars of liberation against Napoleon Bonaparte .
- 1813: Austrian troops conquer Geneva, annexed by France .
- 1853: The US acquires the southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico with the Gadsden purchase of Mexico for 10 million US dollars .
- 1880: Tahiti finally becomes a French colony as part of French Oceania .
- 1896: The Filipino writer Jose Rizal is for incitement to rebellion and betrayal by a firing squad of the Spanish colonial power executed .
- 1905: Frank Steunenberg , former governor of the US state of Idaho is, outside his home in a bomb assassination killed.
- 1915: In the First World War, south of Crete , the British passenger and cargo steamer Persia is torpedoed by the German submarine U 38 and sunk within 5 minutes. 343 passengers and crew members are killed.
- 1916: The Russian itinerant preacher and alleged spiritual healer Grigori Jefimowitsch Rasputin is murdered by conspirators around Felix Felixowitsch Jussupow , presumably because of his significant influence on Tsar Nicholas II and his wife.
- 1916: During World War I , the Allies reject the peace offer made by the German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg on December 12th .
- 1917: The British troop carrier Aragon and the destroyer Attack are sunk by the German submarine UC 34 off Alexandria . 610 British soldiers and crew members die.
- 1918: The founding congress of the Communist Party of Germany begins in the ballroom of the Prussian House of Representatives in Berlin .
- 1922: The Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic , the Ukrainian SSR , the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Transcaucasian SFSR merge to form the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). With that the Soviet Union was founded.
- 1947: King Michael I of Romania abdicates under pressure from the ruling communists, Romania becomes a communist people 's republic .
- 1964: The UN General Assembly creates the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ( UNCTAD ).
- 1965: After winning the elections on November 9th, Ferdinand Marcos is installed as the tenth President of the Philippines .
- 1975: Under the name Operation Müll , the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution starts a comprehensive bugging attack, which is not covered by the law, by installing bug bugs in the apartment of the nuclear physicist Klaus Traube because of suspected contact with wanted terrorists of the RAF .
- 1975: In Madagascar , after Didier Ratsiraka vorausgegangenem coup , the Democratic Republic of Madagascar proclaims.
- 1990: The organization, tasks and powers of the German Federal Intelligence Service are regulated by the BND law that has come into force .
- 1992: Burhānuddin Rabbāni is elected head of the Islamic State of Afghanistan by a “council of wise men” .
- 1997: During the Algerian civil war , massacres are carried out in several villages in Relizane province , leaving more than 500 dead.
- 2001: During the Argentina crisis , President Adolfo Rodríguez Saá , who was elected just a week earlier, resigns due to ongoing protests.
- 2006: Based on an Iraqi court judgment is Saddam Hussein the death penalty per strand fed and in the morning hours before the start of Eid al-Adha feast executed .
- 2006: Two people are killed and another 26 injured in a bomb attack by the Basque separatist organization Euskadi Ta Askatasuna on a parking garage at Madrid-Barajas airport . The ETA is lifting the ceasefire it announced itself at the beginning of 2006 and is calling the peace process into question.
- 2011: Due to the change to the western side of the date line , December 30th is no longer applicable in Samoa and Tokelau . The 29th is immediately followed by December 31st.
business
- 1899: AT&T buys American Bell , thereby gaining the telephone monopoly in the USA .
- 1921: To perform a navigable link between Swabian Rezat and Altmühl is Rhein-Main-Donau AG of Bavaria and the German Reich in Munich founded.
- 1927: The Ginza Line in Tokyo , the oldest subway line in Asia, opens between Asakusa and Ueno .
- 1993: In Kazakhstan is Kazakhstan Stock Exchange , based in Almaty established.
- 2002: The New York Times publisher takes over the Washington Post's 50 percent stake in the global daily International Herald Tribune and becomes its sole owner.
science and technology
- 1671: France's King Louis XIV approves the establishment of the Académie royale d'architecture .
- 1816: The launch of the first steamship built by a German shipbuilder called the Weser takes place.
- 1901: Robert Falcon Scott , Edward Adrian Wilson and Ernest Shackleton succeeded during the Discovery Expedition with 82 ° 17'S (according to a new calculation more like 82 ° 11 ') a new record in the closest approach to the geographic South Pole.
- 1995: The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer telescope for observing high-energy X-ray sources is brought into orbit by a Delta II rocket .
Culture
- 1661: The Swedish Drottningholm Palace falls in flames.
- 1817: The opera Adelaide e Comingo by Giovanni Pacini is premiered at the Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan .
- 1835: Gaetano Donizetti's lyrical tragedy (opera) Maria Stuarda, based on the drama Maria Stuart by Friedrich Schiller, is premiered in the original at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan . Maria Malibran sings the title role, but is indisposed, which contributes to the failure of the opera, which is only rediscovered 123 years later.
- 1844: Friedrich von Flotow's opera Alessandro Stradella about the life of the composer Alessandro Stradella is premiered at the Stadttheater Hamburg . The libretto comes from Friedrich Wilhelm Riese , who wrote it under the name Wilhelm Friedrich.
- 1877: The 2nd Symphony in D major op. 73 by Johannes Brahms is premiered in Vienna . It is one of the composer's greatest successes.
- 1905: The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar , an operetta in three acts with a libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein after Henri Meilhacs comedy L'attaché d'ambassade is, with Mizzi Günther and Louis Treumann in the leading roles at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna premiered. The piece becomes Lehár's most successful and best-known operetta.
- 1906: The first performance of the melodramatic nativity play Bübchen's Christmas Dream by Engelbert Humperdinck takes place in the Circus Busch in Berlin .
- 1921: The world premiere of the opera Die Liebe zu den Drei Orangen (Orig .: L'Amour des trois oranges ) by Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew takes place in Chicago .
- 1948: The musical Kiss Me, Kate , based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew , premieres at New York's Century Theater . It subsequently becomes Cole Porter's most successful musical.
society
- 1977: Serial killer Ted Bundy escapes from Garfield County Jail in Colorado and makes his way to Florida.
- 1999: A mentally confused intruder seriously injures George Harrison , the former lead guitarist of the Beatles , in his castle with a kitchen knife .
religion
- 1370: Pierre Roger de Beaufort is named Gregory XI. Pope.
- 1987: In the encyclical Sollicitudo rei socialis , Pope John Paul II develops the Catholic social doctrine further, addresses problems of the North-South conflict and drafts the model of a society based on solidarity .
- 1993: Israel and the Holy See decide to establish diplomatic relations.
Disasters
- 1903: 602 people die in a fire in the Iroquois Theater in Chicago .
- 1915: The British armored cruiser Natal sinks in the Cromarty Firth after a fire and the explosion of the ammunition chambers. 405 of the 704-strong crew are killed.
- 1978: Beginning of the snow disaster in Northern Germany in 1978 .
- 2004: A fire broke out in the overcrowded República Cromañón discotheque in Buenos Aires , leaving 194 dead and around 700 injured.
- 2006: The Indonesian ferry Senopati Nusantara sinks in the Java Sea due to bad weather. According to estimates, the sinking claims more than 400 lives.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1923: In Johanngeorgenstadt is Hans-Heinz-Schanze called ski jump inaugurated.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 19th century
- 39: Titus , Roman Emperor
- 1204: Abu Uthman Said ibn Hakam al-Quraschi , first Raʾīs of Menorca
- 1562: Henning Dedekind , German composer
- 1566: Alessandro Piccinini , Italian lutenist, theorbo player and composer
- 1575: Georg von Nismitz , court master of the Electorate of Saxony and administrative officer
- 1587: Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, duque de Feria , Spanish statesman and general
- 1591: Joseph Furttenbach , German architect, mathematician, mechanic and chronicler
- 1601: Georg Achatz Heher , lawyer, diplomat and chancellor of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- 1609: Anna Maria , Princess of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Princess of Eggenberg
- 1671: Wilhelm I. Sölner , abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach
- 1678: William Croft , British organist and composer
- 1693: Quirin Weber , German organ builder
- 1717: Ferdinand Stosch , German Reformed theologian
- 1746: François-André Vincent , French painter and draftsman
- 1747: Heinrich von Prussia , son of August Wilhelm Prince of Prussia and Luise Amalie von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
- 1756: Paul Wranitzky , Austrian composer and conductor of the Viennese classical music
- 1771: Dudley Chase , American politician
- 1772: Paul Christoph Gottlob Andreä , German legal scholar
- 1773: Ludwig von Borstell , Prussian general of the cavalry
- 1782: Jonas Anton Hielm , Norwegian lawyer and politician
- 1787: Otto von Kotzebue , German Baltic explorer and officer in the Russian Navy
- 1788: Karl Balthasar Hübler , first elected mayor of Dresden
- 1792: Karl von Gerlach , Berlin police chief
- 1796: Nikolaus Wesselényi , Hungarian politician and landowner, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1798: Godehard Braun , German auxiliary bishop
19th century
- 1804: Carl Adam Kaltenbrunner , Austrian writer
- 1807: Jacob Audorf , German politician, co-founder of the ADAV
- 1814: Betty Paoli , Austrian writer
- 1819: Theodor Fontane , German writer and journalist, pharmacist
- 1822: Karel Leopold Klaudy , Czech lawyer and politician, member of the Austrian Reichstag and Reichsrat
- 1825: Newton Booth , American politician, governor of California, senator
- 1834: Ernst Ravenstein , German cartographer
- 1837: Marie Lipsius , German writer and music historian
- 1838: Émile Loubet , French politician, President
- 1842: Osman Hamdi Bey , Turkish painter, archaeologist and museum founder
- 1847: John Peter Altgeld , American politician of German origin, Governor of Illinois
- 1847: Paul Otto Apian-Bennewitz , German organist and teacher
- 1855: Heinrich Hart , German writer and naturalistic literary and theater critic
- 1857: Joachim Graf von Pfeil and Klein Ellguth , German Africa explorer
- 1859: Josef Bohuslav Foerster , Czech composer
- 1865: Rudyard Kipling , British writer ( The Jungle Book ), Nobel Prize winner
- 1867: Henry S. Johnston , American politician, governor of Oklahoma
- 1869: Friedrich von Erckert , German officer, member of the Imperial Protection Force for German South West Africa
- 1870: Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond , British nobleman
- 1870: Josef Müller , Swiss hospital priest and collector of folk tales
- 1871: Otto Ruff , German chemist
- 1872: William Larned , American tennis player
- 1874: Janko Jesenský , Slovak writer
- 1874: Alfred Nissle , German doctor and scientist
- 1877: Franz Albermann , German sculptor
- 1877: Heinrich Hermelink , German Protestant church historian
- 1878: William Aberhart , Canadian presiger and politician, Prime Minister of Alberta
- 1878: Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer , Austrian novelist, playwright and poet
- 1879: Ramana Maharshi , Indian spiritual and yogi
- 1880: Alfred Einstein , German musicologist and critic
- 1883: Maurice Bedel , French writer
- 1883: João Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa , Portuguese military and politician, Prime Minister
- 1884: Wilhelm Arnoldi , German Ministerial Director
- 1884: Hideki Tojo , Japanese officer and politician, prime minister, war criminal
- 1886: Austin Osman Spare , British printmaker, painter and magician
- 1887: CD Broad , English philosopher
- 1888: Ilse Fromm-Michaels , German composer
- 1889: Georg von der Vring , German writer
- 1890: Lanoe Hawker , British military pilot in World War I.
- 1891: Monzō Akiyama , Japanese rear admiral
- 1892: Heinrich Laakmann , German-Baltic historian
- 1893: Queenie Paul , Australian actress, singer and dancer
- 1894: Valentin Ferdinandowitsch Asmus , Russian philosopher, logician and historian of logic
- 1896: Eugeniusz Eibisch , Polish painter and university professor
- 1896: Rosl Mayr , Bavarian folk actress
- 1897: Else Hueck-Dehio , German writer
- 1898: Carl Hesberg , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1898: Jacques Rigaut , French poet and author of DADAism and Surrealism
- 1899: Helge Ingstad , Norwegian archaeologist, writer and adventurer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1904: Dmitri Borissowitsch Kabalewski , Russian composer
- 1904: Edith Schultze-Westrum , German actress
- 1905: Daniil Charms , Russian writer
- 1906: Otto Apel , German architect
- 1906: Johann Adolf Graf von Kielmansegg , German officer, NATO Commander in Chief of the Allied Forces Central Europe
- 1906: Elfriede Arnold-Dinkler , German educator
- 1906: Carol Reed , British film director
- 1906: Walter Wiora , German musicologist
- 1907: Walter Antoniolli , Austrian constitutional lawyer
- 1908: Herbert Küchler , German chess problem composer
- 1910: Paul Bowles , American writer and composer
- 1910: Grațian Sepi , Romanian football player
- 1911: Walt Brown , American racing car driver
- 1912: Gordian Landwehr , German religious priest and preacher
- 1912: Arthur Sarnoff , American draftsman of cover illustrations
- 1913: Lucio Agostini , Canadian composer, arranger and conductor
- 1913: Véra Clouzot , French-Brazilian actress
- 1913: Svend S. Schultz , Danish composer and conductor
- 1914: Jo Van Fleet , American actress
- 1915: Sverker Åström , Swedish diplomat
- 1915: Hilda Sour , Chilean actress and singer
- 1916: Georg Årlin , Swedish actor
- 1917: Wesley Tuttle , American country musician
- 1918: W. Eugene Smith , American photographer
- 1919: Anton Amberger , German biologist
- 1921: John Lloyd Ackrill , English historian of philosophy
- 1923: Karl Aurand , German physicist
- 1923: Sara Lidman , Swedish writer
1926-1950
- 1926: Stan Tracey , British jazz pianist, arranger and composer
- 1927: Robert Hossein , French actor and director
- 1928: Bo Diddley , American musician
- 1929: Joachim Kaiser , German artist and cultural politician
- 1929: Klaus Sochatzy , German sociologist
- 1929: Bert Steines , German athlete
- 1929: Robert Brown , American film editor
- 1930: Əbülfət Əliyev , Azerbaijani mugham and opera singer
- 1930: François Blank , Swiss ice hockey player
- 1931: Richard Christ , German author
- 1932: H. Leslie Adams , American composer and pianist
- 1932: Skeeter Davis , American singer
- 1932: Scooter Patrick , American racing car driver
- 1934: John N. Bahcall , American astrophysicist
- 1934: Barry Briggs , New Zealand track athlete, world champion
- 1934: Jean-Claude Henry , French composer
- 1934: Del Shannon , American singer and composer
- 1934: Russ Tamblyn , American actor
- 1935: Omar Bongo , Gabonese politician, minister, president
- 1935: Wolfgang Dauner , German jazz pianist, keyboard player and film composer
- 1936: Joe Buzzetta , American racing car driver
- 1937: Gordon Banks , English football player
- 1937: Sergio Castelletti , Italian football player and coach
- 1937: John Hartford , American songwriter
- 1939: Glenda Adams , Australian writer
- 1939: Felix Pappalardi , American musician
- 1940: Richard Groß , German politician
- 1940: Renate Jaeger , German lawyer, judge at the Federal Social Court, Federal Constitutional Court and European Court of Human Rights
- 1941: Joel Appelbaum , American physicist
- 1942: Jean-Claude Barclay , French tennis player
- 1942: Vladimir Bukovsky , Russian writer
- 1942: Matt Cohen , Canadian writer
- 1942: Michael Nesmith , American musician, singer, and songwriter
- 1942: Robert Quine , American musician and guitarist
- 1942: Fred Ward , American actor
- 1943: Robert Hodges , Canadian speed skater and biochemist
- 1945: Paola Cacchi , Italian athlete, Olympic medalist, world champion
- 1945: Davy Jones , British actor and singer
- 1946: Clive Bunker , British musician
- 1946: Marc Forné Molné , Andorran lawyer and politician, head of government
- 1946: Patti Smith , American rock musician and rock poet
- 1946: Berti Vogts , German soccer player and coach
- 1947: Paul Edwards , British racing car driver
- 1947: Ulrich Gabriel , Austrian artist
- 1947: Jeff Lynne , British musician and record producer
- 1947: Teresa Parodi , Argentine cantautora and composer
- 1947: David Qualey , American guitarist and composer
- 1950: Dave Stewart , British keyboardist, arranger and producer
- 1950: Bjarne Stroustrup , Danish computer scientist
1951-1975
- 1951: Neil Cusack , Irish long distance runner
- 1951: Ben Witherington , American New Testament scholar
- 1952: June Anderson , American opera singer (soprano)
- 1952: Hans-Lothar Bock , German handball player
- 1952: Gerd Schädlich , German soccer player and coach
- 1953: Meredith Vieira , American journalist and show host
- 1954: Roberto Abbado , Italian conductor
- 1954: Rodney Allen Brooks , Australian computer scientist and cognitive scientist
- 1954: Barry Greenstein , American poker player
- 1954: Wolfgang Pohl , German soccer player
- 1955: Gabriel Aghion , French director and screenwriter
- 1955: Kim Hae-sook , South Korean actress
- 1955: Jone Takamäki , Finnish jazz saxophonist and actor
- 1956: Suzy Bogguss , American country singer
- 1956: Hansi Dujmic , Austrian musician and actor
- 1956: Jes Holtsø , Danish actor
- 1959: Tracey Ullman , British singer and actress
- 1960: Rick Amann , German ice hockey player
- 1960: Peter Schulz , German soccer player and coach
- 1961: Douglas Coupland , Canadian writer and artist
- 1961: Sean Hannity , American radio and television presenter and author
- 1961: Ben Johnson , Canadian sprinter of Jamaican origin, Olympic medalist
- 1961: Tom Spieß , German film producer
- 1962: Elşən Mansurov , Azerbaijani Kamantsch player
- 1962: Alessandra Mussolini , Italian politician, granddaughter of Benito Mussolini, MEP
- 1963: Maverick Quek , Singaporean actor, speaker, and dancer
- 1963: Markus Stoffels , German lawyer
- 1964: Hans-Georg Dreßen , German soccer player
- 1964: Hans Kitzbichler , German actor
- 1964: Christof Rapp , German philosopher
- 1965: Essam Abd El Fatah , Egyptian football referee and pilot
- 1965: Daniel Froschauer , Austrian violinist, director of the Vienna Philharmonic
- 1965: Arnold Jacobshagen , German musicologist
- 1965: Peter Lund , German theater director and author
- 1965: Tima the Divine , German actor and transvestite
- 1965: Dieter Wendel , German musician and composer
- 1966: Bennett Miller , American film director
- 1967: Brynjar Valdimarsson , Icelandic snooker player
- 1968: Thomas D , German musician
- 1968: DJ Hooligan , German DJ and techno producer
- 1969: Angel , Spanish comic artist
- 1969: Emmanuel Clérico , French racing car driver
- 1969: Eddie Duffy , British bass player
- 1969: Jens Eriksen , Danish badminton player
- 1969: Jay Kay , British singer ( Jamiroquai )
- 1970: Kader Attia , French installation artist and photographer
- 1970: Jan Henrik Stahlberg , German actor, screenwriter and director
- 1971: Bartosz Arłukowicz , Polish politician and lecturer, Minister of Health
- 1971: CS Lee , South Korean actor and director
- 1972: Daniel Amokachi , Nigerian soccer player
- 1972: Stefan Liebich , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1973: Ato Boldon , athlete from Trinidad and Tobago, Olympic medalist, world champion
- 1973: Maureen Flannigan , American actress
- 1973: Sławomir Zamuszko , Polish violist, composer and music teacher
- 1974: Alex Alves , Brazilian soccer player
- 1974: Adam Bab , Polish clergyman and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Lublin
- 1974: Joshua Harris , American author and theologian
- 1975: Scott Chipperfield , Australian-Swiss soccer player
- 1975: Tiger Woods , American golfer
- 1975: Katja Suding , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
1976-2000
- 1976: Karin Ammerer , Austrian writer
- 1976: Ji-In Cho , German musician of Korean descent
- 1976: Patrick Kerney , American football player
- 1977: Glory Alozie , Spanish athlete of Nigerian origin, Olympic medalist
- 1977: Kenyon Martin , American basketball player
- 1977: Marco Reich , German soccer player
- 1978: Tyrese Gibson , American R&B singer, rapper, actor, and model
- 1979: Flávio da Silva Amado , Angolan football player
- 1979: Elena Oana Antonescu , Romanian politician, MEP
- 1979: Tommy Clufetos , American drummer
- 1980: Eliza Dushku , American actress
- 1981: Ali al-Habsi , Omani football player
- 1981: Cédric Carrasso , French football player
- 1982: Jukka Backlund , Finnish music producer and keyboardist ( Sunrise Avenue )
- 1982: Kristin Kreuk , Canadian actress and model
- 1982: Bastian Rutschmann , German handball player
- 1983: Noley Thornton , American actress
- 1984: Silvère Ackermann , Swiss cyclist
- 1984: Randall Azofeifa , Costa Rican soccer player
- 1984: Sergio Gadea , Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1984: LeBron James , American basketball player
- 1986: Onyekachi Apam , Nigerian soccer player
- 1986: Domenico Criscito , Italian football player
- 1986: Ellie Goulding , British singer and songwriter
- 1986: Lukas Kilian , German lawyer
- 1986: Tim Kister , German soccer player
- 1986: Florian Müller , German soccer player
- 1987: Thomaz Bellucci , Brazilian tennis player
- 1987: Davis Curiale , Italian soccer player
- 1987: Jeanette Ottesen , Danish swimmer
- 1987: Antonia Pütz , German handball player
- 1988: Rakel Hönnudóttir , Icelandic football player
- 1988: Erik Johansson , Swedish football player
- 1988: Jan Nolte , German politician
- 1989: Bart Hylkema , Dutch racing driver
- 1989: Ryan Sheckler , American skateboarder
- 1990: Bruno Henrique , Brazilian soccer player
- 1990: John Henson , American basketball player
- 1991: Wietse Bosmans , Belgian cyclocross rider
- 1992: Desiree van Lunteren , Dutch soccer player
- 1992: Michael Eric Reid , American actor
- 1993: Charlie Guest , British ski racer
- 1993: Jake Jones , English darts player
- 1993: Älibek Omarow , Kazakh billiards player
- 1994: David von Ballmoos , Swiss football player
- 1995: Kim Taehyung , Korean singer
- 1996: Moussa Koné , Senegalese soccer player
- 1997: Enea Bastianini , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1997: Christian Mora , Italian football player
21st century
- 2002: Josefa Schellmoser , German skeleton pilot
- 2007: Axel Kei , Ivorian soccer player
Died
Before the 16th century
- 274: Felix I , Pope
- 717: Ecgwine , Bishop of Worcester
- 904: Harun , ruler of the Tulunids in Egypt
- 1115: Dietrich II , Duke of Upper Lorraine, Count in Elsassgau and Vogt of Remiremont
- 1178: Pribislav , Lord of Mecklenburg
- 1207: Diego de Acebo , Bishop of Osma
- 1238: Konrad I. von Velber , Bishop of Osnabrück
- 1268: Mechtild von Wunnenberg , as princess abbess of the Fraumünster monastery in Zurich, mistress of the city
- 1331: Bernard Gui , French Dominican and inquisitor
- 1398: Johann III. , Count of Sponheim
- 1412: Elisabeth von Nassau-Hadamar , abbess of the Essen monastery
- 1419: Wenzel von Liegnitz , Duke of Liegnitz, Bishop of Lebus and Breslau
- 1436: Ludwig III. , Elector of the Palatinate
- 1460: Thomas Harrington , English knight
- 1460: Thomas Neville , English knight
- 1460: Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York , English nobleman
- 1460: Edmund, Earl of Rutland , English nobleman, Lord Chancellor of Ireland
- 1484: Ludwig von Hanau-Lichtenberg , German nobleman and Palestine traveler
16th to 18th centuries
- 1501: Konrad Stolle , Erfurt chronicler
- 1523: Prospero Colonna , Italian condottiere
- 1525: Jakob Fugger , German businessman, mining entrepreneur and banker
- 1531: Christian Studer , Swiss businessman and mayor
- 1552: Francisco de Enzinas , Spanish humanist and Protestant
- 1568: Roger Ascham , British educator
- 1578: Vollrad von Mansfeld , German mercenary leader
- 1591: Innocent IX. , Pope
- 1606: Heinrich Bünting , German theologian and chronicler
- 1630: Matthias Martinius , German Calvinist
- 1641: Kaspar Ernst von Knoch , German princely civil servant, member of the Fruit-Bringing Society
- 1643: Giovanni Baglione , Italian painter and art writer
- 1644: Johan Baptista van Helmont , Flemish universal scientist and doctor, natural scientist and chemist
- 1662: Ferdinand Karl , Prince of Tyrol
- 1663: Anna Roleffes , German innkeeper and maid, healer and fortune teller, executed as a witch
- 1687: Bernhard Schultze , German legal scholar and cameraman
- 1699: Pierre Robert , French composer and conductor
- 1723: August Quirinus Rivinus , German professor, astronomer, botanist and physician
- 1731: Wilhelm Chenu de Chalsac l'Aujardiere , Prussian colonel and adventurer
- 1757: Andreas Faulhaber , German chaplain and martyr of the County of Glatz
- 1777: Maximilian III. Joseph , Elector of Bavaria
- 1778: Constantine , Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
- 1781: John Turberville Needham , English priest and naturalist
- 1788: Francesco Zuccarelli , Italian painter
- 1796: Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne , French composer
- 1798: Christian Gotthelf von Gutschmid , theologian, pedagogue and statesman of the Electorate of Saxony
19th century
- 1803: Francis Lewis , signatory of the United States' Declaration of Independence
- 1819: Josepha Hofer , German opera singer
- 1831: Johann August Heinrich Tittmann , German theologian and philosopher
- 1832: Ludwig Devrient , German actor
- 1848: Peter Leopold Kaiser , Bishop of Mainz
- 1848: Johann Jakob Kirchhoff , painter, illustrator and lithographer
- 1855: Samuel Bleichröder , German banker
- 1855: Heinrich Kümmel , German sculptor
- 1863: Frédéric Monod , Swiss-French Protestant clergyman
- 1866: Jean Victor Vincent Adam , French history painter and lithographer
- 1870: Juan Prim , Spanish general and statesman
- 1874: Ludwig Dessoir , German actor
- 1874: Friedrich Matz the Elder , German archaeologist
- 1877: Giuseppe Mengoni , Italian architect
- 1882: Anton Lutterbeck , German theologian and philologist
- 1882: Justus Wilhelm Lyra , German pastor and song writer
- 1885: August Heinrich von Seckendorff , German lawyer, judge and lawyer
- 1889: Henry Yule , British engineer, geographer, railroad planner , and orientalist
- 1893: Samuel White Baker , British explorer of Africa
- 1894: Amelia Bloomer , American suffragette
- 1899: Kristian Arentzen , Danish poet and literary historian
- 1899: James Paget , British surgeon and pathologist
20th century
1901-1950
- 1903: Adele Rautenstrauch , German patroness and founder
- 1916: Grigori Jefimowitsch Rasputin , Russian monk and traveling prophet
- 1917: Rudolf Hirzel , German classical philologist
- 1919: Karl von Wedel , German general and diplomat
- 1922: Peter Berchem , German pedagogue and dialect poet
- 1922: Richard Zeckwer , American composer
- 1924: Waldemar Mueller , German politician and bank manager, MdR, MdL
- 1924: Oreste Cardinal Giorgi , Italian clergyman, cardinal to the Curia
- 1925: Friedrich Carstanjen , German art historian
- 1926: Felice Napoleone Canevaro , Italian naval officer and politician, minister
- 1928: Johannes von Kries , German psychologist, physiologist and philosopher
- 1929: Franz Hilarius Ascher , Austrian large land and mine owner, mining consultant, general director, editor-in-chief and publisher
- 1933: Georg Asmussen , German writer
- 1934: Sepp Autrith , Austrian politician, LAbg
- 1935: Hunter Liggett , American general
- 1938: Cardinal Aleksander Kakowski , Polish clergyman, Archbishop of Warsaw
- 1940: Albert Andreae de Neufville , German banker
- 1940: Gjergj Fishta , Albanian Franciscan and poet
- 1940: Walter Kurt Wiemken , Swiss painter
- 1941: El Lissitzky , Russian painter, graphic designer, architect, typographer, photographer
- 1944: Lionel de Marmier , French aviator, general and racing car driver
- 1944: Romain Rolland , French writer, music critic, pacifist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1944: Franziska Schlopsnies , German fashion, poster and commercial artist
- 1946: Charles Wakefield Cadman , American composer
- 1947: Henricus Antonius van Meegeren , Dutch painter and art forger
- 1947: Alfred North Whitehead , British philosopher and mathematician
- 1949: Heinrich Löffler , German politician, member of the Weimar National Assembly, MdR
- 1949: Yokomitsu Ri'ichi , Japanese writer
- 1949: Franz Ziegler , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1950: William Burch , American ice hockey player
1951-2000
- 1952: Willie Brown , American blues musician
- 1954: Günther Quandt , German industrialist
- 1954: Eugene of Austria , Austrian field marshal, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- 1955: Frieda Gallati , Swiss historian
- 1956: Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy the Younger , German chemist and industrialist
- 1956: Heinrich Scholz , German Protestant theologian and philosopher
- 1958: Emanuel Ondříček , Czech violinist, music teacher and composer
- 1960: Angelo Donati , Italian banker, philanthropist and diplomat
- 1962: Arthur O. Lovejoy , German historian and founder of the history of ideas
- 1964: Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt , German neurologist
- 1966: Pietro Cardinal Ciriaci , Italian clergyman, cardinal to the Curia
- 1966: Christian Herter , American politician, member of the House of Representatives, Governor of Massachusetts, Secretary of State
- 1966: Piero Sacerdoti , Italian lawyer, insurance manager
- 1967: Bert Berns , American music producer and composer
- 1967: Paul Gibbert , German agricultural functionary and politician, MdR, MdL, MdB
- 1968: Trygve Lie , Norwegian politician, UN Secretary General
- 1968: Kirill Afanassjewitsch Merezkow , Soviet officer, military leader in World War II, marshal
- 1970: Sonny Liston , American boxer, world champion
- 1970: Arsenio Rodríguez , Cuban musician and composer
- 1971: Vikram Sarabhai , Indian physicist, founder of the Indian space program
- 1973: Henri Busser , French composer
- 1975: Julio Cueva , Cuban trumpeter and composer
- 1975: Hermann Paul Müller , German racing driver
- 1976: Rudolf Fischer , Swiss Formula 1 racing driver
- 1978: Hans Friede , German politician, MdL
- 1979: Richard Rodgers , American musical composer
- 1980: Guus de Serière , Dutch football player
- 1980: Volker von Törne , German poet and writer
- 1981: Karl Arndt , German officer
- 1981: Joseph Platz , German-American chess player
- 1981: Cardinal Franjo Šeper , Croatian clergyman, Archbishop of Zagreb, Cardinal of the Curia
- 1987: Leslie Arliss , British screenwriter and film director
- 1987: Helmut Hermann Wittler , German clergyman, Bishop of Osnabrück
- 1988: Isamu Noguchi , American sculptor
- 1989: Gerhard Altenbourg , German painter and graphic artist
- 1992: Hans Bauer , German skier
- 1993: Mack David , American songwriter and film music composer
- 1993: Giuseppe Occhialini , Italian physicist
- 1994: Lloyd James Austin , Australian Romance scholar and literary scholar
- 1995: Heiner Müller , German playwright, writer, director and artistic director
- 1996: Lew Ayres , American actor
- 1996: Eugen Kramár , Slovak architect
- 1996: Jack Nance , American actor
- 1998: Joan Brossa , Spanish-Catalan poet, writer, playwright, graphic and plastic artist
- 1998: Michaela Geiger , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary
- 1999: Peter Caesar , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
- 1999: Fritz Leonhardt , German civil engineer
- 2000: Alfred Burger , American chemist of Austrian descent
21st century
- 2001: Hans Hermsdorf , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary
- 2001: Ernst Leisi , Swiss professor of English
- 2001: Ralph Sutton , American musician
- 2002: Mary Wesley , British writer
- 2003: Ernst Hermann Ackermann , German geologist
- 2003: John Gregory Dunne , American writer, journalist, and screenwriter
- 2003: Ibram Lassaw , American sculptor and painter
- 2003: Anita Mui , Chinese musician and actress
- 2003: Patricia Roc , British actress
- 2004: Salvatore Asta , Italian clergyman and Vatican diplomat, titular archbishop
- 2004: Artie Shaw , American jazz musician
- 2004: Muriel Stafford , Canadian organist, choir director and music teacher
- 2006: Saddam Hussein , Iraqi politician, dictatorial president, prime minister
- 2007: Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze , Nigerian philosopher
- 2009: Martin M. Atalla , American engineer and entrepreneur
- 2009: Abdurrahman Wahid , Indonesian politician, President
- 2010: Bobby Farrell , Dutch DJ and dancer
- 2011: Ronald Searle , British draftsman and cartoonist
- 2012: Rita Levi-Montalcini , Italian neurologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize winner
- 2012: Carl Woese , American biologist
- 2014: Ernst Kölz , Austrian composer and recorder player
- 2014: Luise Rainer , German actress
- 2015: Doug Atkins , American football player
- 2016: Mohamed Diab al-Attar , Egyptian soccer player and referee
- 2016: Josef Krainer junior , Austrian politician, member of the National Council, Governor of Styria
- 2016: Allan Williams , British promoter and music manager
- 2017: Hanery Amman , Swiss musician
- 2017: Bernd Spier , German pop singer
- 2018: Larry Austin , American composer, conductor and musicologist
- 2018: Edgar Hilsenrath , German writer
- 2018: Mrinal Sen , Indian film director
- 2019: Jan Fedder , German actor
- 2019: Harry Kupfer , German opera director
- 2019: Carl-Heinz Rühl , German soccer player
- 2019: Elizabeth Sellars , British film and stage actress
- 2020: Josephine Compaan , Dutch rower
- 2020: Joachim Hörster , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 2020: Samuel Little , American serial killer
- 2020: Walther Tröger , German sports official, member of the IOC
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Martin Schalling the Younger , German pastor and song writer (Protestant)
- St. Felix I , Roman Bishop (Roman Catholic)
- Name days
- Felix
- Lothar
The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .
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