August 31
The August 31 is the 243rd day of the Gregorian calendar (the 244th in leap years ): thus remain 122 days by year end.
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events
Politics and world events
- 1056: With the death of the Byzantine empress Theodora III. ends the Macedonian dynasty .
- 1302: The Peace of Caltabellotta aims to resolve the conflict between the House of Anjou and the House of Barcelona over property in southern Italy. The Kingdom of Sicily is divided: Frederick II of Aragon receives the island as a domain, Charles II receives the parts on the mainland .
- 1422: Due to the death of his father Heinrich V , the only eight month old Heinrich VI. english king. The affairs of government are conducted by a Regency Council until the monarch comes of age.
- 1790: A contingent of troops under the command of François-Claude-Amour de Bouillé ends the Nancy affair . Depositing a mutiny of the garrison in Nancy costs at least 89 people in the barricades life. At least 22 soldiers were subsequently sentenced to death and executed.
- 1813: English and Portuguese storm in the Spanish War of Independence the French occupied by Spanish city of San Sebastian and put the place it on fire.
- 1815: Restoration in Switzerland : The “Long Diet ”, which restored the Confederation as a federation of states with the adoption of the federal treaty , ends.
- 1819: With the Karlovy Vary resolutions , a ministerial congress comes to an end. The recommendations to the German Bundestag envisage drastic restrictions on the freedom of universities and the freedom of the press . The monarchical principle is consolidated, the persecution of demagogues is sought.
- 1823: The French army, which marched into Spain on behalf of the Holy Alliance , defeated the insurgent militias concentrated in Cadiz in the Battle of Trocadero . The bourgeois revolution in Spain has thus been crushed.
- 1867: In the election for the North German Reichstag , the supporters of the policies of the Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck receive a majority.
- 1876: Only three months after taking office, the Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed due to mental health problems. He is succeeded by his brother Abdülhamid II.
- 1897: The of Theodor Herzl to Basel convened the first World Zionist Congress calls for the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine .
- 1905: The battle of Mahenge in German East Africa ends with the deaths of hundreds of Africans.
- 1907: The Treaty of Saint Petersburg vote Great Britain and Russia their spheres of influence in Central Asia from. Persia is divided into three zones. Afghanistan is declared a British zone of influence, Tibet a neutral zone. China's claims are recognized.
- 1939: The fake attack on the Gleiwitz transmitter by members of the SS marks the end of Hitler's escalation policy towards Poland and provides the justification for the attack on Poland the following morning.
- 1942: A general strike begins in Luxembourg after the German Gauleiter declared general conscription for all Luxembourgers the day before. The German occupation forces bloodily put down the strike.
- 1950: Jehovah's Witnesses are banned in the GDR . Hundreds of arrests and show trials followed.
- 1956: The States Reorganization Act , which regulates the reorganization of the states of India essentially according to linguistic criteria, comes into force
- 1957: The Malaya Federation becomes an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations .
- 1962: Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent from Great Britain as a monarchy under Elizabeth II .
- 1980: birth of Solidarity : Poland's Deputy Prime Minister Jagielski and strike leaders Walesa in Gdansk sign the Gdańsk Agreement .
- 1988: During a wave of strikes in the People's Republic of Poland , the government and representatives of the Solidarność trade union meet for the first time , who later lead to the round table talks .
- 1990: On the way to German reunification , the unification treaty is signed in Berlin .
- 1991: Kyrgyzstan becomes independent from the Soviet Union .
- 1992: Pascal Lissouba becomes President of the Republic of the Congo .
- 1994: The last Russian troops leave Estonia and Latvia .
- 1994: The Russian western group of troops is officially adopted in Berlin by its President Boris Jelzin and Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl from Germany.
- 1994: Sinn Féin , the political arm of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), announces a unilateral ceasefire.
- 1999: A series of bomb attacks in Russia begins with the explosion of a bomb in a Moscow shopping center .
- 2005: In Baghdad, on the Al-Aaimmah Bridge over the Tigris, a rumor of a suicide attack causes mass panic among Shiite pilgrims. 1,011 deaths are counted, around 800 injured are to be treated.
- 2015: At a press conference with regard to refugee policy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes the confident statement " We can do it ", which attracts worldwide attention and attention.
business
- 1897: Thomas Alva Edison receives a patent for his film projector precursor, the Kinetograph .
- 1931: After 4,320,446 vehicles built, the Ford Motor Company production of the Model A a. Model B replaces the series.
- 1935: The Soviet miner Alexei Grigoryevich Stakhanov mines 102 tons of coal in one shift, exceeding his work standard by a factor of 13. Despite the embellished facts, the Stakhanov movement is started in the Soviet Union , which aims to increase labor productivity .
- 1943: The Frankfurter Zeitung ceases to appear after a decision made by Adolf Hitler, who was angry about an article in the spring .
- 1998: Great price losses on the New York Stock Exchange : The Dow Jones Industry Index falls 6.8 percent.
- 2004: The foundation stone for a new bridge running parallel to the Rügen dam is laid near Stralsund . The Rügen Bridge has been the longest bridge in Germany since October 2007.
science and technology
- 1860: The Oberland Canal in East Prussia, which is a technical innovation because of the hydraulically driven rolling mountains ("inclined levels") to overcome a height difference of 99 meters, is opened.
- 1906: The Motor Airship Study Society is founded in Berlin .
- 1906: The Northwest Passage was passed. Roald Amundsen arrives with his crew of six in Nome ( Alaska ) after a three-year research voyage on the ship Gjøa .
- 1951: Deutsche Grammophon is the first German manufacturer to bring long-playing records with 33⅓ revolutions per minute onto the market.
- 1965: The Super Guppy makes its maiden flight . The aircraft is required to transport rocket parts .
- 1998: North Korea allegedly launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng .
- 1999: The twin skyscraper Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur is officially opened.
Culture
- 1848: First performance of the Radetzky March in Vienna
- 1897: Inauguration of the Kaiser Wilhelm I monument at the Deutsches Eck in Koblenz .
- 1916: Otto Walter finds the head of a statue of Zeus in Aigeira , which is believed to have been made by the Athenian sculptor Eukleides.
- 1928: The premiere of the Threepenny Opera takes place in the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin .
- 1929: The operetta The Three Musketeers by Ralph Benatzky is premiered in Berlin's large theater .
- 1936: Radio Praha , the foreign broadcaster of the Czechoslovak Radio , goes on air for the first time.
- 1951: World premiere of the DEFA film Der Untertan by Wolfgang Staudte in East Berlin.
- 1998: The Südwestrundfunk starts operations. The SWR emerged from a merger between Südwestfunk and Süddeutscher Rundfunk.
society
- 1888: The mutilated body of Mary Ann Nichols is found in the Whitechapel neighborhood of London . She is later believed to be the first victim of the serial killer Jack the Ripper .
- 1997: Lady Di had an accident shortly after midnight in a car accident in a tunnel in Paris with her partner Dodi Fayed . On the same day they both die from their injuries.
- 2006: During a raid, the Norwegian police are able to seize the two paintings by the painter Edvard Munch, The Scream and Madonna, which were stolen from the Munch Museum in 2004 .
- 2012: For the first time, the former Contergan manufacturer Grünenthal explicitly apologizes to the victims of the drug scandal at the inauguration of a memorial at the company's location in Stolberg .
Disasters
- 1812: 470 of the 600 people on board died when the Spanish troop transport Salvador ran aground in the estuary of the Río de la Plata . It is the worst shipping accident in the history of Uruguay .
- 1886: Charleston (South Carolina) is almost 90 percent destroyed by a severe earthquake , the force of nature claims around 100 deaths.
- 1952: The worst accident in German motorsport history occurs on the Grenzlandring with at least 13 deaths .
- 1968: An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 in Iran calls for 12,000 to 20,000 deaths.
- 1974: More than 150 people are killed in a train accident at the Zagreb train station in Croatia .
- 1986: The Soviet cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov collides with a freighter in the Black Sea . 423 passengers and crew members die when the ship sinks near Novorossiysk, which lasts a few minutes .
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 17th century
Caligula (* 12 AD)
Commodus (* 161)
Isabella de 'Medici (* 1542)
Jahangir (* 1569)
- 12: Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , called Caligula, Roman emperor
- 161: Commodus , Roman emperor
- 1017: Jeongjong , 10th King of the Korean Goryeo Empire
- 1398: Jean de Valois, duc de Touraine , French nobleman
- 1537: Arnold Mercator , cartographer
- 1542: Isabella de 'Medici , Italian nobleman
- 1546: Daniel Adam z Veleslavína , Czech writer and publisher
- 1551: Lothar von Metternich , Elector and Archbishop of Trier
- 1559: Oddur Einarsson , Icelandic Protestant bishop
- 1569: Jahangir , Mughal Mughal of India
- 1600: Franz Romanus German legal scholar
17th century
Amalie zu Solms-Braunfels (* 1602)
Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga (* 1652)
David Richter the Elder (* 1661)
Charles de Bourbon (* 1686)
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- 1602: Amalie zu Solms-Braunfels , Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau
- 1627: Christian von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein , German court official and politician
- 1629: Anna Margarete , Princess of Hesse-Homburg and Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
- 1634: Paul Ammann , German medic and botanist
- 1636: Heinrich Adrian Müller , German landowner and imperial resident in Lübeck
- 1649: Bernhard von Zech , German writer
- 1652: Ferdinando Carlo von Gonzaga-Nevers , Duke of Mantua
- 1661: David Richter the Elder , German portrait and landscape painter
- 1663: Guillaume Amontons , French physicist
- 1685: Samuel Urlsperger , German Lutheran theologian
- 1686: Charles de Bourbon , Duke of Berry, aspirant to the French throne
- 1696: Johann Paul Kunzen , composer and organist
18th century
Johann Friedrich Oberlin (* 1740)
JPE Martini (* 1741)
Alexander Radishchev (* 1749)
Michel Eugène Chevreul (* 1786)
- 1705: Henning von Ahlefeldt , Danish Chamberlain and Privy Councilor
- 1729: Friedrich Martini , German physician and natural scientist
- 1729: Hans Jacob Mumenthaler , Swiss chemist and mechanic
- 1730: Baron von Hüpsch , Cologne art collector
- 1731: Ignazio Busca , Italian cardinal and cardinal secretary of state
- 1739: Johann August Eberhard , German philosopher
- 1740: Johann Friedrich Oberlin , Strasbourg pastor and social pioneer
- 1741: Jean-Paul-Égide Martini , Franco-German composer
- 1744: John Houstoun , American politician
- 1749: Alexander Nikolajewitsch Radishchev , Russian philosopher and revolutionary
- 1759: Joseph Armand von Nordmann , French Colonel and Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal
- 1760: Georg Ludwig von Anns , German politician
- 1760: Aristide Aubert Dupetit-Thouars , French admiral and navigator
- 1760: Peter Joseph Triest , Belgian canon and founder of the order
- 1762: Josef Achammer , Tyrolean freedom fighter and rifle captain von Sillian
- 1763: Andreas Stanislaus von Hatten , Bishop of Warmia
- 1777: Jean Pierre Joseph d'Arcet , French chemist
- 1777: Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann , German romantic writer
- 1778: Johan Storm Munch , Norwegian bishop and writer
- 1779: Anton Viktor Joseph Johann Raimund , Archduke of Austria
- 1786: Eugène Chevreul , French chemist
- 1787: Louis Antoine Ponchard , French opera singer
- 1796: Christian Sartorius , German theologian, educator and writer
- 1797: Philipp von Brunnow , Russian diplomat
- 1797: Ramón Castilla , President of Peru
- 1797: James Ferguson , Scottish engineer and astronomer
- 1798: Gebhard Karl Ludolf von Alvensleben , royal Prussian general of the cavalry
- 1798: Georg Friedrich Puchta , German lawyer
19th century
1801-1850
Oswald Heer (* 1809)
Hermann von Helmholtz (* 1821)
Amilcare Ponchielli (* 1834)
Georg von Hertling (* 1843)
- 1801: Pierre Soulé , American politician
- 1802: Karl von Urban , Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal
- 1803: Karl Eduard Meinicke , German geographer and author
- 1809: Oswald Heer , Swiss paleontologist, botanist and entomologist
- 1811: Goode Bryan , Confederate General
- 1812: Enno von Colomb , Prussian general
- 1815: Heinrich Ernst Beyrich , German geologist and paleontologist
- 1821: Hermann von Helmholtz , German physiologist and physicist
- 1821: Christian Carl Magnussen , German painter
- 1824: Christian Arning , German judge and politician
- 1824: Joseph Roesberg , German dialect poet and composer
- 1830: Edmund Kretschmer , German organist and composer
- 1832: Charles Wirgman , British cartoonist
- 1834: Amilcare Ponchielli , Italian composer and conductor
- 1837: Frederick Walker Pitkin , governor of Colorado
- 1840: Wilhelm Dittenberger , German classical philologist and epigraphist
- 1841: Carl Rasmussen , Danish painter
- 1842: Adolf Pinner , German chemist
- 1842: Josef Riehl , Austrian entrepreneur
- 1843: Georg von Hertling , German politician and philosopher
- 1844: Ernst Flügel , German Romantic composer
- 1845: Heinrich von Poschinger , German writer and historian
- 1845: Konrad Rethwisch , German historian and schoolboy
1851-1900
Alexei Alexejewitsch Brussilow (* 1853)
Benjamin Jan Kouwer (* 1861)
Maria Montessori (* 1870)
Edward Lee Thorndike (* 1874)
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- 1853: Alexei Alexejewitsch Brussilow , Russian adjutant general to the tsar
- 1854: Carl Wilhelm Samuel Aurivillius , Swedish zoologist
- 1860: Karl Emil Scherz , German architect and local writer
- 1861: Alexandre-M. Clerk , Canadian composer and conductor
- 1861: Benjamin Jan Kouwer , Dutch gynecologist
- 1863: Isabella Marie Elisabeth of Bavaria , Princess of Bavaria and Savoy, Duchess of Genoa
- 1865: Heinrich Pudor , German publicist, pioneer of nudism in Germany
- 1866: Elizabeth von Arnim , British writer
- 1866: Georg Arthur Jensen , Danish artist
- 1869: Anthony Ashley-Cooper , British nobleman
- 1870: Maria Montessori , Italian doctor and teacher
- 1871: Ernst II , Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- 1871: James E. Ferguson , American politician
- 1871: Edouard Giroux , French racing car driver
- 1871: Rudolf Herzog , German classical philologist and archaeologist
- 1873: Allen Sisson , American old-time musician
- 1874: Edward Lee Thorndike , American psychologist
- 1878: Frank Jarvis , American athlete
- 1878: Albert Riemenschneider , American Bach researcher and music teacher
- 1879: Ida Kerkovius , German painter and tapestry weaver
- 1879: Alma Mahler-Werfel , Austrian-American artist and salonière
- 1879: Yoshihito , 123rd Tennō (Emperor) of Japan
- 1880: Eduard Edert , German politician and writer, Member of the Bundestag
- 1880: Adolf Grabowsky , German geopolitical scientist
- 1880: Wilhelmina , Queen of the Netherlands
Alma Mahler-Werfel (* 1879)
Yoshihito (* 1879)
Queen Wilhelmina (* 1880)
Fredric March (* 1897)
- 1881: Emanuel Goldberg , Russian-Jewish chemist, technician and inventor
- 1882: Franz Hofer , German film director
- 1882: Harry Porter , American athlete
- 1883: Ramón Fonst , Cuban fencer
- 1884: George Sarton , American historian of science
- 1885: Herbert Westren Turnbull , English mathematician
- 1886: Jan Heřman , Czech pianist and music teacher
- 1886: Wilhelm Kuh German painter
- 1887: Friedrich Adolf Paneth , German-Austrian chemist
- 1887: Margarete Tietz , German-American social welfare worker, patron and teacher
- 1889: Anna Ebert , German politician, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1891: Theodor Danegger , Austrian actor
- 1892: Auguste Caralp , French racing car driver
- 1892: Wheeler Dryden , British actor
- 1893: Raymond Earl Baldwin , American judge and politician, governor and senator for Connecticut
- 1893: José María Granada , Spanish playwright, screenwriter and director
- 1893: Lily Laskine , French harpist
- 1893: Georg Thumshirn , German motorcycle racer
- 1894: Joseph Freundorfer , New Testament scholar and Bishop of Augsburg
- 1895: Karl Fiehler , German politician, MdR, Lord Mayor of Munich
- 1897: Marianne Bruns , German writer
- 1897: Otto Dietrich , German political functionary, Reich press chief of the NSDAP, State Secretary in the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, MdR, war criminal
- 1897: Willy Liebel , German local politician, Lord Mayor of Nuremberg
- 1897: Fredric March , American actor
- 1898: Ernst Josef Aufricht , German actor and theater director
- 1898: Heinrich Stephan , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1899: Albert Akst , American musician and film editor
- 1899: Aleksander Antson , Estonian writer
- 1899: Walter Müller von Kulm , Swiss composer and music teacher
20th century
1901-1925
Werner Weber (* 1904)
Maurice Tornay (* 1910)
Bernard Lovell (born 1912)
Alice Schwarz-Gardos (* 1915)
- 1901: Burton Y. Berry , American diplomat and art collector
- 1901: Hans-Adolf Prützmann , German SS and police leader
- 1903: Franz Blatt , Austrian-Danish Middle Latin philologist
- 1903: Arthur Godfrey , American radio and television host
- 1903: Vladimir Jankélévitch , French philosopher
- 1903: Heinz Maria Oeftering , President of the German Federal Railways and President of the Federal Audit Office
- 1904: Werner Weber , German constitutional lawyer
- 1905: Robert Bacher , American nuclear physicist ( Manhattan Project )
- 1905: Kurt Lehmann , German sculptor
- 1905: Julio Meinvielle , Argentine writer and priest
- 1905: Sanford Meisner , American actor
- 1905: Sayed Nosseir , Egyptian weightlifter
- 1906: Raymond Sommer , French racing car driver
- 1907: Ray Berres , American baseball player and coach
- 1907: Argentina Brunetti , Argentine actress
- 1907: Ramon Magsaysay , President of the Philippines
- 1907: Dan Pickett , American blues singer and guitarist
- 1907: William Shawn , American journalist
- 1907: Altiero Spinelli , Italian politician
- 1908: Conrad Baden , Norwegian composer and organist
- 1908: Herbert Dill , German athlete
- 1908: William Saroyan , American writer
- 1909: Hans-Joachim Fränkel , German Protestant bishop and human rights activist
- 1909: Walter Zawadil , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1910: Maurice Tornay , Swiss Augustinian canon, martyr in Tibet
- 1910: Petar Trifunović , Yugoslav chess master
- 1910: Raoul Ubac , Belgian painter
- 1911: Hans John , German lawyer and resistance fighter
- 1911: Ramón Vinay , Chilean hero tenor, later baritone
- 1912: Helmut Hamann , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1913: Zbigniew Bieńkowski , Polish literary critic, essayist and translator
- 1913: Jacques Foccart , French politician
- 1913: Helen Levitt , American photographer and filmmaker
- 1913: Bernard Lovell , British astrophysicist
- 1913: Rudolf Margolius , Czechoslovak Foreign Trade Minister
- 1914: Richard Basehart , American actor
- 1915: Alice Schwarz-Gardos , Israeli journalist
- 1916: Robert Hanbury Brown , English physicist and radio astronomer
- 1917: György Aczél , Hungarian cultural politician
- 1917: Lucrecia Kasilag , Filipino composer
- 1918: Bill Homeier , American racing car driver
- 1918: Alan Jay Lerner , American author and songwriter
- 1921: David Keirsey , American psychologist and professor
- 1921: Hermann Vetter , German football player
- 1921: Raymond Williams , British scientist, author and critic
- 1922: August Graf Kageneck , German journalist
- 1924: Buddy Hackett , American comedian and actor
- 1924: Klaus Hashagen , German composer
- 1924: Antonín Kratochvíl , Czech writer
- 1924: Harry Meyen , German actor and director
- 1925: Kamlang-ek Arthit , Thai military and politician
- 1925: Vratislav Blažek , Czech dramaturge and film scenarist, songwriter
- 1925: Marvin Davis , American multi-billionaire
- 1925: Elwin Schlebrowski , German soccer player
1926-1950
Eldrige Cleaver (* 1935)
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho (* 1936)
Gunter Hampel (* 1937)
Van Morrison (* 1945)
- 1926: Josi Meier , Swiss politician
- 1927: Marianus Arokiasamy , Indian Archbishop
- 1928: James Coburn , American film actor
- 1928: Marie-Brigitte Gauthier-Chaufour , French composer
- 1928: Klaus Oehler , German philosopher
- 1928: Jaime Lachica Sin , Archbishop of Manila and Cardinal
- 1928: Takahiro Tamura , Japanese actor
- 1929: Germaine Damar , Luxembourg film actress
- 1930: Don Oreck , American actor
- 1930: Lore Straßl , German translator and editor
- 1931: Jean Béliveau , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1931: Olaf Sund , German politician
- 1931: Kazumi Takahashi , Japanese writer and sinologist
- 1931: Noble Willingham , American film actor
- 1932: Willy Hautvast , Dutch composer and musician
- 1933: Susy Leiva , Argentine tango singer
- 1933: Kirsten Walther , Danish actress
- 1934: Rolf Krumsiek , German lawyer and politician
- 1935: Eldridge Cleaver , American writer and co-founder of the Black Panthers
- 1935: Frank Robinson , American baseball player
- 1936: Holger Obermann , German soccer goalkeeper and ARD television reporter
- 1936: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho , Portuguese officer
- 1936: Igor Michailowitsch Schukow , Russian pianist and conductor
- 1937: Gunter Hampel , German jazz musician
- 1937: Gilles Latulippe , Canadian theater director, actor, director and playwright
- 1937: Bobby Parker , American blues guitarist
- 1938: Martin Bell , British news anchor and politician
- 1938: Galina Evgenjewna Gorochowa , Soviet foil fencer
- 1938: "Spider" John Koerner , American singer, guitarist and songwriter
- 1938: Wieland Kuijken , Belgian viola da gamba player and cellist
- 1939: Gerhart Kreft , German judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- 1939: Karl Lohmann , German economist
- 1939: Paul Winter , American saxophonist and band leader
- 1940: Alain Calmat , French figure skater
Itzhak Perlman (* 1945)
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (* 1947)
Rudolf Schenker (* 1948)
Richard Gere (* 1949)
- 1941: Wolfgang Hilbig , German writer
- 1941: Walter Mossmann , German songwriter
- 1941: Emmanuel Nunes , Portuguese composer
- 1942: Isao Aoki , Japanese professional golfer
- 1942: Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi , Italian racing car driver
- 1942: Raymond Ranjeva , Malagasy lawyer, Vice-President of the International Court of Justice
- 1942: Pedro Solbes , Spanish politician, Spanish Minister of Economics
- 1943: Thierry Romain Camille Jordan , Archbishop of Reims
- 1944: Roger Dean , British artist
- 1944: Dietmar Huhn , German actor
- 1944: Anna Lizaran , Catalan actress
- 1945: Ernst-Reinhard Beck , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1945: Tadeusz Dębicki , Polish politician, member of the Sejm
- 1945: Van Morrison , Northern Irish musician, singer and composer
- 1945: Itzhak Perlman , Israeli violinist
- 1945: Leonid Ivanovich Popov , Soviet cosmonaut, pilot
- 1946: Helmut Panke , German manager
- 1947: Luca Cordero di Montezemolo , Italian industrialist
- 1947: Yumiko Ōshima , Japanese manga artist
- 1948: Jakob Auer , Austrian politician
- 1948: Harald Ertl , Austrian-German Formula 1 racing driver
- 1948: Holger Osieck , German soccer coach and official
- 1948: Rudolf Schenker , German musician and songwriter
- 1948: Rolf Schmidt-Holtz , German journalist
- 1949: Olaf Berner , German teacher and handball player
- 1949: Richard Gere , American actor
- 1949: David Politzer , American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1950: Irene Gruss , Argentine poet
- 1950: Wolfram Kober , German science fiction author
1951-1975
Kim Kashkashian (born 1952)
Pavel Winogradov (* 1953)
Jonathan LaPaglia (* 1969)
Jeff Russo (* 1969)
- 1951: Eduard Douša , Czech composer
- 1951: Friedemann , German musician and music producer
- 1952: Lee Hyla , American composer
- 1952: Kim Kashkashian , American violist
- 1952: Herbert Reul , German politician, MEP
- 1953: Miguel Ángel Guerra , Argentine racing car driver
- 1953: Pavel Vinogradov , Russian spaceman
- 1954: Caroline Cossey , British transsexual model, actress and dancer
- 1954: Robert Kocharyan , Armenian President
- 1955: Filip Adwent , Polish politician, MEP
- 1955: Reinhold Greisbach , German phonetician
- 1955: Sewarion Kirkitadze , German lawyer and actor
- 1955: Edwin Moses , American athlete
- 1956: Danny Dziuk , German musician
- 1956: Heidemarie Mundlos , German politician
- 1957: Thomas Harms , German actor
- 1957: Christoph Hillenbrand , Bavarian functionary, district president
- 1957: Uwe Hobler , German politician
- 1959: Ralph Krueger , German-Canadian ice hockey coach
- 1960: Klaus Baier , German politician
- 1960: Matthias Güldner , German politician
- 1960: Vali Ionescu-Constantin , Romanian long jumper
- 1960: Christian Käs , German politician
- 1960: Chris Whitley , American musician
- 1961: Neill Archer , British tenor
- 1961: Peter Grossen , Swiss accordion and Swiss accordion player
- 1961: Bruce Guthro , Canadian folk singer
- 1961: Dimitrios Tsionanis , Greek football player
- 1962: Janice Ann Atkinson , British politician
- 1962: Bruce Baumgartner , American wrestler
- 1965: Henry Acquah , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1965: Daniel Bernhardt , Swiss actor
- 1965: Celine Bonnier , Canadian actress
- 1965: Zsolt Borkai , Hungarian gymnast, world champion and Olympic champion
- 1966: Wolfgang Krebs , German cabaret artist
- 1966: Jan Einar Thorsen , Norwegian ski racer
- 1967: Jonathan Cake , British actor
- 1967: Ralf Inderthal , German handball player
- 1967: Uwe Inderthal , German handball trainer and handball player
- 1967: João Manuel , Portuguese football player
- 1967: Anita Moen , Norwegian cross-country skier
- 1968: Joseph Cedar , Israeli film director
- 1969: Andreas Arnstedt , German actor, screenwriter, producer and director
- 1969: Nathalie Bouvier , French ski racer
- 1969: Jonathan LaPaglia , Australian actor
- 1969: Justo Ruiz González , Andorran football player
- 1969: Jeff Russo , American composer, guitarist and music producer
Debbie Gibson (* 1970)
Kinga Prize (* 1971)
Ono Ngcala (* 1974)
Sara Ramírez (* 1975)
- 1970: Debbie Gibson , American pop singer
- 1970: Rania of Jordan , Queen of Jordan
- 1970: Michael Rast , Austrian actor
- 1970: Arie van Lent , Dutch football player
- 1971: Nobuatsu Aoki , Japanese motorcycle racer
- 1971: Dănuț Alin Artimon , Romanian football player and coach
- 1971: Pádraig Harrington , Irish golfer
- 1971: Kinga Prize , Polish actress
- 1971: Chris Tucker , American film actor and comedian
- 1972: Konstantinos Konstantinidis , Greek football player
- 1973: Björn Bobach , German opera singer
- 1973: Régisgenaux , Belgian football player
- 1973: Scott Niedermayer , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973: Markus Schmidt , German soccer referee
- 1974: Cəmil Ağamalıyev , Azerbaijani chess player and coach
- 1974: Raimund Hedl , Austrian football player
- 1974: Andrij Medvedev , Ukrainian tennis player
- 1974: Ono Ngcala , German singer and rapper
- 1974: Rudolf Zedi , German football player
- 1975: John Grahame , American ice hockey player
- 1975: Sara Ramírez , Mexican actress
- 1975: Marie Ringler , Austrian politician
1976-2000
Yuvan Shankar Raja (* 1979)
Mara Bergmann (* 1982)
G. Willow Wilson (* 1982)
Adrienne Reese (* 1988)
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- 1976: Vincent Delerm , French singer and composer
- 1976: Lucas Gregorowicz , German-Polish actor
- 1976: Roque Júnior , Brazilian soccer player
- 1977: Jeff Hardy , American wrestler
- 1977: Craig Nicholls , Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist
- 1977: Jürgen Pichorner , Austrian football player
- 1978: Clemens Arnold , German hockey player
- 1978: Philippe Christanval , French football player
- 1978: Roland Gerdenitsch , Austrian football goalkeeper
- 1978: Hoda Lattaf , French soccer player
- 1979: Peter Luczak , Australian tennis player
- 1979: Yuvan Shankar Raja , Indian musician
- 1980: Joe Budden , American rapper
- 1980: Nikola Prce , Bosnian-Herzegovinian handball player
- 1981: Lars Jungnickel , German soccer player
- 1981: Dwayne Peel , Welsh rugby player
- 1982: Oscar Adrián Ahumada , Argentine soccer player
- 1982: Mara Bergmann , German journalist and presenter
- 1982: Ian Crocker , American swimmer
- 1982: Chris Duhon , American basketball player
- 1982: Chris Katongo , Zambian soccer player
- 1982: Bryce Lampman , American ice hockey player
- 1982: Christian Meyer , German actor
- 1982: Łukasz Mierzejewski , Polish football player
- 1982: Patrick Nuo , Swiss singer
- 1982: Björn Andersohn , German soccer player
- 1982: José Manuel Reina , Spanish soccer player
- 1982: Michele Rugolo , Italian racing driver
- 1982: G. Willow Wilson , American author
- 1983: Lasse Svan , Danish handball player
- 1984: Matti Breschel , Danish racing cyclist
- 1984: Ted Ligety , American ski racer
- 1984: Charl Schwartzel , South African golfer
- 1985: Ashley Hartman , American actress and model
- 1985: Rolando , Cape Verdean-Portuguese football player
- 1987: Eric Botteghin , Brazilian soccer player
- 1988: Antoine Adams , St. Kitts and Nevis sprinter
- 1988: José Ramón Aguirre , Mexican track and road cyclist
- 1988: David Ospina , Colombian football goalkeeper
- 1988: Yuri Postrigai , Russian canoeist and Olympic champion
- 1988: Adrienne Reese , American wrestler
- 1990: Thomas Götzl , Finnish-German soccer player
- 1990: Simon Unge , German web video producer
- 1991: António Félix da Costa , Portuguese racing driver
- 1991: Moreno Hofland , Dutch cyclist
- 1991: Artūrs Kļimovičs , Latvian football player
- 1991: Cédric Soares , Portuguese football player
- 1991: Shi Tingmao , Chinese water diver
- 1992: Giliano Wijnaldum , Dutch football player
- 1995: Mobolade Ajomale , Canadian sprinter
- 1995: Tim Kleindienst , German soccer player
- 1995: Léo Roussel , French racing car driver
- 1996: Fabio Jakobsen , Dutch cyclist
- 1996: Chiara Mair , Austrian ski racer
- 2000: Angel Gomes , Anglo-Portuguese soccer player
Died
Before the 16th century
Aidan of Lindisfarne († 651)
Konrad I. Masowiecki († 1247)
Henry V of England († 1422)
- 651: Aidan , first bishop of Lindisfarne
- 836: Wala , Abbot of Corvey
- 875: Adventius , Bishop of Metz
- 954: Alberic II , ruler of Rome
- 983: Wigfried , Bishop of Verdun
- 1037: Hugo of Burgundy , Bishop of Lausanne
- 1054: Kunigunde von Altdorf , countess, ancestor of the younger Guelphs
- 1056: Theodora III. , Empress of Byzantium
- 1140: Godebold von Meißen , Bishop of Meißen
- 1158: Sancho III. , King of Castile
- 1190: Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester , Anglo-Norman nobleman
- 1184: Arnulf von Lisieux , French bishop
- 1234: Go-Horikawa , 86th Emperor of Japan
- 1237: Huijong , 21st King of the Korean Goryeo Empire
- 1240: Raimund Nonnatus , Catalan saint and cardinal
- 1247: Conrad I , Duke of Mazovia, Duke of Kujawy, Sieradz and Łęczyca, and Senior Duke of Poland
- 1267: Bonajunkta Manetti (Johannes) , Italian saint, founder of the order
- 1287: Konrad von Würzburg , German lyric poet, epic poet and didactic poet
- 1321: Ludeko , Bishop of Pomesania
- 1422: Henry V , King of England from the House of Lancaster
- 1433: Peter I , Count of Brienne and Conversano and Count of Saint-Pol
16th to 18th century
Olaus Wormius († 1654)
Johann Rist († 1667)
John Bunyan († 1688)
Ludwig I of Spain († 1724)
- 1504: Scholastica von Anhalt , abbess of the free secular monastery of Gernrode and Frose
- 1528: Matthias Grünewald , German painter and graphic artist, master builder, water artist
- 1556: Robert de Croÿ , Prince-Bishop of Cambrai
- 1563: Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli , Italian architect and sculptor
- 1589: Jurij Dalmatin , reformer and translator of the Bible into Slovenian
- 1592: Wilhelm von Rosenberg , Oberstlandesämmerer and Supreme Burgrave of Bohemia
- 1636: Albert Hein the Elder , German legal scholar and diplomat
- 1646: Francesco Bracciolini , Italian poet
- 1649: Michael Kern , German sculptor
- 1650: Michael Behm , German Protestant theologian
- 1654: Olaus Wormius , Danish archaeologist and imperial antiquarian
- 1667: Johann Rist , poet and preacher
- 1678: Ludwig VII , Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
- 1688: John Bunyan , Baptist minister and writer from England
- 1688: Maria Magdalena von Oettingen-Baldern , second wife of Margrave Wilhelm von Baden
- 1691: Johann Heinrich von Dünewald , Austrian General Field Marshal of the Cavalry
- 1700: Stephan Kessler , Tyrolean painter
- 1701: Samuel Chappuzeau , French traveler, doctor, writer and teacher
- 1707: Samuel Benedict Carpzov , German poet and Protestant theologian
- 1709: Andrea Pozzo , Italian painter
- 1720: Johann Ernst Henfling , German businessman, lawyer and promoter of higher education in Meiningen
- 1723: Franz Anton Adolph von Wagensperg , Prince-Bishop of Seckau and Prince-Bishop of Chiemsee
- 1724: Ludwig , King of Spain
- 1756: Franz Anton Ebner , Salzburg painter
- 1762: Momozono , 116th Emperor of Japan
- 1762: Pietro Rotari , Italian painter
- 1765: Johann Balthasar Antesperg , German linguist and court teacher
- 1773: Pyotr Grigoryevich Tschernyschow , Russian diplomat
- 1790: Johann Hinrich Gossler , German merchant and banker
- 1795: Maruyama Ōkyo , Japanese painter
- 1795: François-André Danican Philidor , chess player
- 1799: Nicolas-Henri Jardin , French architect
19th century
Louis Antoine de Bougainville († 1811)
Karl Ludwig Harding († 1834)
Ferdinand Lassalle († 1864)
Charles Baudelaire († 1867)
- 1801: Nicola Sala , Italian composer
- 1805: Joseph Dall'Abaco , Italian musician and composer
- 1810: Melchior Ludolf Herold , German hymn composer and priest
- 1811: Louis Antoine de Bougainville , French navigator and writer
- 1814: Arthur Phillip , British naval officer and first governor of New South Wales
- 1821: Pierre Galin , French music theorist
- 1832: Antoine-Léonard de Chézy , French orientalist and co-founder of Indology
- 1834: Karl Ludwig Harding , German astronomer
- 1841: Johann Georg Christian Apel , German organist and composer
- 1848: Ludwig Griesselich , German homeopath, physician and editor of a magazine
- 1850: Charles Rivière-Hérard , President of Haiti
- 1856: Giuseppe Pioda , Swiss architect and engineer
- 1862: Ignaz Aßmayer , Austrian composer and church musician
- 1864: Ferdinand Lassalle , German politician and publicist
- 1865: Moritz von Stubenrauch , Austrian lawyer
- 1867: Charles Baudelaire , French poet
- 1868: Francis Granger , American politician
- 1870: John F. Appleton , American lawyer and general
- 1872: John Neely Johnson , American politician
- 1877: Julius Ostendorf , German educator and politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- 1883: Ernst Marno , Austrian explorer of Africa
- 1883: Levin Schücking , German writer
- 1888: Mary Ann Nichols , called Polly , first victim of Jack the Ripper
- 1900: John Bennet Lawes , British agricultural chemist
20th century
1901-1950
Mathilde Wesendonck († 1902)
Lucy Lloyd († 1914)
Wilhelm Wundt († 1920)
Marina Tsvetaeva († 1941)
- 1902: Mathilde Wesendonck , German writer
- 1906: Ludwig Zimmermann , German-Baltic Protestant martyr
- 1907: Ali Asghar Khan Atabak , Iranian Prime Minister
- 1913: Erwin Bälz , personal physician to the imperial family and co-founder of modern medicine in Japan
- 1914: Lucy Lloyd , British-South African linguist and ethnologist
- 1915: Greene Vardiman Black , American medic
- 1920: Wilhelm Wundt , German philosopher and psychologist
- 1923: Gerrit Kalff , Dutch Dutch specialist
- 1927: Andranik Ozanian , Armenian resistance fighter
- 1928: Bruno Wille , German philosopher, journalist and writer
- 1930: Eduard Meyer , German ancient historian
- 1933: Theodor Lessing , German philosopher and publicist
- 1937: Albert Heim , Swiss geologist
- 1940: Raymond Smith Dugan , American astronomer
- 1941: Alfred Hettner , German geographer
- 1941: Marina Tsvetaeva , Russian poet and writer
- 1945: Stefan Banach , Polish mathematician
- 1948: Janus Djurhuus , trained lawyer, Faroese poet
- 1948: Andrei Zhdanov , Soviet politician
1951-2000
Hugo Kruyt († 1959)
Tamara Bunke († 1967)
Ilja Ehrenburg († 1967)
John Ford († 1973)
- 1952: Jim Rigsby , American racing car driver
- 1955: Willi Baumeister , German painter
- 1955: Eberhard Koebel , German author, founder of the Jungschaft
- 1956: Percy MacKaye , American dramaturge and poet
- 1956: Yves Nat , French pianist and composer
- 1959: Hugo Rudolph Kruyt , Dutch chemist
- 1959: Josef Oesterle , German politician
- 1963: Georges Braque , French painter
- 1963: Stephen Rothman ( István Rothman ), Hungarian-American dermatologist
- 1964: Peter Lanyon , British painter
- 1965: Edward E. Smith , American writer
- 1966: Kasimir Edschmid , German expressionist writer
- 1966: Willi Hammelrath , founder of the Burg Vondern Workers' College
- 1967: Juan Vitalio Acuña Núñez , Cuban revolutionary
- 1967: Tamara Bunke , Guerrillera in Latin America
- 1967: Jerónimo Costa , Chilean painter
- 1967: Ilya Ehrenburg , Soviet-Russian writer
- 1969: Ottmar Gerster , German composer
- 1969: Rocky Marciano , American boxer
- 1970: Booker Ervin , American jazz saxophonist
- 1972: Andrés Pardo Tovar , Colombian sociologist, ethnomusicologist and folklorist
- 1973: John Ford , American director
- 1977: Sidney Atkinson , South African athlete
- 1979: Percival Borde , American dancer, choreographer and dance teacher
- 1979: Celso Emilio Ferreiro , Spanish-Galician writer and journalist
- 1982: Joaquín Piñeros Corpas , Colombian writer and politician
Frank Macfarlane Burnet († 1985)
Urho Kekkonen († 1986)
Diana, Princess of Wales († 1997)
- 1985: Frank Macfarlane Burnet , Australian medic
- 1986: Jorge Alessandri , Chilean politician
- 1986: Elizabeth Coatsworth , American writer
- 1986: Urho Kekkonen , Finnish politician
- 1986: Henry Moore , British sculptor and painter
- 1989: Bruno Francisci , Italian automobile and motorcycle racing driver
- 1989: Mickey Hawks , American rock 'n' roll musician
- 1990: Gerty Molzen , German actress and singer
- 1992: Wolfgang Güllich , German sport climber
- 1992: Hans Wimmer , German sculptor
- 1993: Siegfried Schürenberg , German actor and voice actor
- 1995: Horst Janssen , German draftsman and graphic artist
- 1995: Gertrud Luckner , Christian resistance fighter, pacifist
- 1996: Milt Larkin , American jazz trumpeter
- 1997: Dodi Al-Fayed , Egyptian film producer and businessman
- 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales , first wife of the British heir to the throne Prince Charles, Crown Princess
- 1998: Pierre Durand , French composer and music teacher
- 2000: Joan Hartigan , Australian tennis player
- 2000: Klaus Miedel , German voice actor and actor
21st century
Lionel Hampton († 2002)
George Porter († 2002)
Norbert Walter († 2012)
David Frost († 2013)
- 2002: Lionel Hampton , American jazz vibraphonist and band leader
- 2002: George Porter , British chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 2003: Tadeusz Machl , Polish composer, organist and music teacher
- 2004: Adelmo Melecci , Canadian organist, composer and music teacher
- 2004: Carl Wayne , British singer and actor
- 2005: Antoni Clavé , Spanish painter and sculptor
- 2005: Emil Rudolf Greulich , German writer
- 2005: Józef Rotblat , Polish poet, Nobel Prize winner
- 2005: Michael Sheard , British actor
- 2005: Sophie Watillon , Belgian viol player
- 2006: Mohamed Abdelwahab , Egyptian soccer player
- 2006: Mike Magill , American racing car driver
- 2006: Hans E. Schwender , German painter
- 2008: Jerry Reed , American country singer and actor
- 2010: Laurent Fignon , French cyclist
- 2010: Liselotte Jünger , German Germanist, historian and editor
- 2011: Rosel Zech , German actress
- 2012: Hans Ambrosi , German winemaker
- 2012: Martin Goldstein , German psychotherapist and youth advisor ("Dr. Sommer")
- 2012: Carlo Maria Martini , Italian Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan
- 2012: Sergei Sokolov , Soviet military and politician
- 2012: Norbert Walter , German economist
- 2013: David Frost , British journalist, television presenter, television interviewer and political satirist
- 2014: Jacques Grelley , French entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 2014: Jimi Jamison , American rock singer
- 2015: Bernard Aubertin , French artist
- 2017: Richard Anderson , American actor
- 2017: Egon Günther , German film director and writer
- 2017: Egon Peffekoven , German shipbuilder and honorary commander of the Beuel city soldiers
- 2018: Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza , Italian human geneticist and evolutionary biologist
- 2018: Elmar Pieroth , German politician and senator
- 2019: Anthoine Hubert , French racing car driver
- 2019: Immanuel Wallerstein , American sociologist
- 2020: Pranab Mukherjee , Indian politician
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Aidan of Lindisfarne , missionary, bishop and patron saint (Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox)
- John Bunyan , English revival preacher (Protestant)
- Ludwig Zimmermann , German-Baltic martyr (Protestant)
- St. Paulinus of Trier , French martyr and Bishop of Trier (Catholic)
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
- Kyrgyzstan : Independence from the Soviet Union (1991)
- Malaysia : Independence from Great Britain (1957)
- Trinidad and Tobago : Independence from the West Indian Federation (1962)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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