July 4th
The July 4 is the 185th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 186th in leap years ), thus remain 180 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 907 : In the Battle of Pressburg , the army spell led by Margrave Luitpold of Bavaria is defeated by the Hungarians , he himself and numerous other secular and spiritual dignitaries lose their lives. The Ostmark is lost for around 50 years.
- 1187 : At the Battle of the Horns of Hattin , the army of the Crusader states is defeated by the troops of Saladin .
- 1190 : Philip II of France and Richard I of England set off with their armies on the Third Crusade .
- 1253 : An army of knights from the Lower Rhine defeats a Franco-Flemish army in the battle of Westkapelle during the War of Flemish Succession .
- 1376 : The Swabian Association of Cities is founded. Ulm and 13 other imperial cities defend themselves against noble rule.
- 1456 : Sultan Mehmed II tries in a lightning campaign to subdue the Kingdom of Hungary . It begins with the siege of Belgrade and its strong border fortress .
- 1534 : The nobility elects Christian III. to the king of Denmark and Norway .
- 1610 : The Russians and their allied Swedes are defeated in the Battle of Klushino in the Polish-Russian War . This has consequences for Tsar Vasily IV , who is overthrown shortly afterwards.
- 1635 : General Octavio Piccolomini , who entered service in Spain, succeeds in relieving the city of Leuven in Flanders . The French and Dutch fail with their siege and retreat to the area around Roermond .
- 1710 : During the Great Northern War , the city of Riga surrenders to the troops of the Russian general Boris Petrovich Sheremetev after a long siege .
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- 1776 : Second Continental Congress approves the United States' Declaration of Independence .
- 1800 : The United States enters into force the law making the western part of the Northwest Territory a separate territory of the United States as Indiana Territory . The rest of the divided territory becomes the State of Ohio in 1803 .
- 1805 : The United States forms the Louisiana Territory from part of the territory bought by France in the Louisiana Purchase .
- 1819 : From a part of the Missouri Territory is under US President James Monroe , the Arkansas Territory created. Arkansas Post Office becomes the capital of the United States Territory .
- 1838 : The western part of the Wisconsin Territory is separated and becomes a separate territory of the United States under the name Iowa Territory . Burlington becomes the territory capital, and Robert Lucas becomes the first governor of the new territory.
- 1863 : In the American Civil War , Ulysses S. Grant's troops are victorious in the Battle of Vicksburg . The city of Vicksburg surrenders to the northern states after about six weeks of siege . Because Union ships now rule the Mississippi , Texas and Arkansas are cut off from a continental connection to the other southern states .
- 1870 : In the beginning of the Viennese high treason trial , fourteen persons responsible for organizing a rally for political and trade union rights of the workers , attended by around 20,000 people, stand on trial .
- 1879 : The decisive battle of the Zulu War takes place near the Zulu capital Ulundi , which is won by the British .
- 1892 : Samoa moves to the eastern side of the date line .
- 1894 : A republic is proclaimed in the Kingdom of Hawaii , whose fortunes have been governed by a provisional government following the abdication of Queen Liliʻuokalani the previous year. Its first and only president will be Sanford Dole .
- 1918 : In Constantinople, Mehmed V, who died the day before, is followed by his brother Mehmed VI. to the head of the Ottoman Empire . He will be its last sultan .
- 1926 : The first NSDAP party congress takes place in Weimar and the Hitler Youth is founded.
- 1933 : Members of the SS murder eleven members of the KPD near the small village of Rieseberg near Königslutter am Elm. The giant mountain murders are by appearing in the same year brochure Terror in Brunswick by Hans Reinowski known internationally.
- 1933 : The Center Party and the Bavarian People's Party in Germany decide to dissolve themselves.
- 1939 : The German Reich is discrimination of Jews with the creation of the National Association of Jews in Germany continued.
- 1941 : After the German Wehrmacht captured Riga on July 1, the task force men of the Arājs command burned down the Great Choral Synagogue in Gogoļa iela and other Jewish prayer houses. T. dozens of people are located. July 4th has been a statutory day of remembrance since the restoration of Latvia's sovereignty .
- 1945 : An agreement on allied control in occupied Austria is signed in London . The national territory and Vienna are divided into four zones of occupation.
- 1946 : The Philippines gain independence from the USA.
- 1946 : The Kielce pogrom in Poland leads to one of the largest anti-Judaist riots in Europe after the end of the Second World War, which has not yet been fully clarified.
- 1953 : Imre Nagy is elected Hungarian Prime Minister.
- 1967 : The Freedom of Information Act comes into force in the USA . In principle, the law grants everyone the right to receive information about executive documents .
- 1973 : The Caribbean Community is established in the Treaty of Chaguaramas .
- 1976 : Elite units flown in from Israel liberate the hostages from the Air France plane hijacked on June 27 in Entebbe on the night of July 3rd . Seven of the ten terrorists are killed in Operation Entebbe , three of 103 hostages die. An Israeli and 20 Ugandan soldiers who open fire on the attackers are also killed during the commando operation.
- 2000 : Bavaria introduces a “ Blue Card ” for foreign computer specialists, where the residence permit is linked to the duration of the work permit.
- 2003 : The German-language Wikipedia has its 20,000. Article reached.
- 2003 : Sack affair in northern Iraq. Turkish army members who were operating in civilian clothes in northern Iraq were captured by US forces, carried away with sacks over their heads and interrogated.
- 2004 : The foundation stone for the One World Trade Center is laid at Ground Zero , the former location of the World Trade Center in New York . However, construction does not begin until 2006.
- 2010 : In a referendum in Bavaria, 61% of the voters vote for the referendum “For real non-smoker protection!” . Bavaria is thus becoming a pioneer in this area and also has an influence on the corresponding policies in other federal states (e.g. North Rhine-Westphalia).
- 2012 : After major international protests, the ACTA free trade agreement is rejected by the European Parliament.
- 2017 : The SPD politician Manuela Schwesig is elected first female Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .
economy
- 1837 : The railway companies Grand Junction Railway takes England to train operation with steam locomotives on one of the first long-distance routes, connecting Birmingham - Warrington on. It continues there with a change to Liverpool .
- 1840 : The Cunard Line shipping company sets up regular steamboat connections between Liverpool and Halifax and Boston . The RMS Britannia is the first ship to be used in the postal service.
- 1886 : The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled transcontinental railroad train reaches its western terminus at Port Moody in British Columbia .
science and technology
- 1054 : Chinese astronomers observe a " new star " in the constellation Taurus , which will turn out to be a supernova that gives rise to the Crab Nebula .
- 1878 : The Swedish polar explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld sets off from Gothenburg with his auxiliary sailor Vega towards the Arctic. After spending the winter in the pack ice, he will be able to make his first passage through the Northeast Passage .
- 1882 : The light in Stannard Rock Light , a lighthouse in Lake Superior , is lit for the first time. The lighthouse is 24 miles from the shore, making it the most distant lighthouse in the United States and one of the country's greatest engineering feats.
- 1913 : The chemist Fritz Klatte receives the patent for his invention, the most important plastic in the world today , PVC .
- 1931 : The international high-alpine research station opens on the Jungfraujoch in the Bernese Alps.
- 1997 : NASA 's Pathfinder probe lands on Mars .
- 1998 : Japan's first Nozomi spacecraft is sent towards Mars.
- 1999 : Two grave robbers find the Nebra Sky Disc , which is considered the world's oldest concrete representation of the sky.
- 2005 : NASA 's Deep Impact probe observes the impact of a projectile launched by it on comet Tempel 1 .
- 2006 : The Space Shuttle Discovery starts with Thomas Reiter as the first German visitor to the International Space Station (ISS).
- 2012 : The CMS and ATLAS experiments at the European nuclear research center CERN announce the discovery of the Higgs boson .
- 2016 : The Juno space probe reaches Jupiter .
Culture
- 1862 : On a boat trip on the Thames, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson tells a story to the sisters Alice, Edith and Lorina Lidell , which Alice asks him to write down. Exactly three years later , the first edition of Alice in Wonderland appeared in London under his stage name Lewis Carroll .
- 1991 : In the last episode of the German television program Total Normal , the prank becomes Hurz! broadcast by Hape Kerkeling and Achim Hagemann .
society
- 1568 : Karin Månsdotter and King Erik XIV, who had been secretly married for almost a year, officially marry in Stockholm . The next day the queen is crowned.
religion
- 1348 : Pope Clement VI. speaks out in a bull against the persecution of the Jews at the time of the Black Death . However, his writing is largely ignored.
- 1872 : In the German Empire , Jesuit settlements are banned by the Jesuit Law .
Disasters
- 1898 : The French passenger liner La Bourgogne is rammed by an English sailing ship in the fog on the coast of Nova Scotia and sinks. Of the 730 people on board, 165 survive, including only one woman.
- 1905 : The volcano Mont Pele on the Antilles -Insel Martinique has the latest minor eruption of its activity phase from 1902 to 1905 , on at 8. May 1902, the loss-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century was recorded at around 30,000 dead.
- 2001 : A Tupolev Tu-154 of the Vladivostok Avia crashes on the third attempt to land near Irkutsk . All 145 people on board die.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 1919 : The American Jack Dempsey becomes the new heavyweight boxing world champion . He defeated the defending champion Jess Willard by technical knockout
- 1954 : The first title win of a German national team at the 5th World Cup in Switzerland in Bern's Wankdorf Stadium with a 3-2 win against Hungary is considered the “ miracle of Bern ”.
- 1982 : The American tennis player Jimmy Connors triumphs in the Wimbledon final against his compatriot John McEnroe with 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 7, 7: 6 and 6: 4.
- 1993 : Germany becomes European basketball champion under coach Svetislav Pešić with a 71:70 final victory over Russia in Munich .
- 1993 : Argentina wins the final against Mexico , the 1993 Copa América with 2: 1.
- 2004 : Greece become European champions for the first time with a 1-0 win in the final of the men's European soccer championship against host country Portugal .
- 2007 : The 2014 Winter Olympics are awarded to the Russian city of Sochi by the International Olympic Committee .
- 2015 : The Chilean national soccer team wins an international title for the first time with a 4-1 on penalties against Argentina at the Copa America .
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics . Entries on football world championship games can be found in the sub-pages of football world championships . The same is true for European football championships .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 68 : Matidia , Roman patrician
- 1095 : Usama ibn Munqidh , Arabic writer and poet, politician and diplomat
- 1330 : Ashikaga Yoshiakira , Japanese Shogun
- 1465 : Ulrich Rülein von Calw , German humanist, doctor and mining scientist
- 1403 : Johannes Schlitpacher , Austrian Benedictine in Melk
- 1428 : Filippo Strozzi the Elder , Florentine merchant
- 1466 : Wilhelm I , Landgrave of Hesse
- 1477 : Johannes Aventinus , German historian
- 1509 : Magnus III. , Duke of Mecklenburg
- 1515 : Eleonora d'Este , Italian noblewoman
- 1532 : Friedrich Widebrand , German Protestant theologian
- 1539 : Ludwig VI. , Count Palatine of Simmern and Elector of the Palatinate
- 1546 : Murad III. , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1572 : Ludwig Jungermann , German botanist and doctor
- 1656 : John Leake , English admiral
- 1676 : José de Cañizares , Spanish playwright and librettist
- 1685 : Christian Reichart , German founder of horticulture
- 1693 : Valentin Johann Beselin , German lawyer and First Mayor of Rostock
- 1694 : Louis-Claude Daquin , French composer
18th century
- 1707 : Georg Friedrich von Kleist , Prussian lieutenant general
- 1715 : Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , German poet
- 1731 : Johann August Dathe , German linguist
- 1732 : Clemens August von Merle , auxiliary bishop in Cologne
- 1739 : Johann Karl Christoph Ferber , German university professor and philosopher
- 1753 : Jean-Pierre Blanchard , French balloonist
- 1767 : Kyokutei Bakin , Japanese writer
- 1776 : Ethan Allen Brown , American attorney, judge, politician, governor, and senator for Ohio
- 1779 : Heinrich Arnold Huyssen , German industrialist and politician
- 1781 : Karl Maximilian Andree , German physician and gynecologist
- 1790 : George Everest , British surveyor in India
- 1793 : Franz Pecháček , Austro-German composer
- 1796 : Karl Maria von Aretin , Bavarian historian, diplomat and politician
- 1799 : András Bartay , Hungarian composer
- 1799 : Oskar I , King of Sweden and Norway
19th century
- 1801 : Elisabeth Maria , Portuguese princess and regent
- 1802 : Joseph Labitzky , Czech dance composer
- 1803 : Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant , German botanist
- 1804 : Charles Gordon Atherton , American politician
- 1804 : Nathaniel Hawthorne , American writer
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- 1807 : Giuseppe Garibaldi , Italian freedom fighter and politician, main figure of the Risorgimento , national hero
- 1815 : Daniel Cornelius Danielssen , Norwegian doctor and zoologist, MP for the Storting
- 1819 : John Henry Gurney , British banker and amateur ornithologist
- 1828 : Wilhelm Ahlwardt , German orientalist and university professor
- 1835 : Eugène Vast , French organist and composer
- 1837 : Émile Auguste Carolus-Duran , French painter
- 1841 : William Thierry Preyer , German physiologist
- 1845 : Pál Szinyei Merse , Hungarian painter
- 1847 : Julius Lassen , Danish lawyer
- 1848 : Alfred Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden , German officer and writer
- 1853 : Ernst Otto Beckmann , German chemist
- 1855 : Vlaho Bukovac , Croatian painter
- 1856 : George Appo , American criminal
- 1862 : Walter L. Fisher , American lawyer and politician, Secretary of the Interior
- 1863 : Adolf Spilker , German chemist and technician
- 1863 : Hugo Winckler , German archaeologist and linguist
- 1866 : Otto Brunck , German chemist
- 1868 : Rudolf Presber , German writer and journalist
- 1872 : Calvin Coolidge , American politician, governor of Massachusetts, president
- 1872 : Adam David , Swiss African explorer and big game hunter
- 1875 : Richard Genserowski , German gymnast
- 1877 : Bogislav von Selchow , German writer and naval officer
- 1881 : Paul Augé , French publisher, Romance writer and lexicographer
- 1882 : Hermann von Wenckstern , German forestry and economist
- 1886 : Arminio Janner , Swiss university professor and journalist
- 1888 : Henry Armetta , Italian-American actor
- 1890 : Adam Sołtys , Polish composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1894 : Arthur Laumann , German officer and fighter pilot
- 1895 : Massimo Campigli , Italian painter
- 1898 : Gertrude Lawrence , British actress
- 1899 : Roy Henderson , British baritone and music teacher
- 1899 : Benjamin Péret , French poet and surrealism writer
- 1899 : Schaggi Streuli , Swiss screenwriter, cabaret artist and dialect actor
- 1900 : Robert Desnos , French writer and journalist
- 1900 : Walther Kiaulehn , German journalist and writer
- 1900 : Alfred Rust , German archaeologist
20th century
1901-1925
- 1902 : Meyer Lansky , American mobster
- 1903 : Corrado Bafile , Italian clergyman, curia cardinal and Vatican diplomat
- 1903 : Werner Rudolf Heinrich Keyßner , German politician, MdR, Lord Mayor of Mönchengladbach and Düsseldorf
- 1903 : Flor Peeters , Belgian composer, organist and music teacher
- 1903 : Erich Sternberg , German-Russian geriatric psychiatrist
- 1904 : Gerhard Just , German actor
- 1905 : Thomas John Barnardo , Irish-British benefactor
- 1905 : Dante Fiorillo , American composer
- 1905 : Miguel Mármol , Salvadoran trade union activist
- 1905 : Lionel Trilling , American literary critic
- 1906 : Wilhelm Prince of Prussia , eldest son of the German and Prussian Crown Prince
- 1906 : Vincent Joseph Schaefer , American chemist and meteorologist
- 1906 : Daniel Edwin Rutherford , British mathematician
- 1907 : John Anderson , American discus thrower, Olympic champion
- 1907 : Willem Roelof Oege Goslings , Dutch medic
- 1907 : Hans Linser , Austrian agricultural chemist
- 1907 : Ernst Loof , German engineer, racing driver, race director and entrepreneur
- 1908 : Aurelio Peccei , Italian industrialist, co-founder of the Club of Rome
- 1910 : Govan Mbeki , South African politician
- 1910 : Gloria Stuart , American actress
- 1910 : Herta Meyer-Riekenberg , German trade unionist
- 1911 : Franco Ferrara , Italian conductor
- 1911 : Malte Jaeger , German actor
- 1911 : Mitch Miller , American band leader
- 1912 : Gerhard Schaffran , Catholic Bishop of Dresden-Meißen
- 1912 : Fritz Schulz-Reichel , German jazz pianist and composer
- 1915 : Christine Lavant , Austrian artist and writer
- 1916 : Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino , Japanese-American radio presenter
- 1917 : Jean Hémard , French racing car driver
- 1918 : Johnnie Parsons , American racing driver
- 1918 : Taufaʻahau Tupou IV. , King of Tonga
- 1920 : Johannes Cornelis Anceaux , Dutch orientalist and philologist
- 1921 : Gérard Debreu , French economist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1921 : Tibor Varga , Hungarian violinist, conductor and teacher
- 1923 : Rudolf Friedrich , Swiss politician, Federal Councilor
- 1924 : Eva Marie Saint , American actress
1926-1950
- 1926 : Willoughby Goddard , British actor
- 1926 : Milagros Lanty , Dominican singer
- 1926 : Günter Mast , German manager ( Mast-Jägermeister SE ), is considered to be the first shirt sponsor in German football
- 1926 : Alfredo Di Stéfano , Argentine football player and coach
- 1927 : Wilhelm Hillek , Austrian officer and editor
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- 1927 : Gina Lollobrigida , Italian actress
- 1927 : Neil Simon , American writer
- 1927 : Jim McWithey , American racing car driver
- 1928 : Cathy Berberian , American opera singer
- 1928 : Giampiero Boniperti , Italian football player
- 1929 : Darío Castrillón Hoyos , Colombian Cardinal Curia
- 1929 : Joyce Sullivan , Canadian singer
- 1929 : Konrad Swinarski , Polish theater director
- 1930 : Fernando García , Chilean composer
- 1930 : Siegfried Lefanczik , German walker
- 1930 : Mher Mkrtchjan , Soviet theater and film actor
- 1930 : George Steinbrenner , American baseball entrepreneur
- 1931 : Stephen Boyd , American actor
- 1933 : Józef Stompel , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 1934 : Mal Sondock , American disc jockey, radio presenter, music producer and singer
- 1934 : Helmut Teitzel , German trade union official
- 1937 : Frans Aerenhouts , Belgian racing cyclist
- 1937 : Wolf von Lojewski , German television journalist
- 1937 : Thomas Nagel , American philosopher
- 1937 : Sonja of Norway , Queen of Norway
- 1938 : Ernest Pieterse , South African racing car driver
- 1938 : Bill Withers , American singer and songwriter
- 1938 : Robert Abrams , American politician
- 1940 : Wolfgang Schwabenicky , German archaeologist and building historian
- 1941 : Helmut Castritius , German ancient historian
- 1941 : German Frers , Argentine yacht designer
- 1941 : Pavel Sedláček , Czech rock singer, guitarist and composer
- 1941 : Eckart Witzigmann , German celebrity chef
- 1942 : Floyd Little , American football player
- 1942 : Peter Rowan , American bluegrass musician
- 1943 : Conny Bauer , German jazz musician, trombonist
- 1943 : Orestes Rodríguez Vargas , Peruvian-Spanish chess grandmaster
- 1943 : Heide Simonis , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the State Minister, Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein, Chairwoman of UNICEF Germany
- 1943 : Alan Wilson , American musician ( Canned Heat )
- 1943 : Christoph Zöpel , German politician, MdL, State Minister, MdB
- 1944 : Harvey Brooks , American musician
- 1945 : David McWilliams , British-Northern Irish singer, songwriter and guitarist
- 1945 : Stanisław Ryłko , Polish Curia Cardinal
- 1945 : Walter Wippersberg , Austrian writer and screenwriter
- 1946 : Ron Kovic , American peace activist
- 1946 : Skeeter McKitterick , American racing car driver
- 1946 : Birgit Schnieber-Jastram , German politician, MdHB, MdB, Senator, MEP
- 1948 : Andreas von Schoeler , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary, Lord Mayor of Frankfurt am Main
- 1948 : Jeremy Spencer , British singer and songwriter ( Fleetwood Mac )
- 1948 : René Arnoux , French racing car driver
- 1948 : Walter Bockmayer , German director
- 1949 : Horst Seehofer , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister, Prime Minister of Bavaria
1951-1975
- 1952 : Alvaro Uribe Velez , Colombian politician, President
- 1952 : John Waite , British musician, singer and songwriter
- 1953 : Bob Breunig , American football player
- 1953 : Gerda Haßler , German linguist and Romance scholar
- 1954 : Julian Dawson , British musician
- 1954 : Hans Pum , Austrian ski sports official
- 1955 : Graeme Crosby , New Zealand motorcycle racer
- 1956 : Bettina Böttinger , German television presenter
- 1959 : Uwe Klett , German local politician
- 1959 : Victoria Abril , Spanish actress
- 1960 : Caroline Attia , French ski racer
- 1960 : Roland Ratzenberger , Austrian racing driver
- 1961 : Richard Garriott , British computer game developer
- 1962 : Claudia Zaczkiewicz , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1963 : Carsten Andörfer , German actor, singer and theater director
- 1963 : Ute Lemper , German singer and dancer
- 1963 : Alex Younger , British intelligence officer, head of MI6
- 1963 : Henri Leconte , French tennis player
- 1964 : Misko Antisin , Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player
- 1964 : Rachel Ashley , American porn actress
- 1964 : Edi Rama , Albanian politician, minister, prime minister
- 1964 : Elie Saab , Lebanese fashion designer
- 1965 : Michael Apitz , German painter and cartoonist
- 1965 : Harvey Grant , American basketball player
- 1965 : Giancarlo Marocchi , Italian football player
- 1967 : Matthias Konradt , German theologian and university professor
- 1967 : Mohamed Sifaoui , Algerian journalist and book author
- 1968 : Dan Maffei , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1970 : Nik Breidenbach , German actor
- 1970 : Tony Vidmar , Australian soccer player
- 1971 : Ned Zelic , Australian soccer player
- 1972 : William Goldsmith , American drummer
- 1972 : Herwig Karl , Austrian soccer player
- 1972 : Alexei Schirow , Latvian-Spanish chess player, grandmaster
- 1972 : Karin Thürig , Swiss cyclist
- 1973 : Keiko Ihara , Japanese racing car driver
- 1973 : Tony Popovic , Australian soccer player
- 1974 : Jakob Larsen , Greenlandic handball player and coach
- 1974 : Denis Pankratow , Russian swimmer, Olympic champion
- 1975 : Reinhard Divis , Austrian ice hockey player
1976-2000
- 1976 : Daijirō Katō , Japanese motorcycle racer
- 1976 : Eva Zeglovits , Austrian political scientist
- 1978 : Marie Luc Arpin , Canadian water polo player
- 1978 : Marcos Daniel , Brazilian tennis player
- 1978 : Emile Mpenza , Belgian football player
Becki Newton (* 1978)
- 1978 : Becki Newton , American actress
- 1979 : Kazem Abdullah , American conductor and musician
- 1979 : Germán Anchieri , Uruguayan rower
- 1979 : Vitaly Georgievich Atjuschow , Russian ice hockey player
- 1980 : Alpa Gun , German rapper
- 1981 : Christoph Preuss , German soccer player
- 1981 : Tahar Rahim , French actor
- 1982 : Nicole da Silva , German pop singer, presenter, actress and model
- 1983 : Amantle Montsho , Botswana sprinter, world champion
- 1983 : Katharina Hentschel , German field hockey player
- 1984 : Jin Akanishi , Japanese actor and musician ( KAT-TUN )
- 1984 : Lee Je-hoon , South Korean actor
- 1985 : Goran Antic , Swiss football player
- 1986 : Rafael Arévalo , Salvadoran tennis player
- 1986 : Ömer Aşık , Turkish basketball player
- 1986 : Willem Janssen , Dutch football player
- 1988 : Sandrino Braun , German soccer player
- 1988 : Uwe Kalski , German handball player
- 1989 : Patrick Groetzki , German handball player
- 1989 : Lars Gudat , German handball player
- 1989 : Benjamin Hübner , German soccer player
- 1990 : Jake Gardiner , American ice hockey player
- 1990 : David Kross , German actor
- 1993 : Akın Açık , Turkish football player
- 1994 : Assol , Ukrainian singer and actress
- 1994 : Tosin Damilola Atolagbe , Nigerian badminton player
- 1994 : Shella Devi Aulia , Indonesian badminton player
- 1994 : Era Istrefi , Kosovar pop singer
- 1994 : Hanna Bredal Oftedal , Norwegian handball player
- 1995 : Post Malone , American rapper
- 1998 : Celine Bethmann , German model
21st century
- 2002 : Dirk Geiger , German motorcycle racer
Died
Before the 16th century
- 518 : Elias of Jerusalem , Orthodox Bishop and Patriarch of Jerusalem
- 673 : Ecgberht I , King of Kent
- 760 : Sidonius of Constance , Bishop of Constance, Abbot of the Reichenau Monastery
- 907 : Luitpold of Bavaria , margrave in Carantania and Upper Pannonia
- 907 : Theotmar , Archbishop of Salzburg
- 943 : Taejo , founder of the Korean kingdom Goryeo and the dynasty of the same name
- 973 : Ulrich von Augsburg , Catholic bishop and saint
- 975 : Gwangjong , king of Goryeo
- 1014 : Hathui , abbess of the Gernrode monastery
- 1205 : Otto II , Margrave of Brandenburg
- 1279 : Otto I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg , Bishop of Hildesheim
- 1296 : Konrad von Feuchtwangen , Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- 1299 : Gottfried Hagen , city clerk of Cologne
- 1301 : Wilhelm von Berthout , Bishop of Utrecht
- 1307 : Rudolf , Duke of Austria and Styria, King of Bohemia
- 1308 : Eberhard I. von der Mark , Vogt of Essen, Count of Mark and Altena
- 1310 : Heinrich I. von Rosenberg , Chamberlain of the Kingdom of Bohemia
- 1327 : Stefano Visconti , son of Matteo I. Visconti
- 1336 : Elisabeth of Portugal , Princess of Aragon, Queen of Portugal
- 1349 : Jehuda ben Ascher , Talmudist from Cologne, rabbi in Toledo
- 1429 : Carlo I. Tocco , Italian Count Palatine of Kefalonia, Despot of Epirus
- 1450 : Enrico Rampini , Archbishop of Milan
- 1499 : Urs Werder , Swiss glass painter
16th to 18th century
- 1534 : Anastasia von Brandenburg , Countess von Henneberg
- 1541 : Pedro de Alvarado , Spanish conquistador
- 1546 : Khair ad-Din Barbarossa , Ottoman ruler of Algiers, Kapudan Pascha
- 1548 : Philipp , Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg
- 1590 : Adrian Albinus , German legal scholar
- 1603 : Philippe de Monte , Flemish composer
- 1621 : Simon Rudnicki , Prince-Bishop of Warmia
- 1664 : George III. , Duke of Brzeg
- 1667 : John VI. , Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
- 1693 : Valentin Johann Beselin , German lawyer and First Mayor of Rostock
- 1706 : Gianbettino Cignaroli , Italian painter
- 1712 : Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg , Prussian minister
- 1714 : Antonio Magliabechi , Florentine scholar, bibliophile and librarian
- 1717 : Joachim Luhn , German painter
- 1720 : Johann Diecmann , German pedagogue and Lutheran theologian
- 1723 : Johann Christoph Männling , German poet and writer
- 1761 : Samuel Richardson , British writer
- 1767 : Balthasar Geyder , German theologian and author
- 1768 : Johann Gottfried Borlach , German mine founder
- 1780 : Karl Alexander von Lothringen , Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- 1787 : Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise , French general and statesman, peer and marshal of France
19th century
- 1803 : Peter Ascanius , Norwegian zoologist and mineralogist
- 1808 : Fisher Ames , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1814 : Konrad Gottlob Anton , German linguist and orientalist
- 1815 : Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann , German geographer and biologist
- 1824 : Johannes Petrus Minckeleers , Dutch scientist and inventor
- 1826 : John Adams , American politician, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Vice President, President of the Republic
- 1826 : Thomas Jefferson , American politician and state theorist, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, chief author of the Declaration of Independence, President
- 1830 : Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Delbrück , Prussian theologian and educator
- 1831 : Caspar Josef Carl von Mylius , German soldier in the Austrian army
- 1831 : James Monroe , American politician, ambassador, governor of Virginia, secretary of state, president
- 1848 : François-René de Chateaubriand , French writer and diplomat
- 1850 : William Kirby , British entomologist and priest
- 1854 : Karl Friedrich Eichhorn , German lawyer and professor of law
- 1857 : William L. Marcy , American politician, senator, governor of New York, Secretary of War and Secretary of State
- 1861 : Francisco del Rosario Sánchez , Dominican politician, one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic
- 1864 : August Peters , German narrator
- 1871 : Vital Maria Conçalves de Oliveira , Brazilian bishop
- 1873 : Józef Michał Poniatowski , Polish composer, singer and diplomat
- 1876 : Robert H. Vance , American photography pioneer
- 1887 : Félix Le Couppey , French music teacher, pianist and composer
- 1887 : Friedrich Hundt , German photographer
- 1888 : Theodor Storm , German lawyer and writer ( Der kleine Hävelmann , Der Schimmelreiter )
- 1889 : Srpuhi Nschan Kalfayan , founder of the Armenian order
- 1890 : Philipp Friedrich Arnold , German anatomist and physiologist
- 1891 : Carl August Haupt , German organist, music teacher and composer
- 1891 : Hannibal Hamlin , American politician, House of Representatives, Senator, Maine Governor, Vice President
- 1894 : Christian Friedrich August Dillmann , German orientalist and theologian
- 1897 : Amor De Cosmos , Canadian politician and journalist, Prime Minister of British Columbia
John Adams
(† 1826)
Thomas Jefferson
(† 1826)
James Monroe
(† 1831)
Theodor Storm
(† 1888)
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20th century
1901-1950
- 1901 : Johannes Schmidt , German linguist
- 1902 : Swami Vivekananda , Hindu monk and scholar
- 1910 : John Wilbur Atwater , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1910 : Giovanni Schiaparelli , Italian astronomer
- 1910 : Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray , French composer
- 1912 : Hinrich Wrage , German landscape painter and graphic artist
- 1916 : Alan Seeger , American poet
- 1920 : Max Klinger , German sculptor, painter and graphic artist of symbolism
- 1925 : George W. Atkinson , American lawyer and politician, Congressman, Governor of West Virginia
- 1934 : Chaim Nachman Bialik , Ukrainian-Israeli poet, author and journalist
- 1934 : Marie Curie , French-Polish chemist and physicist, two-time Nobel Prize winner
- 1938 : Suzanne Lenglen , French tennis player
- 1938 : Jean-Baptiste Dubois , Canadian cellist, conductor and music teacher
- 1940 : Marie Louise von Larisch-Wallersee , German niece of Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- 1941 : Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński , Polish poet and literary translator
- 1941 : Felix Klipstein , German painter, draftsman and graphic artist
- 1941 : Karl Kotratschek , Austrian athlete
- 1941 : Eugen Schilling , German chemist
- 1941 : Stepan Pavlovich Suprun , Soviet pilot
- 1943 : Władysław Sikorski , Polish officer, statesman and politician, Prime Minister, Minister, Commander-in-Chief
- 1946 : Ewa Paradies , German concentration camp guard
- 1946 : Othenio Abel , Austrian paleontologist and evolutionary biologist
- 1948 : Christian Kautz , Swiss racing driver
- 1948 : Richard Teschner , Austrian painter
1951-1975
Max Klinger
(† 1920)
Chaim Nachman Bialik
(† 1934)
Marie Curie
(† 1934)
Suzanne Lenglen
(† 1938)
- 1958 : Gonzalo Curiel , Mexican pianist and composer
- 1958 : Birger Forell , Swedish pastor and resistance fighter
- 1958 : Fernando de Fuentes , Mexican film director
- 1962 : Adalbert Friedrich , German soccer player
- 1962 : Thomas Jefferson Jackson See , American astronomer
- 1962 : Karl Aloys Schenzinger , German doctor, author of novels, non-fiction books and Nazi propaganda
- 1963 : Adolf Meschendörfer , German writer
- 1963 : Fritz Reuter , German musicologist, music educator, composer and conductor
- 1963 : Heinrich Zimmermann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1964 : Samuil Jakowlewitsch Marschak , Russian writer
- 1968 : Aline Bußmann , German actress, radio play speaker and publicist
- 1969 : Erwin Blumenfeld , German photographer
- 1970 : Barnett Newman , American painter
- 1970 : Walter Strzygowski , Austrian economic geographer
- 1971 : August Derleth , American author
- 1973 : Erwin Leuchter , Argentinian musicologist and conductor
- 1973 : Leonid Stein , Soviet grandmaster in chess
- 1975 : Otto Dowidat , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
1976-2000
- 1976 : Wilfried Böse , German terrorist
- 1976 : Yonatan Netanyahu , Israeli lieutenant colonel
- 1978 : Carola Braunbock , German actress
- 1978 : Arne Gunnar Walter Hülphers , Swedish jazz musician, pianist and conductor
- 1979 : Theodora Kroeber , American ethnologist and author
- 1980 : Gregory Bateson , Anglo-American anthropologist
- 1981 : Klaus Thormaehlen , winemaker and inventor of the mulching sickle
- 1983 : John Bodkin Adams , British medic and impostor
- 1985 : Lotte Strauss , German pathologist
- 1986 : Flor Peeters , Belgian composer, organist and music teacher
- 1987 : Bernard U. Taylor , American music educator
- 1992 : Guy Gale , British racing car driver
- 1992 : Astor Piazzolla , Argentine composer
- 1993 : Yvette Amice , French mathematician
- 1994 : Antoine Joubeir , Lebanese Archbishop
- 1994 : Harvey Patton , German science fiction writer
- 1994 : Frank Seiboth , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1994 : Hedda Zinner , German writer, journalist and radio director
- 1995 : Bob Ross , American painter and actor
- 1995 : Eva Gabor , American-Hungarian actress
- 1996 : Arlie Duff , American country musician
- 1997 : Amado Carrillo Fuentes , Mexican mafioso
- 1998 : Herbert Haufrecht , American composer and folklore researcher
- 1998 : Henrik Stangerup , Danish author and film director
- 2000 : Antonia Magdalena Arté , Dominican musician and music teacher
- 2000 : Mausberg , American rapper
Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski
(† 1943)
Eva Gabor
(† 1995)
21st century
- 2002 : Gerald Bales , Canadian organist, pianist, composer, choir director and music teacher
- 2002 : Lutz Moik , German actor and voice actor
- 2002 : Laurent Schwartz , French mathematician, Fields Medalist
- 2003 : André Claveau , French chansonnier
- 2003 : Armin Mohler , Swiss philosopher, publicist, writer and journalist
- 2003 : Barry White , American soul singer and producer
- 2004 : Jean-Marie Auberson , Swiss conductor and violinist
- 2004 : Thomas Mancuso , American medic
- 2005 : Thomas Kakuska , Austrian violist
- 2005 : Marga López , Mexican actress
- 2005 : Hank Stram , American football coach
- 2006 : Milton Peláez , Dominican rock musician, composer and comedian
- 2007 : Barış Akarsu , Turkish rock musician and actor
- 2007 : Liane Bahler , German professional cyclist
- 2008 : Thomas Michael Disch , American writer
- 2008 : Jesse Helms , American Politician, Senator for North Carolina
- 2008 : Thomas Schmidt , German actor and doctor
- 2008 : Nicolaus Sombart , German cultural sociologist and writer
- 2008 : Janwillem van de Wetering , Dutch writer
- 2009 : Allen Klein , American businessman
- 2009 : Robert Louis-Dreyfus , French-Swiss entrepreneur
- 2011 : Otto von Habsburg , German-Austrian writer, publicist and politician, MEP, son of the last Austrian emperor
- 2013 : Javier Artiñano Ansorena , Spanish costume designer and set designer
- 2016 : Abbas Kiarostami , Iranian film director
- 2016 : Martina Servatius , German actress
- 2017 : Daniil Granin , Soviet or Russian writer
- 2017 : Heinz Schneiter , Swiss football player
- 2019 : Eva Mozes Kor , American Holocaust survivor and activist
Barry White
(† 2003)
Thomas Michael Disch
(† 2008)
Otto von Habsburg
(† 2011)
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial day
- St. Ulrich von Augsburg , German missionary and bishop (Protestant and Roman Catholic)
- St. Ulrich's Day , Holy Day
- State holidays and memorial days
- USA : Independence Day (since 1777)
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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