5th July
The July 5 is the 186th day of the Gregorian calendar (187th in leap years ), thus remain 179 days by year end.
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Around July 5th (July 3rd - 6th) the earth is at its furthest point from the sun ( aphelion ).
Events
Politics and world events
- 1336: In Japan , troops loyal to the emperor lose the battle of Minatogawa against the rebel army of Ashikaga Takauji , who then takes the imperial city of Kyoto .
- 1436: The Peace of Iglau brings an end to the Hussite Wars . Emperor Sigismund is recognized as King of Bohemia .
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- 1601: During the Dutch War of Independence , the siege of Ostend by the Spaniards begins .
- 1770: The units of the tsarist navy coming from the Baltic fleet track down the Ottoman fleet in the bay of Çeşme during the Orlov revolt and open the sea battle of Çeşme .
- 1778: The War of the Bavarian Succession begins with the advance of Prussian and Saxon troops into Habsburg Bohemia .
- 1792: The Habsburg Franz II is elected Roman-German king.
- 1803: Kurhannovers army surrenders in the Convention of Artlenburg to Napoleonic troops under the command of Adolphe Édouard Casimir Joseph Mortier .
- 1809: The battle of Wagram between French and Austrian troops in the Fifth Coalition War begins; it continues until the following day.
- 1811: The Venezuelan Congress becomes the first South American country to declare its independence from Spain and enforce martial law. Francisco de Miranda is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces with far-reaching powers.
- 1814: The Americans defeat a British force in the Battle of Chippewa and thus achieve one of their few clear successes during the British-American War on the Canadian front.
- 1830: France and her troops are able to take the embattled Algiers , which marks the beginning of the further conquest of Algeria .
- 1832: The use of political badges is prohibited by law in the German Confederation . This is particularly aimed at black, red and gold as a symbol of national sentiment. In response to the Hambach Festival , the press , freedom of association and freedom of assembly are severely restricted.
- 1882: The Assab colony , the first colony of the Kingdom of Italy, is officially formed from the areas in the Bay of Assab bought from the Rubattino Company in March 1882
- 1884: During the so-called " Race for Africa ", Togo becomes a German colony under the name Togoland with the help of Gustav Nachtigal through a "protection treaty" .
- 1908: A popular initiative to ban absinthe is adopted in Switzerland .
- 1921: The third uprising in Upper Silesia ends under pressure from the Allies with an armistice.
- 1922: The Nansen pass for stateless persons and emigrants is introduced. 31 states accept the travel document initiated by the League of Nations - High Commissioner for Refugees , Fridtjof Nansen .
- 1932: In Portugal is António de Oliveira Salazar appointed Prime Minister. He has been the actual ruler in the country since 1928 and is developing into a dictator .
- 1933: The German Center Party dissolves itself as the last of the bourgeois parties after the NSDAP has persecuted and terrorized its members .
- 1941: A shooting on the Rio Zarumilla, in whose region the border line is unclear, triggers the Peruvian-Ecuadorian War .
- 1943: Citadel begins the Battle of Kursk during the German Russian campaign in World War II .
- 1950: The Knesset passes the Law of Return giving all Jews in the world the right to immigrate to Israel .
- 1962: Algeria declares its independence from France .
- 1963: At the end of a conference in Victoria Falls it is clear that the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland no longer has a future. It will be dissolved at the end of the year. Rhodesia , Zambia and Malawi emerge on their territory .
- 1969: The Khatyn memorial for the victims of the German occupation of Belarus in World War II, located on the site where the village of Khatyn had been until 1943 , is opened.
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- 1973: Defense minister Juvénal Habyarimana overthrows his cousin Grégoire Kayibanda as President of Rwanda in a coup and establishes a 20-year dictatorship.
- 1975: Cape Verde gains independence from Portugal .
- 1977: Overthrow of the Bhutto government and an end to civil war-like conditions in Pakistan by the army . Seizure of power by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq .
- 1991: Nelson Mandela is unanimously elected President of the African National Congress (ANC) in Durban .
- 2002: A bomb attack in Larbaa, Algeria kills 50.
- 2005: Wall crosses at Checkpoint Charlie are dismantled and the area cleared.
economy
- 1841: Tourism pioneer Thomas Cook organizes the first trip together in England for 570 followers of the abstinence movement .
- 1856: Alfred Escher founds the Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (Credit Suisse) in Zurich, making the city the leading banking location and economic center in Switzerland.
- 1919: In Nuremberg, the General German Trade Union Confederation is formed, an amalgamation of 52 trade unions led by Carl Legien .
- 1973: The Research Institute for Industrial Technology (ITRI) is founded in Hsinchu ( Republic of China on Taiwan ), which plays a key role in the expansion of the Taiwanese IT industry in the following decades.
- 1991: Bank of Credit and Commerce International closes after a financial fraud uncovered by US and UK authorities .
- 2004: Allianz AG takes over the largest British private nursing home operator Four Seasons Group .
science and technology
- 1616: William Baffin and Robert Bylot discover the entrance to Smithsund from Baffin Bay .
- 1687: Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica is published.
- 1927: In Wroclaw is Spaceflight Club based out of the major pioneers of space and missile technology emerge ( Hermann Oberth , Wernher von Braun , Rudolf Nebel , Klaus Riedel , Max Valier ). In 1929 the association moved to Berlin.
- 1951: William Shockley invents the bipolar transistor .
- 1969: The Chinese People's Liberation Army tests the Shenyang J-8 interceptor on its first flight.
- 1996: Dolly sheep , the first cloned mammal, is born in Scotland.
- 2006: At the age of 62, a British woman gave birth to a baby after an artificial insemination .
- 2009: The probe Terry Herbert discovers the first parts of the Staffordshire treasure , the largest hoard find to date from the time of the Anglo-Saxons .
Culture
- 1854: After 14 years as a museum piece, the famous “ Chess Turk ” burns to death in a fire in Peale's Museum in Philadelphia.
- 1855: First performance of the operetta Les deux aveugles by Jacques Offenbach at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris .
- 1946: The modern bikini worn by Micheline Bernardini and created by fashion designer Louis Réard is presented in the Piscine Molitor swimming pool in Paris . The fashion proposal triggers a scandal and a worldwide ban on bathing in public.
- 1954: Truck driver Elvis Presley records the old blues song That's All Right, Mama in the Sun Studio in Memphis and begins his career as a rock 'n' roll star.
- 1965: Maria Callas sings Tosca by Giacomo Puccini for the last time at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in London . It is her farewell from the opera stage.
- 1969: At a free open-air concert in London's Hyde Park, The Rolling Stones commemorate their band founder Brian Jones , who died two days earlier at the age of 27 .
- 1989: The USA broadcasts the first episode of the sitcom Seinfeld .
religion
- 767: After the death of Pope Paul I , Constantine II is installed as antipope.
- 1294: The 85-year-old hermit Pietro del Murrone is elected Pope. After a few days, despite his concerns, he accepted the election and reigned as Celestine V.
- 1902: Eleven-year-old Maria Goretti is the victim of a sex criminal who stabs her several times with a knife. The dying child forgives the perpetrator and is later canonized.
Disasters
- 1970: On Air Canada Flight 621 , a Douglas DC-8 crashes near Toronto after several explosions in the wing tanks . All 108 inmates die.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1975: Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the individual tennis tournament at Wimbledon .
- 2009: The Swiss Roger Federer wins the Wimbledon final against Andy Roddick 5: 7, 7: 6, 7: 6, 3: 6 and 16:14. This is his sixth triumph at the Wimbledon Championships (after 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 and 2007 ) and his 15th Grand Slam title overall. He is now the sole record holder, having drawn level with Pete Sampras at the 2009 French Open .
- 2014: The Czech Petra Kvitová wins the Wimbledon individual tournament by defeating the Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in two sets with 6: 3 and 6: 0.
- 2015: The USA wins the seventh edition of the Women's World Cup by defeating the reigning world champions Japan 5-2 in the final .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field . Entries for World Cup games can be found in the bottoms of the Football World Cup . The same goes for European football championships .
Born
Before the 18th century
Sun Quan (* 182)
Margaret of Parma (* 1522)
Elisabeth of Austria (* 1554)
Dorothea Sophie of the Palatinate (* 1670)
- 182: Sun Quan , Chinese emperor
- 465: Ahkal Mo 'Nahb I , ruler of the Maya city of Palenque
- 980: Mokjong , 7th King of the Goryeo Empire in Korea
- 1321: Johanna Plantagenet , Queen of Scotland
- 1466: Giovanni Sforza , Lord of Pesaro
- 1487: Johann Gramann , German reformer and hymn poet
- 1497: François II. De La Tour , Viscount of Turenne, French diplomat and military
- 1500: Paris Bordone , Italian painter
- 1512: Cristoforo Madruzzo , Italian cardinal
- 1522: Margaret of Parma , illegitimate daughter of Emperor Charles V, Duchess of Florence, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza, governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
- 1532: Anna , Countess of Tecklenburg, Bentheim and Steinfurt
- 1546: Johann Steuerlein , German Protestant hymn poet and composer
- 1549: Francesco Maria Bourbon Del Monte , Italian cardinal
- 1554: Elisabeth of Austria , queen of France, wife of King Karl IX.
- 1580: Carlo Contarini , Doge of Venice
- 1586: Thomas Hooker , English leader of the Puritan generation in New England
- 1594: Leonhard II von Taxis , German nobleman and Dutch inheritance postmaster
- 1613: Jean-François Nicéron , French mathematician and physicist
- 1670: Dorothea Sophie von der Pfalz , Duchess of Parma and Piacenza
- 1673: Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff , imperial field marshal and diplomat
18th century
August Ludwig von Schlözer (* 1735)
Sarah Siddons (* 1755)
Charles-Louis Havas (* 1783)
Benjamin Morrell (* 1795)
- 1709: Étienne de Silhouette , French general controller of finances
- 1717: Peter III. , King of Portugal
- 1723: Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe , sovereign of Schaumburg-Lippe
- 1735: August Ludwig von Schlözer , German historian
- 1745: Carl Arnold Kortum , German doctor and writer
- 1746: Franz Anton von Zauner , Austrian sculptor
- 1750: Ami Argand , Swiss physicist and chemist, inventor and entrepreneur
- 1750: Peter Anton Ulrich Piutti , Italian entrepreneur and merchant in Germany
- 1751: Carl Gottlob Heinrich Arndt , German clergyman and cathedral provost
- 1752: Luke Hansard , English printer
- 1754: Henriette von Oberkirch , Alsatian noblewoman
- 1755: Sarah Siddons , British actress
- 1761: Louis-Léopold Boilly , French painter and lithographer
- 1762: Thomas Hislop, 1st Baronet , British general and deputy governor of Trinidad
- 1764: János Lavotta , Hungarian composer
- 1766: Jean-Pierre Bachasson de Montalivet , French statesman
- 1767: Georg Friedrich Parrot , German physicist
- 1773: Johanna Elisabeth Bichier des Ages , founder of the French order
- 1775: William Crotch , British composer and organist
- 1780: Francesco Antommarchi , Italian doctor
- 1783: Charles-Louis Havas , French publicist
- 1784: Leopoldo Nobili , Italian physicist
- 1786: Charles Alfred Stothard , English painter and antiquarian
- 1789: Miguel Barreiro , Uruguayan politician
- 1789: Faddei Wenediktowitsch Bulgarin , Russian author and literary critic
- 1791: Samuel Bailey , English economist and philosopher
- 1794: Sylvester Graham , American preacher
- 1794: Maurits Christopher Hansen , Norwegian writer
- 1795: Ernst Hampe , German pharmacist and bryologist
- 1795: Benjamin Morrell , American explorer
19th century
1801-1850
Robert FitzRoy (* 1805)
PT Barnum (* 1810)
William John Macquorn Rankine (* 1820)
Julius von Michel (* 1843)
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- 1801: David Glasgow Farragut , American Rear Admiral
- 1802: Pawel Stepanowitsch Nachimow , Russian admiral
- 1803: George Borrow , British writer
- 1805: Robert FitzRoy , British naval officer and meteorologist
- 1808: Ignaz Jacob Heger , Austrian stenographer
- 1810: PT Barnum , American circus pioneer
- 1812: Adelbert von Keller , German Germanist and Romanist
- 1813: Friedrich Gottlieb Schulz , German teacher
- 1817: Carl Vogt , German physician and zoologist, geologist and polar researcher
- 1819: Auguste Poitevin , French sculptor
- 1820: Wilhelm von Hamm , German agricultural scientist
- 1820: William John Macquorn Rankine , British physicist and engineer
- 1829: Wilhelm Storck , German Germanist, Romanist and translator
- 1841: Mary McElroy , American first lady
- 1841: William Collins Whitney , American politician
- 1843: Anton Ausserer , Austrian natural scientist and arachnologist
- 1843: Julius von Michel , German ophthalmologist
- 1845: Wilhelm Blasius , German ornithologist
- 1846: Alexander Alexandrowitsch von Bilderling , Russian general
- 1846: Joseph B. Foraker , American politician
- 1849: William T. Stead , British journalist, editor and spiritualist
- 1850: John Calhoun Sheppard , American politician
1851-1900
- 1851: Anton Baumann , German master brewer, founder of the spa and bathing industry in Bad Schwartau
- 1852: Pedro Antonio Díaz , President of Panama
- 1853: Tivadar Kosztka Csontváry , Hungarian painter
- 1853: Cecil Rhodes , founder of the State of Rhodesia
- 1857: Clara Zetkin , German politician and women's rights activist
- 1860: Albert Döderlein , German gynecologist
- 1861: Johannes Marinus Simon Baljon , Dutch Reformed theologian
- 1862: Horatio Caro , British chess player
- 1862: George Henry Falkiner Nuttall , British biologist
- 1864: Stephan Krehl , German music theorist and composer
- 1867: Andrew Ellicott Douglass , American astronomer, founder of dendrochronology
Cecil Rhodes (* 1853)
Clara Zetkin (* 1857)
Édouard Herriot (* 1872)
Jean Cocteau (* 1889)
- 1871: Alexe Altenkirch , German painter
- 1871: Claus Schilling , German tropical medicine specialist
- 1872: Édouard Herriot , French politician
- 1873: Henning Pleijel , Swedish physicist and electrical engineer
- 1873: Tawara Sunao , Japanese pathologist
- 1874: Fritz Lindström , Swedish painter
- 1878: Joseph Holbrooke , English composer and conductor
- 1879: Volkmar Andreae , Swiss composer and conductor
- 1879: Dwight Filley Davis , American tennis player, founder of the Davis Cup
- 1879: Wanda Landowska , Polish harpsichordist and pianist
- 1879: Eugen Nesper , German high-frequency technician
- 1880: Jan Kubelík , Czech violinist and composer
- 1882: Hazrat Inayat Khan , Indian mystic, founder of the International Sufi Order
- 1884: Luigi Forlano , Italian football player
- 1885: Blas Infante , Spanish politician, writer, historian and musicologist
- 1885: André Lhote , French painter
- 1886: Willem Drees , Dutch politician
- 1886: Felix Timmermans , Dutch poet and painter
- 1888: Herbert Spencer Gasser , American neurophysiologist
- 1888: Jacques de la Presle , French composer and music teacher
- 1889: Alice Cleaver , English nanny
- 1889: Jean Cocteau , French writer, director and painter
- 1891: John Howard Northrop , American chemist
- 1891: Tin Ujević , Croatian poet
- 1892: Lauge Koch , Danish geologist
- 1893: Giuseppe Caselli , Italian painter
- 1893: Gustav Tweer , German stunt pilot and aviation pioneer
- 1895: Marius Mestivier , French racing car driver
- 1897: Paul Ben-Haim , Israeli composer
- 1897: Mogens Wöldike , Danish conductor and organist, choir director and founder
- 1898: Aziz Atiya , Egyptian coptologist and historian
- 1898: Henri Lapierre , French racing car driver
- 1899: Marcel Arland , French writer and literary critic
- 1899: Max Rheinstein , German-American lawyer
- 1899: Georg Traar , Austrian Evangelical Lutheran youth pastor and superintendent
- 1900: Bernard Jan Alfrink , Dutch cardinal
- 1900: Herbert Andreas Löhlein , German writer, journalist and astrologer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Julio Libonatti , Argentine football player
- 1901: Len Lye , New Zealand sculptor and artist, writer and filmmaker
- 1902: Carla Bartheel , German actress, photographer and author
- 1902: Henry Cabot Lodge , American politician
- 1902: Sergei Wladimirowitsch Obraszow , Russian puppeteer
- 1904: Harold Acton , British author
- 1904: Georg Alexander Hansen , German resistance fighter
- 1904: Ernst Mayr , German-American biologist
- 1904: Reinhold Vorberg , German civil servant
- 1905: Günther Krupkat , German writer
- 1905: Isa Miranda , Italian actress
- 1905: Willy Wolff , German painter, sculptor and graphic artist
Carla Bartheel (* 1902)
Georges Pompidou (* 1911)
Viktor Georgievich Kulikov (* 1921)
Edward Idris Cassidy (* 1924)
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- 1906: John Crammond , British skeleton athlete and sailor
- 1906: René König , German sociologist
- 1907: Ethel Smith , Canadian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1908: Walter Gutbrod , German painter
- 1908: Hans Lang , Austrian composer of light music and Viennese songs
- 1908: Hellmuth Mäder , German general
- 1908: Henri d'Orléans , head of the Orléans house
- 1909: Anna Maria Achenrainer , Austrian writer
- 1909: Sylvia Gähwiller , Swiss singer and singing teacher
- 1909: Douglas MacArthur II , American diplomat
- 1910: Hans Bartels , German naval officer
- 1910: Robert K. Merton , American sociologist
- 1910: Hans Rößner , German Germanist
- 1910: Georges Vedel , French lawyer
- 1911: Skip Etchells , American sailor, boat builder and yacht designer
- 1911: Costantino Nivola , Sardinian artist
- 1911: Georges Pompidou , French politician, President
- 1912: Mack David , American songwriter and film music composer
- 1913: Smiley Lewis , American musician
- 1914: Annie Fischer , Hungarian pianist
- 1914: Yitzchak Rafa'el , Israeli politician
- 1915: Gérald Antoine , French Romanist
- 1915: John Woodruff , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1919: Jakob Andreff , Swiss circus clown
- 1921: Viktor Georgievich Kulikov , Soviet marshal
- 1921: Hugo Staudinger , German historian and scientific theorist
- 1922: Ilse von Bredow , German writer
- 1923: Ivan Gams , Yugoslav and Slovenian geographer and university professor
- 1924: Edward Idris Cassidy , Australian clergyman, archbishop, cardinal to the curia
- 1924: János Starker , Hungarian-American cellist and music teacher
- 1925: Wilhelm Rammo , German boxer
- 1925: Jean Raspail , French writer
1926-1950
- 1926: Salvador Jorge Blanco , Dominican politician, president
- 1926: Ivo Pitanguy , Brazilian cosmetic surgeon
- 1927: Walter Matthias Diggelmann , Swiss writer
- 1927: Fernando Soucy , Canadian singer and fiddle player
- 1928: Pierre Mauroy , French politician
- 1928: Warren Oates , American actor
- 1929: Ursula Finger , German athlete, Olympic participant for Saarland
- 1929: Jacqueline Harpman , Belgian author
Salvador Jorge Blanco (* 1926)
Warren Oates (born 1928)
Jacqueline Harpman (* 1929)
Gyula Horn (* 1932)
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- 1931: James Burke , Irish-born American gangster
- 1931: Reimar Lenz , German author and publicist
- 1931: Erwin Stein , German engineer
- 1932: Gyula Horn , Hungarian politician, Prime Minister
- 1933: Michael Heltau , Austrian actor
- 1934: Tom Krause , Finnish opera singer
- 1935: Christian Doermer , German director and actor ( The Bride )
- 1936: Piet Fransen , Dutch football player
- 1936: Shirley Knight , American actress
- 1936: Richard E. Stearns , American computer scientist
- 1937: Anke Fuchs , German politician, Federal Minister, Vice-President of the German Bundestag
- 1937: Nita Lowey , American politician
- 1938: Ronnie Self , American rockabilly singer
- 1939: Ulrike von Möllendorff , German journalist
- 1939: Pavel Semjonowitsch Morosenko , Soviet actor
- 1940: Margrit Herbst , German veterinarian and whistleblower
- 1941: Barbara Frischmuth , Austrian writer
- 1941: Margot Hellwig , German folk music singer
- 1941: Elke Neidhardt , Australian actress and opera director
- 1942: Matthias Bamert , Swiss composer and conductor
- 1942: Hannes Löhr , German soccer player and coach
Anke Fuchs (* 1937)
Robbie Robertson (* 1943)
Gerardus' t Hooft (* 1946)
Huey Lewis (born 1950)
- 1943: Robbie Robertson , Canadian rock musician
- 1944: Hendrik Born , German Vice Admiral, Chief of the People's Navy in the GDR
- 1945: Michael Blake , American writer
- 1945: François Bourgeon , French comic book writer
- 1945: John Greenwood , American racing car driver
- 1946: Giuseppe Furino , Italian football player
- 1946: Gerardus' t Hooft , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1947: Todd Akin , American politician
- 1948: Uwe Jensen , German singer
- 1949: Abhay Vasant Ashtekar , Indian-American theoretical physicist
- 1949: Hans Augustin , Austrian writer
- 1949: Stephan Kretschmer , German brigadier general and military attaché
- 1949: Sepp Schauer , German actor
- 1950: Huey Lewis , American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer
1951-1975
- 1951: Alan Belkin , Canadian composer, organist and music teacher
- 1953: Jörg Tauss , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1954: Wayne Hale , American NASA manager
- 1954: Tadeusz Wielecki , Polish composer and double bass player
- 1955: Josef Haslinger , Austrian writer
- 1955: Peter McNamara , Australian tennis player
- 1956: Horacio Cartes , Paraguayan politician, president
- 1956: Terry Chimes , British drummer
- 1956: Velimir Petković , German handball player and coach
- 1957: Carlo Thränhardt , German athlete
- 1958: Veronica Guerin , Irish journalist
- 1958: Jürgen Paas , German installation artist
- 1958: Bill Watterson , American comic artist
- 1959: Nicole Abar , French soccer player
- 1959: Marc Cohn , American singer-songwriter
- 1960: Jindra Nečasová Nardelli , Czech composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1960: Heio von Stetten , German actor
- 1961: Mikaël Antoine Mouradian , Armenian bishop in New York
- 1961: Andreas Müller , German youth judge
- 1962: Amrozi bin Nurhasyim , Indonesian terrorist
Horacio Cartes (* 1956)
Heio von Stetten (* 1960)
Edie Falco (born 1963)
RZA (* 1969)
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- 1963: Edie Falco , American actress
- 1964: Filip De Wilde , Belgian football player
- 1964: Piotr Nowak , Polish football player
- 1965: Eyran Katsenelenbogen , American jazz pianist
- 1965: Tom Quaas , German actor and director
- 1966: Kai U. Jürgens , German publicist and artist
- 1966: Gianfranco Zola , Italian football player and coach
- 1967: Henry Urday Cáceres , Peruvian chess grandmaster and official
- 1967: Steffen Wink , German actor
- 1968: Michael Stuhlbarg , American actor
- 1968: Alex Zülle , Swiss cyclist
- 1969: Ansgar Brinkmann , German soccer player
- 1969: RZA , American rapper
- 1969: Glenn Magnusson , Swedish cyclist
- 1970: Mac Dre , American rapper
- 1971: Gaby König-Vialkowitsch , German soccer player
- 1972: Niki Aebersold , Swiss professional cyclist
- 1973: Marcus Allbäck , Swedish football player
- 1973: Camilla Andersen , Danish handball player
- 1973: Róisín Murphy , Irish musician and singer
- 1974: Márcio Amoroso , Brazilian soccer player
- 1974: Roberto Locatelli , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1975: David Arigbabu , German basketball player
- 1975: Christoph Brandner , Austrian ice hockey player
- 1975: Hernán Crespo , Argentine football player
- 1975: Ai Sugiyama , Japanese tennis player
1976-2000
- 1976: Bizarre , American rapper
- 1976: Nuno Gomes , Portuguese soccer player
- 1977: Nicolas Kiefer , German tennis player
- 1977: Royce da 5'9 ″ , American rapper
- 1978: Moritz Führmann , German actor
- 1978: Anneke Schwabe , German film and theater actress
- 1978: Allan Simonsen , Danish racing car driver
- 1979: Amélie Mauresmo , French tennis player
- 1979: Stilijan Petrov , Bulgarian football player
- 1980: Hannes Reichelt , Austrian ski racer
- 1980: David Rozehnal , Czech football player
- 1981: Ryan Hansen , American actor
- 1982: Alberto Gilardino , Italian footballer
- 1982: Philippe Gilbert , Belgian racing cyclist
- 1983: Tessa Bremmer , Dutch handball player
- 1983: Zheng Jie , Chinese tennis player
Bizarre (* 1976)
Nicolas Kiefer (* 1977)
Megan Rapinoe (* 1985)
Sean O'Pry (* 1989)
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- 1985: Yannick Imbs , French soccer player
- 1985: Megan Rapinoe , American soccer player
- 1985: Markus Richwien , German handball player
- 1986: Iryna Buryachok , Ukrainian tennis player
- 1986: Ashkan Dejagah , German-Iranian soccer player
- 1986: Piermario Morosini , Italian football player
- 1986: Michele Pirro , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1986: Alexander Valeryevich Radulov , Russian ice hockey player
- 1987: Alexander Kristoff , Norwegian cyclist
- 1988: Ish Smith , American basketball player
- 1988: Samir Ujkani , Albanian-Kosovar football player
- 1989: Sjinkie Knegt , Dutch short tracker
- 1989: Dejan Lovren , Croatian football player
- 1989: Ixtiyor Navroʻzov , Uzbek wrestler
- 1989: Sean O'Pry , American model
- 1989: Ferdinand Seebacher , Austrian actor
- 1990: Abeba Aregawi , Swedish middle-distance runner
- 1991: Mike Schulz , German handball player
- 1992: Alberto Moreno , Spanish football player
- 1992: Anna Felicitas Sarholz , German soccer player
- 1993: Jorge Polanco , Dominican baseball player
- 1994: Robin Gosens , German-Dutch soccer player
- 1994: Roman Mawlanow , Russian racing car driver
- 1995: Sandro Simonet , Swiss ski racer
- 1999: Julien Andlauer , French racing car driver
- 1999: Philip Hanson , British racing car driver
Died
Before the 18th century
- 835: Gunthar , Bishop of Hildesheim
- 967: Murakami , 62nd Tennō of Japan
- 1000: Athanasios Athonitis , Byzantine monk
- 1028: Alfonso V , King of León and Galicia
- 1044: Sámuel Aba , King of Hungary
- 1044: Sieghard VII. , Count in Chiemgau
- 1080: Ísleifur Gissurarson , Icelandic bishop
- 1091: Wilhelm von Hirsau , Bavarian Benedictine abbot and monastery reformer
- 1142: Dietrich I , abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Münsterschwarzach
- 1282: Friedrich I , Count of Rietberg
- 1288: Otto II. Von Warburg , Abbot of Werden and Helmstedt
- 1336: Kusunoki Masashige , Japanese folk hero
- 1348: Luis de la Cerda , Spanish nobleman
- 1375: Charles III. , Count of Alençon
- 1381: Beatrice of Portugal , Infanta of Portugal and Countess of Alburquerque
Athanasios Athonitis († 1000)
Kusunoki Masashige († 1336)
Otto I of Pfalz-Mosbach († 1461)
Longqing († 1572)
- 1461: Otto I , Duke of Pfalz-Mosbach-Neumarkt
- 1463: Jean Bureau , French military leader, Seigneur de Montglat, Mayor of Bordeaux, Grand Master of the Artillery of France
- 1468: Alfonso of Castile , Infante of Castile
- 1474: Erich II , Duke of Pommern-Wolgast, Western Pomerania and Stettin
- 1501: Cimburga von Baden , margravine of Baden, countess of Nassau-Dillenburg
- 1522: Antonio de Nebrija , Spanish humanist and philologist
- 1525: Johann , Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Viceroy of Valencia
- 1539: Antonio Maria Zaccaria , founder of the Italian order and Catholic saint
- 1561: Ambrosius Pelargus , German Dominican and controversial theologian
- 1572: Longqing , Chinese Emperor of the Ming Dynasty
- 1578: Cristoforo Madruzzo , Italian cardinal
- 1586: Eberhard von Holle , Bishop of Lübeck
- 1633: Margaretha of Austria , member of the House of Habsburg
- 1694: Sebastian Achamer , Austrian organ builder
- 1697: Anton Wormbs , vicar general in Cologne
18th century
- 1708: Ferdinando Carlo von Gonzaga-Nevers , Duke of Mantua
- 1715: Charles Ancillon , Franco-German lawyer and diplomat
- 1731: Christian Handschuher , German sculptor
- 1743: Johann Gabriel Schleich , painter from Württemberg
- 1757: Jean-Joseph Vadé , French composer and writer
- 1759: Magnus Lagerström , director of the Swedish East India Company
- 1760: Germann August Ellrod , German Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1761: Domenico Silvio Passionei , Italian cardinal
- 1761: Hans Jakob Schulthess , Swiss Protestant clergyman and Pietist
- 1762: Jakob Adlung , German organist, composer, music writer and instrument maker
Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga († 1708)
Germann August Ellrod († 1760)
Alexander Roslin († 1793)
Antonio de Ulloa († 1795)
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- 1772: Wolfgang Thomas Rau , German medic
- 1778: Carl Günther Ludovici , German philosopher and lexicographer
- 1786: Michel Yost , French clarinet virtuoso and composer
- 1788: Peder Kofod Ancher , Danish legal scholar
- 1793: Alexander Roslin , Swedish painter
- 1793: Peter Anton von Verschaffelt , Flemish sculptor and architect
- 1795: Antonio de Ulloa , Spanish scholar and admiral
- 1799: François Ignace Ervoil d'Oyré , French general
19th century
- 1803: Immanuel Johann Gerhard Scheller , German classical philologist and lexicographer
- 1804: Jacob Baden , Danish classical philologist
- 1816: Dorothea Jordan , Irish actress and long-time mistress of the British King William IV.
- 1826: Joseph Louis Proust , French chemist
- 1826: Thomas Stamford Raffles , founder of Singapore
- 1826: Karl Friedrich Stäudlin , German Protestant theologian
- 1829: Carl Gotthold Claunigk , German organ builder
- 1833: Franz Paul Grua , German composer and violinist
- 1833: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce , French inventor of heliography, the world's first photographic technique
- 1838: Jean Itard , French doctor and teacher of the deaf and dumb
- 1839: Karl Friedrich Zepernick , German jurist and judge
- 1848: Francesco Anzani , Italian officer and freedom fighter
- 1848: Marquard Georg Seufferheld , German businessman, founder and politician
- 1850: Johann Georg Fischer , German-Austrian organ builder
- 1850: Alire Raffeneau-Delile , French botanist and physician
Joseph-Louis Proust († 1826)
Valentín Gómez Farías († 1858)
Lewis Addison Armistead († 1863)
Betty Paoli († 1894)
- 1851: Giovanni Scudieri , Italian architect and chief architect of Tbilisi
- 1854: Ludwig Snell , Swiss politician, constitutional lawyer, publicist and educator
- 1854: Émile Souvestre , French novelist and stage poet
- 1858: Valentín Gómez Farías , Mexican politician and multiple interim president of Mexico
- 1863: Lewis Addison Armistead , American brigadier general
- 1867: Karl Johan Andersson , Swedish adventurer, explorer, trader, Herero leader and writer
- 1867: Philipp Furtwängler , German organ builder
- 1870: Bernhard Karl Wyss , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1874: August Sohlman , Swedish publicist
- 1874: Wilhelm Vischer-Bilfinger , Swiss classical philologist and politician
- 1887: August Friedrich Pott , German linguist
- 1892: Teodoro Anastasia , Swiss engineer and architect
- 1894: Betty Paoli , German writer
20th century
1901-1950
- 1902: John Stromberg , Canadian composer, pianist and conductor
- 1905: Friedrich Gerber , Swiss Protestant clergyman and educator
- 1906: Fritz Christ , German sculptor and mountaineer
- 1906: Paul Drude , German physicist
- 1908: Jonas Lie , Norwegian storyteller and playwright
- 1911: Maria Pia of Savoy , Princess of Italy and Queen of Portugal
- 1915: Max Pommer , German architect and building contractor
- 1922: Carl Großmann , Neuruppin serial killer who murdered at least three women
- 1923: Théophile Seyrig , Belgian engineer of German descent
- 1925: Hjalmar Borgstrøm , Norwegian composer
- 1925: Otto Lummer , German physicist
Maria Pia of Savoy († 1911)
Otto Bauer († 1938)
John Curtin († 1945)
Salvatore Giuliano († 1950)
- 1927: Albrecht Kossel , German physician and physiologist
- 1929: Hans Meyer , German geographer, mountaineer and Africa explorer
- 1930: Hermann Dietrich , German lawyer and politician, MdL, MdR
- 1931: Friedrich Austerlitz , Austrian journalist and politician
- 1932: René Louis Baire , French mathematician
- 1934: Caesar Ahrens , German chemist
- 1938: Otto Bauer , Austrian politician and a leading theoretician of Austromarxism
- 1940: Carl Einstein , German art historian and writer
- 1940: Luigi Vanoni , Swiss engineer
- 1943: Timothy T. Ansberry , American lawyer and politician
- 1945: John Curtin , Australian Prime Minister
- 1945: Julius Dorpmüller , General Director of the Deutsche Reichsbahn and Reich Minister of Transport
- 1948: Georges Bernanos , French writer
- 1948: Carole Landis , American actress
- 1950: Salvatore Giuliano , Sicilian bandit and separatist
1951-2000
- 1953: Titta Ruffo , Italian opera singer
- 1954: Bob Scott , American racing car driver
- 1957: Zdeněk Němeček , Czech writer and dramaturge
- 1958: Milton Abramowitz , American mathematician
- 1966: Fritz Lau , Low German writer
- 1968: Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke , German general in World War II, war criminal
- 1969: Ben Alexander , American actor
- 1969: Wilhelm Backhaus , German pianist
- 1969: Walter Gropius , German-American architect and designer
- 1971: Thea Sternheim , German author
Wilhelm Backhaus († 1969)
Walter Gropius († 1969)
Thea Sternheim († 1971)
Hennes Weisweiler († 1983)
- 1972: Fritz Pümpin , Swiss painter
- 1974: Georgette Heyer , British writer
- 1975: Otto Skorzeny , Austrian officer in the Waffen SS, head of commando companies
- 1976: Anna Hübler , German figure skater
- 1977: Hans Werdehausen , German painter
- 1980: Thaddäus Troll , actually Hans Bayer, German writer
- 1981: Otto Andersen , German architect
- 1981: Hermann Anselment , German painter
- 1981: Jorge Urrutia Blondel , Chilean composer
- 1983: Harry James , American musician
- 1983: Hennes Weisweiler , German soccer coach
- 1983: Konrad Wölki , German composer and mandolinist
- 1984: Don Elliott , American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player, vibraphonist, singer, mellophone player, composer, arranger and producer
- 1986: Albert Scherrer , Swiss racing car driver
- 1986: Yaroslav Stetsko , Ukrainian politician
- 1986: Hubert Suschka , German actor
- 1989: Gottfried Eduard Arnold , American medic
- 1989: Ugo Giachery , Italian Bahai
- 1991: Mildred Dunnock , American actress
- 1991: Rolf Jahresling , German gallery owner and architect
- 1994: Tawfiq Ziad , Palestinian politician
- 1995: Renato Baldini , Italian actor
- 1996: Clyde E. Wiegand , American physicist
- 1997: Miguel Najdorf , Polish-Argentine chess player
- 1998: Sid Luckman , American football player
- 2000: Dorino Serafini , Italian Formula 1 racing driver
- 2000: Edgar Cardoso , Portuguese bridge construction engineer
21st century
- 2001: AD Flowers , American film technician and special effects artist
- 2001: Hannelore Kohl , wife of Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl
- 2003: Karl Stix , Austrian politician
- 2004: Pierre Gassmann , Franco-German photographer and photo lab technician
- 2004: Syreeta , American soul singer and songwriter
- 2004: Rodger Ward , American racing car driver
- 2005: Alois Anzenberger , Austrian politician
- 2005: Shirley Goodman , American R&B singer
- 2006: Kenneth Lay , American businessman
- 2006: Hugh Stubbins , American architect
- 2007: Régine Crespin , French opera singer
- 2007: Kerwin Mathews , American film actor
- 2007: George Melly , British author and jazz singer
Hannelore Kohl († 2001)
George Melly († 2007)
Yōichirō Nambu († 2015)
Willi Holdorf († 2020)
- 2008: René Harris , Nauruan politician, President
- 2008: Hannes Wettstein , Swiss designer
- 2009: Gerd Aretz , German graphic artist
- 2009: Lou Creekmur , American football player
- 2010: Werner Angress , American historian
- 2010: Cesare Siepi , Italian bass player
- 2011: Herbert Schweiger , Austrian publicist and politician
- 2011: Hartmann Stähelin , Swiss pharmacologist and microbiologist
- 2011: Cy Twombly , American painter, photographer and object artist
- 2012: Gerrit Komrij , Dutch writer
- 2013: Akitsugu Amata , Japanese swordsmith
- 2013: David F. Cargo , American politician
- 2013: Paul Raabe , German literary scholar and librarian
- 2014: Elsbeth Juda , British photographer
- 2014: Peter R. Marler , British-American neurobiologist and ethologist
- 2014: Rosemary Murphy , American actress
- 2014: Hans-Ulrich Wehler , German historian
- 2015: Garrison Fewell , American jazz guitarist and university professor
- 2015: Uffe Haagerup , Danish mathematician
- 2015: Yōichirō Nambu , American physicist of Japanese origin, Nobel Prize winner
- 2016: Werner Schinko , German graphic artist and illustrator
- 2016: Jean Pierre Vité , German forest scientist, zoologist and entomologist
- 2017: Pierre Henry , French composer
- 2017: Joachim Meisner , German Roman Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal
- 2017: Joaquín Navarro-Valls , Spanish Director of the Vatican Press Office
- 2018: Claude Lanzmann , French film director
- 2018: Jean-Louis Tauran , French cardinal
- 2019: Eberhard Havekost , German painter
- 2019: Michael Jürgs , German journalist and book author
- 2020: Willi Holdorf , German athlete and trainer, Olympic champion
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial day
- Johann Andreas Rothe , German pastor and song writer (Protestant)
- St. Antonio Maria Zaccaria , Italian doctor, priest and preacher, founder of the Order of Barnabites (Catholic)
- Name days
- State holidays and memorial days
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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