5th September
The September 5 is the 248th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 249th in leap years ), thus remain 117 days by year end.
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events
Politics and world events
- 322 BC Chr .: At the Battle of Krannon , Athens failed to revolt against Macedonia . Harsh punishments ensue against the losers and Demosthenes , the leader of the anti-Macedonian faction , takes his own life.
- 1543: The siege of Nice ends with the withdrawal of the French and allied Turkish besiegers after an imperial army approaches the city. The struggle for supremacy in northern Italy goes out in favor of Spain .
- 1661: Nicolas Fouquet , the former superintendent of the finances of the French King Louis XIV , is arrested. The ruler, who suspects Fouquet of a fronde, displeases the arrested man's ambitions for a higher office, his wealth on display and the strengthening of fortresses .
- 1698: After his return from Western Europe, the Russian Tsar Peter the Great forbids the wearing of beards, as this was out of date. Because the decree did not achieve the desired success in the country, especially with the Old Believers , a few months later the tsar introduced a beard tax .
- 1774: The First Continental Congress begins in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Twelve British colonies are in favor of ending trade with Great Britain.
- 1781: The naval battle off Chesapeake Bay during the American War of Independence brings the French fleet a victory over the English squadron. The hoped-for support is denied to the land troops under General Charles Cornwallis .
- 1793: The French National Assembly decides to introduce “terrorist measures to suppress counterrevolutionary activities” , which will kill 35,000 to 40,000 people in the next eight months.
- 1795: The United States and the Ottoman Empire sign the Algiers Peace and Friendship Treaty .
- 1800: The British conquer Malta by successfully blocking the Mediterranean island occupied by French troops .
- 1807: In the second naval battle of Copenhagen , the British fleet stops shelling the already heavily damaged Danish capital.
- 1836: Sam Houston is elected first President of the Republic of Texas .
- 1882: In New York, the Central Labor Union organized a political demonstration followed by a picnic , attended by tens of thousands of people. So in the following years resulting Labor Day in the United States , comparable to the later days of work in other countries.
- 1905: The signing of the Portsmouth Treaty ends the Russo-Japanese War , but leads to the Hibiya Riots in Japan .
- 1914: During the First World War , the Battle of the Marne begins , in the course of which 550,000 soldiers die.
- 1915: The Zimmerwald Conference , a secret international socialist conference, begins in the Swiss village of Zimmerwald , the most prominent participants of which are Lenin and Leon Trotsky .
- 1917: The sailor Max Reichpietsch and the stoker Albin Köbis were executed in Cologne at the beginning of August 1917 as alleged "chief ringleaders" of the mutiny on the two ships SMS Friedrich der Große and SMS Prinzregent Luitpold of the Imperial German Navy.
- 1918: The Council of People's Commissars in Russia issues the Decree On Red Terror , which provides, among other things, for a strengthening of the Cheka , concentration camps for class enemies and the immediate shooting of anyone belonging to White Guard organizations or involved in conspiracies, uprisings or uprisings.
- 1929: The French Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aristide Briand proposes the formation of a European customs and trade union as the United States of Europe at a meeting of the League of Nations . The idea is hardly noticed.
- 1938: On the orders of Adolf Hitler , the imperial regalia stored in the Vienna Treasury are brought to Nuremberg , where they were kept until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806.
- 1939: Japan and the United States declare their neutrality in the “ European war ”.
- 1942: The Battle of Milne Bay during the Pacific War ends with the first defeat of Japanese land forces by the Allies.
- 1944: The USSR declares war on Bulgaria .
- 1944: The Royal Air Force begins heavy air raids on Le Havre, which is held by a German division . Around 5,000 French civilians are killed in the process.
- 1946: The Gruber-De-Gasperi Agreement ( Paris Agreement ) is signed between Austria and Italy, granting autonomy rights for the Trentino-South Tyrol region .
- 1960: State crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo : President Joseph Kasavubu and Prime Minister Patrice E. Lumumba declare each other deposed.
- 1960: In Senegal , Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected the first president of the previously independent state.
- 1968: A revolutionary committee is formed in Tibet as the last Chinese province.
- 1972: The Palestinian terrorist group Black September attacks the Israeli team in the Olympic Village during the Olympic Games in Munich , kills two people and takes eleven athletes hostage .
- 1973: Palestinian radical activists raid the Saudi Arabian embassy in Paris .
- 1975: Lynette Fromme , a member of the infamous Manson Family of incarcerated Charles Manson , carried out an unsuccessful assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford .
- 1977: Hanns Martin Schleyer is kidnapped by an RAF detachment . The " German Autumn " begins.
- 1978: The first Camp David conference between Anwar as-Sadat and Menachem Begin begins in the USA . It lasts until September 17th.
- 1991: The USSR is dissolved . The Congress of People's Deputies resolves the formation of a transitional government consisting of the presidents of the individual republics. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is founded in December .
- 1995: Despite international protests undertakes France on the Mururoa - Atoll the first of several planned nuclear test .
- 1999: The SPD experiences an election debacle in the state elections in Brandenburg and Saarland . Ottmar Schreiner subsequently resigns as federal managing director.
- 2002: An attack is carried out on Hamid Karzai , the president of the interim government of Afghanistan .
- 2002: Paul LaRuffa, first victim of the Beltway Sniper Attacks , is shot.
business
- 1838: The Leipziger Bank is founded as a private central bank for Saxony .
- 1899: Christine Hardt from Dresden patented a woman's bodice as a breast strap , a forerunner of the brassiere .
- 1944: The Customs Union Treaty establishing the Benelux Economic Union is signed (entry into force on January 1, 1948).
- 1945: Simon Faure applies for a patent in France for the multi-purpose hoist he invented , a device for lifting or pulling loads .
- 2006: Construction work on the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport begins in Schönefeld in Brandenburg .
science and technology
- 1862: The meteorologist James Glaisher and his pilot Henry Coxwell rise in a balloon with an open cabin up to 8,800 m.
- 1936: Pilot Beryl Markham's first solo flight across the Atlantic in an east-west direction ends with a crash landing in Nova Scotia .
- 1957: The federal and state governments establish the Science Council based in Cologne .
- 1975: The German Maritime Museum designed by Hans Scharoun opens in Bremerhaven .
- 1977: The US space probe Voyager 1 , which will pass the planets Jupiter and Saturn in the course of its journey and will be the first human-made object to enter interstellar space, takes off from Cape Canaveral.
- 1980: The Gotthard road tunnel is opened.
- 2008: The European comet probe Rosetta passes the asteroid (2867) Šteins . It is the third flyby of its kind ever.
Culture
- 1840: The opera buffa Un giorno di regno by Giuseppe Verdi is premiered at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in Milan and is mercilessly whistled by the audience. Verdi, who was present at the world premiere , decides never to write an opera again.
- 1869: The foundation stone for Neuschwanstein Castle is laid.
- 1921: The Teatro Cervantes , now the National Theater of Argentina, is inaugurated in Buenos Aires .
- 1936: The photographer Robert Capa takes his famous picture of the death of the Republican soldier Frederico Borell García ( Loyalist soldier at the moment of his death ) during the Spanish Civil War .
- 1958: The English edition of the novel Doctor Schiwago by Boris Pasternak appears.
- 1968: In Essen , the film, based on a novel by Eric Malpass , premiered at seven in the morning, the world is still in order .
- 1974: In the ZDF the first shipment will Quiz - TV show The big prize with wim thoelke broadcast.
- 1980: The world premiere of the opera Satyagraha by Philip Glass takes place at the Stadschouwburg in Rotterdam.
- 2001: More than a year late, the performance of the piece As slow as possible by John Cage begins in Halberstadt with a total playing time of 639 years.
society
- 1725: The French King Louis XV marries in Fontainebleau . and the Polish king's daughter Maria Leszczyńska .
- 1830: The amusement establishment Tivoli with slide is opened in Vienna . The orchestra of Johann Strauss (father) receives a permanent commitment from the restaurant.
- 2002: Introduction of the smoking ban at 63 public underground, suburban and long-distance train stations in Germany
religion
- 1234: Pope Gregory IX. announces the revised collection of decretals Liber Extra in Bull Rex pacificus .
- 1316: Jacques Duèse is elected Pope. He gives himself the name Johannes XXII.
- 1866: On the Jewish New Year celebrations , the New Synagogue in Berlin's Oranienburger Strasse is inaugurated in the presence of Prussia's Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck .
- 1895: Another encyclical by Pope Leo XIII appears under the title Adiutricem . who favors the rosary .
- 1898: The last time an encyclical was published by Pope Leo XIII. the rosary to the subject. According to the statement in Diuturni temporis, the believers should cultivate the prayer with the help of the prayer chain with great zeal.
- 1951: The new casting of the Pummerin , the largest bell in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna , which was destroyed in World War II, is completed on the second attempt.
Disasters
- 1666: The Great Fire of London , which has raged since September 2nd, can be brought under control and finally extinguished.
- 2003: Cyclone Fabian crossed the Bermuda Islands with wind speeds of 200 km / h .
- 2005: The Mandala Airlines flight 91 ends after taking off from Medan on the Indonesian island of Sumatra with a crash in a residential area. 101 aircraft occupants and 47 city dwellers die.
- 2005: Nine German tourists are killed in a cable car accident in the glacier ski area of Sölden in Tyrol. A transport helicopter loses a concrete bucket, of a course of a flight to the mountain station gondola scored and entrains in the depth.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1882: The admission of the first members to the Hotspur Football Club is considered to be the founding of the British football club Tottenham Hotspur .
- 1964: The Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx becomes the youngest amateur cycling world champion of all time in Sallanches (France) .
- 1970: During training for the Italian Grand Prix in Monza , the Austrian Formula 1 driver Jochen Rindt had a fatal accident. In October he is declared world champion because he leads the overall standings unassailable.
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1187: Louis VIII , French king
- 1319: Peter IV , King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, King of Valencia, Duke of Neopatria, Duke of Athens and King of Sardinia
- 1368: Walter Fitzwalter, 5th Baron Fitzwalter , English nobleman
- 1451: Isabella Neville , eldest daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick
- 1499: Hieronymus Weller , Protestant theologian and reformer
- 1500: Maria , regent of the Jever reign
- 1533: Jacopo Zabarella , Italian philosopher
- 1540: Stephan I. Illésházy , Palatine of Hungary
- 1550: Anton , Count of Ortenburg
- 1568: Tommaso Campanella , Italian Dominican and philosopher, poet and politician
- 1569: Georg Friedrich von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim , German officer and occasional poet
- 1625: Karl II. Otto , Duke and Count Palatine of Birkenfeld
- 1638: Louis XIV , King of France
- 1640: Ludwig Ludwig , abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach
- 1642: Marie von Oranien-Nassau , Countess Palatine von Simmern
- 1666: Gottfried Arnold , German Pietist theologian
- 1667: Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri , Italian philosopher, theologian and mathematician
- 1675: Christian Gottlieb Schwarz , German philologist and university professor
- 1692: Tharsander , German pastor
- 1694: František Vaclav Míča , Czech composer
18th century
- 1704: Maurice Quentin de La Tour , French pastel portrait painter
- 1705: Catherine-Jeanne Dupré , French actress
- 1711: Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn , German medic and physicist
- 1712: Johann Gottfried Weller , German Protestant clergyman and historian
- 1722: Friedrich Christian , Elector of Saxony
- 1724: Adam Gottlob Schirach , Sorbian pastor, physics theologist and writer
- 1733: Christoph Martin Wieland , German poet, translator and editor of the Enlightenment
- 1735: Johann Christian Bach , German composer
- 1751: John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth , British Governor General of Fort William
- 1759: Anton Unterstährer , Swiss carpenter, miracle doctor and founder of a sect
- 1763: Franz von Waldersee , German civil servant and writer
- 1764: Henriette Herz , German writer
- 1765: John Gaillard , American politician
- 1766: Maurice-Jean-Magdalène de Broglie , French bishop
- 1767: August Wilhelm Schlegel , German poet
- 1768: Andreas Ludwig Christoph Kettembeil , German lawyer and editor
- 1771: Karl von Österreich-Teschen , Austrian archduke and general
- 1774: Caspar David Friedrich , German painter and graphic artist
- 1779: Franz von Sonnenberg , German poet
- 1781: Anton Diabelli , Austrian composer and music publisher
- 1785: Antonín Marek , Czech writer and translator
- 1786: Sergei Semjonowitsch Uvarow , Russian statesman and literary scholar
- 1788: Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat , French sinologist and librarian
- 1789: Clarke Abel , British physician, naturalist and botanist
- 1791: Giacomo Meyerbeer , German composer and conductor
- 1792: Friedrich Friese II , German organ builder and organist
- 1795: Rudolf von Arthaber , Austrian textile manufacturer, art collector and patron
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: Matthäus Kern , German painter and lithographer
- 1802: Gustav Anton Friedrich Langerfeldt , Brunswick lawyer and politician
- 1806: Louis Juchault de Lamoricière , French general and statesman
- 1809: Wilhelm von Breithaupt , German officer
- 1809: Friedrich Hektor Hundt , German administrative lawyer and historian
- 1809: Minna Wagner , German actress, first wife of Richard Wagner
- 1811: Karl von Beaulieu-Marconnay , German diplomat, writer and cultural historian
- 1815: Carl Wilhelm , German choir director
- 1816: Ernest-Charles Lasègue , French internist
- 1817: Alexei Konstantinowitsch Tolstoy , Russian writer, playwright and poet
- 1818: Edmund Kennedy , Australian explorer
- 1820: Louis Köhler , German piano teacher
- 1820: Georg Vierling , German composer
- 1823: Willibald Beyschlag , German theologian and professor
- 1827: Goffredo Mameli , Italian poet and patriot
- 1829: William Odling , British chemist
- 1829: Lester Pelton , American inventor
- 1829: Placido Maria Schiaffino , Italian abbot and cardinal
- 1831: Victorien Sardou , French playwright
- 1833: François Emile Ehrmann , French painter
- 1833: Oluf Rygh , Norwegian archaeologist and place name researcher
- 1834: Franz von Ballestrem , German politician and industrialist
- 1834: Robinson Ellis , British philologist
- 1836: Justiniano Borgoño , Peruvian President
- 1837: Vinzenz Stoltenberg Lerche , Norwegian painter
- 1839: Franz Krolop , German singer
- 1840: Ludwig Auerbach , German poet
- 1842: Karl Berthold Hofmann , Austrian chemist and physician
- 1843: Giuseppina Gabriella Bonino , Italian nun and founder
- 1843: Anselm Schott , German Benedictine
- 1844: Ernst Mey , German entrepreneur
- 1847: Jesse James , American gunslinger
- 1847: Ella Magnussen , German painter
- 1848: Elia Millosevich , Italian astronomer
- 1848: Oskar Telke , German physician
- 1850: Eugen Goldstein , German physicist
1851-1900
- 1853: David Demerest Aitken , American politician
- 1856: Georg Müller-Breslau , German painter
- 1866: Alfred Körte , German classical philologist
- 1867: Amy Beach , American composer and actress
- 1869: Karoline Marie of Austria-Tuscany , Archduchess of Austria
- 1870: Victor Auburtin , German journalist and writer
- 1870: C. Frank Reavis , American politician
- 1871: Friedrich Karl Akel , Estonian diplomat
- 1872: Carlo von Erlanger , German ornithologist and explorer
- 1872: Carl Friedrich von Siemens , German industrialist and politician, MdR
- 1872: Anton Staus , German mechanical engineer and astronomer
- 1872: Rafael J. Tello , Mexican composer
- 1873: Bogumił Šwjela , Sorbian clergyman, linguist and publicist
- 1875: Carl Froelich , German film pioneer and director
- 1875: Richard Krzymowski , German agricultural scientist
- 1876: Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb , German Field Marshal General
- 1878: Barry Domvile , British admiral
- 1878: Robert von Lieben , Austrian physicist
- 1879: Rhené-Baton , French conductor and composer
- 1881: Otto Bauer , Austrian politician, leading theoretician of Austromarxism
- 1881: Henry Maitland Wilson , British Field Marshal
- 1883: Otto Erich Deutsch , Austrian musicologist
- 1883: Else Gentner-Fischer , German opera singer
- 1883: Oskar Pollak , German art historian
- 1883: Mel Sheppard , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1884: Emerson Whithorne , American pianist and composer
- 1886: Karl Eschweiler , German theologian
- 1888: Marie-Anne Asselin , Canadian singer and music teacher
- 1888: Alfred Holler , German landscape painter
- 1888: S. Radhakrishnan , Indian philosopher and university professor, president
- 1888: Toni Stadler , German sculptor
- 1889: Oskar Becker , German philosopher, logician and mathematician
- 1889: Johann Gerhard Behrens , German pastor and astronomer
- 1889: Johannes Hoffmann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1890: Johann Josef Demmel , Bishop of the Old Catholic Church in Germany
- 1891: Edward Molyneux , French fashion designer
- 1892: Əhməd Bakıxanov , Azerbaijani tarplayer and music teacher
- 1892: Joseph Szigeti , American violin virtuoso and teacher of Hungarian origin
- 1895: Frank Foss , American athlete
- 1895: Meta Seinemeyer , German singer (soprano)
- 1896: Albert Becker , Austrian chess master
- 1896: Heimito von Doderer , Austrian writer
- 1896: Karl Ebb , Finnish entrepreneur, athlete and automobile racing driver
- 1896: Hans Peters , German legal scholar and constitutional lawyer, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1897: Arthur C. Nielsen , American marketing researcher, founder of ACNielsen
- 1897: Grete Popper , German-Czech photographer
- 1899: Helen Creighton , Canadian ethnomusicologist and folk song collector
- 1899: Georg Leibbrandt , Russian-German interpreter, bureaucrat and diplomat, involved in the planning of the extermination of the Jews in the Third Reich
- 1899: Wilhelm Mellies , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1900: Alice M. Ekert-Rotholz , German writer
- 1900: August Maria Knoll , Austrian lawyer, sociologist and social reformer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Florence Eldridge , American actress
- 1901: Julo Levin , German painter
- 1902: Hans G. Bentz , German writer
- 1902: Fritz-Dietlof Graf von der Schulenburg , German lawyer and resistance fighter
- 1902: Darryl F. Zanuck , American producer, writer, and director
- 1903: Béla Szepes , Hungarian athlete and skier
- 1904: Hamilton Basso , American journalist and writer
- 1904: Johannes Spörl , German historian
- 1904: Bernhard Stein , Bishop of Trier
- 1905: Maurice Challe , French general
- 1905: Arthur Koestler , British writer
- 1905: Willy Schneider , German folk singer
- 1906: Dixie Boy Jordan , American country musician
- 1906: Peter Mieg , Swiss composer, painter and writer
- 1907: Heinrich Benckert , German theologian
- 1907: Wolfram Dörinkel , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1907: Franziska Hamann , German painter and caricaturist
- 1907: Else Quecke , German actress
- 1907: Sunnyland Slim , American singer and songwriter
- 1907: Jürgen Spanuth , classical philologist and pastor
- 1908: Edoardo Amaldi , Italian physicist
- 1908: Josué de Castro , Brazilian doctor and writer
- 1908: Luis Escobar Kirkpatrick , Spanish actor and theater director
- 1908: Henry Hammill Fowler , American politician
- 1908: Arnaldo Momigliano , Italian ancient historian
- 1909: Hans Carste , German conductor and composer
- 1909: Yusuf Dadoo , South African politician
- 1909: Fritz Martini , German Germanist and literary historian
- 1910: Hans Knapp , German homeland researcher
- 1911: Hans Claussen , German weightlifter
- 1912: Willi Born , German manufacturer
- 1912: John Cage , American composer
- 1912: Kristina Söderbaum , Swedish actress
- 1914: Stuart Freeborn , British makeup artist
- 1914: Guillermo Graetzer , Argentine composer, music teacher and musicologist
- 1914: Nicanor Parra , Chilean poet, "Antipoet"
- 1915: Astrid Gerd Judith Hjertenæs Andersen , Norwegian writer
- 1915: Horst Sindermann , German politician, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the GDR, President of the People's Chamber
- 1916: Daniel Paul Arulswamy , Bishop of Kumbakonam
- 1917: Jean Bertin , French aeronautical engineer
- 1917: Jasep Saschytsch , Belarusian politician and officer, President of the government-in-exile of the Belarusian People's Republic
- 1917: Steve Stanko , American weightlifter and bodybuilder
- 1918: Hans-Justus Rinck , German judge
- 1919: Albert Häberling , Swiss composer and conductor
- 1919: Romeo Menti , Italian football player
- 1919: Fyodor Sakharovich Sakharov , Russian-Ukrainian painter
- 1919: Hans E. Schons , German actor
- 1919: Héctor Zeoli , Argentine organist, composer and music teacher
- 1920: Heinz Bello , Catholic martyr
- 1920: Antonino Caponnetto , Italian judge and politician
- 1920: Peter Racine Fricker , English composer
- 1921: Karl Decker , Austrian soccer player and coach
- 1921: Rosemarie Fleck , German politician, MdL
- 1922: Gisela Trowe , German actress
- 1923: Otto Knefler , German soccer coach
- 1923: Gustavo Rojo , Uruguayan actor and film producer
- 1924: Vicente Grisolía , Dominican pianist
- 1924: Jules Marchal , Belgian diplomat and historian
- 1924: Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar , Polish composer
1926-1950
- 1926: Joki Freund , German jazz musician
- 1927: Dionys Jobst , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1928: Thomas Fredrickson , American double bass player and composer
- 1928: Albert Mangelsdorff , German musician
- 1929: Bob Newhart , American actor and stand-up comedian
- 1929: Andrijan Grigorjewitsch Nikolajew , Soviet cosmonaut
- 1931: Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas , Malay philosopher and thinker
- 1931: Virgil Gonsalves , American jazz saxophonist
- 1932: Simon Achidi Achu , Cameroonian politician, Prime Minister
- 1932: Ho Lien Siew , Singaporean basketball player
- 1933: Erik Wladimirowitsch Bulatow , Russian sculptor
- 1933: Bruce Davidson , American photographer
- 1933: Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa , Archbishop of Santiago de Chile and Cardinal
- 1934: Yuri Nikolajewitsch Afanassjew , Russian historian and politician
- 1934: Don Chandler , American football player
- 1934: Paul Josef Cordes , Archbishop, Cardinal and President of the Papal Council Cor Unum
- 1934: Ricardo de la Espriella Toral , Panamanian President
- 1935: Dieter Hallervorden , German comedian, presenter and cabaret artist
- 1935: Aki Schmidt , German soccer player and coach
- 1935: Otmar Zwiebelhofer , German entrepreneur and BDA functionary
- 1936: John C. Danforth , American lawyer, politician, and pastor
- 1936: Edmund Gruber , German television journalist
- 1936: Walter Janssen , German prehistorian
- 1936: Knuts Skujenieks , Latvian poet
- 1937: Antonio Angelillo , Argentine-Italian football player and coach
- 1938: Piotr Lachert , Polish composer, pianist and poet
- 1939: William Devane , American actor
- 1939: Bernulf Kanitscheider , German philosopher and scientific theorist
- 1939: George Lazenby , Australian dressman and actor
- 1939: Clay Regazzoni , Swiss Formula 1 racing driver
- 1939: John Stewart , American singer-songwriter
- 1939: Hubert Striebig , French racing car driver
- 1939: Heiko Uecker , German Scandinavian
- 1940: Billy Adler , American film director
- 1940: Hans Kamp , Dutch philosopher
- 1940: Raquel Welch , American actress
- 1941: Rachid Boudjedra , Algerian writer
- 1941: Manfred Popp , German physicist
- 1942: Werner Herzog , German film director
- 1942: Bonga Kuenda , Angolan pop singer and songwriter
- 1942: Eduardo Mata , Mexican composer
- 1942: Norbert Trelle , bishop emeritus of Hildesheim
- 1943: Aloys Lenz , German politician, MdL
- 1943: Christine Merthan , Austrian actress
- 1944: Roger Dorchy , French racing car driver
- 1944: Urban Gwerder , Swiss author and artist
- 1944: Fedor Radmann , German football official
- 1944: Jørn Sloth , Danish correspondence chess world champion
- 1945: Gérard d'Aboville , French navigator and politician
- 1945: Barbara Riedmüller-Seel , German social scientist and politician, MdL
- 1945: Al Stewart , British musician, singer and songwriter
- 1946: Freddie Mercury , British rock singer
- 1946: Loudon Wainwright III , American musician, singer, and songwriter
- 1947: Mel Collins , British musician
- 1947: Herbert Mai , German trade union official
- 1947: Buddy Miles , American musician
- 1947: Charles Bobo Shaw , American jazz drummer and band leader
- 1947: Peter Sichrovsky , Austrian journalist, writer and politician
- 1947: Barbara Thalheim , German singer and songwriter
- 1948: İsmail Arca , Turkish football player and coach
- 1948: Benita Ferrero-Waldner , Austrian politician, EU commissioner
- 1948: Daniela Ziegler , German actress, singer and musical artist
- 1949: Dave Clempson , British musician
- 1949: Pat McQuaid , Chairman of the UCI World Cycling Federation
- 1949: Wolfgang Schuster , German local politician, Lord Mayor of Stuttgart
- 1949: Ulf G. Stuberger , German journalist and book author
- 1950: Julien Andavo Mbia , Congolese bishop of Isiro-Niangara
1951-1975
- 1951: Ronny Abraham , French lawyer
- 1951: Margarete Aburumieh , Austrian politician
- 1951: Paul Breitner , German soccer player
- 1951: Annerose Fiedler , German athlete
- 1951: Michael Keaton , American actor
- 1951: David E. Peckinpah , American film director
- 1952: Ricky Fataar , South African drummer
- 1953: Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann , German local politician, Lord Mayor of Hamm
- 1953: Barbara Schneider , Swiss politician
- 1953: Herbert Steffny , German athlete
- 1954: Per Knut Aaland , Norwegian cross-country skier
- 1954: Tilman Jens , German journalist and book author
- 1955: Juozas Augutis , Lithuanian mathematician and professor
- 1956: Uwe Anton , German writer
- 1956: Wolfgang Anzengruber , Austrian manager
- 1956: Hermann Kleen , German politician
- 1956: Roine Stolt , Swedish musician and composer
- 1957: Rudi Gores , German soccer player and coach
- 1957: Emly Starr , Belgian singer
- 1957: Peter Winnen , Dutch professional cyclist, journalist and book author
- 1958: Erich Watzl , Austrian politician
- 1959: Sabine Amsbeck-Dopheide , German lawyer and local politician, Mayor of Harsewinkel
- 1959: Waldemar Pawlak , Polish politician
- 1959: Andre Phillips , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1959: Frank Schirrmacher , German publicist and author
- 1960: Abdullah Abdullah , Afghan politician
- 1960: Karita Mattila , Finnish opera singer
- 1960: Bernhard Sperrfechter , German guitarist, author and lecturer
- 1961: Marc-André Hamelin , Canadian pianist and composer
- 1962: Katrin Amunts , German doctor and professor
- 1962: Jutta Dümpe-Krüger , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1962: Christin Marquitan , German actress
- 1962: Peter Wingfield , British actor
- 1963: Taki Inoue , Japanese racing car driver
- 1964: Susanne Engel , German lawyer
- 1964: Frank Farina , Italian-Australian soccer player and coach
- 1964: Josef Penninger , Austrian physician, scientific director at IMBA
- 1964: Amanda Ooms , Swedish film actress
- 1964: Kevin Saunderson , American musician and producer
- 1964: Jörg Schönenborn , German journalist and editor-in-chief
- 1965: David Brabham , Australian racing car driver
- 1966: Mariusz Szczygieł , Polish journalist
- 1966: Orlando Valle , Cuban flautist, composer, arranger and band leader
- 1967: Rein van Duijnhoven , Dutch football player
- 1967: Petra Ivanov , Swiss author
- 1967: Arnel Pineda , Filipino rock musician
- 1967: Matthias Sammer , German soccer player and coach
- 1968: Thomas Levet , French professional golfer
- 1968: Brad Wilk , American musician
- 1969: Sebastian Edathy , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1969: Leonardo , Brazilian soccer player
- 1969: Dweezil Zappa , American musician
- 1970: Addis Abebe , Ethiopian long-distance runner
- 1971: Bonamy Grimes , British entrepreneur and racing car driver
- 1972: Jan Malte Andresen , German radio presenter and journalist
- 1973: Bennu Gerede , Turkish model and film actress
- 1973: Sebastião Gomes , East Timorese independence activist
- 1973: Rose McGowan , American actress
- 1973: Heidi Tjugum , Norwegian handball player
- 1974: Ivo Ulich , Czech football player
- 1975: Bettina Blümner , German director and screenwriter
- 1975: George Boateng , Ghanaian-Dutch soccer player and coach
- 1975: André Diniz , Brazilian comic artist
- 1975: Titus Hollweg , Austrian-German director
- 1975: Sinan Hoxha , Albanian singer
- 1975: Lars Käppler , German neo-Nazi and former functionary of the Young National Democrats (JN)
- 1975: Ida Kovács , Hungarian marathon runner
- 1975: Felix Marc , German singer and songwriter
- 1975: Andris Naudužs , Latvian racing cyclist
- 1975: Paul Spadafora , American boxer
- 1975: Josephus Yenay , Liberian soccer player
- 1975: Kimika Yoshino , Japanese model, actress and pop singer
1976-2000
- 1976: Mishari Raschid al-Afasi , Kuwaiti Koran reciter and Imam
- 1976: Chris Broach , American musician
- 1976: Carice van Houten , Dutch actress
- 1977: Nina Blum , Austrian actress
- 1977: Teresa Marinova , Bulgarian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1978: Laura Bertram , Canadian actress
- 1978: Zhang Zhong , Chinese chess master
- 1979: Kjersti Beck , Norwegian handball player
- 1979: John Carew , Norwegian football player
- 1981: Bruno Neves , Portuguese cyclist
- 1981: Filippo Volandri , Italian tennis player
- 1982: Sondre Lerche , Norwegian singer, guitarist and songwriter
- 1982: Melissa Ortiz-Gomez , Spanish professional dancer
- 1983: Hannes Eder , Austrian soccer player
- 1983: Georg Malcovati , German actor
- 1983: Nadine Vinzens , Miss Switzerland
- 1984: Wilson Obungu , Kenyan football goalkeeper
- 1984: Tiago , Brazilian-Spanish soccer player
- 1985: JokA , German rapper
- 1985: Saboor Khalili , Afghan soccer player
- 1985: Jan Mazoch , Czech ski jumper
- 1985: Kristi Vangjeli , Albanian football player
- 1986: Vera Buck , German writer
- 1986: Alexander Ryazantsev , Russian football player
- 1987: Christomir Angelow , Bulgarian road cyclist
- 1987: Thalke Deters , German handball player
- 1987: Hadrien Federiconi (better known as Feder ), French DJ
- 1987: Thomas Schrammel , Austrian soccer player
- 1987: Anja Sommavilla , German actress
- 1988: Stephen Ahorlu , Ghanaian soccer player
- 1988: Denni Avdić , Swedish football player
- 1988: Felipe Caicedo , Ecuadorian soccer player
- 1988: Nuri Şahin , German-Turkish soccer player
- 1989: Elena Delle Donne , American basketball player
- 1989: Denis Dunworth , Irish cyclist
- 1989: Katerina Graham , American actress
- 1990: Kim Yuna , South Korean figure skater
- 1990: Lance Stephenson , American basketball player
- 1990: Franco Zuculini , Argentine soccer player
- 1991: Skandar Keynes , British film actor
- 1991: Cristian Rossi , Italian racing cyclist
- 1992: Alexander Mühling , German soccer player
- 1992: Malte Semisch , German handball player
- 1994: Guram Samushia , Georgian football player
- 1994: Madeline Willers , German pop singer
- 1995: Caroline Sunshine , American actress
- 1996: Ivo Oliveira , Portuguese cyclist
- 1996: Rui Oliveira , Portuguese cyclist
- 1997: Endre Strømsheim , Norwegian biathlete
- 2000: Benjamin Ritchie , American ski racer
Died
Before the 16th century
- Authari , King of the Lombards 590:
- 1128: Ranulf Flambard , Lord Chancellor of England
- 1146: Sancho de Funes , Benedictine monk and bishop of the diocese of Calahorra
- 1165: Nijō , 78th Tennō of Japan
- 1201: Constance of Brittany , Duchess of Brittany
- 1235: Henry I , Duke of Brabant
- 1304: Rüdiger Manesse the Elder , collector of Minnelongs
- 1329: Marco I. Visconti , Italian politician and military leader
- 1336: Charles of Évreux , Count of Étampes
- 1481: Johann I , Duke of Kleve, Count of the Mark
16th to 18th century
- 1505: Raimund Peraudi , Bishop of Gurk and Saintes
- 1548: Catherine Parr , English nobleman, Queen of England and Ireland
- 1553: Giovanni Mollio , Italian reformer, martyr
- 1562: Katharina Zell , song poet in Strasbourg
- 1569: Edmund Bonner , Bishop of London
- 1569: Pieter Bruegel the Elder , Dutch painter
- 1569: Bernardo Tasso , Italian poet
- 1578: Arnoldus Mermannus , Flemish theologian
- 1590: Gottfried Welsch , German medic
- 1593: Andreas von Auersperg , Austro-Slovenian military leader
- 1615: Antoine de La Faye , Franco-Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1618: Wenzeslaus Warich , Sorbian theologian and translator
- 1652: Friedrich Leibnütz , German notary, philosopher and ethicist
- 1659: Pieter de Carpentier , Governor General of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Southeast Asia
- 1669: Florentius Schuyl , Dutch medic and botanist
- 1674: Hermann Nottelmann , German educator
- 1690: Gottfried Welsch , German medic
- 1709: Johann Georg Neumann , German Lutheran theologian and church historian
- 1711: Elisabeth Sophie Chéron , French painter, engraver, poet and translator
- 1725: Christian Wernicke , German epigrammatist
- 1728: Maria Elisabetha Hügelin , Italian-German master stonemason
- 1732: Christfried Wächtler , German lawyer and polyhistor
- 1734: Nicolas Bernier , French composer
- 1753: Joachim Oporin , German Protestant theologian
- 1766: Markus Hansiz , Austrian Jesuit and historian
- 1790: Martin Crugot , German Protestant clergyman
19th century
- 1803: Pierre-Ambroise-François Choderlos de Laclos , French writer ( Dangerous Liaisons ) and officer
- 1803: François Devienne , French composer and flautist
- 1813: Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Arnim-Suckow , Prussian officer
- 1836: Ferdinand Maria Chotek von Chotkow , Archbishop of Olomouc
- 1836: Ferdinand Raimund , Austrian playwright
- 1838: Charles Percier , French architect
- 1840: Martin Chittenden American politician, lawyer, congressman and governor of the US state of Vermont
- 1848: Vasily Petrovich Stassow , Russian builder
- 1849: Johannes von Werner , German politician
- 1850: Jean-Lucq d'Arriule , French general
- 1855: Thomas Livingstone Mitchell , British explorer
- 1857: Auguste Comte , French philosopher, mathematician, sociologist
- 1858: Moritz Saphir , Austrian writer
- 1859: Friedrich Olivier , German painter
- 1867: Santiago Derqui , President of Argentina
- 1874: Louis-Constant Henriod , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1876: Manuel Blanco Encalada , Chilean politician
- 1877: Crazy Horse , chief of the Oglala Sioux
- 1879: Adolf Harless , German Protestant theologian
- 1893: John Sullivan Dwight , American music critic, Unitarian clergyman, and transcendentalist
- 1893: Hermann Hunaeus , architect
- 1894: Edward Inglefield , British admiral and polar explorer
- 1898: Samuel Apolant , German rabbi
20th century
1901-1950
- 1902: Rudolf Virchow , German medic and politician
- 1903: Friedrich Kaulbach , German painter
- 1906: Ludwig Boltzmann , Austrian physicist
- 1913: Willi Fick , German football player
- 1914: Charles Péguy , French writer
- 1917: Albin Köbis , German sailor
- 1917: Max Reichpietsch , German sailor
- 1917: Marian Smoluchowski , Polish physicist
- 1919: Hunold von Ahlefeld , German Vice Admiral in the Imperial Navy
- 1920: Robert Harron , American silent film actor
- 1920: Justus Hermann Lipsius , German classical philologist
- 1922: Georgette Agutte , French painter
- 1926: Karl Harrer , German journalist, founding member of the German Workers' Party ( DAP )
- 1926: Georg Triller , German Catholic theologian, cathedral dean and vicar general in the diocese of Eichstätt
- 1930: Johan d'Aulnis de Bourouill , Dutch economist
- 1930: Johann Georg Hagen , Austrian Jesuit and astronomer
- 1933: Clay M. Greene , American writer
- 1934: Joop ter Beek , Dutch football player
- 1936: Federico Borrell García , Spanish anarchist and soldier in the civil war, allegedly depicted in the photo as a loyalist soldier at the moment of his death
- 1937: David Hendricks Bergey , American doctor and bacteriologist
- 1940: Paul Goesch , painter, architect, victim of the Nazi regime
- 1945: Joachim von Amsberg , German general
- 1945: Louis Weinert-Wilton , German writer
- 1946: John I. Cox , American politician
- 1948: Richard Tolman , American physicist
- 1949: Friedrich Hopfner , geodesist, geophysicist and planetary researcher
- 1949: E. Robert Schmitz , French pianist and music teacher
- 1950: Erdmann-Michael Hinz , German sculptor
- 1950: Fritz Steuri , Swiss mountain guide and skier
1951-2000
- 1954: Eugen Schiffer , German lawyer and politician, MdL, MdR
- 1956: Walther Hensel , German folk song researcher and collector
- 1960: Earl Long , American politician
- 1967: August Pepöck , Austrian composer and conductor
- 1968: Georg Heinrich Arcularius , German veterinarian
- 1969: Jan Bontjes van Beek , German sculptor and ceramist
- 1969: Hans-Joachim Rehse , German judge at the People's Court
- 1969: Josh White , American musician
- 1970: Jochen Rindt , German-Austrian Formula 1 racing driver
- 1971: Hans Domizlaff , German artist
- 1971: George Trafton , American football player
- 1972: Josef Romano , Israeli weightlifter
- 1972: Mosche Weinberg , Israeli wrestling trainer
- 1973: Hans Demmelmeier , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1973: John Ferraby , British author
- 1974: Leonid Abramowitsch Anulow , Soviet spy
- 1975: Ruth Parnitzke , German painter
- 1978: Nikodim of Leningrad , Russian Orthodox Metropolitan
- 1979: Alberto di Joric , cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1982: Douglas Bader , British fighter pilot
- 1986: Neerja Bhanot , Indian flight attendant and model
- 1987: Wolfgang Fortner , German composer
- 1987: René Hernández , Cuban pianist and arranger
- 1988: Gert Fröbe , German actor
- 1988: Vasily Mschavanadze , Georgian politician, first secretary of the Communist Party, member of the Politburo
- 1989: Wenzel Lüdecke , German film producer
- 1990: Beppo Brem , German actor
- 1990: Jerry Iger , American cartoonist and comic artist
- 1992: HP Zimmer , German painter and sculptor
- 1994: Shimshon Amitsur , Israeli mathematician
- 1994: Rudolf Raftl , German-Austrian soccer player
- 1996: Erhard Ueckermann , German hunting and forest scientist
- 1997: Heinz Luthringshauser , German motorcycle racer
- 1997: Georg Solti , Hungarian conductor
- 1997: Mother Teresa , Indian nun and missionary of Albanian descent, founder of the Order of Missionaries of Charity , Nobel Prize winner
- 1998: Hotta Yoshie , Japanese writer
- 2000: George Musso , American football player
- 2000: Gian Luigi Polidoro , Italian film director
21st century
- 2001: Akinola Aguda , Nigerian lawyer
- 2003: Yūji Aoki , Japanese manga artist
- 2003: Gordon Binkerd , American composer and music teacher
- 2003: Heinz Cramer , German modern pentathlon and staff officer
- 2005: Heinz Melkus , German racing driver and designer
- 2007: Thomas Hansen , Norwegian musician
- 2010: Corneille , Dutch painter, sculptor and poet
- 2010: Shōya Tomizawa , Japanese motorcycle racer
- 2011: Robert Ballaman , Swiss football player
- 2011: Salvatore Licitra , Italian tenor
- 2012: Maria Becker , German-Swiss actress
- 2012: Joe South , American singer
- 2013: Rochus Misch , German SS member
- 2014: Ruth Kappelsberger , German TV announcer and actress
- 2015: Karl Mang , Austrian architect
- 2016: Hugh O'Brian , American actor
- 2016: Phyllis Schlafly , American political activist
- 2017: Nicolaas Bloembergen , American physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 2017: Arno Rink , German painter
- 2019: Francisco Toledo , Mexican painter
- 2020: Jiří Menzel , Czech director and actor
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Teresa of Calcutta , religious sister and missionary in India
- St. Zacharias (father of John) , Israelite priest, possibly martyr (Orthodox, Armenian, Coptic, Protestant: ELCA , LCMS )
- Katharina Zell , Alsatian pastor's wife (Protestant)
- Herculanus of Porto , saint and martyr
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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