May 6th

The May 6 is the 126th day of the Gregorian calendar (127th in leap years ), thus remain 239 days by year end.

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Events

Politics and world events

• 1104 : The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Republic of Genoa begin the siege of Acre with their forces on the Levantine coast . The city in Haifa Bay is ruled by a Fatimid governor.

1191: Richard the Lionheart

• 1191 : England's King Richard the Lionheart arrives with his fleet off Limassol during the Third Crusade . After an ultimatum, he begins to conquer Cyprus , which is ruled by Isaac Comnenus .
• 1223 : Count Heinrich von Schwerin takes the Danish King Waldemar II prisoner on the island of Lyø , thereby breaking Denmark's supremacy in the Baltic Sea region . Since the county of Schwerin is occupied, he temporarily brings Waldemar to Dannenberg Castle .
• 1250 : The French King Louis IX, captured in the Sixth Crusade . is released by the Mamluks who came to power in Egypt after a palace revolution . He goes from Damiette to Acre .
• 1525 : In the Peasants' War begins Black bunch of Florian Geyer together with the Frankish army to storm Würzburg where the taking of the fortress Marienberg fails because of their occupation.

1527: Sacco di Roma

• 1527 : The Sack of Rome is Rome by imperial troops under the leadership of Charles III. de Bourbon-Montpensier sacked. The event marks the end of the Italian Renaissance . Pope Clement VII. May be via the Passetto di Borgo in the Castel Sant'Angelo save, but by troops under Sebastian Schertlin Burtenbach besieged for weeks.
• 1576 : With the Edict of Beaulieu negotiated by François-Hercule de Valois, duc d'Alençon , the Fifth Huguenot War is ended. The Huguenots under Henry of Navarre received favorable conditions because France's King Henry III. initially favored peace in the country.

1622: Battle of Wimpfen

• 1622 : In the Battle of Wimpfen in the first phase of the Thirty Years' War , League troops under Johann T'Serclaes von Tilly and Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba win over a Palatine contingent commanded by Margrave Georg Friedrich von Baden-Durlach .

1682: Versailles Palace

• 1682 : Louis XIV of France moves his court from Paris to the Palace of Versailles . Versailles thus becomes the official seat of government in France .
• 1686 : Poland-Lithuania and Tsarist Russia conclude the Eternal Peace , which confirms the Andrussowo armistice of January 30, 1667. The Rzeczpospolita is represented by Krzysztof Grzymułtowski, the Russian side by Prince Vasily Vasilievich Golitsyn .
• 1757 : In the Battle of Prague , the second battle of the Seven Years' War , the armies of Frederick the Great and Charles Alexander of Lorraine clash. The Prussians succeed in defeating the Austrians.

1860: Garibaldi's departure

• 1860 : A 1067-strong troop led by Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa towards southern Italy to advance the Risorgimento in Sicily. In memory of this event, this Genoese district is now called Quarto dei Mille .
• 1861 : The US state of Arkansas breaks away from the Union after the start of the Civil War to join the Confederate States of America .

1863: Location near Chancellorsville on May 6th

• 1863 : The Union General Joseph Hooker gives up the positions of the Army of the Potomac after the Battle of Chancellorsville and leaves the field to his surprised counterpart Robert Edward Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia of the Confederate States Army .
• 1864 : The two-day battle in the Wilderness , Virginia during the American Civil War between the Army of the Potomac under Major General George Gordon Meade and the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert Edward Lee ends without a decision.
• 1876 : In Thessaloniki the German and French consuls are killed by fanatical Muslims in a tumult, which puts a heavy strain on diplomatic relations between the two countries and the Ottoman Empire .
• 1882 : Chief Secretary for Ireland , Lord Frederick Cavendish and Undersecretary of State Thomas Henry Burke are in the Phoenix Park of Dublin by members of the Irish National Invincibles , an Irish underground group, murdered. The acts become known as the Phoenix Park murders .

1882: Chinese Exclusion Act

• 1882 : The US Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act , which stipulates that no Chinese laborers are allowed to enter the United States for 10 years . This invalidates the provisions of the Burlingame Treaty of 1868 and de facto completely prevents Chinese immigration.

1893: Count Leo von Caprivi

• 1893 : Chancellor Leo von Caprivi dissolves the 8th German Reichstag after it has rejected its bill to increase the peace-keeping strength of the German army to 500,000 men. The next Reichstag election will take place on June 15.

1910: George V.

• 1910 : With the death of Edward VII , his son George V becomes King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India .
• 1919 : In Afghanistan begins Third Anglo-Afghan War .
• 1929 : In response to the Blutmai , the Social Democratic Reich Interior Minister of the Weimar Republic , Carl Severing , bans the communist paramilitary organizations Red Front Fighter League (RFB), Red Youth Front (RJ) and Red Navy across the Reich on charges of provoking the riots .
• 1932 : The mentally confused Russian émigré Pawel Timofejewitsch Gorgulow carried out an assassination attempt on the French President Paul Doumer at the opening of a book fair , the consequences of which he died one day later.

1935: WPA logo

• 1935 : As part of the New Deal to combat the Great Depression in the United States , the government of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the Works Progress Administration ( WPA ) as a federal agency to curb mass unemployment with Executive Order 7034 .
• 1942 : The US troops on Corregidor Island under the Supreme Commander of the Philippines Jonathan M. Wainwright surrender to the attacking Japanese troops in the Pacific War .
• 1945 : The Red Army begins the Prague Operation , the last major offensive in World War II against Prague , held by the German Wehrmacht , where an uprising against the occupying power had already started the day before.

1945: The German parliamentarians

• 1945 : The battle for Breslau ends with the surrender of the city of Wroclaw to the Red Army .
• 1945 : In Hanover, Kurt Schumacher , the chairman of a local SPD is elected for the first time after the end of the National Socialist regime in Germany , although the formation of parties is still forbidden in the British-occupied territory.

1954: Alfredo Stroessner

• 1954 : In Paraguay the 35-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner begins with a coup against the elected President Federico Chaves of the Partido Colorado .
• 1963 : Switzerland becomes 17th member of the Council of Europe .
• 1974 : Willy Brandt officially announces his resignation as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany in his cabinet after a meeting of the SPD leaders in the Kurt Schumacher Academy in Bad Münstereifel because of the affair about the GDR agent Günter Guillaume .

1979: The election result in Austria

• 1979 : In the national elections in Austria , the SPÖ with Federal Chancellor Kreisky again becomes the party with the highest number of votes and increases its absolute majority before the ÖVP .
• 1990 : From the first free local elections in the German Democratic Republic , the CDU emerged as the strongest force ahead of the SPD and the PDS , but had to accept a loss of votes compared to the Volkskammer election on March 18.
• 1997 : Israeli President Ezer Weizmann and Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat meet at the Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip for talks about security cooperation.

1998: Kazakhstan

• 1998 : Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev renames the city of Akmola Astana (Nur-Sultan since 2019) and proclaims it the capital of Kazakhstan . It replaces the previous capital, Almaty .
• 1998 : Five years after Eritrea's independence , disputes arise over the demarcation of the border with Ethiopia , which escalates on May 12 to the Eritrea-Ethiopia war , which will last over two years.
• 2002 : The French President Jacques Chirac appoints Jean-Pierre Raffarin as Prime Minister to succeed Lionel Jospin, who resigned after the defeat in the presidential election .
• 2002 : Marc Ravalomanana is sworn in as President of Madagascar after his election victory against the previous President Didier Ratsiraka .

2002: Pim Fortuyn

• 2002 : The Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn , the top candidate of the right-wing populist Lijst Pim Fortuyn , is shot in Hilversum by the animal protection activist Volkert van der Graaf. The attack leads to riots in The Hague .
• 2007 : The Les Républicains candidate Nicolas Sarkozy defeated the socialist candidate Ségolène Royal with 53.06 percent of the vote in the runoff election in the French presidential election .

2012: François Hollande

• 2012 : The socialist candidate François Hollande wins the runoff election for the French presidency against incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy ( Les Républicains ).

economy

• 1678 : 30 large merchants decide to set up a stock exchange in Leipzig . Construction of the old trading exchange will begin on May 30th .
• 1835 : In New York City, James Gordon Bennett Sr. publishes the first edition of the New York Herald . The Herald is considered the first mass publication in history and costs only one cent.

1840: One Penny Black

• 1840 : The world's first postage stamp , the One Penny Black , which has been issued in Great Britain since May 1st, has its validity date.
• 1851 : The American doctor John Gorrie receives a patent for the refrigeration machine he invented . He is laughed at and has no economic success with it.
• 1859 : The first gold vein is found in Colorado by gold prospector John H. Gregory , which gives new impetus to a Colorado gold rush that has already started in the American Midwest .

Expo 1889

• 1889 : The Exposition Universelle is officially opened in Paris . The landmark of the world exhibition , which is held at the Champ de Mars , the Jardins du Trocadéro , the Quai d'Orsay and on the Seine , is the highly controversial Eiffel Tower . The Galerie des Machines will be a crowd puller .

Poster for the 1911 hygiene exhibition

• 1911 : At the suggestion of Odol -Fabrikanten Karl August Lingner is in the Municipal Exhibition Palace in Dresden , the International Hygiene Exhibition opened. It lasts until October 31st and is still the most popular exhibition in Dresden to this day.
• 1946 : The Belgian economist and politician Camille Gutt is appointed first director of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ).
• 1996 : Establishment of Hyundai Motor India Limited , an automobile manufacturer that years later developed into the global small car manufacturer of the South Korean brand Hyundai .
• 1997 : The new British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown declares the Bank of England politically independent. In setting the interest rate, however, it can help the government achieve its target inflation target of a maximum of 2.5%. This is one of the most revolutionary steps in the bank's 300-year history.
• 2010 : On the New York Stock Exchange , there is the largest loss in terms of points during trading during the course of a trading day (almost 1000 points). This loss was largely compensated for in the course of a quarter of an hour. The event became known under the name Flash Crash .

science and technology

• 1642 BC Chr . : At 2:26 p.m. ( UT ) the Venus transit begins and ends at 9:32 p.m. (UT).

1754: Dorothea Christiane Erxleben

• 1754 : Dorothea Erxleben who have graduated under special permission from Frederick the Great has completed, is her doctoral examinations at the University of Halle with great success, becoming the first doctoral doctor in Germany.
• 1869 : In West Lafayette (Indiana) is Purdue University founded.
• 1953 : The surgeon John Heysham Gibbon performs the first operation using a heart-lung machine .
• 1971 : MBB presents the first prototype of a magnetic levitation train for passenger transport on the factory premises in Ottobrunn . The new Transrapid means of transport is emerging .

1993: Ulrich Walter

• 1993 : The second German Spacelab mission D2 with the German astronauts Ulrich Walter and Hans Wilhelm Schlegel on board ends with the landing of the Space Shuttle Columbia at Edwards Air Force Base, California .
• 1994 : The official opening of the Eurotunnel under the English Channel between Great Britain and France is carried out by Queen Elizabeth II and the French President François Mitterrand .
• 2001 : Dennis Tito , the first space tourist , lands back on earth in Kazakhstan after a nine-day space flight with the Russian Soyuz TM-32 mission .

Culture

1719: First edition of the Robinson Crusoe

• 1719 : The novel The Life and strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, where-in all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates. Written by Himself. by Daniel Defoe is published. The novel becomes an overwhelming success.

1727: Giovanni Bononcini

• 1727 : The opera Astianatte by Giovanni Bononcini with the two prima donnas Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni in the leading roles is premiered at the King's Theater in London.
• 1854 : After the diarrhea on March 6th of the previous year, the revised version of Giuseppe Verdi's opera La traviata again has its world premiere at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, this time with resounding success.
• 1857 : The opera Erzsébet , which Ferenc Erkel composed with Franz and Karl Doppler , is premiered in Budapest.
• 1991 : B5 aktuell , the wave of information from Bavarian Broadcasting , goes on air.
• 2010 : The Topography of Terror Documentation Center in Berlin not far from Potsdamer Platz is officially opened by Federal President Horst Köhler .

society

• 1848 : Corporal punishment is abolished in Prussia .

1849: Adolph Kolping

• 1849 : Adolph Kolping founds a Catholic journeymen's association in Cologne with six journeymen. The association is supposed to give the wandering journeymen a support similar to what Kolping believes is only offered by the family. As a result, journeyman's hospices are also opened.
• 1960 : The British Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon , younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II , marries the photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones in Westminster Abbey .
• 1966 : The serial killer Ian Brady and his accomplice Myra Hindley , the "Moors Murderers", are sentenced to life imprisonment by a British jury for three murders after a two-week trial.
• 1994 : Government employee Paula Jones files a lawsuit in court accusing US President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment .

religion

• 1312 : At the Council of Vienne , Pope Clement V issues the Apostolic Constitution Exivi de paradiso on the Franciscan poverty struggle . It is provided with 27 severe prohibitions, 12 admonitions, 6 pieces of advice and 12 conditions for the acceptance of novices and is subsequently included in the Corpus Iuris Canonici .
• 1542 : Franz Xavier arrives in Goa and begins missionary work in India .
• 1934 : The first edition of the illustrated weekly L'Osservatore della Domenica appears in the Vatican .
• 2001 : John Paul II becomes the first Pope in history to enter a Muslim prayer house, the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus .

Disasters

1842: Hamburg fire on May 6th

• 1842 : The fire in Hamburg , which has been raging since May 5th, turns north and threatens the stock exchange and the town hall . While the stock exchange, which was only occupied last year, can be saved, the town hall becomes a victim of flames.
• 1902 : The British passenger ship Camorta is sunk by a cyclone in the mouth of the Irrawaddy River (Indian Ocean) . All 739 people on board die.
• 1930 : An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude in Iran calls for about 2,500 deaths.

1937: The burning Hindenburg

• 1937 : The airship LZ 129 Hindenburg goes up in flames on landing in Lakehurst USA. 36 people die.
• 1976 : With a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Friuli , Italy, 989 people are killed. The places Gemona del Friuli and Venzone in the epicenter suffer severe damage. They will then be rebuilt according to old photos.

Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .

Sports

• 1954 : Roger Bannister , British medical student, is the first person to run the English mile (1609.35 meters) in under four minutes (3: 59.4 min) in Oxford.
• 2017 : An attempt organized by Nike to run the marathon distance in under 2:00 hours just failed. Eliud Kipchoge takes 26 seconds longer than intended.

Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .

Born

Before the 18th century

• 0973 : Heinrich II. , Holy Roman Emperor
• 1212 : Constantia of Austria , daughter of Leopold VI. of Austria from the Babenberg family
• 1262 : John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings , English nobleman and military man
• 1397 : Sejong , King of the Korean Joseon Dynasty

Skanderbeg (* 1405)

• 1405 : Georg Kastriota, called Skanderbeg , Albanian prince and national hero
• 1464 : Sofia Jagiellonka , Polish nobleman, Margravine of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Brandenburg-Ansbach
• 1493 : Girolamo Seripando , Italian theologian, Prior General of the Augustinian Hermits and Archbishop of Salerno
• 1501 : Marcellus II , Pope
• 1571 : Lucas Osiander , German theologian, professor and chancellor of the University of Tübingen
• 1574 : Innocent X , Pope
• 1580 : Carlo I. Gonzaga , Duke of Nevers and Rethel
• 1635 : Johann Joachim Becher , German chemist and doctor
• 1646 : August Friedrich , Prince of Holstein-Gottorf and Prince-Bishop of the Principality of Lübeck
• 1668 : Adolph Magnus von Hoym , Saxon minister and Silesian entrepreneur
• 1696 : Johann Andreas von Franken-Siersdorf , Vicar General in Cologne

18th century

• 1713 : Charles Batteux , French esthete
• 1723 : Ike no Taiga , Japanese painter
• 1724 : Georg Christian Adler , German preacher, author and archaeologist
• 1728 : Johann Andreas Stein , German organ and piano builder
• 1738 : John Sloss Hobart , American lawyer and politician
• 1741 : Josef Ignác Buček , Czech university professor, author of economic works
• 1744 : Johann Christoph Kunze , German Protestant theologian
• 1747 : Georg I , Count of Pyrmont and Prince of Waldeck
• 1754 : Marguerite-Louis-François Duport-Dutertre , French Minister of Justice
• 1756 : André Masséna , French general
• 1757 : Veronika Gut , supporter of the Nidwalden resistance against the Helvetic
• 1758 : André Masséna , Marshal of France and Duke of Rivoli and Prince of Essling

Maximilien Robespierre (* 1758)

• 1758 : Maximilien de Robespierre , French revolutionary
• 1759 : Joseph Karl Ambrosch , Bohemian tenor and composer
• 1759 : François Andrieux , French scholar, poet and lawyer
• 1763 : Johan David Åkerblad , Swedish diplomat, paleographer and orientalist
• 1766 : Gottfried Tauber , German instrument dealer and optician
• 1769 : Ferdinand III. , Grand Duke of Tuscany
• 1769 : Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette , French mathematician
• 1773 : Philipp Merian , Swiss trader and founder of the foundation
• 1777 : Friedrich Krafft , German politician
• 1781 : Karl Christian Friedrich Krause , German philosopher
• 1785 : Arvid August Afzelius , first collector of Swedish folk songs
• 1786 : Ludwig Börne , German writer
• 1788 : Esprit Requien , French botanist
• 1792 : Martin Ohm , German mathematician
• 1794 : Carl Arnold , Norwegian composer
• 1796 : Johann Adam Möhler , Roman Catholic theologian
• 1798 : Heinrich von Quintus-Icilius , German administrative lawyer and politician
• 1800 : Amalie Haizinger , German actress

19th century

1801-1850

• 1801 : José Joaquín Pérez , Chilean politician
• 1802 : Charles Nicolas Aubé , French doctor and entomologist
• 1802 : Wilhelm Schirmer , German painter
• 1804 : Ferdinand Sauter , German poet
• 1806 : Georg von Stockau , Austrian politician and landowner
• 1810 : Friedrich August Eckstein , German classical philologist and lexicographer
• 1813 : Bernhard Afinger , German sculptor
• 1814 : Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst , Austrian violinist and composer
• 1815 : Eugène Labiche , French writer
• 1819 : Johann Baptist Arbinger , German politician
• 1821 : Ludwig Adolf Neugebauer , Polish gynecologist
• 1823 : Hermann Eschke , German painter
• 1823 : Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl , German journalist, novelist and cultural historian
• 1824 : Tokugawa Iesada , 13th Shogun of the Edo period in Japan
• 1830 : Ole Andreas Bachke , Norwegian lawyer and politician
• 1830 : Abraham Jacobi , German-American pediatrician
• 1832 : Jan Ondříček , Czech conductor, violinist and music teacher
• 1834 : Anton August von Attems-Gilleis , Austrian kuk chamberlain

Max Eyth (* 1836)

• 1836 : Max Eyth , German engineer and writer
• 1839 : Friedrich Specht , German animal painter
• 1841 : Georg Schleusner , German Protestant clergyman
• 1842 : Felice Cavallotti , Italian politician, journalist, writer and translator
• 1844 : Albert von Bamberg , German classical philologist and grammar school director
• 1846 : Hermann Arnold , German painter
• 1848 : Henry Edward Armstrong , English chemist
• 1849 : Wyatt Eaton , Canadian painter

1851-1900

• 1852 : Viktor Gluth , German composer and music teacher
• 1853 : Philander C. Knox , American politician
• 1854 : Jean Bungartz , German animal painter and author
• 1856 : Robert Edwin Peary , American engineer and polar explorer

Sigmund Freud (* 1856)

• 1856 : Sigmund Freud , Austrian doctor and depth psychologist
• 1857 : Frank Bramley , English painter
• 1861 : Motilal Nehru , Indian lawyer and statesman, co-founder of the Swaraj party
• 1864 : Eugenio Tosi , Archbishop of Milan and Cardinal
• 1865 : John Walter Christie , American racing car driver, engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur
• 1866 : Jóannes Patursson , Faroese farmer, poet and politician
• 1868 : Gaston Leroux , French journalist and crime novelist
• 1871 : Christian Morgenstern , German poet and writer
• 1871 : Victor Grignard , French chemist
• 1872 : Cemal Pasha , Turkish general and politician
• 1872 : Willem de Sitter , Dutch astronomer
• 1875 : William Daniel Leahy , first Fleet Admiral (5-Star Admiral) in the US Navy
• 1876 : Paul Silverberg , German industrialist
• 1878 : Harry Farjeon , English composer
• 1879 : Bedřich Hrozný , Czech linguist and orientalist
• 1880 : Maximilian Josef Auer , Austrian musicologist
• 1880 : Chino Masako , Japanese poet

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (* 1880)

• 1880 : Ernst Ludwig Kirchner , German painter and graphic artist of Expressionism ( Die Brücke )
• 1882 : Emilio Bontà , Swiss teacher and local researcher
• 1882 : Guy Kibbee , American character actor
• 1882 : Wilhelm of Prussia , Prussian Crown Prince
• 1884 : Pierre Aeby , Swiss politician
• 1884 : Hermann Quistorf , German writer and translator
• 1885 : Henri Willem Hoesen , Dutch doctor
• 1886 : Bernard Karfiol , American painter
• 1887 : Georg Hartmann , German church music composer and local writer
• 1887 : Michael Browne , Irish Cardinal, Chief of the Dominican Order
• 1889 : Stanley Morison , English typographer
• 1890 : Friedrich Oehlkers , German botanist
• 1890 : Oskar Rümmele , German politician
• 1893 : Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf , German politician, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony
• 1893 : José Calvo Sotelo , Spanish politician
• 1893 : Marie Kahle , German educator, victim of the Nazi era
• 1893 : Wilhelm Kohlhoff , German painter and graphic artist

Rudolph Valentino (* 1895)

• 1895 : Rudolph Valentino , Italian actor
• 1896 : Rolf Sievert , Swedish physicist
• 1897 : Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast , American film director
• 1897 : Karl Kurt Klein , German Germanist
• 1897 : Árpád Szenes , Hungarian-French painter
• 1898 : Alwin Walther , German engineer and mathematician
• 1898 : Konrad Henlein , Sudeten German politician and SS general

20th century

1901-1925

• 1901 : Urs Küry , Swiss bishop
• 1901 : Fritz Levy , German cattle dealer, the last Jew from Jever
• 1902 : Peter Aschenbrenner , Austrian mountaineer and pioneer
• 1902 : Lothar Beutel , German pharmacist and SS member
• 1902 : Max Ophüls , German film director
• 1903 : Hermann Grab , Czech writer and musician
• 1904 : Benjamin Akzin , Israeli professor
• 1904 : Cliff Carlisle , American country singer
• 1904 : Moshé Feldenkrais , Israeli physicist, developed the Feldenkrais method
• 1904 : Harry Martinson , Swedish writer, Nobel Prize winner
• 1904 : Max Mallowan , British archaeologist, husband of Agatha Christie
• 1905 : René Dreyfus , French racing car driver
• 1905 : Alexander Wilberg , Austrian politician
• 1906 : André Weil , French mathematician
• 1906 : Fritz Katzmann , German officer, war criminal
• 1907 : Weeb Ewbank , American football coach
• 1907 : Friedrich Suhr , German lawyer, SS member and SD leader in Russia and France
• 1907 : Yasushi Inoue , Japanese writer
• 1908 : Necil Kâzım Akses , Turkish composer
• 1908 : Jan Kreczmar , Polish actor
• 1909 : Albert Richter , German forest scientist
• 1909 : John Vaught , American football coach
• 1911 : Walter Müller , Austrian actor
• 1912 : Ellen Müller Prize , Austrian foil fencer
• 1913 : Carmen Cavallaro , American musician
• 1913 : Gyula Dávid , Hungarian composer
• 1913 : Stewart Granger , British actor
• 1915 : Wilhelm Letonja , German deserter and Nazi victim

Orson Welles (born 1915)

• 1915 : Orson Welles , American director and actor
• 1916 : Robert Henry Dicke , American physicist and astrophysicist
• 1917 : Jack Stewart , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1918 : Godfrey Ridout , Canadian composer and music educator
• 1919 : André Guelfi , Moroccan racing car driver
• 1921 : Erich Fried , Austrian poet, translator and essayist
• 1922 : Julio Ardiles Gray , Argentine writer
• 1922 : Walter Gehlhoff , German diplomat and State Secretary
• 1922 : Pat Harder , American football player
• 1922 : Ralph Hirschmann , American chemist
• 1923 : Galyani Vadhana , Thai princess
• 1925 : Wolf von Ausin , German lawyer
• 1925 : Hanns Dieter Hüsch , German cabaret artist, actor and presenter
• 1925 : Manfred Lichtenfeld , German actor

1926-1950

• 1927 : Franz Baum , German politician
• 1929 : Paul Christian Lauterbur , American chemist and radiologist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1930 : Kjell Bækkelund , Norwegian pianist
• 1930 : Karl-Heinz Kämmerling , German piano teacher

Willie Mays (* 1931)

• 1931 : Willie Mays , American baseball player
• 1932 : Alexander Borissowitsch Beljawski , Russian actor
• 1932 : Johannes Gross , German publicist and journalist
• 1934 : Oskar Gottlieb Blarr , German composer, organist and church musician
• 1934 : Fernand Franck , Archbishop of Luxembourg
• 1934 : Alois Glaubitz , German football player
• 1934 : Hennes Junkermann , German racing cyclist
• 1934 : Richard Shelby , American politician
• 1935 : Klaus Immelmann , German behavioral biologist
• 1936 : Kazimierz Gierżod , Polish pianist and music teacher
• 1937 : Rubin Carter , American boxer
• 1937 : Karin Lieneweg , German actress and voice actress

Michael Löwy (* 1938)

• 1938 : Michael Löwy , Marxist sociologist and philosopher
• 1939 : Isla Eckinger , Swiss jazz bassist
• 1939 : Klaus Gerbig , German hurdler
• 1939 : Dennis Johnson , Jamaican athlete
• 1940 : Lutz Stavenhagen , German businessman and minister
• 1940 : Mario Wallenda , American tightrope artist
• 1941 : Gena Dimitrova , Bulgarian opera singer
• 1941 : Ivica Osim , Bosnian football player and coach
• 1942 : Thierry Aubin , French mathematician
• 1942 : Amadeus August , German actor
• 1942 : Carmen Collado López , Cuban choir director and music teacher
• 1942 : Ariel Dorfman , Argentine writer
• 1943 : Andreas Baader , German terrorist ( RAF )
• 1943 : Siegfried Schenke , German athlete
• 1943 : Wolfgang Reinhardt , German athlete, Olympic medalist
• 1944 : Carl I. Hagen , Norwegian politician
• 1945 : Bob Seger , American musician
• 1945 : Jimmie Dale Gilmore , American country singer
• 1945 : Felix von Manteuffel , German actor of Baltic origin
• 1945 : Walther Christoph Zimmerli , Swiss university professor

Heinz Eggert (* 1946)

• 1946 : Heinz Eggert , German politician, MdL
• 1946 : Günter Eichberg , German management consultant and football official
• 1946 : Carolyn Garcia , American writer
• 1947 : Alan Dale , New Zealand actor
• 1947 : Gunilla Lindberg , Swedish sports official
• 1948 : Jochen Arlt , German writer
• 1948 : Caspar Eine , Austrian politician
• 1948 : Ulrich Ebert , German football player
• 1948 : Servilio de Oliveira , Brazilian boxer
• 1949 : Peter Sellin , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1950 : Jeffery Deaver , American writer
• 1950 : Stelian Moculescu , Romanian coach of the German men's national volleyball team
• 1950 : Rainer Potschak , German soccer player

1951-1975

• 1951 : Samuel K. Doe , Liberian President

Gerhard Gruber (* 1951)

• 1951 : Gerhard Gruber , Austrian silent film accompanist at the piano
• 1951 : Ilja Seifert , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1952 : Claudius Armbruster , German Romanist
• 1952 : Christian Clavier , French actor
• 1952 : Andrea Čunderlíková , Czech actress
• 1952 : Gregg Henry , American actor and singer
• 1952 : Alexander Radszun , German actor
• 1952 : Herbert Rusche , German politician and gay activist
• 1953 : Adi Sprinkart , German politician
• 1953 : Alexander Strobele , Austrian actor
• 1953 : Graeme Souness , Scottish football player and coach
• 1953 : Paul Rübig , Austrian politician, MEP
• 1953 : Tomasz Tomaszewski , Polish photographer

Tony Blair (born 1953)

• 1953 : Tony Blair , British politician and Prime Minister
• 1954 : Marcel Konrad , Swiss writer
• 1955 : Hans-Hermann Dubben , physicist
• 1955 : Antoni Gralak , Polish rock and jazz trumpeter, composer and music producer
• 1955 : Ann Grant , Zimbabwean hockey player
• 1955 : John Hutton , British politician
• 1955 : Ewald Pfleger , Austrian rock musician and music producer
• 1956 : Barbara Krug , German athlete, Olympic medalist
• 1956 : Roland Wieser , German athlete, Olympic medalist
• 1957 : Gabriele Fograscher , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1958 : Tommy Byrne , Irish racing car driver
• 1959 : Didier Conrad , French comic artist ( Asterix )
• 1959 : Georg Willi , Austrian politician
• 1959 : Prince Oskar of Prussia , 37th Lord Master of the Order of St. John, Imperial Great-grandson
• 1960 : Lyudmila Andonova , Bulgarian high jumper
• 1960 : Anne Parillaud , French film actress
• 1960 : John Flansburgh , American musician
• 1960 : Thomas Steg , German journalist, deputy government spokesman
• 1960 : Elisabeth Engstler , Austrian television presenter and singer
• 1960 : Kamran Ince , Turkish-American composer and music teacher

George Clooney (born 1961)

• 1961 : George Clooney , American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director
• 1962 : Tarek Assam , German-Egyptian dancer and choreographer
• 1962 : Andreas Köckeritz , German handball player and coach
• 1962 : Mario Kummer , German cyclist
• 1962 : Norbert Heisterkamp , German actor
• 1963 : Alessandra Ferri , Italian ballet dancer
• 1964 : Andrea Chiesa , Swiss racing driver
• 1964 : Roberto Franco , Italian freestyle skier
• 1964 : Sabine Ludwigs , German author
• 1964 : Franziska Pigulla , German actress, news and voice actress
• 1964 : Frédérique Vidal , French politician (independent) and incumbent minister
• 1965 : Leslie Hope , Canadian actress
• 1965 : Greg Poss , American ice hockey coach
• 1965 : Jan Tore Sanner , Norwegian politician

Nathalie Stutzmann (* 1965)

• 1965 : Nathalie Stutzmann , French contralto
• 1967 : Thomas Abratis , German Nordic combined athlete
• 1967 : Risto Laakkonen , Finnish ski jumper
• 1967 : Robert Allan Floyd , American actor
• 1967 : Till Demtrøder , German actor
• 1967 : Christophe Pillon , Swiss racing car driver
• 1968 : Torbjörn Arvidsson , Swedish football player
• 1968 : Nicole Marischka , German actress
• 1970 : Holger Höhne , German curling player
• 1971 : Till Brönner , German composer and musician
• 1971 : Geneva Carr , American film and stage actress
• 1971 : Chris Shiflett , American guitarist
• 1972 : Sébastien Amiez , French ski racer
• 1972 : Martin Brodeur , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 : Peter Friedrich , German politician
• 1972 : Naoko Takahashi , Japanese athlete, Olympic champion
• 1973 : Patrick Döring , German politician, Member of the Bundestag

1976-2000

• 1977 : Jon Conway , American football player
• 1977 : René Münnich , German racing car driver, racing team owner and entrepreneur
• 1977 : Daniela Rath , German high jumper
• 1977 : André Sá , Brazilian tennis player
• 1978 : Riitta-Liisa Roponen , Finnish cross-country skier
• 1979 : Gerd Kanter , Estonian athlete
• 1980 : Dimitrios Diamantidis , Greek basketball player
• 1980 : Ricardo Oliveira , Brazilian soccer player
• 1980 : Torsten Knabel , Austrian soccer player

Wolke Hegenbarth (* 1980)

• 1980 : Wolke Hegenbarth , German actress
• 1981 : Guglielmo Stendardo , Italian football player
• 1982 : Marcel Ndjeng , German soccer player
• 1982 : Jason Witten , American football player
• 1983 : Dani Alves , Brazilian soccer player
• 1983 : Ida Bjørndalen , Norwegian handball player
• 1983 : Thaye Dorje , 17th Karmapa
• 1983 : Lisa Lavie , Canadian singer
• 1983 : Adrianne Palicki , American actress
• 1983 : Gabourey Sidibe , American actress
• 1983 : Alexander Thamm , German soccer player
• 1984 : Chiara Costazza , Italian ski racer
• 1985 : Sören Brandy , German soccer player

Anouk Hoogendijk (* 1985)

• 1985 : Anouk Hoogendijk , Dutch football player
• 1985 : Chris Paul , American basketball player
• 1985 : Theresa Underberg , German actress and radio play speaker
• 1985 : Alina Süggeler , German singer ( Frida Gold )
• 1987 : Moon Geun-young , South Korean actress
• 1987 : Andreas Hindelang , German soccer player
• 1987 : Dries Mertens , Belgian football player
• 1987 : Meek Mill , American rapper
• 1988 : Ryan Anderson , American basketball player
• 1988 : Alexis Ajinça , French basketball player
• 1989 : David de la Cruz , Spanish cyclist
• 1990 : Christian Gytkjær , Danish football player
• 1991 : Léa Rubio , French soccer player
• 1992 : Marie-Luise Herrmann , German soccer player

Jonas Valančiūnas (* 1992)

• 1992 : Jonas Valančiūnas , Lithuanian basketball player
• 1993 : Artun Akçakın , Turkish football player
• 1993 : Felix Franz , German athlete
• 1993 : Naomi Scott , British actress and singer
• 1993 : Taylor Washington , American athlete
• 1994 : Sam Dekker , American basketball player
• 1994 : Kevin Friesenbichler , Austrian soccer player
• 1994 : Mateo Kovačić , Croatian football player
• 1995 : Marko Pjaca , Croatian football player
• 1996 : Dominic Scott Kay , American actor, film director, screenwriter, and singer
• 1997 : Elisa Mörzinger , Austrian ski racer
• 1998 : Claud Adjapong , Italian soccer player

21st century

• 2019 : Archie Mountbatten-Windsor , Duke of Sussex

Died

Before the 17th century

• 0698 : Eadberht , Bishop of Lindisfarne
• 0988 : Dietrich II , Count of Friesland
• 1005 : Gottschalk von Hagenau , Bishop of Freising
• 1052 : Boniface of Canossa , Italian nobleman
• 1124 : Balak ibn Bahram , Emir in the service of the Seljuks
• 1132 : Siegfried I , Count von Arch and founder of the County of Lebenau
• 1140 : Geoffrey Rufus , Lord Chancellor of England
• 1142 : Marquard , first abbot of Wilten Abbey

Friedrich von Hausen († 1190)

• 1190 : Friedrich von Hausen , Middle High German poet of songs of love and the crusade
• 1210 : Conrad II of Landsberg , Margrave of Lusatia and Lord of Rochlitz
• 1225 : John of Fountains , English prelate, Abbot of Fountains Abbey and Bishop of the Diocese of Ely
• 1236 : Roger von Wendover , English monk and chronicler
• 1309 : Charles II of Anjou , King of Naples
• 1322 : John Giffard, 2nd Baron Giffard , English nobleman and rebel
• 1326 : Bernhard II , Duke of Schweidnitz-Jauer
• 1328 : Robert Fitzwalter, 2nd Baron Fitzwalter , English nobleman
• 1349 : Heinrich II. , Abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach
• 1431 : Boleslaus I , Duke of Teschen
• 1434 : Friedrich von Laubenberg , Prince Abbot of Kempten
• 1437 : Bolko IV , Duke of Opole
• 1446 : Georges de La Trémoille , Count of Guînes
• 1452 : Bicci di Lorenzo , Florentine painter
• 1459 : Dietrich Schenk von Erbach , Archbishop of Mainz
• 1475 : Dierick Bouts , Dutch painter
• 1478 : Andrea Vendramin , 71st Doge of Venice
• 1483 : Jeonghui , Queen of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea
• 1527 : Charles III. de Bourbon-Montpensier , French military leader, Duke of Bourbon-Montpensier
• 1540 : Juan Luis Vives , Spanish humanist, philosopher and historian
• 1558 : Mechthild von Hessen , Countess of Tecklenburg-Schwerin
• 1568 : Bernardo Salviati , cardinal of the Catholic Church
• 1577 : Johann Placotomus , German physician and educator

François de Montmorency († 1579)

• 1579 : François de Montmorency , Governor of Paris and Marshal of France
• 1588 : Johann Aicholz , Austrian medic and botanist

17th and 18th centuries

• 1623 : Wolfgang Werther Mühlpfordt , German legal scholar
• 1625 : Pietro Antonio Novelli , Sicilian painter
• 1638 : Cornelius Jansen , Dutch theologian
• 1659 : Anna Eleonore von Hessen-Darmstadt , Duchess and Regent of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
• 1673 : Werner Rolfinck , German doctor, natural scientist and botanist
• 1675 : August Philipp , Duke of Oldenburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
• 1675 : Michael Bergmann , German author of reference works
• 1690 : Philipp Matthäus , Dutch medic
• 1701 : Johann Georg Prunner , Austrian master stonemason and sculptor
• 1708 : François de Montmorency-Laval , first Catholic bishop in Canada
• 1709 : Alvise Mocenigo II , 110th Doge of Venice
• 1718 : Johann Paul Hebenstreit , German moral philosopher and Lutheran theologian
• 1724 : Georg Christian Adler , German preacher, author and archaeologist
• 1727 : Johann Jakob Vogel , German plasterer

Anders Celsius († 1744)

• 1744 : Anders Celsius , Swedish astronomer, mathematician and physicist
• 1745 : Marie-Nicole Horthemels , French engraver and etcher
• 1747 : Jacob-Sigisbert Adam , French sculptor
• 1752 : Sophia von Sachsen-Weißenfels , Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Imperial Countess von Hoditz and Wolframitz
• 1757 : Georg Friedrich von Amstel , Prussian major general and commander
• 1757 : Friedrich Wilhelm III. , Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
• 1757 : Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin , Prussian Field Marshal General
• 1761 : Donato Felice d'Allio , Austrian architect
• 1766 : Johann Michael Fischer , German builder
• 1766 : Nikolaus Barward Mentze , Lübeck merchant and councilor
• 1767 : José Antonio Manso de Velasco , Spanish colonial administrator, governor of Chile and viceroy of Peru
• 1768 : Conrad Nahmmacher , German Protestant theologian and educator
• 1773 : Johann Tilemann , German university professor
• 1778 : Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée Aublet , French botanist and pharmacist
• 1782 : Johann Michael Strickner , Austrian master stonemason and sculptor
• 1782 : Wilhelm Bernhard Trommsdorff , German medic, chemist and botanist
• 1786 : Heinrich Christoph Nebel , German literary scholar, rhetorician and Lutheran theologian
• 1796 : Adolph Knigge , German writer
• 1798 : Anselm Feldhorn , Austrian Benedictine abbot

19th century

• 1801 : Franz Troglauer , robber captain and poacher in Northern Bavaria
• 1814 : Georg Joseph Vogler , German composer, organist, priest, music teacher and music theorist
• 1815 : Bernhard Stöger , German Catholic theologian, philosopher and educator
• 1815 : Georg Friedrich Fickert , German hymn poet and pastor
• 1828 : James Armstrong , American politician
• 1837 : Jacob Christoph Rudolph Eckermann , German Protestant theologian and university professor
• 1837 : Karl August von Schütz , German civil servant
• 1840 : Bernhard Wilhelm Toel , German clergyman
• 1844 : Ernst Theodor Echtermeyer , German writer, literary historian, aesthetician and philosopher
• 1855 : Alexander von Soiron , politician and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly

Alexander von Humboldt († 1859)

• 1859 : Alexander von Humboldt , German naturalist and explorer
• 1862 : Henry David Thoreau , American writer and philosopher
• 1863 : James Tannock , Scottish portrait painter
• 1864 : Ludolf Christian Treviranus , German botanist
• 1867 : Johann Kaspar Aiblinger , German composer and conductor
• 1873 : Albert Schiffner , German geographer and lexicographer
• 1877 : Johan Ludvig Runeberg , Finnish writer
• 1878 : François Benoist , French composer
• 1879 : Georg Heinrich Crola , German painter
• 1880 : Friedrich Bayer , founder of the paint factory Friedrich Bayer, today's Bayer AG
• 1884 : Judah Philip Benjamin , American politician
• 1888 : Vinzenz Kreuzer , Austrian draftsman and landscape painter
• 1892 : Ernest Guiraud , French composer
• 1894 : Amalie von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha , Duchess in Bavaria
• 1894 : Arnold Bürkli , Swiss civil engineer
• 1899 : Philipp Krementz , Archbishop of Cologne

20th century

1901-1950

• 1904 : Franz von Lenbach , German painter
• 1908 : Albrecht Dieterich , German classical philologist
• 1909 : Fanny Cerrito , Italian ballet dancer and choreographer
• 1910 : Udo III. von Alvensleben , German manor owner, author and Prussian captain

King Edward VII († 1910)

• 1910 : Edward VII , King of Great Britain
• 1919 : Lyman Frank Baum , American writer
• 1922 : Diego Dublé Almeida , Chilean general and politician
• 1924 : Émile Wambach , Belgian composer and music teacher
• 1930 : Alexander Pavlovich Kutepow , Russian general in the tsarist army in the civil war
• 1930 : Ludwig Winter , German architect
• 1931 : Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe , German scientist and inventor of the gyro compass
• 1931 : Fiddlin 'Sam Long , American old-time musician
• 1931 : Hans von Schubert , German Protestant theologian and historian
• 1932 : Viktor Weber von Webenau , Austro-Hungarian general
• 1933 : Ernst Kromayer , German dermatologist and university professor
• 1935 : Maurice Boutmy , French racing car driver
• 1937 : Camillo Berneri , Italian author and anarchist

Johannes Aisch († 1939)

• 1939 : Johannes Aisch , German beekeeper, specialist writer and editor
• 1944 : Paul Oskar Höcker , German editor and writer
• 1945 : Richard Aster , German SA leader
• 1946 : Alcides Arguedas , Bolivian writer, politician and historian
• 1946 : Erhard Kutschenreuter , German composer
• 1949 : Maurice Maeterlinck , Belgian writer

1951-2000

• 1951 : Raffaele Alberti , Italian motorcycle racer
• 1951 : Hans Andrias Djurhuus , Faroese poet
• 1951 : Guido Leoni , Italian motorcycle racer

Maria Montessori († 1952)

• 1952 : Maria Montessori , Italian doctor, reform pedagogue, philosopher and philanthropist
• 1954 : Cecilie zu Mecklenburg , Crown Princess
• 1954 : Peter Lorson , Catholic theologian, Jesuit, writer
• 1956 : Fergus Anderson , British motorcycle racer
• 1956 : Karl Schworm , German author and local poet
• 1960 : Paul Abraham , Hungarian composer
• 1963 : Kubota Mantarō , Japanese writer
• 1963 : Leutfrid Signer , Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and educator
• 1963 : Ted Weems , American jazz trombonist, violinist and band leader
• 1964 : Heinrich Ehmsen , German painter and graphic artist
• 1965 : Giulio Bevilacqua , Italian clergyman
• 1965 : Rudolf-Ernst Heiland , German politician
• 1966 : Rupert Angermair , German moral theologian and specialist book author
• 1968 : Thomas Alder , German film actor
• 1969 : Lajos Czeizler , Hungarian football coach
• 1969 : Don Drummond , Jamaican musician
• 1969 : Jacques de la Presle , French composer and music teacher
• 1969 : Petán Trujillo , Venezuelan General and Broadcasting Director
• 1971 : Helene Weigel , German actress
• 1972 : Deniz Gezmiş , Turkish revolutionary
• 1973 : Ernest MacMillan , Canadian composer, conductor, organist and music teacher

József Mindszenty († 1975)

• 1975 : József Mindszenty , Hungarian Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Primate of Hungary and Cardinal, symbol of resistance against communism
• 1978 : Heinrich Luhmann , German educator and local poet
• 1979 : Milton Ager , American composer
• 1979 : Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth , German astronomer
• 1980 : Klas Anshelm , Swedish architect and artist
• 1980 : Adele Kern , German opera and operetta singer
• 1980 : María Luisa Bombal , Chilean writer
• 1981 : Bahadır Alkım , Turkish archaeologist
• 1982 : Kurt Mantel , German forest scientist
• 1983 : Kai Winding , American jazz trombonist
• 1990 : Lotte Jacobi , German photographer
• 1990 : Irmtraud Morgner , German author

Marlene Dietrich († 1992)

• 1992 : Marlene Dietrich , German-American actress and singer
• 1993 : Ann Todd , British actress
• 1996 : Heini Kaufeld , German folk actor
• 1998 : Chatichai Choonhavan , Prime Minister of Thailand
• 1998 : Erich Mende , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag and Federal Minister
• 1999 : Higashiyama Kaii , Japanese landscape painter

21st century

• 2002 : Murray Adaskin , Canadian composer and conductor
• 2002 : Samuel Dresden , Dutch Romance studies and literary scholar

Pim Fortuyn († 2002)

• 2002 : Pim Fortuyn , Dutch politician and publicist
• 2002 : Mariana Sansón Argüello , Nicaraguan poet and painter
• 2004 : Robert Gratzer , Austrian writer, journalist, dramaturge and publisher
• 2004 : Philip Kapleau , American Zen monk
• 2004 : Barney Kessel , American jazz guitarist
• 2005 : Joe Grant , American comic book writer
• 2005 : Jost Gross , Swiss politician and National Councilor, SP
• 2005 : Andreas Jaschinski , German musicologist
• 2006 : Lillian Asplund , third from last survivor of the Titanic disaster
• 2006 : Grant McLennan , Australian singer and songwriter
• 2006 : Hans Wyprächtiger , Swiss actor
• 2007 : Carey Bell , American blues musician
• 2007 : Ikegami Kaneo , Japanese writer and screenwriter
• 2007 : Josef Michaeler , South Tyrolean theologian and church historian
• 2008 : Kuno Bärenbold , German writer
• 2009 : Valentin Ivanovich Warennikov , Soviet-Russian military and politician
• 2011 : Gunter Sachs , German-Swiss industrial heir, photographer, documentary filmmaker, art collector and astrology researcher
• 2011 : Willy Schäfer , German actor
• 2012 : Volker Canaris , German dramaturge, theater critic and director
• 2012 : Jean Laplanche , French psychoanalyst and author

Giulio Andreotti († 2013)

• 2013 : Giulio Andreotti , Italian politician, writer and journalist, multiple minister and prime minister
• 2013 : Severo Aparicio Quispe , Peruvian theologian, church historian and auxiliary bishop
• 2014 : Cornelius Gurlitt , German art collector
• 2014 : Maria Lassnig , Austrian artist
• 2014 : John Michael Steiner , Czech-American sociologist and Holocaust researcher
• 2015 : Errol Brown , Jamaican-British pop singer
• 2015 : Manfred Schreiber , German lawyer and police officer
• 2016 : Klaus Ampler , German racing cyclist
• 2016 : Margot Honecker , German politician
• 2016 : Niklaus Schilling , Swiss film director
• 2017 : Steven Holcomb , American bobsledder
• 2018 : Paul Nößler , German expellee representative and politician
• 2018 : Ellen Thiemann , German journalist and author
• 2019 : Max Azria , Tunisian-American fashion designer
• 2019 : Pierre Riché , French historian

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • Friedrich III. , German elector (Protestant)

• Name days
  • Antonia , Gundula

Individual evidence

The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .

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