April 8th

The April 8 is the 98th day of the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years ), thus remain 267 days by year end.

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Events

Politics and world events

217: Caracalla

• 0217 : Instigated by the Prefect of the Praetorians Macrinus , the bodyguard Iulius Martialis murdered the Roman Emperor Caracalla on a campaign against the Parthians .
• 1271 : passed counter-guarantee of safe conduct the Johanniter in the Eighth Crusade , the main castle of Krak des Chevaliers at Sultan Baybars I , who besieged the fortress since February. A symbol for the Crusades falls into the hands of the Mamluks , which means a serious setback for the weakened Crusader states .
• 1415 : Under the direction of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II , thousands of workers begin repairs on the ancient Hexamilion . The building at the Isthmus of Corinth is supposed to protect the Peloponnese from attacks from the north.

1525: Duchy of Prussia (hatched)

• 1525 : The Grand Master of the Teutonic Order , Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach , secularizes the order's territory and pays the oath of homage to his uncle King Sigismund of Poland , who gives him the land as the Duchy of Prussia as a fief. The Holy Roman Empire does not recognize secularization and in the following year appoints Walther von Cronberg as Grand Master.
• 1783 : The Russian Tsarina Catherine the Great announces the annexation of Crimea , the Taman peninsula and the Kuban area by Russia .
• 1812 : By decree, the Russian Tsar Alexander makes Helsinki the capital of the new Grand Duchy of Finland .
• 1866 : Shortly before the start of the German War , Prussia and Italy form an offensive and defensive alliance against Austria , whereby Prussia violates the German Federal Act passed in 1815 .
• 1891 : The first Swiss statistical yearbook is published .

1898: Mahmud Ahmad after the Battle of Atbara

• 1898 : In the Battle of Atbara , a British-Egyptian army under Herbert Kitchener defeats 15,000 Sudanese insurgents of the Mahdi uprising at the confluence of the Nile and Atbara rivers . Mahmud Ahmad , the general of the Sudanese, is captured while Osman Digna escapes south with a few thousand men.
• 1904 : Following the peaceful settlement of the Faschoda crisis , Great Britain and France form the Entente cordiale to resolve their colonial conflicts of interest in Africa .
• 1907 : Visit of the British King Edward VII to Alfonso XIII. in Cartagena leads to the agreement between Spain, Great Britain and France
• 1913 : The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution on direct election of United States Senators is passed.

1917: the agenda for the conference

• 1917 : The Reich Conference of the Social Democratic Opposition , at which the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany ( USPD ) was founded, ends in the Volkshaus zum Mohren in Gotha . The war-affirming part of the Social Democrats thus becomes the majority Social Democratic Party of Germany ( MSPD ).

1933: Flag proposal for a planned Dominion Westralia

• 1933 : In a referendum in Western Australia , almost two-thirds of the voters speak out in favor of secession of the state from Australia .
• 1940 : Britain begins in World War II with the Operation Wilfred to send British troops to Norway and the mining of the coastal waters. The operation was canceled shortly after the meeting with German troops from the Weser Exercise Company .

1943: Elise and Otto Hampel

• 1943 : Elise and Otto Hermann Hampel , resistance fighters against the German Nazi regime, are executed.
• 1945 : An evacuation transport from the Salzgitter-Drütte concentration camp to Bergen-Belsen is bombed by the Allies. The surviving prisoners flee to the nearby forest area of Neustädter Holz . They are then persecuted and murdered indiscriminately. The final phase crime is known as the "Celle Hare Hunt" .
• 1945 : Operation Radetzky for the surrender of the city of Vienna to the Soviet Union in World War II without a fight is uncovered. The resistance fighters Alfred Huth , Rudolf Raschke and Karl Biedermann are arrested and publicly hanged on the same day. Ferdinand Käs and Carl Szokoll , who were involved , were warned and were able to flee.
• 1945 : Over 200 US bombers destroy 82 percent of downtown Halberstadt in a heavy air raid . Around 2,500 people are killed in the air attack, the amount of rubble is around 1.5 million cubic meters.
• 1953 : The Kenyan independence fighter Jomo Kenyatta from the Kikuyu people is sentenced to seven years of hard labor and subsequent indefinite detention for leading the Mau Mau war against British colonial rule.
• 1960 : The South African government under Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd orders the African National Congress to be banned as part of its apartheid policy .

1966: Leonid Brezhnev

• 1966 : The Soviet party leader Leonid Brezhnev assumes the title of General Secretary of the CPSU , last held by Josef Stalin .
• 1977 : Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin resigns after his wife has violated foreign currency, but remains in parliament as a member of the Labor Party ( Avoda ).
• 1986 : The actor Clint Eastwood is elected as the candidate of the Republican Party for Mayor of the Californian town of Carmel-by-the-Sea with a large majority of the voters .
• 2018 : In the parliamentary elections in Hungary , Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party emerged as the clear winner with 49.2 percent of the vote.

economy

• 1886 : Carl Gassner receives a German patent for the dry battery he developed .
• 1946 : In France, the energy company Électricité de France is created from the nationalization of several companies.
• 1994 : The first Thai-Lao friendship bridge is opened, connecting Vientiane with Nong Khai . As the second bridge spanning the Mekong , it enables the connection between the two capitals Bangkok in Thailand and Vientiane in Laos .
• 1997 : Forty years after its first publication, the German Bastei publishing house discontinues the Groschenheft series Wildwest-Roman with volume in 1859.
• 2002 : The media group Kirch Group of the entrepreneur Leo Kirch has to file for bankruptcy because of liabilities of over 7 billion euros .

science and technology

1784: William Herschel

• 1784 : The German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel discovered six previously unknown galaxies : Messier 91 and NGC 4419 in the constellation Haar der Berenike , NGC 4438 in the constellation Virgo and NGC 3377 , NGC 3412 and NGC 3628 in the constellation Leo .
• 1838 : The Great Western , the largest steamship of its time, leaves Bristol, England, on her maiden voyage to New York.

1911: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

• 1911 : The Dutchman Heike Kamerlingh Onnes is the first to observe the effect of superconductivity .
• 2005 : With the solar eclipse , a rare, hybrid eclipse occurs on the Pacific hemisphere , which changes in the course from ring-shaped to total.
• 2008 : A Russian Soyuz spacecraft takes off for the Soyuz TMA-12 mission in the direction of the International Space Station . In addition to Commander Sergei Alexandrowitsch Wolkow and flight engineer Oleg Dmitrijewitsch Kononenko, there is also the research cosmonaut Yi So-yeon , who will become the first South Korean in space.

Culture

• 1708 : The oratorio La Resurrezione by the young George Frideric Handel is performed for the first time in Rome.

1820: Venus de Milo

• 1820 : The farmer Georgios Kentrotas finds Venus de Milo on the Aegean island of Milos while searching for building materials .
• 1836 : The premiere of the opera Alice by Friedrich von Flotow takes place in the Hôtel Castellane in Paris .
• 1876 : The opera La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli is premiered with great success at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. The libretto is by Arrigo Boito under the pseudonym Tobia Gorrio , based on the play Angelo, tyran de Padoue by Victor Hugo . The opera remains the composer's only success.

1908: August Strindberg

• 1908 : The fairytale play Schwanenweiß by August Strindberg is premiered at the Swedish Theater in Helsinki.
• 1935 : The opera Maria Malibran by Robert Russell Bennett is premiered at New York's Juilliard Music School .
• 1967 : In Vienna, the British pop singer Sandie Shaw wins the twelfth Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson with Puppet on a String .
• 1987 : The opera La forêt by Rolf Liebermann is premiered in Geneva.
• 2012 : The Israeli interior minister Eli Jischai declares the writer Günter Grass to be “ persona non grata ” because of his controversial poem What must be said .

society

• 1874 : In the German Reich is the Reichsimpfgesetz the vaccination against smallpox for children made mandatory.
• 1904 : The Longacre Square in Manhattan , New York City is, according to the newspaper The New York Times in Times Square renamed.
• 2000 : The first modern baby hatch is inaugurated in Hamburg-Altona , where newborn children can be handed in anonymously.
• 2003 : The district court of Würzburg sentenced the motivational speaker Jürgen Höller to three years imprisonment for breach of trust , deliberate bankruptcy and false affidavit.

religion

• 1378 : Bartolomeo Prignano is named Urban VI. elected pope . He is the last Pope who is not a member of the College of Cardinals at the time of his election . Weeks later it becomes the cause of the Western Schism .
• 1455 : Alonso de Borja from the Borgia family is elected Pope. He takes the name Calixt III. on.
• 1529 : The Flensburg disputation between Melchior Hofmann and representatives of the Lutheran clergy takes place. As a result, the Lutheran Reformation was introduced in Denmark and the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein .
• 1861 : The Protestant patent of Emperor Franz Joseph I brings the Evangelical Church AB and the Evangelical Church HB relative legal equality with the Roman Catholic Church in the Austrian Empire for the first time .

1904: Aleister Crowley

• 1904 : The British occultist Aleister Crowley begins writing his book Liber AL vel Legis ( Book of Law ), with which he founds the new religious movement Thelema .
• 2005 : Pope John Paul II is buried in Rome in the Basilica of San Pietro . Around 3.5 million people come to Rome for the funeral mass.

Disasters

• 1906 : At the height of the heaviest eruption of Vesuvius since 1631, which has lasted since April 4, ashes are hurled up to a height of 1,300 m. The top of the mountain is cut and it loses over 200 m in height. More than 100 people were killed in the volcanic eruption , which lasted until April 22nd.
• 1961 : On the British passenger ship Dara , which is on the way to Basra , there is a violent explosion, as a result of which a fire breaks out on board. 238 people died as a result of the detonation, the fire or during the evacuation. The ship sinks two days later in the Persian Gulf not far from Dubai .

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

Sports

• 1901 : The Austrian national soccer team completes its " original international match " against the Swiss national soccer team , which, however, is not recognized as an official international match. The Austrian selection competes with two English players as guest players and defeats the Swiss team, which was made up of English and Americans, with 4-0 goals. Many players use pseudonyms, wear wigs and stick on false beards in order not to be recognized because it is forbidden for students in Austria to play in clubs.

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

Born

Before the 18th century

Peter I of Portugal (* 1320)

• 1250 : Johann von Damiette , son of King Louis IX. of France and Margaret of Provence
• 1320 : Peter I , King of Portugal
• 1336 : Timur , Mongolian conqueror
• 1435 : John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford , English nobleman and military man
• 1474 : Elisabeth von Brandenburg , Countess von Henneberg
• 1506 : Jachiam Tütschett Bifrun , Swiss Reformed Bible translator
• 1533 : Claudio Merulo , Italian composer and organist
• 1536 : Barbara von Hessen , Princess of Hessen, Countess of Württemberg-Mömpelgard and von Waldeck
• 1556 : David Höschel , German humanist
• 1580 : Augusta , Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf
• 1583 : Nikolaus Esterházy , Hungarian nobleman, founder of the Esterházy magnate family
• 1596 : Juan van der Hamen y León , Spanish painter
• 1602 : Johann Jakob Ulrich , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
• 1605 : Philip IV , Spanish, Neapolitan and Sicilian king and as Philip III. King of Portugal
• 1612 : Rudolph Wilhelm Krause the Elder , German jurist and Chancellor of Saxony-Weimar
• 1622 : Lebrecht , Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
• 1635 : Johann Christoph Hundeshagen , German logician and philosopher
• 1655 : Ludwig Wilhelm , Margrave of Baden-Baden, imperial general
• 1664 : Samuel Güldin , Swiss Pietist
• 1674 : Johann Burckhardt Mencke , German scholar, publisher and historian
• 1692 : Giuseppe Tartini , Italian violin virtuoso and composer
• 1695 : Johann Christian Günther , German poet

18th century

• 1712 : Georg Sigismund Green the Younger , German theologian

Achatius Ludwig Karl Schmid (* 1725)

• 1725 : Achatius Ludwig Karl Schmid , German legal scholar and civil servant of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach
• 1726 : William Gibbons , American politician
• 1727 : Johann Thaddäus Anton Peithner von Lichtenfels , Bohemian mining and natural scientist
• 1740 : Bernard-René Jordan de Launay , French nobleman, last commandant of the Bastille in Paris
• 1758 : Peter Joseph Krahe , German architect of early classicism
• 1762 : Georg Ludwig Spalding , German philologist
• 1764 : Nikolai Petrovich Resanov , Russian statesman
• 1766 : Immanuel Carl Diez , German theologian, philosopher and doctor
• 1771 : William Rabun , American politician
• 1773 : Giuseppina Grassini , Italian opera singer
• 1775 : Adam Albert von Neipperg , Austrian general and statesman
• 1779 : Johann Salomo Christoph Schweigger , German chemist and physicist
• 1783 : John Claudius Loudon , British botanist and landscape architect
• 1784 : Dionisio Aguado , Spanish guitarist and composer
• 1789 : Wilhelm Snell , Swiss professor of law and politician
• 1792 : Wilhelm von Baden , German nobleman, Prince of Baden
• 1793 : Karl Ludwig Hencke , German amateur astronomer
• 1793 : Karl Zell , German classical philologist and politician
• 1795 : Moritz August von Bethmann-Hollweg , German lawyer and politician
• 1800 : Ernst Förster , German painter, art writer and poet

19th century

1801-1850

• 1802 : Georg Ferdinand Howaldt , German goldsmith, sculptor and ore caster
• 1805 : Hugo von Mohl , German botanist
• 1806 : Maximilian von Arco-Valley , German landowner and politician
• 1807 : Ernst Friedrich Gelpke , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
• 1815 : Andrew Graham , Irish astronomer
• 1818 : Christian IX. , King of Denmark, Duke of Schleswig

August Wilhelm von Hofmann (* 1818)

• 1818 : August Wilhelm von Hofmann , German chemist
• 1819 : George Coppin , Australian actor, theater entrepreneur and politician
• 1832 : Alfred von Waldersee , German officer and Prussian field marshal, chief of the general staff
• 1835 : Anna Schramm , German soubrette and actress
• 1840 : Julius Dammann , German clergyman and writer
• 1841 : Karl Weißbach , German architect
• 1843 : Asger Hamerik , Danish composer and conductor
• 1844 : Christian Dietrich , German Protestant clergyman, head of Swabian Altpietism
• 1847 : Emil Kirdorf , German industrialist
• 1847 : Karl Wittgenstein , German-Austrian entrepreneur in the coal and steel industry

1851-1900

• 1858 : Jan Styka , Polish painter

Edmund Husserl (* 1859)

• 1859 : Edmund Husserl , German philosopher
• 1862 : August Aschinger , German restaurateur
• 1864 : Carlos Deltour , French rower
• 1866 : Fritz Mackensen , German painter
• 1867 : Max Kassiepe , German Roman Catholic clergyman and people's missionary
• 1868 : Werner von Bolton , German chemist and materials scientist, inventor of the metallic filament
• 1868 : Simon Gfeller , Swiss Emmental dialect poet
• 1869 : Charles Binet , French Roman Catholic theologian, Archbishop of Besançon, Cardinal
• 1869 : Harvey Cushing , American neurologist and surgeon
• 1870 : John Paine , American marksman
• 1870 : Sigismond Stojowski , Polish pianist and composer
• 1873 : Heinrich Dubbel , German professor of mechanical engineering
• 1873 : Wilhelm Paulcke , German geologist and avalanche researcher

Albert of Belgium (* 1875)

• 1875 : Albert I , King of the Belgians
• 1876 : Augusto Álvaro da Silva , Brazilian cardinal and Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
• 1877 : Karl Walser , Swiss painter, stage designer and illustrator
• 1878 : Rudolf Nelson , German cabaret artist, pianist, composer and theater director
• 1879 : Heinrich Reimers , German publicist
• 1879 : Max Wenzel , German dialect poet from the Ore Mountains
• 1881 : Fernand Lamy , French conductor, composer and music teacher
• 1881 : Peter Rohr , Romanian-German composer and conductor
• 1882 : Dmytro Doroshenko , Ukrainian historian and politician
• 1885 : Alexander Rustow , German philosopher, social scientist and economist
• 1886 : Benjamin de Arriba y Castro , Spanish Archbishop of Tarragona
• 1886 : Dimitrios Levidis , Greek composer
• 1886 : Jānis Vītoliņš , Latvian composer
• 1887 : Walter Connolly , American actor
• 1887 : Ludwig Wolker , leading German figure in the Catholic youth movement
• 1888 : Wilhelm Andreae , German social economist
• 1889 : Adrian Boult , British conductor
• 1889 : Just Dillgardt , German Nazi local politician, SS officer, association official and corporate manager
• 1889 : Emil Frey , Swiss composer, pianist and music teacher
• 1889 : Blanche Stuart Scott , first American female pilot
• 1890 : Johannes Böhm , German trade unionist and politician, Member of the Bundestag and Member of the Bundestag
• 1890 : Zbigniew Drzewiecki , Polish pianist and music teacher
• 1890 : Victor Schertzinger , American film composer and director
• 1892 : Julius von Borsody , Austrian film architect and production designer
• 1892 : Richard Neutra , Austrian-American architect

Mary Pickford (* 1893)

• 1893 : Mary Pickford , American actress of the silent and early talkies era
• 1894 : Erik Charell , German director and actor
• 1894 : Raymond Schwartz , French Esperanto writer and bank manager
• 1894 : Hermann Sendelbach , German poet from Lower Franconia
• 1896 : Karl Hermann Pillney , Austrian concert pianist
• 1897 : Thomas Andresen , German politician, Member of the State Parliament and State Minister
• 1897 : Will Dohm , German actor
• 1897 : Herbert Eimert , German composer
• 1897 : Adolf Lampe , German economist
• 1897 : Max Rychner , Swiss writer and literary critic
• 1898 : Achille Van Acker , Belgian politician, minister, multiple prime minister, speaker of parliament
• 1898 : Therese Neumann , German farm girl from Bavaria with alleged stigmata and ecstatic states
• 1900 : Adolf Rosenberger , German racing car driver and businessman
• 1900 : Richard Sahla , German show jumper

20th century

1901-1925

Jean Prouvé (* 1901)

• 1901 : Jean Prouvé , French architect and designer
• 1902 : Hermann Ahrens , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, multiple state minister, Member of the Bundestag
• 1902 : Josef Krips , Austrian conductor and violinist
• 1903 : Ward Bond , American actor
• 1903 : Maria Mönch-Tegeder , German poet
• 1904 : John Antill , Australian composer
• 1904 : Yves Congar , French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• 1904 : John R. Hicks , British economist
• 1904 : Karl Scherm , German football player
• 1904 : Herbert Wolff , German politician

Curt Ackermann (* 1905)

• 1905 : Curt Ackermann , German actor and dubbing director
• 1905 : Joachim Büchner , German athlete
• 1905 : Arnulf Klett , German local politician, Lord Mayor of Stuttgart
• 1905 : Hans Scherfig , Danish writer, painter and illustrator
• 1907 : Walter Czollek , head of the Volk und Welt publishing house in the GDR
• 1908 : Hugo Fregonese , director of Argentinian origin
• 1908 : Gottfried von Freiberg , Austrian horn player
• 1908 : Willy Könen , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
• 1908 : Tommy McClennan , American blues musician
• 1908 : Heinz Schubert , German composer
• 1909 : John Fante , American writer
• 1909 : Olavi Pesonen , Finnish composer
• 1909 : Lucien Vincent , French racing car driver
• 1910 : Paul Kuën , German character tenor
• 1910 : George Musso , American football player

Emil Cioran (* 1911)

• 1911 : Emil Cioran , Romanian philosopher
• 1911 : Melvin Calvin , American chemist and biochemist
• 1912 : Alois Brunner , German officer, war criminal
• 1912 : Valentin Chorell , Finnish-Swedish writer and screenwriter
• 1912 : Sonja Henie , Norwegian figure skater
• 1913 : Sourou-Migan Apithy , President of Benin
• 1915 : Karl Wilhelm Berkhan , German politician, Defense Commissioner of the German Bundestag
• 1917 : Winifred Asprey , American mathematician and computer scientist
• 1918 : Heidemarie Hatheyer , Austrian actress, singer and cabaret artist
• 1918 : Cornelius Kornfeld , German film editor and writer
• 1918 : Arrigo Wittler , German painter
• 1919 : Ian Smith , Rhodesian politician
• 1920 : Alberto Abdala , Uruguayan politician
• 1920 : Carmen McRae , American jazz musician
• 1920 : Antonín Šponar , Czechoslovak ski racer
• 1921 : Franco Corelli , Italian singer
• 1921 : Jan Novák , Czech composer
• 1922 : Alfred Lorenzer , German psychoanalyst and sociologist

Carmen McRae (* 1922)

• 1923 : Edward Mulhare , American actor
• 1924 : Frédéric Back , Canadian film animator
• 1924 : Humberto Costantini , Argentine writer
• 1924 : Malwine Moeller , German opera singer and actress
• 1924 : Fritz Molden , Austrian resistance fighter and journalist, publisher and diplomat
• 1924 : Günter Pfitzmann , German actor and cabaret artist
• 1925 : Helmut Schmid , German actor and director
• 1925 : Walter Uhlig , German opera singer

1926-1950

• 1926 : Jürgen Moltmann , German theologian
• 1926 : Elisabeth Wiedemann , German actress
• 1928 : Per-Erik Ekblom , Finnish correspondence chess player and chess official
• 1929 : Walter Berry , Austrian bass baritone

Jacques Brel (born 1929)

• 1929 : Jacques Brel , Belgian chansonnier and actor
• 1929 : Hans Korte , German actor
• 1929 : Ludvík Liška , Czechoslovak athlete
• 1929 : Bolesław Sulik , Polish-British journalist, screenwriter and director
• 1931 : René Maillard , French composer
• 1932 : József Antall , Hungarian politician
• 1932 : Bernhard Friedmann , German politician, President of the European Court of Auditors
• 1932 : Jean-Paul Rappeneau , French film director
• 1932 : Humberto Rosa , Argentine-Italian soccer player and coach
• 1933 : Fred Ebb , American songwriter
• 1934 : Kishō Kurokawa , Japanese architect
• 1935 : Oscar Zeta Acosta , American lawyer, writer, politician, and activist
• 1935 : Tore Austad , Norwegian politician
• 1935 : Lars Clausen , German sociologist
• 1935 : Avi Primor , Israeli diplomat and publicist
• 1936 : Reinhold Aman , German chemical engineer and university professor
• 1936 : Klaus Löwitsch , German actor
• 1937 : Seymour Hersh , American investigative journalist

Kofi Annan (* 1938)

• 1938 : Kofi Annan , Ghanaian diplomat, 7th Secretary General of the United Nations, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• 1938 : Thomas Langhoff , German theater director
• 1939 : Christa Maar , German art historian, screenwriter and director
• 1939 : Edwin Frederick O'Brien , Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore and Primate of the United States
• 1940 : John Havlicek , American basketball player
• 1941 : Monika Krause-Fuchs , German politician and sexologist in Cuba
• 1941 : Vivienne Westwood , British fashion designer
• 1942 : Roger Chapman , British singer
• 1942 : Leon Huff , American soul pianist
• 1942 : Manfred Kallenbach , German soccer player
• 1942 : Douglas Trumbull , American special effects specialist
• 1942 : Wolf Werner , German football coach
• 1943 : Tony Banks , British politician
• 1943 : Eberhard Vogel , German football player

Michael Aschbacher (* 1944)

• 1944 : Michael Aschbacher , American mathematician
• 1944 : Keef Hartley , British rock musician
• 1944 : Christoph Hein , German writer, translator and essayist
• 1944 : Odd Nerdrum , Norwegian painter
• 1944 : Jiří Datel Novotný , Czech actor and documentary filmmaker
• 1944 : Hans Pretterebner , Austrian journalist
• 1945 : Michael Hanemann , German actor
• 1945 : Jürgen Kunze , German politician and economist
• 1946 : Catfish Hunter , American baseball player
• 1946 : Johannes Pflug , German politician
• 1947 : Thommy Abrahamsson , Swedish ice hockey player
• 1947 : Tom DeLay , American politician
• 1947 : Michael Holzach , German journalist and book author
• 1947 : Steve Howe , British guitarist

Hou Hsiao-Hsien (* 1947)

• 1947 : Hou Hsiao-Hsien , Taiwanese director
• 1947 : Pascal Lamy , French politician
• 1947 : Ulrich Manthe , German lawyer
• 1947 : Larry Norman , American singer and composer
• 1948 : Danuta Hübner , Polish economist and EU commissioner
• 1948 : Dagmar Schmidt , German politician
• 1949 : Philip Aaberg , American pianist and composer
• 1949 : Hagen Klein , German motorcycle racer
• 1949 : John Madden , British film director
• 1949 : Erdal Merdan , German-Turkish author, director and actor
• 1950 : Martin Grzimek , German writer
• 1950 : Grzegorz Lato , Polish football player
• 1950 : Margrit Wetzel , German politician, Member of the Bundestag

1951-1975

• 1951 : Gerd Andres , German politician
• 1951 : Sara Botsford , Canadian actress
• 1951 : Ruth Tesmar , German artist and university professor
• 1952 : Arcadi Gaydamak , Israeli billionaire
• 1953 : Waldemar Fydrych , Polish social activist and happening artist
• 1953 : Heinrich Meier , German philosopher

John Schneider (* 1954)

• 1954 : John Schneider , American musician
• 1955 : Yadegar Asisi , Austrian artist, architect and university professor
• 1955 : Kane Hodder , American stunt performer and actor
• 1955 : Mike Nelms , American football player
• 1956 : Peter Aalbæk Jensen , Danish film producer
• 1956 : Justin Sullivan , British musician
• 1957 : Jimmy Ashworth , British marathon runner
• 1957 : Alberto Vera Aréjula , Spanish auxiliary bishop
• 1957 : Andrea Ypsilanti , German politician
• 1958 : Marita Marschall , German actress
• 1960 : Olaf Asbach , German political scientist
• 1960 : Birgit Friedmann , German athlete
• 1960 : Hans Hohs , German soccer player

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz (* 1961)

• 1961 : Hans-Georg von der Marwitz , German politician, member of the Bundestag
• 1961 : Hermann-Josef Scharf , German politician
• 1961 : Ulf Montanus , German actor, presenter and politician
• 1962 : Alberto Angela , Italian paleontologist, science journalist and non-fiction author
• 1962 : Horst Arnold , German politician
• 1962 : Izzy Stradlin , American musician
• 1963 : Julian Lennon , British musician
• 1963 : Māris Riekstiņš , Latvian diplomat and politician
• 1964 : Biz Markie , American hip hop musician
• 1964 : Dordi Nordby , Norwegian curler
• 1965 : Heiko Brestrich , German soccer player and coach
• 1965 : Michael Jones , New Zealand rugby player
• 1966 : Hakon Hirzenberger , Austrian author, director and actor

Robin Wright (born 1966)

• 1966 : Robin Wright , American film actress
• 1967 : Damir Mužek , Croatian football player
• 1968 : Wolfgang Aigner , Austrian teacher and politician
• 1968 : Patricia Arquette , American actress
• 1968 : Patricia Girard , French athlete
• 1968 : Andreas Hutzel , German actor
• 1969 : Kelvin Atkinson , American politician
• 1969 : Yared Dibaba , German actor, presenter, entertainer, author and singer
• 1969 : Arabella Kiesbauer , German television presenter
• 1969 : Lyane Leigh , German pop singer
• 1969 : Dulce Pontes , Portuguese singer
• 1970 : Mario Kaiser , German journalist
• 1971 : Chino XL , American rapper
• 1971 : Thomas Neger , German carnival singer
• 1971 : Gerhard Plankensteiner , Italian luge rider
• 1971 : Ulf Thiele , German politician
• 1972 : Paul Gray , American musician
• 1974 : Christopher Scott "Chris" Kyle , American sniper
• 1975 : Francesco Flachi , Italian soccer player
• 1975 : Anouk , Dutch singer

1976-2000

Mathias Schober (* 1976)

• 1976 : Mathias Schober , German soccer player
• 1977 : Daniela Larcher , Austrian writer
• 1977 : Tomo Šokota , Croatian football player
• 1978 : Giuseppe Atzeni , Swiss cyclist
• 1978 : Nico Frommer , German soccer player
• 1978 : Sebastian Jacoby , German quiz player and curler
• 1978 : Evans Rutto , Kenyan athlete
• 1978 : Anja Schneiderheinze , German bobsleigh pilot
• 1979 : Alexi Laiho , Finnish musician
• 1980 : Josep Ayala , Andorran football player
• 1980 : Simone Oberer , Swiss athlete

Katee Sackhoff (* 1980)

• 1980 : Katee Sackhoff , American actress
• 1981 : Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Kruglow , Russian biathlete
• 1982 : Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar , Portuguese politician
• 1982 : Luba Shumeyko , Ukrainian photo model, fashion designer and photographer
• 1983 : Katja Abel , German gymnast
• 1983 : Edson Braafheid , Dutch-Surinamese soccer player
• 1983 : Anastassija Yermakowa , Russian synchronized swimmer
• 1984 : Mikel Aguirrezabalaga , Spanish handball player
• 1984 : Austin Ejide , Nigerian soccer player
• 1984 : Taran Noah Smith , American actor
• 1984 : Claudia Wieland , German art cyclist
• 1985 : Roberto Eduardo Carboni , Argentine soccer player
• 1985 : Gregor Schmeißer , German handball player
• 1985 : Max Woelky , German actor
• 1986 : Igor Vladimirovich Akinfejew , Russian goalkeeper
• 1986 : Bridget Kelly , American pop singer
• 1986 : Dušan Živković , Austrian football player
• 1987 : Nils Babin , German handball goalkeeper
• 1987 : Peter Hickman , British motorcycle racer
• 1987 : Janine Pink , German actress
• 1987 : Dario Vidosic , Australian soccer player
• 1988 : Djideo Abdoulaye , Chadian football player

William Accambray (* 1988)

• 1988 : William Accambray , French handball player
• 1988 : Jenni Asserholt , Swedish ice hockey player
• 1990 : Émilie Aubry , Swiss snowboarder
• 1990 : Karim Bellarabi , German-Moroccan football player
• 1990 : Kim Jonghyun , South Korean musician
• 1990 : Rabea Neßlage , German handball player
• 1991 : Sinah Amann , German soccer player
• 1991 : Liam Boyce , Northern Irish soccer player
• 1991 : Alper Potuk , Turkish soccer player
• 1991 : Coralie Frasse Sombet , French ski racer
• 1995 : Harald Johnas Riiber , Norwegian Nordic combined skier
• 1996 : Ann-Marie Hepler , Marshallese swimmer
• 1997 : Jonathan Klinsmann , German-American soccer player
• 1998 : Makana Baku , German-Congolese soccer player
• 1998 : Ridle Baku , German-Congolese soccer player
• 1999 : Catherine Bellis , American tennis player

Died

Before the 16th century

• 0217 : Caracalla , Roman emperor

Shōtoku († 622)

• 0622 : Shōtoku , Japanese cultural hero
• 0632 : Charibert II .: Merovingian Frankish king of Aquitaine
• 0730 : Hugo of Rouen , Carolingian, Bishop of Paris, Rouen and Bayeux
• 1060 : Baldwin , Archbishop of Salzburg
• 1070 : Philaretus the Younger , Saint
• 1099 : Walter von Pontoise , Benedictine monk and saint
• 1143 : John II Comnenus , Byzantine emperor
• 1146 : Diepold III. von Vohburg , Margrave in Nordgau, Margrave of Nabburg, Margrave of Vohburg, Margrave of Cham and Vogt of St. Paul in Regensburg
• 1162 : Odo von Deuil , Abbot of Saint Denis
• 1196 : Canute I , King of Sweden
• 1200 : Adalbert III. of Bohemia , Archbishop of Salzburg
• 1264 : Simon I , count of the front county of Sponheim
• 1310 : Johann I von Bilstein , German nobleman
• 1323 : John Monmouth , Bishop of Llandaff
• 1335 : Werntho Schenk von Reicheneck , Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
• 1364 : John II , French king
• 1395 : Heinrich IV. , Count of Ortenburg
• 1417 : Ulrich I , German Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard
• 1437 : Johannes von Hoym , Bishop of Halberstadt
• 1444 : Regnault de Chartres , Archbishop of Reims
• 1450 : Sejong , fourth king of the Korean Joseon dynasty
• 1461 : Georg von Peuerbach , Austrian astronomer
• 1492 : Lorenzo il Magnifico , Italian politician and city lord of Florence
• 1499 : Otto II von Neumarkt-Mosbach , count palatine and astronomer

16th to 18th century

• 1501 : Hermann von Wickede II , mayor of Lübeck
• 1504 : Heinrich von Calven , councilor of Lübeck
• 1512 : Margarete von Braunschweig-Lüneburg , Duchess of Mecklenburg-Stargard
• 1513 : Anna , Countess von Katzenelnbogen
• 1516 : Hieronymus von Stauff , Imperial Baron of Ehrenfels and ducal Bavarian court master
• 1551 : Oda Nobuhide , Japanese daimyo
• 1586 : Martin Chemnitz , Lutheran theologian
• 1587 : John Foxe , English writer
• 1592 : Dorothea Susanne von der Pfalz , Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
• 1598 : Ludwig Helmbold , Lutheran hymn poet
• 1603 : Valentinus Otho , German mathematician
• 1606 : Charles II , first count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
• 1636 : Martin Trost , German orientalist
• 1657 : Philipp von Mansfeld , field marshal in the Thirty Years' War
• 1666 : Hans Georg von Schleinitz , German administrative officer and occasional poet
• 1676 : Claudia Felizitas of Austria-Tyrol , Roman-German Empress
• 1684 : Payo Enríquez de Rivera , Spanish Bishop of the Catholic Church and Viceroy of New Spain
• 1685 : Sassoferrato , Italian painter
• 1697 : Nicolaus Bruhns , German composer and organ virtuoso
• 1701 : Antonio Petrini , Franconian builder of Italian descent
• 1704 : Job Ludolf , German founder of Ethiopian studies
• 1706 : Galenus Abraham de Haen , Dutch physician and Mennonite preacher
• 1725 : John Wise , North American writer and pastor
• 1734 : Henriette Charlotte von Nassau-Idstein , Duchess of Saxony-Merseburg
• 1735 : Franz II. Rákóczi , Hungarian fighter against the Habsburgs
• 1754 : José de Carvajal y Lancaster , Spanish Prime Minister
• 1771 : Johann Kaspar Barthel , German Catholic canon lawyer and university professor
• 1784 : Johann Heinrich König , German wood sculptor

19th century

• 1806 : Robert Barker , Irish painter
• 1810 : Joseph Anton Felix von Balthasar , Swiss politician
• 1826 : Maria Kunigunde of Saxony , canon and last abbess to Essen
• 1833 : Georg Christian Benedikt Ackermann , German theologian, educator, pastor and court preacher

Wilhelm von Humboldt († 1835)

• 1835 : Wilhelm von Humboldt , German scholar and statesman
• 1836 : Johann Georg Heinrich von Ammon , Prussian civil servant
• 1837 : Benjamin Christoph Gimmerthal , German Protestant clergyman
• 1837 : Gustav Ludwig Ferdinand Raabe , Saxon artillery general
• 1848 : Gaetano Donizetti , Italian composer
• 1848 : Louis Adam , French composer and piano virtuoso
• 1857 : Heinrich Eduard Bethmann , German actor
• 1857 : Julius August von Bernuth , German civil servant
• 1858 : Anton Diabelli , Austrian composer and music publisher
• 1863 : Joseph Netherclift , English composer and lithographer
• 1867 : Emil Adolf Roßäßler , German naturalist and folk writer
• 1868 : Johann Theodor Vömel , German classical philologist, Lutheran theologian and grammar school director
• 1870 : Charles-Auguste de Bériot , Belgian violinist and composer
• 1878 : Jetty Treffz , Austrian opera singer
• 1878 : Peter Wilhelm Friedrich von Voigtländer , German-Austrian entrepreneur, optician and photography pioneer
• 1879 : Karl Horn , German Protestant theologian, co-founder of the Jena Urburschenschaft
• 1879 : Anthony Panizzi , Italian librarian
• 1889 : Joseph Jean-Baptiste Laurent Arban , French composer and cornetist
• 1890 : Friedrich Strampfer , Austrian actor and theater director
• 1894 : Oskar Höcker , German actor and writer
• 1897 : Heinrich von Stephan , General Postal Director of the German Empire

20th century

• 1903 : Marshall Harvey Stone , American mathematician
• 1905 : Cullen Andrews Battle , American general

VU Hammershaimb († 1909)

• 1909 : VU Hammershaimb , Faroese pastor and philologist
• 1914 : Jakub Arbes , Bohemian journalist and writer
• 1915 : Louis Pergaud , French writer
• 1918 : Ludwig Georg Courvoisier , Swiss doctor and "father" of the "Courvoisier mark"
• 1919 : Loránd Eötvös , Hungarian minister of education and culture
• 1922 : Erich von Falkenhayn , German general, Prussian war minister and chief of the general staff
• 1927 : Otto Richter , German politician
• 1931 : Erik Axel Karlfeldt , Swedish poet
• 1934 : Frank C. Mars , American entrepreneur
• 1936 : Robert Bárány , Austrian physician and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1937 : Arthur Foote , American composer
• 1938 : Franja Tavčar , Slovenian women's rights activist
• 1939 : Egmont Colerus , Austrian writer
• 1940 : Andrés Delgado Pardo , Venezuelan pianist, composer and music teacher

Max Herrmann-Neisse († 1941)

• 1941 : Max Herrmann-Neisse , German writer
• 1941 : Mariusz Zaruski , Polish general, sailor, mountaineer, writer, poet and painter
• 1944 : Albert Maria Fuchs , German auxiliary bishop
• 1945 : Julius Adler , German politician
• 1945 : Roland Betsch , German engineer and writer
• 1945 : Melitta Schenk Countess von Stauffenberg , German aviator and engineer
• 1945 : Jakob Sprenger , German politician
• 1945 : Lizzi Waldmüller , Austrian film actress and singer
• 1945 : Josef Weinträger , Austrian lyric poet
• 1946 : A. Victor Donahey , American politician
• 1948 : Abd al-Qadir al-Husaini , Palestinian nationalist
• 1949 : Wilhelm Adam , German army officer
• 1949 : Carl August Brückner , German founder of the Reformed Apostolic Congregation Association
• 1949 : Leo Samberger , German painter
• 1950 : Albert Ehrenstein , Austrian poet and narrator
• 1950 : Vaslav Nijinsky , Polish-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer

1951-2000

• 1951 : Adolph Koldofsky , Canadian violinist
• 1955 : Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti , Austrian writer
• 1958 : Alcibíades Arosemena , President of Panama
• 1959 : Jonathan Zenneck , German physicist, radio pioneer and inventor
• 1962 : Émile Lacharnay , French racing car driver
• 1966 : Duarte Abecasis , Portuguese engineer
• 1967 : Elisabeth Crodel , German painter
• 1968 : Glenn Andreotta , American pilot
• 1968 : Ernst Wilhelm Nay , German painter
• 1970 : Charles D. Hall , British-American production designer
• 1971 : Fritz von Opel , German industrialist, rocket pioneer and motor sportsman
• 1973 : Viktor de Kowa , German theater and film actor and director

Pablo Picasso († 1973)

• 1973 : Pablo Picasso , Spanish painter, graphic artist and sculptor
• 1974 : Charles Drouin , French racing car driver
• 1974 : Ferruccio Novo , Italian football coach and official
• 1975 : Santiago Arrieta , Uruguayan actor
• 1976 : Alberto Barberis , Italian football player and lawyer
• 1977 : Michael Felke , German entrepreneur
• 1977 : Hermann Fränkel , German-American classical philologist
• 1978 : Peter Igelhoff , Austrian musician and composer
• 1980 : Lionel Parent , Canadian singer and composer
• 1981 : Adrian Hoven , Austrian actor and director
• 1981 : Omar N. Bradley , American general
• 1984 : Pyotr Leonidowitsch Kapiza , Russian physicist
• 1986 : Yukiko Okada , Japanese singer and actress
• 1990 : Will Brandes , German pop singer
• 1990 : Hans Korte , German major general
• 1991 : Dead , Swedish black metal singer
• 1991 : Paul Söllner , German rower and sports organizer, Olympic champion
• 1991 : Peter Schille , German journalist

Daniel Bovet († 1992)

• 1992 : Daniel Bovet , Italian pharmacologist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1992 : Käte Hamburger , German Germanist, literary scholar and philosopher
• 1993 : Marian Anderson , American opera singer (alto)
• 1994 : Elisabeth Jaspersen , German portrait and landscape painter
• 1995 : Hans Bodensteiner , German politician
• 1995 : Andrej Očenáš , Slovak composer
• 1996 : León Klimovsky , Argentine director and screenwriter
• 1997 : Laura Nyro , American singer, pianist and songwriter
• 1998 : Annemarie Cordes , German actress
• 2000 : Hans Karl Adam , German TV chef
• 2000 : Ibrahim Ahmed , Kurdish author, writer and translator
• 2000 : Harry Williamson , American middle distance runner

21st century

• 2001 : Frank Annunzio , American politician
• 2002 : Franz Liebl , German author
• 2003 : Nathan Apea Aferi , Ghanaian politician
• 2003 : Vatche Arslanian , Canadian Red Cross worker
• 2004 : Herb Andress , German actor
• 2004 : Hans Guido Mutke , German fighter pilot
• 2005 : Yoshitarō Nomura , Japanese film director
• 2006 : Gerard Reve , Dutch writer
• 2007 : Heinz-Georg Sievers , German doctor and handball player
• 2008 : John Button , Australian lawyer and politician
• 2008 : Cedella Marley Booker , Jamaican musician
• 2008 : Stanley Kamel , American actor
• 2009 : Günter Möbus , German geologist

Margaret Thatcher († 2013)

• 2010 : Malcolm McLaren , British artist, fashion designer and music manager
• 2010 : Abel Muzorewa , Zimbabwean-Rhodesian Prime Minister
• 2011 : Eva Afuhs , Austrian artist
• 2012 : George Wilberforce Kakoma , Ugandan musician and composer
• 2012 : Jack Tramiel , Polish-American entrepreneur and computer pioneer
• 2013 : Annette Funicello , American pop music singer and actress
• 2013 : Sara Montiel , Spanish singer and actress
• 2013 : Margaret Thatcher , British chemist, lawyer and politician, first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 2014 : Karlheinz Deschner , German writer, religion and church critic
• 2014 : Warrior , American wrestler
• 2015 : Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac , French resistance fighter against National Socialism
• 2015 : Jacques Waardenburg , Dutch theologian and Islamic scholar
• 2016 : Theodor Buhl , German writer
• 2016 : Dieter Thomas , German cabaret artist and comedian
• 2017 : Rolf Erb , Swiss entrepreneur
• 2017 : Georgi Mikhailovich Grechko , Soviet cosmonaut
• 2018 : Juraj Herz , Czech film director
• 2018 : John Miles , British racing car driver
• 2020 : Georges Hacquin , Belgian racing car driver
• 2020 : Valeriu Muravschi , Moldovan politician

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • Martin Chemnitz , German theologian (Protestant)

• Name days
  • Beate , Walter

• regional customs
  • Japan : Kambutsue

• International Roma Day

The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .

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