November 8th
The November 8 is the 312th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 313th in leap years ), thus remain 53 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 63 BC Chr . : Marcus Tullius Cicero gives the first of his speeches against Catiline in front of the Roman Senate , in which he alleges that Lucius Sergius Catilina planned an assassination attempt against him and the overthrow of the Roman Republic the day before .
- 1307 : In his Chronicon Helveticum , the Swiss historian Aegidius Tschudi sets the date of the Rütli oath as this day.
- 1329 : In the Holy Roman Empire , a labor dispute is documented in a document for the first time in Breslau . The journeyman belters strike there for a year. The masters agree not to employ any of the strikers in their home, if fined .
- 1494 : With Piero de 'Medicis leaving the city, the rule of the Medici in Florence ends for the first time .
- 1519 : Spanish conquest of Mexico : The Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés reaches the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán and is welcomed by Moctezuma II at great expense.
- 1520 : The Danish King Christian II , who had been crowned King of Sweden four days earlier, breaks his promise of an amnesty and has numerous Swedish aristocrats executed in the Stockholm carnage in order to weaken the supporters of Sten Stures the Younger and enforce the Kalmar Union .
- 1576 : Eighty Years War : With the Ghent pacification , all Dutch provinces were united against the Spaniards with the demand for religious tolerance and the withdrawal of the Spanish troops.
- 1605 : At Holbeach House, Staffordshire , two out of six conspirators in the Gunpowder plot of November 5th are shot dead while being arrested. Among those killed is leader Robert Catesby .
- 1620 : In the battle of the White Mountain at the beginning of the Thirty Years War , Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Comte de Bucquoy , the military leader of the Catholic League , defeated the Bohemian estates under their King Friedrich V of the Palatinate and his military leader Christian I of Anhalt .
- 1658 : In the naval battle of the Oresund in the Second Northern War , the Dutch fleet of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces wins against the Swedish fleet under the command of Carl Gustaf Wrangel .
- 1685 : In the Edict of Potsdam, the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm grants the French Huguenots privileges and a secure home in Brandenburg .
- 1798 : The British captain John Fearn lands as the first European on the island of Nauru and calls it Pleasant Island because of the great friendliness of the residents .
- 1811 : Battle of Tippecanoe : After the attack by the Indian Federation the day before, Governor William H. Harrison sends scouts into the Indian camp, says he finds it abandoned and lets the village burn down. According to other sources, there is a massacre of women and children.
- 1832 : The Portuguese Queen Maria II awards the cartistic politician António José de Sousa Manoel de Menezes Severim de Noronha and his descendants the hereditary title of Duke of Terceira (Duque de Terceira) for his services in the Miguelist War.
- 1843 : The Spanish Cortes explain the 13-year-old Queen Isabella II. For mature .
- 1861 : Admiral Charles Wilkes stops the British mail ship Trent in the Bahama Canal, triggering the Trent affair , which almost leads to Great Britain entering the war on the side of the Confederate in the American Civil War .
- 1864 : With an overwhelming vote, the Republican incumbent Abraham Lincoln is re-elected in the US presidential election during the American Civil War . His Democratic challenger, George B. McClellan , who has advocated a negotiated solution with the Confederates , can only decide three US states in his favor.
- 1889 : The area of the previous Montana Territory is included under the name Montana as the 41st state of the USA . The capital of the new state is Helena .
- 1892 : Grover Cleveland , elected from office four years earlier, defeated incumbent Benjamin Harrison and James B. Weaver of the Populist Party in the presidential election . He is the only US President to date to move into the White House for a second time.
- 1917 : The decree on land drawn up by Lenin is published in Izvestia . The confiscation of land from landlords, churches and state domains without compensation wins the rural population for the Bolsheviks .
- 1918 : During the November Revolution in Munich , at the first meeting of the workers 'and soldiers' councils in Mathäser, Kurt Eisner proclaims the Republic of Bavaria as a free state and declares the ruling Wittelsbach royal family to be deposed. Eisner is elected the first Prime Minister by the Munich Workers 'and Soldiers' Council, which subsequently forms a government of the People's State of Bavaria .
- 1923 : Hitler-Ludendorff-Putsch : Adolf Hitler occupies the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich with Erich Ludendorff , Hermann Göring and other National Socialists and proclaims that the “national revolution” has broken out and the Weimar Republic's government is deposed.
- 1932 : In the US presidential election during the Great Depression , the Democratic challenger Franklin D. Roosevelt wins a landslide against the Republican incumbent Herbert C. Hoover .
- 1933 : A student murders Mohammed Nadir Shah , the king of Afghanistan. His son Mohammed Sahir Shah succeeds the victim on the throne.
- 1936 : During the Spanish Civil War , the Republican government troops and the International Brigades succeed in stopping the advance of the putschists under Francisco Franco on Madrid . However, the battle for Madrid continues throughout November.
- 1937 : Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels opens the show The Eternal Jew in the library of the Deutsches Museum in Munich . The traveling exhibition is intended to incite the population against their Jewish fellow citizens within the framework of the anti-Semitic racism ideology of the National Socialists .
- 1939 : Georg Elser's assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler and the leadership of the NSDAP in Munich's Bürgerbräukeller kill eight people. Hitler himself left the bar 13 minutes earlier.
- 1941 : The Party of Labor of Albania , the Communist Party of Albania , is founded.
- 1942 : During the Second World War, British and US Americans land in North Africa as part of Operation Torch , thus starting a two-front war in the African campaign .
- 1944 : The battle of the Scheldt estuary , initiated on October 2nd during World War II , is decided in favor of the Canadian armed forces . The German Wehrmacht must leave the area from Antwerp to the Meuse to the Allies.
- 1947 : In Thailand, the army under Field Marshal Phin Choonhavan staged a coup against the civilian government of Thawan Thamrongnawasawat .
- 1949 : Cambodia gains formal independence from France as a member of the French Union .
- 1954 : The Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I arrives for the first official state visit to the Federal Republic of Germany.
- 1960 : Democrat John F. Kennedy narrowly defeats Republican Richard M. Nixon in the US presidential election , making him the youngest US president to date .
- 1963 : After the coup on November 2, General Dương Văn Minh becomes head of the military junta of South Vietnam .
- 1966 : Republican Party candidate, former actor Ronald Reagan , is elected Governor of California .
- 1966 : The former attorney general of Massachusetts , Edward Brooke , the first one is African American , which by popular election to the Senate of the United States of America is chosen.
- 1968 : A UN conference with international conventions on regulations for road traffic and road traffic signs ends in Vienna .
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- 1988 : In the US presidential elections , George HW Bush defeats his democratic rival Michael Dukakis and is elected 41st President of the USA by the electoral college .
- 1989 : turning point in the GDR : the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic under Willi Stoph resigns as a whole
- 1989 : The residents of Rüterberg proclaim the village republic of Rüterberg as a sign against the years of humiliation by the GDR .
- 1994 : After 40 years, the Republican Party in the USA again has a majority in both houses ( Senate and House of Representatives ), which significantly restricts the freedom of action for Democratic President Bill Clinton .
- 1998 : In a referendum in New Caledonia, voters approve the Nouméa Agreement signed a few months earlier .
- 2002 : In Iraq conflict acting UN Security Council that Resolution 1441 , with Iraq is prompted the UN Security inspectors and the IAEA to grant full access to the production of weapons.
- 2004 : In the wake of the Iraq war, US troops begin Iraq with the Second Battle of Fallujah against Sunni insurgents in Fallujah .
- 2005 : Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf wins the presidential elections in Liberia and is the first woman to be elected head of state in an African country.
- 2006 : After the disastrous defeat of the Republicans in the midterm elections in the United States on the eve of Defense shall Donald Rumsfeld back. He is succeeded by Robert Gates .
- 2011 : Beate Zschäpe , right-wing terrorist of the National Socialist Underground , turns herself in to the police in Jena after a four-day escape .
- 2016 : Donald Trump , Republican Party candidate , wins the US presidential election . The Republicans also regain a majority in both chambers of Congress .
economy
- 1887 : Emil Berliner receives the imperial patent for his sound reproduction device with a rotating record. The gramophone replaced after the turn of the century more and more rolling phonograph by Thomas Alva Edison .
- 1925 : Otto Feick receives a patent for the gym wheel .
- 2016 : Demonetization in India 2016 : India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the devaluation of all 500 and 1000 rupee banknotes, which affects about 86% of the circulating money supply.
science and technology
- 1853 : John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid Euterpe .
- 1861 : The new observatory in the Johannistal is opened in Leipzig .
- 1895 : Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovers X-rays .
- 1907 : The Paris newspaper L'Illustration starts the first public image transmission by facsimile telegraph and submarine cable. Twelve minutes later, the photograph of King Edward VII arrived at the London Daily Mirror . The two newspapers acquire the rights to the device developed by Arthur Korn .
- 1969 : The first German satellite named Azur is launched into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California . It serves as an introduction to German space research.
- 1977 : The Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos finds unplanned royal tombs near Vergina . According to his own statements, he claims to have discovered the grave of Philip II of Macedonia , which is not certain.
- 2011 : The Russian space probe Fobos-Grunt , for the exploration of the Martian moon Phobos , is launched. However, due to incorrect alignment of the probe, it does not reach the intended flight path towards Mars, but remains in Earth orbit .
Culture
- 1793 : In Paris , the Louvre is made accessible to the people by the revolutionary government and converted into a museum .
- 1859 : The first day of the three-day Schiller Festival is celebrated in German-speaking countries and beyond .
- 1926 : The musical Oh, Kay! Is premiered at the Imperial Theater in New York City . by George Gershwin .
- 1929 : The radio play SOS… rao rao… Foyn is premiered in Cologne under the direction of Alfred Braun . The play about the rescue of the Italian polar explorer Umberto Nobile and his airship Italia by the Soviet icebreaker Krassin is the oldest completely preserved audio play document in German.
- 1930 : The premiere of the Singspiel Im Weiße Rößl by Ralph Benatzky takes place in the Großes Schauspielhaus in Berlin .
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1971 : The British band Led Zeppelin releases the album
( Led Zeppelin IV ). This includes their most famous song, Stairway to Heaven . - 2003 : The fifth Harry Potter volume Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix appears in German translation.
society
- 1968 : The Last of the British Postzugräuber is Bruce Reynolds in Torquay arrested - after more than five years on the run from the police.
- 1973 : The remains of the Arbre du Ténéré , the "most isolated tree in the world", are brought to the Nigerien National Museum in Niamey .
religion
- 535 : Fifteen bishops begin deliberations at the convened Council of Clermont .
- 1960 : In its tobacco ruling , the German Federal Constitutional Court makes an important decision on the protection of religious freedom.
- 1990 : The Albanian head of state Ramiz Alia announces that he wants to reopen the mosques and churches that have been closed since 1967 .
Disasters
- 1867 : Two explosions occur in the Ferndale Colliery coal mine in Wales, killing 178 men and boys.
- 1983 : Near Lubango , Angola , Africa . A Boeing 737 of TAAG Angola Airlines crashes shortly after take-off and explodes. All 130 people on board die.
- 1991 : In the Philippines, a hurricane and the subsequent storm surge claim the lives of 7,000 people.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1935 : The German ice hockey club Düsseldorfer EG is founded
- 1959 : Elgin Baylor scores a new NBA record with 64 points in the Minneapolis Lakers basketball game against the Boston Celtics .
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 30 : Nerva , Roman emperor
- 745 : Mūsā al-Kāzim , descendant of the Prophet Mohammed and the seventh imam of the Imamites
- 1344 : Robert I , Margrave of Pont-à-Mousson and Duke of Bar
- 1417 : Philip I (the elder) of Hanau-Lichtenberg , Count of Hanau-Lichtenberger
- 1511 : Paul Eber , German theologian, hymn poet and reformer
- 1543 : Lettice Knollys , lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I of England
- 1559 : Salomon Gesner , German Lutheran theologian
- 1563 : Henry II , Duke of Lorraine
- 1572 : Johann Sigismund , Elector of Brandenburg
- 1618 : Louise de La Fayette , confidante and advisor to Louis XIII.
- 1622 : Karl X. Gustav , Swedish king
- 1656 : Edmond Halley , English astronomer, mathematician, cartographer, geophysicist, and meteorologist
- 1663 : Imre Esterházy de Galántha , Hungarian archbishop
- 1683 : Heinrich August Schumacher , German historian and educator
- 1698 : Alberico Archinto , Italian cardinal
18th century
- 1706 : Johann Ulrich von Cramer , German lawyer and philosopher
- 1710 : Sarah Fielding , English writer and translator
- 1715 : Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern , wife of King Friedrich II of Prussia
- 1722 : Erhard Andreas Frommann , German Protestant clergyman and teacher
- 1723 : John Byron , English navigator, explorer and admiral
- 1735 : George Plater , American politician
- 1737 : Joseph Bruny d'Entrecasteaux , French navigator and explorer
- 1744 : Christian Gottfried Gruner , German physician and historian
- 1745 : Ernst Christian Trapp , first German holder of a chair for education
- 1754 : Martin Johann Wikosch , Austrian educator.
- 1755 : Dorothea Viehmann , German storyteller of French descent
- 1756 : Christian Gottlieb Friedrich Stöwe , German Protestant clergyman and astronomer
- 1768 : Augusta Sophia , British-Hanoverian princess
- 1777 : Désirée Clary , Queen of Sweden
- 1781 : Karl Godulla , German entrepreneur, "Prussian zinc king"
19th century
- 1802 : Theodor Mügge , German writer
- 1808 : Arend Berkholz , Mayor of Riga
- 1808 : Christian Friedrich Schubert , German teacher and politician
- 1809 : Richard Hartmann , German industrialist and railway pioneer
- 1823 : Joseph Monier , French gardener, entrepreneur and inventor of reinforced concrete
- 1825 : Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm Herbst , German pedagogue, philologist, lexicographer and historian
- 1834 : Karl Friedrich Zöllner , German astrophysicist
- 1836 : Milton Bradley , American draftsman, lithographer, patent attorney, inventor, game maker
- 1837 : Albert Raney Anderson , American politician
- 1841 : Jan Otto , Czech publisher
- 1843 : Moritz Pasch , German mathematician
- 1846 : Eugenio Bertini , Italian mathematician
- 1847 : George Armitstead , Russian engineer, entrepreneur, Mayor of Riga
- 1847 : Bram Stoker , Irish author
- 1848 : Gottlob Frege , German mathematician, logician and philosopher
- 1854 : Johannes Rydberg , Swedish physicist
- 1864 : Franz Diekamp , German Roman Catholic theologian
- 1864 : Vera Fyodorovna Komissarschewskaja , Russian actress
- 1866 : Herbert Austin , English industrialist and politician
- 1866 : Heinrich Rippler , German writer, journalist and politician
- 1867 : Ilmari Krohn , Finnish composer and musicologist
- 1868 : Felix Hausdorff , German mathematician
- 1869 : Joseph Franklin Rutherford , American clergyman ( Jehovah's Witness )
- 1872 : Martin Onslow Forster , British chemist
- 1873 : Gaetano Salvemini , Italian politician and historian
- 1874 : Yevgeny Wiktorowitsch Tarle also: Eugen Tarlé , Soviet historian
- 1875 : Qiu Jin , Chinese revolutionary, feminist and author
- 1876 : Annemarie von Auerswald , German canon, writer and museum director
- 1878 : Manuel Magallanes Moure , Chilean writer and literary critic
- 1881 : Jakob Fleck , Austrian film pioneer, screenwriter, director, producer
- 1881 : Walter Riehl , Austrian lawyer and politician
- 1883 : Arnold Bax , British composer
- 1884 : Hermann Rorschach , Swiss psychiatrist, developer of the Rorschach test
- 1885 : Paul Brohmer , German biologist
- 1885 : Emil Fahrenkamp , German architect
- 1888 : Piet Valkenburg , Dutch football player
- 1889 : Josef Kroll , German classical philologist
- 1890 : Karl Harrer , German journalist, founding member of the German Workers' Party (DAP)
- 1892 : Theodor Boehm , German pharmaceutical chemist
- 1893 : Prajadhipok , King of Siam
- 1894 : Fritz Grau , German bobsledder
- 1895 : Hans Bogner , German classical philologist
- 1897 : Elisabeth Crodel , German painter
- 1897 : Dorothy Day , American social activist
- 1900 : Otto Auerswald , German resistance fighter
- 1900 : Margaret Mitchell , American author
- 1900 : Franz-Josef Wuermeling , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Gustave Antoine Abel , Austrian cave explorer
- 1901 : Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej , Romanian politician, president and dictator
- 1903 : Luigi Allemandi , Italian football player
- 1904 : Etienne Aigner , Hungarian fashion designer
- 1905 : Lucy Millowitsch , German actress and theater director
- 1906 : Nikolaos Pantelis Andriotis , Greek linguist and neo-Greekist
- 1908 : Günther Anders , German cameraman
- 1908 : Martha Gellhorn , American journalist and writer
- 1908 : Heinz Klevenow , German actor and radio play speaker
- 1910 : Elfriede Brüning , German writer
- 1912 : June Havoc , American actress
- 1912 : Berent Schwineköper , German archivist and historian
- 1913 : Lou Ambers , American boxer
- 1913 : Ludwig Elsbett , German engine developer
- 1913 : Rudolf Harbig , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1914 : George Dantzig , American mathematician
- 1914 : Norman Lloyd , American director, producer, and actor
- 1916 : Peter Weiss , German writer, painter, graphic artist and experimental filmmaker
- 1917 : Gustav Georg Gunter Angenheister , German geophysicist
- 1918 : Hermann Zapf , German typographer, type designer and calligrapher
- 1919 : Anni Kroll , German author and local poet
- 1921 : Walter Mirisch , American film producer
- 1922 : Conrad Ahlers , German journalist and politician, Member of the Bundestag, government spokesman
- 1922 : Christiaan Barnard , South African heart surgeon
- 1922 : Ademir Marques de Menezes , Brazilian soccer player
- 1922 : Hannsheinz Porst , German entrepreneur
- 1922 : Boutros Raï , Syrian Archbishop in Lebanon
- 1923 : Jack S. Kilby , American engineer
- 1924 : Robert Häusser , German photographer
1926-1950
- 1926 : Eberhard Itzenplitz , German director
- 1927 : Lal Krishna Advani , Indian politician
- 1927 : Chris Connor , American singer
- 1927 : Ken Dodd , British comedian and singer
- 1927 : Patti Page , American singer
- 1928 : Rudolf Heitefuß , German phytomedicist
- 1929 : Bert Berns , American music producer and composer
- 1930 : Yevgeny Malinin , Russian conductor, music teacher and violinist
- 1930 : Heinz Perne , German clergyman and songwriter
- 1931 : Jim Redman , Rhodesian motorcycle racer
- 1931 : Morley Safer , Canadian reporter and correspondent
- 1932 : Stéphane Audran , French actress
- 1933 : Peter Arundell , British racing car driver
- 1933 : Werner Golz , German chess player and journalist
- 1934 : Friedrich Adolphi , German politician
- 1934 : Lothar Milde , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1934 : Melitón Sánchez Rivas , Panamanian sports official
- 1935 : Alain Delon , French film actor
- 1935 : Antonín Kubálek , Czech-Canadian pianist and music teacher
- 1935 : Alfonso López Trujillo , Colombian cardinal
- 1936 : Klaus Borrmann , German forester, local researcher and author
- 1936 : Edward George Gibson , American astronaut
- 1938 : Pedro D. Arigo , Filipino priest
- 1938 : Louis Kébreau , Haitian religious priest and archbishop
- 1938 : Murtala Mohammed , Nigerian general, coupist and president
- 1940 : Charles Thomas Kowal , American astronomer
- 1942 : Sandro Mazzola , Italian football player
- 1943 : Martin Peters , English football player
- 1944 : Kamau Muata Adilifu , American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player
- 1945 : Bill Anoatubby , American politician
- 1946 : Sharon Brown , Canadian writer
- 1946 : Roy Wood , British musician, singer and songwriter
- 1947 : Giorgio Francia , Italian racing car driver
- 1947 : Minnie Riperton , American singer and songwriter
- 1948 : Elmar Beierstettel , German fencer
- 1949 : Antoine Nabil Andari , Lebanese Curia Bishop
- 1949 : Biagio Abrate , Italian general
- 1949 : Bonnie Raitt , American rhythm and blues and country singer and guitarist
1951-1975
- 1951 : Alfredo Astiz , Argentine lieutenant captain
- 1952 : John Denny , American baseball player
- 1952 : Christie Hefner , American entrepreneur
- 1954 : Bill Joy , American software developer
- 1954 : Andrzej Czerwiński , Polish politician
- 1954 : Rickie Lee Jones , American singer and songwriter
- 1955 : Dietmar Hoffmann , German soccer player
- 1955 : Gisela Oeri , German-Swiss billionaire wife and patron
- 1956 : Detlef Opitz , German writer
- 1957 : Bernd Kundrun , German publishing manager
- 1957 : Porl Thompson , English guitarist and painter
- 1958 : Don Byron , American jazz musician
- 1959 : Andrea Asch , German politician
- 1960 : Elizabeth Avellan , American film producer
- 1960 : Sadi Tekelioğlu , Turkish-Danish journalist
- 1960 : Mikael Nyqvist , Swedish actor
- 1961 : Rustem Rinatowitsch Adagamow , Russian blogger and photojournalist
- 1961 : Leif Garrett , American singer
- 1964 : Lars Harms , German politician, MdL
- 1966 : Nové Deypalan , Filipino conductor and composer
- 1966 : Heike Hennig , German author, director and director of an opera company
- 1968 : Sergio Porrini , Italian football player
- 1966 : Gordon Ramsay , British chef, entertainer and producer
- 1968 : Courtney Thorne-Smith , American actress
- 1970 : Thomas Anderson , American entrepreneur, co-founder of MySpace
- 1970 : Juan José Borrelli , Argentine soccer player and coach
- 1970 : RP Kahl , German actor, director and film producer
- 1970 : Diana King , Jamaican singer
- 1971 : Carlos Atanes , Spanish film director, screenwriter and playwright
- 1971 : Ruben Gazarian , Armenian conductor
- 1973 : Winnie Böwe , German actress and opera singer
- 1974 : Masashi and Seishi Kishimoto , Japanese mangaka
- 1975 : Tara Reid , American actress
1976-2000
- 1976 : Jawhar Mnari , Tunisian football player
- 1976 : Nico Patschinski , German soccer player
- 1977 : Yusup Abdussalomov , Tajik wrestler
- 1977 : Shahram Amiri , Iranian physicist
- 1977 : Sascha Amstätter , German soccer player
- 1978 : Anna Angelina Wolfers , German actress
- 1979 : Christoph Hinz , German handball player
- 1979 : Paul Sackey , English rugby player
- 1980 : Jodie Leslie Ahlborn , German actress
- 1980 : Luís Fabiano , Brazilian soccer player
- 1981 : Jéssica Augusto , Portuguese long distance and obstacle runner
- 1981 : Joe Cole , English soccer player
- 1981 : Arne Niemeyer , German handball player
- 1981 : Brian Rast , American poker player
- 1982 : Mika Kallio , Finnish motorcycle racer
- 1982 : Sam Sparro , Australian musician and singer
- 1983 : Blanka Vlašić , Croatian high jumper
- 1983 : Pavel Pogrebnjak , Russian football player
- 1984 : Riley Armstrong , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 : Magda Apanowicz , Canadian actress
- 1985 : Alban Ramaj , Albanian football player
- 1987 : Edgar Benítez , Paraguayan soccer player
- 1987 : Samantha Droke , American actress
- 1987 : Andrei Gavrilov , Russian ice hockey player
- 1987 : Eduardo Gurbindo , Spanish handball player
- 1987 : Miroslav Holec , Czech ice hockey player
- 1987 : Takashi Kobayashi , Japanese racing driver
- 1987 : Andreas Lukse , Austrian soccer player
- 1987 : Greg Mansell , British racing driver
- 1988 : Thomas Asanger , Austrian composer
- 1988 : Sven Schipplock , German soccer player
- 1989 : Leonardo Cordeiro , Brazilian racing driver
- 1989 : Andrew Gower , British actor
- 1989 : Niko Juhola , Swiss floorball player
- 1989 : Sanni Leinonen , Finnish ski racer
- 1989 : Kevin Sommer , French soccer player
- 1990 : Hanna Fogelström , Swedish handball player
- 1991 : Anastassija Kovalchuk , Ukrainian billiards player
- 1995 : Klengan , German web video producer, book author and actor
- 1996 : Carina Schlueter , German soccer player
- 2000 : Jasmine Thompson , British singer
- 2000 : Delia Sclabas , Swiss athlete
21st century
- 2001 : Johannes Lamparter , Austrian Nordic combined athlete
- 2004 : Anton Kazakov , Ukrainian snooker player
Died
Before the 16th century
- 397 : Martin of Tours , Gallic Bishop of Tours
- 618 : Adeodatus I , Pope
- 789 : Willehad , missionary in Friesland, Bishop of Bremen
- 791 : Wiomad , Archbishop of Trier
- 923 : Hiltin , Bishop of Augsburg
- 955 : Agapitus II , Pope
- 989 : Osdag , Bishop of Hildesheim
- 1111 : Otto II , son of the Count of Habsburg
- 1171 : Baldwin IV , Count of Hainaut
- 1226 : Louis VIII , King of France
- 1246 : Berenguela , Queen of Castile
- 1258 : Gremislawa of Lutsk , Princess of Krakow
- 1308 : Johannes Duns Scotus , Scottish theologian and philosopher
- 1325 : Wizlaw III. , last Slavic prince of Rügen
- 1337 : Johann I von Langenmantel , Augsburg patrician and mayor
- 1365 : Niccolò Acciaiuoli , Italian statesman
- 1383 : Heinrich von Stöffeln , abbot of the Reichenau monastery
- 1446 : Lorenz von Lichtenberg , Bishop of Lavant
- 1471 : Ludwig II , Landgrave of Niederhessen
- 1472 : Johann II von Rosenberg , Bohemian nobleman, captain in Silesia and the highest Bohemian chamberlain
- 1473 : Sibet Attena , East Frisian chief
- 1478 : Ba'eda Mariam , Emperor of Ethiopia
- 1494 : Melozzo da Forlì , Italian painter
16th to 18th century
- 1502 : Kaspar zu Rhein , Prince-Bishop of Basel
- 1517 : Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros , Archbishop of Toledo, Spanish regent and Grand Inquisitor
- 1527 : Hieronymus Emser , German theologian and opponent of Luther
- 1559 : Christoffer Huitfeldt , Danish Councilor
- 1564 : Melchior Fendt , German physicist and medic
- 1578 : Hans Saphoy , German-Austrian master stonemason, fortress and cathedral builder (St. Stephan in Vienna)
- 1620 : Bernhard von Krosigk , Anhalt officer
- 1627 : Ludwig II of Nassau-Weilburg , Count of Nassau-Weilburg
- 1628 : Baldassare Croce , Italian painter
- 1630 : Heinrich von Krage , German Canon
- 1633 : Xu Guangqi , Ming Dynasty Scholar and Minister
- 1650 : Camillo II Gonzaga di Novellara , Count of Novellara and Bagnolo
- 1651 : Stephan I. Thököly , Hungarian baron and large landowner
- 1663 : Christian zu Rantzau , German governor in the royal Danish part of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1670 : Emanuel , Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
- 1674 : John Milton , English poet
- 1686 : Detlev von Ahlefeldt , Lord of Haseldorf, Haselau and Kaden
- 1688 : Johann Caspar Schweizer , Swiss Protestant clergyman, philologist and university professor
- 1703 : John Wallis , English mathematician and teacher of the deaf and dumb
- 1708 : Prince George of Denmark , husband of Queen Anne of Great Britain
- 1709 : Dimitri Tuptalo , Russian metropolitan
- 1712 : Rosamunde Juliane von der Asseburg , German nobleman
- 1719 : Michel Rolle , French mathematician
- 1721 : Catharina Margaretha Linck or Anastasius Lagrantinus Rosenstengel, German button maker, calico printer and soldier, executed for fornication with another woman
- 1722 : Christoph Cuntzius , German organ builder
- 1723 : Georg Serpilius , Protestant theologian and song poet
- 1725 : Marquard Ludwig von Printzen , royal Prussian diplomat, court marshal, head of administration for spiritual and educational matters
- 1739 : Anselm Franz von Thurn und Taxis , German general inheritance postmaster, head of the Imperial Post Office
- 1771 : Joseph Gabler , Austrian master organ builder
- 1773 : Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz , Prussian cavalry officer
- 1788 : Johann Karl Zeune , German philologist
- 1793 : Jeanne-Marie Roland de la Platière , French revolutionary
19th century
- 1805 : François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud , French poet and playwright
- 1817 : Andrea Appiani , Italian painter
- 1823 : Masanori Abe , Japanese nobleman
- 1825 : Friedrich Julius von Kniestedt , German lawyer and landowner
- 1844 : Jean Antoine Michel Agar , French civil servant
- 1844 : Johann Anzengruber , Austrian writer
- 1848 : Ludwig Heinrich Wilhelm von Arnim , German administrative officer, manor owner and parliamentarian
- 1848 : Heinrich von der Tann , German officer and member of parliament
- 1858 : Benjamin Franklin Butler , American politician
- 1858 : George Peacock , English mathematician
- 1860 : Charles Fellows , British explorer and archaeologist
- 1861 : Josiah McNair Anderson , American politician
- 1864 : Juan Van Halen , Spanish general
- 1872 : Moritz Ludwig Seyffert , German philologist and educator
- 1873 : Conrad Abée , Hessian politician and minister
- 1877 : Amalie Auguste , Queen of Saxony
- 1878 : Hermann Goedsche , German writer
- 1880 : Andreas Peter Berggreen , Danish composer
- 1880 : Leonhard Spengel , German classical philologist
- 1883 : Karl Friedrich Adler , German politician
- 1887 : Doc Holliday , American gunslinger
- 1889 : Wilhelm von Abbema , German painter, engraver and etcher
- 1890 : César Franck , French composer of German-Belgian descent
- 1890 : Sophie Wörishöffer , German writer
- 1891 : Eduard Köllner , German composer
- 1898 : Ernest Cahen , French organist and composer
- 1898 : Heinrich Conrad Schneider , German pedagogue, founder of an agricultural school with an attached brewing academy
20th century
1901-1950
- 1905 : Max Aronheim , German lawyer and entrepreneur
- 1908 : Victorien Sardou , French playwright
- 1908 : Eduard Wölfflin , Swiss classical philologist
- 1909 : Charles Bordes , French composer and music teacher
- 1910 : Dominik Avanzo , German-Austrian architect
- 1916 : Ernst Möller , German football player
- 1916 : Frederic Woodman Root , American composer and music teacher
- 1920 : Salomon An-ski , Russian writer, journalist and ethnographer
- 1920 : Friedrich J. Pajeken , German businessman and writer
- 1921 : Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav , Slovak poet
- 1923 : Alfhild Agrell , Swedish writer
- 1927 : Arthur Strasser , Austrian sculptor
- 1929 : Karl Asal , German lawyer
- 1933 : Mohammed Nadir Shah , Afghan king
- 1934 : James Mark Baldwin , American psychologist and philosopher
- 1940 : Anne Siberdinus de Blécourt , Dutch lawyer and legal historian
- 1944 : André Abegglen , Swiss football player
- 1944 : Walter Nowotny , Austrian fighter pilot
1951-2000
- 1953 : Ivan Alexejewitsch Bunin , Russian writer
- 1960 : Ernst Beutler , German Germanist
- 1962 : Willis O'Brien , American animation pioneer
- 1963 : Šimon Jurovský , Slovak composer
- 1965 : Dorothy Kilgallen , American actress, reporter, and television presenter
- 1966 : André Bloc , French architect and sculptor
- 1966 : Bernhard Zondek , German physician
- 1968 : Kokomo Arnold , American blues musician
- 1969 : Dave O'Brien , American actor, screenwriter, and director
- 1969 : Wolf Durian , German journalist and author of books for young people
- 1974 : Ivory Joe Hunter , American musician, singer, and songwriter
- 1976 : Giorgio Ferrini , Italian football player
- 1978 : Kurt Adelmann , German politician
- 1982 : Marco de Gastyne , French film director and screenwriter
- 1983 : James Carroll Booker III , American blues, boogie and jazz pianist, organist and singer
- 1984 : Collin Walcott , American percussionist and sitar player
- 1985 : Nicolas Frantz , Luxembourg cyclist
- 1985 : Masten Gregory , American Formula 1 racing driver
- 1985 : André Thomkins , Swiss painter, draftsman and poet
- 1986 : Vyacheslav Molotov , Soviet politician, head of government, foreign minister
- 1987 : Erwin Sutz , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1989 : Margarete Aurin , German kindergarten teacher
- 1991 : Lore Feininger , German photographer
- 1991 : John Jahr senior , German publisher
- 1991 : Charlotte Moorman , American musician
- 1992 : Red Mitchell , American jazz bassist
- 1995 : Francesca Schinzinger , German historian
- 1996 : Johannes Frömming , German trotting athlete
- 1996 : Georg Schreiber , German physician and medical journalist
- 2000 : Dick Morrissey , British jazz musician
21st century
- 2001 : Paolo Bertoli , Italian clergyman, Vatican diplomat, cardinal to the Curia
- 2002 : Rudolf Noelte , German theater director
- 2004 : Bruno Bettinelli , Italian composer
- 2004 : Lennox Miller , Jamaican track and field athlete
- 2005 : Carola Höhn , German actress
- 2006 : Basil Poledouris , American film composer and director
- 2006 : Annette Rogers , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 2006 : Hannspeter Winter , Austrian physicist
- 2007 : John Arpin , Canadian composer, musician, arranger and entertainer
- 2007 : Stephen Fumio Hamao , Japanese priest, Bishop of Yokohama, Cardinal of the Curia
- 2007 : Chad Varah , British Anglican clergyman
- 2008 : Amrozi bin Nurhasyim , Indonesian terrorist
- 2008 : Otto Johannes Bähr , German painter
- 2008 : Régisgenaux , Belgian football player
- 2009 : Witali Ginsburg , Russian physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- 2010 : Emilio Massera , Argentine admiral
- 2014 : Hannes Hegen , German graphic artist and comic artist
- 2014 : Otto Ziege , German racing cyclist and cycling official
- 2015 : Andrei Jakowlewitsch Eschpai , Russian-Soviet composer
- 2017 : Mika Metz , German actor
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Willehad , messenger of faith among the Frisians, first bishop of Bremen (Protestant, Roman Catholic, Orthodox)
- Johann von Staupitz , German priest (Protestant: LCMS )
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
Web links
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