May 9

The May 9 is the 129th day of the Gregorian calendar (the 130th in leap years ), thus remain 236 days by year end.

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Events

Politics and world events

1204: Baldwin I.

• 1204 : After the rejection of the crown by the Venetian doge Enrico Dandolo , Baldwin I , Count of Flanders and Hainaut , is elected Emperor of the Latin Empire against the formal leader of the Fourth Crusade , Boniface of Montferrat . The coronation will take place on May 16. The empire was created by the division of the Byzantine Empire in April.
• 1386 : Portugal and England renew their alliance, which had existed since 1275, with the Treaty of Windsor . It is one of the oldest friendship treaties that is still valid today. On February 2, 1387, the alliance was reinforced by the marriage of King John I of Portugal with Philippa of Lancaster , the sister of the later King Henry IV .

Columbus fourth voyage 1502–1504

• 1502 : From Cádiz , Christopher Columbus sets off on his fourth voyage to the New World with his son Fernando and the four ships Capitana , La Gallega , Santiago de Palos and Vizcaína .
• 1560 : The sea ​​battle of Djerba between the fleets of the Ottoman Empire under Grand Admiral Piyale Pascha and a coalition of Christian Mediterranean powers led by Spain begins.

1588: Heinrich von Guise

• 1588 : Henri I. de Lorraine, duc de Guise , Catholic leader of the Holy League and opponent of King Henry III, who in his eyes was too careless in Huguenot politics . of France , with the general approval of the people, enters Paris , where he begins to harass the king.
• 1664 : The Swedish possessions on the Gold Coast are conquered by the English under Robert Holmes . The individual forts and factories in the region around Cape Coast serve the trade in slaves and raw materials, which the Royal African Company later operates.
• 1769 : The French defeat Corsican troops at the Battle of Ponte Novu , causing Corsica to lose its brief independence.

1849: Suppression of the Dresden May Uprising

• 1849 : Prussian and Saxon troops under Friedrich von Waldersee put down the Dresden May uprising against King Friedrich August II after just under a week , with 343 people perishing on the barricades. The leaders Michail Bakunin and Samuel Erdmann Tzschirner managed to escape, but the March Revolution in the Kingdom of Saxony was finally over.
• 1857 : 85 Indian sepoys of the British garrison in Merath , British India , are publicly demoted and chained after refusing to use the new Enfield rifle two days earlier , which is rumored to have processed beef suet and lard have been. The harsh punishment culminated in the Sepoy uprising the following day , which lasted until 1858.

1864: Naval battle off Heligoland

• 1864 : Denmark defeats Prussia and Austria in a naval battle off Heligoland after the Austrian admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff , whose flagship caught fire, withdrew. However, the Danish victory no longer has any effect on the outcome of the German-Danish War .

1901: Australian Parliament opens

• 1901 : Four months after the founding of the Australian Confederation , parliament meets for the first time in Melbourne . The only building large enough to open is the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens , after which MPs sit in Parliament House .
• 1911 : In Belgrade , Serbian officers found the secret society Ujedinjenje ili Smrt ("Union or Death", better known as " Black Hand ") with the aim of establishing a Greater Serbia . The assassination attempt on the Austrian heir to the throne, Franz Ferdinand , in which the organization is involved in 1914, will lead to the First World War .

1915: The village of Carency, which was stormed by the French

• 1915 : The Loretto battle begins near Artois in France with a major attack by the Triple Entente under Ferdinand Foch , a typical example of the weeks-long, bloody and fruitless material battles of the First World War . It lasts until July 23rd.

1927: the opening of parliament

• 1927 : Canberra , which had been founded 14 years earlier, is opened with the opening of the Provisional Parliament House by the later King George VI. and Prime Minister Stanley Bruce new capital of Australia , replacing Melbourne .
• 1932 : Due to planned wage cuts, the Zurich heating fitters go on strike , which will take around eight weeks. The strike was bloodily suppressed on June 15th.
• 1936 : The Abyssinian War comes to an end with the annexation of Ethiopia by fascist Italy . King Victor Emmanuel III is proclaimed Emperor of Ethiopia .

1936: Police victim in Thessaloniki

• 1936 : In Thessaloniki , police shoot demonstrating tobacco workers, killing twelve people and injuring hundreds.
• 1939 : In the battle for Nanchang , the retreat of the city fails with the withdrawal of the Chinese troops. In the Second Sino-Japanese War , possession of this railway hub opened the way to Indochina for the Japanese .

1941: The HMS Bulldog

• 1941 : The British warship HMS Bulldog , together with two other ships, succeeds in hijacking the German submarine U 110 under Lieutenant Fritz-Julius Lemp . They steal an Enigma encryption machine, which can then be used to decode the radio communications of the German navy.
• 1945 : Shortly after midnight in Berlin-Karlshorst the ratification of the act of surrender of Reims by Field Marshal Keitel for the High Command of the Wehrmacht and the Army as well as Admiral General von Friedeburg for the Navy and Colonel General Stumpff for the Air Force (see Liberation Day ). Since the announcement of the German surrender in the Soviet Union only takes place after this act, in its successor states, especially Russia and other states of the former Eastern Bloc, the " Victory Day " is still celebrated today with celebrations at the end of the Second World War on May 9th.

1946: Viktor Emanuel II.

• 1946 : Viktor Emanuel III. abdicates as King of Italy and Duke of Savoy in favor of his son Umberto II , who will only hold this office for a few days.
• 1949 : Prince Rainier III. occurs after the death of his grandfather Louis II. the regency in the Principality of Monaco , because his mother Charlotte of Monaco has waived his favor on the throne.
• 1950 : Building on Jean Monnet's idea, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman presented the Schuman Plan in the Salon de l'Horloge des Quai d'Orsay . In it he proposes the creation of a coal and steel production community as the nucleus of European cooperation .
• 1955 : In the course of the integration of the Federal Republic of Germany into the West, its accession to NATO is completed in a ceremony in the Palais de Chaillot in Paris .
• 1956 : A referendum takes place in British Togoland on joining the British colony of the Gold Coast , later known as Ghana .
• 1976 : Ulrike Meinhof , member of the first generation of the Red Army parliamentary group , is found hanged in her cell in the Stuttgart-Stammheim prison .

1978: Aldo Moro in captivity

• 1978 : The Italian Christian Democrat and former Prime Minister Aldo Moro is found in the trunk of a car after 55 days of kidnapping by Mario Moretti on behalf of the underground organization Red Brigades with eight shots.
• 1980 : In Iran , Ayatollah Khomeini, as head of state, approves the new emblem , which can be read as a stylized signature of the word Allah .
• 1984 : The Bavarian State Parliament lifts the immunity of CSU Secretary General Otto Wiesheu . He is later sentenced to one year probation for a fatal alcoholic car accident.

1988: Old and new Parliament buildings in Canberra

• 1988 : In Canberra , Australia's capital , the new parliament building on Capital Hill is ceremoniously opened after the Old Parliament House had served as a “makeshift” for 61 years.
• 1993 : In the first democratic presidential election in Paraguay after the rule of the dictators Alfredo Stroessner and Andrés Rodríguez , Juan Carlos Wasmosy is elected president of the country. He will take office on August 15th.
• 1994 : Following the victory of the ANC in the first democratic elections in South Africa is Nelson Mandela was elected president. He is the first black president in the country's history .
• 2000 : The former Italian head of government Silvio Berlusconi is acquitted of allegations of bribery of tax officials and other crimes in an appeal process.
• 2004 : Chechen President Akhmat Abdulchamidowitsch Kadyrov is murdered in a bomb attack in Grozny. The rebel leader Shamil Salmanovich Basayev later confessed to this attack.
• 2006 : Members of the UN Human Rights Council are elected for the first time .

economy

• 1861 : The Dresden Zoo is opened, one of the oldest in Germany.
• 1873 : The Gründerkrach , a stock market crash on the Vienna Stock Exchange , triggered by unrestrained speculation about the Vienna World Exhibition , leads to a severe international recession after the founding years . When the speculative bubble bursts on " Black Friday " alone, around 120 companies become insolvent.
• 1882 : The German Reich Patent No. 22244 protects from Georg Meisenbach invented Autotypie . This printing process enables rasterized photos to be reproduced in the press.
• 1951 The German Society for the Promotion of Research in the Graphics Industry is founded in Wiesbaden , renamed the German Society for Research in the Graphics Industry ( Fogra ) on September 1st . The purpose of the association, chaired by Wilhelm Lampl, is to promote printing technology in the areas of research, development and application and to make the results usable for the printing industry .
• 1980 : The Convention on International Rail Traffic (COTIF) is concluded in Bern .

science and technology

1816: How a pinhole camera works

• 1816 : The Frenchman Joseph Nicéphore Niépce uses a camera obscura to capture images on chlorine silver paper. However, he cannot fix the recordings yet .
• 1865 : The American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling be invented by him in 1861 Gatling Gun , a forerunner of the machine gun , patented .
• 1876 : The German inventor Nicolaus Otto puts his first four-stroke engine , the Otto engine , into operation on a trial basis .
• 1878 : David Edward Hughes presents an improved microphone , the carbon microphone he developed , at the Royal Society in London .
• 1879 : The Dresden doctor Maximilian Nitze presents the first urethrocystoscope in Vienna , a device for the urethral and bladder endoscopy .
• 1908 : The Wismar University of Applied Sciences is founded as the Wismar Engineering Academy .

1926: Richard Evelyn Byrd

• 1926 : The American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd claims to be the first person to cross the North Pole by plane with his co-pilot Floyd Bennett , a claim that can never be proven.
• 1926 : The rotor ship Buckau , equipped with a Flettner rotor , causes a stir in New York City when it arrives after crossing the Atlantic.
• 2003 : The space probe Hayabusa of the Japanese space agency JAXA sets off on its flight to the asteroid (25143) Itokawa . It will achieve its goal around two and a half years later.

Culture

• 1805 : The premiere of the opera Délia et Verdikan by Henri Montan Berton takes place at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
• 1812 : La scala di seta ( The silk ladder ), a one-act Farsa comica by Gioachino Rossini , premieres at the Teatro San Moisè in Venice.
• 1868 : Anton Bruckner's 1st Symphony is premiered in Linz under the direction of the composer . The performance, which Eduard Hanslick gave positive reviews, turned out to be a great success.

1893: Sergei Rachmaninov

• 1893 : The opera Aleko by Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninow with the libretto by Vladimir Nemirowitsch-Danchenko , an adaptation of the poem Tsygany ( The Gypsies ) by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin , has its world premiere at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.

1898: Opening of the Vienna light rail

• 1898 : The Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I opens the Stadtbahn in Vienna , which at that time was still in steam operation. The building of late historicism and early art nouveau is one of the main works of the architect Otto Wagner .
• 1903 : Almost 30 years after the death of the composer Josef Strauss , the operetta Frühlingsluft , based on his music, is premiered in the Venice Summer Theater in Vienna in the Vienna Prater .
• 1957 : The world premiere of the comic opera Der Revisor by Werner Egk based on the comedy of the same name by Nikolai Gogol takes place in the Rococo theater in Schwetzingen as part of the local festival.
• 1957 : The opera The Visitors by Carlos Chávez Ramírez premieres at Columbia University in New York.
• 1958 : Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Vertigo, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, premieres in San Francisco . The film receives mixed reviews.
• 1965 : The Russian-American pianist Vladimir Horowitz celebrates a sensational comeback at Carnegie Hall in New York after a 12-year absence from the stage

society

1671: The Crown Jewels (engraving from 1814)

• 1671 : The English adventurer Thomas Blood tries with three accomplices to steal the crown jewels from the Tower of London . They manage to overpower the steward, but are caught before they escape. They are later pardoned by King Charles II , who is impressed by their courage.
• 1980 : In and near the California town of Norco it comes to shootouts between heavily armed bank robbers and police, and a police officer and two of the perpetrators killed and eight policemen were wounded.
• 2006 : Armin Meiwes , who became known as the “cannibal of Rotenburg”, is sentenced to life imprisonment by the regional court after a renegotiation for murder and disturbance of the peace of the dead .

religion

569: Mosaic of the Apollinaris of Ravenna in Sant'Apollinare

• 0549 : Bishop Maximianus of Ravenna inaugurates the church of Sant'Apollinare in Classe near Ravenna , which is known for its wall mosaics .
• 1087 : The bones of St. Nicholas of Myra arrive in Bari . Italian merchants transported them from Myra after the Seljuks conquered Lycia .
• 1087 : Viktor III. is enthroned as Pope almost a year after being elected against his will and after overcoming his own reluctance.
• 1959 : The foundation stone is laid in Berlin for the new Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church . The sacred building is based on plans by the architect Egon Eiermann .
• 1985 : The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith imposes a year of “penitential silence” on Leonardo Boff , one of the main exponents of liberation theology .

nature and environment

1869: Franz Senn

1869: Johann Stüdl

• 1869 : Dissatisfied members of the Austrian Alpine Club led by Franz Senn and Johann Stüdl found the educated mountaineering club in Munich , from which the German Alpine Club ( DAV ) later developed. The purpose of the association is to support the tourist development of the Alps not only morally and academically, but actively, for example by building huts and paths.

Disasters

• 1877 : 2541 people are killed in the Iquique earthquake and the subsequent tsunami. Most of the victims in Chile are in the region of Iquique and in neighboring Peru. But the effects can be felt as far as Hawaii and Japan.
• 1934 : One of the worst dust storms in history occurs in the Dust Bowl in the American Midwest, lasting two days. The dust reaches Chicago on the same day, where several million tons of dust fall, and the American east coast the following day. The following winter, New England fell in red snow. The economic existence of thousands of farming families is suddenly threatened by the storm.
• 1987 : An Ilyushin Il-62 charter aircraft of the Polish LOT crashes less than an hour after taking off from Warsaw . 183 people die.
• 2001 : During the soccer game between the two Ghanaian clubs Hearts of Oak SC and Asante Kotoko SC in Accra , there is a panic in the soccer stadium. 126 people are killed.
• 2012 : All 45 occupants are killed when a Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashes during a demonstration flight in Indonesia.

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

Sports

• 1905 : In Reutlingen sports club is FC Arminia Reutlingen in 1905 founded the later from the SSV Reutlingen 05 will develop.

1956: Manaslu

• 1956 : A Japanese expedition under Maki Yūkō succeeds in the first ascent of Manaslu in Nepal, the eighth highest mountain in the world , over the northeast flank .
• 1964 : 1. FC Köln becomes the first German champion in the newly founded German Bundesliga .
• 1990 : The GDR women's national soccer team plays its only international match that is lost 3-0 to the national soccer team of Czechoslovakia in the Karl Liebknecht Stadium in Potsdam-Babelsberg in front of around 800 spectators.
• 1998 : 1. FC Kaiserslautern with trainer Otto Rehhagel becomes German champions as the first promoted team in the history of the Bundesliga .
• 2011 : The professional cyclist Wouter Weylandt (Belgium / Leopard Trek) dies after falling in a descent on the third stage of the Giro d'Italia near Rapallo. He is the fourth professional cyclist to die in the history of the tour.

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

Born

Before the 18th century

Minamoto no Yoritomo (* 1147)

• 1147 : Minamoto no Yoritomo , first Shogun in Japan
• 1151 : al-ʿĀdid , Caliph of the Fatimids
• 1385 : John I of Valois , first Duke of Alençon
• 1427 : Françoise d'Amboise , Duchess of Brittany
• 1567 : Johann Georg I , ruling Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
• 1594 : Ludwig Heinrich , Count or Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg
• 1596 : Abraham van Diepenbeeck , Dutch painter
• 1610 : Johann Michael Fehr , German doctor
• 1635 : August , Duke of Schleswig
• 1650 : Johann Martin Veith , Swiss painter
• 1652 : Johann Baptist Röschel , Hungarian physicist and Lutheran theologian
• 1682 : Johannes Ens , Dutch Reformed theologian
• 1685 : Georg Sebastian Urlaub , Franconian painter
• 1696 : Peter Heel , German sculptor
• 1699 : Gregorio Mayans y Siscar , Spanish lawyer, historian, philologist, Romance scholar and Hispanist

18th century

• 1740 : Giovanni Paisiello , Italian composer

Theodore Sedgwick (* 1746)

• 1744 : Anton Höhne , German-Bohemian builder, architect and entrepreneur
• 1746 : Gaspard Monge , French mathematician and physicist
• 1746 : Theodore Sedgwick , American politician, Senator from Massachusetts, Speaker of the House of Representatives
• 1747 : Ferdinand Anton von Ahlefeldt , Danish diplomat
• 1751 : Jakob Friedrich von Abel , German philosopher
• 1752 : Johann Anton Leisewitz , German author, lawyer and writer
• 1760 : Johannes Walch , German clergyman and educator
• 1763 : János Batsányi , Hungarian poet
• 1775 : Heinrich Karl Ludwig Bardeleben , German lawyer and politician
• 1781 : Friedrich Adolph August Struve , German doctor and pharmacist
• 1784 : Georg von Oldenburg , Duke of Oldenburg
• 1785 : James Pollard Espy , American meteorologist
• 1793 : Johannes Cornelis de Jonge , Dutch historian
• 1796 : August Friedrich Pauly , classical philologist
• 1796 : Joseph Meyer , German publisher
• 1800 : John Brown , American radical abolitionist

19th century

1801-1850

• 1803 : António Bernardo da Costa Cabral , Portuguese politician
• 1808 : John Scott Russell , British shipbuilder
• 1808 : Carlo Sacconi , Italian cardinal to the curia

Marianne of Orange-Nassau (* 1810)

• 1810 : Marianne von Oranien-Nassau , Princess of Prussia
• 1813 : Gustav Blaeser , German sculptor
• 1814 : Adolf Henselt , German composer and piano virtuoso
• 1819 : Joseph Völk , German politician and lawyer
• 1823 : Frederick Weld , Prime Minister of New Zealand and Governor of three British colonies
• 1825 : Peregrin Obdržálek , Czech priest, author of religious literature
• 1826 : Ulrich von Behr-Negendank , Prussian politician
• 1826 : Oscar Berger-Levrault , French philatelist
• 1828 : Andrew Murray , South African pastor and writer of Scottish descent
• 1831 : Jakob Pallenberg , German furniture manufacturer and art patron
• 1834 : Justus Hermann Lipsius , German classical philologist
• 1837 : Maria Mazzarello , Italian religious, co-founder of the Don Bosco sisters

Adam Opel (* 1837)

• 1837 : Adam Opel , German entrepreneur and industrialist, founder of the Opel company
• 1840 : Cesare Maccari , Italian painter and sculptor
• 1841 : Emma Laddey , German actress and writer
• 1843 : Emil Hartwich , German lawyer and sports educator
• 1843 : Hermann Hitzig , Swiss classical philologist
• 1843 : Anton von Werner , German history painter, main representative of Wilhelminism
• 1845 : Gustav de Laval , Franco-Swedish engineer
• 1846 : Nikolai Feopemptowitsch Solowjow , Russian composer and music teacher
• 1849 : Friedrich Freudenthal , German native writer
• 1849 : Theodor Leutwein , governor of German South West Africa

1851-1900

Julius Roentgen (* 1855)

• 1855 : Julius Röntgen , German-Dutch composer and pianist
• 1857 : Sidney Kidman , Australian businessman
• 1858 : Natalie Bauer-Lechner , Austrian violist
• 1859 : Richard Mandl , Austrian composer
• 1860 : JM Barrie , British novelist and playwright from Scotland ( Peter Pan )
• 1861 : Anna Pappritz , German writer and women's rights activist
• 1863 : Hermann Hidding , German sculptor
• 1864 : Emmett Lundy , American old-time musician
• 1864 : Richard Schumann , German-Austrian astronomer
• 1865 : Leonhard Bauer , German missionary teacher, pioneer of Arabic dialectology
• 1865 : August de Boeck , Belgian composer and organist
• 1865 : Kalle Løchen , Norwegian painter and actor
• 1866 : Léon Bakst , Russian-French painter and stage designer

Hans Baluschek (* 1870)

• 1870 : Hans Baluschek , German painter, graphic artist and writer
• 1874 : Howard Carter , British archaeologist
• 1875 : Leopold Andrian , Austrian poet, writer and diplomat
• 1875 : Friedrich Horn , German Protestant theologian
• 1875 : Ole Mørk Sandvik , Norwegian folk song collector, music researcher and teacher
• 1876 : Ernst Hardt , German writer
• 1877 : Ferdinand Abt , German sculptor
• 1877 : Charles Rothschild , British banker, entomologist and conservationist
• 1880 : Mihkel Lüdig , Estonian composer
• 1880 : Heinrich Schmiedeknecht , German architect
• 1881 : Hermann Aichele , German administrative officer

Karl Hanusch (* 1881)

• 1881 : Karl Hanusch , German painter and graphic artist
• 1882 : Edward Aloysius Mooney , Archbishop of Detroit and Cardinal
• 1882 : Jossele Rosenblatt , Ukrainian chasan and composer
• 1882 : Otto Soyka , Austrian journalist and writer
• 1882 : Richard Weissbach , German publisher
• 1883 : Armin Berg , Austrian cabaret artist
• 1883 : José Ortega y Gasset , Spanish philosopher, sociologist and essayist
• 1884 : Friedrich Krause-Osten , German painter
• 1885 : Wilhelmine Lübke , German politician, chairwoman of the maternal convalescence organization
• 1886 : Francis Biddle , American judge at the Nuremberg Trials
• 1886 : Edu Snethlage , Dutch football player
• 1887 : Francisco Alonso , Spanish composer
• 1887 : Erich Hylla , German educator
• 1887 : Jan Morávek , Czech historian and archivist
• 1887 : Fritz von Waldthausen , German banker
• 1888 : Francesco Baracca , Italian fighter pilot in the First World War
• 1891 : Fritz Heitmann , German organist
• 1891 : May Warden , British actress

Zita of Bourbon-Parma (* 1892)

• 1892 : Zita von Bourbon-Parma , last empress of Austria
• 1892 : Hans Domizlaff , German creator of well-known brands and branded articles
• 1892 : Hanna Klose-Greger , German writer, graphic artist and painter
• 1892 : Walter Zimmermann , German biologist and botanist
• 1893 : William Moulton Marston , American psychologist and comic book artist
• 1893 : Pitigrilli , Italian writer, journalist and legal scholar
• 1894 : Benjamin Graham , American economist and investor
• 1895 : Richard Barthelmess , American actor
• 1896 : Jacob Muyser , Catholic priest, religious and liturgical scholar
• 1897 : Clara Ege , German painter, sculptor and silk weaver
• 1900 : Theodor Zeller , German painter and graphic artist

20th century

1901-1925

• 1901 : Erik Olson , Swedish painter
• 1901 : Elmer Raguse , American sound engineer
• 1902 : Juan Santiago Garrido , Chilean composer and musicologist
• 1904 : Erwin van Aaken , German architect
• 1904 : Gregory Bateson , British-American anthropologist, social scientist, and cyberneticist
• 1904 : Pol Demeuter , Belgian motorcycle racer
• 1904 : David MacDonald , British film director
• 1904 : Grete Stern , German photographer and designer
• 1904 : Takeda Rintarō , Japanese writer
• 1905 : Lilí Álvarez , Spanish tennis player and journalist
• 1905 : Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg , German doctor
• 1906 : Otto Flath , wood sculptor and painter
• 1906 : Reinhard Cherubim , German chess player, journalist and official

Baldur von Schirach (* 1907)

• 1907 : Baldur von Schirach , German politician during National Socialism, Reich youth leader and war criminal
• 1908 : Basilio Mario Biucchi , Swiss politician and university professor
• 1908 : August-Martin Euler , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
• 1908 : Grete Boesel , guard in the Ravensbrück concentration camp
• 1908 : Siegfried Meurer , developer of the MAN M engine
• 1908 : Boris Roubakine , Canadian pianist and music teacher
• 1909 : Gordon Bunshaft , American architect
• 1909 : Kira Kirillowna Romanowa , Russian Grand Duchess, a Prussian princess by marriage
• 1909 : Hilde Levi , German-Danish physicist
• 1912 : Frank Seiboth , German politician
• 1912 : Pedro Armendáriz , Mexican actor
• 1912 : Lilly Kröhnert , German painter and sculptor
• 1914 : Carlo Maria Giulini , Italian conductor
• 1914 : Ángel E. Lasala , Argentine composer and pianist
• 1914 : Hank Snow , Canadian country singer
• 1914 : Josef Müller-Brockmann , Swiss graphic designer, typographer, author and teacher
• 1914 : Peter Wehle , Austrian composer, author and cabaret artist
• 1918 : Günter Ammon , German psychoanalyst

Orville Freeman (born 1918)

• 1918 : Orville Freeman , American politician
• 1918 : Mike Wallace , American journalist, newscaster, and correspondent
• 1920 : Cristóbal Humberto Ibarra , Salvadoran poet, narrator and essayist
• 1920 : Celia Sánchez , Cuban revolutionary and politician
• 1920 : Richard Adams , British writer
• 1921 : Daniel Berrigan , American Jesuit, writer and peace activist
• 1921 : Sophie Scholl , German student and resistance fighter ( White Rose )
• 1922 : Walter H. Hitzig , Swiss pediatrician and transplant doctor
• 1924 : Bulat Schalwowitsch Okudschawa , Russian poet and songwriter
• 1925 : Heimrad Bäcker , Austrian writer and editor

1926-1950

AC Reed (born 1926)

• 1926 : AC Reed , American blues saxophonist and singer
• 1927 : Hans Daiber , German journalist and author
• 1927 : Manfred Eigen , German bio and physical chemist
• 1927 : Carlos Piantini , Dominican violinist and conductor
• 1927 : Ferdinand Seibt , German historian
• 1927 : Wim Thoelke , German television presenter
• 1928 : Peter Ashcroft , British manager
• 1928 : Ralph Goings , American artist
• 1928 : Pancho Gonzales , American tennis player
• 1928 : Peter Merseburger , German journalist and author
• 1928 : Harry Rasky , Canadian documentary producer and director
• 1928 : Barbara Ann Scott , Canadian figure skater
• 1929 : Dieter Medicus , German legal scholar
• 1929 : Wolfgang Greß , economic functionary in the GDR
• 1929 : Kay Dotrice , British actress
• 1930 : Joan Sims , British actress
• 1931 : Knut Andersen , Norwegian film director, screenwriter, actor and film editor
• 1932 : Javier Ambrois , Uruguayan football player
• 1932 : Peter von Tramin , Austrian writer
• 1934 : Bengt Anlert , Swedish football player and coach
• 1934 : Björn Anlert , Swedish football player
• 1934 : Hans-Helmuth Knütter , German political scientist and extremism researcher

Wolf von Fabeck (* 1935)

• 1935 : Wolf von Fabeck , German solar activist
• 1935 : Halina Poświatowska , Polish poet
• 1936 : Albert Finney , British actor
• 1936 : Eugen Damm , Palatinate dialect poet
• 1936 : Terry Downes , English boxer
• 1936 : Glenda Jackson , British actress and politician
• 1936 : Ulrich Kienzle , German journalist
• 1937 : José Méndez , Spanish rower and sports official
• 1937 : Rafael Moneo , Spanish architect
• 1939 : Ion Țiriac , Romanian entrepreneur, ice hockey and tennis player
• 1939 : Pádraig Flynn , Irish politician
• 1939 : Pierre Desproges , French humorist and author
• 1939 : Ralph Boston , American athlete
• 1939 : Bruce Mather , Canadian composer
• 1940 : Klaus Aeffke , German rower
• 1940 : James L. Brooks , American film director and screenwriter
• 1940 : Dick Morrissey , British jazz musician
• 1941 : Rüdiger Bubner , German philosopher and professor of philosophy

John Ashcroft (born 1942)

• 1942 : John Ashcroft , US Attorney General
• 1942 : Cornel Chiriac , Romanian radio disc jockey
• 1942 : Tommy Roe , American musician
• 1943 : Emile Ardolino , American film director, film producer and stage actor
• 1943 : Ove Grahn , Swedish football player
• 1943 : Heinrich Traublinger , German politician
• 1944 : Veli Küçük , Turkish Brigadier General
• 1944 : Petra Roth , German politician, Lord Mayor of Frankfurt am Main
• 1944 : Tony Oberdörffer , German singer and composer
• 1945 : Gamal al-Ghitani , Egyptian author and journalist
• 1945 : Kenneth Dyba , Canadian writer and theater director
• 1945 : Jupp Heynckes , German football player and coach
• 1945 : Steve Katz , American musician
• 1946 : Emil Angehrn , Swiss philosopher
• 1946 : Erik Aurelius , Swedish bishop
• 1946 : Candice Bergen , American actress

Drafi German (* 1946)

• 1946 : Drafi Deutscher , German singer, composer and music producer
• 1947 : Florencio Aguilera , Spanish painter, art collector and music organizer
• 1947 : Yukiya Amano , Japanese diplomat
• 1947 : Peter Planyavsky , Austrian organist and composer
• 1947 : Steffi Stephan , German musician
• 1948 : Hans Georg Bock , German mathematician
• 1948 : Astrid Höfs , German politician
• 1948 : Tânia Maria , Brazilian pianist and songwriter

Billy Joel (born 1949)

• 1949 : Billy Joel , American singer and songwriter
• 1949 : Bob Margolin , American blues musician
• 1949 : Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara , Nigerien President
• 1949 : Oleg Jurjewitsch Atkow , Russian cosmonaut, cardiologist
• 1950 : Marcheline Bertrand , American actress
• 1950 : Luciano Spinosi , Italian football player

1951-1975

• 1951 : Marie Ault , British actress
• 1951 : Friedhelm Aust , German soccer player

Franz Dobusch (* 1951)

• 1951 : Franz Dobusch , Austrian politician, mayor of Linz
• 1951 : Christopher Dewdney , Canadian writer and poet
• 1951 : Alley Mills , American television actress
• 1952 : Dick Annegarn , Dutch singer, songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 : Zdeněk Nehoda , Czechoslovak soccer player and player advisor
• 1952 : Gerrit Zitterbart , German pianist and chamber musician
• 1953 : David Benoit , American jazz pianist
• 1953 : Benjamin WS Lum , American film actor
• 1953 : Johannes Singhammer , German politician
• 1953 : John Edwards , British bass player
• 1954 : Domenico Caso , Italian football player and coach
• 1954 : Barb Jungr , English singer
• 1955 : Michael Antenbrink , German politician
• 1955 : Helmut Bibl , Austrian guitarist
• 1955 : Anne Sofie von Otter , Swedish singer
• 1955 : Kevin Peter Hall , American actor

Frank Andersson (* 1956)

• 1956 : Frank Andersson , Swedish light heavyweight wrestler
• 1956 : Chris MacAllister , American racing car driver
• 1957 : Paolo Barzman , French-American director
• 1957 : Fulvio Collovati , Italian football player
• 1958 : Brad Budde , American football player
• 1959 : Fred Apke , German playwright and director
• 1959 : János Áder , Hungarian politician
• 1959 : Dennis Chambers , American drummer
• 1959 : Ulrich Matthes , German actor
• 1960 : Jon Klein , English guitarist
• 1961 : John Corbett , American actor

Dave Gahan (born 1962)

• 1962 : Dave Gahan , English singer ( Depeche Mode )
• 1962 : Paul Heaton , British musician
• 1963 : Dagmar Schmidt , German artist
• 1964 : Frank Pingel , Danish football player
• 1964 : Plamen Jurukow , Bulgarian politician
• 1965 : Ghadah Al-Akel , German actress and voice actress
• 1965 : Shanar Aichanova , Kazakh politician
• 1965 : Marcus Kretzer , German pianist and piano teacher
• 1965 : Steve Yzerman , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 : Małgorzata Chodakowska , Polish sculptor
• 1967 : Nataša Bokal , Slovenian ski racer
• 1968 : Harada Masahiko , Japanese ski jumper

Hardy Krüger junior (* 1968)

• 1968 : Hardy Krüger Jr. , German actor
• 1968 : Hendrik Martz , German actor
• 1968 : Marie-José Pérec , French athlete
• 1968 : Anthony Wilson , American jazz guitarist, band leader and composer
• 1969 : Jelena Leonidowna Andrejewa , Russian athlete
• 1969 : Hudson Leick , American actress and model
• 1970 : Amber , German-Dutch singer
• 1970 : Doug Christie , American basketball player
• 1970 : Ghostface Killah , American rapper
• 1970 : Sybille Waury , German actress

Tommy Krappweis (* 1972)

• 1972 : Lisa Ann , American porn actress
• 1972 : Tommy Krappweis , German writer and director
• 1972 : Dana Perino , American television commentator and former White House press secretary
• 1972 : Anna-Louise Plowman , American actress
• 1973 : Roland Assinger , Austrian ski racer and trainer
• 1973 : Tegla Loroupe , Kenyan athlete
• 1973 : Amir Katz , Israeli pianist
• 1974 : Georgij Alexandrowitsch Makazaria , Austrian musician and actor
• 1975 : Andrea Huber , Swiss cross-country skier
• 1975 : Ryan Vikedal , Canadian drummer
• 1975 : Tamia , Canadian R&B singer

1976-2000

Nazan Eckes (* 1976)

• 1976 : Nazan Eckes , German-Turkish television presenter
• 1976 : Ásthildur Helgadóttir , Icelandic football player
• 1976 : Jeff Simmons , American racing driver
• 1977 : Marek Jankulovski , Czech football player
• 1977 : Iñigo Landaluze , Spanish cyclist
• 1977 : Kami Manns , German director, actress, singer and dancer
• 1978 : Bebe , Spanish singer and actress
• 1978 : Leandro Cufré , Argentine soccer player
• 1978 : Joscha Sauer , German cartoonist
• 1979 : Andrew WK , American rock musician
• 1979 : Jan Drees , German writer
• 1979 : Rosario Dawson , American actress
• 1979 : Rubens Bertogliati , Swiss cyclist
• 1979 : Pierre Bouvier , French-Canadian musician
• 1980 : Gerrie Eijlers , Dutch handball player

Carolin Kebekus (* 1980)

• 1980 : Carolin Kebekus , German cabaret artist
• 1980 : Grant Hackett , Australian swimmer
• 1980 : Nicolae Dică , Romanian football player
• 1982 : Martin Andersson , Swedish football player
• 1982 : Rachel Boston , American actress
• 1982 : Kim Jung-woo , South Korean soccer player
• 1982 : Daniela Schulz , German actress
• 1983 : Gilles Müller , Luxembourg tennis player
• 1983 : Dawaun Parker , American hip hop producer
• 1983 : Leandro Rinaudo , Italian football player

Sven-Sören Christophersen (* 1985)

• 1985 : Sven-Sören Christophersen , German handball player
• 1985 : Audrina Patridge , American reality TV actress and actress
• 1986 : Maya Antic , German actress and figure skater
• 1986 : Ludovic Clemente , Andorran football player
• 1986 : Grace Gummer , American actress
• 1986 : Helgi Schmid , German actor
• 1987 : Kevin Gameiro , French soccer player of Portuguese descent
• 1988 : Jacob Fritsch , German handball player
• 1988 : Roland Schreglmann , German actor
• 1989 : Ellen White , English soccer player
• 1990 : Fanndís Friðriksdóttir , Icelandic football player
• 1990 : Johannes Firn , German Nordic combined athlete
• 1990 : Jennifer Hermoso , Spanish soccer player
• 1991 : Ivan Lukashevich , Russian racing driver
• 1993 : Mustafa Zazai , German-Afghan soccer player
• 1994 : Marvin Egho , Austrian soccer player
• 1994 : Vittorio Ghirelli , Italian racing driver
• 1996 : Diana Mironova , Russian billiards player

21st century

• 2002 : Isabel Marie Gose , German swimming champion

Died

Before the 16th century

• 0729 : Osric , King of Northumbria
• 0909 : Adalgar , saint and archbishop of Bremen and Hamburg
• 1204 : Agnes , Countess Palatine
• 1247 : Richard de Bures , Grand Master of the Templar Order
• 1280 : Magnus Lagabætir , King of Norway
• 1282 : Volkmar , Benedictine monk and abbot of the Niederaltaich monastery
• 1315 : Hugo V , Duke of Burgundy and titular ruler of the Kingdom of Thessaloniki
• 1329 : John Droxford , English minister and clergyman
• 1382 : Margaret of France , Countess of Flanders, Countess of Artois and Free Countess of Burgundy
• 1403 : Gregor Schenk von Osterwitz , Archbishop of Salzburg
• 1443 : Niccolò Albergati , Italian diplomat, cardinal
• 1446 : Maria d'Enghien , Countess of Lecce, Queen of Naples, Titular Queen of Sicily, Jerusalem and Hungary, Princess of Taranto
• 1474 : Peter von Hagenbach , Burgundian Vogt in Alsace / Breisgau (executed)
• 1480 : Johann , Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
• 1488 : Friedrich I , Duke of Liegnitz and Brieg

16th to 18th century

• 1519 : Jodocus Trutfetter , German Catholic theologian, logician, rhetorician and philosopher
• 1529 : Hieronymus Holzschuher , Nuremberg patrician
• 1548 : Augustin Schurff , German physicist and medic
• 1552 : Marcantonio Michiel , Venetian nobleman and art collector
• 1589 : Paulo Dias de Novais , Portuguese explorer

Charles I. de Bourbon († 1590)

• 1590 : Charles I of Bourbon , cardinal, archbishop of Rouen and papal legate of Avignon
• 1595 : Johann Friedrich II. , Prince of the Ernestine line of the Wettins, Duke of Saxony
• 1618 : Nicolò Donà , 93rd Doge of Venice
• 1630 : Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné , French nobleman and military man
• 1638 : Friedrich I , founder of the noble family Hessen-Homburg
• 1640 : Peter Theodoricus , German legal scholar
• 1655 : Karl Ferdinand Wasa , Duke of Opole and Ratibor, Prince-Bishop of Breslau
• 1688 : Friedrich Wilhelm , the "great elector" of Brandenburg
• 1703 : François Blondel , Flemish spa doctor
• 1707 : Dieterich Buxtehude , Danish-German organist and composer
• 1707 : Johann Eisenhart , German legal scholar
• 1725 : Johann Hinna , German spiritual writer and founder of a Rosary and Xaveri Society
• 1731 : Johann Cyriak Hackhofer , Austrian painter
• 1741 : José de Santiago Concha , Spanish lawyer and governor of Chile
• 1745 : Tomaso Antonio Vitali , Italian violinist and composer
• 1747 : John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair , Scottish soldier and diplomat
• 1751 : Christian Ludwig Hermann , German builder and architect
• 1756 : Auguste , Princess of Dargun
• 1760 : Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf , German Lutheran-Pietist theologian and poet, founder of the Moravian Brethren
• 1775 : Vittoria Tesi , Italian opera singer (* 1701 )
• 1790 : Johann Friedrich Brandis , German lawyer and university professor

19th century

Friedrich Schiller († 1805)

• 1805 : Friedrich Schiller , German poet, playwright and historian
• 1806 : Eiler Christopher von Ahlefeldt , German-Danish bailiff
• 1822 : Johann Peter Bachem , German publisher
• 1823 : Johann Nicolaus Apel , German author, doctor of philosophy, natural scientist, designer and politician
• 1827 : Burkhard Friedrich Mauchart , German mayor and member of parliament
• 1829 : Johann Michael von Seuffert , German lawyer and politician
• 1834 : Johann Conrad Kopstadt , German politician
• 1836 : Caleb P. Bennett , American politician
• 1844 : Ludwig von Borstell , Prussian general
• 1849 : Wilhelm Adolph Haußner , doctor and city councilor in Pirna
• 1850 : Theodor Wilhelm Danzel , German literary historian

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac († 1850)

• 1850 : Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac , French chemist and physicist
• 1858 : Adolf Spieß , German sports educator
• 1861 : Ernst von Lasaulx , German philosopher and philologist
• 1862 : Antoine Jean-Louis Galland , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
• 1862 : Theodor Bilharz , German physician and natural scientist
• 1864 : John Sedgwick , American general of the Northern States
• 1865 : Alwin Aschenborn , German lawyer and district administrator
• 1879 : Karolina Gerhardinger , German nun and founder of the congregation
• 1880 : Hermann Berens , German pianist and composer
• 1894 : Friedrich Alexander von Bismarck-Bohlen , Prussian general
• 1899 : Carl Brockhaus , German elementary school teacher, free church member and personality of the Brethren movement

20th century

1901-1950

• 1902 : Julius Grosse , German writer
• 1906 : Fritz Stavenhagen , German playwright
• 1909 : Augusta Jane Evans Wilson , American writer

Margarete Steiff († 1909)

• 1909 : Margarete Steiff , founder of the Steiff toy factory
• 1913 : Evald Rygh , Norwegian Minister of Finance
• 1915 : Anthony Wilding , New Zealand tennis player
• 1915 : François Faber , Luxembourg cyclist
• 1920 : Iwano Hōmei , Japanese writer, literary critic and translator
• 1929 : Gustave Schlumberger , French historian, Byzantinist and numismatist
• 1931 : Albert Abraham Michelson , American physicist
• 1937 : Walter Mittelholzer , Swiss aviation pioneer
• 1941 : Gregor Pinke , resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
• 1944 : Friedrich Koepp , German classical philologist and archaeologist
• 1945 : Fritz Fink , German writer, bookseller and local history researcher
• 1945 : Walter Frank , German historian, anti-Semite and National Socialist, President of the Reich Institute for the History of New Germany
• 1949 : Louis II , Prince of Monaco

1951-2000

• 1951 : Leo Bosschart , Dutch football player
• 1952 : Kurt Beyer , German civil engineer and professor

Canada Lee († 1952)

• 1952 : Canada Lee , American boxer, actor, and civil rights activist
• 1957 : Heinrich Campendonk , German painter and graphic artist
• 1960 : Reinhold Artmann , German politician
• 1962 : Raoul Duquette , Canadian cellist and music teacher
• 1963 : Charles Vyner Brooke , third and last of the white Rajas of Sarawak
• 1963 : Arthur Winkler-Hermaden , Austrian geologist
• 1965 : Leopold Figl , Austrian Federal Chancellor
• 1966 : Alfred Mendelsohn , Romanian composer
• 1967 : Oskar Hergt , German politician
• 1967 : Philippa Schuyler , American pianist, journalist and author
• 1968 : Mercedes de Acosta , American writer and fashion designer
• 1968 : Harold Gray , American comic book artist
• 1968 : Albert Lewin , American film director, screenwriter and producer
• 1968 : Erich Meyer , German politician
• 1969 : Josef Jonsson , Swedish composer
• 1970 : Franz Etzel , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister of Finance
• 1972 : Richard Wolf , German military man
• 1973 : Käte Schaller-Härlin , German portrait painter
• 1973 : Mark Wessel , American composer, pianist and music teacher
• 1974 : Lyubomir Pipkow , Bulgarian composer
• 1975 : Antonio Vojak , Italian football player and coach
• 1976 : Valentino Bucchi , Italian composer
• 1976 : Floyd Council , American blues musician

Ulrike Meinhof († 1976)

• 1976 : Ulrike Meinhof , German journalist, founding and leading member of the Red Army Faction (RAF)
• 1977 : Knud Ahlborn , German personalities of the early youth movement
• 1977 : Edmond Grin , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
• 1977 : Walter Wilhelm Johann Kraft , German organist and composer
• 1977 : James Jones , American writer
• 1978 : Aldo Moro , Italian politician
• 1978 : Willy Wobst , German forester and chairman of the working group natural
• 1978 : George Maciunas , American artist
• 1980 : Joseph Breitbach , German writer and literary prize donor
• 1981 : Nelson Algren , American writer
• 1981 : Fritz Umgelter , German film and television director
• 1986 : Tenzing Norgay , Nepalese-Indian mountaineer, first to climb Mount Everest
• 1988 : Georg Moser , Bishop of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese
• 1988 : Robert A. Heinlein , American science fiction writer
• 1989 : Heinz Moog , Austrian actor
• 1992 : Keith Bissell , Canadian composer, conductor and music teacher
• 1992 : Stanisław Wygodzki , Polish-Jewish writer and translator
• 1994 : Anni Albers , German-American textile artist
• 1994 : Heinz-Werner Meyer , German trade unionist, DGB chairman
• 1995 : Rudi Schippel , Austrian actor
• 1998 : Alice Faye , American actress and singer
• 1998 : Michaël Paquay , Belgian motorcycle racer
• 1999 : Edward Abraham , British biochemist
• 1999 : Harry Blech , British conductor and violinist
• 1999 : Jürgen Fuchs , German civil rights activist and writer

21st century

• 2001 : Nikos Sampson , Cypriot politician, President of the Republic of Cyprus
• 2002 : Leon Stein , American composer
• 2002 : Philippe Verellen , Belgian racing driver
• 2003 : Walter Koschatzky , Austrian art historian

Akhmat Abdulchamidowitsch Kadyrov († 2004)

• 2004 : Akhmat Abdulchamidowitsch Kadyrov , President of the Chechen Republic
• 2004 : Alan King , American actor
• 2004 : Percy Young , British music writer and composer
• 2005 : Kurt Brumme , German sports reporter
• 2006 : Günther Kratsch , German defense chief of the Ministry for State Security
• 2008 : Nuala O'Faolain , Irish journalist and writer
• 2009 : Chuck Daly , American basketball coach
• 2010 : Lena Horne , American singer and actress
• 2011 : Wouter Weylandt , Belgian cyclist
• 2012 : Vidal Sassoon , British hairdresser and entrepreneur
• 2013 : Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Shannon , British politician
• 2014 : Hugo Ernst Buyer , German writer
• 2014 : Mamoru Nishida , Japanese politician
• 2015 : Kenan Evren , Turkish military and politician
• 2015 : Odo Marquard , German philosopher
• 2016 : Walther Leisler Kiep , German politician
• 2017 : Ronald Atkey , Canadian lawyer, university professor and politician

Robert Miles († 2017)

• 2017 : Robert Miles , Italian musician
• 2017 : Michael Parks , American actor
• 2018 : Elizabeth Chase , South African-Zimbabwean hockey player
• 2018 : Per Kirkeby , Danish visual artist
• 2018 : Dieter Kunzelmann , German political activist
• 2019 : Emilianos , Greek monk and founder of the monastery
• 2019 : Freddie Starr , British comedian
• 2020 : Pascal FEOS , German disc jockey and music producer
• 2020 : Little Richard , American musician

Holidays and memorial days

• Church memorial days
  • Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf , German bishop (Protestant: EKD and ELCA )
  • Job , Israelite sufferer (Evangelical: LC-MS )

• State holidays and memorial days
  • Ukraine , Russia , Belarus , Montenegro , Armenia , Kazakhstan , Georgia (since 1965), Israel : Victory Day

• Commemoration days of international organizations
  • Europe Day ( European Union ) (since 1986)

The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .

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