Today in Germany History (Part 18)
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Historical Events
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1998-06-03 - Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths.
1998-06-14 - World Bowl in Frankfurt Germany
1999-02-24 - The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national involved in an armed robbery, in spite of Germany's legal action to attempt to save him.
1999-04-19 - The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
2000-02-04 - German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines.
2000-10-07 - The last ever competitive match at Wembley Stadium is a 1-0 defeat of England to Germany and the last goal was scored by Liverpool's Dietmar Hammann. The match was Tony Adams' 60th at Wembley setting the record for most appearances at the stadium.
2002-04-26 - Robert Steinhäuser infiltrates and kills 17 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt,Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
2002-07-01 - A Bashkirian Airlines (flight 2937) Tupolev TU-154 and a DHL (German cargo) Boeing 757 collide in mid-air over Ueberlingen, southern Germany, killing 71.
2003-07-02 - Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy, insults German MP Martin Schulz by calling him a "kapo" during a session of the European Parliament.
2005-10-10 - Negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD in Germany had concluded that both parties would form a grand coaltion with Angela Merkel of the CDU as chancellor after both parties lost seats in the 2005 German federal election. She was subsequently elected in the Bundestag as chancellor on November 22 of the same year.
2005-11-22 - Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
2006-01-12 - The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany declare that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have reached a dead end and recommend that Iran be referred to the United Nations Security Council.
2006-07-27 - The Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of Bashkirian 2937 and DHL Flight 611, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance.
2006-09-22 - A German maglev train crashes, killing 23.
2007-01-18 - The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people, Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill, causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. Other losses include the Container Ship MSC Napoli destroyed by the storm off the coast of Devon, England.
2007-09-05 - Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
Famous Birthdays
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1921-05-12 - Joseph Beuys, Germany, avant-garde painter/politician
1921-05-28 - Heinz G. Konsalik, German author (d. 1999)
1921-07-07 - Adolf von Thadden, German politician (d. 1996)
1921-07-23 - Heinz Bennent, Aachen Germany, Actor (Possession)
1921-09-08 - Hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer (Ophelia)
1922-03-18 - Egon Bahr, German journalist/politician
1922-03-30 - German Germanovich Galinin, composer
1922-04-19 - Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot (downed 352 Russian aircrafts)
1922-08-15 - Lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie)
1922-09-14 - Michel Auclair, [Vujovic], Germany, actor (Story of a Love Story)
1922-10-02 - Wolfhart U Pannenberg, German theologist (Gingham Girl)
1922-10-28 - Gershon Kingsley, German composer
1922-12-08 - Lucian Freud, Berlin German, artist (Boy With a Rat)
1923-01-08 - Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American author and computer scientist (d. 2008)
1923-01-19 - Markus Wolf, German spy (d. 2006)
1923-03-11 - Morschi Mirando, [Thomas Weiss], German/Dutch gypsy artist
1923-03-26 - Gert Bastian, German politician (d. 1992)
1923-05-26 - Horst Tapper, German director/actor (Derrick)
1923-10-05 - Stig H Dagerman, Swedish writer (Burned Child)
1923-10-22 - Bert Trautmann, German former footballer
1923-11-12 - Vicco von Bülow, German film director
1924-03-15 - Walter Gotell, German actor (d. 1997)
1924-04-08 - Frédéric Back, German-born Canadian short film director and screenwriter
1924-05-05 - Theo Olof, German/Neth violinist/prodigy/concert master
1924-05-15 - Maria Koepcke, German ornithologist (d. 1971)
1924-06-20 - Rainer Barzel, German leader (CDU-CSU)/minister
1924-10-15 - Marguerite Andersen, German writer
1924-10-30 - Hannelore Weygrand, German FR, equestrian dressage (Oly-silver-1956)
1925-01-08 - Helmuth Hubener, German activist (d. 1942)
1925-01-13 - Rosemary Murphy, Munich Germany, actress (Margaret-Lucas Tanner)
1925-02-04 - Russell Hoban, US children's book author (Riddley Walker/Pilgermann)
1925-02-09 - Burkhard Heim, German physicist (d. 2001)
1925-02-17 - Fritz Behrendt, German/Dutch cartoon character (The Slogan)
1925-02-20 - Heinz Kluncker, German trade union leader
1925-02-22 - Gerard Hoffnung, Berlin Germany, artist/humorist/musician
1925-03-16 - Cornell Borchers, Germany, actress (Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul)
1925-05-04 - Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet (Capricorn)
1925-05-28 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Zehlendorf Germany, baritone (Doktor Faust)
1925-11-03 - Dieter Wellershoff, German author (Minotaur)
1925-12-25 - Ossi Reichert, German FR, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1956)
1925-12-28 - Hildegarde Neff, Ulm Germany, actress (Touch of Class, Mozambique)
1925-12-28 - Hildegard Knef, German actress (d. 2002)
1926-02-03 - Hans-Jochen Vogel, leader of West Germany's Social Democrats (SPD)
1926-03-17 - Siegfried Lenz, German writer (Ein Kriegsende)
1926-03-30 - Werner Torkanowsky, Berlin Germany, conductor (New Orleans Symph)
1926-04-08 - Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian
1926-04-18 - Gunter Meisner, Germany, actor (Between Wars, Quiller Memorandum)
1926-04-26 - Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (d. 2003)
1926-06-06 - Klaus Tennstedt, Merseburg Germany, conductor (Fidelio)
1926-07-01 - Carl Hahn, German automotive executive
1926-07-24 - Hans-Gunther Winkler, Germany, equestrian jumper (Olympic-gold-1956)
1926-09-07 - Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
1926-09-25 - John Ericson, Dusseldorf Germany, actor (Sam Bolt-Honey West)
1926-10-12 - Hans Liebold, Germany, auto racer (Nardo, Italy)
1926-10-20 - Ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956)
1926-12-03 - Hans Otte, German composer/pianist
1926-12-20 - Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German politician
1927-02-02 - Friedrich K Flick, German industrialist
1927-02-10 - Jakov Lind, German/British author (Counting My Footsteps)
1927-03-10 - Paul Wunderlich, German lithographer/painter/sculptor
1927-03-16 - Karlheinz Boehm, Germany, actor (Face of Fear, Peeping Tom, Unnatural)
1927-03-21 - Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German minister of Foreign affairs (FDP)
1927-04-16 - Joseph Ratzinger, German theologist/dogmaticus
1927-05-07 - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German screenwriter
1927-05-09 - Manfred Eigen, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1967)
1927-06-17 - Martin Böttcher, German conductor
1927-07-18 - Kurt Masur, German actor (Hotel Deutschland)
1927-08-27 - Liselott Linsenhoff, German FR, equestrian (Olympic-gold-1972)
1927-10-16 - Günter Grass, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate
1928-01-27 - Hans Modrow, a German politician, premier of East Germany
1928-03-16 - Christa Ludwig, Berlin Germany, soprano (Vienna State Opera)
1928-03-21 - Peter Hacks, German playwright (Tie Windloch)
1928-03-28 - Alexander Grothendieck, German mathematician
1928-04-12 - Hardy Krüger, German actor
1928-05-04 - Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (d. 1961)
1928-06-04 - Ruth Westheimer, Germany, sex therapist (WYNY-FM)
1928-10-02 - Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologian
1928-10-27 - Stefan Wewerka, German architect/sculptor
1928-11-20 - Rex Reason, Berlin Germany, actor (Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s)
1929-01-31 - Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist, Nobel laureate
1929-03-18 - Christa Wolf, German novelist (Divided Heaven)
1929-03-20 - Germán Robles, Spanish actor
1929-04-06 - Andre Previn, Berlin Germany, conductor (London Symphony)/pianist
1929-06-10 - Harald Juhnke, Berlin Germany, actor (Guitars of Love)
1929-06-18 - Jorgen Habermans, German sociologist (Frankfurter Schule)
1929-07-11 - Hermann Prey, German baritone (d. 1998)
1929-08-06 - Anneliese Kuppers, German FR, equestrian dressage (Oly-silver-1956)
1929-08-16 - Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)
1929-09-08 - Christoph von Dohnanyi, German conductor
1929-11-16 - Renate Rubinstein, [Tamar], German/Ned's author/columnist (Tamar)
1929-12-03 - Werner Rackwitz, German musicologist (Handel-Renaissance)
1929-12-06 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German conductor
1930-02-23 - Harry Boldt, German Fed Rep, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1976)
1930-03-03 - Heiner Geißler, German politician
1930-03-14 - Dieter Schnebel, German vicar/composer
1930-04-03 - Helmut Kohl, chancellor (Germany, 1982- )
1930-05-07 - Horst Bienek, German poet
1930-05-23 - Friedrich Achleitner, German poet
1930-06-08 - Robert Aumann, German-born Israeli mathematician; Nobel laureate
1930-07-03 - Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor (Bavarian State Orch 1968)
Famous Deaths
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