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2011 Event - Helle Thorning-Schmidt introduces the new coalition government, officially becoming Denmark's 41st and first female Prime Minister

2011 Event - After 300 years in Sweden, the oldest copy of Codex Holmiensis, dating from 1280, is returned to Denmark

2008 Birthday - Prince Aristide Stavros of Greece and Denmark, born in Los Angeles, California

1994 Event - Rasmussen government in Denmark, resigns

1994 Event - In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds, made

1992 Event - Denmark upsets German 2-0, to win European Soccer championship

1991 Event - Norway and Denmark recognize independence of former U.S.S.R. Baltic reps

1982 Event - Jorgensen government in Denmark resigns

1973 Event - 74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark)

1973 Birthday - Mark Larsen, born in Denmark, jockey, rode "Vetrotex" to victory in his first Danish Derby, son of Ole Larsen

1973 Birthday - Kenneth Carlsen, Denmark, tennis star

1973 Event - Britain, Ireland and Denmark become 7th - 9th members of Common Market

1972 Death - Frederik IX, Christiaan FFMKW, king of Denmark (1947-72), dies at 72

1971 Event - Curt Flood resigns Senators after 13 games and departs for Denmark

1970 Event - Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship

1968 Birthday - Helena Christensen, Copenhagen Denmark, model/actress, Inferno

1968 Birthday - Helle Michaelsen, Alborg Denmark, playmate, Aug, 1988

1968 Death - Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61

1968 Birthday - Frederik, Heir Apparent Crown Prince of Denmark

1968 Birthday - Malika Mahfoud, Copenhagen Denmark, golfer, Gippsland Ladies Amateur

1967 Birthday - Karina Orum, Denmark, golfer, Scandinavian champion 1989

1967 Event - Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark apply for Common Market membership

1966 Birthday - Tine Scheuer-Larsen, Denmark, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Katrine Michaelsen, Gentokte Denmark, Miss Denmark, 1984

1964 Birthday - Soren Henriksen, Denmark cricket all-rounder, 86-94 ICC, Lancs 85-86

1964 Event - Jens Otto Krag forms minority government in Denmark

1964 Event - Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark

1962 Birthday - Thomas Mork, Denmark, actor, Krystalbarnet, Bryggeren

1962 Birthday - Brigitte Nielsen, born in Eisinore, Denmark, actress, Red Sonja, Rocky IV

1961 Birthday - Merete Van Kemp, Denmark, actress, Grace-Dallas, Princess Daisy

1961 Birthday - Mike Tramp, Denmark, heavy metal rocker, White Lion-Mane Attraction

1958 Death - Jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87

1958 Birthday - Ole Mortensen, cricketer, pace bowler for Derbyshire and Denmark

1955 Event - HC Hansen appointed premier of Denmark

1955 Death - Hans Hedtoft, premier of Denmark (1947.. 55), dies at 51

1953 Event - Denmark adopts a new constitution

1952 Birthday - Hans Abrahamsen, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, musician, played French horn, studied at Royal Danish Academy of Music, compositions employ New Simplicity style

1949 Event - Team Canada beats Denmark 47-0 in hockey

1948 Event - Radio Denmark begins transmitting

1947 Event - Frederik IX becomes king of Denmark

1947 Death - Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47), dies at 76

1947 Event - King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned

1946 Birthday - Lee Oskar, born in Denmark, rock harmonicist, War-Why Can't We Be Friends

1946 Birthday - Valdemar Bandolowski, Denmark, yachting, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics

1945 Event - Netherlands and Denmark liberated from Nazi control

1945 Event - German troops in Netherlands, Denmark and Norway surrender

1945 Birthday - Ole Buck, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, pianist, wrote Calligraphy for soprano and chamber orchestra at the age of 20

1944 Birthday - Torben Jensen, Denmark, actor, Taxa, Hayfever, Watch Me Fly, Guldregn

1944 Event - Iceland declares independence from Denmark at Thingvallir, Iceland

1944 Birthday - Poul Jensen, Denmark, yachting, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics

1944 Event - Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark

1943 Event - Germans attack Jews in Denmark

1943 Birthday - Susanne Jagd, Denmark, actress, Between the Sheets, Tinderbox

1943 Event - Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany

1943 Event - Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers

1941 Birthday - Harald Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player 1960 Olympics silver

1940 Event - Germany invades Norway and Denmark in WW II

1940 Birthday - Anna Karina, Copenhagen Denmark, actress, Alphaville

1940 Birthday - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark, 1972-

1940 Event - Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders

1939 Birthday - Erik Hansen, Denmark, 1K kayak 1960 Olympics gold

1938 Event - Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark

1935 Birthday - Bent Lorentzen, born in Stenvad, Denmark, prolific composer, dramatist, wrote 18 operas to date, compared to Richard Vagner

1934 Event - English King George V weds princess Marina of Greece/Denmark

1934 Birthday - Henning Kronstam, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, ballet dancer, performed over 120 roles with Royal Danish Ballet for over 20 years

1934 Birthday - Bent Peter Rasch, Denmark, canoe 1952 Olympics gold

1934 Birthday - Borge Andersen, born in Denmark, Danish Chess Champion, 1967, 68

1934 Birthday - Flemming Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player 1960 Olympics silver

1932 Birthday - Nina Van Pallandt, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, actress, American Gigolo

1932 Birthday - Per Norgard, born in Gentofte, Denmark, composer, famous 20th century Danish composer, music features use of infinity series for serializing melody, harmony, rhythm in musical composition

1929 Event - Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark

1928 Birthday - Erik Bruhn, Copenhagen Denmark, dancer, NNationalatl Ballet of Canada

1928 Birthday - Paul B Elvstrom, Denmark, yachter, Gold Medals 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 Olympics

1928 Birthday - Hans Nielsen, Denmark, lightweight boxer 1924 Olympics gold

1927 Birthday - Greta Andersen, Denmark, 100m freestyle swimmer 1948 Olympics gold

1927 Birthday - Cecil Bodker, born in Fredericia, Denmark, writer, won Mildred L. Batchelder Award for her book titled, The Leopard, considered the most outstanding book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, then published in the United States

1926 Event - Lake Denmark, New Jersey arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage

1926 Event - Denmark begins unilateral disarmament

1924 Birthday - Inge Sorensen, born in Denmark, 200m breaststroke, Olympic-bronze-1936

1924 Event - Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim

1924 Event - Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections

1923 Birthday - Alicia de Larrocha, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist, Orquesta Sinfonica

1922 Birthday - Anchor Jorgenson, premier of Denmark, 1972-82

1922 Birthday - Aage Neals Bohr, born in Denmark, physicist/study atomic nucleus, Nobel 1975

1922 Birthday - Kai Winding, born in Aarhus, Denmark, jazz composer, trombonist, worked with J.J. Johnson, Benny Goodman, Paul Chambers, recorded "More" from "Mondo Cane" movie with Verve records

1922 Event - Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0

1922 Birthday - Morten Nielsen, Denmark, poet/resistance fighter

1921 Birthday - Lis Hartel, born in Denmark, equestrian dressage, Olympics silver 1952, 1956

1920 Birthday - Ragnild Hveger, Denmark, 400m swimmer 1936 Olympics silver

1920 Birthday - Ragnhild Hveger, Denmark, 200m swimmer 1936 Olympics silver

1920 Event - Denmark and Cuba join the League of Nations

1917 Event - U.S. pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands

1916 Event - Denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the U.S. for $25 million

1916 Birthday - Osa Massen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress, Jack London, Rocketship XM

1914 Birthday - Jens Otto Krag, premier of Denmark, 1962-68, 71-72

1912 Event - Denmark, Norway and Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war

1912 Death - Frederik VIII C W K, King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68

1910 Birthday - Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark

1909 Event - Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast

1909 Birthday - Victor Borge, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, pianist/comedian

1908 Event - Denmark, Germany, England, France, Netherlands and Sweden sign North Sea accord

1906 Birthday - Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/husband of English prince George

1906 Death - Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies

1905 Event - Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway

1903 Birthday - Hans Hedtoft, premier Denmark, 1947..55

1902 Event - Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals

1902 Event - Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA

1899 Birthday - Frederick IX, Christian FFMKWG, King of Denmark, 1947-72

1894 Birthday - Kit Guard, Denmark, actor, El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous

1894 Event - Denmark adopts Mid-European time

1893 Birthday - Carl Brisson, Copenhagen Denmark, actor, Murder at the Vanities

1890 Birthday - Lauritz Melchior, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, baritone tenor, National Symphony

1886 Birthday - Karl Dane, Copenhagen Denmark, actor, Son of the Sheik

1886 Birthday - Jean Hersholt, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, actor, Men in White, Aryan

1885 Birthday - Niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics, Nobel 1922

1885 Birthday - Ruth Bryan Rohde, U.S., Rep, minister to Denmark

1884 Birthday - Torben Myer, Copenhagen Denmark, actor, Girl Who Came Back

1883 Birthday - Asta Nielsen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress, Joyless Street

1879 Birthday - Benjamin Christensen, Viborg Denmark, actor, Barnet, Mockery

1874 Birthday - Schack August Steenberg Krogh, Denmark, physiologist, Nobel-1920

1873 Birthday - Thorvald Stauning, Denmark, PM, 1924-26, 1929-42

1873 Birthday - Ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

1873 Birthday - Johannes V Jensen, Denmark, novelist/poet, Energy Storage, Nobel 1944

1872 Birthday - Haakon VII, born in Charlottenlund, Denmark, King of Norway, 1905-57

1870 Birthday - Andres Randolf, Denmark, actor, The Kiss

1870 Birthday - Christian X, king of Denmark, 1912-47

1870 Birthday - Jozef Brems, Flemish apostole, vicar of Denmark

1867 Birthday - William Orlamond, Denmark, actor, Flesh and Devil, Wind

1865 Birthday - Carl Nielsen, Norre-Lyndelse Denmark, composer, Det Uuslukkelige

1865 Birthday - C J Thomsen, Denmark, archaeologist, named Stone/Iron/Bronze Ages

1863 Death - Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies

1860 Birthday - Niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist, Nobel 1903

1857 Birthday - Henrik Pontoppidan, born in Denmark, writer, Promised Country, Nobel 1917

1857 Birthday - Karl Adolph Gjellerup, born in Denmark, poet, Poutnici Svetem, Nobel 1917

1849 Birthday - Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter, New York Tribune, New York Evening Sun

1843 Birthday - Frederik VIII CWK, King of Denmark, 1906-12

1839 Death - Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71

1837 Birthday - Fredrik Bajer, born in Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist, Nobel 1908

1822 Death - Denmark Vesey, and 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, South Carolina

1822 Event - Denmark Vesey, leads slave rebellion in South Carolina

1822 Event - House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged)

1821 Birthday - Jens Worsaae, Denmark, archaeologist

1818 Birthday - Christaan IX, king of Denmark, 1863-1906

1814 Event - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day)

1814 Event - King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel

1813 Birthday - Soren Kierkegaard, Denmark, philosopher, founded Existentialism

1812 Birthday - Johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress, Romeo and Juliet

1808 Birthday - Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark, 1848-63

1805 Birthday - Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales

1792 Event - Denmark abolishes slave trade

1787 Birthday - Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar

1783 Death - Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64

1780 Event - Denmark declares neutrality

1779 Birthday - Adam Gottlob Oehlenschlager, Denmark, poet, National Poet 1849

1770 Birthday - Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen Denmark, sculptor, Dying Lion

1766 Death - Frederik V, king of Denmark/Norway (1746-66), dies at 42

1746 Death - Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies

1730 Event - Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark

1730 Death - Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies

1727 Event - Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover

1723 Birthday - Frederik V, King of Denmark/Norway, 1746-66

1720 Event - Sweden and Denmark sign peace treaty

1720 Event - Sweden and Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm

1700 Event - Swedish, English and Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark

1700 Event - Denmark and Sweden sign peace treaty

1700 Event - Last day of Julian calendar in Denmark

1699 Birthday - Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway

1699 Event - Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark/Russia/Saksen/Poland divide Sweden

1683 Event - Anne Stuart marries prince Georges of Denmark

1673 Event - Netherlands and Denmark signs defense treaty

1671 Birthday - Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway, 1699-1730

1670 Death - Frederik III, King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at 60

1666 Event - Brandenburg/Brunswick/Denmark/Netherlands form anti-French Quadruple Alliance

1660 Event - Denmark king Frederik III makes coup

1660 Event - Denmark and Sweden signs peace treaty

1660 Event - Denmark and Sweden sign ceasefire

1658 Event - Peace of Roskilde between Sweden and Denmark

1654 Event - England and Denmark sign trade agreement

1648 Death - Christian IV, king of Denmark/Norway, dies

1645 Event - Sweden and Denmark sign Peace of Bromsebro

1644 Birthday - Olaus Romer, Denmark, 1st to accurately measured speed of light

1628 Event - Sweden and Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein

1619 Death - Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II, dies at 44

1613 Event - Peace of Knarod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark and Sweden

1609 Birthday - Frederick III, King of Denmark and Norway, 1648-70, ; absolutist

1588 Event - Christian IV succeeds Frederik II as king of Denmark

1588 Death - Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53

1587 Birthday - Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer, discovered sunspots

1582 Event - Spanish Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar

1575 Event - King Frederick of Denmark offers island of Hveen to Tycho Brahe

1570 Event - Sweden/Denmark signs Peace of Stettin

1564 Event - Battle on Gotland: Lubeck and Denmark beat Sweden

1559 Death - Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies

1546 Birthday - Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer, Golden nose

1544 Event - German emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark

1534 Birthday - Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway, 1559-88

1533 Death - Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61

1520 Event - Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde

1503 Birthday - Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway, 1534-59

1494 Birthday - Johan Friis, chancellor, Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism

1481 Death - Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies

1471 Birthday - Frederik I, king of Denmark/Norway, 1523-33

1448 Death - Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies

1397 Event - Denmark, Norway and Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha

1397 Event - Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden and Norway

1387 Death - Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies

1332 Death - Christoffel II, king of Denmark (Handfaestning), dies at 55

1319 Death - Erik VI Menved, king of Denmark (1286-1319), dies

1286 Death - Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered

1276 Birthday - Christoffel II, king of Denmark, Handfaestning

1259 Death - Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies

1250 Death - Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered

1219 Event - King Valdemar brought victory for Denmark

1137 Death - Erik II Eimune, Onvergetelijke, king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered

1103 Death - Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies

1086 Death - Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered

1047 Death - Magnus I Godhi, king of Norway/Denmark (1035-47), dies

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