1971 Birthday Natalia Medvedeva, born in Kiev, Ukraine, tennis star, 1993 Prague Essen 1971 Birthday Meredith McGrath, born in Midland, Michigan, tennis star, 1996 Essen doubles 1970 Birthday Els Callens, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star, 1996 quarterfinalist Essen 1966 Birthday Larisa Neiland, born in Lvov, Ukraine, tennis star, 1996 Essen winner 1963 Death Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63 1945 Event U.S. troops conquers Mulheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen 1945 Event 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs 1944 Event 705 British bombers attack Essen 1943 Event RAF bombs Essen Germany 1934 Event Hitler flies to Essen, Night of Long Knifes 1925 Death Pieter D van Essen, Dutch artillery officer, dies at 54 1923 Event French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die 1911 Birthday Gunther Rennert, born in Essen, Germany, opera director and producer 1908 Birthday Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling, born in Essen, Germany, tennis star, French 1935 1907 Birthday Alfred Alwin Felix Krupp, Essen Germany, arms manufacturer 1906 Event 1st outlining of Gustav Mahler's 6th symphony, in Essen 1899 Birthday Carel C van Essen, Dutch archaeologist, Italian and Roman art 1870 Birthday Pieter van Essen, Dutch artillery officer/inventor, grape-shot shells
