2006 Johannes Rau, German Statesman
2005 Ernst Mayr, German Scientist
2004 Carl Rakosi, German Poet
2003 Dorothee Solle, German Theologian
2001 W. G. Sebald, German Writer
1998 Ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102
1997 Peter Graf, father of Steffi, enters German jail for tax evasion
1997 Manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90
1997 Kai-Uwe Von Hassel, German President of Bundestag (CDU 1969-72), dies
1997 Martin Kippenberger, German Artist
1996 Edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60
1996 Kurt Schmucker, German RFA minister of Economy (1963-66), dies
1995 26th New York City Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00
1995 Michael Ende, German writer (Neverending Story), dies at 65
1995 Gunter Guillaume, German politican, dies
1995 Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939), dies at 91
1995 Konrad Zuse, German Inventor
1995 Marion Herbst, German/Dutch jewelry designer, dies at 50
1994 Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister, dies at 83
1994 Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58
1994 G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82
1994 Helmut Kohl elected German chancellor (341-340 votes)
1994 25th New York City Marathon won by German Silva in 2:11:21
1994 Nyanaponika, [Siegmund Feniger), German scholar/author, dies at 93
1994 Eberhard Feik, German actor (Tatort), dies at 50
1994 Heinz Ruhmann, German actor/dir (Brave Soldier Schwejk), dies at 92
1994 Dolly Hare, German/British actress (Broken Blossom), dies at 84
1994 Detlef Macha, German DR cyclist (5x world champ), dies at 35
1994 Manfred Worner, German general/sec-gen of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59
1994 Manfred Salzgeber, German film distributor/publicist, dies at about 51
1994 Grete Schickedanz, German head mistress, dies at 82
1994 Gottfried Reinhardt, [Goldmann], German/US director, dies at 83
1994 Robert Jungk, German/French/Us/Austrian philosopher/historian, dies
1994 Roman Herzog sworn in as German president
1994 Erich Honecker, president of German DR (1971-89), dies in Chile at 81
1994 Carl Althoff, German circus director, dies at 82
1994 Angelus Gottfried "Golo" Mann, German/US historian, dies at 85
1994 Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79
1994 Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59
1994 Charles Bukowski, German/US writer (Barfly, Hollywood), dies at 73
1994 Hermann Abs, German banker to Hitler and Adenauer, dies at 92
1994 Martin Kosleck, German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at 86
1993 Prof Wolfgang Paul, German physicist (Nobel 1989), dies at 80
1993 Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologist/antifascist, dies at 84
1993 Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47
1993 Robert W. Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93
1993 Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40
1993 Hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90
1993 Dieter Plage, German wildlife filmmaker, dies at 57
1993 Hans Werner Richter, German writer/founder (Gruppe 47), dies at 84
1993 Gret Palucca, German dancer and choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91
1993 Axel Von Dem Bussche, German aristocrat, dies
1993 Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies
1992 Earnest FH Happel, East German soccer/trainer/coach, dies
1992 Gregory Markopoulos, German/US director (Iliac Passion, Bliss), dies
1992 Hans Zullig, Swiss/German dancer (Green Table), dies
1992 Petra Kelly, founder (German Green Party), found dead at 44
1992 Willy Brandt, German chancellor (1969-74), dies
1992 Denmark upsets German 2-0, to win European Soccer championship
1992 Karl Carstens, president German FR (1979-84), dies at 77
1992 Josef Neckermann, German founder mail-order firm/travel bureau, dies
1991 Roy Black, German singer and actor (Kinderarzt Dr. Froehlich), dies
1991 Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 101
1991 Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect, dies
1991 Heidi Bruhl, German actress (Madels vom Immenhof), dies at 49
1991 Arno Breker, German sculptor (Third Reich), dies at 90
1991 Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building), dies at 90
1990 Horst Bienek, German author, dies
1990 Iraq announces it will free all German hostages
1990 West German President Richard von Weizsaecker signs reunification treaty
1990 Norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies
1990 German Democratic Republic accepts Deutsche Mark as its currency
1990 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust and asks for forgivenesss
1990 Herbert Wehner, German ex-communist/chairman (1958-73), dies at 83
1990 Gerhard Schroder, West German minister of Defense, dies at 79
1989 Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies
1989 Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59
1989 East German state/party leader Erich Honecker, resigns
1989 F Fischer, German war criminal (4, Two of Breda), dies
1989 German war criminals Aus der Funten/Fischer, freed in Holland
1989 German war criminals Fischer and Aus der Funten freed
1988 Lotte Stam-Beese, German/Neth architect, dies at about 85
1988 Franz Josef Strauss, German FR min of defense (1956-62), dies at 73
1988 Hans Gunther Adler, German writer, dies at 78
1988 Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83
1987 West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia
1987 West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square
1987 Mathias Rust, 19, W. German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in U.S.S.R.
1987 Bernhard Grzimek, West German zoologist, dies at 77
1987 West German police arrest Mohammed Ali Hamadi, suspect in 1985 hijacking
1986 Rudolf Schock, German opera/operetta singer, dies at 71
1986 Karl-Heinz Beckurts, West german Siemens manager, murdered
1986 West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17)
1986 Lilli Palmer, German actress (Boys from Brazil, Kinder), dies at 71
1986 Joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64
1985 Simone Signoret, German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies at 64
1985 Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73
1985 West German top counter espionage Hans Tiedge moves to German DR
1985 Heinrich Boll, German writer (Nobel 1972), dies at 67
1985 American, Brazilian and West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele
1985 Karl Marx, German composer and conductor, dies at 87
1985 West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust
1984 Hans Speidel, German gen/NATO-supreme commander (1957-64), dies at 87
1984 West German Chancellor Rainer Barzel resigns due to corruption
1984 Rudolf Hagelstange, German author (Zeit fur ein Lacheln), dies at 72
1984 Karl Rahner, German Theologian
1984 Martin Niemoller, German submarine capt/anti-nazi minister, dies at 92
1984 Wolfgang Staudte, German director (Ciske de Rat), dies at 77
1983 104 degrees F (40.3 degrees C) in Garmersdorf (German record)
1983 Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82
1983 Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections
1982 Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87
1982 Helmut Kohl elected chancellor of German FR
1982 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62
1982 Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79
1982 Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychotherapist, dies
1982 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director, dies of drug overdose at 36
1982 Peter Weiss, German playwright (Marat-Sade), dies at 65
1982 Robert H G Havemann, German chemist/dissident, dies
1982 Fritz Eberhard, West German lawyer/resistor, dies at 85
1982 Carl Orff, German composer (Mouth, Antigonae), dies at 86
1982 Walter Hallstein, West German politician (CDU, H-doctrine), dies at 80
1981 Albert Speer, German NSDAP-architect/minister of Army at 76
1981 Hermann Schey, German/Neth singer, dies at 85
1981 Peter Paul Kreuder, German composer, dies at 75
1981 Peter Kreuder, German composer, dies
1981 Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer and actress (Gabriela), dies at 79
1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike
1981 Max Delbruck, German/U.S. biologist (Nobel 1969), dies at 74
1980 Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer (1945), dies at 89
1980 Wolfgang Gentner, German nuclear physicist, dies at 74
1980 Fabian von Schlabendorff, German resistance fighter/judge, dies at 73
1980 West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visits Moscow
1980 West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)
1980 Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician, dies at 70
1980 Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79
1980 Winifred Wagner-William, German World Festival organizer, dies at 82
1980 Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head), dies at 66
1980 Axel Springer Jr, German photographer, commits suicide at 38
1979 Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader, dies at 39
1979 German DR frees dissidents Rudolf Bahro and Nico Hubner
1979 Joseph Kotalla, German war criminal (4 of Breda), dies at 71
1979 Paul Dessau, German composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33), dies at 84
1979 Werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956), dies
1978 Rolf Gunther, East German priest, self imolation
1978 Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft builder, dies at 80
1978 Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6
1978 Kurt Student, German Soldier
1978 Hanns Johst, German Playwright
1977 Corpse of kidnapped West German, H. M. Schleyer, found
1977 W German commandos liberate Boeing 737, 86 hostages at Mogadishu
1977 West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages and killing 3 of 4 hijackers
1977 West German RAF terrorist kills policeman in Utrecht
1977 RAF kidnap West German work chairman Schleyer
1977 Marxist philosopher Rudolf Bahro imprisoned in German DR
1977 Emil Bloch, German philosopher (Principle Hope, Traces), dies at 92
1977 Jurgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered
1977 Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist, dies at 75
1977 Ludwig Erhard, German minister of Economic Affairs (CDU), dies at 80
1977 Siegfried Buback, German FR procureur-genl, murdered attorney-general
1977 Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80
1976 German DR banishes singer Nina Hagen
1976 German DR deprives singer/poet Wolf Biermann citizenship
1976 Franz MT de Liage Bohl, German/Dutch assyriologist, dies at 94
1976 West German Gens Krupinski/Franke admit to being Nazis
1976 Helmuth Kohl's CDU wins German parliament election
1976 Lotte (Krause-)Lehmann, German soprano (More than singing), dies at 88
1976 Oskar Brusewitz, East German vicar, sets self on fire
1976 Diane Kruger, German Model
1976 Gustav Heinemann, German president, dies at 76
1976 Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86
1976 Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor, dies at 85
1976 Werner Heisenberg, German Physicist
1975 Otto AP Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen, German diplomat, dies at 78
1975 Hannah Arendt, German Historian
1975 Max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter, dies at 88
1975 Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies
1975 West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm, Sweden
1975 Ruth Schaumann, German author/painter/sculptor, dies at 75
1975 Boris Blacher, German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at 72
1974 Walther Meissner, German physicist (Meissner Effect), dies at 91
1974 German DR amends constitution
1974 U.S. and German DR establish diplomatic relations
1974 Baldur von Schirach, German author/nazi politician, dies at 67
1974 Franka Potente, German Actress
1974 Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor
1974 West German chancellor W. Brandt resigns
1974 Abraham Robinson, German Mathematician
1974 Oskar Schindler, German Businessman
1973 West German chancellor Willy Brandt normalizes trade with Czech
1973 Willi Stoph succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader
1973 Anton Schnack, German writer/poet, dies at 81
1973 German FR and German DR admitted to UN
1973 Walter Ulbricht, President German DR, dies at 80
1973 Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), dies at 72
1973 Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 78
1973 Otto Klemperer, German/US conductor, dies at 88
1973 Heidi Klum, German Model
1973 Barbara Rittner, Krefeld German FR, tennis star, 1992 Schenectady
1973 Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85
1973 Istvan Kertesz, Hung/German conductor (London Symphony), dies at 43
1973 Hans D Jensen, German physicist (Nobel prize 1963), dies at 65
1973 Leo Strauss, German Philosopher
1973 Netherlands recognizes German DR
1972 Belgium recognizes German DR
1972 Gunter Eich, German literary (Botschaften des Regens), dies at 65
1972 Herbert Eimert, German composer (Glockenspiel), dies at 75
1972 Willy Brandt re-elected West German chancellor
1972 Friedrich Christian Christiansen, German Luftwaffe general, dies
1972 Hans H B Scharoun, German architect (Berlin Philharmonic), dies at 79
1972 Willy Brandts SPD wins West German election
1972 Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudist/portraits), dies
1972 20th Olympic games close at Munich, German FR
1972 20th Olympic games open at Munich German FR
1972 East German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156
1972 West German police arrested RAF leader Ulrike Meinhof
1972 German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel
1972 West German police arrest RAF-leader Andreas Baader
1972 Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82
1972 Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64
1972 C. W. Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/U.S. writer (1st American), dies at 57
1972 Stefan Wolpe, German composer (Zeus and Elidco), dies at 69
1972 Franz Halder, German Soldier
1972 German mass murderers "Three of Breda" freed
1972 Richard Courant, German/US mathematician, dies at 84
1971 West German union chancellor W Burns receives Nobel prize of peace
1971 Gerhard von Rad, German old testament expert, dies at 70
1971 West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1971 West German chancellor Willy Brandt meets with soviet President Brezhnev
1971 Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59
1971 Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77
1971 Helene Weigel, Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70
1971 Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader
1971 Ingo Rademacher, German FR, actor, Jasper Jacks-General Hospital
1970 Dora Paulen, German/Dutch cabaretiere, dies at about 72
1970 Erich M Remarque, German writer (Im West Nichts Neues), dies at 72
1970 Erich Maria Remarque, German Writer
1970 Rudolph Carnap, German philosopher/mathematician, dies at 79
1970 Jochen Rindt, German race car driver, dies at 28
1970 Ingolf Dahl, German composer (Andante and Arioso), dies at 58
1970 Stefan Andres, German writer (Wir sind Utopia), dies at 64
1970 Leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78
1970 Nelly Sachs, German Poet
1970 West German chancellor and East German premier Willy Brandt meet
1970 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France)
1970 Albert Mahll, German writer, dies at 76
1970 Max Born, German/British physicist (Nobel 1954), dies at 87
1969 West German President Heinemann visits Netherlands
1969 Katrin Krabbe, Neubrandenburg German DR, 100m/200m, World Champ 1991
1969 SPD wins West German Parliament elections
1969 Erika Mann, German/US author/daughter of Thomas Mann, dies
1969 Otto Stern, German/U.S. physicist (Nobel 1943), dies at 81
1969 Theodor Adorno, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 65
1969 Otto Dix, German Artist
1969 Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85
1969 Willy Ley, German Writer
1969 Cambodia recognizes German DR
1969 Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89
1969 Franz von Papen, German Politician
1969 Gunther Weisenborn, German/Argentine writer (Illegals), dies at 66
1969 Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at 87
1969 Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86
1969 Theodor Werner, German painter, dies at 82
1969 Michael Schumacher, German Celebrity
1968 Carl Oscar Ahues, German International Chess Master (1950), dies at 85
1968 Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Junge frau 1914), dies at 81
1968 Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1944), dies at 89
1968 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies
1968 E German party leader Ulbricht receives "Order of October Revolution"
1968 University church in Leipzig German DR, blown up
1968 West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law
1968 George KFW von Kuchler, German marshal (Netherlands 1940), dies at 86
1968 German DR adopts constitution
1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution
1968 Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies
1968 Georg von der Vring, German painter (Camp Lafayette), dies at 78
1967 Richard Kuhn, German chemist, dies
1967 Alfried Krupp, German industrialist, dies at 59
1967 Konrad Adenauer, German Statesman
1967 Max Ophuls, [Oppenheimer], German/French actor (Caught, Exile), dies
1967 Franz Waxman, German composer (Day at the races), dies at 60
1967 Fritz Erler, German politician (SDP), dies at 53
1967 Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86
1966 Georg Kiesinger elected West German chancellor
1966 Bernhard Zondek, German/Israeli gynaecologist, dies at 75
1966 Wieland Wagner, German opera director, dies
1966 Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (Stuttgart 1955-58), dies at 35
1966 Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer, dies at 75
1966 Gerhard/Gerhart Pohl, German writer (Battle of Kolbenau), dies at 64
1966 Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, dies at 87
1966 German Germanovich Galinin, composer, dies at 44
1966 Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74
1966 French and German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry
1966 55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes
1966 Paul Althaus, German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78
1966 Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89
1966 Erwin Piscator, German director (Plebeians test rebellion), dies at 72
1966 Tatjana Patitz, born in Hamburg, German FR, model/actress, Rising Sun
1966 Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real), dies at 85
1966 Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84
1965 Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist, dies at 73
1965 Paul Tillich, German/US Theologist (Courage To Be), dies
1965 German Titov, Moscow Rus, NHL center, Calgary Flames, Oly-Silver-1998
1965 Erhards CDU wins West German parliament elections
1965 Silke Horner, German DR, swimmer, world record 100m-breast stroke
1965 Albert Schweitzer, German/French missionary (Nobel 1954), dies at 90
1965 Uwe Boll, German Director
1965 Martin Buber, German/Israel philosopher/zionist/theologist, dies at 87
1965 Rica Reinisch, born in German DR, 100m/200m backstroke, 1980 Olympics gold
1965 West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution
1965 East German president Ulbricht visits Egypt
1965 Christine Wachtel, E German running star, world indoor record 800m
1964 Bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats), dies at 63
1964 Heike Drechsler, Gera German DR, sprinter, 1988 world record
1964 Maxi Gnauck, German DR, uneven parallel bars, 1980 Olympics gold
1964 Richard Scheibe, German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz), dies at 85
1964 Willi Stoph succeeds Otto Great as premier of German DR
1964 Paul E Kahle, German orientalist, dies
1964 Leo Weismantel, German writer (Das Totenliebespar), dies at 76
1964 German DR government allows short visits to West Germany
1964 Heike Henkel, German FR, world record indoor high jumper 1992
1964 August Sander, German Photographer
1964 Evi Strasser, Bavaria German, equestrian 1996 Olympics
1964 Hermann A J Kees, German egyptologist, dies at 77
1964 Berthold Altaner, German church historian, dies at 80
1964 Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" and "Sie Leibt Dich"
1964 Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67
1963 Paul Hindemith, German composer (Composer's World), dies at 68
1963 Winifried P I Zillig, German composer and conductor (Opfer), dies at 58
1963 Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (SPD), dies at 62
1963 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, German FR, tennis star
1963 Ines Diers, German DR, 400m freestyle swimmer, 1980 Olympics gold
1963 Ludwig Erhard follows Conrad Adenauer as West German Chancellor
1963 West German Chancellor Adenauer condemns western grain shipments to U.S.S.R.
1963 Caren Metschuck, German DR, 100m butterfly swimmer, 1980 Olympics gold
1963 Gabriele Reinsch, German DR, discus thrower, world record 1988
1963 Ernst Kantorowicz, German/US historian, dies at 68
1963 Thomas Perry, German Musician
1963 Werner Erich Josten, German composer (Jungle), dies at 77
1963 Petra Schneider, E German swimming star, world record 400m
1962 Therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64
1962 Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84
1962 Hanns Eisler, composer (North Vietnam/East German National Anthem), dies at 64
1962 French president De Gaulle visits German FR
1962 Walter Anderson, German Writer
1962 E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector
1962 Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85
1962 Herman Hesse, German Author
1962 Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65
1962 Adolf Eichmann, German Criminal
1962 Sylvie Rauch, Munich German FR, nude model/actress
1962 Will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79
1962 Birgit Fischer, German DR, 500m kayaker, 1980 Olympics gold
1962 Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist, dies at 81
1961 Cornelia Oschkenat, German DR, hurdler, 50m indoor
1961 Kathrin Dorre, East German marathoner 1988 Olympics bronze
1961 Reinhard Herbig, German archaeologist, dies at 63
1961 CDU loses West German election
1961 German DR limits traffic to West Berlin
1961 Karin Enke, Dresden German DR, speed skater, Olympics gold 1980, 84
1961 Thomas Dooley, German Athlete
1961 Karl Albiker, German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83
1960 Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Hansa quarter, Berlin), dies at 54
1960 Auschwitz commandant Richard Bar arrested in German FR
1960 Gunther AR Raphael, German composer (Busskantate), dies at 57
1960 German DR limits access to East-Berlin for West Berliners
1960 Wilhelm Pieck, president of German DR (1949-60), dies at 84
1960 Emil Strauss, German writer (Vaterland), dies
1960 Hans Albers, German actor (Blue Angel), dies at 68
1960 Gisela Beyer, German DR, discus thrower, Olympics-4th place-1980
1960 Albrecht von Kesselring, German fieldmarshal (Italy), dies at 74
1960 WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67
1960 Heike Walpot, German, cosmonaut
1960 Jurgen Schult, German FR, discus thrower, world record 1986
1960 Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81
1960 Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter, dies at 90
1960 Joseph Haas, German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81
1960 Gloria von Thurm un Taxis, Munich German FR, Princess
1959 Ronald Weigel, German DR speed walker, 5 km indoor
1959 Petra Felke, German DR, javelin thrower, world record 1988
1959 Saar becomes part of German Federal Republic
1959 George Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65
1959 Andreas Wisniewski, born in Berlin, German FR, actor, Living Daylights
1959 Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), dies at 68
1959 A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73
1958 Theodore Krieger, German author (Forgotten Village), dies at 61
1958 Max Jakob Friedlander, German/Dutch art historian, dies at 91
1958 Ramona Neubert, German DR, long jumper/pentathlete, Oly-4th-80
1958 Karl Erb, German tenor, dies on 81st birthday
1958 Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), dies
1958 Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89
1958 Richard B Goldschmidt, German zoologist (butterflies), dies
1958 West German parliament desires German atomic weapons
1958 Marlies Gohr, German DR, sprinter, Olympics gold 1976, 80
1958 Christine Lathan-Brehmer, German DR, 400m runner, Oly-gold-76
1958 Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WW II), dies at 70
1958 Cornelia Funke, German Author
1958 Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies
1957 Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Roman Law), dies at 78
1957 German Dem Rep recalls East Mark and issues new currency
1957 German sailing school ship Pamir sails Atlantic Ocean
1957 Heinrich O Wieland, German chemist (Nobel 1927), dies at 80
1957 Bogdan Musiol, German DR, bobsled 1980 Olympics bronze
1957 Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52
1957 Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder (Sturm), dies at 78
1957 Heinrich Campendonk, German painter/wood carver/glasier, dies at 67
1957 Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80
1957 Max Ophuls, [Maximilian Oppenheimer], German/French director, dies
1957 German DR accepts 22 Russian divisions
1957 Marita Koch, German DR, 400m sprinter, Oly-gold-1980
1957 Walther Bothe, German Physicist
1957 Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66
1957 France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep
1956 Martin Albertz, German theologist (Jesus Christ's Church), dies at 73
1956 Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60
1956 Ilona Briesenick-Slupianek, German DR, shot-putter, 1980 Olympics gold
1956 Sandra Guiboard, U.S. AFB German FR, actress, Donna-One Life to Live
1956 Hans-Georg Beyer, German DR, team handball player, 1980 Olympics gold
1956 Constantine Freiherr von Neurath, German foreign minister, dies at 83
1956 Bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58
1956 Freiherr Constantine von Neurath, German foreign min (1932-38), dies
1956 Bertolt Brecht, German Poet
1956 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (Study of Graves), dies at 83
1956 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher/graphologist, dies at 83
1956 German DR frees almost 19,000 prisoners
1956 Lulu [Luise] Strauss und Torney, German poet and writer, dies at 82
1956 Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (Gewandhausorkest), dies at 73
1956 Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72
1956 Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70
1956 Emile Nolde [Hansen], German painter (Grablegung Christi), dies at 88
1956 Michael Nikolay, German DR, gymnist, Olympics
1956 Fritz Kunkel, German physician/charachterologist, dies at 66
1956 German war criminals Hinrichsen/Ruhl/Siebens/Viebahn freed
1956 Evelin Jahl, born in German DR, discus thrower, Olympic-2 gold-1976
1956 Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85
1956 Gunther Ramin, German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57
1956 German DR forms own army (National People's Army)
1956 Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum), dies at 64
1955 Ed Kuepper, German/Australian, singer and songwriter, Saints
1955 Hermann Weyl, German Mathematician
1955 Uwe Benter, German FR, coxsman, Olympics gold 1972
1955 1st West German officers sworn in
1955 Austria resumed its sovereignty after departure of last Allied occupation forces, for 1st time since German occupation of 1938
1955 Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr. Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80
1955 Max Pechstein, German painter/graphic artist (Oceania), dies at 73
1955 Edwin Scharff, German painter/sculptor (Rossebandiger), dies at 68
1955 German Federal Republic joins NATO
1955 West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages
1955 Albert Einstein, German/US physicist (E=MC), dies
1955 Barbel Wockel-Eckert, German DR, sprinter, Olympic-4 gold-1976, 80
1955 [Kater]Nina Hagen, born in East Berlin German DR, actress, Blue Angel
1955 Nina Hagen, German Musician
1955 U.S.S.R. ends state of war with German Federal Republic
1955 Otto Braun, German Politician
1955 Roland Emmerich, German Director
1954 Ullrich Diessner, German DR, 4 man cox 1976 Olympics gold
1954 Walter Diessner, German DR, 4 man cox 1976 Olympics gold
1954 Wilhelm Furtwangler, German conductor/composer, dies at 68
1954 Prof Werner Elert, German Lutheran theologist, dies at 69
1954 German FR joins NATO
1954 Friedrich Lubke, German politician, dies at 67
1954 Peter Anders, German opera singer, dies
1954 Hans-Jurgen Gerhardt, German DR, bobsled, 1980 Olympics gold
1954 Hermann W. S. Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71
1954 West German secret service head Otto John defects to German DR
1954 Angela Merkel, German Statesman
1954 German airline Lufthansa forms
1954 Heinz Guderian, German Soldier
1954 Dagmar Wohrl, German FR, Miss Germany, 1977
1954 Gunther Tiersch, German DR, 8 man cox, 1968 Olympics gold
1954 Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst), dies at 79
1954 German government refuses to recognize DDR
1954 Ulrich Walter, German FR, cosmonaut
1954 Norbert Hahn, German DR, 2 man luge, Olympics gold 1976, 80
1953 Eduard Kunneke, German composer (Majority Sunderin), dies at 68
1953 German FR applies to NATO
1953 Conrad Adenauer elected West German chancellor
1953 Adenauers CDU wins elections in German FR
1953 Klaus-Dietrich Flade, German FR, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-14
1953 Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies
1953 Hans Rinn, German DR, 2 man lugist, Olympics gold 1976, 80
1953 Martin Kippenberger, German Artist
1953 Gerd von Rundstedt, German Soldier
1953 Stephen D. Thorne, Frankfurt-on-Main, German FR, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1953 Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56
1952 Karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67
1952 Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel
1952 Alfred Neumann, German writer, dies at 56
1952 Monika Zehrt, German DR, 400m runner, Olympics gold 1972
1952 Margit Schumann, German DR, luge 1976 Olympics gold
1952 Johanna Klier-Schaller, German DR, 100m hurdler 1976 Olympics gold
1952 West German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews
1952 Rudolf Schenker, German rock guitarist, Scorpions-Virgin Killer
1952 German and Israeli reach accord about recovery payments
1952 Kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies
1952 East German SED decides to form German DR army
1952 Ulrich Wehling, born in German DR, cross country, Olympics gold 1972, 76, 80
1952 Seigfried Brietzke, German DR, coxless rower, Oly-gold-1972, 76, 80
1952 Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies
1952 German "Country" Bathe-Wurttemberg forms
1952 Rosemarie Ackermann, German DR, high jumper 1976 Olympics gold
1952 Failed assassination attempt of German Chancellor Adenauer
1952 Wilhelm Albrecht, German SD-chief, executed
1952 Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at 71
1951 Bernd Landvoigt, German DR, coxless pairs, Olympics gold 1976
1951 Jorg Landvoigt, German DR, coxless pairs, Olympics gold 1976
1951 Wolfgang Schulze, [Wols], German drawer/painter, dies at 38
1951 Bernhard Germeshausen, German DR, bobsled, Olympics gold 1976, 80
1951 Earnest F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon, dies at 75
1951 Armin Knab, German composer (Wunderhorn), dies at 70
1951 Burglinde Pollak, German DR, pentathlete, Olympics-bronze-1972
1951 Angela Voigt, German DR, long jumper, Olympics gold 76
1951 Alfred Hugenberg, German RC pres-dir of Krupp/media magnate, dies
1951 Manfred Schumann, German FR, bobsled, Olympic-silver/bronze-1976
1951 Alfred Krupp and 28 other German war criminals freed
1951 Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at 75
1951 Wilhelm Schafer, German writer (Mein Leben), dies at 82
1951 German general F Christian freed early from Dutch prison
1950 Inge Helten, German FR, sprinter 1976 Olympics bronze
1950 Max Beckmann, German painter/graphic artist, dies at 66
1950 Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (Heroische Fahrt), dies at 65
1950 Hedwig Courts-Mahler, German author, dies at 83
1950 Roland Matthes, German DR, 100m/200m backstroke, Oly-gold-1968, 72
1950 Annegret Richter-Irrang, German FR, sprinter, Olympics gold 1972
1950 Great Three acknowledge Bond government as only German government
1950 East German premier Grotewohl pleads for German reunification
1950 Rosi Mittermaier, German FR, slalom/downhill 1976 Olympics gold
1950 Waldemar Cierpinski, German DR, marathoner, Olympics gold 1976, 80
1950 Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Funten and F Fischer to death
1950 German DR recognizes Oder-Neisse borders with Poland
1950 Annelie Ehrhardt, German DR, 100m hurdler, Olympics gold 1972
1950 German DR and Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border
1950 Johannes Bednorz, German superconductivity physicist, Nobel 1987
1950 Renate Stecher-Meissner, German DR, sprinter, Oly-gold-72
1950 Karl Straube, German organist/conductor, dies
1950 Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at 50
1950 Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59
1950 L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at 78
1950 Eduard Hermann, German linguist (Homer), dies at 80
1950 Gustav Krupp, German Businessman
1949 Petra Kelly, German peace activist/MP, Green
1949 Gustav Radbruch, German Min of Justice, dies
1949 German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day)
1949 Otto Greatwohl becomes 1st premier of German DR
1949 Wilhelm Pieck becomes 1st president of German DR
1949 Theodor Zockler, German theologist (Jodenzending), dies at 82
1949 Theodor Heuss elected 1st pres/Conrad Adenauer 1st PM of German FR
1949 Richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85
1949 Hildegard Falck, German FR, 800m runner, Olympics gold 1972
1949 Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80
1949 Klaus H T Mann, German/US writer (Turning Point), dies
1949 Klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42
1949 West German constitution approved
1949 Hanns A Rauter, German SS-commandant in Netherland, executed at 54
1949 Anna-Maria Muller, German DR, Luge, Olympics gold 1972
1948 Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies
1948 Julius Curtius, German foreign minister (1929- ), dies at 71
1948 [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies
1948 Paul Wegener, German actor and director (Golem, Svengali), dies at 73
1948 Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semite theologist, dies
1948 Gerhard Anschutz, German professor, dies at 81
1948 Joschka Fischer, German Politician
1948 Helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43
1948 Karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies at 65
1948 Johann Blaskowitz, German gen (surrendered at Wageningen), dies at 64
1948 Manfred Kokot, East German runner, world record 50 m indoor
1948 Hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66
1947 Franz X. Ritter von Epp, German General (SW Africa), dies at 79
1947 Franz Zorell, German RC lexicographer, dies at 84
1947 Wolfgang Borchert, German author (Draussen vor of the Tur), dies at 26
1947 Martin Dibelius, German theologist (That Drawer Jahwes), dies at 64
1947 Max KEL Planck, German physicist (constantly of P, Nobel 1918), dies
1947 Paul Guthnick, German astronomer, dies at 76
1947 Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies at 82
1947 Heidemarie Rosendahl, German FR, long jumper, Olympics gold 1972
1947 Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61
1947 Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77
1946 Ruth Fuchs, German DR, javelin thrower, Oly-2 gold-72, 76
1946 German "Country" Nedersaksen forms
1946 West German state of Niedersachsen formed
1946 German rocket engineers begin work in U.S.S.R.
1946 Alfred G Jodl, Col-Gen/German staff chief weather authority, hanged
1946 Alfred Rosenberg, German war criminal, hanged
1946 Fritz Sauckel, German war criminal, hanged
1946 Hans Franc, German war criminal, hanged
1946 Joachim von Ribbentrop, German war criminal, hanged
1946 Julius Streicher, German District Leader (Of Sturmer), hanged
1946 Wilhelm Frick, German war criminal, hanged
1946 Wilhelm Keitel, German fieldmarshal, hanged
1946 Hermann Wilhelm Goering, German SA-leader, commits suicide at 53
1946 Hans Frank, German Public Servant
1946 Heinrich George, German actor (Jud Suss), commits suicide at 52
1946 Paul Lincke, German composer and conductor (Lysistrata), dies at 79
1946 Narziss Oh, German psychology, dies
1946 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director, Marriage of Maria Braum
1946 Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr, dies at 67
1946 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director/actor, Ehe der Maria Braun
1946 Alfred Jodl, German Soldier
1945 Robert Ley, German nazi, commits suicide
1945 German rocket engineers begin work in U.S.
1945 Franz Beckenbauer, German Athlete
1945 Franz Werfel, Czech/German/US poet and writer (Mirror Man), dies at 54
1945 Wim Wenders, West German director, American Friend, Hammett
1945 German island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British
1945 Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi leader and Chief of Police, committed suicide
1945 German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured
1945 Formal undertaking of complete German surrender
1945 General J. Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands
1945 German troops in Netherlands, Denmark and Norway surrender
1945 Allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg
1945 German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed
1945 German Army in Italy surrenders
1945 Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government
1945 Red Army opens attack on German Reichstag building in Berlin
1945 Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56
1945 Terms of surrender of German armies in Italy signed
1945 Kathe Kollwitz, German graphic artist, dies at 77
1945 Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory
1945 German occupiers flood Beemster and Fencer
1945 U.S. 7th army captured German city of Nuremberg
1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops
1945 German occupiers flood Wieringermeer Neth
1945 Walter Model, German fieldmarshal, commits suicide at 54
1945 German troops in Groningen surrender
1945 Uwe Beyer, born in German DR, shot-putter 1976 Olympics gold
1945 German troops attack Ijsselbrug
1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged
1945 Hans Oster, German major-general/spy, "July 20th plot", hanged
1945 Theodor Haecker, German cultural philosopher (Mensch?), dies at 65
1945 1st and last assault of German Rammkommando on U.S. bombers
1945 Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930), dies at 63
1945 Karl T Sapper, German geographer/geologist (Vulkankunde), dies at 79
1945 Last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London
1945 General Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken
1945 Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities
1945 Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed
1945 Anselm Kiefer, German Artist
1945 Adolf Bartels, German writer/racist, dies at 82
1945 Roland Freisler, German Nazi judge (July 20th plotter case), dies
1945 German ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed, 4,800 killed
1945 Gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarian/German botanist, dies at 90
1945 Helmuth J Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37
1945 Marie-Christine AHI von Leibnitz, German, /British princess
1945 German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge
1945 Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen
1945 German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels
1944 Erhard Keller, German FR, 500m speed skater, Olympics gold 1968, 72
1944 Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian/German/French painter, dies
1944 German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill)
1944 German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland
1944 German counter attack at Dillingen-bridgehead at Saar
1944 German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht
1944 German troops seize Betuwse dikes
1944 RAF sink German battleship "Tirpitz" at Tromso Fjord Norway
1944 German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany
1944 Last German troops at Walcheren surrenders
1944 Walter Nowotny, German combat/jet fighter pilot, dies
1944 German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die
1944 German troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald
1944 German troops in Vlissingen surrenders
1944 Liesel Westermann, German FR, discus thrower, 1968 Olympics silver
1944 During WW II, U.S. troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall
1944 Erwin Rommel, German fieldmarshal (WW II-Africa), suicide at 52
1944 German army retreats from Athens
1944 German occupier turn off electricity in Amsterdam
1944 Rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries
1944 Paul Grabner, German SS-captain, dies in battle in Arnhem
1944 Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers
1944 ... Kussin, German gen-maj/commanding Arnhem, dies in battle
1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal, hanged at 62
1944 Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide
1944 Anti German rebellion in Slovakia
1944 Last German troops in Marseille surrendered and Toulon cleared
1944 Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald
1944 Bulgaria announces withdrawal and German troops are to be disarmed
1944 U.S. and British forces destroy German 7th Army at Falaise-Argentan Gap
1944 Gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62
1944 Ernst "Teddy" Thalmann, leader of German KPD, dies
1944 German fieldmarshal Model replaces von Kluge in Normandy
1944 German field marshal von Kluge vanishes for one day
1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal, hanged at 62
1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal, hanged
1944 German counter attack at Avranches fails
1944 Felix Nussbaum, German painter (Widerstandskunst), dies in Auschwitz
1944 Allied jailbreak at St-Lo, behind German lines
1944 300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied/German positions
1944 Helmuth J von Moltke, German earl (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 Fieldmarshal von Kluge consults with German commandant at Caen
1944 Brandt, col/German staff chief, dies in bombing
1944 Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, count/German antifascist colonel, dies
1944 Friedrich Olbricht, German general (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 Heinz Burns, German 1936 Olympics gold, dies in bombing
1944 Mertz, German colonel (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 Werner von Haeffen, German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed
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