1998 World Bowl in Frankfurt Germany
1997 Italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map
1996 25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6
1996 Germany celebrates it's 1st Holocaust Rememberance Day
1995 Martina Ertl of Germany wins her 3rd giant slalom world cup
1995 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11
1994 3rd Germany government of Kohl forms
1994 Record 103.8 degrees F (39.9 degrees C) in Preschen Lausitz Germany
1994 32nd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
1994 1994 World Cup soccer match begin, Germany vs Bolivia in Chicago
1994 Roman Herzog elected president of Germany
1994 23rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:21:45
1993 82nd Davis Cup: Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1)
1993 Germany unemployment hits country record of 3.5 million
1993 31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
1993 Nazi's kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany
1992 Willy Brandt, chancellor of West Germany (1969-74), dies of cancer at 78
1992 30th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats Spain in Frankfurt Germany (2-1)
1992 Heinz Galinski, President (Central council for Jews in Germany), dies at 79
1992 Earthquake rocks Germany
1992 Heinz Kuhn, PM (Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany), dies at 80
1991 Syria tells Germany they are ready to recognize Israel
1990 Johannes von Thurn und Taxis, prince in Germany, dies at 64
1990 1st parlimentary election in newly reunified Germany
1990 East Germany and West Germany merge to become Germany
1990 Allies cede any remaining rights as occupiers of Germany
1990 Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by Doors
1990 East Germany leaves Warsaw Pact
1990 East and West Germany sign a treaty to join legal and political systems
1990 C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13
1990 East and West Germany announced that they would unite on Oct 3
1990 Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome
1990 East and West Germany merge their economies
1990 Parliament of W and E Germany recognize Oder-Neissegrens
1990 West and East Germany agree to merge currency and economies on July 1st
1990 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists
1990 U.S., England, France and England give Germany OK to reunify
1989 78th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Stuttgart (3-2)
1989 East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution
1989 Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany
1988 Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany - 5,000 evacuated
1988 77th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Gothenburg (4-1)
1988 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany
1988 Italian stunt flyers crashes in flames in West Germany, killing 50
1987 25th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats USA in Vancouver Canada (2-1)
1987 "Little Shop of Horrors" is released in Germany
1987 U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II
1987 West Germany SPD chairman Willy Brandt resigns
1986 Heike Drechsler of E Germany ties world women's 200 m mark (21.71s)
1986 Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record)
1986 Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup
1985 74th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Germany in Munich (3-2)
1985 Marita Koch of Germany sets 400m woman's record (47.6) in Australia
1984 Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s
1984 Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m
1984 Jurgen Hingsen of W Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts
1984 Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD
1984 Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, West Germany
1983 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats Germany in Zurich Switz (2-1)
1983 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m
1983 Ringo releases "Old Wave" album in West Germany
1983 1980 movie "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes," released in Germany
1982 West Germany's Parliament ousts Helmut Schmidt for Helmut Kohl
1982 Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France form American European Football Federation (AEFF)
1982 20th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Germany in Santa Clara USA (3-0)
1982 Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid
1982 150 Khomeini followers assault student dormitory in West Germany
1981 39 Unification church couples wed in Germany
1980 Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany,
1980 Gabriella Brum, 18, of W Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day, because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend
1980 Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record
1980 Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8"
1980 Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy and Sallay
1978 Yamada Mumon Roshi visits Benedictine Abbey of Maria Laach Germany
1978 Sophie Simard, Lars Germany, swimmer 1996 Olympics
1978 Marco Sturm, Dingolfing GER, NHL forward, Sharks, Team Germany 1998
1977 Jochen Hecht, Mannheim GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998
1977 "Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released
1977 Andreas Baader and members of Baader-Meinhoff jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 years in Stuttgart, Germany
1977 Anne Miller, Midland, Michigan, tennis star, 1995 Darmstadt Germany
1976 Markus Wieland, Tegernsee GER, hockey player, Team Germany 1998
1976 Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda
1976 1975 movie "Rocky Horror Picture Show" released in Germany
1976 Markus Wieland, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998
1976 Ulrike Meinhof, lead Germany Red Army Faction, dies
1976 Erich Goldmann, born in Dingolfing GER, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998
1976 Lars Bruggemann, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998
1976 Florian Keller, Munchen GER, hockey player, Team Germany, Rosenheim
1975 Sig Arno, Hamburg Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at 80
1975 Poland and West germany reach accord about returning ethnic Germans
1975 Alexander Serikow, born in Landshut, GER, hockey forward, Team Germany
1975 Agathe Neuner, Miss Germany Universe 1997
1975 2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35
1975 Petra Begerow, born in Germany, tennis star, 1996 quarter Hilton Head
1975 Hendrik Dreekmann, Germany, tennis star
1974 Helios 1 launched by U.S., Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun
1974 Anke Huber, Bruchsal Germany, tennis star, 1996 finalist Australian
1974 Meike Babel, Langen Germany, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Paderborn-GER
1974 Naike Rivelli, Germany, model/daughter of Ornella Muti
1974 West Germany beats Netherlands 2-1 for soccer's 10th World Cup in Munich
1973 Mirko Ludemann, Weiwasser GER, NHL defenseman, Team Germany, Colorado
1973 U.S.S.R.-West Germany gas tunnel opens
1973 Jochen Molling, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998
1973 Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m
1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany
1973 Franca Fehlauer, born in Hamburg, Germany, golfer, Belgian International, Jr. champ 1991
1972 Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany
1972 West Germany and Poland establish diplomatic relations
1972 Summer Olympics resume in Munich Germany after massacre
1972 West Germany wins soccer world championship
1972 Jan Benda, Reet Belgium, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998
1972 Heinrich Lubke, West Germany president (1959-69), dies at 77
1972 Erhard Keller (Germany) skates world record 1000m (1:18.5)
1972 Corinna Harney, Bremerhaven Germany, playmate, Aug, 1991
1971 Daniel Kunce, Sumperk GER, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998
1971 Daniel Gowing, Germany, NZ judoka 1996 Olympics
1971 Victor Kraatz, born in Berlin, Germany, Canadian ice dancer, 1995 World Champs-4th
1971 Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM
1971 Torsten Kienass, Berlin GER, hockey defenseman, Team Germany
1970 West Germany and Poland normalize relations
1970 Tina Fischer, Bad Nauheim Germany, golfer, European Amat champ 1994
1970 59th Davis Cup: USA beats Germany in Cleveland (5-0)
1970 Claudia Schiffer, born in Rheinbach, Germany, super model, Elle, Rolling Stone
1970 H G Hjalmar Schacht, President Germany Kingdom bank/minister of Eco, dies
1970 Heike Friedrich, born in East Germany swimmer, world record 200m
1970 Olaf Kolzig, born in Johannesburg SAF, NHL goalie, Team Germany, Washington
1970 Leo Stefan, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998
1970 Leo Stefan, Chelyabinsk RUS, hockey forward, Team Germany
1969 Sabine Hack, West Germany, tennis star
1969 Katrin Borchert, Germany, Australian canoeist 1996 Olympics
1969 Willy Burns elected chancellor of West Germany
1969 Scott Ford, Norbrooke Germany, golfer, 1994 Trafalgar CPGA-2nd
1969 Rudolf Martin, Germany, actor, Anton-All My Children
1969 Sabine Hack, born in Ulm, Germany, tennis star, 1995 Jakarta
1969 Steffi Graf, born in Bruhl, West Germany, tennis player, Grand Slam 1988
1969 Wiltrud Probst, Nuermberg Germany, tennis star, 1992 Belgian Open
1969 Thomas Brandl, Bad Tolz GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998
1969 Reemt Pyka, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998
1969 Reemt Pyka, Bremerhaven GER, hockey forward, Team Germany
1968 Isabel Cueto, West Germany, tennis star
1968 Jo Kittsee, Germany, rocker, Fuzzbox-Into Rescue
1968 Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star
1968 Marisa Danisi of W Germany roller skates record 21,995 miles in 1 hr
1968 Andreas Lupzig, Straubing GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998
1968 Christina Singer, born in Goeppingen, Germany, tennis star, 1991 Futures GBR
1968 Silke Meier, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Bad Gogging
1968 New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect
1968 Bernd Karbacher, Germany, tennis star
1968 Jurgen Rumrich, born in Miesbach GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998
1968 Martin Sinner, Koblenz Germany, tennis star, 1990 Pretoria
1968 Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star
1967 Boris Becker, West Germany, tennis player, Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89
1967 Julie Kristen Smith, Nuhremburg Germany, choreographer, Showgirls
1967 Tore Meinecke, West Germany, tennis star
1967 Beate Reinstadler, Stuttgart, Germany, tennis star, 1989 Futures Israel
1967 Klaus Merk, born in Augsburg GER, hockey goaltender, Team Germany 1998
1967 Conrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 91
1966 Katja Bienert, born in Berlin, Germany, actress, Praxis Bulowbogen
1966 England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London
1966 Elke Jeinsen, born in Hanover, Germany, playmate, May, 1993
1966 Daniel Nowak, Schwennigen GER, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998
1966 Myriam Schropp, West Germany, tennis star
1966 Brad Bergen, Pennsylvania Sask, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998
1966 Patrick Kuhnen, West Germany, tennis star
1965 Peter Draisaitl, Karvina CZE, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998
1965 Andy Beal, Germany, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 West of England Pro
1965 Sobibor trial opens in Hagen West Germany
1965 Uwe Krupp, born in Cologne, Germany, NHL defenseman, Colorado Avalanche, Germany 98
1965 Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
1965 Israel and West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations
1965 Mike Blowers, born in Wurlzburg, Germany, infielder, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers
1965 Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany
1965 Eric Jelen, West Germany, tennis star
1965 West Germany ceases military aid to Tanzania
1965 Jayson Meyer, Regina Saskatchewan, hockey defenseman, Team Germany
1965 Georg Franz, Straubing GER, hockey forward, Team Germany, Landshut
1964 German DR government allows short visits to West Germany
1964 Michael Gross, born in West Germany, swimmer, Olympic-2 world records-1984
1964 West Germany seeks talks with Czechoslovakia
1964 Mark MacKay, Brandon GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998
1964 Hans Schwaier, West Germany, tennis star
1964 U.S. reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany
1963 Marco T Dawson, Freising Germany, PGA golfer, 1995 Greater Milw-2nd
1963 Thilo Timothy Newman, Hamburg Germany, writer, Freejack, Alien
1963 Michael Heidt, Calgary Alberta, hockey defenseman, Team Germany
1963 Michael Heidt, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998
1963 Rich Weiss, Munich Germany, U.S. slalom single kayak, Olympics-6th-96
1963 Germany FR annexes Elten village
1963 Anne-Sophie Mutter, born in Rheinfeldin, Germany, violinist, Berlin Phil
1963 Tracey E Bregman, Munich Germany, actress, Lauren-Bold and Beautiful
1963 Josef Heiss, Garmisch GER, hockey goaltender, Team Germany 1998
1963 Randy Gilhen, born in Zweibrucken, Germany, NHL center, Winnipeg Jets
1963 Tracey E. Bregman Recht, Munich Germany, actress, Days of Our Life
1963 Benoit Doucet, born in Montreal, Quebec, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998
1963 Detlef Schrempf, Germany, NBA forward, Mavericks, Pacers, Supersonics
1962 Kimberly Evenson, Bremerhaven Germany, playmate, September, 1984
1962 Dieter Hegen, born in Kaufbeuren GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998
1962 Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298
1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany
1961 East Germany imposed new curbs on travel between West and East Berlin
1961 East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13
1961 Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany
1961 Ursula Buchfellner, born in Munich, Germany, playmate, Oct, 1979, /actr, Bloodline
1961 Linda Somers, Bitburg, Germany, U.S. marathoner, Olympics-31st-96
1961 Eva Pfaff, West Germany, tennis star
1960 West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany
1960 East Germany imposes a partial blockade on West Berlin
1960 Christina Singer, born in Geoppingen, Germany, tennis star
1960 Netherlands and Germany sign accord concerning war casualties
1960 U.S. beats Germany in Olympic hockey finals round, 9-1
1960 Nastassja Kinski, born in Berlin, Germany, actress, Tess, Cat People
1959 A synagogue in Cologne Germany desecrated with swatstikas
1959 Sylvia Hanika, Munich West Germany, tennis player, Avon-1982
1959 Nicole Brown Simpson, Frankford Germany, Mrs. OJ Simpson, murdered
1959 West Germany introduces 5 day work week
1959 Paul Terry, cricketer, in Germany Two Tests England vs. WI 1984
1958 Denise McConnell, Weisbaden Germany, playmate, March, 1979
1958 U.S.S.R. abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany
1958 Thomas Reiter, Germany, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-22
1958 Andreas Maurer, West Germany, tennis star
1958 Perry Stephens, Frankfurt Germany, actor, Loving, All My Children
1958 Frank Ullrich, East Germany, world biathlon champion
1957 Ronald Shusett, Hamburg Germany, author, Project Mankind
1957 Adenauers CDU wins parliamentary election in West Germany
1957 LeVar Burton, Landstuhl Germany, Roots, Star Trek Next Generation
1956 Reinhold Ewald, Germany, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-25
1956 Herbert Groenemeyer, Germany, rocker, OE, Luxus, Chaos, Spruenge
1956 Bundesverfassungsgericht bans KPD in West Germany
1956 Ulrike Meyfarth, Frankfurt, West Germany, high jumper, Olympics gold 1972
1956 Peter Schilling, Stuttgart Germany, rocker
1955 Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania
1955 West Germany joins NATO
1955 West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers
1955 Eugen Herrigel, Zen philosopher/scholar, dies in Germany at 70
1955 East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, U.S.S.R.
1955 Russia ends state of war with Germany
1954 Eva Mattes, Tegernsee Germany, actress, Celeste, Man Like Eva
1954 Hans William Schlegel, Oberlingen Germany, Astronaut, STS 55
1954 Britain, England, France and U.S.S.R. agree to end occupation of Germany
1954 West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1954 Theodor Heuss re-elected president of West Germany
1954 West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern
1954 Marina Langner, Dusseldorf Germany, Miss World runner-up, 1975
1954 Dagmar Wohrl, German FR, Miss Germany, 1977
1953 Monique St. Pierre, Weisbaden Germany, playmate of year, Nov, 1978
1953 Allied forces form West Germany
1953 Gerhard P J Thiele, Brenz, Germany, astronaut
1953 Riots in East Germany for reunification
1953 West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1
1952 Brent Mydland, Munich Germany, rock keyboardist/vocalist, Grass Roots
1952 Alexander Leibkind, Germany, judo, Oly-76, /WLAF GM for the Rhein Fire
1952 Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain
1951 Todd Crespi, Frankfurt Germany, actor, Magician
1951 President Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany
1951 Bernie Ruoff, West Germany, CFL kicker, Winnipeg, Hamilton
1951 Netherlands ends state of war with Germany
1951 President Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany
1951 600,000 march for peace and freedom in Germany
1951 France, West Germany and Benelux form European Steel and Coal Community
1951 Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany
1951 Israel demands DM 6.2 billion compensation from Germany
1950 Western allies rearm West Germany
1950 International Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany and Japan in '52
1950 West Germany and Japan readmitted to International Amateur Athletic Federation
1950 Mathieu Carriere, Hanover W Germany, actor, Bay Boy, Woman in Flames
1950 ILTF re-admit Germany and Japan in Davis Cup, Poland and Hungary withdraws
1950 Heidi Schuller, born in Germany, 1st woman to take olympic oath, 1972
1950 Germany doesn't annex Oder-Neissegrens
1950 Dagmar Krause, born in West Germany, singer, Henry Cow, Art Bears
1950 Thomas Gottschalk, Bamberg Germany, Telespiele
1950 Barbara Sukowa, Germany, actress, Zentropia, Sicilian, Voyager, Lola
1949 Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700
1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation
1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day)
1949 Jean-Jacques Favier, born in Kehl, Germany, astronaut, STS 78
1949 Tom Netherton, Munich Germany, singer, Lawrence Welk Show
1948 Marius Mueller-Westernhagen, Duesseldorf Germany, rocker, Stinker
1948 Jackson Browne, U.S. Base in Germany, rock voclaist, Lawyers in Love
1948 Susan Blakely, Frankfurt Germany, actress, Rich Man Poor Man
1948 I G Farben chemical plant explodes in Ludwigshafen, Germany, 182 die
1947 Frank Shorter, Munich Germany, U.S. marathoner, Oly-gold/silver-72, 76
1946 Andre Watts, born in Nuremberg, Germany, concert pianist, Oberon
1946 SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany
1945 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany
1945 George Dzunda, born in Rosenheim, Germany, actor, Deer Hunter, Law and Order
1945 Kellie Everts, born in Kalv, Germany, Miss nude Universe, 1968
1945 Day of Unity in West Germany, National Day
1945 U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., France declare supreme authority over Germany
1945 U.S., Russia, England and France agree to split occupied Germany
1945 Ernst Willi Messerschmid, Reutlingen Germany, astronaut, STS 22
1945 V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe
1945 U.S. liberates 31,601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau Germany
1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission
1945 Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany
1945 U.S. and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on Elbe River
1945 U.S. troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II
1945 U.S. 7th Army and allies forces captured Nuremberg and Stuttgart in Germany
1945 U.S. troops liberate Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany
1945 Wilhelm Canaris, Admiral/headed Germany Abwehr, hanged
1945 U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany
1945 Maurice Rose, 1st U.S. general in Nazi Germany, killed in action at 45
1945 Gen Eisenhower, Montgomery and Bradley discuss advance in Germany
1945 During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany
1945 Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine
1945 U.S. 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine
1945 Allied planes bomb Dresden Germany; 135,000 die
1945 U.S.S.R. captures Budapest, after 49-day battle with Germany; 159,000 die
1944 Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany
1944 German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany
1944 Udo Kier, Germany, actress, Warhol Dracula, Warhol Frankenstein
1944 U.S. Army troops entered Germany for 1st time
1944 Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany
1944 "Mad Tuesday" 65,000 Dutch nazi collaborators flee to Germany
1944 Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours
1944 Korten, chef gen of Germany Luftwaffe, dies in bomb explosion
1944 Ludwig Beck, gen/chief Germany general staff (July 20th plot), dies
1944 1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany
1944 Niklaus Schilling, Basel Germany, director, Dormire, Atem, Rheingold
1944 John Kay, [Joachim F Krauledat], Germany, rock vocalist, Steppenwolf
1944 Nazi Germany occupies Hungary
1944 Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed
1944 European Advisory Commission decides to divide Germany
1943 Christiane Schmidtmer, Heidelberg Germany, actress, Ship of Fools
1943 Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany
1943 Nick St. Nicholas, Hamburg Germany, rock bassist, Steppenwolf
1943 Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany
1943 Transport nr 58 departs with French Jews to nazi Germany
1943 Ingrid Kramer, born in Dresden, Germany, diver 1964 Olympic gold
1943 RAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde
1943 Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany
1943 Germany begins withdrawing U-boats from North Atlantic in anticipation of the Allied invasion of Europe
1943 Germany shoots down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London, all die
1943 Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam
1943 Dutch strike against forced labor in Nazi Germany's war industry
1943 RAF bombs Essen Germany
1943 Clandestine Radio Atlantiksender, Germany, 1st transmission
1943 Chile breaks contact with Germany and Japan
1943 1st U.S. air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)
1942 1st powered flight of V-1 buzz bomb, Peenemunde, Germany
1942 During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France
1942 Elke Sommer, [Elke Schletz], Berlin Germany, actress, Oscar
1942 Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy
1942 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy
1942 Heinz Burt, Hargin Germany, rock bassist, Tornados
1942 Germany troop march into Woronezj
1942 Germany troop march into Sebastopol
1942 British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II)
1942 1st V-2 rocket launch, Peenemunde, Germany; reached 1.3 km
1942 Germany puts 4 saboteurs on Long Island
1942 Germany Armys march into Sebastopol
1942 Margarethe Von Trotta, Berlin Germany, actress/director, Marianne
1942 3 German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany
1942 Hansdjurgen Baumler, Germany, pairs ice skater, 1968 Olympics silver
1941 Germany and Italy declare war on US
1941 China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy
1941 U.S.S.R. begins a counter offensive causes Germany to retreat
1941 Germany's drive to take Moscow halted
1941 Prior to U.S. in WW II, Germany torpedoes U.S. destroyer Reuben James
1941 Germany attacks Moscow
1941 Germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow
1941 Blockade of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) by Germany begins
1941 Jews living in Germany are required to wear a yellow Jewish star
1941 French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany
1941 "Camp Amersfoort" opened by Germany occupiers
1941 Karin von Aroldingen, born in Germany, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet Co
1941 Bialystok Poland falls to Germany
1941 Germany occupies Telz Lithuana
1941 Germany attacks the Soviet Union and occupies the Baltic states
1941 Germany, Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II
1941 Wilhelm II von Hohenzollern, emperor (Germany, 1888-1918), dies
1941 Germany bans all Catholic publications
1941 Germany occupies Kreta
1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares state of emergency due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor
1941 Germany invades Crete
1941 Germany occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis
1941 Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany
1941 Germany blitzes Conventry, England
1941 Hans W. Geissendorfer, born in Augsburg, Germany, director, Sternsteinhof
1941 Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa
1941 Wolfgang Petersen, born in Emden, Germany, actor, Shattered, Enemy Mine
1940 Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London (WW II)
1940 Edith Clever, Wuppertal Germany, actress, Parsifal, L'Adolescente
1940 Nazi Germany began walling off the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw
1940 Richard Furrer, Worgl Germany, astronaut, STS 22
1940 Helma Sanders-Brahms, Emden Germany, director, Apple Trees, Manoever
1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark in WW II
1940 Battle of Britain: Germany and Britair control of English Channel, ends
1940 1st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin)
1940 Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins)
1940 Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks
1940 Germany occupiers forbid Dutch Communist Party (CPN) in Netherlands
1940 RAF bombs Germany
1940 ARP-leader/ex-premier Colijn argues cooperation with Germany
1940 France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms
1940 France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II
1940 Germany occupiers ration bread in Holland
1940 Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II
1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up
1940 Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium and begins invasion of France
1940 Nazi bombs Rotterdam (600-900 dead), Netherlands surrender to Germany
1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders
1940 Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious
1940 Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France and Britain
1940 Goering says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest
1940 Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor
1939 125 die in train wreck at Magdeburg Germany
1939 99 die in 2nd wreck at Friedrichshafen Germany
1939 U.S.S.R. and Germany agree on partitioning Poland, Hitler deports Jews
1939 Germany annexes Western Poland
1939 Germany and Russia agree to partition Poland
1939 Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I
1939 Canada declares war on Germany
1939 In WW II, Canada declared war on Germany
1939 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland
1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, NZ, South Africa and Canada
1939 WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig
1939 Nazi Germany demands Danzig and Polish corridor
1939 Germany and U.S.S.R. sign 10-year non-aggression pact
1939 U.S.S.R. and Germany sign a non-agression pact
1939 Germany and Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis
1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany
1939 Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany
1939 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia
1939 Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia
1938 Germany bans Jews being lawyers
1938 Herbert Achternbusch, Munich Germany, actor, Hedes, Mix Wix, Wohin
1938 Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland
1938 Germany demands all Jewish passports stamped with letter J
1938 Germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia)
1938 Munich Agreement-forced Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany
1938 Jewish lawyers forbidden to practice in Germany
1938 Jewish artisans not allowed in Germany
1938 Austria becomes a state of Germany
1938 Anschluá-Austria annexed by Nazi Germany
1938 Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)
1938 U.K. Foreign Secretary Eden resigns, says PM Chamberlain appeased Germany
1937 German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany
1937 Britains Lord Halifax visits Germany, beginning of appeasement
1937 Michael Ponti, Freiburg Germany, pianist, Boston Competition 1964
1937 Rev Martin Niemoller (Bekennende Kirche) arrested in Germany
1937 Helmut Recknagel, born in Germany, 90m ski jump, Olympics gold 1960
1937 Robert Huber, Munich Germany, biochemist, Nobel 1988
1937 Manfred Krug, Duisburg Germany, actor, Boxer
1936 Germany and Japan sign anti-Komintern pact
1936 Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco
1936 Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an "axis"
1936 Hans Haacke, Cologne Germany, artist, Right to Life, Dripper Boxes
1936 1st flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany
1936 Alwin Schockemohle, Germany, equestrian jumper 1976 Olympics gold
1936 4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
1936 4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
1935 Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship and makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany
1935 Peter Schreier, Meissen Germany, tenor, Dresden State Opera 1961
1935 Work service for recent graduate obligatory in Germany
1935 Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers
1935 Saar incorporated into Germany
1935 Germany begin Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering
1935 Plebiscite in Saar, indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany
1934 Adolph Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of Germany
1934 Germany and Poland sign no-attack treaty
1934 Josef Sommer, born in Germany, actor, Witness, Target, Iceman, Forced March
1934 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany
1934 Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany
1934 Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Germany
1934 Nazi Germany and Poland sign non-attack treaty for 10 years
1933 Horst Buchholz, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe
1933 Nazis receive 92% of vote in Germany
1933 Albert Einstein arrives in U.S., a refugee from Nazi Germany
1933 Nazi Germany announces withdrawal from League of Nations
1933 Death penality for anti fascists in Germany
1933 Germany began mandatory sterilization of those with hereditary illness
1933 NSDAP becomes only party in Germany
1933 Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany
1933 In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions
1933 Jewish students are barred from school in Germany
1933 Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany
1933 Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses
1933 Hitler names Hjalmar Shaft, president of Bank of Germany
1933 Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9%-17.2M votes)
1933 Goring bans communist meetings/demonstrations in Germany
1932 Gen Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor of Germany
1932 Germany forbids SA/SS-gang fights
1932 36th Boston Marathon won by Paul de Bruyn of Germany in 2:33:36.4
1931 Ironclad cruiser Germany launched in Kiel
1931 Bill Graham, Germany, rock promoter, Fillmore
1930 Igor Kipnis, Berlin Germany, harpsichordist/professor, Fairfield
1930 Fritz Wunderlich, Kusel Germany, tenor, Stuttgart 1955-58
1930 Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor, Bavarian State Orch 1968
1930 Helmut Kohl, chancellor, Germany, 1982-
1929 Christoph von Dohnanyi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, Cleve Orch
1929 Hermann Prey, born in Berlin, Germany, baritone, Wolfram-Tannhauser
1929 Harald Juhnke, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Guitars of Love
1929 Andre Previn, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor London Symphony, and pianist
1929 Rudolf Mossbauer, Germany, physicist, Nobel 1961
1928 Rex Reason, Berlin Germany, actor, Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s
1928 KPD begins petition against Germany building a battle fleet
1928 Karlheinz Stockhausen, Modrath Germany, composer, Kontrapunkte
1928 Ruth Westheimer, born in Germany, sex therapist, WYNY-FM
1928 Hardy Kruger, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Barry Lyndon, Wrong is Right
1928 Christa Ludwig, born in Berlin, Germany, soprano, Vienna State Opera
1927 Gunter Grass, Danzig Germany, novelist/poet, Tin Drum
1927 Hermann Gorner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 lbs on a plank with soles of his feet
1927 Karlheinz Boehm, born in Germany, actor, Face of Fear, Peeping Tom, Unnatural
1927 International allies military command in Germany disbands
1926 Ursula Happe, Germany, 200m backstroke swimmer 1956 Olympics gold
1926 Hans Liebold, Germany, auto racer, Nardo, Italy
1926 John Ericson, Dusseldorf Germany, actor, Sam Bolt-Honey West
1926 Spain leaves League of Nation due to Germany joining
1926 Germany joins League of Nations
1926 League of Nations Assembly voted unanimously to admit Germany
1926 Hans-Gunther Winkler, Germany, equestrian jumper 1956 Olympics gold
1926 Hans Werner Henze, Guttersloh Germany, composer, Das Floss Medusa
1926 Klaus Tennstedt, born in Merseburg, Germany, conductor, Fidelio
1926 Germany and Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty
1926 Rhein Stadium opens in Dusseldorf Germany
1926 Gunter Meisner, born in Germany, actor, Between Wars, Quiller Memorandum
1926 Werner Torkanowsky, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor, New Orleans Symph
1926 Spain and Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations
1926 Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany
1926 Hans-Jochen Vogel, leader of West Germany's Social Democrats, SPD
1925 Hildegarde Neff, Ulm Germany, actress, Touch of Class, Mozambique
1925 Netherlands and Germany sign trade agreement
1925 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Zehlendorf Germany, baritone, Doktor Faust
1925 Paul von Hindenburg elected president of Germany
1925 Cornell Borchers, born in Germany, actress, Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul
1925 Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies
1925 Gerard Hoffnung, Berlin Germany, artist/humorist/musician
1925 Rosemary Murphy, Munich Germany, actress, Margaret-Lucas Tanner
1924 Germany's prohibition of Communist Party KPD lifted
1923 Salary and price freeze in Germany
1923 Germany's Stresemann government falls to SPD
1923 In Germany, Adolf Hitler is arrested for attempt to sieze power
1923 German ex-crown prince flees Netherlands for Germany
1923 Stresemann's SPD-ministers in Germany, step down
1923 2nd government of Stresemann in Germany forms
1923 Germany's Stresemann resigns
1923 Germany: Gustav Stresemann becomes premier of coalition government
1923 KPD holds struggle day against fascism, in Germany
1923 Last U.S. troops leave Rhineland (Germany)
1922 B Brechts "Drum in the Night," premieres in Germany
1922 Michel Auclair, [Vujovic], Germany, actor, Story of a Love Story
1922 Lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer, Prairie
1921 Gas explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Germany, 565 die
1921 U.S. signs peace treaty with Germany
1921 Treaty of Berlin: U.S. and Germany sign separate peace treaty
1921 Heinz Bennent, Aachen Germany, Actor, Possession
1921 Salzburg, Austria, votes to join Germany
1921 Joseph Beuys, Germany, avant-garde painter/politician
1921 Simone Signoret, born in Weisbaden, Germany, Casque d'Or, Room at the Top
1921 Bernt Engelmann, Germany, writer
1920 USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany
1920 Albert Hague, Berlin Germany, actor, Mr Shorofsky-Fame
1920 Maxie Herber, Germany, figure skater pairs 1936 Olympics gold
1920 Charles Bukowski, Andernach Germany, U.S. writer, Hollywood: A Novel
1920 Richard von Weizsacker, baron/president, Germany, 1984-94
1920 Werner Klemperer, born in Cologne, Germany, actor, Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes
1920 Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies
1919 Treaty of St. Germain: Austria ends incorporation with Germany
1919 Weimar Republic begins in Germany
1919 Germany accepts Weimar Constitution
1919 Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria
1919 Uta Hagen, born in Germany, actress, Boys From Brazil, /teaches acting
1919 Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany)
1919 General strike in Germany, crushed
1919 Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike
1919 Friedrich Ebert (SPD), elected president of Germany
1918 Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany, SPD, 1974-
1918 U.S. Army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany
1918 Emperor Wilhelm of Prussia and Germany, abdicates
1918 Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper, Oly-4th-1936
1918 Germany surrenders ending WW I, Allies and Germany sign armistice
1918 Republic Germany proclaimed
1918 Anton Diffring, Koblenz Germany, actor, Assignment Vienna
1918 Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea
1918 Karen Verne, born in Berlin, Germany, actress, Madame X
1918 During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive
1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Germany, Austria and Russia sign
1918 Germany claims Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine from Russia
1918 Lithuania declares independence from Russia and Germany (National Day)
1918 1st WW I U.S. Army troop ship torpedoed and sunk by Germany, off Ireland
1917 UFA, Universal Film AG, forms in Germany
1917 1st British bombing of Germany
1917 Italy declares war on Germany and Turkey
1917 China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I
1917 Germany bombs London
1917 U.S. declares war on Germany, enters World War I
1917 President Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1917 AP reports Mexico and Japan will allie with Germany if U.S. enters WW I
1917 Germany notifies U.S. that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship
1916 Greece declares war on Germany
1916 Peter Weiss, Germany, Swedish author/dramatist/novelist, Marat/Sade
1916 Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany
1916 Germany declares war on Romania
1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I
1916 1st cargo submarine to cross Atlantic arrives in U.S. from Germany
1916 Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun
1916 At request of U.S., Germany curtails its submarine warfare
1916 Germany declares war against Portugal
1916 Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic
1915 1st all-metal aircraft (Junkers J-1) test flown at Dessau Germany
1915 Franz Josef Strauss, Germany, nazi/minister of defense, 1956-62
1915 Walter Trampler, Munich Germany, violist, Beaux Arts Trio
1915 Germany cruiser Konigsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam
1915 Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa
1915 Germany suppresses its "Vorwarts" newspaper after it called for peace
1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary and Germany during WW I
1915 Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb and Germany
1915 1st military use of chlorine poison gas by Germany in WW I
1915 Dutch merchant Navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo
1915 Germany sinks U.S. ships Carib and Evelyn and torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin
1915 Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war
1915 Germany begins a blockade of England
1914 Karl Carstens, German, CDU, /President Germany, 1979-84
1914 John Kluge, Chemnitz Germany, media CEO, Metromedia, /billionaire
1914 British, French and Russian government sign Pact of London, against Germany
1914 Germany defeats Russia (battle at Tannenberg/30,000 Russians die)
1914 Japan declares war on Germany in World War I
1914 German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany
1914 Montenegro declares war on Germany
1914 Serbia declares war against Germany
1914 Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany
1914 Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I
1914 Great Britain declares war on Germany
1914 Turkey signs military pact with Germany
1914 Germany and Turkey signs secret treaty
1914 France and Germany mobilize
1914 Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WW I
1914 Germany soc-democrat "No German blood for Austrian tyrant"
1914 Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia
1914 Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78
1914 Cristyl Cranz, Germany, slalom 1936 Olympics gold
1914 Wolfgang Windgassen, born in Annemasse, Germany, tenor, Stuttgart Opera
1914 Lilli Palmer, [Peiser], Germany, actress, Gentle Sex, Lotte in Weimar
1914 Lilli Palmer, born in Posen, Germany, actress, Boys From Brazil, Sebastian
1913 Gisela Mauermeyer, Germany, discus thrower 1936 Olympics gold
1913 Peter Van Eyck, Steinwehr Germany, actor, Brain, Wages of Fear
1913 Edith Heerdegen, born in Dresden, Germany, actress, Serpent's Egg, Monpti
1913 Gert Froebe, Saxony Germany, actor, Goldfinger
1912 Heinz Galinski, President, Central council for Jews in Germany
1912 Heinz Galinski, chairman (Central Council for Jews in Germany), dies
1912 Ilse Dorffeldt, Germany, sprint relay, Olympic-1936
1912 Kurt Sanderling, Arys Germany, conductor, E Berlin Symph 1960-77
1912 Erich Honecker, Germany, President, East Germany
1912 Henry Brandon, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Drums of Fu Manchu
1912 Ingolf Dahl, born in Hamburg, Germany, composer, Andante and Arioso
1912 Alfred Schwarzmann, born in Germany, gymnist, Olympic-2 golds-1936
1912 Werner von Braun, born in Wirsitz, Germany, rocket expert, I Aim at the Stars
1912 Konrad Bloch, Germany, biochemist, studied cholesterol-Nobel 1964
1911 France and Germany signs treaty about Morocco and Congo
1911 James H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author, Lion Game
1911 British premier Asquith holds secret meeting about British strategy in case of war with Germany
1911 Gerhard Stoeck, born in Germany, javelin thrower 1936 Olympics gold
1911 Generals Henry Wilson/Auguste Dubail sign plan for British Expeditionary army in case of war with Germany
1911 Bernhard, born in Germany, Prince, Consort to Queen Juliana of Netherlands
1911 Marianne Hoppe, Rostock Germany, Bei Thea, Liebrauen
1911 Gunther Rennert, born in Essen, Germany, opera director and producer
1910 Franz Kemser, Germany, 4 man bobsled 1952 Olympics gold
1910 Marie Dollinger, Germany, dropped bataan in 1936 Olympic sprint
1910 1st airship in service "Germany"
1910 Rudolf Kempe, born in Niederpoyritz, Germany, conductor, Tonhalle Orch 1965-72
1910 Rudi Ball, Germany, Jewish ice hockey star, 1932 Olympics bronze
1910 Norman Wooland, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, actor, Hamlet
1910 Germany and Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty
1910 Willi Schmidt, Germany, director
1909 Jane Baxter, [Feodora Forde], Bremen Germany, actress, We Live Again
1909 Germany chancellor Bernhard von Bulow resigns
1909 Bernhard Grzimek, zoologist, West Germany
1909 Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy asks Serbia to set no territorial demands
1909 France and Germany sign treaty about Morocco
1908 Franz Pfnur, Germany, slalom 1936 Olympics gold
1908 Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell, Berlin Germany, Cuban/Spanish composer
1908 Denmark, Germany, England, France, Netherlands and Sweden sign North Sea accord
1908 Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling, born in Essen, Germany, tennis star, French 1935
1907 Alfred Alwin Felix Krupp, Essen Germany, arms manufacturer
1907 J Hans D Jensen, Germany, physicist, atomic nucleus-Nobel 1963
1907 Martin Kosleck, born in Germany, actor, Pursuit to Algiers
1906 Franz Waxman, Konigshutte, Germany, composer, Day at the Races
1906 Hannah Arendt, Germany, historian, Origins of Totalitarianism
1906 Tonio Selwart, born in Germany, actor, Barefoot Contessa, Naked Maja
1906 Marcel Hillaire, born in Cologne, Germany, actor, Adv in Paradise
1906 Adolf Eichmann, Ruhr Germany, Nazi Gestapo officer
1905 Erika Mann, German/US author, Other Germany, /daughter of Thomas Mann
1905 Max Schmeling, Germany, world heavyweight boxing champ, 1930-32
1905 Ernest Baier, Germany, figure skater 1936 Olympics gold
1905 Franz Schmid, Germany, ascended northside of Matterhorn, 1931
1904 Germany defeats Hottentotten in Warmbad SW-Africa
1904 Richard Mohaupt, born in Breslau Germany, composer, Bucolica
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