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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

1904