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2007 Karlheinz Stockhausen, dies in Germany, of heart failure, at 79
2007 Rudolf Arnheim, dies in Germany, at 102 2007 Hans Wollschlager, writer, editor, translated completed works of Edgar Allen Poe, James Joyce's Ulysses, dies in Bamberg, Germany 1998 World Bowl in Frankfurt Germany 1997 Jurek Becker, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar', dies in Sieseby, 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 Detlef Macha, East Germany cyclist (5x world champ), dies at 35 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 Erich Honecker, president of East Germany (1971-89), dies in Chile at 81 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 Karl Carstens, president West Germany 1979 - 1984, dies at 77 1992 Earthquake rocks Germany 1992 Heinz Kuhn, Prime Minister (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 Irmtraud Morgner, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society, dies of cancer in Berlin, East Germany 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 1985 West German top counter espionage Hans Tiedge moves to East Germany 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: Czechoslovakia beats Germany in Zurich, Switzerland (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 Helmut Kohl elected chancellor of West 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 1982 11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Germany in 2:29:33 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 1979 East Germany frees dissidents Rudolf Bahro and Nico Hubner 1979 Ludwig Renn, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany, dies at 90 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 Marxist philosopher Rudolf Bahro imprisoned in East Germany 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 East Germany banishes singer Nina Hagen 1976 East Germany deprives singer/poet Wolf Biermann citizenship 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 Eugen Roth, songwriter, humorous poet, wrote, 'Ein Mensch' or 'Humans', won Munich art prize for literature, 1952, dies at 81 in Munich, Germany 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 East Germany amends constitution 1974 U.S. and East Germany establish diplomatic relations 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 West Germany and East Germany admitted to UN 1973 Jochen Molling, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998 1973 Walter Ulbricht, President East Germany, dies at 80 1973 Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m 1973 Heidi Klum, born in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, model, Victoria's Secret 'Angel', television host, fashion designer, television producer 'Project Runway' 1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany 1973 Barbara Rittner, born in Krefeld, West Germany, tennis star, 1992 Schenectady 1973 Franca Fehlauer, born in Hamburg, Germany, golfer, Belgian International, Jr. champ 1991 1973 Netherlands recognizes East Germany 1972 Belgium recognizes East Germany 1972 Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany 1972 West Germany and Poland establish diplomatic relations 1972 20th Olympic games close at Munich, West Germany 1972 Summer Olympics resume in Munich Germany after massacre 1972 Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, Germany night club performer/singer, dies 1972 20th Olympic games open at Munich, West Germany 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, New Zealand judoka 1996 Olympics 1971 Ingo Rademacher, born in West Germany, actor, Jasper Jacks-General Hospital 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 Krabbe, Neubrandenburg, East Germany, 100m/200m, World Champ 1991 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 Cambodia recognizes East Germany 1969 Graham Coxon, born in Rintein, West Germany, musician, instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, painter, lead guitarist and singer for Blur, art and music is featured on the band's seven albums, including Leisure, 1991, album titled 13, in 1999, and Think Tank, 2003, single-handedly recorded seven solo albums, including The Spinning Top on Transgressive records 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 West Germany roller skates record 21,995 miles in 1 hour 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 University church in Leipzig, East Germany, blown up 1968 East Germany adopts constitution 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 Ehm Welk, born in Biesenbrow, Germany, writer, journalist, pseudonym, Thomas Trimm, survived Oranienburg concentration camp, founder, folk high schools, dies at 82 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 Tatjana Patitz, born in Hamburg, West Germany, model/actress, Rising Sun 1966 Brad Bergen, Pennsylvania Sask, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998 1966 Patrick Kuhnen, West Germany, tennis star 1965 Peter Draisaitl, born in Karvina, Czechoslovakia, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998 1965 Katarina Witt, born in Staaken, East Germany, figure skater, Gold Medals 1984, 1988 Olympics 1965 Andy Beal, Germany, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 West of England Pro 1965 Sobibor trial opens in Hagen West Germany 1965 Silke Horner, born in East Germany, swimmer, world record 100m-breast stroke 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 Rica Reinisch, born in East Germany, 100m/200m backstroke, 1980 Olympics gold 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 Heike Drechsler, Gera, East Germany, sprinter, 1988 world record 1964 Maxi Gnauck, born in East Germany, uneven parallel bars, 1980 Olympics gold 1964 Willi Stoph succeeds Otto Great as premier of East Germany 1964 East Germany 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 Heike Henkel, born in West Germany, world record indoor high jumper 1992 1964 Hans Schwaier, West Germany, tennis star 1964 U.S. reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany 1963 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, born in West Germany, tennis star 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 Ines Diers, born in East Germany, 400m freestyle swimmer, 1980 Olympics gold 1963 Caren Metschuck, born in East Germany, 100m butterfly swimmer, 1980 Olympics gold 1963 Gabriele Reinsch, born in East Germany, discus thrower, world record 1988 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 Bettina Huebers, born in Hamburg, Germany, illegitimate daughter of Paul McCartney 1962 Mike Nocito, born in Germany, rocker, leader of English pop band, Johnny Hates Jazz 1962 Kimberly Evenson, Bremerhaven Germany, playmate, September, 1984 1962 French president De Gaulle visits West Germany 1962 Sylvie Rauch, born in Munich, West Germany, nude model/actress 1962 Dieter Hegen, born in Kaufbeuren GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998 1962 Birgit Fischer, born in East Germany, 500m kayaker, 1980 Olympics gold 1962 Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298 1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany 1961 Cornelia Oschkenat, born in East Germany, hurdler, 50m indoor 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 East Germany limits traffic to West Berlin 1961 Karin Enke, born in Dresden, East Germany, speed skater, Gold Medals 1980, 1984 Olympics 1961 Ursula Buchfellner, born in Munich, Germany, playmate, Oct, 1979, actress, Bloodline 1961 Linda Somers, Bitburg, Germany, U.S. marathoner, Olympics-31st-96 1961 Eva Pfaff, West Germany, tennis star 1960 Auschwitz commandant Richard Bar arrested in West Germany 1960 West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany 1960 East Germany limits access to East-Berlin for West Berliners 1960 Wilhelm Pieck, president of East Germany (1949-60), dies at 84 1960 East Germany imposes a partial blockade on West Berlin 1960 Christina Singer, born in Geoppingen, Germany, tennis star 1960 Gisela Beyer, born in East Germany, discus thrower, Olympics-4th place-1980 1960 Jurgen Schult, born in West Germany, discus thrower, world record 1986 1960 Netherlands and Germany sign accord concerning war casualties 1960 U.S. beats Germany in Olympic hockey finals round, 9-1 1960 Gloria von Thurm un Taxis, born in Munich, West Germany, Princess 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 Ronald Weigel, East Germany speed walker, 5 km indoor 1959 Petra Felke, born in East Germany, javelin thrower, world record 1988 1959 Andreas Wisniewski, born in Berlin, West Germany, actor, Living Daylights 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 Ramona Neubert, born in East Germany, long jumper/pentathlete, 1980 Olympics 1958 Rudolf von Laban, Czechoslovakian/Germany choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78 1958 Thomas Reiter, Germany, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-22 1958 Marlies Gohr, born in East Germany, sprinter, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics 1958 Andreas Maurer, West Germany, tennis star 1958 Christine Lathan-Brehmer, born in East Germany, 400m runner, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 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 Bernhard Langer, born in Anhausen, West Germany, professional golfer, two-time Masters champion, ranked as the world's first official number one player in 1986 1957 Hansi Muller, born in Stuttgart, Germany, athlete, footballer, played for German national football team 1957 Bogdan Musiol, born in East Germany, bobsled 1980 Olympics bronze 1957 East Germany accepts 22 Russian divisions 1957 Marita Koch, born in East Germany, 400m sprinter, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics, Silver Medal 1980 Olympics 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 Ilona Briesenick-Slupianek, born in East Germany, shot-putter, 1980 Olympics gold 1956 Sandra Guiboard, born in U.S. AFB West Germany, actress, Donna-One Life to Live 1956 Hans-Georg Beyer, born in East Germany, team handball player, 1980 Olympics gold 1956 Bundesverfassungsgericht bans KPD in West Germany 1956 East Germany frees almost 19,000 prisoners 1956 Ulrike Meyfarth, Frankfurt, West Germany, high jumper, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1956 Michael Nikolay, born in East Germany, gymnast, Olympics 1956 Evelin Jahl, born in East Germany, discus thrower, Olympic-2 gold-1976 1956 Peter Schilling, Stuttgart Germany, rocker 1956 East Germany forms own army (National People's Army) 1955 Carl Ramsauer, research physicist, professor of physics, discovered Ramsauer-Townsend effect, dies in Berlin, Germany 1955 Uwe Benter, born in West Germany, coxsman, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 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 Barbel Wockel-Eckert, born in East Germany, sprinter, Olympic-4 gold-1976, 80 1955 [Kater]Nina Hagen, born in East Berlin, East Germany, actress, Blue Angel 1955 Russia ends state of war with Germany 1954 Ullrich Diessner, born in East Germany, 4 man cox 1976 Olympics gold 1954 Walter Diessner, born in East Germany, 4 man cox 1976 Olympics gold 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 NATO 1954 West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1954 Hans-Jurgen Gerhardt, born in East Germany, bobsled, 1980 Olympics gold 1954 West German secret service head Otto John defects to East Germany 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, born in West Germany, Miss Germany, 1977 1954 Gunther Tiersch, born in East Germany, 8 man cox, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1954 Ulrich Walter, born in West Germany, cosmonaut 1954 Norbert Hahn, born in East Germany, 2 man luge, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics 1953 Monique St. Pierre, Weisbaden Germany, playmate of year, Nov, 1978 1953 West Germany applies to NATO 1953 Allied forces form West Germany 1953 Adenauers CDU wins elections in West Germany 1953 Gerhard P J Thiele, Brenz, Germany, astronaut 1953 Klaus-Dietrich Flade, born in West Germany, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-14 1953 Riots in East Germany for reunification 1953 Hans Rinn, born in East Germany, 2 man lugist, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics 1953 West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1 1953 Stephen D. Thorne, born in Frankfurt-on-Main, West Germany, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1952 Tamara Danz, born in Breitungen, Germany, singer with famous band Gitarreros, known as "Tina Turner of the East" 1952 Brent Mydland, Munich Germany, rock keyboardist/vocalist, Grass Roots 1952 Alexander Leibkind, Germany, judo, 1976 Olympics, WLAF, General Manager for the Rhein Fire 1952 Monika Zehrt, born in East Germany, 400m runner, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1952 Margit Schumann, born in East Germany, luge 1976 Olympics gold 1952 Johanna Klier-Schaller, born in East Germany, 100m hurdler 1976 Olympics gold 1952 East German SED decides to form East Germany army 1952 Ulrich Wehling, born in East Germany, cross country, Gold Medal 1972, 1976, 1980 Olympics 1952 Seigfried Brietzke, born in East Germany, coxless rower, Gold Medals 1972, 1976, 1980 Olympics 1952 Rosemarie Ackermann, born in East Germany, high jumper 1976 Olympics gold 1952 Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain 1951 Bernd Landvoigt, born in East Germany, coxless pairs, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1951 Jorg Landvoigt, born in East Germany, coxless pairs, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 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 Bernhard Germeshausen, born in East Germany, bobsled, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics 1951 Netherlands ends state of war with Germany 1951 President Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany 1951 Burglinde Pollak, born in East Germany, pentathlete, Olympics-bronze-1972 1951 Angela Voigt, born in East Germany, long jumper, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 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 1951 Manfred Schumann, born in West Germany, bobsled, Olympic-silver/bronze-1976 1950 Inge Helten, born in West Germany, sprinter 1976 Olympics bronze 1950 Roland Matthes, born in East Germany, 100m/200m backstroke, 4 Gold Medals 1968, 1972 Olympics, Silver Medals 1968, 1972 Olympics, Bronze Medals 1972, 1976 Olympics 1950 Annegret Richter-Irrang, born in West Germany, sprinter, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 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 Rosi Mittermaier, born in West Germany, slalom/downhill 1976 Olympics gold 1950 Waldemar Cierpinski, born in East Germany, marathoner, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics 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 East Germany recognizes Oder-Neisse borders with Poland 1950 Annelie Ehrhardt, born in East Germany, 100m hurdler, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1950 Heidi Schuller, born in Germany, 1st woman to take olympic oath, 1972 1950 Germany doesn't annex Oder-Neissegrens 1950 East Germany and Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border 1950 Dagmar Krause, born in West Germany, singer, Henry Cow, Art Bears 1950 Thomas Gottschalk, Bamberg Germany, Telespiele 1950 Renate Stecher, born in East Germany, sprinter, 3 Gold Medals 1972, 1976 Olympics, Silver Medals 1972, 1976 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1976 Olympics 1950 Barbara Sukowa, Germany, actress, Zentropia, Sicilian, Voyager, Lola 1950 Rio Reiser, born in Berlin, Germany, born Ralph Christian Mobius, musician, singer, political activist, member of ton Steine Scherben, a famous rock group, wrote Rachhaussong supporting the squatter scene 1949 Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700 1949 Otto Greatwohl becomes 1st premier of East Germany 1949 Wilhelm Pieck becomes 1st president of East Germany 1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation 1949 Theodor Heuss elected 1st president, Conrad Adenauer 1st Prime Minister of West Germany 1949 Hildegard Falck, born in West Germany, 800m runner, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day) 1949 Jean-Jacques Favier, born in Kehl, Germany, astronaut, STS-78 1949 Anna-Maria Muller, born in East Germany, Luge, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1949 Tom Netherton, born in 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 1948 Peter Ruzicka, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, professor, composer, conductor, composes stage, orchestral, chamber, piano, vocal music 1948 Sam Gejdenson, born in Eschwege, Germany, Representative-D-Connecticut 1981 - 2001 1947 Ursula Krechel, born in Trier, Germany, writer, poet, radio dramatist, winner, Joseph-Breitbach-Preis 2009, works include, 'Der Ubergriff' 1947 Frank Shorter, Munich Germany, U.S. marathoner, Olympic-gold/silver-72, 76 1947 Karin Struck, born in Germany, author, wrote women's literature, politically liberal, openly opposes abortion, converted to Catholicism, 1996 1947 Heidemarie Rosendahl, born in West Germany, long jumper, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1946 Ruth Fuchs, born in East Germany, javelin thrower, Gold Medals 1972, 1976 Olympics 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 Bruno Frank, born in Stuttgart, Germany, writer, dramatist, novelist, wrote 'Trenchk', 'The Days of the King', dies at 58 in Beverly Hills, California 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 Adolf Hitler, genocidal leader of Germany commits suicide 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 Uwe Beyer, born in East Germany, shot-putter 1976 Olympics gold 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 General 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 Thomas Brasch, born in Germany, writer, author, poet, film director, Best Director, 1981 Bavarian Film Awards 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 Erhard Keller, born in West Germany, 500m speed skater, Gold Medal 1968, 1972 Olympics 1944 Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany 1944 Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend', dies in Neuotting, Bavaria, at age 79 1944 German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany 1944 Liesel Westermann, born in West Germany, discus thrower, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 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 General 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 Gunhild Hoffmeister, born in West Germany, 800m/1500m runner, Silver Medal 1972 Olympics 1944 Michael Obst, born in West Germany, coxsman 1960 Olympics gold 1944 Niklaus Schilling, Basel Germany, director, Dormire, Atem, Rheingold 1944 John Kay, Joachim F Krauledat, Germany, rock vocalist, Steppenwolf 1944 Christoph Hein, born in Bad Duben, Germany, writer, prize-winning author, translator, studied philosophy, wrote 1982 novella The Distant Lover 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 Orton Enderlein, born in West Germany, luge 1964 Olympic gold 1943 Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany 1943 Udo Zimmermann, born in Dresden, Germany, composer, conductor, artistic director, music director, Leipzig Opera House 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 Marika Kilius, born in West Germany, ice skating pair, Olympics silver 1960, 64 1943 RAF bombs Essen Germany 1943 Wolfgang Scheidel, born in East Germany, luge, 1972 Olympics gold 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 Gunter Wallraff, born in Burscheid, Germany, writer, undercover journalist, wrote on tabloid journalism, lower working class conditions 1942 Ingrid Becker, born in West Germany, long jumper/relayer, Gold Medals 1968, 1972 Olympics 1942 Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy 1942 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy 1942 Hans-Joachim Klein, born in West Germany, 100m swimmer 1964 Olympics bronze 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, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 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 Margritta Gummel, born in East Germany, shot putter, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 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 Konrad Boehmer, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, writer, Marxist, Ph. D. University of Cologne, professor, Royal Conservatory of The Hague 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 1941 Heidi Biebi, Federal Republic of Germany, downhill skier 1960 Olympics gold 1941 Meinhard Nehmer, born in East Germany, 2 man bobsledder 1976 Olympics gold 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 Thomas Kohler, born in East Germany, luger, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics 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 1940 Helmut Jahn, born in Nuremburg, Germany, architect, designed O'Hare 'L' Station, Chicago, Illinois, AIA's, Ten Most Influential Living Architects, 1991 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 Eberhard Koellner, born in East Germany, cosmonaut, Soyuz 31 backup 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, New Zealand, 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 Brunhilde Hendrix, born in West Germany, relay runner 1960 Olympics silver 1938 Jewish artisans not allowed in Germany 1938 Karin Balzer, born in East Germany, hurdler, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1938 Austria becomes a state of Germany 1938 Austria annexed by Nazi Germany 1938 Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss) 1938 U.K. Foreign Secretary Eden resigns, says Prime Minister Chamberlain appeased Germany 1937 Nicolas Born, born in Duisburg, Germany, writer, wrote, 'Die Falschung', 'Die erdabgewandte Seite der Gerschichte' 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 George Thoma, born in West Germany, cross country ski jumper 1960 Olympics gold 1937 Reverend Martin Niemoller (Bekennende Kirche) arrested in Germany 1937 Georg A Erman, Germany egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82 1937 Helmut Recknagel, born in Germany, 90m ski jump, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics 1937 Robert Huber, Munich Germany, biochemist, Nobel 1988 1937 Sigmund Jaehn, born in East Germany, cosmonaut, Soyuz 31/29 1937 Manfred Krug, Duisburg Germany, actor, Boxer 1936 Germany and Japan sign anti-Komintern pact 1936 Hans Zender, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, composer, conductor, music professor, Conductor in Chief of the Chamber Orchestra of Radio Netherlands in Hilversum, Southwest German Radio guest conductor 1936 Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco 1936 Wolf Biermann, born in Hamburg, Germany, singer, songwriter, former East German dissident, wrote folk music, political ballads, studied political economics at Humboldt University of Berlin 1936 Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an "axis" 1936 Hans Haacke, Cologne Germany, artist, Right to Life, Dripper Boxes 1936 Manfred Schoof, born in Madgeburg, Germany, composer, founder, European free jazz, professor in Cologne, interpreter of works by Bernd Alouis Zimmermann 1936 John White, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, musician, tuba player, invented Systems music, a British form of minimalism, influences include Howard Skempton, Cornelius Cardew 1936 1st flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany 1936 Alwin Schockemohle, born in Germany, equestrian jumper, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1936 4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 1936 4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 1936 Reiner Klimke, born in West Germany, equestrian dressage 1984 Olympics gold 1935 Kurt Tucholsky, Germany journalist and writer (Panter, Tiger and Co), dies at 45 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 Christoph Meckel, born in Berlin, Germany, graphic artist, writer, author, works include 'Georg Heym: Gedichte' 1935 Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers 1935 Hubert Fichte, born in Germany, writer, columnist for magazine konkret, novelist, influenced by Marcel Proust, Hans henny Jahnn, Jean Genet, wrote novel Die Geschichte der Empfindlichkeit, translated as the history of sensibility 1935 Hans Wollschlager, born in Minden, Germany, writer, editor, translated completed works of Edgar Allen Poe, James Joyce's Ulysses 1935 Saar incorporated into Germany 1935 Germany begin Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering 1935 Max Liebermann, Germany impressionist painter/graphic artist, dies at 87 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 Helga Haase, born in West Germany, 500m speed skater 1960 Olympics gold 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 Peter Hartling, born in Chemnitz, Germany, writer, poet, managing director, S. Fisher Verlag publishing house, editor, Der Monat, magazine 1933 Nazis receive 92% of vote in Germany 1933 Wilfried Dietrich, born in West Germany, super-heavyweight 1960 Olympics gold 1933 Albert Einstein arrives in U.S., a refugee from Nazi Germany 1933 Nazi Germany announces withdrawal from League of Nations 1933 Irmtraud Morgner, born in Chemnitz, Germany, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society 1933 Reiner Kunze, born in Oelsnitz, Germany, writer, dissident of the German Democratic Republic, book, 'The Lovely Years', published in West Germany 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 General Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor of Germany 1932 Germany forbids SA/SS-gang fights 1932 Paul Erlich, born in Bad Homburg, Germany, scientist, immunologist, won Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, developed first antibacterial drug in modern medicine 1932 36th Boston Marathon won by Paul de Bruyn of Germany in 2:33:36.4 1932 Hugo Kaun, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works, dies at 69 in Berlin, Germany 1932 Alexander Kluge, born in Halberstadt, Germany, film director, author, work 'Butalitat im Stein' or 'Brutality in Stone', helped launch New German Cinema 1931 Ironclad cruiser Germany launched in Kiel 1931 Fay Godwin, born in Berlin, Germany, British photographer, noted for black-and-white landscapes of British coast and countryside, took portraits of literary figures, Saul Bellow, Salman Rushdie, Anthony Powell 1931 Bill Graham, Germany, rock promoter, Fillmore 1930 Rudy Boschwitz, born in Berlin, Germany, Senator-R-Minnesota 1978 - 1991 1930 Harry Glass, born in East Germany, 1st E German Olympic medalist, bronze-1956 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 Orchestra 1968 1930 Helmut Kohl, chancellor, Germany, 1982- 1930 Harry Boldt, Federal Republic of Germany, equestrian dressage 1976 Olympics gold 1929 Christoph von Dohnanyi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, Cleveland Orchestra 1929 Anneliese Kuppers, born in West Germany, equestrian dressage, Silver Meda 1956 Olympics 1929 Hermann Prey, born in Berlin, Germany, baritone, Wolfram-Tannhauser 1929 Gerd Zacher, born in Meppen, Germany, composer, organist, writer, contemporary compositions, written in graphic or verbal scores, include extended techniques, known as interpreter of works by Johann Sebastian Bach 1929 Harald Juhnke, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Guitars of Love 1929 Andre Previn, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor London Symphony, and pianist 1929 Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, Germany para-psychologist, dies at 66 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 Wilhelm Wien, Germany physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies at 64 1928 Karlheinz Stockhausen, born in Germany, composer, worked with electronic music, musical spatialization 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 Dieter Noll, born in Riesa, Germany, writer, wrote two-volume novel Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt, over two million copies sold, volume one used as East German school curriculum 1927 Leonard Nelson, Germany philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45 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 Tzvi Avni, born in Saarbrucken, Germany, composer, Israeli emigrated to Palestine, student of Paul Ben-Haim, founded electronic studio at the Jerusalem Academy of Music 1927 Liselott Linsenhoff, born in West Germany, equestrian, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1927 Martin Walser, born in Wasserburg am Bodensee, Germany, writer, 1998 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade winner, known for 'Runaway Horse', famous for describing conflicts his anti-heroes have in stories and novels 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 Ossi Reichert, born in West Germany, giant slalom 1956 Olympics gold 1925 Netherlands and Germany sign trade agreement 1925 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Zehlendorf Germany, baritone, Doktor Faust 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 Hans Thoma, painter, style reminiscent of the Pre-Raphaelites, works include 'Eve in Paradise', at the Frankfurt Museum, dies in Karlsruhe, Germany, at the age of 85 1924 Hannelore Weygrand, born in West Germany, equestrian dressage, Silver Medal 1956 Olympics 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 Bert Kaempfert, born in Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany, orchestra leader, songwriter, composed jazz-oriented, easy-listening records including Strangers in the Night and hit Wonderland by Night, Danke Schoen for Wayne Newton and L-O-V-E for Nat King Cole 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 Gerald Gotting, East Germany president, CDU 1923 Eva Zeller, born in Germany, poet, writer, novelist, wrote Lampenfieber, Hauptfrau, Fliehkraft, Auf dem Wasser gehen 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 1922 Carl Amery, born in Munich, Germany, writer, used pen name Christian Anton Mayer, studied at University of Munich, participant in Gruppe 47, a post-World War II literary association 1922 Andre Asriel, born in Germany, composer, winner of 1951 National Prize for East Germany 1921 Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany opera composer (Schneewittchen), dies at 67 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 1921 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Germany chancellor/Prime Minister (Prussia), dies at 64 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, 1936 Olympics 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 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Germany composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70 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 Unica Zurn, born in Berlin, Germany, author, painter, wrote anagram poems and held automatic drawing exhibitions 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 Willi Stoph, president East Germany 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 1914 Arno Schmidt, born in Hamburg, Germany, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum 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 Josef Neckermann, born in West Germany, equestrian dressage, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1912 Alfred Schwarzmann, born in Germany, gymnast, 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 Orchestra 1965 - 1972 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 1910 Ulrich Becher, born in Germany, writer, author, playwright, studied law in Berlin, novella series condemned by Nazi party, burned in book-burning fire, received Lifetime Achievement Award from Swiss Schiller Foundation 1909 Jean Berger, born in Hamm, Germany, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, studied with Paris' Louis Aubert, taught at Middlebury College, University of Colorado at Boulder, among others 1909 Jane Baxter, Feodora Forde, Bremen Germany, actress, We Live Again 1909 Hilde Domin, born in Cologne, Germany, lyric poet, writer, German-language poet, wrote Das zweite Paradies (The Second Paradise), volume of prose 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 1908 Albrecht Goes, born in Germany, pastor with the German army, writer, novelist, BBC Television in the United Kingdom adapted Unruhige Nacht in 1950, his novel, translated in English as 'Arrow to the Heart' 1907 Adolf Furtwangler, Germany archaeologist (Die antiken Gemmen), dies at 53 1907 Alfred Alwin Felix Krupp, Essen Germany, arms manufacturer 1907 Gene Gutche, born in Berlin, Germany, Romeo Maximillian Eugene Ludwig Gutsche, composer, studied business, economics, piano with Ferruccio Busoni, wrote neo-Romantic work, experimented with polytonality, microtones, serialism 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 Gottlob Frick, born in Germany, singer, bass, performed opera including roles by Wagner and Mozart, best known recording is Osmin, in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Rocco in Fidelio, Sarastro in The Magic Flute 1906 Stefan Andres, born in Germany, post-World War II writer, novelist 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 Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenber----dorff, Sr, near Hamburg, Germany 1903 Lina Radke, Germany, 800m runner 1928 Olympics gold 1902 Stefan Wolpe, Berlin Germany, composer, Zeus and Elidco 1902 Leni Riefenstahl, Helene Bertha Amalie, Germany, actress, Tiefland 1902 Felix Wankel, Germany, inventor, Wankel rotary-piston engine 1902 Max Rudolf, born in Frankfurt, Germany, conductor, Goteberg Symphony Orchestra 1902 Mark Lothar, born in Berlin, Germany, Lothar Hundertmark, composer 1902 Carl Jaffe, born in Hamburg, Germany, actor, 1st Man in Space, Escapement 1901 Marlene Dietrich, Berlin Germany, singer and actress, Blue Angel 1901 Karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77 1901 Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60 1901 Gustav Knuth, Braunschweig Germany, actor, Freddy Unter Fremden 1901 Paul Verhoeven, born in Unna, Germany, director, 4th Man, Basic Instinct 1901 Werner Egk, Auchsesheim Germany, composer, Die Zaubergeige 1901 Kurt Jooss, Wurtemburg, Germany, ballet choreographer 1901 Eric Voegelin, Germany, U.S. philosopher, Order and History 1900 Arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany 1900 South African president Paul Kruger arrives in Germany 1900 Fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor, Jack Benny Show, At the Circus 1900 Telegraph use between Germany and U.S. begins 1900 Wilhelm Steinitz, Germany, 1st chess champ, 1866-1894 1900 Bruno Apitz, born in Leipzip, Germany, writer, published poems in Communist newspapers, novel 'Nackt unter Wolfen', Naked Among the Wolves, translated into more than thirty languages 1900 Erich Fromm, born in Frankfurt, Germany, psychologist, Sane Society 1900 Kurt J. Weill, born in Dessau, Germany, composer and Brecht collaborator, Mahogany 1900 Anni Holdmann, Germany, 100m runner, Olympic-1928 1899 Gustaf Gruendgens, Duesseldorf Germany, actor and director, M 1899 U.S. and Germany agree to divide Samoa between them 1899 Gustav Heinemann, President of West Germany 1898 Father Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Germany, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher 1898 Bertolt Brecht, Germany, playwright, Mother Courage, composer 1897 Karl Marx, Germany, composer and conductor 1897 Paul Ben-Haim, Frankenburger, Munich Germany, Israeli composer 1897 Lucius du Bignon Clay, U.S., general, WW II, gov, West Germany 1897 Ludwig Erhard, chancellor of Germany, CDU 1895 Sig Arno, Hamburg, Germany, actor, Holiday in Havana 1895 Wilhelm Kempff, Juterbog Germany, pianist, Unter dem Zimbelstern 1895 Paul Hindemith, Hanau Germany, composer, Tutti Fantchen 1895 Wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) discovers X-rays 1895 Edit Angold, Germany, actor, Suspense, Molly, Blue Angel 1895 Carl Orff, Munich Germany, composer, Antigonae; Mozart prize 1969 1895 Felix Bressart, born in Germany, actor, Ninotchka, Escape, Crossroads 1895 Eugen Roth, born in Munich, Germany, songwriter, humorous poet, wrote, 'Ein Mensch' or 'Humans', won Munich art prize for literature, 1952 1894 Paul Dessau, Hamburg Germany, composer/conducter, Berlin, 1925-33 1894 Oskar Maria Graf, born in Berg, Germany, pseudonym Oskar Graf-Berg, writer, president, wrote autobiographical, socialist-anarchist novels 1894 Karl Benz of Germany receives U.S. patent for gasoline-driven auto 1894 Hermann Oberth, born in Germany, founded modern astronautics, V2/Redstone 1894 Erich Romer, Germany, ice hockey player, Olympic-bronze-1932 1894 Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist, War Against War! 1893 Curt Jurgens, Munich Germany, actor, Enemy Below, Longest Day 1893 Walter Ulbricht, president East Germany 1893 Allan W. Dulles, U.S. diplomat and CIA head 1953-61, Germany's Underground 1893 Conrad Veidt, Potsdam Germany, actor, Cabinet of Dr. Calgary 1893 Hermann Goering, propoganda minister, Nazi Germany 1892 Lina Carstens, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, actress, Homeland, Broken Jug 1892 Anti-semite Hermann Ahlwardt elected to Germany's Reichstag 1892 Erich Auerbach, born in Berlin, Germany, German writer and educator 1892 Hans Albers, Hamburg Germany, actor, Blue Angel 1892 Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy and Austria forms 1892 Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, actor, Love Parade 1891 Hermann Scherchen, Berlin Germany, conductor, Nature of Music 1891 Fritz Rasp, Bayreuth Germany, actor, Diary of a Lost Girl 1891 Max Ernst, born in Germany, painter and sculptor, founded surrealism 1891 Walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist, Nobel 1954 1890 Fritz Lang, Germany, director, M, Metropolis 1890 Claire Goll, born in Nuremberg, Germany, journalist, writer, poet, wrote 'Poemes d'amour', 'Poemes de la jalousie' 1890 Great Britain and Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty 1890 Caprivi succeeds Bismarck on as chancellor of Germany 1890 Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda and Equatoria 1890 Henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star, Deception 1889 Martin Heidegger, Germany, Existentialist, Being and Time 1889 Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany) 1889 Ludwig Renn, born in Dresden, Germany, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany 1889 Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany, 1936-45 1889 Adolf Hitler, born in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary, genocidal leader of Germany 1889 Guido Kisch, Czechoslovakian/German/U.S. historian, Jews in medieval Germany 1889 Paul Hartmann, Furth Germany, actor, Haunted Castle 1888 Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Cologne Germany, actor, Metropolis, Spies 1888 Carl von Ossietzky, Germany, journalist/pacifist, Nobel 1935 1888 Wilhelm II becomes emperor of Germany 1888 Lotte Lehmann, Perleberg Germany, soprano, Fidello 1887 Max Trapp, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, teacher, Berlin's Stadtischen Konservatorium, member, National Socialist movement 1887 Georg Heym, born in Hirschberg, Germany, poet, writer, wrote, 'Der ewige Tag', poetry considered early Expressionist style 1887 Bruno Frank, born in Stuttgart, Germany, writer, dramatist, novelist, wrote 'Trenchk', 'The Days of the King' 1887 Germany, Austria-Hungary and France end Triple Alliance 1887 Multatuli, writer, named most important Dutch writer of all time, 2002, Society for Dutch literature, dies in Ingelheim am Rhine, Germany 1886 Great Britain/Germany divide boundaries in East-Africa 1886 Jean Arp, born in Strasbourg, Germany, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich 1886 In Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile 1886 Kurt Koffka, Germany, Gestalt psychologist 1886 Louis Pierard, Belgian journalist and writer, Great Germany 1886 Wilhelm Furtwangler, Berlin Germany, conductor/composer 1885 Gottlieb Daimler patents 1st bike (Germany) 1885 Werner Erich Josten, born in Elberfeld, Germany, composer, Jungle 1885 Otto Klemperer, Breslau Germany, conductor and composer, Das Ziel 1885 Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe 1884 Sig Ruman, Hamburg Germany 1884 Ehm Welk, born in Biesenbrow, Germany, writer, journalist, pseudonym, Thomas Trimm, survived Oranienburg concentration camp, founder, folk high schools 1884 Germany annexes Angra Pequena (Southwest-Africa) 1884 Emil Jannings, born in Germany, actor, Faust, Passion, Blue Angel 1884 Werner Krauss, born in Germany, actor, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Joyless Street 1884 Otto Meyerhof, Germany, psychologist/biochemist, Nobel-1922 1884 Wilhelm Backhaus, born in Leipzig, Germany, pianist, Rubinstein 1905 1884 Edward Sapir, Germany, linguist/antropologist, indians 1884 Katie Sandwina, Germany, legendary woman weight-lifter 1883 Carl Oscar Ahues, Germany, International Chess Master, 1950 1883 Austria-Hungary/Germany/Romania signs military treaty 1883 Walter Gropius, Berlin Germany, architect, Bauhaus school of design 1883 Italy signs military treaty with Austria-Hungary and Germany 1883 Karl Jaspers, Oldenburg Germany, existentialist philosopher 1882 Max Born, Germany, physicist, quantum mechanics, Nobel 1954 1882 1st international conference to promote anti-semitism meets Dresden Germany (Congress for Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests) 1882 Germany/Austria-Hungary/France sign Triple Alliance 1881 Julius FA Bahnsen, Germany philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 1881 250,000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany 1881 Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher, Nobel '53 1880 Ludwig Beck, chef Germany general staff, "July 20th plot" 1880 Oswald Spengler, Germany, philosopher, Decline of West 1879 Germany and Austrian-Hungary sign Twofold Covenant 1879 Albert Einstein, born in Ulm, Germany, physicist, Nobel 1921 1879 Carl Ramsauer, born in Oldenburg, Germany, research physicist, professor of physics, discovered Ramsauer-Townsend effect 1876 Bruno Walter, B. W. Schlesinger, Berlin Germany, conductor, New York Phil 1876 Hans Bethge, born in Dessau, Germany, writer, short stories, essays, plays, poetry on love, nature, works include, 'Agyptische Reise' 'Egyptian Journey' 1876 Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany, BRD, 1949 1875 Frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor, King Kong, Son of Kong 1875 Thomas Mann, Germany, novelist, Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929 1875 Ludwig Prandtl, Germany, physicist, father of aerodynamics 1875 Paul E Kahle, Germany, professor of oriental studies 1874 Ernst Cassirer, Germany, philosopher/educator, Essay on Man 1874 Johannes Stark, Germany, physicist, Stark effect, Nobel 1919 1873 Otto Loewi, Frankfurt am Main Germany, physician, Nobel-1936 1873 Jakob Wassermann, born in Germany, novelist, My Life as German and Jew 1872 Frederick A Stock, Julich, Germany, conductor, Theodore Thomas Orchestra 1871 Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France and Germany 1871 Heinrich Mann, born in Germany, novelist/essayist, Blue Angel, ; bros of Thomas 1868 Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion, 1894-21 1868 Stefan George, born in Germany, lyric poet, Algabal 1867 Wilhelm Groener, Germany, general 1867 Albert Basserman, Mannheim Germany, actor, Foreign Correspondant 1867 Kathe Kollwitz, Germany, print maker/sculptor, Bauernkrieg 1866 Josef Swickard, born in Coblenz, Germany, actor, Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities 1866 Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, born in Elbingerode, Germany, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa' 1866 Emil Strauss, Germany, writer, Naked Man 1865 Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend' 1865 Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" 1st performance Munich Germany 1865 Charles Proteus Steinmetz, born in Germany, experiment with AC electricity 1865 Erich Ludendorff, general, Germany 1865 Richard Zsigmondy, born in Germany, chemist, Nobel-1925 1865 Erich von Drygalski, Germany, geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic expl 1864 Alfred Hermann Fried, Germany, pacifist, Nobel 1911 1864 Alois Alzheimer, born in Germany, psychiatrist/pathologist, Alzheimer Disease 1864 Richard Strauss, born in Munich, Germany, composer, 'Don Quixote' and 'Metamorphosis' 1863 Jews of Holstein Germany granted equality 1863 Paul Felix Weingartner, born in Germany, conductor, Zara, Dalmatia 1863 Arno Holz, born in Germany, poet, dramatist, freelance writer, wrote book of poetry 'Phantaesus' 1863 Hugo Kaun, born in Berlin, Germany, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works 1862 Gerhart Hauptmann, Germany, author, Before Dawn-Nobel 1912 1859 Edmund Husserl, born in Germany, philosopher, founded Phenomenology 1854 Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer, Parisfal 1854 Ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor, linotype 1854 Karl Adolph von Basedow, East Germany (Ziekte van Basedow), dies at 55 1854 Alfred Milner, born in Giessen, Germany, British governor, Cape colony 1854 Paul Ehrlich, born in Germany, bacteriologist, Nobel-1908 1853 Wilhelm Ostwald, Germany, physical chemist, Nobel 1909 1851 Emile Berliner, Germany, inventor, flat phonograph record 1850 Lewis Lewin, Germany, toxicologist/father of psychopharmacologist 1850 Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" premieres at Weimar Germany 1850 Karl F Braun, Germany, co-developed wireless telegraphy, Nobel 1909 1850 Isaac L. Rice, Germany, namesake of Columbia University's Rice stadium 1849 Friedrich von Bernhardi, Germany historian, Germany and the Next War 1849 Oskar Hertwig, Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization 1848 Gottlob Frege, Germany, mathematician/logician, Begriffsschrift 1847 Otto Wallach, Germany, chemist, Nobel 1910 1846 Oscar Hammerstein, Germany, opera/playwright, Kohinoor 1846 Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Germany, Idealist philosopher, Nobel 1908 1845 Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen, born in Germany, discovered X-rays, Nobel 1901 1844 Friedrich Nietzsche, Germany, philosopher 1843 Caroline Herschel, "1st lady of astronomy", dies at 98 in Germany 1842 City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany) 1842 Carl Rosa, Hamburg Germany, founder, Rosa opera company 1840 Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia 1840 Rudolf Baumbach, Thuringia [Germany], writer of student drinking songs 1840 Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist, Carl Zeiss Optics Company 1839 Hans Thoma, born in Bernau, Germany, painter, style reminiscent of the Pre-Raphaelites, works include 'Eve in Paradise', at the Frankfurt Museum 1838 Max Bruch, Koln, Cologne, Germany, composer 1835 Martin Kahler, Germany, theologist 1834 Gottlieb Daimler, born in Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle 1834 Felix Dahn, born in Hamburg, Germany, writer, wrote 'Prehistory of the Germanic and Roman Peoples' 1833 Johannes Brahms, Hamburg Germany, composer, enjoys a good lullaby 1832 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, Weimar, Germany 1831 J. W. Richard Dedekind, Germany mathematician, Nature and Meaning of Numbers 1831 Joseph Joachim, born in Kittsee, Germany, violinist, Hungarian Concerto 1830 Paul von Heyse, Germany, writer, Nobel 1910 1830 Albert Bierstadt, Germany, painter, US landscapes 1826 Johann Peter Hebel, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect, dies in Schwetzingen, Germany, at age 66 1826 Herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist, Ralph Waldo Emerson 1825 Jean Paul, born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, Romantic, wrote 'Quintus Fixlein', 'Schmelzles Reise', dies at 62, in Bayreuth, Germany 1822 Rudolph J E Clausius, Germany, physicist, thermodynamics 1821 Heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer, Central Africa 1820 Friedrich Engels, Germany, social philosopher; Marx's collaborator 1819 Louise Otto, Germany, author and feminist 1817 Martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist 1816 Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany 1816 Carl Herrmann, near Hanover Germany, stage magician 1815 Karl Weierstrass, Germany, mathematician, theory of functions 1815 Otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor, 1866 - 1890 1813 Richard Wagner, Leipsig Germany, composer, Ring, Flying Dutchman 1813 Matthias Keller, born in Ulm, Germany, hymm writer, O Farther un High 1812 Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon 1811 Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, Germany, chemist, Bunsen Burner 1810 Robert A. Schumann, Zwickau Saxony Germany, composer, Fantastiestucke 1809 Frederick Henle, Germany, pathologist 1808 David F Strauss, Germany, theologist, Jesus' Life 1805 Peter G L Dirichlet, Germany, number theorist/analysist 1804 Julius Benedict, Stuttgart Germany, opera composer, Protoghesi 1801 Christian Dietrich Grabbe, born in Detmold, Germany, writer, dramatist, anti-Semite, idolized by the Nazis, works include, 'Hannibal', 1835 1801 Karl Baedeker, Germany, published travel books 1801 Novalis, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night', dies from tuberculosis in the Germany, at age 28 1797 Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist, Schubert, Liszt 1797 Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer, constructed 1st Moon map 1795 Frederik Willem IV, king of Prussia, 1840 - 1861, Germany, 1849 - 1861 1793 Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers 1791 Giacomo Meyerbeer, Vogelsdorf Germany, composer, Golt Und Die Natur 1788 Friedrich Ruckert, born in Schweinfurt, Germany, pseudonym, Freimund Raimar, writer, poet, master of 30 languages, professor of Oriental languages 1788 Arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher, Great Pessimist 1787 Joseph von Fraunhofer, born in Germany, physicist, studied Sun's spectrum 1786 Carl Maria von Weber, Germany, romantic composer, Der Freischutz 1786 Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller, Grimm's Fairy Tales 1785 Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian, fairy tale collector 1784 Louis [Ludwig] Spohr, born in Germany, violin virtuoso and composer, Faust 1781 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, writer, dramatist, art critic, Enlightenment era writer, influenced development of German literature, dies at 52 in Braunschweig, Germany 1777 Heinrich von Kleist, Germany, dramatist/poet, Penthesilea 1776 Johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist 1775 Friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher, Views on Christianity 1773 Jan Zach, composer, organist, violinist, composed Baroque and classical music, dies at 73 in Ellwangen, Germany 1772 Novalis, born in Oberwiederstedt, Germany, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night' 1772 Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic, Lucinde 1770 Ludwig von Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer, Ode to Joy 1770 Johann Friedrich Holderlin, born in Tubingen, Germany, poet, Der Rhein 1763 John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in U.S., banker/fur trader 1763 Jean Paul, born in Wunsiedel, Germany, born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, Romantic, wrote 'Quintus Fixlein', 'Schmelzles Reise' 1763 Johann Gottfried Seume, born in Poserna, Germany, writer, lyric poet, wrote 'Mein Sommer in Jahr' 1805, 'Spaziergang nach Syrakus' 1803 1762 Christian A. Vulpius, Germany, writer, Rinaldo Rinaldini 1759 Frederich von Schiller, Germany, poet/lyricist, Ode to Joy 1750 Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer 1740 Matthias Claudius, born in Reinfeld, Germany, pseudonym, Asmus, writer, poet, poem, Death and the Maiden, used by Franz Schubert 1735 1st U.S. Moravian bishop, David Nitschmann, consecrated in Germany 1729 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, born in Kamenz, Germany, writer, dramatist, art critic, Enlightenment era writer, influenced development of German literature 1728 Peter III, Kiel Germany, Russian tsar, 1762, husband of Catherine 1724 Immanuel Kant, born in Konigsberg, Germany, philosopher, Critique of Pure Reason 1711 Jozef I, Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32 1704 French and Bavarian forces were routed by a combined British, German and Dutch army at Blenheim, Germany 1701 Germany, England and Netherlands sign anti-French covenant 1699 Jews are expelled from Lubeck Germany 1697 Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Netherlands/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War 1690 Clarinet invented, in Nurnberg, Germany 1686 Germany, Sweden and Spain signs anti-French League of Augsburg 1685 Johann Sebastian Bach, born in Eisenach Germany, composer, Matthaus-Passion 1685 George Friedrich Handel, Halle Germany, organist/composer, Messiah 1684 Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer 1684 Spain and Germany sign cease fire with France 1683 1st settlers from Germany to U.S., leave aboard Concord 1681 Johann Mattheson, Hamburg Germany, composer 1681 Georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer 1656 Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden 1653 Bernhard Albinus, Germany, court-physician, Frederick of Prussia 1622 Germany and Transylvania sign Peace of Nikolsburg 1614 Vincent Fettmich expels Jews from Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany 1612 Rudolf II von Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies at 59 1607 Georg Philipp Harsdorfer, Nurnberg Germany, poet, Poetischer Trichter 1604 Heinrich Albert, Germany, composer, Arien oder Melodien 1597 Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" 1597 Germany throws out English sales people 1596 Battle at Kerestes: Ottoman beat Austria-Hungary and Germany 1587 Joost van den Vondel, Cologne Germany, Dutch poet/dramatist, Jephtha 1575 Christoph Scheiner, Germany, astronomer 1571 Johann Kepler, born in Wurttemberg, Germany, astronomer, elliptical orbits 1571 Michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer, Syntagma music 1564 David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer, discoved variable star 1556 Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer 1552 Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany, 1576-1612 1544 Charles V of Germany and Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy 1528 Albrecht Durer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany at 56 1527 University of Marburg (Germany) founded 1524 Boer War begins in Germany's Black Forest 1519 Henry II, King of Germany, 1547-59 1511 Erasmus Reinhold, Germany, mathematician, calculated planetary table 1511 Pope Julius II/Germany/Ferdinand of Aragon/Venice/Swiss 1510 Jews are expelled from Colmar Germany 1508 Henry van Stolberg and Wernigerode, Germany viceroy of Friesland, dies at 41 1501 Leonhard Fuchs, Germany, botanist, History of Plants 1498 Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist 1494 Georgius Agricola, born in Germany, mineralogist, De Re Metallica 1492 24 Jews are burned at stake in Mecklenburg Germany 1483 Martin Luther, Eisleben Germany, founded Protestantism 1471 Albrecht Durer, Nurnberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker 1439 Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 1438 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Germany 1430 Jews are expelled from Speyer Germany 1415 Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany 1397 Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany 1370 Battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania 1368 Sigismund, Nurnberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor, 1410-37 1356 Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies 1349 Jews of Augsburg Germany massacred 1349 Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death 1349 Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism 1349 Jewish community at Radolszell Germany, exterminated 1349 Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death) 1349 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany 1349 Jews of Freilsburg Germany are massacred 1298 Rindfleish-140 Jews of Heilbron Germany are murdered 1298 Jews are massacred at Wurzburg Germany 1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-Jewish community Wurzburg Germany annihilated 1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-250 Jews killed in Rothenburg Germany 1291 Rudolf I, King of Germany and Holy Roman Empire, dies 1285 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire 1264 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany 1241 1st attack on Jewish community of Frankfort-on-the-Main Germany 1198 Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen crowned king of Roman Catholic Germany 1125 Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany 1096 1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen Germany 1083 Henry IV of Germany storms Rome, capturing St. Peter's Cathedral 1039 Conrad II the Salian, King/Emperor of Germany (1024/27-39), dies at 49 936 Otto I the Great becomes King of Germany 928 Louis III, the Blind Proveneaals king of Lombardije/Germany, dies at 48 89 Governor Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome 13 Tiberius' triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany |
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