1976 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift) 1975 Birthday Brendan Witt, Humboldt, NHL defenseman for the Washington Capitals 1966 Birthday Brad Lauer, Humboldt, NHL right wing for the Pittsburgh Penguins 1942 Birthday Larry Pressler, born in Humboldt, South Dakota, Senator-R-South Dakota 1979 - 1997 1936 Birthday 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 1835 Death Wilhelm von Humboldt, German Educator 1767 Birthday Wilhelm von Humboldt, German Educator
