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2000 Karl Shapiro, American Poet

1996 Karl Krikken out handled the ball for Derbyshire vs. Indians

1995 Karl Anton Martin Gerhard Gerd Bucerius, publisher, dies at 89

1995 Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), dies at 81

1994 Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister, dies at 83

1994 Karl Schiller, minister of RFA Economics (1966-72), dies

1994 Karl Edward Wagner, writer, dies at 48

1994 Karl R Popper, philosopher (Poverty of Historianism), dies at 92

1994 Karl Popper, Austrian Philosopher

1994 Karl Francis Hettinger, onion Field survivor, dies at 59

1994 Karl Hess, American Writer

1994 Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 home runs in 1993 hits 3 home runs on opening

1994 Karl I Pelgrom, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66

1993 Karl G Henize, astronaut (STS 51-F), dies of heart failure at 66

1992 Karl Carstens, president German FR (1979-84), dies at 77

1992 Karl Carstens, president of RFA (1979-84), dies

1992 Karl Tunberg, U.S. scriptwriter (Ben Hur), dies

1991 Stuart Karl, CEO (Karl Home Video), dies at 38 of skin cancer

1991 Karl Ellis, dies at 41

1990 Karl Weber, dies of heart failure at 74

1990 Karl Menninger, psychatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at 96 of cancer

1987 Karl Bruck, entertainer, dies

1987 Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia

1987 U.S. deports Karl Linnas, charged with nazi war crimes, to U.S.S.R.

1987 Karl Holler, composer, dies at 79

1985 Karl Marx, German composer and conductor, dies at 87

1984 Karl Rahner, German Theologian

1981 Karl Bohm, Austria conductor, dies at 86

1980 Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer (1945), dies at 89

1979 West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president

1978 Karl Swenson, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie), dies at 70

1978 Karl Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in PR at 73

1977 Thomas Wessinghage/Harald Hudak/Michael Lederer/Karl Fleschen walk world record 4x1500m (14:38.8)

1974 Karl E Mundt, (Rep/Sen), dies

1973 Karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75

1973 Karl Ballard, WLAF linebacker for the London Monarchs

1972 Karl Dykhuis, Sept-iles, NHL defenseman for the Philadelphia Flyers

1972 Karl Urban, New Zealander Actor

1972 Karl DeWolf, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998

1971 Scott Karl, born in Fontana, California, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers

1971 Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83

1971 Karl Williams, wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1970 Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66

1969 Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, composer, dies at 53

1969 Karl Krikken, cricketer, Derbyshire 1989-, wicketkeeper

1969 Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86

1969 Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman and Karl Shapiro

1968 Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82

1968 Karl Ranki, composer, dies at 69

1967 Karl Dunbar, NFL defensive tackle for the Arizona Cardinals

1967 Herr Karl Tausch writes shortest will "Vse Zene" (All to wife)

1966 Muhammad Ali TKOs Karl Mildenberger in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

1966 Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer, dies at 75

1966 Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89

1965 Karl Van Calcar, Torrance California, 3k steeplechase

1964 Karl Wilson, NFL defensive end for the Buffalo Bills

1963 Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer, dies at 58

1963 Karl Malone, born in Summeerfield, Louisiana, NBA forward, Utah, Oly-2 gold-92, 96

1963 Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73

1961 Karl Albiker, German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83

1960 Karl Hasse, composer, dies at 77

1958 Karl Erb, German tenor, dies on 81st birthday

1957 Karl Wallingher, Prestatyn Wales, rocker, World Party

1956 Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum), dies at 64

1955 Steven Brust, [Karl Zoltan], U.S., sci-fi author, Yendi, Jhereg

1954 Bkln Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 New York Giants in his 1st game

1954 Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper, 1976 Olympic gold

1953 Karl R G von Rundstedt, Germ gen-field marshal (Ardennes), dies at 77

1953 [Karl R] Gerd von Rundstedt, gen-field marshal (Normandy), dies at 77

1951 Karl Heinrich David, composer, dies at 66

1950 Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/president (1918-20, 45-50), dies at 80

1950 Karl Straube, German organist/conductor, dies

1950 Karl G Jansky, Czech discoverer of cosmic radio sources, dies at 44

1950 Karl Seitz, president of Austria, dies at 80

1950 Karl Rove, American Politician

1949 Karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68

1948 Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies

1948 Karl Wolfskehl, writer, dies at 78

1948 Karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies at 65

1947 Karl Greene, Manchester, rock bassist, Herman's Hermits

1947 Karl Russell, rocker

1947 Karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53

1946 Karl XVI Gustav F H, King of Sweden, 1973-

1945 Karl Edward Wagner, U.S., sci-fi author, Bloodstone, Night Winds

1945 British milt police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz

1945 Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government

1945 Karl T Sapper, German geographer/geologist (Vulkankunde), dies at 79

1945 Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig)/"July 20th plot", hanged at 60

1943 Karl Groger, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed

1943 Karl Landsteiner, Austrian/U.S. pathologist (Nobel 1930), dies at 74

1943 Karl Adrian Wohlfart, composer, dies at 68

1939 Karl Wagenfeld, Low German writer (Lucifer, Death and Devil), dies at 70

1939 [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, German general, dies at 71

1938 Karl Schranz, Austria, slalom, Olympic-1968

1938 Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies

1938 Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

1938 Karl Soderlund, born in Duluth, Minnesota, Mr. Sally Jesse Raphael

1937 Karl Radek and 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge

1936 Karl Buresch, Austrian politician, dies

1936 Karl Kraus, writer, dies at 62

1936 Karl Lehmann, German Clergyman

1936 Karl Pearson, mathematician, dies

1935 Karl Schroder, composer, dies at 86

1935 Karl Mickel, writer

1935 Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61

1934 German theologist Karl Barth surrenders to nazi

1934 Karl Francis Hettinger, Onion Field survivor

1934 Karl Ernst, German SA-leader, murdered

1934 Karl Dane, dies at 57

1933 Karl Heinz Wahren, composer

1933 Karl Jansky reports reception of cosmic radio signal in Washington D.C.

1933 Karl Radek praises invincible force of German Communist Party

1932 Karl Kroeger, composer

1931 Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente), dies at 84

1931 Karl Buresch becomes chancellor of Austrian

1930 Karl von Amira, German historian, dies at 82

1929 Karl Friedrich Benz, automobile engineer (Mercedes), dies at 84

1928 Karl Korte, composer

1928 Karl Zuckmayer's "Der Hauptmann von Kopenick," premieres in Berlin

1927 Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56

1927 Karl I Pelgrom, Dutch sculptor

1927 Karl Muller, born in Switzerland, superconductivity physicist, Nobel 1987

1927 Karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57

1926 Karl Gordon Henize, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, astronaut, STS 51-F

1926 Karl Richter, composer

1926 Karl Kohn, composer

1925 Karl Flodin, composer, dies at 67

1925 Karl M Lybeck, Fin/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten), dies at 71

1925 Karl Abraham, German Psychologist

1924 Karl Heinz Fussl, composer

1923 Karl Hess, American Writer

1922 Neurenberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky

1919 Karl von Hohenzollern, Prince of Belgium, dies

1919 Karl Liebknecht, Marxist revolutionary, murdered at 47

1918 Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic

1918 Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64

1916 Karl von Sturgkh, premier Austria, assassinated

1916 Military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years

1916 Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies

1916 Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, Austrian composer, Vom Tode

1915 Karl Krolow, writer

1915 Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84

1914 Karl Carstens, German, CDU, /President Germany, 1979-84

1913 Karl Michael Komma, composer

1913 Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Neth playwright/director, Albee/Pinter

1913 Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren), dies at 68

1913 Karl Malden, born in Chicago, actor, Mike-Streets of SF, American Express

1913 Karl Shapiro, American Poet

1912 Karl May, German writer (Winnetou/Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at 70

1911 Karl L Hoschna, composer, dies at 34

1911 Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister

1911 Karl Munzinger, composer, dies at 68

1911 Karl O. Schiller, German economist, Minister of Economics

1910 Karl Lueger, Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies at 65

1908 Karl Swenson, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Lara-Little House on the Prairie

1907 Karl von Perfall, composer, dies at 82

1906 Karl Nessler demonstrates 1st 'permanent wave' for hair, in London

1905 Karl Jansky, Czechoslovakia, discoverer, cosmic radio emissions in 1932

1905 Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer

1904 Karl Valentin, writer

1904 Karl Rahner, German Theologian

1904 Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64

1903 Karl August Andersen, composer

1902 Karl Raimund Popper, Austrian/British philosopher, Logic of Forschung

1902 Karl Popper, Austrian Philosopher

1902 Karl Menger, Austria/US mathematician, theory of dimension

1901 Karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77

1901 Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64

1900 Karl Otto Runolfsson, composer

1899 Karl Millocker, Austrian conductor and composer (Try-out Kiss), dies at 57

1899 Karl Yngve Skold, composer

1898 Karl Ranki, composer

1898 Karl Bjarnhof, Danish blind journalist and writer, History of Sascha

1897 Karl H Waggerl, Austria writer, Power of Love

1897 Karl Marx, Germany, composer and conductor

1897 Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera

1897 Karl von Mechow, German writer, Auf Dem Wege, Vorsommer

1897 Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81

1896 Karl Hermann Pillney, composer

1896 Karl Reinthaler, composer, dies at 73

1895 Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies

1894 Karl Bohm, Austrian conductor/composer

1894 Karl Benz of Germany receives U.S. patent for gasoline-driven auto

1894 Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern

1893 Karl Menninger, psychiatrist, Menninger Clinic

1893 Karl Mannheim, Hung/German/British sociologist, Ideology and Utopia

1891 Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer, 1945

1891 Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist, Urchristentum

1890 Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer

1890 Karl Merz, composer, dies at 53

1890 Karl Freund, Czech/Austrian cameraman/director

1889 Karl Otten, writer

1888 Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour

1887 Karl Taylor Compton, physicist/atomic bomb scientist

1886 Karl MG Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, rontgen spectroscope, Nobel 1924

1886 Karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert, Nobel 1973

1886 Karl Dane, Copenhagen Denmark, actor, Son of the Sheik

1886 In Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile

1886 Karl Barth, Basel Switzerland, theologian/author, Action in Waiting

1886 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe

1886 Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor

1884 Karl Heinrich David, composer

1884 Karl F Goerdeler, mayor, Leipzig, "July 20th Plot"

1883 Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies

1883 Karl Hasse, composer

1883 Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies at 64

1883 Karl Jaspers, Oldenburg Germany, existentialist philosopher

1882 Karl Valentin, German comic/writer

1881 Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher, composer

1881 Karl Weigl, composer

1881 Karl Frederick, pistol champ, Olympics gold 1920

1880 Karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76

1878 Karl Buresch, Austria politician

1878 Karl Albiker, German sculptor, German Art, female nudes

1877 Karl L Hoschna, composer

1877 Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75

1877 Karl Erb, German tenor

1877 Karl Abraham, German Psychologist

1876 Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist, dies at 84

1876 Karl B Adam, German theologist, Christ our Brother

1875 Karl R G von Rundstedt, German gen-fieldmarshal, Normandy

1875 Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66

1874 Karl Adrian Wohlfart, composer

1874 Karl Bosch, German chemist, BASF, Nobel 1931

1874 Karl Kraus, writer

1873 Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer, Schwarzschild effect

1873 Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist

1873 Karl Straube, German organist/conductor

1872 Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam

1871 Karl Collan, composer, dies at 43

1871 Karl Liebknecht, German revolutionary marxist, Sparta Party

1871 Karl Tausig, composer, dies at 29

1871 Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer

1870 Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/president, 1918-20, 45-50

1870 Karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72

1869 Karl Haushofer, soldier/geographer

1869 Karl Seitz, president of Austria

1869 Karl Prohaska, composer

1869 Karl Wagenfeld, Low German writer, Daud un Duwel

1868 Karl Landsteiner, born in Austria, immunologist/pathologist, Nobel 1930

1868 Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist

1867 [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, Germany, general

1867 Karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published

1866 Karl T Sapper, German geography/geologist, Vulkankunde

1864 Karl M Lybeck, Finnish/Swedish language poet, Samlade Arbeten

1862 Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81

1860 Karl Branting, Sweden, statesman/diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize 1921

1859 Karl Baedeker, German tour guide (Die Schweiz), dies at 57

1859 Karl Bleibtreu, German author, Revolution of Literature

1858 Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author, poet and diplomat, dies at 73

1858 Karl Flodin, composer

1858 Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48

1857 Karl Adolph Gjellerup, born in Denmark, poet, Poutnici Svetem, Nobel 1917

1857 Karl Pearson, born in London, England, mathematician

1854 Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist

1854 Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian, dies at 72

1854 Karl Adolph von Basedow, German DR (Ziekte van Basedow), dies at 55

1853 Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer

1851 Karl Moser, composer, dies at 77

1850 Karl F Braun, Germany, co-developed wireless telegraphy, Nobel 1909

1848 Karl Schroder, composer

1848 Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60

1847 Karl von Bach, German engineer, Maschinenelemente

1845 Karl August von Lichtenstein, composer, dies at 78

1844 Karl F Benz, German designer/auto manufacturer, 4-taktmotor

1844 Karl Lueger, anti semitic mayor of Vienna

1844 Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer, Von Tieren und Menschen

1843 Karl Theodor Toeschi, composer, dies at 75

1843 Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah

1843 Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42

1842 Karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung

1842 Karl Munzinger, composer

1842 Karl Millocker, Austria conductor and composer, Beggar Student

1842 Karl May, German writer, Old Shatterhand/Winnetou

1841 Karl F Schinkel, German painter/writer (Neue Wache), dies at 60

1841 Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36

1839 Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist, Libya

1838 Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer, dies at 65

1836 Karl Merz, composer

1836 Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German industrialist and politician

1834 Karl W. Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33

1831 Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51

1830 Karl Klindworth, pianist/conductor

1830 Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68

1830 Karl Goldmark, Keszthely Hungary, composer, Sakuhtala

1828 Karl L Kahlbaum, German psychiatrist, katatonie

1828 Karl Collan, composer

1826 Karl Maria FE von Weber, German composer (Oberon), dies at 39

1824 Karl von Perfall, composer

1823 Karl Weinhold, German sociologist

1823 Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor, laid undersea cables

1822 Karl Jacob Wagner, composer, dies at 50

1822 Karl Reinthaler, composer

1819 Karl Haack, composer, dies at 68

1818 Karl Marx, philosopher, Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital

1818 Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle)

1817 Karl Drais von Sauerbronn demonstrates bicycle course

1816 Karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80

1815 Karl Weierstrass, Germany, mathematician, theory of functions

1813 Karl Theodor Korner, German poet (Vetter aus Bremen), dies at 21

1809 Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer

1809 Battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon

1809 Battle at Eckmuhl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl

1808 Karl [Theodor] Andree, German geographer/journalist, Globus

1805 Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer

1805 Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer, dies at 43

1804 Karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies

1804 Karl August Krebs, composer

1802 Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer, dies at 53

1801 Karl Baedeker, Germany, published travel books

1801 Karl Georg Lickl, composer

1801 Josef Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist

1800 Karl W. Feuerbach, German mathematician, Position of Feuerbach

1799 Karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist, Ziekte van Basedow

1798 Karl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer

1798 Karl von Holtei, Silezian actor and playwright, Die Vagabunden

1798 Karl von Staudt, German math professor, projective geometrician

1797 Karl Schwencke, composer

1793 Karl Philipp Moritz, German Author

1792 Karl Ernst von Baler, Russia, naturalist, discovered human ovum

1792 Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist

1791 Karl T Korner, German poet, Zriny, Leyer und Schwerdt

1787 Karl Guhr, composer

1787 Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery

1786 Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst "von" Weber, German composer, Freischutz

1786 Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller, Grimm's Fairy Tales

1785 Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40

1785 Karl A. Varnhagen von Ense, German officer/author, Die Sterner

1784 Karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57

1781 Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian

1781 Karl F. Schinkel, German architect, painter and writer, Schloss Tegel

1780 Karl Robert von Nesselrode, Germ/Russian minister of Foreign Affairs

1780 Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist

1774 Karl Moser, composer

1773 Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer

1772 Karl Jacob Wagner, composer

1768 Karl Theodor Toeschi, composer

1767 Karl August von Lichtenstein, composer

1762 Karl Friedrich Horn, composer

1761 Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer

1759 Karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55

1756 Karl Philipp Moritz, German Author

1756 Christian G Korner, German lawyer/father of Karl

1751 Karl Haack, composer

1749 Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer

1744 Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer

1740 Karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies

1739 Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer

1736 Karl Frieberth, composer

1731 Frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50

1726 Karl Kohaut, composer

1725 Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet, Geistliche Kantaten

1719 Karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer, dies at 52

1680 Frederich Karl Erbach, composer

1675 Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Neth baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73

1672 Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden Neth

1667 Karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer/Luthers pietist

1622 Karl X Gustaf, King of Sweden, 1654-60

1611 Karl IX, King of Sweden (1604-11), dies

1602 Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader

1519 1st Altenburger sermon (Luther and Karl von Miltitz)



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