2007 Death Kurt Waldheim, dies in Vienna, Austria, of heart failure, at 88 2007 Death Kurt Vonnegut, dies at his home in Manhattan, at 84 1997 Death Kurt Adler, therapist/writer, dies at 92 1996 Death Kurt Schmucker, German RFA minister of Economy (1963-66), dies 1996 Death Kurt Schmucker, member (Union of Christian Democrats), dies 1994 Death Kurt Eichhorn, conductor, dies at 85 1994 Death Kurt Cobain, grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27 1993 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN 1992 Birthday Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love 1992 Event Rockers Kurt Corbin (Nirvana) and Courtney Love (Hole), wed 1991 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1990 Event Mens Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1989 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1988 Death Kurt Raab, writer/actor (Boarding School, Stationmaster's Wife), dies 1988 Death Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83 1987 Event Pope John Paul II receives Austrian President Kurt Waldheim 1987 Event U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II 1986 Event Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected President of Austria 1986 Event Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes 1st skater to land a quadruple jump 1983 Death Kurt Kusenberg, writer, dies at 79 1982 Death Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62 1979 Death Kurt Kasznar, actor (Commander Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65 1978 Death Kurt Student, German Soldier 1976 Event U.N. General Assembly re-elects Kurt Waldheim secretary-General 1976 Event U.N. Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General for 2nd 5 yr term 1975 Death Kurt Pinthus, writer, dies at 89 1975 Birthday Kurt Dreger, Ironwood, Michigan, dance skater, & Cronin-1997 National-13th 1975 Death Jean Kurt Forest, composer, dies at 65 1974 Death Kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer, dies at 86 1973 Birthday Kurt Grote, U.S., 100m/200m breaststroke, Olympics-6th-96 1973 Death Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer, dies at 68 1972 Death Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudist/portraits), dies 1972 Birthday Kurt Thomas, NBA forward, Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat 1972 Death Kurt Hiller, born in Berlin, Jewish, pacifist, socialist, writer, Oranienburg concentration camp survivor, led the German homosexual rights movement, dies at 87 1972 Birthday Kurt Miller, born in Tucson, Arizona, pitcher for the Florida Marlins 1972 Death C. W. Ceram, Kurt Marek, German/U.S. writer (1st American), dies at 57 1971 Event U.N. General Assembly ratifies Kurt Waldheim as Secretary-General 1971 Event U.N. Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th secretary General 1969 Birthday Kurt Abbott, Zanesville, Ohio, infielder for the Florida Marlins 1969 Birthday Kurt Abbott, U.S. baseball player for the Florida Marlins 1969 Birthday Kurt Barber, NFL defensive end for the New York Jets 1968 Birthday Kurt Schulz, NFL safety for the Buffalo Bills 1968 Birthday Kurt Schulz, safety for the Buffalo Bills 1968 Birthday Kurt Angle, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 220 lbs freestyle wrestler, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Kurt Robin McKinney, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Ned-General Hospital 1968 Death Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81 1967 Birthday Kurt Cobain, rock vocalist, Nirvana, husband of Courtney Love 1967 Birthday Kurt Knudsen, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1966 Birthday Kurt Browning, born in Alberta, figure skater, Olympic-5-1994 1965 Birthday Kurt Stillwell, born in Glendale, California, infielder for the Texas Rangers 1964 Birthday Kurt Gouveia, NFL linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles 1959 Death Kurt Klaber, writer, dies 1958 Death Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), dies 1958 Birthday Kurt Rambis, NBA forward, Lakers, Hornets, Clark Kent look-a-like 1957 Death Curzio Malaparte, Kurt E Suckert, Italian author (Kaputt), dies at 59 1957 Death Kurt von Wolfurt, composer, dies at 76 1956 Birthday Kurt Thomas, U.S., gymnast, Olympics, actor, Gymkata 1955 Event 69th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen (63 75 61) 1953 Event 67th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Vic Seixas beats Kurt Nielsen (97 63 64) 1952 Death Kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies 1951 Birthday Kurt Russell, born in Springfeild, Massachusetts, actor, Thing, Overboard, Mean Seasons 1950 Death Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at 50 1949 Event Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's musical premieres in New York City 1948 Death Kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60 1947 Birthday Kurt Mann, Roslyn, New York, actor, Bad Penny 1946 Birthday Kurt Winter, rocker, Guess Who 1944 Event SS-general Kurt Meyer takes Durnal Belgium 1943 Death Kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter, dies at 50 1943 Death Kurt Huber, German resistance fighter, beheaded 1938 Event Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country 1935 Death Kurt Tucholsky, Germany journalist and writer (Panter, Tiger and Co), dies at 45 1935 Death Kurt Schindler, composer, dies at 53 1935 Birthday Kurt Schwertsik, composer 1934 Death Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor (1932-33), murdered at 52 1932 Event General Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor of Germany 1927 Birthday Kurt Masur, German actor, Hotel Deutschland 1923 Event 1st Dutch Dada-evening (Theo Van Doesburg and Kurt Schwitters) 1922 Birthday Kurt Vonnegut, born in Indiana, novelist, essayist, satirist, wrote 'Slaughterhouse Five' 1920 Birthday Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, Klimbim 1919 Death Kurt Eisner, premier Bayern (soc), murdered at 51 1918 Birthday Kurt Waldheim, born in Austria, Austrian diplomat, politician, Secretary-General of the U.N., ninth President of Austria 1917 Birthday Kurt Kreuger, born in St. Moritz, Switzerland, actor, Fear, Unfaithfully Yours 1915 Birthday C. W. Ceram, Kurt W Marek, German/US writer, March of Archaeology 1913 Birthday Kurt Kaszner, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, Commander Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants 1912 Birthday Kurt Sanderling, Arys Germany, conductor, E Berlin Symph 1960-77 1909 Birthday Kurt Schwaen, composer 1909 Birthday Jean Kurt Forest, composer 1908 Birthday Kurt Hessenberg, composer 1908 Birthday Kurt Eichhorn, conductor 1908 Birthday Kurt Bruggemann, composer 1906 Birthday Kurt Godel, Austria, mathematician, Incompleteness Theorem 1905 Birthday Kurt Adler, therapist and writer 1904 Birthday Kurt Kusenberg, German writer, Wein Auf Lebenszeit 1904 Birthday Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer 1904 Birthday Kurt G. Kiesinger, German chancellor, Wherever They May Be 1902 Birthday Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel 1950 1901 Birthday Kurt Jooss, Wurtemburg, Germany, ballet choreographer 1900 Birthday Kurt J. Weill, born in Dessau, Germany, composer and Brecht collaborator, Mahogany 1898 Birthday Curzio Malaparte, Kurt E Suckert, Italian author, Kaputt 1898 Birthday Kurt Tank, German WW II aircraft designer 1895 Birthday Kurt Schumacher, German politicial chairman, SPD, 1895 Birthday Kurt Schumacher, co-founder/president West German SDP 1892 Birthday Kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter 1890 Birthday Kurt Edzard, German sculptor, nudes/portraits 1890 Birthday Kurt Student, German Soldier 1890 Birthday Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist and writer, Panther Tiger and Co 1887 Birthday Kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer 1887 Birthday Kurt Schwitters, German/British dada-artist/poet, collages 1886 Birthday Kurt Pinthus, writer 1886 Birthday Kurt Koffka, Germany, Gestalt psychologist 1886 Birthday Kurt Baschwitz, German/Dutch sociologist/journalist, Du und 1885 Birthday Kurt Hiller, born in Berlin, Jewish, pacifist, socialist, writer, Oranienburg concentration camp survivor, led the German homosexual rights movement 1882 Birthday Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor, 12/2/32-1/28/33 1882 Birthday Kurt Schindler, composer 1880 Birthday Kurt von Wolfurt, composer 1867 Birthday Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria, 1918-19 1675 Death Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship designer, dies at 52 1622 Birthday Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder
