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2006 Otto Zykan, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim', dies in Sachsendorf, Austria

1998 Otto Bettman, archivist/writer, Started a huge photo archive, dies at 94

1996 Otto Luening, composer, dies at 96

1994 Otto F Walther, Swiss publisher/author (Der Stumme), dies at 66

1994 Otto Bonsema, soccer star/trainer (GVAV, Veendam), dies at 84

1994 Otto Roesch, paleontologist, dies at 93

1992 Otto FAH van Nispen, mayor of Pannerden/MP (KVP), dies at 85

1988 Otto E. Passman, Representative-D-Louisiana 1947 - 1977, dies at 88

1986 Otto Mortensen, composer, dies at 79

1986 Otto Preminger, dir (Advise and Consent, Anatomy of Murder), dies at 79

1985 Otto Gotsche, writer, dies

1985 99-yr-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course

1984 Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van Austrian-Este

1980 Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, dies at 91

1978 Otto Siegl, composer, dies at 82

1975 Otto AP Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen, German diplomat, dies at 78

1975 Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies

1974 Otto Kruger, actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday

1974 Otto Waldis, actor (Unknown World, Whip Hand), dies at 72

1974 Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist/daughter of Otto K, dies at 70

1973 Otto Klemperer, German/US conductor, dies at 88

1973 Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85

1973 Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme

1972 Otto Steffers, born in Louisville, Kentucky, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics

1972 Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64

1969 Otto Jochum, composer, dies at 71

1969 Otto Stern, German/U.S. physicist (Nobel 1943), dies at 81

1969 Otto Dix, German Artist

1968 Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1944), dies at 89

1967 Miranda Otto, Australian Actress

1967 Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86

1965 Otto Lederer, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 79

1965 Otto Reinhold, composer, dies at 66

1965 Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist, dies at 75

1964 Jens Otto Krag forms minority government in Denmark

1964 Willi Stoph succeeds Otto Great as premier of East Germany

1964 Otto V Kuusinen, President of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82

1964 Otto Emanuel Olsson, composer, dies at 84

1963 Otto Flake, writer, dies

1961 Joel Otto, Elk River, Minnesota, NHL center, Philadelphia Flyers, Team USA Olympics-1998

1955 Otto Braun, German Politician

1955 Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist, dies at 52

1954 West German secret service head Otto John defects to East Germany

1953 Cleveland Browns' quarterback Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles

1951 Bobel, Braune, Naumann, Ohlendorf, Pohl, Schallenmair and Otto Schmidt, Nazi war criminals, hanged

1950 Otto Vrieslander, composer, dies at 70

1949 Otto Greatwohl becomes 1st premier of East Germany

1948 Otto Skorzeny escapes anti-nazi camp at Darmstadt

1945 Otto Neurath, Austrian/British philosopher, dies at 63

1944 Dave, Otto Levenbach, Dutch singer, Du cote the Chez Swann

1944 Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86

1943 Otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies

1943 Otto Skorzeny's Heinkel-111 shot down at Sardinia

1943 Otto Skorzeny's commando group arrives in Rome

1941 Curtis Otto Bismark Curtis-Smith, composer

1940 Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer (Hafvets Stjarna), dies at 59

1939 Otto Rank, Rosenfeld, Austria psychoanalyst (Trauma of Geburt), dies

1938 Otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56

1938 Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64

1938 Jim Otto, NFL center for the Oakland Raiders

1937 Rudolf Otto, German Theologian

1936 Felix the Cat, Cartoon Character, by Van Beuren from Otto Messmer

1935 Otto "Aba Daba" Berman, U.S. gangster, murdered

1935 Otto Ketting, trumpeter/composer, Passacaglia

1935 Otto Zykan, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim'

1933 Otto Meisnner dines with British ambassador Rumbold

1932 Sister Vince Otto, mental health activist

1932 Otto Schily, German Public Servant

1931 Raoul Pleskow, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, studied with Otto Luenig, served on music faculty at C.W. Post College, Long Island University

1931 Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer, dies at 93

1931 Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83

1930 Otto Ender forms Austrian government

1929 Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I), dies at 74

1929 Otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70

1929 Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (New York to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)

1929 August Otto Halm, composer, dies at 59

1924 Otto Hutter, physiologist

1923 General Otto von Lossow calls Reichswehr to Berlin to form a dictatorship

1921 Otto Graham, AAFC/NFL quarterback for the Cleveland Browns

1917 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66

1916 Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73

1915 Otto Valdemar Malling, composer, dies at 67

1914 Jens Otto Krag, premier of Denmark, 1962-68, 71-72

1913 Otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70

1912 Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Kant and Epigones), dies at 71

1910 Otto Joachim, composer

1910 Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44

1908 Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS Fuhrer, Mussolini/Horthy

1907 Otto Brenner, German worker's union leader

1907 Otto Mortensen, composer

1907 Otto F A H van Nispen, Dutch mayor, Pannerden, MP, KVP

1907 Otto Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 77

1905 Otto Preminger, Austria, director/producer, Laura, Exodus

1904 Herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto, dies

1903 Otto Weininger, Austrian Philosopher

1902 Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist

1901 Otto Waldis, Austria, actor, Port of Hell, Unknown World

1900 Karl Otto Runolfsson, composer

1900 Otto Roesch, paleontologist

1900 Otto Nothling, cricketer, Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26

1900 Otto E. Passman, born in Louisiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1947 - 1977

1900 Otto Clarence Luening, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, composer, Sonority Canon

1899 Otto Reinhold, composer

1899 Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian

1898 Otto von Bismarck, German "Iron" chancellor, dies at 83

1898 Otto von Bismarck, German Leader

1898 Otto Jochum, composer

1897 Otto AP Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen, German diplomat/politician

1897 Otto, von, Struve, German/U.S. dir, Yerkes/MacDonald observatory

1896 Otto Siegl, composer

1896 Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies

1896 Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48

1892 Otto van Raised, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1884-88), dies at 69

1891 Otto Dix, German Artist

1891 Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies

1890 German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck

1889 Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist

1889 Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank

1888 Otto Stern, German/U.S. physicist, Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943

1887 Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar

1886 Otto Lederer, Czechoslovakia, actor, Jazz Singer

1885 Otto Kruger, born in Toledo, Ohio, actor, Lux Video Theater, High Noon

1885 Otto Klemperer, Breslau Germany, conductor and composer, Das Ziel

1884 Otto Bohm, born in Prussia, scientist, helped create England Radar

1884 Otto Rank, Rosenfeld, Austria psychoanalysis, Kunstler

1884 Otto Meyerhof, Germany, psychologist/biochemist, Nobel-1922

1883 Otto E Deutsch, Austrian musicologist, Schubert-Brevier

1882 Otto Neurath, Australian/British philosopher, Foundation of Social Sciences

1882 Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel, premier of Prussia, dies

1881 Otto V Kuusinen, Fin/Rus communist President of Karelo-Finnish SR, 1940-56

1881 Otto Bauer, Austrian social-democrat

1881 Otto Selz, German psychologist

1880 Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer, Sak och sken

1880 Otto Vrieslander, composer

1880 Otto Dibelius, German theologist/bishop, Confessional Church

1880 Otto Weininger, Austrian Philosopher

1879 Otto Emanuel Olsson, composer

1879 Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist, Nobel 44, radiothorium/actinium

1875 Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58

1874 Heinrich Otto Ludwig, composer

1873 Otto Harbach, songwriter, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

1873 Otto Loewi, Frankfurt am Main Germany, physician, Nobel-1936

1873 Otto zur Linde, German author, Charon

1872 Otto Braun, German Politician

1871 Otto von Bismarck elevated Furst

1869 August Otto Halm, composer

1869 Rudolf Otto, German Theologian

1867 Otto Hermann Kahn, Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co

1866 German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt

1865 Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer/journalist, Remarkable Stories

1865 Otto von Bismarck elevated to earl

1865 Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47

1865 Otto Modersohn, German painter

1864 Otto French Strahl, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 33

1864 Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54

1862 Otto von Bismarck becomes German republic chancellor

1860 Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist

1859 Otto Taubmann, composer

1857 Otto von Below, German commandant, WW I

1856 Otto Brahm, German critic/founder, Neue Deutsche Rundschau

1855 Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey, WW I

1851 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer

1849 Herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto of Bismarck

1849 Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38

1849 Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor, dies at 39

1848 Otto Valdemar Malling, composer

1848 Otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator

1848 Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony

1847 Otto Wallach, Germany, chemist, Nobel 1910

1842 Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, schedelmetingen

1842 Otto Reubke, composer

1840 Otto Liebmann, German philosopher, Climax of Theories

1837 Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer

1832 Nikolaus A. Otto, German technician, gas motor, otto motor

1832 Otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece

1832 Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer, dies at 85

1829 Otto Goldschmidt, composer

1823 Otto van Rees, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, 1884-88

1819 Louise Otto, Germany, author and feminist

1818 Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece

1818 Otto Ludwig, German writer, Die Heiterethei

1817 Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63

1815 Otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor, 1866 - 1890

1810 Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer

1809 Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer

1805 Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel, premier Prussia

1753 Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer

1746 Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer

1685 Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies

1656 Stephan Otto, composer, dies at 53

1602 Otto von Guericke, inventor, air pump

1592 Jan Amos Komensky, Comenius, Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer

1585 Cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader

1579 Valerius Otto, composer

1271 Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies

1267 Battle at Marienholz: Henry III, Otto II van Gelre beat Keuls archbishop Engelbert III

1233 Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice

1229 Otto II becomes earl of Gelre

1227 Otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies

1215 Otto van Gelre, son of Otto I/earl-elect of Utrecht

1214 1st battle of Bouvines - King Philips II vs Emperor Otto IV

1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV

1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates German emperor Otto IV

1209 Pope Innocent II crowns German king Otto of Wittelsbach

1208 Otto van Wittelsbach chosen German king

1002 Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21

999 Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68

996 Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas

996 Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor

991 Theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies

983 Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28

976 Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria

973 Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60

967 John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor

962 Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor

961 German King Otto II crowned

955 Battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians

953 Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights

951 Otto I the Great becomes king of Italy

949 Otto I the Great gives away bishopdom of Utrecht

944 Otto I the Great gives away bisdom Utrecht "foreestrecht"

939 Battle at Andernach: King Otto and Hermann of Zwaben beat Eberhard of France and Giselbert of Lutherans

936 German king Otto I the Great, crowned

936 Otto I the Great becomes King of Germany

912 Otto I, the Great, German king, Holy Roman emperor, 962-73


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